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1 NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE AT DURHAM, N. C. July 29, 1968
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE
48 SCIENCE TEACHERS
IN SUMMER INSTITUTE
North Carolina College's twelfth consecutive Summer Institute
for Secondary Teachers of Science and Mathematics this year
enrolls 48 teat:hers from Alabama, California, the District of
Columbia, Florida. Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia.
Sponsored under a grant of $53,220 from the National Science
Foundation, the Institute began on [une 10, and ends July 19.
The Institute has been conducted at NCC for a longer period
than any other special short course at the college. Major
objectives are to provide courses specifically designed to
increase the competence of the teachers, to provide experiences
in experimentation, critical thinking, and use of modern
methods, and to effect a greater mutual understanding and
appreciation of teaching problems confronting teachers of
science and mathematics.
The teachers enrolled are primarily teachers of biology and
mathematics in grades 7 through 12. Most are from North and
South Carolina.
Four courses are offered, two in biology and two in math
ematics.
Faculty members include Dr. Michael |. Phillip, assistant
professor of biology. John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio:
Vernon Clark, assistant professor of biology, NCC; Dr. Marjorie
L. Browne, professor and chairman of the department of math
ematics, NCC: and Dr. W. M. Whyburn, professor of mathemat
ics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Dr. Mary
M. Townes is director of the Institute.
Assistants in the program are James W. Coleman and Rufus
Beckwith.
DURHAM FOUNDATION MAKES GIFT
TO SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
Duncan-Fletcher Foundation of Durham has given North
Carolina College a $500 gift in the college's million-dollar
endowment drive.
NCC President Albert N. Whiting announce the receipt of
the check from the foundation this week.
$66,300 GRANT MADE BY NSF
North Carolina College has received a $66,300 grant from the
National Science Foundation for a three-year program of
improvement of the school's physics curriculum.
■The grant will provide for course and curriculum studies in
the physics department, for instructional scientific equipment,
and for the salary of a laboratory technician to maintain and
operate the equipment.
Dr. Angelaurio Soldi, chairman of the college’s physics
department, will direct the program, which is under the auspices
of the NSF's College Science Improvement Program. The program
is slated to end by June 30, 1971.
Faculty members will be involved in the study of the courses
and curriculum. In the department’s application for the grant,
Dr. Soldi described the current program as one of which the
school can be proud, but said the physics program needs
improvements which will permit students to begin their studies
in physics sooner, permit the teaching of the special mathemat
ical tools of physics, and offer a curriculum not designed
specifically for the professional physicist.
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
BY PRESIDENT WHITING
The appointments of 21 persons, including 13 new faculty
members, were announced by North Carolina College President
Albert N. Whiting at the recent semi-annual meeting of the NCC
Board of Trustees here.
New faculty members appointed included Miss Susan Barasch,
instructor, English: Mrs. Norma S. Brown, instructor, dramatic
art: Douglas B. Cook, teaching fellow, English: Charles H.
Gilchrist, instructor, music.
John E. Harrington, instructor, German: Dr. Charles E. King,
professor, sociology: Hal Richard Lieberman, instructor, politi
cal science: Miss Cynthia McDonald, instructor, English: Robert
Montgomery, assistant professor, business and economics: Dr.
Mary Ann Musser, associate professor and associate director of
research and evaluation.
George L. Quiett, jr.. acting head football coach (assistant
professor): Albert T. Tricomi, assistant professor, English: Miss
Sandra Ruth Wray, instructor, mathematics.
Other appointments included Mrs. Beverly Battle, cafeteria
cashier: Hamlet Epps, janitor; James T. Evans, janitor; Ronald
Lee Johnson, food server: Mrs. Gloria P. Prescott, library assist
ant: Jesse Toler, Jr., janitor: Mrs. Edna E. Walker, stenographer:
and Mrs. Kertie L. Wilson, stenographer.
BUDGET REQUEST
North Carolina College will ask the North Carolina legislature
for $22,000,000 for the 1969-71 biennium, according to William
Jones, financial vice president of the college.
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