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October, 1993 THE PEN 3 Division News Business The Division of Business is highlighting some new features this semester. Two such features are “B”-Day and the Bristol-Meyers Lecture Series. Dr. Mable Jones-Matthews, chair of the division, explained that “B”-Day is Professional Dress Day in the Division of Business and is observed every Thursday. This day has been set aside to promote professional development, develop “Esprit de Corp” among the students, faculty, and staff, and dress for the corporate, governmental, and educational environments. Various Division of Business organizations will also sponsor “AFTER - HOURS” monthly (every third Thursday, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.). This is designed to help students, faculty and staff develop their communications and social skills for the workplace. Bristol - Myers Lecture Series Based on an arrangement between Bristol - Myers Products, a division of Bristol - Myers Squibb Company, and Saint Augustines College, a the lecture series for the 1993 - 94 academic year has been scheduled. The primary purpose of the series is to bring executives from Bristol - Myers Products to the campus to interact with faculty, staff and, most importantly, the students on key emerging issues, as well as the needs and requirements of industry. For the first semester, the following lectures have been scheduled: DATE TIME LOCATION* TOPIC 10/13 11:00 a.m. Room 002 “Information Systems” 1:00 p.m. 10/21 11:00 a.m. Room 102 “Corporate Ethics” 10/21 5:00 p.m. Room 112 “Brand Management” 11/9 5:00 p.m. Room 112 “Sales" 11/18 1:00 p.m. Room 203 “Accounting / Finance" *A11 lectures are in the Cheshire Building During the second semester, lectures will be scheduled on Effective Interviewing Skills. Enhancing Self Image. Advertising. Presentation Skills. Inter-personal Awareness, and a second session on Corporate Ethics. In addition to the sessions for the students, a session entitled Total Oualitv Management and a session entitled Problem Solving will also be scheduled for staff and faculty respectively. While all of the student sessions are being held in the Division of Business, the lecture series is open to students across the campus. The division is coordinating with representatives form each division to ensure that all students are so informed. Students who are interested in attending these sessions, are asked to contact Mr. L.E. Ward, Executive in Residence, to reserve a seat. R.O.T.C. Humanities Dr. Sevealyn Smith, Chair of the Humanities Di vision, is very excited about the division’s activities this semester. The Department of En glish has just opened a Writ ing Center, which is de signed to help students im prove their writing skills. The Foreign Language Club, of the Foreign Lan guage Department, has a busy program. It meets once a month, and some of its scheduled activities include a Foreign Language Aware ness Day, a Foreign Lan guage Film Festival, and a Christmas Party. The club also plans to attend the In ternational Festival of Ra leigh on October 2. The department’s first newslet ter was put out on Septem ber 24. The Art Department’s Art Club is planning a trip to the S AS Institute, as well as an art show and expo, at which they hope to sell their artwork and crafts. They also plan a field trip to the North Carolina Museum of Art. J Social Sciences The acting phair of the Division of Social Sciences, Dr. John Little, and his fac ulty are working to generate a lot more student interest in the division as a whole. They are trying to increase student involvement and participa tion in the activities of the Social Science Club, as well as promote closer student - advisorrelationshipsand stu dent - faculty involvement in extracurricular activities. Other things the divi sion is looking at long-range are: increasing the number of majors within the five disci plines of the division; in creasing the number of per manent faculty within the division, with the support of the administration; and in creasing the number of fac ulty in the division with ter minal degrees. They also intend to establish divisional standards for accepting stu dents changing their major. Dr. Little would like the faculty to be well versed in the NCATE process for Teacher Education Accredi tation. “This means we want to encourage faculty profes sional improvement through both internal and external ac tivities,” says Dr. Little. Lt. Col. Wickie Lyons, head of the ROTC Unit, says the unit have gotten off to a good start. All of the cadets are exhibiting enthusiasm as well interest in the program. On September 2, the Fal con Battalion conducted the change of command in which Shaw University also partici pated. William Davis, a senior ROTC student, was promoted to cadet lieutenant colonel and assumed the position of cadet commander. There are nine seniors this year in the battalion, which had its first fall field training exer cise at Camp Butner on Sep tember 24 - 26. Cadet William Davis re cited the Cadets Creed at a re tirement dinner for General Julius Johnson, who is the out going 1st region ROTC com mander. Col. Thomas Causey, who is the incoming 5th brigade commander, and who oversees the Southeastem region of the U S, visited the unit earlier in the semester. St. Aug’s is the first his torically black college’s ROTC he nas visited. He met Dr. Prezell Robinson, president of the college, and also saw the Enhanced Skills Program. Col. Causey indicated he was very pleased with the sup port of Dr. Robinson and the overall performance of the unit. He also cited Dr. Louis White as having an outstanding En hanced Skills Program, which is one of the best, if not the best program, he had seen. The teams to represent St. Aug at Ranger Challenge, which is ROTC varsity sports, are currently training in prepa ration for the brigade competi tion, which is to be held No vember 5 - 7 at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. The Competition is com prised of eighth events, which includes the army physical fit ness test, land navigation/ orienteering, one/rope bridge, grenade assault course, patrol ling tactics test, ten kilometer road march with a rucksack, and basic rifle marksmanship. St. Augustine’s Falcon Battalion will compete with twenty - three other schools, including Duke, Citadel, Campbell, UNC - Chapel Hill, use - Columbia, A&T, and SC State. The team is hoping to place again in the top five fin ishes. Last year, the Falcon Battalion won two of the eight events. Education The Division of Educa tion has an exciting and busy semester planned ahead for its faculty, staff, and students. Comprising nearly one- third of the student population at St. Augustine’s College, the division encompasses the De partment of Education which includes Psychology, the Teacher Education Program, and the Department of Physical Education. The Teacher Edu cation Program includes nine areas of specialty. The majors in the Teacher Education Pro gram are: Biology Education, Vocational Business Education, Elementary Education, English Education, Math Education, Music Education, Social Stud ies Education, Physical Educa tion, and Special Education (Ex ceptional Learning Disabili ties). Initial meetings have been held for several of the division’s programs thus far this semes ter. The Teacher Education Program Majors meeting was attended by over eighty stu dents and faculty members. Dr. Beverly Downing, the Acting Chair of the Division, shared her vision for the Department and informed the attendees of the status of the Teacher Educa tion Program. Students were provided with the opportunity for input and questions. The meeting was informative and motivational. Other clubs within the department that have met are: The Physical Education Ma jors Club, The Psychology Club, and The Education Club -Student National Education Association (SNEA). In addition, fifteen stu dent majors that are interested in an Teacher Education, at tended the 1993 Fall SNEA Conference, held September 17. They participated in sessions that included Cultural Diver sity, Managing Conflict in The Classroom, First Year Teach ing and Experiences and School Violence. Upcoming events for the Division will be provided in the SEE EDUCATION,PAGE 5
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