Mississippi Delta Community College - Retrospect Yearbook (Moorhead, MS)

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Shirley Bray, Leland, Social Work; Melinda Bridgers, Belzoni, Pre- Forestry. Sammie Fay Brister, Leland, Pre-Nursing; Trudy Broadway, Belzoni, General Education. Dennis K. Brown, Inverness, Art Ed.; Ethel Jean Brown, Greenwood, Pre-Nursing. LISA CHANDLER ENGROSSES HERSELF IN DRAFTING AND DESIGN. Martha Cooks Brown, Greenville, Pre- Nursing; Rebecca A. Brown, Greenville, Ele. Ed.; David Browning, Greenwood, Music Ed.; William T. Browning, Greenwood, Gen. Business-Accounting; Patricia Ann Bryant, Hollandale, Pre-Phy. Therapy. Douglas Keith Buchanan, Indianola, Psychology; Arthur Buck, Indianola, Criminal Justice; Daniel B. Buckley, Rolling Fork, General Business; Clark Buckley, Greenwood, General Ed.; Jeannie Kay Buford, Greenville, General Ed. Emma Bullock, Belzoni, Gen. Ed.; James R. Bunting, Jr., Belzoni, Accounting; Marlene Bowen Burchfield, Shaw, Ele. Ed.; Susan Burchfield, Greenville, Home Ec; Larry Burrell, Greenwood, Music.

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Jean Abrams, Moorhead, Faculty; Joe Robert Abrams, Moorhead, Faculty. Betty Aden, Greenwood, Faculty; Jimmy Bellipanni, Indianola, Faculty. i Yvonne Bennett, Indianola, Faculty; Mary Frances Caldwell, Indianola, Faculty. Dawn Blackmon, Greenwood, General Ed.; Narrie Jean Blakely, Sunflower, Social Work; Tarsie Blakely, Sunflower, H.P.R.; Donna Blaylock, Leland, General Business. Theresa Lynn Blessitt, Indianola, Pre- Pharmacy; Newman Bolls III, Greenville, Agronomy; John Boss, Sunflower, Science; Anthony Scott Bowles, Greenwood, Liberal Arts. Margie R. Boyd, Midnight, Pre- Nursing; Terry Boykin, Hollandale, Business Education; William Monroe Boykin, Greenville, Criminal Justice; Jeffery Brassfield, Greenville, Pre- Forestry. OCT. 10-LINDA STIGLER ARRIVED ON LATE BUS 15. PARALLEL UNIVERSITY The vocational facet of Education here on campus is unique. Voca- tional students pay the same fees as other students— a tabulation of fees, board, and room rent. But unlike the academic section, these students stay in one class from 8:25 in the morning until 3:40 each afternoon ex- cept on Fridays, when they cut at 2:45. There are fourteen different Vocational programs. They are as follows: (1) Automotive Mechanics, (2) Basic Skills in Busmess, (3) Combination Welding, (4) Cottin Gin Management, (5) Diesel Mechanics, (6) Farm Machinery Mechanics, (7) Industnal Electricity, (8) Machine Shop, (9) Major Electncal Appliance Repair, (10) Offset Printmg, (11) Radio and Television, (12) Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, (13) Sheet Metal, and (14) Practical Nursing. Each of these programs is designed with one main purpose in mind-to train the students to get and keep jobs. More people seem to be leaning towards vocational careers. Here on campus tne vocational students have their own complex, and, in the sum- mer of 1977, a new wing was added to accommodate the rapidly growing numbers. The VcKational Center is a very interesting place. Most any day you can go by the Vocational building and see many activities going on from rebuilding an engine to plowing a field. The difference in most of the academic courses and the vocational is that in the academic area each day you go to different classes that are supposed to teach you the major ideas oY contemporary civilization, to make you a well-rounded person; whereas in the Vocational Center, the students actually do the work for which they are being trained, from job pnnting to operation of a wtton gin. Job placement is another interesting feature of the Vocational Center. Each year an attempt is made to place each student on a job. And they have been very successful. For example, Mr. Al Loveless, sheet metal in- structor, said that in the many years that he has been a teacher here he hasn ' t had a student to graduate from his class with good grades that hasn ' t been olTered a job. And even the students whose grades aren ' t that high are often made into useful individuals who are placed on a job. For instance, if a student ' s grades aren ' t at the level to get a managerial posi- tion, he is not cast aside as useless. He is trained for a helper ' s job. A typical day in the Vocational Center might go something like this: At 8.25 a.m. students report to cla.ss and work continuously until about 10:30 when they are given a one-hour break. They are given approximately one hour for lunch from 11:30 to 12:30. Then it ' s back to work until about 3:10 when it is time for cleaning up and putting everything back into place. All the other time is spent working hard with the realization that what they do here will determine what they will be doing the rest of their lives, and that how well they learn will determine how they will live for the rest of their lives.

