Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Gerald Anderson, Data Processing Robert Boggs, Auto Mechanics Jerry Boyce, Athletic Director Robert Brennaman, Business Elaine Brown, English Phil Buechner, Mathematics Ben Cleveland, Carpentry J.P. Dewell, Speech Stan Dyck, Philosophy Doug Ewing, Psychology ABOVE: Oil painting is only one of the many continuing education classes found at CCCC. Ruth Riley is one of many night students. RIGHT: Imogene Rahn uses continuing education classes to improve her talen- ts. 26 STAFF AndersonfEwing ii , , g ' .xl-gf f l , .?. lj, w if, 4 QV- iii i vw - xiii . ' ' x , f A N. l Q -gg, . 3 2 if , es 4 7 x 44 M if

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X- I,-1' S Y 5-. Ungar F. I Ad men combine While the Board of Trustees made the policy for the college, the administration carried it out. Under the direction of chief administrator, President Gwen Nelson, Sid Regnier, dean of ad- ministration: W.S. Scott, dean of studentsand registrar: and A.F. Buffo, dean of instruction, saw to the smooth operation of the institution. Hidden away in the far northeast corner of the business office, Regnier kept his finger on the financial pulse of the institution. In addition to handling all the purchases and payments of the college, Regnier also supervised classified staff employees and acted as treasurer to the Board of Trustees. Supported by full time employees Wanda Shepherd and Joycelyn Goff and part time em- ployee Fern Gilmore, the business office staff kept pretty busy, according to Regnier. But Regnier wasn't so busy that he didn't have time for himself and his family. I make spare time, he said. I suppose the biggest pastime I have is reading the Bible, said the active member of an area businessmen's Bible study group. He and his wife, Sharon, were also avid golfers and Regnier collected coins when he wasn't out working in the yard. The father of threeg Doug, I87 Jody, 155 and David, 12, Regnier enioyed being with his family. My family's a pretty big hobby that takes up quite a bit of my time, he said. Regnier boasted a strong community college background. Prior to his six-year career at Cowley County, he taught and served as a business administrator at Southeast Community College in Nebraska. A community college is a vehicle through which we're more closely associated with the people in the community and have a better op- portunity to meet their needs, he said. In Regnier's eyes, Cowley County Community College did a good job of fulfilling its respon- sibilities. I think a community college has a much wider spectrum to cover and we do a pretty good iob ot it, Regnier said. Our facilities were available for community use and we were here to serve the needs of the community. For A.F. Buffo, 31-year Cowley County Com- munity College veteran and dean of instruction, work and play mixed well. After a day of heading up the instructional end of the in- stitution and serving as director of the area vocational-technical school, Buffo relaxed with his wife Wilda, a former school teacher, or worked on an intricate stamp collection he star- ted inthe ninth qrade. Like Regnier, Buffo enjoyed doing things with work, pleasure his family. A favorite pastime of daughter Paula and son Bobby was fishing, but that wasn't the only sport the group enjoyed. Bobby, a freshman, attended Cowley County on a tennis scholarship and made the trip with the team to the national tennis tournament in Ocala, Florida in May. Mixing work and pleasure was a necessity for Buffo since his iob sometimes took him away from the responsibilities of leading the 49 in- structors at the college, and he had to make every minute count. One aspect of his iob that he enioyed was ser- ving on North Central Association evaluating teams and visiting campuses which sought ac- creditation. It's a nice way to help them and get ideas to help us too, he said. It's a kind of cross fer- tilization. While Buffo sought help for the institution's curriculum needs, W.S. Scott, dean of students, directed his focus onthe students themselves. I'm a fan of students. I'm a fan of student achievement, Scott said. For Scott, the fun part of working with student services was seeing students succeed, there's no question about that. After nearly I4 years of service, Scott said he held the college in the highest regard. It really hurts me when someone says something against the college, he said. I take it personally. And personal he was. Prior to com- mencement, he met with the 1980 graduates and told them, as he has told all graduating classes, that he felt he had an obligation to help any of them as long as they lived and many, in the past, have held him to his word. I don't know how many letters of recom- mendation I wrote this year, he said with no regrets. He kept track of students even after their graduation and he saw that as part of his iob. I suppose I get to know more students than anyone on campus, he said. I don't know why that is. I guess, to put it in a nutshell, I'm iust real interested in them. Scott's interest in students was reflected in his regular attendance at all athletic events, his marquis of student recognition posted in the display case of his office, and his personal con- cern for their welfare. The thing about Mr. Scott was that he was a good will ambassador for the college. He's frien- dly. He remembered students' names and something spcial about each one and that meant a lot to the students, said Linda Williams, student worker in Scott's office. PEOPLE !Administration 25

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'EGM n ' wg, if X. X W 9' 1 f' ,.1- if 4 I Y William Forrest, Science Linda Hargrove, Physical Education Kerry Hart, Music Don Hastings, Science Elvin Hatfield, Police Science - .f X 'V Carol Hobaugh, Social Sciences f . ,gf is r y , ui! , f 'L k in , - Q Doug Hunter, Art V Don Hughes, Electronics Arlene Irvin, Business Joe Isaacson, Accounting . f Something for everyone For more than 3,000 adults and senior citizens involved in the Continuing Education Program, Cowley County provided something they wanted and needed. Headed by Director of Community Services Walt Mathiasmeier, the Continuing-ed program has been steadily growing for the past five years. According to Mathiasmeier enrollment figures boast an increase of iust less than 100 percent for the five-year period. The growth has been steady and it indicates that the community looked to the college for night classes as well as day classes, Mathiasmeier said. We have a large increase in senior citizen participation with the help of co- ordinator Mary Margaret Williams. The increase in enrollment is due partially to the wide offering of courses the program makes available. We're ready to change our curriculum as the need arises, Mathiasmeier said. AlI we have to have is sufficient interest in the class and an in- structor. For the most part, continuing-education cour- ses ae successful. Ranging from business and vocational classes to art basics, micro-wave cooking, or primitive survival, there were more than 100 courses to choose from. But not all the classes made it. N The continuing education program often took the courses to the people. Operating out of four centers in Winfield, Arkansas City, Wellington and Oxford, the college was able to provide more services to more people and Mathiasmeier believed that was the key to the success of his program. l think the strongest point about Continuing Education is that we offered what the people wanted. ' LEFT: Furthering his education, J-im Wright is one of many students who has found an advantage to taking con- tinuing education classes. STAFF Forrestflsaacson 27