Bethel College - Log Cabin Yearbook (McKenzie, TN)

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ACADEMIC DEA DR. JOI-I DRAYER Dr.john Drayer came to Bethel College as Executive Vice President and Academic Dean last September. New to Bethel, he is not new to the role of college professor and administrator having had fourteen years in those roles at Gardner-Webb College in North Carolina. New to McKenzie, he is not new to Tennessee having married a former Nashvillian, graduated from Belmont College in Nashville, and served as pastor of two churches in Middle Tennessee. Dr. Drayer has friends who cannot understand why he likes aca- demic administration. I like the challenge it presents to see improve- ment and change, he says. Bethel presented Dean Drayer with abun- dant opportunities to see change and improvements. The finishing touches on the self-study, the first year of the Masters Degree pro- gram, the transition from quarter to semester systems, and the Sesqui- centennial Planning Committee have kept Dean Drayer busy. He roams the campus frequently. MBWA , or Management by walking around is a tool he uses to keep up with the activity on campus. I always learn something by walking around which I would not learn otherwise. Dr. Drayer has one succinct hope for Bethel students - Finish Strong. This challenge was given in the Opening Convocation Sep- tember 23 when he was presented as the new Dean. As for his first year at Bethel, Dean Drayer said, I didn't finish . . . I have only begun!

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C SECRETARY MR . ELAI E ILLIAM Mrs. Elaine Williams is Executive Secretary to President Odom. She began working at Bethel in September, 1971, as a secretary to the Director of Public Relations. In the spring of1974, she was transferred to the Presidents Office. Beyond her usual secretarialfreceptionist duties as a college president's secretary, Elaine is responsible for maintaining personnel files for Bethel employees, accepting applica- tions for support-staff employees and taking minutes for the meetings of the Board of Trustees. Her husband, joe, is Superintendent of the McKenzie Special School District. They have one son, two daughters, and one grandson. X, 0 5' f f ty V4

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SECRETARY MR . PEGGY JASKOLKA ,,, AW s it I ' g r 'v.f ' S Mrs. Peggyjaskolka has been an employee of Bethel College for the past seven years, moving from the Admissions Office to be- come Secretary to the Academic Dean in 1986. In addition to the usual secretarial duties of typing and filing, Peggy schedules ap- pointments for those wishing to see the Dean. She particularly enjoys the day-to-day contact with students and faculty. She has been a part-time student for the past two years, enjoys cross- stitching, teaching Sunday school and singing in her church choir. She is the mother of four sons.