Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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offers big variety and IET the tricks of the trade IE T keeps things up to date and brings in new ideas of the future. -loe Daugherty IET. It's the Department of Industrial Edu- cation and Technology and it offers a vari- ety of areas of study. Among a few are Drafting and Design, Electrical, Graphic Arts, Robotics and Welding Technology. llThe department is good because a stu- dent gets to know a little bit of how the other areas of the department operate. For example, every student must take Technical Drawing, Time and Motion Study and Qual- ity Control, said Joe Dougherty, a senior Welding student from Fort Mitchell, KY. For the last few years, Joe has been helping to work on an automotive system which, in simplest terms, would intertwine every area of IET for the purpose of an end-product. Each area would have its own special job on the assembly line of the automation system. IET has its own professional organization, Sigma Tau Epsilon, which deals with the pro- motion of IET students. IET is also active in what is known as llTech Day, where all areas of IE are represented in the form of exhibits, demonstrations and talks from professors about specific areas. On ilTech Day hundreds of students from surround- ing high schools visit MSU to learn more about the department and the university. Joe is gaining experience in the Welding Lab where he is doing his workship while working on a computer system that can be programmed to run a welder. Pepper Tyree, head of the Welding Department, has been a key factor in Joe's accomplish- ments. nHe has a basic understanding of how to deal with any problems that may come up, and he tries to show you that you need to find them, understand them, and put them to use, Joe explained. Also hard at work is Patty Ginling, a senior robotic student from Cincinnati, Ohio. iiRo- botics is based on automation. Students are presented with a problem and must work up a more efficient solution, Patty said. Patty's work involves programming robots to do various tasks that normally a person would do, such as welding or painting. iiRo- bots take people out of unsafe situations, such as a case where dangerous fumes are released from paint. If you were to visit the Robotics Dept, you might run across the ilUNIMATEf a new robot in the Industrial Ed. building. nlt's big and used for moving heavy equipment. It's so strong, it could break your arm in a second, Patty said. Instructional robots, like the RHINO, are used to move smaller objects. In practical experience, Patty explained that a class project might involve a Numeri- cal Control Machine. The NMC is fed a pro- grammed tape, reads it and transfers the info to another machine called the MILL. The MILL, in turn, produces the pro- grammed product. llThe machines do all the work. There's no need for a person to do anything, Patty said. Patty is very involved in what is known as SME, or the Society of Manufacturing Engi- neers. As of now SME is a student unit with high hopes of becoming a chapter. It is affili- ated with the chapter in Lexington, where gwiW W WM , WW meetings are held with professionals from IBM, Texas Instruments, and so forth. At the meetings, old and new news is discussed. As the secretary of SME, Patty said the main reason for the organization is to help stu- dents make contacts with future employ- ees. uWe hope this will give us the chance to see the real world of automation and find out what we need to know to have that extra edge, said Patty. SME is sponsoring ilRobot 11 this year, a convention dealing with robots in their lat- est developments. xxlt takes place in Detroit and usually three teachers and three stu- dents make the trip, said Patty. In the field of automation, where ma- chines are out-dated fast and old ideas be- come quickly replaced by new ones, MSU's Department of Industrial Education and Technology is a good place to start learning the utricks of the trade. BY KIM GROSS ? lAB WORK IS IMPORTANT in learning any skill. As a student teacher, David Coleman shows the Class a certain procedure. PHOTO BY IACK SIMPSON 51M ' .szlltl girth 54W 52W girth W11

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Expenence comes first hand It rthe DepartmenU now emphasizes hands-on experience more than text wor -Greg Neuman Learn how to draw floor plans for an architect. Make your own clothes. Find out what managing a house is all about. Train to be a chef. Learn how to monitor the diet of a diabetic in a hospital setting. These are but a few of the options available to you in the Department of Home Economics if you de- cide to pursue one of its many programs: Interior Design, Clothing and Textiles, Voca- tional H.E., Food Services, or Dietetics. Renee Ferris, a senior Interior Design stu- dent from Brookville, Indiana, recommends the department highly because of its teach- ers. nRick Morehead has helped me a lot. He really has the ability to make contacts for students in the career field and to help them get Co-Op jobs, Renee said. Renee is learning how to do layouts of rooms, in- cluding furniture, carpet, and walls. Her stu- dio Classes have been helpful in designing what a room would actually look like if it were to be constructed. President of Kappa