Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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,1+5LJ14f.', . Lester Rosen, administrative assistant to Garner E. Shriver, lec- tures a journalism class regarding state-wide politics. tany student seeks to discover the make up of every leaf cited as Cbasic' college The parent institution of Wichita State Universi- ty, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is headed by Dr. K. Sowards. It was founded as Fairmount College in 1895, incorporated as a mu- nicipal university in 1926, and was incorporated into the Kansas state system of higher education as Wichita State University in 1964. Fairmount College continues to be the 4'basic college at Wichita State University, in that it pro- vides a general education to its students, rather than training them in a specific area. Many students combine a liberal arts degree with programs in professional training, such as ,journalism and sci- ence. In this way, and many others, a student of Fairmount College does, in fact, attain a Hliberaln education.

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'iD Intently examining a slide 'under his microscope is Harvey White, a graduate assistant in Liberal Arts, who takes classes for a Biology Masters Degree and also serves as Biology Lab instructor for numerous freshman Biology 100 courses. Liberal Arts faculty includes 78 doctorates Fairmount College of Liberal Arts is unique in that it provides its students with a broad education by acquainting them with a variety of subjects in a variety of fields. And it has in its employment a fac- ulty that is qualified to provide the very best of edu- cation. Of the 181 full-time faculty members, 78 have attained their doctorate degrees. Three degrees are offered by the college: bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and the bachelor of sci- ence in medical technology. At the same time, it provides a diversity of fields ofstudy, offering to the students over 600 courses and majors in 23 fields. The quality of the education provided by Fair- mount College is reflected in the course that its graduates have taken. Since 1927, over 4,000 stu- dents have graduated from Fairmount College of Liberal Arts. Over 1,200 have gone on to advanced degrees. There have been more than 190 Ph.D.,s awarded to Fairmount College graduates, 156 M.D.'s, 'I0 Ed.D.'s and numerous masters.