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

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They are not negative and do not plain. They are not always looking for s or excuses. McAtee has a name for people like I call them ' dirt-getters ' because they le ground running. That ' s the kind of le I like, he said. They feel they can mplish anything. They can set goals want, and attain them, look for people who have those quali- ibove people who have said they have nany years of experience, he said. If cher has taught for 15 years and has dead from the neck up, then he ' s not 2, to do me a lot of good. cAtee figures that type of instructor t do the students much good either. f this teacher ' s information passes lgh his notes and into the notes of the :nts without passing through the mind ther, then I don ' t care is he has had 20 years of experience, he ' s not doing me any good, he said. McAtee feels an obligation to his employees. Once you get these people, then you have an obligation to articulate the vision of where you want to go, he said. We need to come to grips with articulating what we ' re all about and where we should go. Deciding where to go is a decision he ' ll make by himself. McAtee says a good manager will include others in the decision-making process. A good manager gets input from the organization but, ultimately, he has to decide what we are going to do, he said. Once you articulate the vision, you hold people accountable. You measure whether we ' ve got that done. McAtee sees a good manager as a sup- port giver. I ' ll give them all the support they need to get the job done. I won ' t just give them a bunch of jobs to do and then not support them as far as getting it done. McAtee says a college president has an obligation to keep up with what is going on in the classroom. I think a president needs to know what is happening instructionally and about the quality of instructors he has. He needs to find out what their strengths are, too. McAtee does not want teachers to think that he is on a seek-and-destroy mission. I think we have an obligation to try to encourage and help them get whatever training they feel would help them-whether it be teaching techniques or particular subject matter. We have an obligation to get them that. BY KATHY GANN f The most important thing is when they get out and seek a job and get a job. That is when their real education takes place any way. 9 9 Dr. McAtee ' s philosophy of :ducation is just as important o him as his style of nanagement. Access to educational pportunity is a big part of ny philosophy, he said. I think we should do iverything possible to mcourage the masses to btain as much education as hey possibly can. McAtee says the voca- ional courses have been reated unjustly by some )eople. I think all education is valuable and should be treated is valuable. It should count ©wards something and should lpply toward something, he aid. Some people think that if i student is participating in something vocational or termed ' terminal ' (as opposed to transfer), that somehow it is something less than the transfer education. McAtee wants these stu- dents to stay in the College program. We should do everything we can to keep students in the process, he said. The most important thing is when they get out and seek a job and get a job. That is when their real education takes place anyway. McAtee identifies a prob- lem many students meet when they try to transfer their hours to some four-year colleges 6 r universities. I don ' t like the Ivory- towered philosophy of edu- cation that all the masses must come to the Mecca to take education, so that it can be blessed by the holy instructors, he said. According to McAtee, alternative teaching methods and techniques should be considered I think education can be in an office building, an industry, or a recreation center. It doesn ' t have to be on the holy land for it to be called education, he said. McAtee believes students can learn from each other. I don ' t think all the knowledge of the world is in the head of the teacher, he said. Students bring all kinds of experiences to the class- room. He thinks teachers should seek the untapped sources of their students. They should be able to explore their ideas, share those ideas, and have somebody respond to those ideas, he said. They don ' t want to just be filled up with information. McAtee thinks that teach- ers should be considerate of their students. Students like some humor and some enthusiasm so they will feel important, he said. McAtee says instructors are obligated to their students. A classroom should be exciting. If a teacher can ' t make his students feel the hour they are spending with him is the most exciting time in their lives, then they have no business being there, concluded McAtee. BY KATHY GANN Pulse

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Special style adds spice to BIG MAC ATTACK as new College president serves up his own recipe for success ATTACK PLANNING-At the celebrity softball game, College President Pat McAtee and art instructor Doug Hunter look for weak points in their opponents. The game raised money to pay electric and heating bills for senior citizens during winter months. (Photo by Wayne Gottstine) Style is important to Dr. Patrick . McAtee, College president. The style McAtee is most concen with is not that of his clothes or his cai even his house. Cowley ' s new presiden proud of his own special style management. You ' ve got to be an effective mana if you ' re going to get a position sucli this, McAtee said. Management something that develops over the ye with experience. McAtee identifies different management styles which seen in the work force. There are those managers who xti want a great deal of control, he sa They want to control everything th; being done or said. They have a strong on the organization. McAtee ' s style of management considerably different. The opposite of that (style of m agement) is someone who delega responsibility, he said. That ' s wha like to do. I like to deleg; responsibility. McAtee finds there is a secret to | management success. You have to surround yourself w people who are good, he said. You ne to hire people who you really feel li ' mesh ' with your philosophy and style management. Those individuals that Cowley ' s n president is looking for must fit wit! this framework. I want people who are ' self-starte and who will take their own initiative get things done, he said. They will : goals for themselves and take pride what they do. McAtee admits that the hardest part fulfilling his goal is finding just the rig people he can work with. That ' s probably the most difficult p; of the job-to find those good people. Th( are a lot of people for jobs, but there £ very few good people for jobs, he said. McAtee says there will always be a ji for those few good people in the wo force. There will always be room f someone who is really good. It starts wi somebody who is very positive about lil They have a positive outlook, McAt Fall ' 87

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Special people make PERSONALIZED EDUCATO a Cowley tradition At first glance, attending Cowley is no big deal, but those who have been around awhile have no difficulty citing reasons why Cowley is a good deal. Linda Hargrove, director of admissions, who graduated from Cowley in 1970, feels she made the best the decision when she chose Cowley. It was a great decision. I mean, I hated it. I hated the idea of having to come to school here, because I didn ' t want to. I came to Cowley because my Dad made me, said Hargrove. But it took me about two weeks to really.... well, I loved this school from the very beginning. Hargrove is quick to explain why the first years of college can be the key to a successful eduaction for many students. It (attending Cowley) is your first experience away from home and you ' re on your own, said Hargrove. People here at Cowley were friendly so it was a great beginning for me and Cowley kind of went to my heart after two years here. Linda Hargrove Michael Watters Mike Watters, department chairman of the natural and social sciences department, agrees with Hargrove about the importance of attending a community college for the first two years. I think students, especially in the area, ought to come to a community college because they can be an active part of the learning process whereas if they go to a larger school they ' re caught up in it rather than becoming a part of it, said Watters. Becoming a part of the educational process often means students need to feel like more than a number. Watters says a community college can offer that. I find they get more individual attention because of the small class size and the instructors are able to relate with them personally about their needs probably better than they would at the four-year schools, Watters added. Sharon Hill Sharon Hill, speech insh tor agrees with Waters out the importance of st skills in the learning proces A lot of people ar prepared to handle a four-; university and the out! influences that affect y studying. Here they rea right off that they have study, said Hill. Women ' s volleyball co Debbie Davis, who also i Cowley graduate, feels that of the most important thinj student needs to learn w attending Cowley responsibility. Debbie Davis They need to learn a lo responsibility. Learning I to manage their time is 4 F a I 1 ' 87