Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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Russell Galiano, assistant professor of education, stands in support of the basketball Colonels as they win in overtime over Northwestern Louisiana. Adams, parllamentarian. The group's advisors are Dr. Ralph Oremillion and Cecile LeBlanc. Another student organization which deals with education is the STUDENT LOUISIANA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. The group's advisor is Ida Bush. The Education honorary association is KAPPA DELTA PI. Membership is open only to junior and senior students meet- ing the necessary grade point average requirements. Dr. I-lelon Harwell is the advisor. Department of Men's Health and Physical Education With the completion of the swimming pool between Stopher and Shaver Gyms, it is expected that swimming, diving, and lite-saving courses will be added to the courses now offered by the department. Dr. Phillip Bergeron is the head of the department, Both men and women are eligible to enroll and participate in activity courses offered by both the men's and women's health and physical education depart- ments. Activity courses include basketball, tennis, badminton, archery, volleyball, conditioning, golf, karate, self-defense, gymnastics, weight lifting and recrea- tional games. The department awards a Bachelor of gy V, ,M - , r r 'Y Science degree for completion of a major in health, physical and safety education. The men's intramural program is administered by this department, giving students a chance to compete in different sports in their spare time. Included in the fall and spring semes- ters were three-man basketball, tive-man basketball, flag football, and softball. Clfor more details on the intramural program, see Intramurals pages 138-1413 The fall semester heralded the tull scale implementation of the co-ed pol- icy for activity classes, This new policy enabled many male students to take advantage of dance and softball classes taught under the womens department, Many women have also taken the basketball and popular self-defense classes offered by the men's depart- ment, Instructors for the men's health and physical education department are Raymond Didier Cathletic directory, Donald Landry Chead basketball coachj, Jae Lee, Dr. Norman lvlarcel, Lance Poimboeut, Gerry Sanders Cassistant basketball coachj, and Clark Smith. Groups sponsored by the depart- ment include the NICI-IOLLS JUDO CLUB and the NICI-IOLLS TAE KVVON DO CLUB. Phil Salter lcenter with glassesj watches his shot as other members of his archery class perfect their aim. Stopher Gym is used for many activi- ties sports. din gr' 1 Nm- J --,if-.,5 g -,,., .. , I .. A ' -, WL, , ., E V Af- mv-'F' - ,rt Mens Health and ID E

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Student Louisiana Teachers' Association: First row: Debbie Adams, Madelyn Dupre, Paul Simoneaux, Christene Collins and Jo Ann Oli- ver. Second row: Terri Martin, Brenda Hebert, Charlene Oubre and Jane Deroche, Third row: Cecile LeBlanc, Sue Bankester, Cynthia Ber- geron, Jerilyn Williams, Linda Frye and Dr. Ralph Cremillion. S K' 28 Education Department A 1 limi Ctilltgt 0l lfllllfillitill Under the direction of Dr. Robert Cle- ment, the department offers thirteen fields to the education-minded students. A student can select from art, elementary education, English, foreign language, industrial arts, kindergarten education, library science, math, music, science, social studies, speech, and speech ther- apy. Students vvho major in these curricu- lums take courses offered by the depart- ments in the fields they specialize in, and in addition, they take education and psy- chology courses. Students begin observing in area ele- mentary and secondary schools, leading up to the semester in which they do their student teaching. Dr. Jo Ann Cangemi, coordinator of graduate studies in education, helped with the Louisiana Tech-Nicholls State Rome Summer Semester for the seventh year, although she didn't attend. She works with Nolan LeCompte, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, in the pro- gram to offer students the chance to study and earn semester hours while in Rome. CSee College of Liberal Arts, page 2343. Members of the education department have served as instructors in the pro- gram. Other members of the education are Sarah Buckmaster, Drs Harrel Carpenter, Dr. Mathilda Crain, Dr. John Dennis, Rus- sell Galiano, Dr, Ralph Gremillion, John Harding, Martha Harmon, William Hick- man, Eva Jacobs, Cecile LeBlanc, Dr. Lacey Marcotte, Clement Raynal, Jean- ette Reed, Dr. Edna Seaman, Nassir Sedarat, and Dr. Elizabeth Zimmerman. The STUDENT LOUISIANA TEACH- ERS' ASSOCIATION was established to promote the development of professional interests and attitudes among college students actively engaged in preparing for the teaching profession. Benefits to its members include an insurance policy which covers damages inthe event that a student teacher is sued while completing the student teacher requirements. Officers of SLTA are Paul Simoneaux, president, Terrel Roy, vice president, Madelyn Dupre, secretary, Karen Knight, treasurer, Christene Collins, reporter, JoAnn Oliver, historian, and Debbie Dr. Robert Clement, head of the Department of Edu- cation, is in charge of one of the largest single departments on campus.

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