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Departmental News
From The
Learning
Resources
Welcome to the Learning Re
sources Division that includes the
library, instructional media, James
Larkin Pearson Library, media pro
duction and high school programs
foradults. The library and instruct
ional media areas are located in the
Thompson Building near the student
parking area. Over 50,000 books,
100,000 pieces of media, and 150
periodicals are available for your
general interest and curriculum use.
The Instructional Media houses
audio-visual media supportive of
the curricula. You may use films,
cassettes, videotapes, etc. in that
area. The areas are open from 8:00
a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and until 5:00 p.m. on
Friday. In order to check out books
or periodicals you must have an
I.D. card. Be sure to go to room
325 on registration day to have
your I.D. made.
Sociology
Course
Offerings
Expanded
Due to numerous requests from
transfer students, the Humanities
and Social Sciences Department
has increased sociology course offer
ings. According to Chairperson
Pete Mann, students may now take
SOC201 Introductory Sociology I
and SOC 202 Introductory Sociol
ogy II. These courses replace the
former one-quarter SOC 211.
Students who have taken SOC
211 may want to take SOC 202 to
increase their course hours in socio
logy to six. By doing so, students
may avoid having to take an ad
ditional sociology course when they
transfer to a senior institution.
From The
Transportation
Department
The Transportation Occupa
tions faculty would like to take this
opportunity to welcome those of
you who are freshmen as well as
the returning sophomore students.
We hope your stay here will be
both enjoyable and rewarding. You
will appreciate the friendly and
courteous atmosphere here at
W.C.C. The Transportation Oc
cupations programs are auto
motive and diesel mechanics located
in the Power Mechanics building,
and auto body repair located in
Lovette Hall. If we can be of any
assistance, please let us know.
From the
Mathematics A nd
Science
Department
College life is a new beginning; it
is a new chapter for your life. This
is a time of eager anticipation for
all students. What will seem like a
life time of assignments, obliga
tions, temptations, and opportun
ities will be telescoped into a hectic.
nine-month term of activities. We
hope you will enjoy the challenges
that awaits you here.
The Mathematics and Science
Department is located in Hayes
Hall. The faculty are: Mr. Ed Curtis
Mathematics; Mr. Charles Earp,
Mathematics; Mrs. Elizabeth Klink-
osum, Biology; Dr. Jim Knox,
Biology; Mr. Pete Petrie, Com
puter Science; Dr. A1 Stanley, Radio
Television; Mr. Jacob (Buck) Ste
wart, Chemistry and Physics; and
Mr. Robert Walker, Chemistry and
Physics. The department chair
person is Dr. Jo Hendrix and the
secretary is Mrs. Wanda Smith.
All of the instructors in the depart
ment expect you to rise to the
challenges that may lie ahead for
you; they will provide the op
portunities for you to excel. They
are always ready to assist you in
anyway, so feel free to stop by the
department to visit.
The best of success to you during
the coming year at WCC.
From Humanities
And Social
Science
Department
Computer Writing Center Opens
The English Department has its
new Computer Writing Center up
and running and ready for students
use. The CWC, the only one of its
kind in the State Community Col
lege System, offers all WCC stu
dents the opportunity to write on
computers using popular word pro
cessing and text management pro
grams. The Center is located in
Room 726, first floor, of the Techni
cal Building.
Tlie Center has ten Apple lie
professional system computers and
three Epson LX-80 printers. In
addition, a wide variety of text
management software is also avail
able, including PFS’ Report, PFS;
Graph, Appleworks, Applewriter
II, Sensible Speller, Newsroom,
Mastertype, Typing Tutor III, Font-
rix, and Print Shop.
All Students Welcome - Anyone
registered for at least one course
(any course) at WCC is fully entitled
to use the Center. English Depart
ment faculty members are en
couraging students to write their
history term papers, sociology es
says, and business law book re
views on the computers in the
Center.
According to English instructor
Brenda Moore, “We want to make
word processing available to every
student, full - and part-time, on
our campus.” Ms. Moore further
emphasized that “Students can use
the Center to do any writing tasks
they choose. We will certainly not
restrict writing activities in the
Center tojust assignments for Eng
lish courses. All students and all
writing tasks are welcome in the
Center.”
The Computer Writing Center is
open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each
weekday and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
on Wednesday evening.
From Special
Services
Department
The Special Services Depart
ment is extending a warm welcome
to all entering WCC freshmen.
Located at 806 Technical Arts Build
ing, the Department includes De
velopmental Studies classes as well
as Individualized Studies and tutor
ing. In addition, the counselor,
Nancy Price assists students with
personal counseling, academic coun
seling, and referrals to community
agencies.
Developmental Studies instruct
ors are Ms. Nancy Cardwell and
Dr. Bob Goforth (English 0099,
0100, 0104, 0105). Dr. Goforth
also teaches English 0110. Mr. Rex
Williams is the instructor for Math
0099and 0100. Individualized Stu
dies courses are taught by Dr.
Goforth, Mr. Williams, and in
structors from other college depart
ments.
Wilkes Community College does
not offer independent study courses;
rather, students who need an in
dividual class are sometimes ad
vised to register for Individualized
Studies. Designed to meet the same
rigor and objectives as a lecture
class students are required to attend
the same number of hours per
week as the regular lecture class.
Individualized Studies is available
to students who cannot meet the
regular class schedule.
