Union College - Golden Cords Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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EM!! I5 Sfudenf Affairs As Dean of Sfudenf Affairs, LaVerne Mc- Clain is responsible for all non-academic ac- fivifies offhe sfudenf body, ranging from draff defermenfs and culfural and religious acfivifies and fhe ASB fo fhe food and healfh service., A significanf parf of Dean McClain's re- sponsibilifies involves aiding graduafing sen- iors in securing job placemenfs. He also is concerned wifh counseling and adiusfmenf of sfudenfs fo college roufine. When flue ASB requesfed fhe Snack Bar, 'I'l1e Sfudenf Affairs Office worked wifh 'l'l1e Business Office in arranging for if. Dean Mc- Clain sees his office as an imporfanf link in communicafion befween sfudenfs and admin- isfrafion. L. E. McClain, M.A., Dean of Sfudenf Affairs

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As Academic Dean, Dr. Neil Rowland 'look on 'rhis year for +he firsf +ime +he responsibilify of promofing academic excellence on +he Union College campus. According fo Rowland, 'lhis obiecfive can be accomplished by ob'I'aining a well- qualified facul+y dedica+ed 'ro confinued learning and imagina+ive +eaching and a s1'uden'I' body mo+iva'I'ed foward scholarly pursui+s +ha+ franscend grades and degrees. Since fhe qualify of a s+uden'I' body is +o a grea'I' degree defermined by +he scholasfic s'randing of ihe freshmen who are admiHed, and because of 'rhe policy of accepfing only secondary school graduafes wifh average or belfer accomplishmenf al' +he secondary level, +here is fhe possibilify +ha'I' some freshman applican+s, noi' properly challenged ai' +he secondary level bu'I' possessing fhe abiliiy 'I'o do college work, mighi' be denied accepfance. ln order fo iclenfify ihese s+uden+s, a Freshman Proba'I'ion Program was ins+i+u1'ed for 'lhe firsi' lime for +he fall semes'I'er, consis1'ing of a limiied class and work load, supervised s+udy periods, and an infensive program of individual and group counseling. Dean Rowland and 'I'he Curriculum CommiHee which he chairs made plans 'For a number of innovafions. A psychology class was 'laughi' on a pass-fail basis, an arrangemeni' designed 'I'o encourage s+uden+s +o become deeply involved in 'Phe learning process wifhoui' lhe pressure normally fell' when grades are a'I' s'I'ake. In addifion 'ro 'I'he Curriculum Commifiee, Dr. Rowland is chairman of 'Phe Academic S'l'andards CommiH'ee and is a member of seven ofher sianding commi'Hees on campus. He graduafed 'From Union College in I947 wi+h a major in Business Ad- minisfraiion and a minor in Chemisiry. ln subsequenf gradua'l'e work af +he Universify of Nebraska he earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Bo+any. He served as chairman of +he Biology Deparfmeni' of fhe college from I95I un+il I967 when he was elecfed fo ihe posiiion of Academic Dean. Academic Dean Neil Rowland Ph.D. ran QV ...L NS ,,.rv l' 'xo esfe fs 'Ng V',. as - I9

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College Relations A man who encourages his Philosophy of Educafion class fo fhink big, Glenn Davenporf busied himself fhis school year on a fhree-fold focus including working on his Ed.D. af fhe Universify of Nebraska, feach- ing a weekly Monday nighf class for fhe Educafion Deparfmenf, and serv- ing as direcfor of College Relafions. The laH'er responsibilify includes solicif- ing for new sfudenls, planning Safurday evening programs, planning fhe high school seniors' visifafion, and wrifing all of fhe college's copy for denominafional papers. He has prepared a display including picfures and ofher informafion on Union College which he displays af fhe numerous camp meefings in fhe Cenfral and Norfhern Unions during fhe summer monfhs. Glenn Davenporf, M.A., College Relalions Direcfor and Mrs. Ginger Johnson. secrefary Counseling Dr. Laurence Downing, in charge of counseling and fesfing since he firsl' came fo Union fhree years ago, feels fhal' his main responsibilify lies wifh falking fo sfudenfs abou'l' fheir vocafional, academic, social and spirifual prob- lems. Aside from his counseling dufies, Dr. Downing has faughl' several secfions of lnfroducfion 'lo Educafion, a survey course required by 'lhe Educafion Deparfmenf. Second semesfer of fhis year, however, Dr. Downing sfopped feaching classes in order fhaf he mighf supervise 'lhe Vocafional-Technical Educafion program which began wifh fhe second semesfer. Approximafely fwelve sfudenfs were enrolled in fhe pilof program, which offered non- academically orienfed fraining in fhe fields of pracfical elecfronics, food services, aufomobile mechanics and office services. Laurence Downing, Ed.D., Direcfor of Counseling T.