Orientation Edition
THE LANCE
Orientation Edition
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Volume 22. Number 1
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Septembers, 1983
St. Andrews students unload
Hannas Resigns;
Search Begins
Beginning in 1967, as a
freshman, Craig Hannas
entered into a long relation
ship with St. Andrews. After
twelve years of contact with
the school, he accepted the
position of Dean of Students
during the summer of 1982.
Now after one year as Dean,
Hannas has accepted a posi
tion with IBM in Raleigh,
North Carolina.
“I’ve had an inkling
towards business for years. I
just liked education so much
I couldn’t leave. I don’t
dislike it now, but I realized
the decision would only
become harder with time,”
said Hannas.
Hannas will remain close
to academia in that he will
serve as a marketing
representative for the
academic information
Registration, Room Assignment, I.D. Cards
Orientation Opens New Year
Dean Hannas
systems, (ACIS), division at
IBM, “I will be marketing
products for major research
institutions.”
Dean Hannas will continue
to serve St. Andrews until
September 15. He will strive
to achieve, “an integration
between student life and the
cirriculm, with emphasis on
the total educational
process.”
Ronald Crossley, Vice-
president and Dean of the
College, said, “We are look
ing for a member of the
faculty or staff to serve as an
interim Dean for the re
mainder of the year. A
search for a permanent Dean
is underway and hopefully
we will have a replacement
by the middle of the year.”
Hannas charcterized his
service by saying, “It was an
invigorating and rewarding
experience. Never a dull mo
ment. There were no major
controversies only a few con
flicts and predicaments,
which were handled by all
fractions.”
During his period in of
fice, Hannas has worked to
“encourage and enable
students to accept respon
sibility for their learning and
living environment.”
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By Maureen Ingalls
Orientation.. .to new
members of the St. Andrews
community, this probably
brings to mind anxious
moments of registration,
room assignment, and a
multitude of other details to
be given attention. For
seasoned St. Andrews
students, the busy three-day
period (September 3-5)
means an opportunity to
welcome the new members of
the community and to help
dispel the fears inherent in
the “anxious moments” of
an unfamiliar experience.
Parents of new students are
also encouraged to par
ticipate in the Orientation
program so as to become
more familiar with the
educational aims of the col
lege and meet face to face
with faculty, staff and ad
ministration.
New students are slated to
eu’rive before noon on Satur
day, September 3rd. Dor
mitories will be open at that
time so that room keys and
orientation packets may be
picked up from the residence
directors. Students then will
proceed to the Belk Center
which is the site for all other
check-in procedures. There
faculty, staff, administra
tion, and students will be on
hand to answer questions
and provide information on
student life.
After a lunch break. Con
vocation, an annual event
to welcome new students,
will be held in Avinger
Auditorium. The event
features a keynote speaker
and an address by Academic
Dean of the College, Ronald
C. Crossley.
Later in the afternoon ses
sion, freshmen will meet with
their selected SAGE 101
classes and tutors while,
simultaneously, parents will
meet with the SAGE pro
fessors and discuss the col
lege’s core program.
Finally, the social side of
the campus emerges...after
meeting with residence direc
tors and dorm officers, new
students are invited to a
lakeside mixer featuring live
entertainment on the patio of
the Belk Center.
Sunday, September 4, pro
ves somewhat less busy. In
the early afternoon,
freshmen will meet with
Associate Dean Jim Stephens
to discuss registration pro
cedures. From 2:30 to 5 ^.m.
freshmen will return to
SAGE 101 groups while
transfers will meet with
school administrators. Din
ner for freshmen will be held
at their SAGE professors’
homes while transfer
students enjoy dinner at the
home of Bob and Billie Mar
tin. At 9:00 p.m., a live band
will be featured on the Belk
Center patio for all new and
returning St. Andrews
students.
Testing and registration
are the final activities
scheduled for Monday,
September 5. The staff of
Career and Personal
Counseling Center, under the
direction of Dr. Elbert Pat
ton, will be administering the
diagnostic battery of tests to
entering freshmen. Transfer
students will use this time to
meet with their faculty ad
visors in preparation for the
afternoon registration ses
sion. Following the testing
period, freshmen will return
to individual SAGE groups
to discuss registration pro
cedures.
After lunch, all new
students (freshmen and
transfers) will register in the
small gym where many peo
ple will be available to
answer questions and offer
guidance. President and Mrs.
Perkinson will host a dinner
after registration closes for
all new students, SAGE pro
fessors and sophomore
tutors between 5:30 and 8
p.m. on the lawn of their
Main Street home.
Regular classes begin
Tuesday, September 6, 1983.
Craig Hannas, Dean of
Students said that the orien
tation program is shaping up
to be an “essential, complex,
and exciting experience for
all involved.” He went on to
say that the scheduled ac
tivities should “put in place a
mood of productiveness and
community characteristic of
St. Andrews.”
Campus Gets
New Look
By Maureen Ingalls
Construction projects have
abounded on campus over
the summer, giving a “new
look” to both sides of the
lake. Over thirty thousand
dollars has been allocated for
the repair and necessary
renovation of the dor
mitories as well as the Belk
Center and Pate Hall, the
college’s convention center.
Most recently, Winston-
Salem dorm has undergone
the most obvious alteration.
The main lounge area has
been carpeted and the old
seat cushions have been
recovered continuing the
push to maintain the physical
attractiveness of the campus.
Housing Coordinator of the
Student Life Office, Patsy
Webb, remarked that efforts
are underway by school of
ficials, to replace draperies in
the main lounge areas of the
residence halls where they are
badly in need of repair.
Perhaps the most glaring
change that has occurred
over the summer has been the
closing of Mecklenburg dor
mitory, home to 40 - 50
students. There has been a
marked decrease in the
number of available private
rooms campus-wide to ac
comodate the former
Mecklenburg inhabitants.
An additional $130,000
has been allocated to better
facilities on the academic
side of the lake. A host of
projects slated for comple
tion by the beginning of Fall
Term, 1983, includes the
construction of the new
psychology laboratory on the
ground level of the Morgan-
Jones Science Complex.
Components of the new
facility feature a new percep
tion laboratory, a sound
proof laboratory, a com
puter laboratory and five ad
ditional observation rooms.
Further renovations have
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