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Friday, July 19, 1974 Strive Page 9 Promotions Announced By Board Of Trustees AL HORNE, WESLEYAN’S NEW DEAN OF STUDENTS New Dean Of Students NEWS BUREAU-Alvin M. Horne, a Nash County native, has been appointed dean of students at N. C. Wesleyan College, effective June 1. Wesleyan President Thomas A. Collins made the announce ment. Horne, a 1969 graduate of N. C. Wesleyan, joined the college staff as an admissions counselor following his graduation. In 1971 he was named financial aid officer and administered the college’s loan and scholarship fund programs. During his years as a Wesleyan staff member, Horne attended graduate school at East Carolina University and completed requirements for his master’s degree in counseling, which he received in August 1973. As a Wesleyan under- Mary B. Johnston graduate student, Horne serv ed as an assistant resident counselor and is familiar with all aspects of dormitory life. Since joining the Wesleyan staff, he has taken an active role in Wesley an’s athletic program, serving as coach of soccer and baseball. This is a continuing interest from his student days when he was a varsity member of the soccer and basketball teams and co-captain of both. In 1968 he won the Outstanding Athlete Award. A frequent Dean’s List student at Wesleyan, Horne also held offices with the Student Government Associa tion and was a member of the Activists, a leadership honor society now affiliated with the National fraternity Omicron Kelta Kappa. Horne was an officer in the college’s Mono gram Club and a member of Alpha Delta Chi social frater nity. Dr. Collins, in making the announcement, stated, “It giv es us a great deal of pleasure to appoint one of our own graduates to this administra- trive position. Horne’s back ground and experience in working with students as a resident counselor as well as in the athletic program, will serve to strengthen the overall student life program at Wes leyan.” Horne is married to the former Susan Oakley, a 1972 graduate of N. C. Wesleyan and a member of the reg^istrar’s staff at the college. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin M. Horne of Rt. 2, Elm City. New Professor At Wesleyan NEWS BUREAU—Mrs. Mary Frances B. Johnston, a reading specialist in the Rocky Mount City School System, has been appointed to the N. C. Wesleyan College summer session faculty, according to an announcement by Dr. Raymond E. Bauer, Wesley an’s academic dean. Mrs. Johnston, who was named “Outstanding Young Educator” from the Rocky Mount system in 1974, will instruct in the teaching of reading during Wesleyan’s first summer term. The second term course offerings taught by Mrs. Johnston will be group studies, one in reading diagnosis and remediation, and another in communication skills. Mrs. Johnston attended Pa ducah (Ky.) Junior College, then transferred to Murray State University, where she was awarded the B. S. degree in 1968 and the M. A. degree in 1970, majoring in elementary education. In 1973, Mrs. Johnston was awarded a Rank I degree as a reading specialist from Murray State. Dr. Bauer also announced that he and Dr. Sim 0. Wilde, Jr., chairman of the Education Division at Wesleyan, will teach Education I during the first summer term. This is a foundations course which is being offered at Wesleyan for the first time. Arthur Adams, chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages at Wesleyan, will be on the summer faculty, teach ing masterpieces of German including drama, the novel and also German civilization. First term opens Monday, June 10, with registration sche duled for 9 through 11:30 a.m. and classes will begin at noon. Further summer session infor mation is available from the Director of Admissions, N. C. Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount. Second Session SS To Begin Monday!!! N. C. Wesleyan College’s second summer session begins Monday, July 15, with regis tration scheduled from 9:30- 11:30 a.m. in Garber Chapel, Pearsall Building. The 1974 session is the 13th consecutive summer program offered at Wesleyan. A course in college level reading and study skills will be offered this term as ^oup studies, taught by William Green, assistant professor of English. The new course of fering will emphasize speed and comprehension in reading, textbook reading, note-taking and vocabulary enrichment. Classes will beg^n at noon following registration, and will be held daily Monday through Friday of each week in air- conditioned classrooms. Regular class periods consist of one hour and forty-five minutes, and two courses con- sistute a full academic load per term. Instruction will be offered in all four academic divisions: the humanities, education, social