Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Social Student Workers Correction SOCIAL WORKERS have an organization all of their own. These students are STUDENT CORRECTIONS is a branch of social work in which individuals gaining this seeking degrees that will enable them to help needy, homeless, abused individuals degree will have the capacity to discipline people or help to rehabilitate those with who have no other place to turn problems; Home EC Serves Area The Students Home Economics Associ- ation tSHEAi is made up of students in the SENIOR Teresa Traxel finishes some cookies prepared in one of her Home Economics classes. Traxel is from Mays- viIIe and is a member of Chi Omega sorority. PHOTO BY jACK SIMPSON.

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This is the pre-veterinary club on campus. Students who have a strong desire to help rehabilitate and find homes for needy animals may want to join this organization that also prepares its members to get into Veterinary school. PHOTO BYIACK SIMPSON. What have A iii am secretary of the club for this year and I Y 0 U C 0 n ' keep records and things like that for the clu tributed to the Teresa Fultz - - Sop omore Pre Vet.MedIcal Morehead, KY Club thls year? SIGMA TAU EPSILON ATS K eeps area informed Alpha Tau Sigma is an organization in which animals are the top priority. The club has many dos and cats which th 92 Academics

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The second floor of Lappin Hall houses one of the many clubs on campus which contributes help to students in their chosen field. Mu Gamma Sigma, the Morehead Geological Society, not only gives its mem- bers a chance to explore earth's past, pre- sent, and future, but is one of the most active organizations. The Geological Society believes in up- holding a professional level of merit through the members' class work, field studies, and orderliness. llAlthough we're undergraduates, we try our best to portray professionalism in the field of Geology, said Dawana Johnson, a senior from Greenup Co. and president of the club. The club is composed of students major- ing or minoring in Geology and Earth Sci- ence, or those who just show an interest in 94 Academics geology. There are many annual events the club sponsors, like a fall banquet which includes a prominent speaker in the field of geology. Last fall the banquet featured Patrick Good- ing, a petroleum geologist with the Ken- tucky Geological Survey. The club also has a spring picnic, local and national field trips to state parks, and weekend retreats. Last se- mester the Morehead Geological Society toured Mammouth Cave National Park. Each summer the club organizes a two- to-three week trip to distant areas of geOe logical interest. in the summer of '86, the club explored states like Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, ldaho, and Montana They visited places such as the Yellowstone National Park and the Great Rocky Moun- tains. This summer, the Geological Society will look at geology in Washington DC, the northern portion of Maryland, and Virginia. Some of the sites they will visit are the Smithsonian Institute and the United States Geological Survey Headquarters. Mu Gamma Sigma holds fundraisers, at- tends meetings of geological societies, sponsors guest speakers, and invites other geology clubs at different colleges to visit Morehead. This year the Geological Society will host a visit from the George Washington Univer- sity Geology Club. Mu Gamma Sigma also participates in a science fair in which an award is given to an elementary, grade school, and high school student in the category of Geology or Earth Science. Charles E. Mason, an assistant professor of Geology is the advisor for the club. BY ERIC HICKMAN ? THE GEOLOGICAL Society believes in upholding a professional level of merit through the members' Class work, field studies, and orderliness. Student Todd Stewart is shown some helpful techniques by the advi- sor of the club, Professor Greens PHOTO BY IACK SIMPSON.