Tutors are available free-of-
charge for students who qualify for
the Special Services Federal Pro
ject. Virtually every WCC student
can receive this tutoring in subjects
ranging from accounting, math,
English, etc., to psychology. Most
classes at the college can be adapt
ed to a tutoring situation. For
further information about ap
plying to be a tutor, refer to the
article on Special Services tutors in
this edition. To inquire about get
ting a tutor, go by the Special
Services Department and see Secret
ary Suzanne Lester who will take
yourapplication. Dr. Barbara Holt,
who directs the Department, will
assign the tutor.
Your friends in Special Services
are here to help you succeed in
college and to reach your gradua
tion goal. The entire staff is looking
forward to the best school year yet.
B. Holt
Director of Special
Services
From The
Business
Department
WELCOME! The Business De
partment hopes you enjoyed your
vacation and are ready for an excit
ing year in college. Let us take this
opportunity to introduce ourselves
and our programs.
Eight full time faculty, a depart
ment Chairperson, and a depart
mental secretary make up the Bus
iness Department. TTiis group is
dedicated to providing quality in
struction in the following pro
grams: accounting, business ad
ministration, business computer pro
gramming, executive secretarial, med
ical assisting, industrial manage
ment, and general office technical
specialty. Both real estate and in
surance pre-licensing programs are
also available through the Business
Department.
You are likely to meet these
instructors soon, if you have not
already done so. Mr. Jim Barrow,
Mr. Randy Joyner, and Mr. Jack
Roche are the academic advisors
for the business administration pro
gram and also teach courses in this
area. Four accounting majors, Mr.
Spencer Rhodes is the advisor. Mr.
Rhodes, a Certified Public Account
ant, teaches both accounting prin
ciples and the second year account
ing courses. Mrs. Wilma Lovette,
one of the advisors for secretarial
students, teaches primarily in the
secretarial skills areas, i.e.; type
writing, shorthand. Mr. Jim
Payne, advisor for the business
computer programming stu
dents, teaches data processing.
Mrs. Jean Tugman and Mr. Ira
Gambill are also academic ad
visors for the secretarial students.
Mrs. Tugman teaches word proces
sing, typewriting, and secret
arial procesures. Mr. Gambill
teaches word processing, ac
counting, and office machines.
Dr. Jean Miles, Business Depart
ment Chairperson, teaches ac
counting courses and looks after
the entire department. Mrs. Susan
Bowers, the departmental secret
ary, is able to direct students to
the faculty at all times.
We are very pleased to ofTer
training to students on the latest
high technology office equipment.
For example, IBM Personal Com
puters for microcomputer classes,
IBM Displaywriters for word pro
cessing instruction, electronic type
writers and calculators, and the
IBM 4331 computer for data pro
cessing instruction are all available.
Microcomputer classes, word pro
cessing, and data entry classes are
also available in Ashe and Al
leghany counties.
You are invited to attend the
first organizational meeting of Phi
Beta Lambda, if you are enrolled
in at least one business course. It is
a great way to get involved and
make new friends at Wilkes Com
munity College. Watch for the date
of the first meeting to be an
nounced or see Mr. Joyner for
more information.
Again, WELCOMEand we hope
you have a great year!
Have A
Rewarding Year:
Be A Tutor
Are you an excellent student in
one or more subjects?
Do you enjoy sharing your know
ledge with others? Do you enjoy
working along with other students?
Do you want a job that lasts all
year?
If your answers to the above
Want to Study
Piano?
WCC now offers excellent piano
instruction for beginner, inter
mediate and advanced student.
Class piano is offered as MUS
0170 on this Fall’s schedule. Check
it out! See Jerry Bangle in the
Walker Center.
Computer
Telecourse
Wilkes Community College’s Mathe
matics and Science Department
will offer a telecourse in Computer
Studies beginning Fall quarter 1,985.
The computer course is an intro
duction to computers. The course
is designed for people who cannot
attend a regularly scheduled class
on Computer Literacy.
Thecourse, CPSOI11 Computer
Literacy may be viewed on campus
at any time in the Instructional
Media Center. The hours are from
8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Friday. It may be viewed on
Channel 4, Jones Intercable, from
9a.m. until 10a.m. beginning on Septem
ber 7 and continuing through Novem
ber 30, 1985.
Those taking the telecourse will
be required to meet on campus for
one hour on Thursdays from 6 to 7
p.m. with the instructor for discus-
sions, questions-
answer time and for additional
instruction. The first class meeting
will be on September 5, 1985.
CPS 01II Computer Literacy is
a three hour credit course that
presents the fundamentals of comput
ers. It is designed to provide a compre
hensive overview of the computer;
what it is, what it can and cannot
do, how it operates, how it may be
instructed to solve problems. The
course will prepare students to under-
stand and utilize computers in both
their personal and profession
al life.
One may register for the telecourse
from now through September 5th
in the office of Student Develop
ment at WCC.
For additional information, call
the office of Student Develop
ment , 667-7136, orcontact Dr. Jo Hen
drix at WCC.
questions are yes, yes, yes, yes . . .
then you are invited to apply to be
a Special Services tutor. But, hurry!
Applications need to be in by Fri
day, September 6and all prospect
ive tutors begin training on Mon
day, September 9. Applications
can be obtained from the Special
Services office. Room 806, Techni
cal Arts Building. Dr. Barbara
Holt, Director, can provide more
information.
Ashe Center Gets College
Transfer Program
Beginning fall quarter, the Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences of Wilkes Community College will offer all humanities and
social sciences courses required for the Associate in Arts Degree at its
Ashe County Center. These courses include composition, history,
literature, psychology, religion, and sociology. Students enrolling in the
program fall quarter, 1985, can complete requirements for the A A degree
by summer quarter, 1988. The courses will be offered from I p.m. to 4
p.m. weekdays at WCC Ashe County Center.