Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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I 22 Dean of Admissions and Re- cords Kathy Rieck sorts through student applications for the 1989 fall semester. Rieck's duties included desig- nating scholarships. As a meeting of the Board of Governors commences, Dar- rell Krueger, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Instruction, reads his agenda. Krueger worked with faculty governing bodies and the gra- duate program. A parallel perspective no. of students 1 state ■ 5,000 ME 6,537 nw 5.200 SE 8,856 sw 15.894 UMC 23,410 UMR 6.318 Mo. of Faculty 1 pencil = 500 ME fi 338 MW ft 247 SE J 517 SW | ft 760 UMC [ J { J 2.485 UMR 1 A10 Mo. of volumes in libraries 1 stack 500,000 ME 1,124,021 MW 0E3B 264,000 SE 336 294,000 SW AS 437,440 UMC @111313 2,100,000 UMR aS 391.393

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I Candidate for district representative, Katie Steele, calls to encourage 2 voting. In the early stages ' of the campaign Steele campaigned for presidential candidate Dick Gephardt (D) from Missouri. George Bush and Dan Quayle won, but Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bent- sen continued campaign- ing until the close of Campaign '88. For many students, the election meant voting for the First time. To gain a better understanding of the parties, the candi- dates and the issues in- volved, students joined campus political organi- zations and explored the campaign and electoral process in their classes. Senior Ronee Collins said she paid attention to the election because it was her first time to vote. ‘This is my first gener- al election and I've been more aware of it and my friends' stances; how they're voting and wheth- er they're participating or not,'' Collins said. Students who joined the College Republicans were able to attend their party's state and national conventions, rallies, de- bates and participate in bumper blitz,” handing out bumper stickers. Members of the Young Democrats helped to co- ordinate state and na- tional races, campaigned door-to-door and worked for the democratic cam- paigns in their spare time. Debates between the two organizations includ- ed discussions on eco- nomics. foreign policy and domestic issues. Ju- nior Brad Mehrtens of the College Republicans said work by the political par- ties did not cultivate many votes. On campus it only af- fected the ones who were interested in it to begin with,” Mehrtens said, neither group reached anyone they would not have anyway,” The common enemy of both parties is apa- thy,” senior Dave Craw- ford, president of the Young Democrats said. Students should get in- volved and have a voice in which way the country should go.” Students in the Infor- mation Society class studied the election in a different way. They pre- dicted which candidate would lose the 1988 Presidential race, dis- cussed the influence of the media on both par- ties' campaigns and sug- gested ways in which the candidates could have improved their perfor- mance during their cam- paigns. Because students kept well-informed of the can- didates and the cam- paigns and because they knew the effects that an election has on society, students were able to state their opinions by voting for the candidate they thought to be the best choice.I Race triggers interest

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Tradition includes change As the University con- tinued to progress, changes were made with- in the current administra- tive body. On July 1, Dean of Instruction Dar- rell Krueger and Dean of Students Terry Smith gained additional titles and responsibilities, and two new people were named deans within the administration. The changes were suggested and approved by the Board of Governors in May 1988 during a closed session. Krueger s new title be- came Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Instruction. He continued to work close- ly with faculty commit- tees responsible for the academic policies, but his new position focused primarily on the gra- duate programs. Krueger said working with the graduate dean was informal before his title change, and after the change the work was on an even more person- al basis. Krueger did not feel he had any extra re- sponsibilities with his new title and said that the title change was sim- ply a formality. Dean of Students Terry Smith became the Dean of Residential Colleges in addition to his former du- ties as Dean of Students. Smith worked closely with residence life, as well as with the new resi- dential college pro- grams. He also worked with the residential col- lege professors, giving them guidance and sup- port in their first year of working in the residential colleges. Another administrative change was the appoint- ment of Dr. Susan Shoaff as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, re- placing Ruth Towne. Shoaff began teaching here in 1980 and became an associate professor of art. Her new duties in- volved coordinating and administering the gra- duate program. Kathy Rieck, the ex- ecutive assistant to the president, became the new Dean of Admissions and Records. Rieck's for- mer duties included overseeing the admis- sions office and printing services. Her responsibilities changed to include work- ing with the Registrar s Office, Financial Aids Of- fice, and the Business Of- fice in addition to her for- mer duties in Admis- sions. An assistant to the president for 14 years, Rieck thought her new ti- tle reflected more re- sponsibilities. “It's a real honor and is spurring me on to try and achieve more, and also be of greater assis- tance to the students of the University, Rieck said, a University President Charles McClain attends a special event for prospective high school students. Despite the large number of people McClain meets, his ability to remember names was a well- known trait. At an election '88 forum. Dean of the Colleges Terry Smith serves as a panel member answering questions while Todd Flanders, instructor of Social Science, lis- tens to the forum. Smith as- sumed new duties after Missouri and Ryle halls became residential colleges.