University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Jerry E. Houston, Assistant to the Dean of Students Jerry E. Houston, assistant to the Dean of Students, is an active administrator, but more importantly he is a concerned educator. He is concerned with the tragedy of today ' s education and is chanelling that concern through programs and organizations such as: the student tutoring service, Student Orientation Service, United Black Students, the Presidental Breakfast Series, Speakeasies, and the Last Lecture Series . He feels that today ' s student should leave the university with an understanding of how a complex system, such as the real working world , actually functions. He emphasizes his sadness for the disillusioned student, who has no realistic concept of life outside of the university. The Dean of Students office offers various programs to complement the academic classroom experience for under-graduate students. These programs help to get the student involved in activities to help prepare them for life on and off the university campus. Dean Houston was involved as a student at the University and encourages such involvement in every student, be it greek life, McGinley academic, or social organizations. While a student here at the university, he was active in organizations such as Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Intramural Boxing, Miami Black Arts, and United Black Students. In fact, when ten students were taken to jail for a sit-in, lay-in at the Ashe Building Dean Houston was among them. Dutside the university, Dean Houston is your everyday normal person. He has been happily married to his best friend , Dheryl for five years and has no intention of altering this state of bliss. His talents are many; not only is he a devoted husband, but he ' s also an accomplished artist and carpenter. The position of Assistant to the Dean of Students requires a person who is open-minded, empathetic, and a good listener. Jerry Houston possesses all of these qualities and more; he has the ability, through a unique mixture of informality and respect, to make a student feel totally at ease when conversing with him. In essence, Jerry Houston is, and always will be, a true friend to the student. By Lisa Mar-ion 24 Student Affairs

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Susan T. Peters, Associate Dean of Student Personnel The saying around campus about students who party too much is that they ' re on the five-year plan. Susan T. Peters came to U.M. as a freshman in 1 9 71 . That places her on the ten-year plan and still counting. However, the cause of this phenomenon is not excessive partying, but rather a genuine love for the University of Miami. Ms. Peters, commonly known as Dean Sue , received her bachelor of education in 1 975 and now is the Associate Dean of Student Personnel. The main part of her job consists of major disciplinary investigation and hearings for the 1 1 ,000 member undergraduate student body. These hearings and investigations are something she really enjoys doing. I love working with students, being able to influence them in a positive manner. Discipline is the major part of her job but some of her other activities revolve around her various positions such as: Advisor to Panhellenic Council, National Executive Director of Rho Lambda, and president of the Miami Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Alumnae Association. She also works with the: University Wellness Task Force, Womens Intercollegiate Athletic Committee, and Student Life Calender Committee. Dean Peters enjoys the contact she has with a broad range of students. Dean Sue feels the most important things a student can leave the university with are a better understanding of people and a better awareness of onesself . Dean Sue sees one of her better qualities as enthusiasm. I ' ve been at the university for ten years in various positions and I ' ve been enthusiastic about the work involved in each of them. Her job related goals include putting a stop to vandalism, doubling the number of girls in sororities, promoting Greek Unity, and promoting the Wellness Task Force. Eventually she would like to get a Ph. D. in higher education or go to law school. However, she feels there ' s no need to rush into these things — I still have plenty of time. By Ruth Kamlot Student Affairs 23

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■ Frieda M. Apple Staff Coordinator; Student Personnel Deans Office Everybody loves apples; they can be warm and juicy on cool and crisp, but they ' re always good to eat. When you walk into the Student Personnel Deans ' Office, the first object you lay eyes on is an apple, Mrs. Frieda M. Apple. So, too, everybody loves Mrs. Apple, however she ' s more of the warm and juicy type, smiling, friendly, always with a joke, and always willing to help. Mrs. Apple, who started working at U.M. on March 6, 1 961 as a secretary to the Dean of Women, is now the staff coordinator for the Student Personnel Deans ' Office. When asked why she applied for her original job, 21 years ago, she replied, They advertised for a mature person; my husband said they wanted old ladies, so I should go apply. Her present job includes administrative and clerical duties for the sororities and fraternities and several of the honoraries as well as budget preparation for the entire office and secretarial duties for Dean Peter Starson. Mrs. Apple started working with Panhellenic Council and the sororities from her first day in 1 961 . She added the fraternities and the Interfraternity Council to her duties in 1 9 75, and ever since has loved it. Two-thirds of my work is with the sororities and f raternaties; they ' re my kids. Mrs. Apple describes a typical day as spending half my time on the phone. I have the same problem as students — when I have to find the answer to something, I have to contact five or six different offices. I really sympathize with students. However, Mrs. Apple doesn ' t enjoy peace and quiet. When I come in, in the morning I start one thing very neatly on my desk and before the day is through I ' ve got 500 other things on my desk that I ' ve stopped and started, but I love it; I don ' t enjoy it as much when it ' s too calm. What does Mrs. Apple do when she ' s not in the office? I like to read and crochet; I write poetry, but my main hobby is my husband; we ' ve been married forty years. Mrs. Apple, who was initiated into Phi Sigma Sigma sorority in 1 971 , has also been tapped into Rho Lambda, a sorority honorary, and Order of Omega, a fraternity honorary. By Ruth Kemlot Student Affairs 25