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

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The difficult part of teaching high tech is keeping up with the new thinking and the fact that not everything is available, Hearn said. In machine shop, instructor Charles White says that educating instructors will be as important as educating the students. The company that you buy new high technology equipment from will generally provide instruction for operation and maintenance. There is a week long school in Chicago that we can go to that is put on by the company and will teach us how to operate, run and program the machine and then we will incorporate that into the classes. But White is quick to say that the machines are user friendly. The way the machine is set up, if you have a problem you can ask it for help. You still have to have the basics but the machine can do much to help you. White cautions that learning the basics is the key to the whole thing. It almost requires two years of training. The basics have to be there first and you can ' t just jump into the high technolgy area, White said. This year, the machine shop area has added a 15 engine lathe, and a $4,000 software program to use the CAD-CAM process for engine mechanical drawing. Electronics instructor Don Hughes sees new equipment being added to his department, too. We ' re getting a $50,000 industrial robot to be used in introductin to Within the next 10 years you will need some type of degree to be a ditch digger, because they will not use a pick or a shovel, but more sophisticated equipment. Jim Martin robotics and the engineering technician program, said Hughe s. We also will receive four Allen- Bradley manufacturing automated controls and a new communications laser. There ' s so much new that we ' re constantly updating our instruction and our equipment. Hughes says that learning elec- tronics is easy if the student uses common sense. The most difficult part of teaching electronics is getting students to think logically, Hughes said. Electronics is easy if you think logically. Hughes is proud of his electronics lab. We now have one of the finest electronics lab in the state and maybe in the country. I think it ' s probably as well equipped as the labs at KU or K- State, Hughes said. This could only come about with the cooperation from the administration. According to Charles White, chair- man of the Department of Industrial Technology, the school is staying current with high technology develop- ments. At this point, we are keeping abreast of industry and the changes that are so rapid. The only problem we experience is in updating existing technology and updating the in- structors ' knowledge so we can con- tinue to teach the most current developments, White said. We are going to see a lot more one and two week courses for in- structors so they can receive ad- ditional training to learn how to operate the technology, White said. I ■ FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WINFIELD THE BANK FOR A LIFE TIME 24 HOUR TELLER MACHINES DOWNTOWN AND EAST MOTOR BANK CHECKING ACCOUNTS • PFRSONAL LOANS AUTOMOBILE LOANS REAL ESTATE LOANS CATTLE LOANS MAIN BANK NIGHT DEPOSIT 900 MAIN CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. WINFIELD 221-1650 TRAVELERS CHECKS INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS TRUST SERVICES BANK BY MAIL SERVICE CASHIFR ' S CHECK EXCHANGE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FDIC INSURANCE ON EACH ACCOUNT SOUTH MOTOR BANK 1421 MAIN EAST MOTOR BANK 1905 CENTRAL

