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

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Idea training eachers are the back- bone of our society; they have the responsibility of educating and socializing our children. McNeese State Uni- versity’s College of Education, under the direction of Dean James M. Brown, has the re- sponsibility of teaching teach- ers. Yet, this is not the sole function of the College of Ed- ucation. It is also responsible for training Psychology and Health and Physical Education majors. It consists of four de- partments: Curriculum and In- struction; Health and Physical Education; Psychology and Special Education; and Admin- istration. The Department of Curric- ulum is responsible for training students in elementary and sec- ondary education. It also con- ducts various types of student activities; one of these consists of videotaping students’ teach- ing and using the tapes as mod- els during various symposiums and conferences. The Department of Health and Physical Education is also responsible for student activ- ities and the training of coaches and Health and Physical Edu- cation teachers. The Department of Psychol- ogy and Special Education’s faculty is just as impressive, and student activities include participation in the Special RENCE WOOD aids blind- folded student Dawn Holtzman in a special edu- cation experiment simulat- ing the lifestyle of a blind person. 72 College of Education @) Olympics. The Department of Admin- istration assures that all edu- cation majors are computer lit- erate. According to Dr. Joe Savoie, head of the depart- ment, a new computer lab is being installed in Farrar Hall for this purpose. FACUITY: Dean =. the ¢ College of Education: oS bebetnea of Civ alum: Dr, Everett W, Burge, (Head), : o Margaret Baker, ue Ralph Huhn, : a alba. Womack and. 1D Maney . vie ce (Head), Cheryl Navarre, Dr. Jim Brown, Dr, De bre be Margie

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+ ; { = 4 Personnel » ‘ he College of Business is concerned with the ed- ucation of students in its four areas: Accounting, Eco- nomics and Finance, Manage- ment and Marketing, and Office Systems and Business Educa- tion. Specialized departments de- signed to serve students and area businesses alike are incor- porated into the Department of Business. These departments include the Business Barometer Index, the Center for Economic Education, and the Small Busi- ness Development Center. The Business Barometer In- dex works in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce to continually monitor the com- munity’s economic stability and is compiled and edited by McNeese professor Dr. Douglas McNeil. The Center for Economic Ed- ucation works with the College of Education to assist state Economic teachers. Martha Misik, director of the center, states, ‘‘Economics is incorpo- rated in all the texts even at the kindergarten level. The state mandates Economics in Free Enterprise classes in high school; thus there is a need for this program.’’ The center sponsors a variety of work- shops especially for teachers, including the provision of class- room materials and resources. The Small Business Develop- ment Center, serving a five par- ish area, provides conseling, in- formation, and assistance to potential or established busi- nesses. Paul Arnold, director of McNeese’s SBDC, states that the center is ‘‘regulated to busi- ness application. People in business or who want to go into business — we help them out.” ® College of Business 71

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WILLY WYNN and Shaunda Harper participate in a wheelchair simu- lation as part of their special ed- ucation class. ANDREA LEA practices using a special projector in the education curriculum material room. EVELYN BLANCHARD and other students join Jean Ann LaGrappe as she skips rope in the methods class of the education curriculum. | @) College of Education 73 !