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George Burton, Greenville. Pre- Engineering Tech.; Joel Burnell, Indianola, Gen. Education; Dede Cage, HoUandale, Pre-Nursing; Michael Camponova, Clarksdale, Health Phy. Ed. Dennis Cardoso, Hialeah. Fla., Accounting; Gay Carnley, Belzoni, Elem. Ed.; Rebecca Carpenter, Greenwood, Pre- Nursing; Rena Carpenter, Greenwood, Social Work. Janice Carr, Belzoni, Accounting; Douglas Carter, Greenville, Pre- Engineering; Mildred Carter, Hollandale, Business Ed.; Eddie Gates, Greenwood, General Ed. Cecil Culpepper, Jr., Inverness, Faculty; Elizabeth Cummings, Indianola, Faculty. Mary Dunn, Belzoni, Faculty; Jackie Franklin, Indianola, Faculty. James Fulton, Moorhead, Faculty; Rosemary Golden, Doddsville, Faculty. OCT. 11-LOST: CAR KEYS AROUND THE VO-TECH BUILDING. UNIVERSITY PARALLEL The Technology Department of Mississippi Delta Junior College is de- signed for students who desire a two-year terminal course. Such courses are: Building Construction, Drafting, Data Processing, Electronics, Tech- nology, Radiological Technology. Medical Laboratory Technology, and Nursing Science Technology, secretarial Science, Business. Unlike the Vocational Program which is also a terminal program, stu- dents may arrange their schedules to suit their own personal needs, in- stead of attending classes all day. Building Construction Technology is concerned with the designing, su- pervi.sion and construction of homes, and other building projects. Archi- tectural Technology is a main study in this field. After oDtaining a degree in Building and Construction Technology, a student should be prepared to fill jobs in the architectural and engineering fields of work. Commercial Art Technology majors are trained to design a commercial layout and to know all the tecnnical aspects of producing a layout. A stu- dent majoring in commercial art should be able to secure a job m some area of advertising. Drafting and Design Technology is designed to teach the students studying in this field the theories behind scientific design, as well as the most modem techniques of drafting. Eiducation Business Data Processing Technology is designed to give students a firm background in computer programming and its business applications. Electronics Technology is a course of training in electrical and elec- tronic circutry and mucn more. The Farm Management Technology department is designed to teach students to be skilled technicians in farm work. In this field students have concentrated study and on-the-job work experience The Medical l,aboratory Technology field trains its majors to run all the simple laboratory tests that are normally conducted m a hospital or other clinical facilities These students must complete on-the-job training at hospitals. The Nursing Science Technology Program trains students to seek li- censure a.s registered nurses. The students attend classes on campus and go to hospitals for clinical practice The Radiologic Technology area is a two-year and nine month pro- gram, which is designed to teach students ihc basic skills ol ,i technician in the X-ray field These students as well as the Nursing students spend time at a hospital receiving on-the-job training, ( lechnical student listings start on page 77.) 30