Gardner Webb University - Web / Anchor Yearbook (Boiling Springs, NC)

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Directors ( m ' ' •jf- A j f-- - .£F7, Mr- Robert Abrams. Director of Admissions. ABOVE, Mrs. Dorothy Edwards. Registrar. Administration 23

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Vice President McGraw Comments TOP, Mr. McGraWs good humor is irjvaluable to his relationship with G- W students. ABOVE, G-W ' s Vice Pres- ident shows intense concentration on the last home game. As Academic Dean what are the most common problems you en- counter? I feel that my . . . most commom problem is trying to build a quality education into a prescribed length of time. This is really the hardest job I have to do; getting the faculty and students to complete their edu- cational program within this certain time. All this has to be done accord- ing to standards set up by the ac- crediting agency. Do you feel that students should be made to take final exams if they have an average of B or better for the semester ' s work? The policy here is that for every course taken, there is a final exam given. Since I took my position here I have always felt that this should be left up to the professor. I think there is a certain amount of discip- line involved in your freshman and sophomores that I think they should undergo. I feel that after a student has reached his major concentration as an upper classman, there could be some merit in this matter. Now that Gardner-Webb is a four year college will the admission re- quirements change? The requirements for admission have not changed ... 1 do not be- lieve that we will raise our cut off point for admission. The reason is that Gardner-Webb is here to serve this area, the Piedmont, and the majority of our students are from this area. We will continue to serve this area, I think we should, I think this is our real reason for being here. I cansaythatGardner-Webbwill keep her standards of admission because this doesn ' t necessarily make a stu- dent more able to perform. What college event do you enjoy at- tending the most? My favorite is the time of the year when students return to the campus. When they see people they haven ' t seen for a long while, there is a communication that takes place that can ' t be duplicated any other time of the year. To me this is exciting, I look up and see cars loaded down with luggage and see the excitement in the feelings of the students as they once again meet for another long year. This to be honest with you is what I enjoy most of all. 22 Administration

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Directors ABOVE, Dr. Dan Proctor. Director of Counseling. ABOVE RIGHT, Mr. Tom Poston, Associate Coordinator of Student Personnel Services. RIGHT, Mr. Bill Boyd, Director of Public Re- lations and Publications Advisor. 24 Administration