University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Clermont General and -K Technical College Founded in September,1972, Clermont College received full accreditation by the North Central Association 01 Colleges and Secondary Schools, After years of vigorous support and interest, the people of Clermont County saw a dream become a reality. Clermont College is a new residential. two-year associate degree granting college of the University. To match the growing student body. which numbered over 1300 in the autumn of 1981, the college has continued to expand its program. In 1972, the initial year of operation, the college offered nine career-oriented and six transfer oriented programs. During the 8182 academic year, the curriculum expanded to a total of twenty-five associate degree programs. Of this number, eighteen were technical, careetroriented and seven were transfer-oriented. One of the College's major functions included providing a variety of continuing education experiences on a part-time basis. At Clermont much importance was placed on instruction that would be immediateiy useful and that would encourage students to become thinking citizens. .3 The Clermont College. located in Batavia. serves the eastern communities at the CinA cinnali area, Robert Flinchbaugh serves as Dean of the college. Continuing education classes are a magor function of the college. Students recewe handsron training with com- puter printout equipment. The Clermont College library pmvides areas for display as well as for research and study. Academic 27

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College of Applied The College of Applied Science offered programs in the engineering technologies and related areas which prepared individuals to become engineering technicians, engineering technologists and construction managers. Engineering technicians were graduates of two year programs and hold associate degrees. Their interest was directed more toward practical than theoretical applications of engineering. Engineering technologists and construction managers were graduates of baccaEaureate degree programs in technology. Their education was theoretical but emphasized the Hhands-on't aspects of the technology. During the 198132 school year, the College of Applied Science expanded the use of microcomputers in most of its departmentst The Chemical Technology Department added microcomputer based program- ming. computer-assisted instruction, laboratory date reduction, and instrumentation interfacing to the curriculum, These changes reflected the effects of the computer revolution in industrial laboratories where computer applications were often extensions of the hands and minds of laboratory technicians. The Mechanical Engineering Technology Department was using the micro-bot robot in a new course devoted to hands-on robot programming, Students use a microcomputer interfaced with a robot which performs routine picking and placing tasks. .3 John C Spillet working in hlS office of the Dean of OMI College of Applied sctence. Dean John Spille and student. Rhonda Kim- ble usmg a mucm-compuler m chemistry iab OCAS student reads through her lab book before starting an expenmenl ThlS micro-bol Robot belongs to the Mechanical Engmeermg Technology Department Matthew Dixon. Electrical Engmeering Technology student. expenments In the computer lab 26 Administration Science

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Raymond Walters Technical College Raymond Walters College opened in the fall of 1967 as a branch of the University of Cincinnati. providing seventeen Associate Degree programs for an initial freshman class of 632 students; In 1969 it became the first two-year general and technical college in the state of Ohio. To match their growing student body of over 3600 students, by the autumn of '81, the college offered thirty-five Associate Degree programs of which fifteen were transfer oriented and twenty were career-oriented. Raymond Walters College had a small college atmosphere; smalt classes, close contact between students and faculty. and an attractive suburban campus with ample parking. As a part of the UC system, the students had access to the many resources and services that only a larger university could provide. The college provided programs to meet a diverse population of full-time. part-time, and non-matriculated students while striving for an environment in which each student became accepted as an individual. To keep up with the changes in office environments, Raymond Walters added word processing and a new computer to their Office Administration program during the '81-'82 academic year. a Dean Ernest G Hunt: Is happy With the future prospects of the rapadiy growing anege General and hw-WW The coliege has seen a steady increase In enroliment and has added a Second buiiding to its campus The Raymond Waiters branch campus is located in Blue Ash. a newly developed and growing community in the Cincinnati area. All students commute to the campus. so lunch break becomes the primaryI time for somal gathering. The secretariat schooi trains students to use up-to-daie technological equipment 28 Academics