Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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)

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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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Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation The purpose of the Intramural and Recreation Program is to provide an opportunity for the university communi- ty to enjoy competitive and non-com- petitive types of recreational and athletic activities. Recreation activities include: swim- ming, basketball, weight training, table tennis, fencing, slimnastics, and the Century Club. Intramural competition includes: bad- minton, swimming, volleyball, softball, tennis, football, floor hockey, and table tennis. Above — First Row, Left to Right: Violet Johnson, Joan Siegel (Coordinator Intramurals, Recreation), Betty Guzik (Asst. Coordinator, Athletic Program), Betty Meyer Second Row, Left to Right: Frank Hostetler, Dolores Petty, John Waechter, Ray Kaspar, Tony Schimpf, Ron Faloona (Athletic Director), Dan Creely Human Performance Lab Coordinator Named as National ACE Fellow Dr. George Lesmes, coordinator of the Human Performance Laboratory, was one of 47 American educators named nationally as an ACE (American Council on Education) Fellow in the 1982-83 Program in Academic Admin- istration. The ACE Fellows Program was es- tablished in 1964 to strengthen the leadership in American higher educa- tion by identifying and preparing faculty and staff for positions in aca- demic administration. As an ACE Fellow, Lesmes was as- signed to work with several administra- tive offices, including the President ' s, as an administrative intern. This is in addition to studying at several other universities and attending a seminar on the problems of academic administra- tion. Under Lesmes ' leadership, the Hu- man Performance Laboratory trains students in the areas of physiology and cardiac rehabilitation. The lab also pro- vides fitness evaluations that determine an individual ' s capacity for safe exer- cise. Lesmes is the designer of the Uni- versity ' s Master of Science Degree program in exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation, the only program of its kind in a public institution of higher education. Lesmes is also a fellow of the Ameri- can College of Sports Medicine, and has worked extensively on various civic programs involved in the field. Admissions and Records (continued from page 21) get one free book — after that they would be charged. Additionally, Admissions and Records participated in planning exercises for the Board of Governors for contingency plans if faced with enrollment de- creases. The office determined that if enrollment were to decrease by 10%, the University would experience a $2.1 million shortfall. If this happened, the University indicated that it would have to lay off personnel and increase tuition. The study was conducted as a result of the discovery that the number of traditional college students 18-23 was dropping. Northeastern discounted any enrollment problems because of its higher than average age students, and its low tuition, make it attractive to students faced with larger and larger increases in tuition at other institutions. 22