Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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THE INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION CENTER OPERATED BY THE LEARNING RESOURCES AND DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH AND BROADCASTING. wasutv

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Watauga College is a residential, co-educational learning experience with a strong community atmosphere. It offers students the chance to share ideas and experiences outside the classroom as well as within. Watauga College was founded in the fall of 1972 as an experiment in bringing the academic and social lives of students closer together. It evolved in response to the expressed concern over Appalachian State ' s loss of community oriented life style due to its rapid growth. There was genuine concern that people were becoming numbers — that students and faculty might not be able to fraternize outside of the traditional classroom roles; that the curriculum had become so fragmented that a sense of the interrelationship of knowledge was being lost; and that the growth of a total individual was threatened. W.C. ' s curriculum is inter- disciplinary. Students and faculty members regularly meet for classes within the college in A NEW APPROACH TO EDUCATION informal settings to emphasize independent approaches to learning and life, but with the structure most people need to achieve their educational goals. A course of studies in Watauga College is designed to challenge individual abilities and expand a student ' s capacity to solve problems and to communicate ideas and solutions. Learning doesn ' t just stop in the Watauga classroom. There is an active and varied program of social events planned each year that is considered a vital part of Watauga ' s total learning experience. One must live while learning; and Watauga students do a lot of living. A Beer Bust or dance is occasionally held for Watauga College people so that faculty and students can get together in a non-academic atmosphere. Watauga does not think of itself as a static program. It welcomes criticism and encourages students to take the initiative to implement new ideas and directions. No one is required to participate in this activity, but many who have ideas, do so. This is one good reason why Watauga does not wither away from apathy or fall victim to cynicism. r 1

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May 1976 •$.50 Robert Bradshaw: Til do my best to sing this song... A look at Our SCA Clubs and Organlzatlofls Student Publications