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The Banner
March 26,1998
News
SGA
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According to Donaldson, one way
his administration may address
commuter needs is to sponsor a
club specifically for commuter stu
dents.
“During my freshman year, there
was a club called ‘Encore’, which
was run by commuter students,”
said Donaldson. “This club was a
lifeline to commuter people and I
would love to get something like
this started up again.”
Donaldson also said that he might
work to start a newsletter geared
specifically towards commuters.
“We have tried to start a com
muter newsletter before, but it
failed,” said Donaldson. “This could
be something that could be a divi
sion of SGA, which would give
commuters some idea of what was
going on here on campus.”
Winters also said that he plans to
address student concerns over park
ing on campus.
“I want to get commuter parking
spots closer to Highsmith and the
cafeteria,” said Winters. “ I am also
tapping on the anger of students
concerning the $100 parking tick
ets and the concern of the safety of
our cars.”
Donaldson said that many stu
dents outside of SGA are eager to
help the new administration ac
complish its goals.
“Ever since I have gotten the job,
people have come up to me and
said, ‘Al, if you need any help, we
will be there for you.’ That is en
couraging because we need to get
the cooperation of the student body
SGA Election Results
President
Donaldson
Perez-Hurtado
Write-in
229
136
1
Vice-President
Johnson
Winters
Write-in
171
207
1
Survey
going to diminish, and the whole
process of getting cards will be re
placed by a one-step, more fair pro
cess, said Justice.
UNCA students also said that they
were satisfied with the accessibility
to trained technology staff.
Mike Honeycutt, manager of the
Information Center at UNCA, said
he is proud of UNCA staff mem
bers in technological areas, and feel
that they go out of their way to be
accessible to students.
“We consistently are smaller than
all of our counterparts at the other
16 institutions, and we are out there
doing some of the things that the
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larger schools are doing,
Honeycutt said.
Although UNCA students were
pleased with accessibility to com
petent technology staff, they rated
the school as below average in ac
cess to up-to-date facilities.
“That [assessment] is accurate in
the sense that we don’t have the
absolute latest and greatest in tech
nology, but we are constantly up
grading labs,” said Honeycutt. “1
don’t feel we are lagging very far
behind.
“Our fiber optics network is going
to be the best in the state when it
comes online,” said Honeycutt.
The universities in the North
Carolina system will be conducting
another sophomore survey this
spring.
UNCA will again request sopho
more students with 30 to 59 credit
hours completed at UNCA to par
ticipate in the survey before pre
registering for the summer or fall.
According to Director of Institu
tional Research Archer Gravely, it
is important that sophomores com
plete the survey because the results
from this year’s may impact the
overall funding level UNCA re
ceives from the general administra-
SOURCE: UNCA STUDENT GOVERNMENT
to reach our goals as an institu
tion,” said Donaldson.
All candidates for the SGA Senate
ran unopposed. Tiffany
Drummond, Derek Edwards and
Doug Jones were elected senior
senators.
Chris Green, Piper Nieters, and
Jessica Weiss were elected as junior
senators.
r^ul Mashburn, Ryan Southern,
and William Watkins were elected
sophomore senators. Stephen Crisp,
Robert Mitchell, and Benjamin
Wiegand were elected as resident
senators.
Chris Garner, James Carter, and
GRAPHIC BY AMANDA THORN
Jim Lackey were elected as com
muter senators.
Drummond, who served as SGA
vice-president last year, said her
new position as senior senator will
allow her to do things that she
could not do in her former posi
tion.
“As vice-president, I worked on
projects like the book co-op, but I
was unable to write legislation or
work with senators or committee,”
said Drummond.
“I want to be a representative for
my senior class and student body
and to be able to come up with
project ideas,” Drummond said.
Kellogg Center receives
little use from UNCA
By Nicole Miller
staff Writer
UNCA has owned a conference
center in Hendersonville for nine
months, and according to the
center’s co-ordinator, the campus
community has failed to take full
advantage of this university re
source.
The Kellogg Center, part of
UNCA’s special academic programs
department, opened last June. It
functions as an educational facility
for students, faculty, and staff of
UNCA, as well as other area busi
nesses and organizations, said
Tamara C. Thomas, coordinator of
the center.
Elaine Fox, director of special aca
demic programs, said that informa
tion about the Kellogg Center was
sent to UNCA departmental heads
and organizations. However, only
the admissions office, the chancel
lor, and a few student groups have
utilized the center.
Fox said that many people prob
ably laid the information aside or
discarded it when they received it,
because they had no immediate need
for the facility. Fox said that better
circulation of the information may
increase the overall campus aware
ness, and thus use, of the confer
ence center.
The conference center receives
funding from the money generated
by its rental fees and a $35,667
yearly operating budget allocated
by the state, said Arthur Foley, Vice
Chancellor for Financial Affairs.
