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

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Dr. Armando Garzon-Blanco became the new art department head after Dr. Ron Benson resigned, Dr. Marie Fletcher stepped down as English department head at the end of the spring semes- ter. with plans to continue teaching at Nicholls. Lula Ameen served as a temporary head of the art department for the summer session, in , . nan was also chosen as guest speaker .t dedication ceremonies for Lag- tiappef' a collection of poetry pub- ished in New Orleans. An experiment in team teaching was indertaken this year in the Humanities i01, 302 and 351 classes. Dr. Herbert Sraf and Charlene Crawley, both issistant professors of English, shared he teaching tasks of all three courses, ield in Peltier Auditorium. Iames Cowan, associate professor of English, received his Ph.D. during the fear. Noel Toups, associate professor, ook a sabbatical leave during the pring semester to complete his Ph.D. lissertation. Charles Gaharan was promoted to assistant professor. Several faculty members are nvolved in special research projects. Jr. Leon McLean, associate professor, Jrepared a paper on dialect features ound in composition for presentation vi' I tw :Q QF' ,Ili ' igafi' at the American Dialect Society at Dal- las. Dr. Alfred Delahaye, associate pro- fessor of journalism, prepared an oral history of Nicholls as a junior college. Delahaye is editor of American Iournal- ism Quarterly Bibliography. Many of the English department staff advise campus groups. Marie Fletcher is advisor to ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA, the freshman women's honorary. Glenn Swetman advises PHI ETA SIGMA, the freshman men's honorary, and also ACACIA fraternity, a Greek social group. Both Noel Toups and Alfred Dela- haye advise PHI KAPPA THETA, a Greek social fraternity, and Leon McLean is advisor to the BAPTIST STUDENT UNION. Other members of the department are: Page Collier, Betty Elfert, Novie Graham, Iackie Iackson, Lesley Mar- cello, Mary Morton, George Norris, Marguerite Norris, Dr. Max Querter- mous, Hunter Reynaud, Sister Mary Edward Romagosa, Shirley Simpson, and Paul Vaccaro. Department secre- tary is Mary Anne Bergeron. Graduate assistants are Olivia Gresham, Mary Viguerie and Sylvia Zeringue. Off-campus activities are also a part of the faculty's routine. Members of the department attend such academic con- ferences as South Central Modern Lan- guages, National Council of Teachers of English, College Writers Society of Louisiana, Southern Literary Festival, Louisiana Folklore Society, South Atlantic Modern Languages, and the Association ,for Education in Iournal- ism. A workshop for the Mississippi Poetry Society will also be conducted by Dr. Swetman in November, 1977. Certificates for completion of the honors program in English were awarded to graduating seniors. Liberal Arts

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it Department of Music The MUSIC DEPARTMENT is headed by Timothy Lindsley, professor of music. The department's major project for the year was a variety show called Parade, directed by Ben King, instructor of music. The show included student talent in all areas and the Nic- holls choir and stage band. Also helping in the production were Vernon Taranto and Paul Mathis, music instructors. The profits from Parade went toward music scholar- ships. The department got a new electric piano lab this year, open to both music and non-music majors. The lab cost 310,000 and consists of an electronic teacher's combination piano-communi- cation center, eight student pianos, a