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

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| | | . Being involved in the tutoring program serves as a source of income for some students, and it also provides the needed support for Helping the Disadvantaged Succeed McNeese State University began pro- viding individual tutoring and special as- sistance services to disadvantaged and physically handicapped students who have a need for academic support. The project is intended to address the special needs of ‘‘at risk’’ students, those identified as being in danger of dropping out before graduation because they are disadvantaged either through learning or physical disabilities or because they are first-generation college students and or from low income families. Some 200 McNeese students received assistance during the 1984-85 school year. The objectives of this project are to in- crease the proportion of students who elect or are entitled to stay in school; to increase the grade-point average of par- Anita Mire, a Hackberry freshman, and Ville Platte freshman Sheila Attle (participants in the McNeese tutoring program) review for an up- coming math exam. (Photo by Mericie) ticipating students; to reduce the number of curriculum changes made within an academic year; and to increase the pro- portion of graduating project-assisted students pursuing graduate or profes- sional study. Qualifications for tutors include a grade-point average of 2.7 - 4.0, as well as the meeting of set financial guidelines. Tu- toring sessions will be held during normal business hours, and students can work up to ten hours per week, depending on their class schedules. The project is under the direction of Brenda M. Ball, who also serves as an advocate for McNeese’s physically handi- capped. Sena C. Theall serves as Learn- ing Disabilities Specialist. Seniors Graduates Pes

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JOIN = Léa Johnson, Jedd M. — Livonia, Sr. Johnson, Samual J. — Basile, Sr. Johnson, W. Don — DeRidder, Sr. Jones, Carolyn B. — Lake Charles, Sr. Jones, Debbie P. — Monroe, Sr. Jordan, Virginia — Lake Charles, Sr. Joubert, Julie A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Joubert, Monica L. — Crowley, Sr. Judice, Cynthia L. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kahono, Rinto — Indonesia, Sr. Kasher, Paul E. — Sulphur, Sr. Kelly, Frank W. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kennard, Deborah C. — Kinder, Sr. Kennison, Darlene M. — Sulphur, Sr. Khan, Anwair H. — Pakistan, Gr. Khosrasereshley, Gholeimhossein — Iran, Sr. King, Brian A. — Lake Charles, Sr. King, Tina M. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kingery, Bill S. — Tiger Island, Sr. Kingery, Kathryn A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kinney, Brenda S. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kirby, Sharon T. — Sulphur, Sr. Kittling, Mike — Alexandria, Sr. Klump, Rene F. — Sulphur, Sr. Klumpp, Susan B. — Lake Charles, Gr. Knight, Carol L. — Sulphur, Sr. Kohl, Marsha A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kohnke, Ernest E. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kohnke, Mary A. — Lake Charles, Gr. Kolde, Kenneth F. — Cincinnati, OH, Sr. Kubicek, Patricia A. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kuehn, Charles E. — Lake Charles, Sr. Kuhlmann, Jane E. — Moss Bluff, Sr. LaBuff, Charles H. — Kinder, Sr. LaBuff, Michael J. — Kinder, Sr. Lacey, Steve J. — Lake Charles, Sr. LaFarque, Wayland P. — Kinder, Sr. LaFleur, S. Lynn — Lake Charles, Sr. Lake, Lana L. — Lake Charles, Sr. Landreneau, Renee Y. — Lake Charles, Sr. Landry, Loree A. — Sulphur, Sr. Landry, Regina M. — Elton, Sr. Landry, Rosemary — Lake Charles, Sr. Landry, Sandra W. — Lake Charles, Sr. Lane, Carl W. — Lake Charles, Sr. Langley, Carolyn C. — Lake Charles, Gr. Laningham, Melanie A. — Lake Charles, Gr. Lanka, Prasad S. — India, Sr. Lannin, John H. — Grand Lake, Sr 222 Seniors Graduates

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Student internships offered through various departments not only give the participants experience but they also allow them to Work for Class Credit Hands-on experience through intern- ships may be just what a student needs to successfully compete for a job after graduation. Students can get this valuable experi- ence while attending McNeese by seek- ing employment in their fields of study. Many departments offer internships that will give a student hands-on experience, and class credit as well. Mandy Roberts and Mark Guzman are both Mass Communications majors, and they have interned at the news depart- ment at KPLC-TV. Guzman interned dur- ing the summer, while Roberts was em- ployed in the fall. ‘Not only was it a teaching tool in the sense that it gave me hands-on experi- ence,'’ Guzman said, ‘but it also gave me insight into the workings of a TV studio.” ‘| answer opinion polls, file scripts, and sometimes | go out with reporters,'’ Rob- erts said, describing her duties at KPLC. “Other times | go out with a cameraman and cover a story myself.’ ‘Hopefully, | plan to use this experience in future employment,’’ Roberts said. Guzman, however, has other ideas. “| don't plan to go into broadcasting, he said, ‘‘but I'm glad | have experience that | can use in other television fields.’ Ron Davis, a junior advertising major, interns at Collingwood and Co., a local advertising firm. 224 Seniors Graduates ‘‘| do graphic design and production of advertising material,’’ Davis said, ‘‘It's ex- perience on the real thing, from ideas and concepts to applying your skills and pro- ducing the actual art.’ ‘For being an inexperienced designer, the best thing I've done so far is a presen- tation piece for a computer company,” Davis said. ‘‘It involved all the skills that you would need to be a graphic designer. Basically what they said was ‘Here's the project—do it!’ It was a big step. ‘The best thing that I'm getting from the job is the experience of working under pressure and the application of skills,’ Davis adds. ‘Everything that I'm doing now applies directly to my future employment,’’ Davis claims. Nita Dean is a senior majoring in chem- istry. She interned at Olin Chemical Co. from January 1982 to May 1984. In her intern program Dean worked for one se- mester then went to school full-time the next. “| worked with chemists in the lab,’’ Dean says of her duties. ‘| had opportuni- ties to use instrumentation in chemical analysis, like gas chromographs, and oth- er instruments commonly used in chemi- cal laboratories.” Dean says of her experience at Olin, ‘‘It was a great opportunity for the practical continued