SAT?, tZTZZZZX 23, 1,373 THE CAHCL&A TJ"E$ 11 For, Fro C7 . . -ti. . v.'-' ' r X";'Ll T .-7, r Vr ? fA '; v . i a North "Carolina CcntraO University ! has been awarded a grant of $966,000 for two years of program development and improvement by the United States Office of Education under the USOE's. , Stengthening Developing Institutions Program. : The grant will support curriculum development in the School of Business, the departments of educa tion and English, the school's physical sciences departments," and the Academic Skills Center; will support the develop ment of a system to keep track of the university's graduates; and will pro vide for improvement in student . record-keeping and financial manage ment. Dr. Cecil L. Patterson, vice-chancellor for academic affairs, will direct the overall pro gram. George T. Thorne' vice-chancellor for finan cial affairs, will serve a& , program manager for ad ministrative . " im provements; Dr. Walter H. Pattillo, dean of the undergraduate school, as, program manager for cur riculum projects; and R. Norman Uhl, associate vice-chancellor for academic affairs, as pro gram manager in project , to upadate the university's planning model. Dr. Uhl's project will involve developing a mehanism for updating the university's goals and a procedure for training departmental faculty and ' university? administrators in planning techniques. The planning model project is designed to com plete a planning project developed under the United States Office of : Education's Advanced In stitutional Development Program. The project wasTi the basis for last year's inr, V stitution of a new plann-' ' ing and budgeting process for the university, as part of a non-traditional self study for accreditation by the Southern Association: of Colleges and Schools. -The administrative im-' ' provement project under Vice-Chancellor Thome's h direction - include the alumni tracking system . and the financial manage- ? ment project. , Goals of the financial ' management project are to improve the operational . efficiency of offices handling special funds and grants; specifically': the : Special Funds and Grants Office and the Student' Loans Office; .; to reduce! equipment losses by the implementation of a fixed Asset Inventory Control System; and to decrease borrower defaults on Stu dent Loans. . , ; A . computerized acV Icounting : and reporting; t - system for financial infor- ;; ' mation will be established,', with the details of the pro gram to be approved by the. State Auditor: The financial .' management ' project will be directed by Mernoy Harrison, T the ' university's comptroller , V-The Alumni-Placement ; trackingysystem will per mit the development . of systems to . improve the university's contact with and services to its graduates. The new pro gram will enable the university to being track ing its future alumni when they entef as freshmen. Clerical staff will be added to maintain contact with all students leaving the university. Additional placement cbunselors will also be supported undes, the project. William P. Evans, director of alumni affairs ris th?H Associate Program? 'Manager in, charge of the";-;' ? Alumni-Placment "Jfaclt- ing System.?-' 1: The Student Informa- Ition System project is' designed to speed process ing availability of. infor mation needed for 'decision-making; in par- ticular, tjie project will in-v. "sure more rapid deter- ' mination of student status,'; eligibility for 1 financial aid, and the status of student financial accounts. ; A Database Manager system will coordinate ac cess to all relevant ' databanksin the universi ty. These include student records, academic records, personnel records, financial records, and financial aid records. The Student Information System project will be directed by B.T.; McMillion, Registrar, as: "Associate Program Direc- WASHINGTON Black leader Jesu Jackson (R) greets PLO United Nation Observer Zudhi Tend la WasUagtoa oa September 13. Jackson said after tbr meeting the United States should immediately recognize the Palestine Liberation UPI Paolo tor, under Dr. Patterson's direct supervision. 2D Another Reason You'll Do Better At A&PI 111 in 11 ,iaiiriiif iiiia. irtjrifii yKayy-r-yV -tach of thMt adver f fljJl'ifRlR all Puirwi to b readily I inTruSrAl1 7Pf, I or Iwlow tht ad VIIUuNMIJJ nlj Kh ACrP Stor. 