Lee College - Vindauga Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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the advantage of rubbing shoulders with working church musicians while hearing from nationally known guest artists and teachers. Keyboard music has always played a vital role in the music program at Lee. Lee ' s current curriculum emphasizes the development of performance skills that will better equip the keyboard major in pursuing his or her particular musical goals. New dimensions in accreditation lie in the near future. New facilities in the form of a remodeled library building will provide new horizons ' for the Department of Music. Specialized rehearsal halls, a recital hall, and practice rooms will make even more effective the work of this department. All of these add up to first-rate preparation for a music career in school music, performance, and church music ministry. Just as music is changing its form and style to fit the times, so is the Department of Music and Fine Arts at Nineteen eighty-four has truly been a year for music makers to modulate. . . . students derive the advantage of rubbing shoulders with working church musicians. CVURiV NV)SI Lee College. Many changes are taking place for the benefit of this department. (I. to r., from back) Jim Bums, (Chm.), Michael Brownlee, Roosevelt Miller, Thomas Schow, Bertha Gugler, Virginia Horton, David Horton UtotraA

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Sttttf a Music and Fine Arts Music is one of those unique and ageless forms of our culture. Even though music changes frequently with the changing generations, it never loses its importance or beauty. It has been signified as the universal language. Not only is music a vital part of the world at large, but music also is a vital part of our own environment here at Lee College. The Department of Music and Fine Arts is one of the more visible departments on campus. Valued as one of the primary public relations and recruiting arms for the college, the department provides music for chapel services, convocations, Homecoming, College Day, commencement, and a host of other activities. The Lee Singers, Ladies of Lee, and other ensembles represent the school off-campus as well. They appear before hundreds of audiences during the school year and on holiday tours. They are often called upon to represent the Church of God in national and international conventions. At least one of the singing ensembles will usually take a summer tour. Most tours are made right here in the United States; however, some tours have been to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Undergirding all of this activity is a solid program of class instruction, private lessons, and rehearsals which provides for the music student an academically sound foundation for performance. The music program is currently moving toward a curriculum which is designed to keep the college in the forefront of ... a solid program of class instruction, private lessons, and rehearsals provides an academically sound foundation for performance. musical activity in the Church of God. Seminars in special interest areas are bringing active ministers of music on campus. The present students derive StmraA

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Continuing Education The Department of Continuing Education is directed by Ray H. Hughes, Jr. and is housed on the campus directly across from Conn Center. The department exists as an undergraduate program designed to utilize methods of independent study. This program is especially designed to prepare persons for ministry in the Church of God who cannot pursue a traditional resident college degree program. Most Lee students know only of the program ' s convenience for holiday and summer study, but the department offers much more. A Bachelor ' s degree in Biblical Studies is attainable and the program is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Students may begin a course of independent study at any time and financial aid is available for qualifying students. For today ' s times, this type of program is the only kind in which some students can enroll due to employment situations or other circumstances. The department also sponsors extension programs which are held in different parts of the country to reinforce the main program of independent study. Hughes revealed plans to expand the extension offerings in the near future. Presently, there are approximately 500 students enrolled in the department. These students are located in 42 states and 17 foreign countries. Hughes hopes to put the entire department on computer soon to cut down on the amount of paper work and to better serve the students through a more efficient system of operations. -Allan Hill Ray H. Hughes, Jr., Director Special Services Title IV (I. to r. from top) Pat Williams; Mary Ruth Stone; Pam Coker; De an Defino; Lucille Walker, Director; Steve Sherman SimeBA