University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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The School of Arts and Sciences - ' f .Z Mr. Kenneth Fischer, Instructor in Music, rehearses the University Jazz Lab Band in preparation for one of its many outstanding public performances. Dr. Leslie Anders and Dr. Art McClure display the 1975 Author's Award given to Dr. Anders by the State Historical Society for his article, Men from Home: Missouri Union Volunteers in the Pacification of Mobile, Alabama, 1865-66, which appeared in the April issue of the Missouri Historical Review. Suzanne Sampson and lon Stratton work under Dr. Donald Miller, Associate Professor of Physics, on digital and analog computers to solve physics problems.

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v -i Carl Foster, Dr. DuaneA Sterling, and Dr. lack Carmichael u-l l wif XS Dr. Roy McAuley and Dr. Tom Edmunds Dr. Donald Wyss and Dr. Harold Young ur

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,, ff' ,. ' , A school is a center for learning, a place where teachers, students, and curriculum are brought together to achieve specific learning obiectives. CMSU has five such schools, the largest of which is the School of Arts and Sciences. lt has the largest number of faculty and students and the largest curriculum. Eighteen academic departments span the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences and mathematics to form a center for learning about man-his past, present, and future capabilities. The School of Arts and Sciences continues to promote the liberal arts traditionp its faculty still believes that a person must learn to understand himself, those with whom he works, and something of the culture and society within which he lives. For example, the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics offer general studies courses designed to prepare non-scientist citizens to understand the role of science in society. ln addition to preparing teachers for the future, professional scientists are equipped to participate as scientists and as citizens of the future. A school is also a place where teachers and students can interact on a meaningful level, sharing ideas and learning from each other. Therefore, the School's first concern is the fulfillment of student interests and needs. A good example ofthe personalized instruction students are getting in developing skills for earning a living is the private tutorials conducted by English faculty members with each stu- dent in the freshman writing courses. Students and faculty also work closely with each other in extra-class organizations under the leadership of the students themselves. The Department of Sociology alone sponsors a Sociology Club, a Social Work Club, and a chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, the National Honor Society in Sociology. Gamma Theta Upisilon, the International Honor Society for Geography, is sponsored by the Department of Georgraphy. Such societies and organizations assist students in developing communication skills, in better understanding their chosen discipline, and in discovering job opportunities for the future. The School is proud of its thousands of graduates who are making significant contributions in the areas of teaching, medicine, industry, government, media, and numerous other fields. Dr. Richard Luehrman, Professor of Art, lane Luehrman, student, and Dr. Ken Meredith, Director of the Grinstead Gallery, discuss an exhibition of water colors and sculpture by Dr. Luehrman. Craig Sterrett and Michele Bodine check the location of an opening to be cut in a piece of plywood, part of a theatre shop project. if QE. f. ff ct-- ts-- ,,