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The project will involve the develop ment of a package of diagnostic tests to pin point reading problems, the installatins of techni ques to attack those specific problems, and the coordination of the reading skills program with the English tutorial Erogram already offered y the Academic Skills Center. (A student assigned to the Academic Skills Center has one or more deficiencies in the basic skills required for success in college generally language skills, mathematical skills, logical skills , required in social science programs but has shown evidence of motivation for academic success.) .:. ' Th'Academie Skills Center project will be directed by Dr. Lafayette Lipscomb as Associate Program Manager. The School of Business will develop programs which . will permit the , simulation through computers and case studies of administrative and financial problems business ' graduates may face after being employed. The program recognizes that NCCU business students have difficulty with the more abstract apsects , of management decision-making. They at tempt to memorize theories of decision making, and are affected by a faculty member's necessary concentration on one aspect , of a pro blem in classroom lec tures. Computer simulation of business problems will enable the student to make a "decision" and receive immediate feedback on its effect. The simulation project will stress the in teraction of various fac- MARKET STYLE sDBACOft! DP UWT 0M WITH COUPON AT.MOHT AND AOOITIONAl 17 JS ORDSH r CEilSCO 3 $149! UWrOHteOUMN.O0MTMNI l&JU Wt M, T U III KHUIUI TYTill LAMBRUSC0 L It h 1.8 LITER BOTTLE 0000 ONLY IN DURHAM EXCEPT E MAIN ST. STORE. i CED V.J I HBaaa . ASP COUPON QQIHIlWBl RROM BjPMCItlAel OOMtU EiCHT O'CLOCK 36i pi IreSTATfT COFFC5 i UMtreNtwim ! . I ioo$TZ59 4S uwt m eouON aooo ixmi I u ii i armMPr PSPPfNONI SAUSAOS HAMSUN IMS rsonN can PIZZA ; 104Z. PKQ, ; Zi noun ;!J .-if MCATLOAP . 'Syjr I SAUSSORY STEAK ' rKQ. CHICKIN DINNERS o mm assaiiiiiaiie,i's SEALT0ST ICE CilOAr.1 . (CXOUIOHM eUTTIII PECAN) .' HOAL few CTN. a OKAYS "JLB. THE NATURAL SNACKS CHAPE3 ;S'-l-"""'lnl m..-.w mm immvmm , -, I, I - . . tors in the decision making process. Directing the project for the School of Business will be Robert Montgomery as Associate Program Manager. ' , The State of North Carolina is now instituting requirements that teachers be given human relations training. The department of education will develop new programs to enable . teachers to achieve the competencies the state re- ,-. quires, which include "ability to facilitate, a caring, trusting relation ship," "understanding , different folkways and mores...," "ability to work with groups and not on or for groups..." and seven other described competencies. Dr. Norman Johnson will serve as Associate Program Manager to develop the new human . relations component of NCCU's teacher training program. Dr. A.M. Secrest will serve as Associate Pro gram ..Manager, dkectuig Mhe establishment fa newsroom-laboratory for" the Media-Journalism Program at NCCU's Department of English. The newsroom will be equipped with electric ' typewriters which can be used with electronic typesetting equipment and with access to wire service equipment. It will give NCCU's students concen trating in news com munications an oppor tunity to experience the new technology now being installed in newspapers throughout the nation. A computer-assist ed instruction program will be established for three ' NCCU departments physics, chemistry, and geography in the area of the physical sciences. The program will use com puter equipment to per form ' in essence the , role of an individual tutor. ' and will permit self-paced M learning by the students tv a large extent. vi Dr. A. Soldi of v t ' department of plmi.v is Associate Projtraa Manager for this project. Tho Hillside Uovjs ByStdottkCJeffers m:-! mi I I , ii 'lT The Hornets are preparing for the North Carolina Competency Test which will be given October 9-10. " Cramming" is the word used by MrsThelma Battle f . when she told the junior class that tutors wilt be at Hillside everyday after school to help students in the areas of math and English in order that they may prepare themselves to pass the test. Also, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will be given periodically during the 1979-1580 school year. Tutoring for the SAT is (given each Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph AME , Church which is located on Fayetteviile Street ia Durham. .,;c','.v ' ..;r - - , ' '.,. : '',':-i;:4' see ' m ' ' ' History has been made in the sports department at Hillside by the soccor team. The team won its first game of the season when it defeated Apex 4-1. 4 The girl's volleyball team again enjoyed another vic tory when it defeated Vance Hicrh Srhnnt In "h kt , ' -p wr . vasi two out of three" competition. 15-5 and 16-14. The Junior Varsity football team also upset George ' Washington High School, 27-0. - The varsity football team, however, seems to have a Josmg streak this year. It was again defeated, this time by George Washington High School, 27-0. Hillside students voted for class officers Friday. September 20, Results of this election have not been posted, but we the Hornets extend a hearty "good luck" to aU candidates in the race. , "U you wSI claast ptbplt. you must plaasa thsnj fp thc!e . ownrsr. ftr 1 f"-r 'LordXbtitti'M