Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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FREDERICK BOSARGE DEAN OF STUDENTS Dean Frederick Bosarge worked to insure that a variety of out-of-classroom activities and learning opportunities were available, and also focused on insuring that the range and quality of nonacademic services available to students was the best that Northwestern resources could allow. Areas reporting directly to the Dean of Students included Student Activities, Student Services, Placement, and the Bookstore. Dean Bosarge also advised the Student Govern- ment Association and Blue Key. JERRY PIERCE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT Jerry Pierce was appointed to the office of Assistant to the President on External Affairs in the fall of 1982. Responsibilities under this position included the develop- ment of NSU ' s alumni, athletics for varsity men and women, and information services. Mr. Pierce serves as a liaison between the president and all departments under his direction. In dealing with NSU ' s alumni, Jerry Pierce raised money for scholarships and receives financial support for other areas. Included under athletics was the responsibility of keeping the president in- formed of everything dealing with sports. NSU ' s longevity was the key that Mr. Pierce felt displayed the university ' s stability and outstanding strength. A desire for a positive image of NSU was the goal Mr. Pierce felt the students needed to uphold. Mr. Pierce said that students do more for the public reception than anyone else. Administration 2 1

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DR. GEORGE A. STOKES VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Dr. George A. Stokes, an academic dean at Northwestern State University for the past 20 years, was appointed as NSlTs new Vice President of University Affairs. His posi- tion held responsibilities for all support service areas of the university. These areas included the financial aid office, the registrar ' s office, university police, maintenance, utilities, and recruiting activities. Dr. Stokes believed that the president ' s new organiza- tional structure of the university was streamlined to pro- vide a more direct service to students and reflected the president ' s desire to heighten the ability of all departments to their functional best. Stokes interests included using NSU ' s natural resources such as its vast amount of land to benefit and develop the agricultural and animal sciences, reviving the teaching of Latin, pushing NSU ' s advertising and design programs, and building up ROTC at NSU. Stokes stressed the importance of NSU students to pro- mote a positive image of NSU. ERNEST J. TRICHE VICE PRESIDENT OF FISCAL AFFAIRS Ernest J. Triche, Vice President of Fiscal Affairs, was responsible for all fiscal matters concerning Northwestern State University. Mr. Triche ' s office also coordinated all ac- tivities of the offices of Controller, Personnel, Purchasing, Physical Plant, and University Printing. Part of the duties of Vice President of Fiscal Affairs was preparing budgets and following up on actual performance of keeping to these budgets.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES The College of Education and Behavioral Sci- ences offered programs in teaching, adminis- tration, psychology, special education, and library technology. All of NSU ' S education programs were accredited by the national Council for Ac- creditation of Teacher Education and the Loui- siana State Board of Education. Education graduates were scoring high and had excellent passing rates on the National Teacher ' s Exam. One unique feature of the college of education is that it contained the only Museum of Education in Louisiana in Louisiana. The museum was a col- lection of materials that were onced used in the school system in Louisiana. Maxine Southerland was the director of the museum. Dean Walter Gies, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Professor Dan Carr in the College of Education The Teacher Education Center holds the offices for the College of Education and a Middle School known as the NSU Lab School.