Morrisville State College - Arcadian Yearbook (Morrisville, NY)

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I' - 4 JOHN W. STEWART, B.S., M.S. Head of Food Processing and Laboralory Technology. FOOD PROCESSING AND LABRATORY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION In 1945 a new curriculum, known as Food Technology, was started in Morrisville. The purpose was to train young men for the commerical canning anf freezing industry with the main emphasis on production supervision and maintenance. As the course developed a wide variety of jobs appeared in such fields as Quality Control, Inspection of both raw and finished products, Field Work and Sales, as Well as, Supervision and Maintenance. Starting with very inadequate facilities in our old Pilot Plant and with 12 students in 1945, the course has grown so that we have graduated some 400 students and now have approximately 80 students enrolled. This year a new building comparable to the most modern commercial food processing plants makes possible actual experience in processing a great variety of products. This building has a large processing room, warehouse, food specialties labora- tory, meat laboratory, quality control laboratory, classrooms and offices. In 1956, the Laboratory Technology Depart- ment was added to this Division and the name changed to Food Processing and Laboratory Tech- nology Division. The Laboratory Technology De- partment emphasises Chemistry, Bacteriology and Zoology and fits young people for technicians positions in county health laboratories, pharmaceuti- cal companies, food plant quality control laboratories and many related industries. At present, there are 24 students in this department. In light of the increasing need for trained personnel in all types of industry the Food Pro- cessing and Laboratory Technology courses, we feel, are helping to fill this very acute need.

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A. FERN JACKSON, B.S., M.S., F.d.D., Head of the Home Economics Division. DIVISION OF HOME ECONOMICS Food Service Administration prepares young men and women for supervisory and managerial positions in places where large groups of people are fed. Feeding people is a growing business and the demand for graduates in the Food Service field is high. Commercial restaurants, cafeterias and snack bars provide openings for graduates. Those who prefer the institutional field obtain employment in indus- trial cafeterias, school cafeterias, college feeding centers and hospitals. The freshman foods laboratories have been recently modernized and redecorated. The campus cafeteria, where students get practical experience by preparing meals for students and faculty five days a week, is furnished with modern and efficient equip- ment and is colorfully decorated. The snack bar in the Student Union provides additional experience. Students get further on-the-job training in co-operat- ing centers-hospitals, restaurants, college eating centers and central schools. An Advisory Committee for Food Service Administration includes men and women prominent in the food business. They meet regularly with the faculty to review the curriculum and recommend changes -to keep the program current. The Practical Nursing program was developed in 1945 to meet the needs of both hospitals and homes in the area. The practical nursing students have one semes- ter of pre-clinical study on the Morrisville campus and further work at the Gerret Smith Infirmary at Eaton. The following seven months are spent gain- ing clinical experience at Cortland Memorial Hospi- tal, the affiliating center. Additional facilities used are nursery schools and various public health clinics. Upon satisfactory completion of the one year course, the student is eligible for the state board examinations for licensure as a practical nurse.