Omicron Phi and SHEA is Sally Maxey, a senior Vocational H.E. student from Flemingsburgy KY. Sally is gain- ing experience in Nutrition, Housing and Home Furnishing, Child Development, Con- sumer Education and Managing, Clothing and Textiles, and Personal and Family Rela- tionships. llAll of these areas are touched on rather than studied in-depth. Vocational H.E. provides you with an overall under- standing of each of these areas. Greg Neuman is also gaining hands-on experience in his major, Food Services Ad- ministration. Greg is a senior from Bell- brooke, Ohio, and hopes to someday work as a chef or manager in the hotel business. Greg explained that credit can be earned anywhere from elementary food classes where basic cooking skills are learned, to actual work in the Cornucopia Lab. In the lab, students prepare meals in a cafeteria atmosphere for faculty and graduate stu- dents. Co-Op credit can be earned by working in such restaurants as the Brass Ea- 68 Home Economics, IET gle, a restaurant-bar near campus. You've probably seen students like Greg around campus working at bake sales spon- sored by the Food Service Dietetic Organi- zation of which Greg is vice president. uIn the future, the organization hopes to do catering for fraternities and other func- tions, said Greg. Also a member of the organization is Car- ol McGinn, a senior from Columbus, Ohio, specializing in Dietetics. Carol began as a freshman at MSU ten years ago, left, and recently returned to complete her studies. llThe department has changed a lot since I began as a freshman, Carol explained. lllt's not as formal, and there are good student- teacher relationships. The Department of Home Economics of- fers students a variety of chances to gain practical experience in their fields of study. xlThe Department has improved a lot in the past few years. It now emphasizes hands- on experience more than text work, ex- plained Greg Neuman. liWhy Not get your hands on the Home Economics Department and find out what it has to offer you. BY KIM GROSS ? HOUSEHOLD DUTIES require more time and skill than many students realize. Kim Lingkage takes her time to correctly sew on a button. Lingkage is a senior Home Ec. major from Ashland, K Y. PHOTO BY IACK SIMP- SON

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fits the needs Extended Training of the medical society The program can be overwhelming at times but I feel it is all worth it. - Debbie Netherly The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences offers training for a Bache- lors Degree in nursing, along with an Associ- ate Degree in Radiologic Technology. The division of nursing is now offering a four-year program that will fit the ever de- manding needs of the medical society to- day. The program will be subdivided ac- cording to specialties: coronary and inten- sive care, operating and mental healthy children, childbearing, family, and adult. Elaine Blair, a sophomore from West Li- berty, KY, plans to enter the program which PRACTICAL experience in actual medical situations gives nursing students a Chance to use all the facts they learn in class. Carolyn Miller, a graduate assistant from Morehead, demonstrates an I. V. technique. PHOTO BY IACK SIMPSON 70 Nursing NURSING requires a lot of intense studying to keep up grades and stay in the program. Kathy Thomas, a ju- nior from Whitesburg, follows as she listens to the lecture. PHOTO BY IACK SIMPSON will be implemented in the fall of 1987. This study of nursing requires a 2.5 GPA and admits the forty students with the highest GPA. MSU has offered a two-year associate degree since 1971. The students who com- plete this degree can enter the four-year bachelors program as a junior to strengthen their education. Debbie Netherly is expanding her li- censed practical nurse tLPNi degree with the two-year associate degree. She feels she has learned a considerable amount of technology in her LPN training. uYou can make a better assessment of your patient after the two-year LPN program? She add- ed, WI! be glad to get back to work and apply the knowledge I've learned. Debbie feels the clinical work at the hospital has added to her education. iiMy advisory Ja- nice Brumagen, along with the other in- structors, are very helpful and make the students feel very welcome to come and discuss any problems we may have. iiThe program can be overwhelming at times, but it is worth it. At MSU the two-year associate degree in Radiologic Technology is very demanding. Lisa Malone, a junior from Creenup County, KY, is very involved in the program and her studies in X-ray. The students spend fifty percent of their time on internships in area medical facilities off-campus. According to Lisa, students take X-ray practice in diagnostic radiology, ultra-sound, nuclear medicine, filming in surgery, and dark room procedures. The admission procedure is rather limit- ing. The applicants must have a physical, be interviewed at a hospital, have a high rank- ing in their high school Class, as well as a composite ACT score of 17. Once admitted to the program Lisa said, uYou have to be determined to work. It really challenges your mind as you must do things by apply- ing certain procedures to different situa- tions. ul really enjoy working with people. That's the key to excelling in the nursing field. BY JAMES HAVENS ?