sciences and the sciences, which include full laboratory courses. A complete course listing and application proce dures may be obtained from the director of admissions or by calling the main switchboard at Wesleyan, telephone 442-7121. Eligible students include in- service teachers with or without bachelor’s degrees who wish to earn credit for certifi cation purposes, students en rolled in other colleges during the regrular academic year and high school graduates just be ginning college careers. NEWS BUREAU-The N. C. Wesleyan College Board of Trustees approved promotions of the academic dean and five faculty members at its annual meeting according to an an nouncement by Dr. Thomas A. Collins, college president. Dr. Raymond E. Bauer, academic dean of Wesleyan, was promoted to vice president for academic affairs of the college. The five faculty promoted were: Dr. Sim 0. Wilde, Jr., from associate pro fessor of education to pro fessor; Dr. Edward E. Brandt, from assistant professor of biology to associate professor; Dr. Jimmie Purser, from as sistant professor of chemistry and physics to associate pro fessor; Dr. Leverett T. Smith, Jr., from assistant professor of English to associate professor; and Dr. Richard L. Watson, from instructor in history to assistant professor. Dr. Bauer, a former resident of Norfolk, Va., is a graduate of Wake Forest University, re ceiving there the B. S. degree, and of the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, where he earned both the M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees. He joined the Wesleyan faculty in September 1960 at the opening of the newly established Methodist-^ related colleges. In 1973 Dr. Bauer was named acting academic dean by the trustees DR. RAYMOND BAUER Academic Dean and was promoted to academic dean in May 1974. He is mar ried to the former Mary Burkett of Norfolk, Va. Dr. Wilde, who came to Wesleyan in 1965, graduated from Appalachian State Uni versity with a B. S. degree and entered Western Carolina Col lege, where he received his M.A. degrree. He completed his graduate study at UNC-Cha- pel Hill and was awarded the Ph.D. degree in education. In 1966 Dr. Wilde was appointed dean of students at Wesleyan, a position he held for four years until his appointment as chair man of Wesleyan’s newly created Department of Educa tion in September 1970. He is a pative of Buncombe County and is married to the former Ruby Comer of Union Grove. Dr. Brandt holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Southern Illinois University, studied toward his doctoral degree at Florida University, and was awarded his Ph.D. degree from Laurence University. He joined the Wesleyan biology faculty in January 1968, and his contin ued research in teaching methodologies has created con siderable interest in educa tional circles throughout the country. Dr. Brandt is married to the former Faydine Kilgo of Greenville, Tenn. Dr. Purser, a native of Jack son, Miss., was graduated from Millsaps College with a B. S. degree in chemistry and mathe matics and attended UNC-Cha- pel Hill, where he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry. In 1969 he came to Wesleyan and has en gaged in research in the chemistry of boron compounds teachings, inorganic chemistry, EDWARD BRANDT Biology and computers and their appli cations. He has published in a number of scholarly chemical journals. Dr. Purser is married to the former Paulette Warren of Jackson, Miss. Dr. Smith joined the Wesle yan English faculty in 1973 after four years of full time teaching experience at Alliance College in Minnesota, and his teaching and research spe cialties are American Litera ture and culture. Dr. Smith is particularly interested in the history of American attitudes toward sports within the culture, and is a member of the North American Society for Sport History. He is also the first citizen of North Carolina to hold membership in the Society for American Baseball Re search. He is a B.A. degree graduate from Middlebury Col lege and earned the M.A. and the Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. His wife is the former Janette Johnston of Windsor, Conn. Dr. Watson, a native of Durham, received his B.A. degree in history from Duke University and his M.S. degree from Boston University, where he held a teaching fellowship for two years and was a lecturer from 1970-72. He recently completed doctoral studies and was awarded his Ph.D. from Boston University during their commencement this month. Dr. Watson’s teaching specialties are African and European history. He is married to the former Eileen- Philippa Raschker of Hamburg, West Germany. 9 JIMMIE PURSER Chemistry and Physics
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