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

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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.

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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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Toward a Bright Future SFCC received state-wide recognition when William C. Hopkins, chairman of our board of trustees, was elected president of the Missouri Associat ' on of Community and Junior Colleges for 1977-78. Bw. ' pTfB ■nil ' la M LEFT: Mrs. Linda Wenner shows her needlepoint students one of her masterpieces. ABOVE: President Fred Davis and Brice Bell, director of the Office of Resource Development, look over the land where the proposed Performing Arts Center will be built. RIGHT CENTER: Frank Pennell Jr., instructor in business and office, and Dana Close, secretary, work on a state-funded Sex Equity project designed to attract males into office and secretarial jobs. The Greek columns, the torch and the wheel of industry in the SFCC emblem aptly summarize the multi-faceted role of our college. SFCC not only trains area residents in technical skills such as welding or typing, but also offers courses in the Division of Arts and Science for those who plan to transfer to a four-year college. The evening courses, under the Community Services Division, help hundreds of day-workers to earn college credit or learn a hobby such as wood carving or knitting.