Foley added that the money used
for maintaining the Kellogg Center
is not taken from the university
itself
Despite the funds allocated by the
state, Thomas said that the facility
has little money to spend on adver
tising. The center is able to send out
brochures and letters to prospec
tive users, and Thomas has spoken
to members of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Rotary Club
about the center. Word-of-mouth
and several articles written by the
Hendersonville Times-News have
also been useful marketing tools,
said Thomas.
Both Fox and Thomas stressed
that the Kellogg Center is a place
for student groups as well as faculty
and businesses.
“I think that the more students
use it, the more they’re going to be
enthralled with the possibilities,”
said Fox.
Fox said that with 50 acres of land,
the property is an ideal resource for
students doing research in fields
like biology and environmental sci
ence. The center, removed from
city life, is also suitable for confer
ences and retreats for humanities,
sociology, and team-building pro
grams, added Fox.
The Kellogg Center is slated to
receive teleconferencing equipment
similar to the equipment at the
Steelcase Conference Center at
UNCA. Fox said that the state has
allocated funds for the purchase
and installation of the equipment,
and the university is currently look
ing for equipment and planning
implementation.
Rental rates for the center are $25
per day for UNCA related groups.
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Pictured above is a sketch of the proposed expansion of the Highsmith Student Center.
Gettina Wired
Becoming Fyttire«Ready Faculty
March 27-April 3,1998
Cosponsored by the University Teaching Gouncil and
the Center for Faculty Development
Getting Wired is a weeklong series of events exploring the
promises and pitfalls of moving to more state-of-the-art
instructional technology. It is designed to give all UNCA
faculty an opportunity to learn from their colleagues about
things those colleagues are already doing. The University
Teaching Council and the Center for Faculty Development
want faculty to know about some of the ways instructional
technology can improve teaching and learning.
Friday, March 27
Promises and Pitfalls of Using Technology in the Classroom:
A Panel Discussion
3:15-4:05 p.m. • Red Oak Room, Ramsey Library
Panelists
Merritt Moseley, Faculty Development
Sheryl Sawin, Literature and Language
Cindy Ho, Literature and Language
Cathy Mitchell, Mass Communication
]im Pitts, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
A reception will follow the discussion.
Monday March 30
Web Registration and SIS
10-10:50 a.m. • 037 Karpen Hall
Rebecca Sensabaugh, Registrar
Using Web Sites for General Education Courses
11-11:45 a.m. • 037 Karpen Hall
Mike Ruiz, Physics
Teaching Teleconference Courses and Courses on the Web:
An Open Discussion
1:15-2:05 p.m. * 033 Karpen Hall
Allan Combs, Psychology
Open Classroom
Bill Spellman using CD-ROM and Laser Disk Player in History 152
8 p.m. • 102 Carmichael
Tuesday March 31
Web Page Construction, Mailing Lists and Usenet Use
for the Classroom: A Workshop
10-11 a.m. • 037 Karpen Hall
Susan Reiser, Computer Science
Teaching Writing in a Paperless
Classroom: A Workshop
3:15-4:15 p.m. • 223 Robinson Hall
Cathy Mitchell and students.
Mass Communicawon
Wednesday April 1
Getting Rid of the Grade Book: Keeping Grades on a Spreadsheet
10-11 a.m. • 037 Karpen Hall
Karen Cole, Education
Creating a Presentation Using PowerPoint
11 a.m.-noon • 037 Karpen Hall iiF^‘!!oSS
Cindy Ho, Literature
Using the Web for Class Preparation
1:15-2:05 p.m. • 033 Karpen Hall
Cathy Pons, Foreign Languages
Fiber Optic Update
3:15-4:05 p.m. • 038 Karpen Hall
Kem Parker and Richard White,
Computer Center
The Interactive Web artd the Classroom: A Workshop
6-8 p.m. • 125 Robinson Hail
Chuck Bennett, Physics llpi(^^ii
Open Classroom
Bill Spellman using CD-ROM and Laser Disk Player in History 152
8 p.m. • 102 Carmichael
Thursday April 2
Making Digital PortfoHos
12:15-1:15 p.m. • 037 Karpen Hall
Rob Bowen and students, Drama
Using the Scanner and Digital Camei-a
6-7 p.m. *216 Zageir Hall
Mark Sidelnick, Education
Friday April 3
Creative Uses of Painter 5, a Digital Camera, Photoshop
and a Drawing Tablet
9-9:50 a.m. • 038 Karpen Hall
Robert Tynes, Art
Using the Internet for Interactive Group Work:
A Participant’s Perspective
10-11 a.m. • 126 Zageir Hall
Carol Hutchinson, Political Science
Using Technology in the Classroom to Increase Learning
(including Dos and Don’ts of Powerpoint)
11 a.m.-noon *110 Rhoades Hall
Michelle Patrick and Nancy Kauffman, Management
Open Classroom
Bill Spellman using CD-ROM and Laser Disk Player in History 152
8 p.m. • 102 Carmichael
Various vendors have donated “technological goodies” for Getting Wired events.
All participants are eligible for books, computer sofirtware, hardware and games.
For further information about any event, call or e-mail the presenter.
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hands-on activitf