Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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V, Laboratory courses give Sul Ross students “hands on” experience, whether it be in RAS courses like clinical trial arts courses like woodworking. Valuable skills are learned — how to handle an animal in an office, x-ray, wooden work of art. Get it on film — Dr. George Bradley, chair¬ man of the Communication and Theatre De¬ partment, and grad student John Montgom¬ ery film the baseball season opener in Octo¬ ber. r Where we studied 29

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J At the Peak of Perfection . . . where we studied . . . A college education does require a great deal of time in the classroom, but that isn’t all of it. So much of a Sul Ross education involves actual “hands on” experience. In 1983-84 the majority of Sul Ross students were involved in courses that make them more mar¬ ketable in the labor force. After all, we need a job to pay back all these student loans! Trend indicators showed that peo¬ ple were finding more available ca¬ reers in vocational areas and stu¬ dents jumped on it. The student vocational nursing program trained students for ca¬ reers in health care. The RAS courses were filled to overflowing, especially in the areas of farrier technology, meats technol¬ ogy and animal health technology. The Business Division stayed busy giving students actual experi¬ ence in the business world with sec¬ retarial and managerial training as well as the regular classroom courses. The Business Division teamed up with the Math Department to offer computer science as a minor for the first time. The Industrial Arts program at Sul Ross was even more popular than before, giving students the op¬ portunity to learn by doing. Voca¬ tional skills were practiced in weld¬ ing, wood working, drafting and auto mechanics, to name just a few. While one would expect lab courses in the more technical areas of study, they have also creeped into the Liberal Arts, Education and Sci¬ ence Divisions. Criminal Justice majors had the opportunity to intern with local law enforcement agencies, while stu¬ dents in Political Science were work¬ ing in several government agencies. Student teaching was one of the main activities for education majors. Field trips and laboratory re- search pulled science majors’ heads out of a textbook where the drawing never looked exactly like the real thing. Communication and Theatre ma¬ jors were always involved in produc¬ tion activities which went much fur¬ ther than just acting. There is a lot to be learned in the classroom, but it is of more benefit if it can be applied. Many young men and women enter the armed forces to get the experience they need to help them get a job, but we entered Sul Ross ... to set ourselves apart, in more ways than one. Desert ecology — Dr. A. Michael Powell, right, and graduate botany class members, Richard Pfeil and Larry Muhammad, stand¬ ing, check out yucca, ocotillo and lechugilla. - I can do it myself — assistance or in indus a horse leg or create a 28 Where we studied

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A Mountain of Talent . . . where we worked . . . On the SRSU campus there are a variety of jobs the students under¬ take. There are 296 authorized jobs on campus and the students often times seek jobs outside the realm of the SR campus. Todd Harvey, for instance, has taken on an orderly job at the Big Bend Hospital. He works forty hours weekly along with sixteen hours at Sul Ross. Todd admits that the job has taken time to get used to, but he hopes that by next semester he will be adjusted. Todd’s job in¬ cludes stocking, taking vital signs and helping patients. Todd said he has devised many new ways to strap people down. Todd also works in the nursery on occasion and he said that this was actually the calmest station he works with. Todd finds time to study around his 2:30 to 11:30 p.m. schedule and is very content with his position. Dale Parker is another student that works to help with his finances. Dale actually holds two jobs. He be¬ gins his week at around 6:30 a.m. every morning when he feeds the RAS horses and rodeo stock. Then after his seventeen hour work schedule, he finds time to break horses. At the present tiime Dale is breaking two horses for Johnnie Fitzgerald. Then Dale feeds the stock again at 5:30 p.m. Dale says his incentive to work stems from the fact that if he didn’t work, he couldn’t go to school. Dale is putting himself through school and makes truck payments as well. Dale admits that he likes his job and would do it regardless of need. One interesting job found by Den¬ nis “Yogi” Edward is that of door¬ man and bouncer at the Chute 1. Yogi said he has never actually had to “bounce” anyone but he has seen occasions of this happening. Yogi works on Wednesday and Thursday nights and uses the money he makes for the Tuesday night buffet at Pizza Hut and an occasional round of Star Wars at the arcade afterward. Yo¬ gi’s job also includes cleaning up beer cans after the club closes and commented that this was a good way to make some extra money. Yogi is a senior geology major with ten hours at the present. Some students choose to work in the area of their interest. Kellie McDaniel, for instance, works ev¬ eryday for KVLF, the Alpine radio station. Kellie is an active freshman at Sul Ross, yet finds time to work and take seventeen hours at Sul Ross. She says she either studies at night or during lunch. Kelly uses the money she makes to help buy her It’s all in the cards — Sandra Graves, Kim Moeller, Toni King and Kristi Landman sort out recruiting cards for Bob Hardin in the recruiting office. books. She plans to change her ma¬ jor from Political Science to Commu¬ nications and working at the radio station is good experience. She eventually wants to get into televi¬ sion broadcasting. Among the many employed at the college, Sandra Graves works for the Ex-Student Association un¬ der Bob Hardin seventeen hours a week. Sandra started at the end of last spring and has a variety of jobs. She stuffs envelopes for the student recruitment mailout, answers the phone and gives student tours. San¬ dra says she loves her job and her favorite part of the tour is the Sci¬ ence Building with its exhibits. The highlight of her tour used to be the snake until they moved it. Sandra is helping to put herself through school and says she has learned a lot about Sul Ross. On the job coverage — Roddy Wilder, pho¬ tographer for News Information, finds a way to travel quickly along the Homecoming parade route. 30 Where we worked