Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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m FARTDCDB DON N ATHLETD WOMEN ' S PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS IS ON THE RISE. I THINK THEY ' RE COMING OUT OF THEIR SHELL... DOING MORE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. KATHY WILK

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TUDENT FORMING A WORLD COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS Palm Beach Junior College has a very harmonious, united and im- maculate atmosphere for studies. In here you find students of dif- ferent color, creed, origin and re- ligion. Among these students there are quite a few foreign stu- dents coming from many parts of the world with different back- grounds of culture, religion and eating habits. Mostly the students are from Pakistan, China, Thailand, Hongkong, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Canada, Taiwan, Egypt, India, Costa Rica, Argentina, Ku- wait, Barbados, Greece, and Baha- mas. For most of the students coming from abroad. United States, its culture, language, dress, and above all, its educational system is new and different. The students in this college are very informal, wear very casual dress and are very nice to other students. They like to exchange their thoughts, ideas , culture and mores with foreign stu- dents. Most of the time a foreign stud- ent in United States has commun- ication problem. Palm Beach Jun- ior College has instructors who are extremely helpful and realize the difficulty of foreign students ' communication problems. They listen to the problems if we have any and pay special attention to SHAFIQ PIRACHA, Pakistan US during their lecture. The in- structors have their door open to all students no matter what color, creed, and religion or country they come from. The college has an organization for foreign stu- dents under the supervision of Eli- zabeth Y. Davey, Assistant Dean for students. The main purpose behind this organization is an on- goin g orientation of foreign stu- dents with American families and their way of life styles. These gatherings are very helpful for a foreign student which enables him to express his own feelings, ideas and thoughts. Dean Davey, as head of the for- eign student organization, helps the students in their immigration formahties. Besides she encour- ages and arranges for the foreign students to speak at local civic and social organizations and schools. The foreign students are also en- couraged to join social and career oriented clubs in the college. I ' ve been going to this college for the last two years. During my two years of studies I learned a lot in Hotel and Restaurant Man- agement, besides I learned tremen- dous and valuable knowledge about American life style and their cul- ture. In this college I developed a self-confidence which is the pro- duct of fantastic guidance and help from my instructors. SHAFIQ PIRACHA LISA MARIE YAP, Jamaica 11

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Right: Golf player Sue Fogleman Left: Tennis Team Captain Vicki Beggs Fun, finances and the future are the primary reasons for wo- men competing in intercollegiate sports at Palm Beach Junior Col- lege. Hopes of turning profession- al, travel and excitement are my main reasons for participating, reported top tennis player Vicki Beggs. And of course, the scholarships are very appealing. Golfer Coleen Walker says self-satisfaction plays an im- portant role in her game. Her teammate Sue Fogleman ex- plains, I enjoy the competition. The more experience you get, the more contacts you make. Linda Moore golfs because it ' s the best way, right now, to further my career in the sport. Desire is one of Sara Marsh ' s top reasons for competing in athletics. The organization and number of activities are grow- ing constantly and to be a part of it is very self -satisfying. I think women can gain a lot in the sports if they try. Intramural Student Director Kathy Wilk agrees. Women ' s participation in athletics is on the rise. I think they are coming out of their shell. ..doing more of what they want to do. All of the women think schol- arships should definitely be equal for themselves and their male counterparts. Both work just as hard, so why shouldn ' t they be the same,? Ms. Beggs asked. Ms Fogleman also agreed, but only if the calibre of the team is equal. I see no reason why women should not be given the same opportunity as men, Ms. Marsh reported. I think PBJC has im- proved 100 percent within the last year in this respect. The women ' s golf team is treated ex- tremely well and gets the utmost cooperation from everyone in the school. Dr. Reynolds and the coach, right down to our teachers. I ' m very satisfied with the situation. Dr. Howard Reynolds, Athletic Director, is also very optimistic . Yes, I ' m very pleased with the progress that ' s been made and I think we ' re on the right track, but I ' ll never be completely sat- isfied, just pleased. I ' m always looking for the best in every- Intramural Student Director, Kathy Wilk one, always looking for the pro- grams to improve. I ' m also very happy to see the men and women both work- ing side by side. It ' s a great achievement for them both. DEBBIE THOMPSON