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

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College ol lllt SQICIICCS and Teclmology River. Three of the department's faculty members participated in the Louisiana Academy of Sciences annual meeting in Baton Rouge in February. Dr. Alice Templet, assistant professor of biological sciences, and Raul Templet, assistant professor of biological sci- ences, both represented Nicholls on the Executive Council while Paul Templet also served as program chairman of the Zoology section ofthe annual meeting. Monroe Howell, assistant professor of biology, presented a paper and served as a program chairman. Faculty members serve as advisors to various clubs designed to further interest students in science fields. Dr. Ronald Kilgen and Dr. James Ragan are the advisors to the Aquatic Biology Society whose goal is to have members become acquainted with tech- niques and instrumentation used in research and to collect reference mate- rial. Food Services Executive Association: First row: l-larold Daigle, Clara Pitre, Margaret Naquin, Cheryl Caminita. Janie Brown, Martha Chabert, Vickie Nizzo and Cathy Ranner Second row: Pam Folse, Laura Concanie, Jackie Cauthe, Jennifer Guidry, Kelly Falcon and Brenda Fontenot. Third row: Jane Ockman, Carolyn Kinberger, Cathy Seely, Roxanne Ziegler. Rose Pitre, Gwen Pitre, Reed Ordoyne and Tom Perry illeqe of Life Sciences One new course was created by the department and was scheduled to be taught for the first time in the fall of 1976. It will be Zoology 450 - Mammalogy with Dr. Janet Smith as the instructor. Other instructors in the department include F. Max Hardberger, Dr. Marilyn Kilgen, Mary Lou Knobloch, Dr. l-lenry VVebert and Dr. Burt Wilson. Department of Engineering Science Dr. Charles J. Monier is head of the Department of Engineering and Technol- ogy which was involved with a move into a new building during the year and work in the community. Department members surveyed the levees in Lafourche Parish to assist the police jury in its project to determine flood protection and also assisted the Methodist Church of Dulac in a surveying project. ln addition they visited the Corps of Engineers operation in Vicksburg, Miss. New lab courses were added in ther- or a 7-on, 7-off program. The student's employer and the univer- sity work closely together to insure the students professional growth in his par- ticular field. Participation in this program usually allows the student to command a higher salary and a more responsible position upon graduation. Under the sponsorship of the Engi- neering Department is the Nicholls Engi- neering Society with Monier as the advi- sor, This group strives to promote a greater interest in engineering and related fields while also establishing a better relation- ship between students and faculty. Other engineering faculty members include Ray Adams, Charles Becnel, Joseph Badeaux, Thomas Day, Casper Chifici, John Hamner, George Dupont and Raymond Yakupzack. Under the direction of Mary Blackmon, R.N., head of the Nursing Department, student nurses work in area hospitals for the practical part of their educa- tion modynamics, fluids, strength of materi- als, and control systems, along with a course in Sanitary Engineering. For the coming year the department would like to offer more laboratory work in the new engineering technology lab building, offer more electives in mechani- cal, civil and petroleum engineering tech- nology and have more joint functions with the Nicholls Engineering Society and the Nicholls Engineering Alumni. One of the more popular engineering programs is one sponsored jointly by industry and the university where stu- dents alternate between work and study, , , f Ai' f L X l i l i

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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

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