Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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Top - Dr. Erle C0ppedge, vice president for business affairs, overseas The Peay's tinancial status. Bottom Left - Alice Taylor, retired as office manager of the Business Office this year. Bottom Right - Walter Wilson is director of purchasing, David Collier, manages the University Center store and Ann Ross is in charge of the university bookstore. help with more campus-wide activities. Another area of student activity that Dr. Boehms is pleased with is the field of intramurals. 'llntramural play has grown fantasti- cally under Bob Neilson's direction, with 100-150 people attending the free play period every day, stated the proud vice president. ilAn increased budget does not nec- essarily mean that there will be more money available for the expansion or betterment of all aspects of campus life, comments Dr, Erle Coppedge, vice president for business affairs. This thought can be explained by the fact that it takes more money to do the very same things we did last year, which gives us an insight into inflation. When questioned about Austin Peayls plans for renovation, Coppedge replied that this money was not included in the school budget. All mon- ey for renovation is handed out by the State Board of Regents and the Gover- nor; thus, it is these people who really decide what Austin Peay will have or will not have. Dr. Coppedge said that there are plans for changes in the business of- fice. These changes are mainly aimed at the addition of a full-time personnel office to handle non-faculty job appli- cants. This is greatly needed, accord-

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used to attract new customers plus a very flexible meal program. Another area of concern to Boehms' office is the parking situation. Current- ly this area is being looked into by the Committee on Traffic Parking and Flow. Although their report has not been completed at this time, stopping the traffic between the Browning Build- ing and the student center is being con- sidered. As President Riggs insists, HThere is plenty of parking space on campus, although not all of it is conve- niently located. One major improvement in the office of student affairs has been the reorga- nization of the area of student activity on campus. This was done by placing Mildred Deason in charge of student development, which is responsible for developing activities on campus, ex- cept for the big name concerts. So far Dean Deason has instigated weekly rap sessions in the dorms led by Dr. Jim Brandt, director of counseling and testing, one of which was attended by 151 people. Other activities include the movie program, which has a good weekly attendance and working with the fraternities and sororities to get Opposite Top e Dr. Charles Boehms. vice president for stu- dent affairs, seems conndent over the progress made in his department. Left - President Riggs attends a going away party for Dr. Koy Floyd, out-going as- sistant to the president. Oppo- site Bottom - Another member of the student affairs force is Doytt Redmond, dean of stu- dent life, straddle a Hborrowed motorcycle. Bottom -- Mem- bers of the student affairs force include tTop Row From Lem Paul Knight, manager of SAGA food services; Robert Neilson, intramural director; Julius Green, director of veterans af- fairs. tMiddle Row From Lem David Watson. assistant vice president for student affairs and director of the university center; Rigoberto Rivera, director of safety and security; Dr. James Brandt, director of the counsel- ing and testing center. tBottom Row From Lem Mildred Deason, dean of student development; and Carolyn Biggers, superinten- dent of the post office.

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ing to Coppedge, who stated that Aus- tin Peay already has 250 workers who are non-faculty and this will naturally increase with time. The office of Admissions and Re- cords is headed by Glenn Gentry. As far as the increased enrollment at APSU in the fall of 1976 was con- cerned, Gentry stated that there was an 11 per cent rise, But, Gentry commented that l'Austin Peay is trying to concentrate on at- tracting students from the upper half of high school classes. When asked if this meant stricter qualifications for admission, Gentry said, HNo, since Austin Peay is a state school qualifications for admissions would have to remain the same. Dr. James Sawrey, vice president for academic affairs, migrated to APSU in the spring of 1976. He has been charged with the responsibility of up- grading Austin Peay's academic offer- ings. HAustin Peay.does not want to be- come an extremely large university, commented Dr. Sawrey. Instead of numbers of students, Saw- rey is more interested in quality stu- dents - students which are class lead- ers, or who had a high academic stand- ing in high school. Top Left - Glenn Gentry, dean of admissions and records, receives special problems every registration day; yet somehow lives through it. Top Right -- Janet Reiprish, assistant director of admissions, and Dick Littleton, director of admissions were in charge of student recruitment last year; a record increase in enrollment was the result. Bottom - Dr. James Sawrey, vice president for academic affairs, is just one of the new faces in the Riggs' administration.