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

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Continuing Education : PBJC Workshops WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES PA RTIC IPAT I NG I N THE GR APH IC ARTS WORKSHOP In the Continuing Education Pro- gram at the Palm Beach Junior Col- lege, various occupational non-credit courses are offered throughout the year. These courses, or workshops, are scheduled when there is a demand. The classes vary in length of time but are usually held in the evenings to accommodate the working adult. Special programs of study sug- gested by individuals or organizations can be developed through cooperative planning with the college. Such a workshop was developed and present- ed this fall on October 2nd through the 6th at the request of the South Florida Water Management District. It was a specially designed workshop to meet the need of training select per- sonnel in graphic arts for that agency. John W. Correll, faculty member of the Palm Beach Junior College Art Department, designed the course with the coordination of the South Florida Water Management District. Mr. Correll was the instructor of the work- shop, assisted by Edwin Jones, who instructed the writing lab portion of the course. The sixteen employees of that agency will apply the technical knowl- edge gained from this course in per- forming certain duties of their jobs. Another workshop. Zone System Photography, was held every Tuesday evening from October 3rd through November 7th. Dr. Thomas McCart- ney, a local veterinarian, taught this workshop designed for students with a background in the use of camera and darkroom procedure. It included a complete discussion of the zone sys- tem with lecture, demonstrations and visual aids. Also, this fall, a popular workshop. Wills, Trusts and Estates, taught by Morris H. Misbin, was held at the Cen- tral Center and the North Center in the evenings. The subject matter cov- ered planning and preparation of wills, probate, types of trusts, federal taxa- tion of estates and gifts and miscellan- eous estate planning techniques. This is a small example of the variety and content of the workshops available to the public at the college. Under the supervision of Mr. Fred Helling, the Continuing Education Program proves to be a valuable asset to the county of Palm Beach to meet the educational and cultural needs of the larger adult community. }{« Nilene Perry •MUSTS FOR USING THE ZONE SYSTEM

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Super Student Bits, and floppy discs are a com- fortable part of Michael Grant ' s voca- bulary. For Grant, an ex-linguist in the service, the technical jargon of compu- ter lingos like Fortran, COBOL, and RPG are as easily mastered as the mys- terious tongues of Indonesian and Vietnamese. Programing isn ' t hard; it ' s just like learning any other foreign langua- ge. Maybe easier - it ' s logical! . Grant, a recent JC arrival from Milwaukee Wisconsin had never ex- pected to latch so strongly onto the computer world. Until last year, I never had any experience with a computer. I took a data processing co- urse just out of curiosity, and I flip- ped!!. A true love affair between a boy and his computer . One of the strongest influences on Grant ' s computer involvement was the long time skipper of the Data Pro- cessing crew, Dale Washburn. They ' ve got alot of great people down there, and Dale was at the center of it. He was fantastic, the kind of guy who could really motiva - te people. The loss of Washburn to the Uni- versity of Southern California points out the opportunities available in Da- ta Processing explains Grant. They offerred him a salary he just couldn ' t turn down. There is alot of money waiting out there for talent. Our program is geared towards getting the basics, says Grant. It is a great way to be introduced to the computers. But the program seems to offer more depth to those students, like Michael Grant, who want to get into programming. Grant is doing his own research, and working on programs for other colleges like Indian River, and Edison College. It ' s a shame, commented Grant, alot of people have a bad image of computers, and shouldn ' t. They are not monsters, they just give people more time to be people. -X- Paul Mills

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Total Look This school year there are two new members added to our administration. Palm Beach Junior College ' s new Vice President of Student Affairs is Dr. W. Ervin Russon. Our other new member is Athletic Director, Thomas D. MuUins. Dr. Russon came here this year, leaving his job as Director of Student Life at St. Petersburg Junior College. Before his position there, he also was Dean of Students at Roxburry Com- munity College in Boston. Dr. Russon has been taking courses on and off for many years, always trying to learn more. He considers himself a profes- sional student. Dr. Russon ' s job here at Palm Beach Junior College includes being in charge of the Registrar ' s Office, all counselors, student activities, publica- tions, etc. His main goal or objective is to make the student aware of the resour- ces around the college so each student can better themselves as best as they can according to their ability. There are no major changes in his plans for this year, but he is checking into certain areas to see if improve- ments are needed. One change on the go ahead was to do with registration procedures. Instead of having the classes from all campuses listed togeth- er, they ' ll separate them individually. This way there will be much less con- fusion on which classes are held where. If a student wants to get a class at another campus, there will be a list Wvli : ' Mlt Who ' s New? available to get the information need- ed. Our new Athletic Director is Mr. Thomas D. Mullins. Originally he is from Hampton, Ohio. Mr. Mullins attended Georgetown College, in Geo- rgetown Kentucky, where his last posi- tion was. At Georgetown he was head football coach, and also- taught Physic- al Education. Mr. Mullins has no definite major changes for the athletic department in mind. He is in the process of getting some new people in the department with hope of improvement. He is try- ing to rearrange the departm ent with a somewhat new system. He has said, These changes may not show up right away, but in the long run, they will be noticed! He will organize some fund raising events, with hopes of raising money for the department. He would like to improve student involvement with the department. Mr. Mullins feels that more community involvement would be good for the school. With all his new ideas and changes, Mr. Mullins should be a good improvement to the department. Joe Conrad DR. ROUSON MR. THOMAS D. MULLINS