North Hennepin Community College - Runestone Yearbook (Brooklyn Park, MN)

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Many innovations were introduced by the admin- istration during the year. Parking trials and tribu- lations were rooted out after two days of forced, but welcome vacation. Problems were finally solved by the application of crushed rock. Plans for North Hennepin State junior College inlud- ed a total of seven buildings, of which only three were complete for classes. These three included the General building, which housed the student offices, the bulk of the theater, music, and lan- guage classes, the Science building, which held the science, mathematics, business, and architec- ture courses, and the Library building, basing the administration and counseling sectors along with the commons and art rooms. Enrolled at NHSJC were approximately 1700 students which consti- tuted a limited space factor. Adapted by the ad- ministration during the year was the no-credit system which provided an alternative for the stu- dent who wanted to keep his grade point average at a certain level. In an effort to personalize education, the English division introduced seminars during the year. Objectives of the seminars were to encourage interaction among students, hence the personal- izing effect. Rejected was the idea that Freshman English classes were merely a service to other departments. Students, it was hoped, would find the composition and literature courses as an enti- ty in themselves and not merely courses that would aid them in other courses. Instructors were given complete freedom in their choice of litera- ture in order that they could show students the introspective concepts of that medium of com- munication. ln this way the student would hope- fully see literature as a means of becoming a more complete human being. This department also sponsored the Creative Writing Club, which pub- lished student works in the school newspaper, the North Star. As a part of the Community Services Program of the year, the Business division, in addition to the usual business courses offered during the day, was involved with special evening courses. To present students with ideas and to develp talents which would augment their future success in the various activities of the business world was the primary objective of the division. Two types of courses this year were offered by the new Vocational Technology division. Engineering technology, a transfer course, involved basic drawing and drafting while encouraging creative thinking. A two-year degree was offered in archi- tectural technology in which students were trained to work with designers and draftsmen in that field. Teaching techniques included lectures, seminars, and labs. In striving for the cultural enrichment of the stu- dents, the Humanities division found itself in- volved in many activities during the year. Among the programs sponsored by the division were: various art shows, choir, band, and orchestra concerts, the Reader's Theater, and five theater productions. New courses offered this year were photography, art history, community chorus and community orchestra. New equipment was also available to certain courses, including a complete oratory language laboratory and more electronic pianos for the music courses. As in other divisions during the year, experimentation with respect to teaching methods was conducted. For instance, in speech, mass lectures were offered, augmented by small recitation groups designed to give stu- dents greater chances for self-developement. Students who were planning a major in engineer- ing, fulfilling liberal arts requirements, or having a general interest in the mathematics and science fields, made use of the wide variety of courses of the Math and Science division. Since the program served such a wide variety of interests, the objec- tives were to provide the mathematical and scien- tific backround for these many areas of interest and study. Changes in certain fields were initiated this year. A new textbook with a new approach was introduced in the Natural Science 104-105 se- ries last fall. An additional course, Anatomy and Physiology, was annexed in the field of biology. The audio-tutorial laboratory met with continued success again during the year in biology and in the Natural Science 101-102-103 series. Consisting of weekly-taped lectures, films and filmstrips, the lab combined with the open lab exercises, pro- vided a multimedia approach to learning the sciences. A full physical education program functioned during the year even though the new campus did not include a physical education activities build- ing. The students had the experience of having class in all parts of Brooklyn Park at all hours of the day. A new activities building was expected to be completed for the fall quarter of 1970. New teaching techniques were evident in the health courses during the year. Straight lectures of previ- ous years were replaced by mass lectures and small seminar groups, with the addition of a health lab during the winter quarter. Courses offered during the year in the Social Sci- ences division many subheadings: Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociol- ogy. An adequate range of lower division transfer courses in these pedagogies was developed by the division which committed itself to excellence in this area and in the area of General or non- transfer Education. Objectives of the division were to provide the students at the college level with the opportunity to improve their under- standing of the world around them through a careful selection of social science offerings de- signed to help them achieve this better understanding.

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14 - administration Ronald Thomley dean of students - Lloyd Telschow 5