APRIL, 1978
TIIR VOICE
I’AGE 7
From The Librarian’s Desk
Dr. J.C. Moore, The
Human Behind
The Humanities
by Michael Shepard
“Your dedication to your
students is appreciated!”
Happy Spring, Dr. Moore.
This is one of the
statements that was left on the
office door of Dr. J.C. Moore,
of the Humanities Depart
ment, by a very appreciative
student; along with flowers of
gratitude. This small note and
flowers on the door sums up
the many letters, visits, and
acts of gratitude that is ex
perienced by Dr. Moore daily.
In addition to teaching, he
prepares the incoming
sophomores, juniors and
seniors for the standardized
tests, job opportunities and for
other walks of life concerned
with the humanities.
Dr. Moore is known on
campus as a hard core in
structor who usually assigns
about four papers per
semester and grades them on
quality not quantity. But in the
final outcome, his course
doesn’t make you mad or sad
but proud to take part.
One student had these
remarks, “Those of us who
were in his classes gained
from him an understanding of
human relations. He was
genuinely interested in our
scholastic and social
maturation.”
When asked about the
importance of the
Humanities, Dr. Moore said,
“I found that it was a course
very vital to the Black student
because they did not have the
background necessary to
make high scores on the
standardized examinations
and so I talked to Dr. Willa B.
Player who was President of
Bennett College at the time I
was teaching there, about
allowing me to go back to
school and become a
reasonable expert in the
Humanities from an in
terdisciplinary standpoint, so
that the students would get a
broad background in Art,
History, Philosophy and
Music.”
The papers that Dr.
Moore assigns, gives the
student a broad overview of
the whole course. In the
limited time allowed, it helps
the student to prepare himself
Dr. Elaine Jeffers, former
Director of Institutional
Research and Planning at the
University of Maryland,
Eastern Shore, was named
Director of Planning,
Management and Evaluation
(PME) at Fayetteville State
University.
Upon assuming the post
Dr. Jeffers stated that she
views her role as “... working
intimately with ad
ministrators in addressing the
components of a PME
System. My office,” she
stated, “will be an important
facility in helping ad
ministrative units accomplish
their goals.”
Dr. Jeffers earned her
B.A. degree from the City
College of New York, the M.A.
degree from Teachers
College, Columbia University
and the Doctorate from the
University of Massachusetts.
She has also studied at
Howard University, Hunter
College and the Baruch School
of Business.
In addition to her post at
the University of Maryland,
Eastern Shore, she has served
for the writing he will be doing
in graduate school along with
other type standardized
examinations.
“We live in an age of
specialization and you can get
in a rut when you specialize in
one thing but if you can have
some other interests and know
about contributions made by
people of other civilizations, it
makes for a much richer life
and makes life a little more
interesting.
Many corporations and
industries like their em
ployers to have a broader
background so that they can
appreciate Delacroix or any
other painter or be able to sit
down and enjoy a piece of
classical music. It just makes
for a more ‘Renaissance’
person.
Try to develop as many
aspects of yourself as a person
as you can. Very often we
don’t know how many in
terests we have as a person
until we get involved in things
that are new to us.
Dr. Moore, who is a native
of Hartford, Connecticutt,
attributes his success in the
Humanities to God, excellent
instructors, recognition from
the United Negro College
Fund and his love for the
subject and the student. Dr.
Moore said, “Whatever you
select for your life’s work,
unless you do have a very
deep love or spirit of
dedication you will not do the
very best job in which you are
capable of doing.”
“You must also have a
love for the student or you
can’t teach him very much.”
This particular statement
by Dr. Moore exemplifies the
reason behind his whirlwind of
a course which turns out to be
a very meaningful and
beautiful course at the end
with his love for the student
and the humanities intact. Dr.
Moore’s Humanities course
motivates the student by
teaching to the whole student.
Dr. Moore is a graduate of
both Fisk and Syracuse
Universities. He has taught at
St. Augustine College, Bennett
College and Syracuse
University.
in a variety of educational
settings focusing on the ad
ministration and evaluation of
educational experiences and
programs. At the University
of Massachusetts, she was
Coordinator, Planner and
Evaluator of Student Lear
nings in Tutorial Programs,
served as Consultant for the
Experimental Schools
Program, Evaluator for the
Flexible Curriculum-Pass-
Fail and Non Graded
Curriculum and designed the
Program Evaluation Model
for the National Alternative
Schools Program. She also
taught at Western New
England College, Springfield,
Massachusetts and served as
evaluator of the Worcester
Alternative High School,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
Dr. Jeffers also served as
Assistant to the Coordinator of
the Global Survival Program
at the University of
Massachusetts. She has also
held positions in Jersey City,
New Jersey, Waterbury,
Connecticutt and New York
City,
Dr. Jeffers has published
numerous articles and studies
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Correction
Spring Lake students
named to the Dean’s List were
omitted in the February issue.
On the list were the following:
Lillie Booth, David Brumble,
Judy Hamilton, Marner
Harris, Norma Jones, Alfonso
McMillian, Theresa Moore,
Winifred Pierce, and Jewell
Stribling.
FSU Names Elaine
Jeffers Director Of PME
ELAINE lEKKERS
through the American of Research Methodologies, Consortia for Institutional
Statistical Association, the American Educational Research Journal Institute
Institute for the Development Research Association, and the for Services to Education.