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High Technology • Chet Logue Qjow ' Hig h -Tech takes over Cowley faculty and administrators say that the College has entered the high technology era with enthusiasm and a commitment to provide studen- ts with the most advanced training possible. The $200,000 vocational-technical school grant, which has been mat- ched wit $100,000 of the College ' s money promises that this com- mitment will be fulfilled. Charles Hungerford, new drafting instructor, is glad about the new equipment his department received. The Cad-Cam (computer-aided drafting and computer-aided manufacturing) processes will couple with a computerized numerical con- trolled (CNC) milling machine to produce products which originated as designs on the computer. Draftsmen enter three-dimensional drawings directly on to a computer, which digitizes the specifications and feeds them into the computerized milling machine. The milling machine produces as many parts as required and each is an exact replica of the original design. Ten new CAD machines will aid the computerized drafting instruction., Each unit costs approximately $13,000, Hungerford said, but the cost will be offset by the marketable skills obtained by the students. The basic drafting skills have not changed over the years, but the introduction of computers into the field has kept in- structors on their toes. Private in- dustry is becoming computerized and the workers will find it necessary to get the proper training in com- puterized drafting. Auto mechanics instructor Bob Boggs spent the summer getting acquainted with the new equipment and updating former equipment. Automotive students will work with a new valve grinding set-up and a gas analyzer in addition to the engine analyzer, wheel balancer and four- wheel alignnment system which puts the car in a perfect rectangle, added to the program last year. Cars used to change every seven years, Boggs said, now they change every three years. Also, cars are custom ordered now so you don ' t have a basic hand book to go by. You have to know how to diagnose any problem, in spite of the make and model, Boggs said. It is most important to know the basics and how to diagnose. I try to stay up- dated with industry in my classes. The automotive industry will be the most lucrative business of the future, and the automotative technician is the job of the future. Welding students gain experience working with two new high technology machines. A $16,000 Pat- tern Trace Machine works as an automatic cutter that can be program- med to trace patterns unattended and a digital r ead-out wire feeder works as a robotic gas metal-arc welder. The Pattern Trace Machine will cut practically every metal that exists, said Robert Justice, welding in- structor. You draw the picture and it will cut it out. The machines are fairly simple, but you must know the basics and it will take over. The changing technology means the equipment in the welding program must change, too. The machines are consistently being updated on a ten year rotation plan, Justice said. The difficulty in teaching high tech is the possibility of skipping over the basics. One needs a foundation of he basics or the tower of learning is shakey. Carpentry students willl benefit from the grant, too, when a sawbuck, screwgun and hammer drill are ad- ded to their equipment. The new equipment is not too dif- ficult for the students, but I closely watch the beginning students with no background in woodworking, said carpentry instructor Ben Cleveland. The new equipment is valuable in preparing students for work on the job site .For the future, I ' d like a big enough shop building to drive a truck in with work area for bad weather and storage. Now, that the new equipment is available, students have to master it. Some may take longer than others but they all can master it. We have to teach new methods of learning to compete with other schools and make our literate students ready for the job market, said Jim Martin, related subjects instructor. Within the next 10 years, you will need some type of degree to be a dit- ch digger, because instead of a pick and a shovel, they will use more sophisticated equipment, Martin said. Norman Hearn, related subjects in- structor, is in the process of requesting a $12,000 hydraulic trainer. The present trainer is old and doesn ' t work sometimes.

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c Police Science • Rick Nichols and Denah Spongier Total Learning Experience The 30 students of the police scien- ce department combine hours of in- class instruction with hands-on ex- perience for total education. They work in the College ' s Criminalistics Lab, which instructor Elvin Hatfield says is one of the best in the state and they help the Arkan- sas City Police with Arkalalah and other major events. Admittedly, the program is a lot of work but students say that Hatfield helps make it enjoyable. He also helps prepare the students for either immediate work or transferring to another college. The agency and level of govern- ment determines how many years of college is needed. It averages from one to four years, ' ' said Hatfield. Students see Hatfield ' s personal experience as a plus in the classroom. Hatfield gives students an inside look and a good start. Being a criminal investigator in the past for the Ark City Police Department, Hat- field gives more insight into the law emforcement field than the average police science instructor, said Brian Baber, police science major. Through his experiences Hatfield ' s students can learn more than the text could ever teach them. An important aspect to the police science programs for sophomores is the on-the-job-training. These students work with area police agencies like the Arkansas City and Winfield police departments, Cowley County Sheriff ' s department, the Fish and Game, and even the Winfield Pre-Release Center, said Hatfield. Sophomores in this program in- clude Steve Roberts, Todd Heptig, Mike Knapp, Jerry Donals, Cathy Kirkland, Janet AAcDown, Chris Baber, and Brian Baber. Six sophomores work in the dorm security program for practial ex- perience. Dorm security includes Roberts, Heptig, Knapp, Donals, Kirkland, and McDown, said Hatfield. They star- ted work Aug. 28 because of dorm check-in. Campus security began Sept. 11 because I didn ' t want to be like last year and start two to three weeks after school had already star- ted. Hatfield said that overall, the in- coming freshmen police science majors are probably of higher quality than last year ' s freshmen. That could account for the small number of retur- ning sophomores. The Criminal Investigations class has a mock trial as part of the final. This is a way to see if students have comprehended and understand the material that has been covered in class. You can ' t really have a suc- cessful investigation until you get a conviction and you have to go through the court system to get that, Hatfield said. I think this is a good evaluation because the students have to properly present evidence in court and it ' s the first situation when an of- ficer is put on the defensive. At the beginning, the officer is the helper and then the investigator but in court he ' s the defender. The officer is for- ced to prove thaleverythingin the in- vestigation has been handled legally and properly. In April, Hatfield takes his students on a field trip to get some first hand experience. The trip this year will be in mid- April. This year we may go to a few new places, said Hatfield. Last year two bus loads of students attended the trip. Students visited the Kansas Bureau of Investigations (KBI), Kansas State Men ' s Penitentary, Shawnee County Yout h Center, and the Kansas Correctional and Vocational Center, also known as candy land.