University of Nevada Las Vegas - Epilogue Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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r. Nell Jeffers, Dean of Women Students are people to me. and surely we are all students as long as we live. I am a student while I grow, and if I should ease to grow, then I would begin to die. I would no longer be a student, nor a person, but a thing. As I see it. there is no such thing as my role. A role, to me, is a game. I don't like playing games. When I become aware at I am playing games twhich I sometimes do; I stop. It's not always easy. People create Ilroles or Images for me to fit to, but that is their problem, not mine. I try not to be concerned about the expectations of others. I am a wife. That is one of y roles in the world. but I don't stop being a wife or feeling like a wife when I come to work in the morning. I am a full time randmother. I'm an artist tpainteo. I practice Yoga, l fish and hunt and sew and play the organ. I am a counseling Psychol- gist and concur with the Humanistic school of thought. 49

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48 Dr. Robert Stephens, Dean of Me In the past, the Dean of Men and Women have generally been regarded as disciplinarians with primary responsibility for the enforcement of institu- tional rules and regulations designed to protect the student from evil influ- ences. Unfortunately. while the functions of the individual's holding these positions changed considerably, the archaic stereotyped image of t'the Deans lingers on. In the modern university of today, the Dean of Men and Women are members of an educational team dedicated to the personal, sp- cial, and intellectual development of the student which it serves. It is their responsibility to insure that the personal environment of each student is such that he is able to obtain maximum benefit from the programs and ex- periences the University has to offer.

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50 Developing, protecting and utilizing student records are primary responsibilities of a registrar; and many opportu nities to become acquainted with students have resultec from the service aspects of this position. I have been par ticularly fortunate in being able to share in the enthusi asm and efforts of those students pioneered in establish ing UNLV and of those who are now working diligently toward developing our university.