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

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Aba - Bat Abate, Pamela A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Abraham, Carol A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Abrahams, Melanie M. — Sulphur, Sr. Abshire, Kevin J. — Sulphur, Sr. Abusultaneh, Yousef H. — Jordan, Sr. Adams, Aaaron — Jasper, TX, Gr. Adkins, Charlie C. — Sulphur, Gr. Adler, Laura A. — Sulphur, Gr. Airhart, Carole M. — Moss Bluff, Sr. Airhart, Donald W. — Moss Bluff, Gr. Albert, Pearl Y. — Lake Charles, Gr. Allen, Frederick S. — lowa, Sr. Anderson, Donald D. — Lake Charles, Sr. Anderson, James R. Jr. — Lake Charles, Sr. Anderson, Joan E. — Lake Charles, Sr. Anderson, Phyllis J. — Lake Charles, Sr. Anderson, Ray M. — Lake Charles, Sr. Ange, Christopher G. — Lake Charles, Sr. Ange, Lisa K. — Lake Charles, Gr. Ansari, M uhammad N. — Pakistan, Gr. Anselem, Dollie S. — Bell City, Sr. Arceneaux, Chester B. — Tampa, FL, Sr. Arendt, Jerry W. — Lake Charles, Gr. Arnold, Guy J. — Elizabeth, Sr. Ashworth, Angela A. — DeRidder, Sr. Aucoin, Marcus J. — Pine Prairie, Sr. Austin, Christi A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Austin, Jim R. — Hamden, CT, Gr. Autin, Trina A. — Jennings, Sr. Babineaux, Sheila R. — Lake Charles, Sr. Baik, Yun-Jong — Korea, Gr. Bailey, Celia G. — Sulphur, Gr. Bailey, Johnny W. — Lake Charles, Gr. Bailey, Melinda L. — Moss Bluff, Sr. Bailey, Sharon M. — DeRidder, Sr. Bailey, Shawnee K. — Rosepine, Sr. Baker, Andy — Lake Charles, Sr. Baker, Joe D. — DeQuincy, Sr. Ballard, Mary H. — Lake Charles, Sr. Banerjee, Ashim K, — Baton Rouge, Sr. Barbee, Mary E. — Lake Charles, sr. Barbry, John D. — Lake Charles, Sr. Barczik, Katin L. — Lake Charles, Sr. Barker, Cherie T. — Sulphur, Sr. Barousse, Mindy S. — Lafayette, Sr. Barthels, Cecil — Lake Charles, Sr. Bass, Brenda — Starks, Sr. Batchelor, Kathleen D. — Orange, TX, Sr. Bates, Rondald W. — Houston, TX, Sr. 202 Seniors Graduates

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4 | { Board of Trustees Mack Abraham, Lake Charles Keith W. Babb, Monroe Kenneth A. Beoubay, Baton Rouge Joseph J. Davies, Jr., Arabi James E. Davison, Ruston R. L. Eagan, Jr., New Orleans Herbert M. Gordon Lutcher Eugene G. Gouaux Lockport Cyrus J. Greco Baton Rouge Anthony L. Molina Sr. New Orleans Tom C. Morgan Hammond Enoch T. Nix Bossier City Harvey A. Peltier, III Thibodaux June Phillips Shreveport Wiley H. Sharp, Jr. Hammond Calvin Wilkerson Grambling Anne Willet Pineville Bob F. Wright Lafayette Regents Trustees 201

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Offering such curricula as the radiologic technology program trains students to offer Better Quality Medicine McNeese State University has one of the top radiologic technology programs in the nation, according to an American Medical Association (AMA) reaccredita- tion team here for a five-year assessment. The McNeese program, which was in- stituted in 1978, is one of only 17 of the total 763 in the nation which offer a Bach- elor of Science degree. The McNeese program includes two years of pre-professional study in clinical radiology at one of three area affiliates, St. Patrick, Memorial, and West Calcasieu- Cameron Hospitals. “Since the program began, the suc- cess rate on the American Registry of Ra- diologic Technology exams has been phenomenal,’’ says Greg Bradley, pro- gram director, who came to McNeese in 1981 from Morehead State University in Kentucky. For example, Bradley points out, ‘‘three of 101 McNeese graduates scored 93 percent or better on this year’s national certification exam. For the second con- secutive year, there was a 100 percent passing rate.” “Our average score on the exam has been 88 percent out of 100. On the nation- al average that’s usually in the upper 20 percent.’ The success rate for students who ap- ply for advanced study and enter areas of specialization — radiation therapy, nucle- ar medicine, ultrasonagraphy, and special procedures such as angiograms, and computer enhancement of arterial images — is also a source of pride to Bradley, he says. ‘‘We've been extremely successful in having our students accepted to these specialization programs,’’ he says. Of 30 McNeese graduates, he says, 10 have ei- ther entered speciality fields or have risen to a supervisory level. Three are now Ra- diation Therapists; two are Computerized Tomography (Cat Scanning) Technolo- gists; one is currently in Nuclear Medicine School at the University of Oklahoma. Bradly attributes McNeese’s accom- plishments to the ‘‘very high quality’’ of the program, and to the fact that entry into the professional program is governed by strict admission. Approximately 75 are currently enrolled in various levels of the curriculum, but only 10 were accepted into the professional phase last semester. Accreditation stan- dards set the maximum number for this phase at 13. Although the current faculty to student ratio is 2:1 with two full-time and three adjunct clinical instructors and a medical advisor (Dr. JU. R. Romero of Lake Charles), Bradley says the university is an- ticipating an increase to maximum capac- ity (a ratio of 10:1) because of the recent enactment of a Louisiana law which will require all radiographers employed by hospitals to be licensed. In order to be licensed, a technologist must graduate from an AMA-accredited program, such as McNeese's. Seniors Graduates 203 ae