Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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permanenr dean is appointed. The changeover of deans hos nor hod an offecr on rhe srudenrs. We get rhe job done, Namyer said. Things do seem a litrle srognonr, bur rhings ore definirely improving with fhe building of Sneil. There are updated computer systems, and new cad-coms. With all this going on you wouldn ' t even notice any changeover, said Lynch. There has been steody improvement. He also notices more input from students and the administration ' s willingness to respond. There are plans to build on extension to Snell in five years, soys Nomyet. At the moment, the school of engineering is on the upswing and as Lynch put it, There is on optimistic outlook among students. Things must be going pretty well if on engineering student ' s greatest complaint is that there ore not Dutterf ingers in the candy machines in Snell, sold junior Gene Guiliono. — Kothy Fazio The Snell Engineering Center, new equipmenr. increases in rhe foculry and on updated curriculum all add up to more co-op jobs for engineering students. This is one of two new lecture holls which are loved by both students and faculty alike for their comfort and excellent acoustics. All photo ' s by Jim Karoion

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College of Engineering Quality Change Transforms NU into a Power Degree School Increases in faculty, more co-op jobs and an Innpresslvely builr new home con be rocked on to the lisr of latest developments within Norrheostern ' s College of Engineering. At a time when enrollment is leveling off ond the search for a permanent dean goes on, Acting Dean Soul Nomyet soys, The quality is still improving. One major step is the building of the new 5nell Engineering Center, which provides 30 new laboratory areas, five multi-purpose classrooms, two lecture halls and plenty of office space for faculty and odministrotion members. The increase in faculty has moinly been seen in the elearicol and computer science engineering deportments. The new lobs also provide students with more opportunity to conduct reseorch. Dean Nomyet said that although NU isn ' t In the top ten of engineering schools in the country, it is a good school, competitive, and the grods do well in the market place. He added, NU Is not a highly theoretical school, compared to Stanford or MIT. The students ore more practice oriented and con go out and get o job done. Where os most grods from regular four year schools need extensive training when they start working in the reol world, NU students hov e a better advantage at getting o job, soys Deon Nomyet. It ' s (NU) great, sold junior Michael Lynch of NU ' s Engineering Council, and with the job experience you con ' t beat it. Co-op advisors, John Mullholl and Elizabeth von Szilossy claim the list of companies being added to the co-op progrom is growing. These ore big name companies, von Szilossy sold. As for as educotion is concerned, The students will be getting a better moth background with the new curriculum, Mulhollsoid, which is updated every four yeors to keep things current. Students hove commented on the new lobs being o lot better, sold von Szilossy. She also noted the terrific acoustics in the leaure holls, ond the ease of putting on lob and oudio visuol presentotions. As for her own purposes she sold, There is great improvement in organization. Like the students, von Szilossy olso oppreciates having all the offices in one building. It ' s ' ; rc. all the professors you need ore right . -T: in the building, said engineering Aaing Deon Soul Nomyet soys, The qualify Is still Improving. He maintains this even though he is the second acting deon since June 1 965 and the search for o permanent dean continues. Student Joyce Knezevich. Prior to the opening of Snell, the departments of engineering were scattered around the campus. However, now they ore all under one roof. Dean Nomyet feels there may hove been o lost intimacy within specific deportments, such OS civil engineering, which was formerly locoted in Doltolph (now Cullinone). The deportment wos very tight knit, occording to Dean Nomyet. So much so that they even referred to themselves as students of Boltolph University. However, Dean Nomyet soys things ore getting bock to normol. Most of the engineering students speak positively about Snell, noting moinly its convenience, ond as junior Gene Guiliono soys, It ' s comfy. However, senior Ed Bell noted, You ' re limited to meeting only engineers, which isn ' t optimal for sociolizing. To this, Guiliono replied, He shouldn ' t hove time to socialize anyway. Seniors Mork Worren and Steve Torbouer suggested mixing nursing with engineering. This resolution brought a smile to Bell, who then sold now that ' s a goodideo. The reasons for building Snell weren ' t purely cosmetic, although Deon Nomyer pointed out that when parents come here they don ' t like to see pavement and gray brick buildings. He admits the building isn ' t on answer to the lack of clossroom space, but it is o great help In increasing facuify and bringing more research into the program. The College now offers more reseorch jobs as co-op, which up until now hod been minimal. Under the odministrotion of Harold Lurie, who wos dean from 1981 to June of 1965, the College of Engineering underwent improvements in industry and college relations. When Lurie retired from his posifion he was reploced by Acting Deon Elizabeth Drake, who wos the first womon ever appointed deon of o college of engineering. She took a leave of absence for medical reosons, which wos effective Oct. 5, 1964. Nomyet was then appointed octing dean. He has been a civil engineering professor at NU for 25 years ond will continue to hold the position os acting deon until Droke returns, or until o

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Arts and Sciences Journalism Chairman Revitalizes Department Journalism students in the class of ' 86 are the last of a dying breed. They are the ones old enough to remember the archaic classroom con- ditions of yesterday and young enough to enjoy the dramatic improve- ments the class of ' 90 takes for granted. They are the same ones who struggled through Newswriting I with beat-up manual typewriters and the ones now most amazed by the two rooms full of IBM selectrics. In addi- tion to witnessing first hand the complete over-haul of North- eastern ' s Journalism department, they also shared their first year in Boston with the man largely responsible for those changes. LaRue Gilleland came to NU five years ago with the intention of making the department the best journalism pro- gram in the east. Arriving in September of 1981 from the University of Nevada, Reno, Gilleland faced a small department, housed in cramped quarters, with only two full-time pro- fessors, a loosely struc- tured curriculum and poor classroom equip- ment. I saw the develop- ment of the department as a challenge, Gilleland said. He com- mented that North- eastern ' s potential to be a leading journalism school already existed, citing its strategic loca- tion in Boston, the co- op program and the department ' s relation- ship with newspapers throughout New Eng- land as sound building blocks. The first step was to expand the curriculum that in the past was primarily focused on print journalism. Now in addition to a core of seven required courses, students are offered a choice of one of four concentrations: news- Professor LoRue Gilleland expanded rhe Journalism curriculum and added new equipment such as a rodio rv news lob and electric typewriters in the hopes of obtaining occreditotion for the deportment photo by D. Kellie Healy Photo by Mihe Qotch The VDT ' s shown above will allow students to become accustomed to the machines before going out on co-op. A dorhroom with 10 enlargers allows classes of 20 or more students to work comfortably and efficiently.