Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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D-10 1981 THE YAMACRAW Continuing Education There ' s More In Store Teaching New Tricks. Mar- lene Howard, Associate Dean of Continuing Education offers this job description: I am primarily in charge of the adult non-credit program. Short, informal courses are offered three times a year — fall semester and spring. These courses include aerobic danc- ing, backpacking, photo- graphy, sailing and many Gthers. Marlene tactfully avoids discussing whether or not working with the trouble- some adults is particularly trying, but she does reveal where it is she gets her patience. Much of my leisure time is spent preparing and teaching a Singles Adult Sun- day School class at Faith Memorial Assembly of God Church. I also do volunteer work for various Christian organizations. Marlene Howard, Associate Dean of Continuing Education Bill Gates, Assistant Dean of Serving Uncle Sam. Before becoming Oglethorpe ' s As- sistant Dean of Continuing Education in January, 1981, Bill Gates served a thirty- three year hitch in the military and civil service. While with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Mr. Gates was an associate direc- tor of the General Man- agement Institute, which handled federal management training in eight states. Who knows? Maybe O.U. can one day boast of the .xme ef- ficiency in its operations as the Federal Bureaucracy does in its! Here ' s hoping Mr. Gates learned from Big Brother ' s multitude of red- taped sins. Continuing Education (1981) Cool. Pat Elsey never knows what to expect next in the Continuing Education office with all the lost people wander- ing through Hearst and the half-crazed Business Concepts students searching for Gary Roberts to contend with. How- ever, Mrs. Elsey always has a calm, cool disposition. Perhaps she developed some of her cool at home, as mother of three children. Maybe she uses her pastime, golf, to forget the jungle at O.U. In any case, anyone who peeks into the Continuing Education office can still see her there, calmly prepared for the next mad intruder. Pat Elsey, Secretary of Continuing Education Gary Roberts, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education (1980)

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THE YAMACkAW 1981 D-9 Admissions Bringing Them All In James A. Nesbitt, Director of Admissions Jonathan Jay, Associate Director of Admissions Roxann Garber, Assistant Director of Admissions music, and college and professional sports. Some of his experiences are especially unusual. For example, he has backpacked through the Pacific Northwest (eating elk for the first time), represent- ed the U.S. in international swimming meets, and sur- vived the bicentennial in Washington D.C. He especially enjoys explaining to students the opportunities available to them in college and what college is and isn ' t. Carol Gamble, Assistant Director of Admissions Randy Smith, Assistant Director of Admissions Helen Schofield, Admissions Office Manager Mary Ellen Perkins, Graduate Admissions Counselor Admissions on the Half- Shell. Director of . ' Admissions James . ' . Nesbitt has a passion for oysters: for him. they ' re both a hobby and an interest. He also dabbles in oil painting, bird-hunting, and checking up on the history and geneology of his ancestors, the Cherokees. Before joining the O.U. scene in 1977, Nesbitt visited much of the Carribbean in a yacht and has taken in such exotic locales as Mexico. The Lesser Antilles and Greenwich Vil- lage (the most unusual of them all). He also casually dropped in on Ted Kennedy for a weekend. However, now we have Jim back where he belongs, as one of the few- native Atlantans left on the staff. From Ph.D. ' s to ABCs. Dr. Mary Ellen Perkins. .■ dmissions Counselor for Graduate Students finds the students and staff members at Oglethorpe University are interesting people to work with. But when she ' s not working at Oglethorpe, she works with elementary and middle schools on accredita- tion by the Southern Associa- tion of Colleses and Schools.

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TIK- Y M r F.- V 1981 D-II 3 Alumni and Development E Keeping The Image Up John E. Mays, Director of Development O.U. ' s Top 40 Nils: -In the Navy and I Write the Songs John Mays, Director of Development, says his job chiefly entails public relations and money-raising for the University. College work is his third career; he previously served in the Navy and worked in a family-owned jewlery business. At home he devotes much of his time to sports, and has a special fondness for football and basketball. Direc- tor of Alumni Affairs. Bill Wolpin, doesn ' t find it neces- sary to write much music any more. Yet, he spent two years early in his career at an advertising agency doing so and he says he still composes music for himself. At Oglethorpe, he supervises the alumni pro- gram and is in charge of all publications of the Universi- ty. Service With a Smile. Charles Sullivan, former Dir- ector of .Admissions, is now in charge of annual giving. An outgoing person, he likes to be helpful. For example, he is a Special Olympics volunteer and participates in Rotary Club service projects. He is single and enjoys tennis, backgammon, and displaying unusual aerial photographs of the University to his office visitors. He is e.xcited by the prospects of his new position. especially the new opportuni- ties. William M. Wolpin, Director of Alumni Affairs Public Information Charles Sullivan, Director of .Annual Giving Polly Perry, Secretary to the Director of Alumni Affairs Julie Rummel. Administrative Assistant for Development