Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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'x X'. X -x Q v E 'F i arolCaldwell,amar- W ried student. and X Christy Stephens, a junior from Marietta, GA, use X some teamwork to figure the exact positions ofthe ,ystar Proxima Centauri ifor astronomy lah. 'R r. Glotfelty. Astronomy Instructor. mans the 16 inch reflecting mirror and Rave optics h t 's housed on the roof of the Physical telescopet a i Science Building. Black Holes and up rnovae r. Glotfeltvs Astronomy class became one ofthe most popular classes taken as a lab science requirements. In lecture. stu- dents learned about our galaxy. comets. stars. and n. In lab, students learned how to construct. set up, and use a telescope. Lab consisted ot experi - ments dealing with different planets, plotting the of different telescopes. fl l extri credit lunar the su paths of the stars, and use Dr. Glotfelty also provieee x 2 ellar labs. These met on top of the 1 'ld' ' different times throughout the Science Bur ing at r labs. students observed the and st Phvsical semester. In luna craters and maria of the moon. In stellar labs. the students were able to locate far away stars. The telescope on the roofof the Physical beience Building has been there for 30 years. It had ll lo inch l line w ties tele reflecting telescope niirror ant t 'e tp - scope. It was used during required lunar labs to look at the moon. Planets. and stars. There was one disadvantage to the location ot' the teleseope The lights of the citv. pollution. and min often inter K tered with what could be seen during the labs. Dr. Cilotfelti has been teaehing .'Xstroiioitm'. to 1 N seven vears. Aside from his .istronoiiix r1.1-.se . ri taught phvsics, electrieitv inagneiisin. tpiaiitni.: i'1' ind iseniin ir el iss Ur. Cil-ittelf' N. chanics. . . . . , interested in Astronoinx .is .1 t liilti .niti V l passing his interest along ti- others I. Glotlelti, when students tiid xxtil if- l could s.1v1 Ml sau it in tlie mais v....7,, , 7..x.e-uf.-H , gi

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rc-sc-niiricg .i qui-siion to students, Sion Roman. .1 senior troni lit, l..iuilerd.ili-. lfli. gains xalua ble cxptriemc .is .i student teacher .xr Mountain Brook unior Iligli Si hool. f 16' 'T- WEW s l Teachin To Teach n addition to classwork and projects, students in the Or- lean Bullard Beeson School of Education gained on-hands experience in teaching elemen- tarx through high school classes. lhe program was called the Professional Semester. and was taken in the students final semes- ter ol undergraduate studies. Be- siilesteaililIig,e.1tli student also tools illwlot lc courses whit h were .lcsrgneil Io lit in the liirst few z-.tclzs lwclorc entering the class- ' it -'ras il lie tear liers were graded or .. p.iss,l.iil lviisis lor these sriii ll s, .intl Ilic graile was deter- : ri lit three i,'K.llll.lflUllSf one .i . fli foopcrating teaclier. ' tru, rlic stiiilent. and one from a University supervisor who made a minimum of three visits to the classroom. These evalua- tions were then compiled by Dr. ulessejones. Director of Field Ex- perience. To be admitted to the Profes- sional Semester, each applicant had to maintain a 2.2 minimum GPA on a 4.0 scale. To exit the school and become licensed by the Alabama State Board of Edu- cation, students had to accom- plish a 2.2 GPA in each area of curriculum: general. professional care classes. and hisfher major i lasses. Ulili School of Education was accredited by the National Coun- cil Association of Teacher Edu- cation. It was also approved by the Alabama State Board of Edu- cation and was a member of the National Association of State Department of Teacher Educa- tion Certification, which was a required review by law. In 1985, the School was visited by both accrediting organizations and was again evaluated in the Spring of 1986 by The State Board of Education. The School of Education gained wide-spread recognition over the state. Out ofthe 29 col- leges participating, Samford stu- dents ranked 2nd in line on pass- ing their exit exams, a prerequisite to licensing. flare Inzrzdlmm X ,1 r N