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

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pare meals weekly to be served to eager participants in the Home economics lab. Department of Agriculture Although the Department of Agriculture does not have the largest group of faculty members in the college, it does have active participation, both from its faculty and its students. Carroll Falcon, a Nicholls graduate himself, heads up the department, along with other members l-lerman Heck, Robert Falgout and Carlo J, Marcello. Students in agriculture become equipped with broad train- ing in business principles applicable to modern agriculture and rarely have trouble finding employment upon gradua- tion, according to faculty reports. These students are also prepared for positions in farm management as well as in business or industries related to agriculture such as insurance, banking, finance, farm -.. , UIQ a-47' L-2.4, xigzg, ' 'J'Q.f-'-, ,l S. mai ff-lQ'.'u, machinery, supplies, markets, feeds, processing and others, ln addition to assisting the Ag Club with Western Week activities, the faculty also co-sponsors the Home Gardening Forum with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, a program which concentrates on various aspects of garden- ing and judging of floral arrangements by local clubs. Dr. Ftobert Falgout, professor ot plant science, journeyed to Central America last tall as a consultant to El Salvador. l-le also serves as a consultant to the sugar cane industry in Louisiana and other sugar producing states in the South and Southwest. Sugar cane technology was destined to take on new importance at Nicholls in the coming years because of a new sugar cane technology program approved for the fall of 1977. At that time Nicholls will begin the only course of its kind offered in the United States. M-Qi' ' 'Jfrv J i .,, , --?t'f2z 23 WWW' , 33:'?ts: J' A ,Q iff we V' ,L 1 Z . -, - 1 , Out of the classroom and back offshore, oil field workers have the opportunity to earn a degree in petroleum technology when they are not on an oil rig. A good bath always helps out, as Casmin Davis washes down one of the animals kept at the Nic- holls Experimental Farm. The farm is used as a work and study area for students. College of Life Sciences 243

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The College of Life Sciences and Technology takes its role seriously in preparing students for vocational careers while also providing them with firm academic footholds. Specifically the college strives to stimulate intellectual curi- osity, develop opportunities for individual and group research, prepare the student for immediate employment or advanced study vvhile also instilling in him an interest in aca- demic and community functions. Dr. Margaret Jolley, professor of economics, serves as the dean of the College ot Life Sciences and is the only woman academic dean on campus. Departments in her college include Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Home Economics and Nursing. Along with bachelors' degrees in biology, agriculture, engineering technology and home economics, the university awards associate of science degrees in engineering technol- ogy, food service management, nursing and sugar cane technology. Pre-professional curricula in agricultural engineering, den- tistry, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy and veterinary medicine are also offered by the college. These prepare students for transfer to a professional school without loss of credit. In fact Nicholls had 15 graduates of the biology depart- ment enrolled in state medical schools during the past year. The four schools included Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport and the University of Mississippi. Students enrolled in the College of Life Sciences and Technology have a variety of academic-related activities to participate ini These range from the Ag student who cooks hamburg- ers at Western Week to the food services majors vvho pre- Ctllltglf 0l lilt SCICIICC Dr, Margaret Jolley, dean of the College of Life Sciences and Technology, served as head of the Home Economics Depart- ment before her appointment as dean, illlll Tttlllltlltlglgl Jolley appointed deang sugar cane technology degree approved Max Hardberger stands by as students question a speaker from the LSU Medical School, in a lecture sponsored by the Pre-Professional Medical Associ- anon W' 43 35 ti II Cuenca 1 f oll ge of Life Sciences Z' .

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244 College of Life Sciences College lll lllt SCICIICES and Technology Dr. Carroll Falcon explained the pur- pose of the course will be to develop qualified mid-management level person- nel forthe sugar cane industry. Department of Biological Sciences Dr. John Green heads up the Depart- ment of Biological Sciences, a curriculum designed to provide the student with a general background in the basic biologi- cal and supporting sciences or to prepare him for graduate work in biology or for advanced studies in a professional health career. The department is currently involved in a shrimp research project concerned pri- marily with locating the primary spawning areas for both white and brown shrimp, ascertaining what chemical andfor par- ameters affect natural spawning in both species and in determining the effects low oxygen conditions have on shrimp distribution. If the study documents the existence of significant spawning areas, then the appropriate agencies Cstate and federalj will be notified, in order they might con- sider tormulating regulations, such as Dr. Carroll Falcon, head of the agriculture depart- ment, gives his daughter a close-up look at a solar energy display brought by Lowell Jones of the Uni- versity of Kentucky at Lexington. The Agriculture Club: Front row: Danna de la Cruz, Carolyn Landry and Joan Grillet, Second row: Dr, Robert Falgout, Jackie Freeman and Fred- die Lapeyrouse. Third row: Lettie l-larp, Fiose Marie Jones, Fanny Naquin, and Karl Ouebedequx. Fourth row: Casmin Davis, Art Boudreaux. Fifth row: Phillip Durliah, John Dunckelman, Louis Fiodrigue and Louis Parr. -15- ,,-4 . X s iw 'S 1. - , ., i i, . 5 , , l, . f I 1 ., - . VXM ,xg xr . ,i K. ' ' - - .f' N Y -3- .Jim ... at My ,kyftvge in sit- 'Q 'gms . ,ts ggi, , V5 rn F tell A ,cf 39 yi GQQ X If