Administration projects increased enrollment
By Anna Paulette Witt
Administrative officials project
that enrollment at UNCA will top
2,650 for fall semester 1983, says
Dr. Ken Rice, director of enrollment
services. That figure is 130 more
students than enrolled for fall 1982.
According to Chancellor William
Highsmith, UNCA is “the most ac
tive UNC campus in terms of
growth, with a 123% increase in
head count between 1972 and 1982.”
In head count every student enrolled
counts as one.
Another measure of growth is the
increase in FTE’s. FTE stands for
fuU-time-equivalent, or the number
of full-time students there would be
at an institution if every student
were carrying a full class load.
UNCA showed a 27.2% increase in
FTE’s between 1972 and 1982.
One factor in its growth are the in
creasing number of high school
graduates seeking to attend UNCA.
“We received 660 freshmen applica
tions this year,” said Rice. “We ex
pect to accept approximately 380 of
these.”
Rice projected eirrollment in in
dividual classes as follows:
.freshmen—-280 first time
freshmen. (This figure does not in
clude returning freshmen.)
. sophomores—475
.juniors—380
.seniors—350
These figures will not total 2,650,
Rice pointed out, because of the
many non-degree-seeking students
who will also enroll.
Non-degree-seeking students fall
into five groups:
.post-baccalaureate students —
graduates taking additional work
.visiting students — students
from another college or university
who are taking classes at UNCA.
.Western Carolina University
students — WCU students taking
some UNCA classes.
.unclassified students —
students taking one or two classes
but not working toward a particular
educational goal.
.special students — students
who have not met aU the general ad
mission requirements.
Degree-seeking students fall into
four groups:
.new college students —
freshmen.
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serving the students of the University of North Carolina at Asheville,
Volume 3, Number 1
August 25,1983
Faculty promotions and additions
By Dana Murdock
Changes on campus not on
ly consist of increased enrollment,
new student faces and additional
programs of study, they also include
four promotions and some fresh
faces in the faculty.
Arnold K. Wengrow, head of the
drama department and J. Michael
Gillum, humanities program chair
man, have been promoted to full pro
fessor.
EUsa Friedenberg, developmental
psychologist, and Arthea “Charlie”
Reed, authority on children’s
literature, have been promoted to
associate professor.
Dr. Laurence Dorr, vice-chancellor
for academic affairs, explained the
process by which a faculty member
is promoted to the position of full
professor or associate professor.
“The head of the faculty member’s
department goes to the instructor
and informs him that he is being
recommended for the promotion.
The faculty member then fills out a
form, giving information about
himself.”
“This form, student evaluations
and information from the faculty
member’s colleagues and other in
structors are all considered when a
faculty member is being considered
for a promotion,” said Dorr.
Dorr said the names come to him,
then he sends them on to the
chancellor then on to the Board of
Trustees. This process is repeated
every year.
The duties of a full professor go
beyond those of assistant and
associate professors, according to
Dorr.
“A full professor is expected to be
more involved in campus activities
and in research, writing and serving
on committees, he said. “They are
expected to be the leaders of the
faculty.”
“In most institutions, the
associate and full professors have
the greatest influence over what
happens.”
Wengrow has been the director of.
Theatre UNC-Asheville since 1970.
He has directed plays at Tufts
University, the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology and is past
director of the Asheville Youth
Theater.
He was the assistant curator of
Harvard University’s Theatre Col
lection and continues to manage
Harvard’s Summer Dance Center.
Gillum’s specialty is modern
poetry and he has been teaching at
Hopes, literature; David C. Kay,
mathematics; Wayne J. Kirby,
music, and Bruce D. Larson,
economics.
Other new faculty members in
clude: Jessie Mercay, communica
tions: David C. Miller, computer
science; Gary L. Miller, environmen
tal studies; Thomas H. Myers, II,
physics, and Pamela J. Nickless,
economics.
Also, Robert N. Bland,
bibliography and technical services
librarian; Gary S. Klonicki,
economics; Gregg A. Kormanik,
biology; Joe H. Lanier, psychology:
Lila P. McRae, mathematics and
Gene Tagliarini, computer science.
Professor Michael Gillum Professor Arnold Wengrow
UNCA for 16 years. He has served
on the UNCA Faculty Senate for
three terms.
Friedenberg is a practicing
psychologist and a consultant to
Memorial Mission Hospital’s Pro
ject Upstream. She has been involv
ed in the production of three books.
Reed is the coordinator of secon
dary education at UNCA, and is the
author of two books soon to be
published.
Additions to the UNCA faculty
and their departments include: Ivan
K. Cohen, economics; Mark Holland,
in literature; A. Thomas Holl
ingsworth, management; David
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