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Gullickson honored
By Marla Hardee
At graduation services last May,
Dr. Gerald Gullickson was named
outstanding faculty member. “It
was a total surprise,” replied
Gullickson when asked about the
award. “I didn’t know that I had
gotten it until they called my name
at graduation.” Dr. Gullickson is
assistant professor of literature and
languaee.
Gullickson is very modest about
the award, but it appears obvious
why he received it. His enthusiastic
" attitude toward teaching and gen
uine concern for his students is
recognized by faculty and students
associated with him.
In student letters nominating
Gullickson, he is described as “the
epitome of the outstanding teacher
regardless of one’s measuring
scale,” and that he “is dedicated to
his students and his love of teaching
and education.”
Gullickson grew up in a family of
teachers in the midwest. He taught
in South Dakota for two years until
he was drafted. While in service,
Gullickson decided that he did not
want to teach at that time. He was
interested in journalism aijd worked
on a newspaper for ten months.
Gullickson returned to college to get
a degree in journalism, but instead
turned to literature.
Gullickson had to work to put
himself through school. He recalled
working all night at a newspaper of
fice and going straight to class at
8:00. “I can sympathize with what
working students are going
through,” said Gullickson.
Following graduate school,
Gullickson taught at several small
liberal arts colleges until he came to
UNCA in 1965. “I have watched the
campus grow,” said Gullickson.
He reminisced about the campus
in 1965 saying that the library had
not been built, and the English
department met in Chancellor
Highsmith’s conference room.
Gullickson said, “Students are not
machines that we feed information
t6, but people who have feelings and
potential for growth.” His ideal of
teaching is to help the student
achieve the goals he has set for
himself and realize his potential. “I
think teachers have to make
themselves available to students to
help them,” said Gullickson.
The outstanding teacher award is
awarded annually by a selection
committee. Each year the commit
tee members change. According to
Infirmary services available
Dr. Leonard H. Roach is the
Medical Director for the infirmary
this year. His co-workers are Mrs.
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Taylor. Dr. Roach is available to all
UNCA and Western Carolina
University students during the
following hours:
Mon.,Wed.,Fri. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tues.,Thurs. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The hours of the infirmary are 9
a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday through Fri
day, with the exception of lunch.
Students are asked to bring their
ID cards on their first visit to the in
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There is no nursing service after
10 p.m. during the week, and the in
firmary is closed on the weekends
and student holidays. In case of
emergency the campus police can be
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There is no charge for treatment
or medication dispensed at the infir
mary, because of the student health
fee. The health fee does not cover
food expenses while staying in the
infirmary.
Appointments may be made with
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at student request. The infirmary is
also available to the university
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Dr. Gerald Gullickson, pictured, received the Outstanding Teacher award
last year at the graduation ceremonies. Photo by David Pickett
Dr. Jeff Rackham, jdepartment
chairman of literature and language
and committee member, the nomina
tions for the award are received from
students, faculty, and alumni.
The committee researches each
faculty member nominated and nar
rows the nominations to five. The
five are then interviewed and the
committee makes a decision.
The senate resolution defines the
award winner in terms of creative
and innovative teaching, as well as a
dedicated committment to teaching
which inspires and motivates
students.
Gullickson feels that students
want a well prepared teacher who is
willing to work. He said that there
should be a similar award for
students, who are the nucleus of the
school.
New computer?
By Carol Whitener
The computer science department
of UNCA projects the installment of
a new academic computer in the fall
of 1983.
“We [the computer advisory com
mittee] are moving forward toward
putting together the necessary
documents so UNCA can obtain an
extensive new computer system,”
says Dr. Wayne Lang, head of the
computer science department. If
the state does not cut spending, the
dream of a new system could easily
become a reality.
The academic computer system
now in use is a DEC [^gital
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If 20 people use the DEC, a time
sharing system, it slows down con
siderably.
The new system, also a time shar
ing system, is capable of serving 64
users and still work 20 times faster
than the DEC.
This super mini-computer for
academic use will have 12 times as
much main memory as the current
system and 30 times as much disc
storage,” says Lang.
The plan for a new academic com
puter system is still in the beginning
stages. No one is positive the new
system will ever reach the UNCA
campus.
However, Lang says, “This addi
tion would greatly modernize com
puting on the UNCA campus.”
The DEC is running very well so
far this fall. During the summer it
was shut down about once every two
weeks because additional units were
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