Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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v JJ J . J ' After graduation from high sc hool, Dean Lathrop, in term Dean of the Col- lege of Education, went on to receive his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in education. Following that he worked for the University of Minnesota and Penn State. Dean Lathrop had been on the faculty here at Florida State for the past 14 years till he was named Dean. Part of his duties include: strategic planning for the school, faculty development, exter- nal relations, and directs teacher education. Besides his duties as Dean, Dean Lathrop has also found time to become involved in Campus activities. He was involved in the College of Education Alumni Association and was director of the College Center for Instructional Development and Services for 13 years. Dean Robert L. Lathrop College of Education 19

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The purpose of the College of Education are to prepare teachers, administrators, human service specialists, and other pro- fessional personnel for a full range of educational endeavors in both public and private settings. The College believe that all of its students should acquire a solid grounding in the liberal arts, a thorough competence in their particular field of study, and an understanding of human learning and behavior. They offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs in thirty fields of study. The programs that the College of Education offers prepare students for positions in numerous professional settings and enterprises: elementary and secondary schools, junior col- leges, and universities; vocational centers, organizations that pro- vide counseling services; career development; personnel services; adult education; leisure services; athletic training, testing, evalua- tion and measurement; institu- tional research; policy studies; organizational design and development; needs assessment for systems planning; and instructional design, develop- m e n t , and evaluation. ' ' ' ' •A :0 18 College of Education

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INSTITUTE FOR ENGINEERING The FAMU FSU College of Engineering is a joint program of the Florida A and M and the Florida State University. Students may enroll at either FAMU or FSU and receive a degree in any one of the fields of engineering offered by the College. Courses are taught on both campuses which are less than one mile apart and are served by regular shuttle bus service. Available courses of study lead to the Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical, Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. An industrial engineering program was initiated in the fall of 1985. The Florida State University is the site of one of the few super computer facilities supported by the Federal government to advance the state- of-the-art in computer development and usage. In addition, both campuses also have their own computer centers. Students are encouraged to utilize the computers for problem solving in both their engineering and non-engineering courses. 20 Institute for Engineering