Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Vice-President for Academic Affairs Provost The Office of Academic Affairs, under the Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Dr. John Cownie, is responsible for in- struction, curriculum and academic programs, and academic support services. Academic programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Graduate College, and Center for Program Development. Instructional support services for academic programs are provided by the library and learning services, admissions and records, and through the coordination of on-campus computing services. In addition, the Office of Academic Affairs is administratively responsible for the area of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics and the administrative operations of the Center for Inner City Studies. In addition to holding the position of Vice-President for Academic Afffairs, Dr. Cownie is the Provost. As Provost, the Deans of Northeastern ' s various Colleges report to him, and through him to the president. Above — Left to Right: Jan Hansen (Adm. Asst.), John Cownie (Vice-Pres. for Academic Affairs Provost), Johnna Blake (Secretary), Diane Hirsh (Adm. Asst.), Rose Anis (Adm. Secretary), Kenneth Stetson (Assistant Provost) New Co-ordinator Named in Academic Computing, New Computer System Installed Below: Art Parham demonstrates new VAX computer. At Left: So- phia Hsu (Supervisor of Computing Facilities), Chuck Young (Asst. Coordinator), Art Parham (Coordinator) Arthur Parham, Jr. joined the University staff as Co- ordinator of Academic Computing during 1982. As co- ordinator, Parham supervises a staff of sixteen people, oversees Northeastern ' s involvement with computer net- works, consults with faculty on their computer projects, and advises the University on the purchase of computer equipment. Parham came to Northeastern from Chicago State University where he was Co-ordinator of Academic Com- puting and Assistant Professor of Library and learning re- sources. As Co-ordinator of Academic Computing, he aided faculty, staff and students in completing computer projects. Parham also taught courses in computer science at Chicago State. During 1982 the Academic Computing Center installed a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX-1 1 750 computer sys- tem, further increasing the time-sharing capacity of Northeastern ' s central facility. The VAX-1 1 750 is a virtual storage based, multi-programming system. It oper- ates with three million bytes of main storage and two disk drives totaling 900 million bytes of storage capacity. In ad- dition, a tape drive and a printer are included. The printer prints 600 lines per minute. The VAX is hooked up to the Cooperative Computer Center ' s IBM 4341 computer. The use of keypunches for access to the VAX isn ' t necessary and the keypunches have been discarded for use on the system. They were re- placed by CRT terminals. 20

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Executive Assistant Takes Leave to Continue Studies Above— University President Ronald Williams at a Board of Governors Meeting at U.N.I. Jean Kelchauser, Assistant to the President sits behind Williams at ight. Below— President Williams and Student B.O.G. rep., Kathy Kaperis. J. Otis Cochran, Executive Assistant to the University President, took a leave in August to teach law at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. As Executive Assistant to the President Cochran provides legal consultation to the University. He explained his reasons for teach- ing were to further . . . studies of sig- nificant issues in law affecting higher education. Of particular interest to Cochran were the implication(s) of the Reagan Administration ' s policy of deregulation. Cochran stated his job as a During 1982 Northeastern became one of the first universities in the na- tion to adopt a sexual harassment poli- cy. The policy has been recognized nationally and over 200 corporations and institutions have requested copies. The policy defines sexual harassment as unsolicited offensive behavior that inappropriately asserts status over sex- uality. The Affirmative Action Officer for the University, Barbara Hursh, has re- ceived primary responsibility for en- forcement of the policy at the University. If the person reporting the incident wishes, the Affirmative Action Officer initiates an investigation into the complaint and attempts to resolve University administrator is to not . . . lose sight of the essence of the University in preparing students to car- ry out their life ' s work in a more sensi- tive, humane and efficient manner. Said University President Ronald Wil- liams, Mr. Cochran ' s leave of absence presents him with a rare opportunity to teach and do research in the area of University law. His past assignments here will undoubtedly infuse his work at the Law School of the University of Tennessee with the benefits of practical experience in the field. Above — Dr. Barbara Hursh, Affirmative Action officer. the situation informally. If the informal process doesn ' t work, then the Affirma- tive Action Officer can recommend that the complaint be dismissed for lack of evidence, or that formal hear- ings begin. Affirmative Action Administers New Sexual Harassment Policy

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mm and Records Office NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CATALOG 1982-1984 Students enjoy their three time a year wait in open registration lines. The Admissions and Records Office assumes responsibility for the processing of admissions applications and maintenance and integrity of student records. As an agent for the university and official custodian of student academic records, this office has the re- sponsibility for the dissemination of information concerning students and re- leases information only at the student ' s request and approv- al. During the year controversy developed over an announce- ment by the Admissions and Records Office that students and non-students would be charged for copies of the Uni- versity catalog. Previously the books were free. The new plan called for catalog re- quests to be handled by Follett ' s Book Nook. However, such a storm was raised by the Student Senate that the University eventually backed away from the plan, and decided to allow students to (continued on next page)