Niagara University - Niagaran Yearbook (Lewiston, NY)

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lm Jlolm Nlewmamfs classical -mm-li mm emluc-aticm., The Idea uf 3 University, he describes .a university as gl plans fm' the ewmmurliifstiml mul circsulatiasn of thought. Hs goes to say that it consists af holla teachers and leslmenrs.,. but he smplmsizssd that great instrument mf la university is the personal presence of the teachers on the fbumlty.. Ile defines the faculty as an assemblage of learned men, zealous for their Gum svsisnses., and rivals nf each other, who ass brought tcsgether to ailjusl the s:1a.iJ:n.s anal relstimns of their respective subjects of investigation by families' intercourse., Ulluer educational leaders unanimously cnnfirm when they insist that a mmivsrsity is only as si g as its faculty. 'llme personal pm-essnce of the teacher lu the classroom is time c1sta.lys.t that 'sets in motirm the sppwmtwzs of the siudlemml.. It is that presence that steers the line of llmught thrrmglm its complexities points fmt the pitfalls. slang the way. 'Y -'W' 1 7 ' Matthew Amwlfd fmlls mmltme one of mast important elements in mu' heritage. Hs defines culture as the 'sum mtsl of the best that has been tlmught by man thrloughaut the world and over the ages. That mmllturs, ll.uwsvsr,. comes to ms in books, but books merely the grew. thoughts of the great minds.. It is the faculty who give life tm these dead sxprfessions. Nu book can supply the answers is ialfze multiplicity sf questimns raised by the text. A book is only a.re1cm el ul' To get an exact knowledge of auizlwafs thought and to catch the detail, the color, and the 'mile of ideas, help must be received from those in whom the book already lives.. The Niagara University faculty is a go-od one, and it has been a gfoml one over the years. This has been shawn repeatedly by the regard and gratitude given to the faculty by students of the past who hail been und-er their tutelage, There are presently 299 persons on the facultyg 190 of them SIE fullstimle instructlors. In addition there are fifty-one

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research pmfeseors associated of the Univers1ty Que third af the full time members females The student-fmslllirv ratio for time undergraduates IS 171 This does. not appmximate James Garfield S ideal of one mm mme on a ling but mt ms more than satisfaremry -V A gem! fammltj should be a diverse faculty dlerive from at variety of limelkggroundis This eharneterietlc helps to guarantee a gcmd of teaching methods. and attitudes towards subjeet an-ees Geez 100 dmfferemz universities, including some fmweign ones are represented members from learned eueieties. participate in panel dmseuesmnse Last wear sixty three percent of the full time faeulh paruenpeted in off' campus professional eetivimes including presenung papers at conferences, appeeufmg mi radio and television tesiiifving before governmental bodies- and 1-eeeewing appointments to lmamds amd panelsv A gmimmi faeultv IS also expected to engage in some academic research work which help to extend the buunclanries- of know-ledge through original work mr to dxeepeen umieretemdimg in existing knowledge. Many members of Niegm-e's faculty Y - 7'-2 K, ,,,, il. 6 X - , I , Y' X N W y N W ' e T W 1 U e ell e e 4 W v 7 ,, , , x ' v I e U xg 'N M ' N X N gwith ighe Roswell Park Division mm present pap-ers and N F: u . - I . .ix ix Q 2 A W . L- . N 1! -1 1, '. . 3 w , U ' x , ,.w S ' , , ' , 1 ' ' ' ' 4 il, 1 A X X r X . ' Y- - w ' ' , .' , 0 , X i ' , x W X' 9 among Niakgerwse faculty. Sixtyw one members have earned their doctoral degrees 117 possess the maestexis. The rfeputation of a faculty is sometimes based ma, the mumbear of mvitatimne exstendeda tu its have succeeded in being awarded grants from gevernmeznitel agencies and private fmzmedaticms. The eadministmtion also encourages the faculty to engage in this kind of scholarly activity by providing funds to finance pmjeets submitted by the faculty. J. Burke, C.M.