Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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Computer Science major Eric Madson completes his homework assignments on the Kaypro, a small machine used in CIS 1020. Anna Airhart, one of the operators in the Computer Center, uses the DecMate computer for word processing. Bill Ford, head operator, helps a student change the ribbon in a letter quality printer. Programmer Don Harrison studies an instruction manual for a new IBM machine. Computer Center 17

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As college graduates will soon discover when looking for jobs, a main interview question may be Do You Compute? Business and computer information students in the four-year degree program will have access to six different types of computer systems, according to Bill Ford, head operator for the NSU Computer Cen- ter. This is good, Ford said, because when you go to work for a company all they are going to do is teach you the basics. You ' re more valuable to a company if your education in computers is more diversified. Whereas most institutions offer a single type of machine, the Northwestern Computer Center has a diverse amount of equipment to work with. We are trying to utilize more equipment, Ford emphasized. When Dr. Otis Cox, director of institutional re- search, took over the Center three years ago, there was one computer, 10 student terminals, one stu- dent printer and one administration terminal. Today the Center boasts of three main computers, approximately 70 terminals, 60 microcomputers, and 20 printers. Ford said that plans to buy a fourth computer and cluster three machines into a super network will be realized by mid-1986. With so many different systems to offer, the Com- puter Center is keeping majors in computer informa- tion systems, accounting, business and journalism ahead in the computer game . Clyde Jordan signs in with student worker Sandra Jackson. James Anders, a student from the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, experiments with the Vax computer. 16 Computer Center all photos by Pat Wyatt

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In the College of Arts and Sciences students get Quality, Variety and a Personal Touch Dr. Edward Graham, dean of the Coll ege of Arts and Sciences, describes his college in three ways: quality, variety and a personal touch. From journalism and foreign language to chem- istry and mathematics, students in the College of Arts and Sciences can take advantage of the qual- ity of our offerings, said Dr. Graham. And we are constantly working to improve that quality. Dr. Graham said that he has been most pleased since he became dean with the quality of the stu- dents as well as the faculty which makes up Northwestern. Dean Edward Graham can be found in a variety of places, including Fournet Hall. At home in the laboratory, Dr. Graham spends much of his free time experimenting. Johnnie Mallory, a familiar face to Arts and Sciences majors, receives instructions from Dr. Graham. 18 Dean Edward Graham