Lee College - Vindauga Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SERVICES STUDENT TEACHING Mrs. Lucille Walker is the director of Special Services. This is a Title IV Program that centers mainly around students who are potentials for dropping out because of difficulties they may be hav- ing in classes. Special Ser- vices has a very good reten- tion rate. Of those who a- vail themselves of Special Services, a large percent- age remain in school with newfound hope. The office of Special Ser- vices offers a variety of col- legiate services designed to increase the opportunities students have to success- LUCILLE WALKER fully complete their college education. Participants in the program are selected on the basis of personal, economic, academic, physical and cultural factors. Each student, after becoming a part of the services and special opportunities provided by this department. Some of the services provided include a variety of educational assistance, from reading labs to personal tutors. Tutoring is a major part of Special Services. Students with difficulties in any given subject from music to mathematics are able to have personal or group tutors. This enables the student to un- derstand any of the problems he may be having. Under the leadership of Sister Walker who graduated with a B.A. from Scarritt College and an M.A. from George Peabody, she sees her job as a special ministry in the kingdom of God. With an attitude such as that, it ' s no wonder the Special Services program has prospered as it has. Dr. Jim Bilbo is Lee ' s Director of Teacher Educa- tion. Dr. Bilbo feels that teaching techniques have a lot to do with how well a student will perform. The typical lecture technique is not used as much anymore. Visual aids, such as films, slides, videos, and models are proving to be more effective in helping students grasp what ' s being taught. Although an educator by profession, Dr. Bilbo labels himself a farmer at heart; he enjoys raising cows and horses and listening to country music. He has to remember quite a way back when he was not at Lee. He attended Lee as a student for three years and has been on the faculty for 24 years, moving through the ranks to where his present position is as Director of the Teacher Education Program. i ■ 1 JIMMY BILBO f . m A h ij» - , ' .. ' -

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«A DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC ADVISING This year found Dr. R. B. Thomas taking on two dif- ferent roles literally becoming a man wearing two different hats. His first title as always was Director of Academic Advising. This year however he had the distinct honor and privilege of becoming the Campus Pastor at the appointment of President Vest. When wearing the Aca- demic Advising hat Dr. Thomas is in charge of what is probably the most frus- trating of all tasks known to the Lee College administra- tion, that of correlating each student ' s academic program and organizing advising times throughout preregistration and registration itself. His other role as Campus Pastor gives him the responsibility of both pastoral counseling and preaching during our daily chapels. Many times he has challenged us in chapel while preaching the Word, and preaching it powerfully. Also, he has met the needs of many students and faculty by ministering to them in private counseling sessions. R. B. Thomas is truly a man who has a burden for young people. He both understands their problems and meets their needs. In some ways, these two offices are closely linked. Dr. Thomas oversees the students ' academic and spiritual welfare. When he advises or counsels a student, he sees the whole picture. He takes into consideration both the spiritual and the mental. If you ever need him, and you don ' t know who he is, look for the man with the smile running between the Higginbotham Administration Building and the Conn Center. — Lori Jordan i R. B. THOMAS Ml ' mm DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING AND TESTING RON GILBERT Mr. Ron Gilbert, Director of Counseling and Testing, is the man to see if you are confused about where you are going and what you are to do, or what occupation may lie ahead of you to make you happy. Mr. Gilbert is a professional counselor who works closely with faculty members to assist in different guidance programs. If there are serious problems of a psychological nature, assistance is available from public agencies. Under Mr. Gilbert ' s job description falls the area of testing. He coordinates a comprehensive standardized testing program designed to assist students in knowing more about themselves. Individual testing is also available in the Counseling and Testing Center. He and his office staff will counsel with you, give you tests to show where your interests lie, and interview you for jobs. They will also keep in touch with you for at least a year and a half after you have received a job. As if his duties at the counseling center weren ' t enough, Mr. Gilbert is currently working on his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where his emphasis is in Counselor Education. He also managed to lend his own brand of humor to various projects on and off campus. He is a competent musician, skilled at both drums, harmonica, and kazoo and is occasionally found in some obscure place pouring out a heart-felt rendition of his own Lee College Blues. So, if you need a little guidance, or maybe just a good laugh, Ron Gilbert is the man to see. —Lori Jordan H LEE COLLEGE COUNSELING | CENTER J |

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DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES Mrs. Hilda Andrews is the lady who leads the Health Services Center. She is a full-time registered nurse and provides limited medical and nursing care for mildly ill students. These services are available beginning with the first day of classes each semester. Nurse Andrew ' s first objective is to give first aid to all students, and medical treatment on a limited basis with emphasis on the dormitory student who is away from home. Assisting Mrs. Andrews is her full-time secretary, June Jones. Ms. Jones keeps records of the students and their visits to the nurse. This year ' s first semester found the campus with a virtual epidemic of the chicken pox, which Nurse Andrews handled quite well. If things become serious, she advises the students of physicians in the local area, and if students are hospitalized, she visits to make sure everything is fine with them. COMPTROLLER Mr. Keith LeCroy is the Comptroller of Lee College. He is in charge of anything and everything having to do with accounting records, be it accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll clerk, NDSL clerk, senior bookkeeper and junior bookkeeper. Mr. LeCroy is a Lee College graduate, which finds him having rather close ties to the school and the affairs therein. With the increasing use of computers in the business office, Mr. LeCroy is helping the school immensely. Mr. LeCroy enjoys his job and looks forward to the time to come spending it here at Lee and fulfilling his ministry in the kingdom of God. HILDA ANDREWS KEITH LeCROY REGISTRAR Registrar, Wanda Griffith, working very closely with Dr. Stanley Butler, Dean of Admissions and Records, keeps a record of all the applications, transcripts and class schedules keeping a constant eye on efficiency. Streamlining the registration process from several hours to a couple of minutes by using preregistration and computers. Mrs. Griffith is married to Robert Griffith, an Assistant Professor of Mathematics here at Lee. She is always willing to help with any problems students may have, whether they be authorizing transcripts, checking on GPA ' s, helping in the registration process or just learning new methods and techniques on the computer. Lee College is very fortunate to have a Registrar who is so willing and able to handle those problems and tasks which arise in her everyday schedule, while at the same time making Lee College a better place to attend. WANDA GRIFFITH