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Vol. VII No. 6
GASTON COLLEGE, DALLAS, N.C.
June 12, 1972
Gaston Nursing Program Set To Begin In September
Students May Begin Related Work During Summer Quarter
Horace Cline, left, presents a Who’s Who award to Albert James.
James also received a Ford Foundation grant this year.
Gaston’s Outstanding Students
Are Honored At Awards Day
On Saturday, May 27, over
thirty of the top students in
Gaston College were honored for
their contributions to the school
and to their particular
organizations within the school.
Among the recipients of awards
were the top students,
outstanding workers, faculty
members honored by clubs which
they sponsor or work closely
with, and scholarship winners.
Dr. Helen Carter, chairman of
the Campus Club Outstanding
Student Award committee,
presented the school’s top honor
Gasliglit Editor
Awarded Top Honor
Miss Irene Schauer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schauer of
Gastonia, was named Compass
Club Outstanding Student of
Gaston College during the
1971-72 academic year. The
award was presented at the May
27 Awards Day program.
Miss Schauer, in addition to
being an honor student during her
two years at Gaston, was also
editor of THE GAS LIGHT during
the spring of 1971 and during all
of the 1971-72 year. No other
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{Requirements Set I To Begin lyuties During Summer
Miss Iren Schauer
to Gas Light editor Irene Scliauer.
The award is based upon
scholarship ability, exceptional
performance, leadership, and
positive citizenship during the
past school year.
In the club awards, the
following students were honored:
J.V. Hamilton, Outstanding Civil
Club member; Jeff Tucker,
Outstanding Civitan Club
member; Mary Alexander,
Outstanding Compass Club
member; Mary Alexander,
Outstanding Pilot Club member;
Ardist Mabry, Outstanding
member of Gamma Beta Phi;
Michael Hartman, Industrial
Engineering Club member of the
year; Howard Morgan,
Outstanding member of the
Society of Manufacturing
Engineers; Larry Smith, Veteran’s
Association Outstanding member.
Division awards were presented
to the following: Dennis Wooten
and Bill Davidson, Most
Outstanding Full-time Vocational
Student; George Walker, Most
Outstanding Part-time Student in
Vocational Division; Michael
Avery, Most Improved Vocational
Student; Mrs. Brenda McKee and
Bobby Cooley, Outstanding
Scholar in the Academic Division;
Lee WoUin, Outstanding Business
Administration Graduate; Ellene
Cuttin, Outstanding Secretarial
Science Graduate; Diane Mauney,
Outstanding Data Processing
Graduate; Larry Smith,
Outstanding Police Science
Graduate.
Five awards were presented to
outstanding students in the
Technical Division: Dan Adams,
Civil Engineering; Mel
Leatherman, Electrical
Engineering; Mohammed Sadegh
Mohagheghzadeh, Electronics
Engineering; James Huffman,
Industrial Engineering; and Gary
Nolen, Mechanical Engineering.
Outstanding Student Service
Awards went to Patricia Faire,
Floyd Holcombe, Richard Couch,
and Michael Dawley.
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Students planning to enroll in
the Gaston Nursing Program will
pass through three steps in order
to be accepted, according to Mrs.
Mary Ha nig, Director of the
Nursing Program. All potential
students will take the entrance
tests, such as the ACT, DAT
(which measures verbal skills,
abstract reasoning, and
mechanical reasoning) and the
Nelson-Denny test. Then each
potential student will, be
interviewed by the Student
Personnel staff and by members
of the nursing department. Final
acceptance will be based, says
Mrs. Hanig, on a number of other
variables.
Persons interested in taking the
above tests should contact the
student personnel office for
information on testing dates.
Mrs. Hanig has invited any
students interested in securing
other information concerning the
program to stop by her office in
the Vocational Division at any
time. “Come by and talk,” she
says. “The door is open. We will
be happy to discuss the
curriculum with any students and
to provide any other helpful
information relating to the
program.”
Among the related work which
students may take is a 13-hour
group of electives, in addition to
the curriculum requirements.
“Some of this work may be taken
this summer,” Mrs. Hanig stated.
“The course in reading
improvement is an example.
En^ish 101 could also be taken
this summer. It may be to the
student’s advantage to get these
courses behind him as early as
possible.”
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Mrs. Mary Hanig
Mrs. Hanig Announces Full Stafl
To Assume Duties During
Summer
The Gaston College Nursing
Program, under the leadership of
Mrs. Mary Hanig, will begin in
September of 1972. Mrs. Hanig,
who was named director of the
program in December 1971, has
announced that five full-time
instructors are already under
contract and will be on duty at
the beginning of the Fall Quarter.
Mrs. Valeria Granger, in
addition to Mrs. Hanig, is already
on campus and is working toward
completion of teaching plans,
outlining of course work,
establishing working relationships
with community cUnical agencies,
and setting up lab activities.
According to Gaston President
Dr. Woody Sugg, all other
members of the program will
assume their responsibilities
before the end of the summer.
Mrs. Hanig comes to Gaston
from her duties as Director of
Associate Degree Nursing at
Western Piedmont College at
Morgan ton. North Carolina. She is
Mrs. Valeria Granger
a graduate of Emmanuel College
in Boston and received her
bachelor of nursing degree from
the Department of Nursing at
Columbia University in New
York. Her Master of Science
degree in nursing was awarded by
the Catholic University of
America in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Granger is a graduate of
North Carolina A & T and
received her Master Degree in
nursing from the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior
to coming to Gaston she taught in
the Manpower Development
Training Act program at Central
Piedmont Community College in
Charlotte. In addition she has
worked in Medical Surgery for
three years at Charlotte Memorial
Hospital. This will be her first
full-time teaching position.
The other three members of
the department are Mrs. Nancy
Null, Mrs. Catherine Kennedy,
and Mrs. Donna Hewitt. Mrs. Null
has been a member of the faculty
at Western Piedmont where she
has taught primarily Nursing I and
II as well as a team leader in the
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Dr. Fountoln Traces Cofflmunlty College Growth
Dr. Ben Fountain, state
director of the Department of
Community Colleges, traced the
role of the community college
concept and of Gaston College in
particular as he spoke to the
nearly three hundred graduates at
the May 28 commencement
exercises at the College.
Dr. Fountain pointed out that
14 years ago the vocational wing
of Ashley High School housed
what was to become an integral
part of the modern Gaston
College. Later the Gaston
Industrial Education Center was
to merge with Gaston Tech and
Gaston College to become one of
the largest community colleges in
the state.
“In addition to being one of
three community colleges
re-accredited by the Southern
Association,” Dr. Fountain said,
“Gaston College has achieved a
national reputation for innovative
educational techniques.” He also
noted that in 1971-72 Gaston
served over 2200 students on a
full-time basis in addition to
10,000 in continuing education.
The college offered course work
at 35 off-campus locations as well
as working cooperatively with two
nearby colleges. Fountain
remarked.
The importance of the
community college can be
demonstrated by looking at the
national scene, Dr. Fountain said;
“One-third of the United States is
either in or near the poverty level;
yet, with all of the unemployed
seeking jobs, there are many
positions that cannot be filled
because of the lack of qualified
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