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

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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 !

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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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for duty hysical training, repelling, land navigation, patrolling, marksman- ship, and grenade assault simula- tions are not included in the average cur- riculum of college students. But to students in the Department of Military Science, these courses are part of their everyday schedules. The ROTC college curriculum prepares students to become leaders in the United States military. At McNeese, the Army ROTC program usually involves 30 to 40 men and women, working with the pro- gram at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. The students major in a variety of areas from criminal justice to nursing; but their military training is a prerequisite before their enlistment after graduation. No obligation to military service is made until the third year in the program; at this time, students may choose to contract with the Army and go on with their military studies. The final year of courses focuses on teaching potential officers military pro- tocol, correspondence, and justice as well as expanding leadership within the cadet and student system. Two other departmental areas also pro- mote cadet competition with other uni- versities. The rifle team competes in Lou- isiana, Texas and Georgia while the ranger team participates in intense physical com- petition in Louisiana and Arkansas. STEVEN STANSBURY and Blake Thibodeaux, both of the USL detach- ment, gear up for the ROTC Ranger Challenge. HURLING GRENADES is only part of the intense training that military stu- dents like Terence Thibodeaux undergo in the Ranger Challenge. 74 Dept. of Military Science @) i ee