State Fair Community College - Exhibitor Yearbook (Sedalia, MO)

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THIS ISSUE Dedicated to Roy Simpson We proudly dedicate this tenth volume of the Exhibitor to Mr. Roy W. Simpson, Director of our Learning Resources Center and Co-ordinator of Media Services. Mr. Simpson came to SFCC in 1970 as an audio-visual specialist. Under his capable and resourceful leadership, the Audio-Vi jal Department kept expanding to meet the needs of our grow ing college. In 1973 he was promoted to his present position in which he oversees the services and facilities in the Learning SAY I ' LL TRY Resources Center — the Library, television studio, photo lab, the Media Forum, slide, tape and art production services, and the Reprographics Center which includes a print shop and graphic arts services. Mr. Simpson has a B.A. degree in art from Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, and a Master ' s degree in audio-visual education from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. His professional background includes two years in NOT I CAN ' T

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in color. The pages are 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 16. We express our appreciation to local industries that permitted us to photograph their sites. We also thank the City of Sedalia for letting us photograph the historic murals in the Municipal Building. The color photographs on the eight pages depict the various symbols on SFCC seal. The roots of our seal are steeped in local history and culture. The award ribbon in the upper left of the seal symbolizes Missouri State Fair. In 1899 Missouri Legislature named Sedalia as the permanent site of the State Fair. Since then, Missouri ' s annual exposition has continued to be a vital part of the local economy. The longhorn head and railroad track are symbolic of the cattle drives and railhead at Sedalia. The banjo and keyboard represent classical ragtime jazz which originated in Sedalia. The torch and the wheel of industry represent the academic and vocational-technical efforts of the college. The wavy line across the shield symbolizes water and the Kaysinger Dam. The Greek columns represent SFCC as an institution of higher education. Thus, our college seal tells a significant story — a story of our community ' s assets, efforts and aspirations. This yearbook tells a similar story, too. We hope you will find this tenth volume of the Exhibitor as interesting to read as it was for us to produce. — Exhibitor Staff

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military service as an instructor training specialist, seven years in the graphics arts division of Hallmark Cards, Inc., and three years as a graphic arts and printing teacher in the Kansas City public school system. SFCC President Fred Davis considers Mr. Simpson to be tops in his field . . . one of the best audio-visual men in the country. Mr. Simpson ' s expertise in photography and audio-visual techniques were amply evident in the excellent slide-tape p ' -3sentations on the histories of Benton and Pettis counties he helped produce for the Missouri Committee for the Humanities and the two county historical societies. The competence of Mr. Simpson and his staff was recognized by his peers statewide when SFCC won the MAECT (Missouri Association of Educational and Commun- ications Technology) plaque in 1978 for outstanding merit in the field of media services. Mr. Simpson ' s administrative abilities received community-wide recognition in 1975 when the Sedalia chapter of the American Business Women ' s Association honored him with the Boss of the Year award. Mr. Simpson is vice-president of the Sedalia camp of Gideons International. He is Sunday School superintendent, a teacher and an elder at the Sedalia Church of the Nazarene where he is respected as a very dependable, honest, and dedicated member, accordng to the Rev. Bill Lakey, pastor. Roy is a real family man, the Rev. Lakey added. He takes his responsibility in the home to heart. Mr. Simpson and his wife, Lenore, have four children — Kendall, a sophomore at SFCC; Carol, Linda and Clenda. The attractive signs that adorn his office — Praise the Lord, Anyway and Say ' I ' ll Try ' , Not ' I Can ' t ' — seem to aptly sum up Mr. Simpson ' s philosophy of life. His devotion to the Christian faith as well as his family, and his dedication to his work and professional excellence have won him admirers both at SFCC and in the community.