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

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The Engineering Technology (ET) dep- artment, despite it ' s lack of the ' limelight ' , has proven to be a dept. worthy of praise. Jennings B. Rader, chairman of the ET dept., has a six-man staff consisting of: Leon Austin, Robert Book, Charles Connell, James Cooper, Leonard Hickley and Micheal McCue. Within the ET dept. there are numerous majors available. They range from air con- ditioning and refrigeration, electronics and drafting design to fire science and land surveying technology. The ET ' s affiliation with the popular club. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is still strong. IEEE is the world ' s largest professional engineering society with some 180,000 mem- bers, 25,00 of which are students. Club origins date back to 1884, with such distinguished engineers and scientists as Alex- ander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison as charter members. JC ' s chapter of IEEE was one of the first student-run organizations of its kind in the country. The actual start of ET at JC began in the mid 1950 ' S, according to Jim Cooper, who as well as being a ' main cog ' in the teaching end of ET, serves as faculty advisor to IEEE. Despite no ' name ' graduates like the Drama dept ' s. Burt Reynolds, some grads have acheived high honors at schools such as the highly acclaimed Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology (MIT). We now have some 120 students enrolled in our day program, Cooper noted, it certainly has gone up some since it ' s con- ception. The personal attention the student re- ceives at a school the size of JC helps in the actual ' learning process ' of that student. Cooper cited some of the advantages of being an IEEE member included not only the high regard for IEEE members as a whole. The JC student receives valuable pubhc- ations and an opportunity to belong to the overall Palm Beach IEEE chapter. Cooper stated. With membership in the P.B. chapter of IEEE, the student also receives discounts on all IEEE-sponsored events like banquets and conventions. The ET dept. has proven to be a leader in ' taking care ' of students in ET programs. As IEEE student president, Tom Solder noted, It ' s a real bargain. i i, DENNY GLAVIN Mechanical Mind 22

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Law Enforcement ) Many changes have taken place in the U.S. since it switched from a rural to an urban society in the 1800 ' s. The adapted society was now confronted with social problems such as racial strife and the partial destruc- tion of some of its social institutions. Today the same problems exist, and com- bined with other problems such as the rising jobless rate, inflation without substan- tial salary increases, and decreased morahty. These unsolved fronts of social instability are hot potatoes to handle. Therefore, our country needs a totally dependable, respons- ible and capable law enforcement depart- ment so these problems and their offspring won ' t burn us. A student interested in a degree in law enforcement at JC would work in a variety of areas such as: records, patrol, criminal- istics crime lab, crime investigation, pro- bation, and youth guidance. Anyone concerned with obtaining a de- gree in corrections would need to work in the areas of detention or prison work while the main objective of a corrections worker would be to attempt to control criminal behavior. The degree program offered by the Law Enforcement Department includes courses in social science, natural science, humanities, communications, physical education and criminal justice. The general education re- quirements are, communications, social science, psychology, and electives. Candidates for the A.S. degree in law enforcement, corrections and security can enter the university parallel program, which completes a 62 semester hour program of study designed to permit transfer to a B.A. degree at specific universities such as FAU, U of F, FSU, FTU and FIE. Both men and women who are high school graduates, in service, police, cor- rections personnel and other persons inter- ested in the administration of justice, can take programs as stair steps to their desired occupations in law enforcement. Because college level training is becoming a prerequisite for most police correctional and security oriented jobs, the program at JC is an excellent opportunity for people interested in such an occupation. Training is conducted both at the con- cerned agency and at college, the student gains important characteristics which are vitally needed by the present law enforce- ment system, in order to keep up with the ever changing volume of situations where such people are needed in our society. STUART HARDMAN 21

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Data Processing Do not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate If pride is a good motivational force, the Data Processing (DP) Center of JC is certainly well inspired, and with good reason. Dale Washburn, director of DP, told of the seemingly ' unknown ' advances that have taken place since 1964. We have 13 sections covering both majors and non-majors, totalHng some 250 students, Washburn noted. He said that about half the students are DP majors. There is no active club or organization that is affiliated with DP. Washburn feels that another club on campus, just wouldn ' t function. Because we are not a ' living campus ' with dorms and all, many students don ' t have the time to organize. he noted. He instituted the ' learning by doing ' theory in the department. The students have their own computer which is not used by faculty or staff. Washburn feels that the individuality of DP for the student is pre- valent more than any other program avail- able here. Jeff Hunter, Manager of Programs and Systems, noted some of the things DP does outside the classroom. We like to look at ourselves as a service center. We help both students outside DP and the comm- unity. Some of the work DP gives outside the JC campus includes road inventory for Palm Beach County, statistical reports for the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, the Veterans Administration and others. But perhaps more importantly, the DP is one of the most vital work forces on cam- pus. The employees of the DP center are all JC graduates, thus actually helping Wash- burn to better educate his present students. Our registration is a model idea, Wash- burn stated. We receive letters daily con- cerning how we ' ve implemented this system at JC ' i DENNY GLAVIN 23