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

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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

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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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breeding sanctuaries or offshore seasons for harvesting these species. Dr. Alva l-larris is directing the project. Assisting him are Dr. Jimmy Gann, Dr. James Bagan, Dr. Ftobert Falgout, Dr. Jack Field and Dr. Olen Gary. Harris was also selected as the recipi- ent ofthe Nicholls Alumni Federation Dis- tinguished Service Award, presented dur- ing the annual alumni spring banquet. Another member of the college, Dr. William Henry Long, has taken a leave of absence to accept an appointment by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, to serve as their techni- cal cooperation expert in entomology at the University of Sao Pauls Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture in Piraci- caba, Brazil. Long spent the earlier part of the year in Brazil and returned to the states before departing for his current 14-month stay. His primary role will be to direct eco- logical research on major agricultural pests, train personnel in techniques of field entomology, and cooperate with experiment stations throughout the coun- try in developing pest management pro- grams. lvlore recognition came to the depart- ment when Calvin Viator, associate pro- fessor of biology, was featured on the cover of the February, 1976, edition of Agri-Fieldman, a national agriculture publication. Entitled l.ouisiana's Cajun Consult- ants, the article dealt with the activities of Calvin and Stanley Viator, both univer- sity professors, who also serve as sugar cane consultants tor farmers in eight of the state's 13-parish sugar cane region. The two Viators, who are not related, along with Dr. Daniel Viator, CaIvin's brother, have formed the Sugar Cane Consultant Service which serves clients from Lafayette Parish to the Mississippi A A ., t.: F- 3 , ' 'H ' 'ii' A -1: 'dx .. x V fix-,I . 3. . - 'Q 'it' . - def x W 1, 'i Q .vi Dr. John Green, head ot the Biology Department, has worked with various research studies awarded to Nicholls due to its closeness to the Gulf ot lvtex- ico. liftj 'J in , ,Nh gt ix I, J , - 'M -A A K jc.: I Aquatic Biology Society: Forest Olivier, Steve Davis, Bonnie Bothner, David O'Chery, Mike Wise, Don Mercante, lvtila Arceneaux, Kenneth Foret and Fred Goodrow. College of Lite Sciences 245