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Taculty and TQminstration Robert W. Abrams Dir. Church Relations Randall L. Alexander Sports Information Dir. Dr. Garland H. Allen Religion, Golf Coach Mr. Joe Allen Business Dr. Charles 5- Andrews Chairman, Dept. of Foreign Languages Literature Ms. Michele Aina Barale English Dr. Gilmer W. Blackburn Associate Professor History Dr. Robert Blackburn Chairman, Health Education Physical Education Mr. Ernest M. Blakenship English, Language, Literature Mrs. Novella Blanton Assistant Business Manager Mr. Harold Gene Borders Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Mr. Bruce Brown Assistant Professor Economics Dr Joyce C. Baown Associate Professor English Dr. Lesslie M. Brown Biology Mr. Jerry Zeb Bryson Physical Education Baseball Coach Dr. Barbara Burkett Biology 20

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vji. :ro ' B ' erd £. KNoaa Vice President, TLcademie Dean A.. Q. What kind of changes do you foresee at Gardner-Webb in the 80 ' s? A. 1 see a gradual change coming in the student body toward a wider range in the age of the students. There will be fewer younger students and more older students will come to complete a degree. This will cause the college programs to diversify by starting with where the student is and broadening his horizon. Different curriculum will be developed to meet the needs of the older students which will include graduate programs. Also as Gardner- Webb grows up as a senior college, the academic requirements will increase. Q. What are the daily administrative duties of the Academic Dean? A. Working with the academic program, first by meeting with students who have problems. Also, I like to teach and I try to teach a course each semester. To summarize, I try to have a sense of where we are and where it would be good for us to go in order to organize our efforts to get there, and to give every person enough room to find their own way to achieve those goals. 1 do reahze that as a community, we have to have some goals in common to hold us together. Q. How do you personally handle the pressures of your position as Academic Dean? A. It is important that 1 keep outside interests going; I tend to be an athletic person, and I find alot of satisfaction in outside activities. Personally, I like the activities that are very competitive, that allow me to lose myself, like basketball. I also like the activities that allow me to be alone to think. I also love to be with my family, to see them grow. I enjoy spending time with them, it gets my mind off my work. Q. What are your goals and what motivates you to realize these goals? A. I am personally and professionally an educator. I deeply believe in the goodness of education, but I also know its limitations. You can teach someone what is morally good, and that does not make them a morally good person. Learning does change one ' s outlook on life. Personally, my goals are better understanding myself so that I make better contributions to others. Q. In order of importance, what are your personal and professional priorities? A. 1 continue to place a priority on trying to better understand my children. 1 want to be informed about what they want and need, which are not always the same thing. 1 try to be gentle, helpful, and constructive with them — the same in being a husband, trying to treat my wife the same way. I want to learn more about myself and others. Primarily, 1 put a high priority on trying to gain a sense of vision; what could we do that is special — here is a standard that others could look to and learn from. 19

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Mrs. Bettye M. Carpenter Psychology Mr. Wallace R. Carpenter Data Processing, Business Mr. Ralph L. Carson Religion Dr. Jeffrey Chit-Fu Chang Mathematics Mr. P. A. Cline Biblical Language Literature Mrs. Wendelin Clontz Nursing Mrs. Ea M. Cole Resident Hall Dir., Stroup Mrs. Barbara J. Cribb Education Dr. George R. Cribb Chairman, Dept. of Fine Arts Dr. Alice Cullinan Assistant Professor Religion Ms. Beverly R. Davis Nursing Mr. Robert L. Decker Music Mrs. Peggy Dill Secretary Admissions Mr. Keith Dixon Associate Campus Minister Mrs. Kay Dobbins Secretary to Assistant to the President Dr. John Drayer Religion Dr. Anthony Eastman History Mrs. Dorothy W. Edwards Assistant Director of Records Mr. Mike England Admissions Counselor Mrs. Margaret M. Farfour Nursing 21