McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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With state-of-the-art technology and advanced teaching facilities, me the new Business Economic Center is Adding up to Number The $5.4 million Business and Econom- ics Center of Southwest Louisiana opened its doors to McNeese students in the Spring of 1985, and according to Wil- ford Miles, Dean of the College of Busi- ness, the BEC opens many other doors towards a better education at McNeese. ‘It’s a fine academic facility,’’ said Miles, who has been on staff at McNeese since 1981, “it has a number of very spe- cial features that make it unusually appro- priate to teach business in.’ Miles explained that special features such as the new micro-computer lab, a new statistics lab, and the school's first behavioral lab, would enhance all phases of education at McNeese. ‘For the first time,’’ said Miles, ‘‘real utilization of the school’s computer sys- tem for larger scale research can be real- ized by students.’ Other special features include a new word processing lab, ‘‘tiered’’ seating in four first-floor classrooms, and, according to Miles, ‘‘a very up-to-date office sys- tems lab.” Adjacent to the BEC is the equally new conference center. ‘‘The main purpose of the conference center is to bring people from off campus and hold conferences for them,” Miles said. He cited management development programs for local industry and small businesses as examples. ‘We've been able, with this new build- ing and the equipment in it, to produce a very up-to-date teaching facility,’ said Miles. ‘‘We’re going to be able to do things we've never been able to do be- fore.” “It's going to make a major difference in the kind of education we can offer,’’ said Miles. Billie Jean Buck, a sophomore word pro- cessing major, re- moves a completed as- signment from a word processing printer lo- cated in the new lab. (Photo by T. Maricle)

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A spring business law class listens to lec- tures in tiered class- rooms, which were constructed in the BEC to allow better visual- ization and easier lis- tening. (Photo by T. Maricle) The new word processing center provides mod- ern eq uipment for both classroom and faculty use as demonstrated by Wanda Singleton, a junior word processing major, who feeds data into the computer. (Photo by T. Maricle) 180 Academics Taina Judice, a fresh- man general adminis- tration major, leaves a class located in the re- cently completed Busi- ness Economic Center. (Photo by G. Edwards)

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As one of the most advanced galleries in the state, the Abercrombie Art Gallery is An Artist's Dream The Abercrombie Art Gallary, located in the Fine Arts Building, opened its doors in 1984. The gallery honors Mrs. Lillie Frank Abercrombie. Funding was made avail- able by the J. S. Abercrombie Foundation of Houston. The gallery includes features that set it apart from other galleries in state universi- ties. The walls are covered with approxi- mately 2,000 square feet of neutral-tone museum carpet to insure a distraction- free viewing surface for displays. Fifteen speakers are housed in the ceiling to pro- vide music during receptions. The unique gallery was designed by the architectural firm of Dunn, Quinn, and Gallaugher. “The Abercrombie Gallery is designed to serve the cultural needs of the entire Southwest Louisiana community as well as for meeting the specific academic needs of the university. Citizens can now 182 Academics enjoy viewing original works of art in an aesthetically controlled environment,’ according to Dr. Jack Doland. The gallery boasts approximately 12 showings a year: a student show, a faculty show, three national shows, and one show from each state university. Photographs, paint- ings, and artifacts are shown in the gal- lery. Prose and poetry readings are also held in the gallery. Under a state Projects Assistance Grant by the Louisiana Division of the Arts, McNeese has scheduled exhibitions by Professor Rudy Pozzati, nationally- known printmaker, and Professor Joe Bova, a leading ceramics artist. All exhibitions are open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Department of Visual Arts sponsors the exhibitions.