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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 46
DECEMBER 10, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Office of Human Development
PEP Program, Training Center Merge
Duke Medical Center's prospering PEP
Program, which two years ago was just a
novel idea for employe education, has
joined with the University's Training and
Development Center to form the new
Office of Human Development at Duke.
As a result of the merger, PEP,
officially known as "Paths for Employe
Progress", expands into a University-wide
program to assist non-academic employes
in advancing to better jobs through
education.
Wiile the PEP division of the new
department will offer individuals
educational opportunities, the Training
and Development Center will concentrate
on helping groups of employes increase
skills and efficiency within Duke
departments.
The formation of the new office will
coordinate all employe education and
training programs within the University
to provide better and more varied
opportunities for the advancement of all
employes.
While PEP expands from the Medical
Center outward to reach the rest of the
University, the Training and Development
Center will further expand its services for
the total University complex.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
And so's the Medical Center's
annual Christmas party.
It's set for 2 to 4 p.m. and 10:30 to
midnight on Thursday, Dec. 16, in the
first floor cafeteria.
There'll be live musical
entertainment, and even Santa Claus
has promised to drop in.
Supervisors will schedule time away
from work so that all employes will be
able to get to the party.
See you there!
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PEP EXPANDS—Butler, left, a practical nursing student in Duke's PEP
program, gets some instruction from a nurse on Matas V\6rd. Wth creation of the new
Duke Office of Human Development, Medical Center employes like Mrs. Butler will be
joined by employes from the rest of the University as students in the PEP Program.
(photo by Phyllis Cole)
Administratively, the new office will
be headed by Howard N. Lee. Mr. Lee
will be responsible to Dr. Thomas D.
Kinney, director of medical and allied
health education, and Charles Huestis,
vice president for business and finance.
K enneth Lineberger, co-ordinator of
the PEP Program since its establishment
at the Medical Center, will move up to a
post as director of the department's PEP
division.
In the past, PEP has served as a
clearing house for information on health
related training programs for employes in
the Medical Center who wanted to get
more education and thus qualify for a
better job. At the heart of the program is
PEP's ablility to provide financial aid to
employes while they continue their
education.
Most often, employes helped by PEP
keep their regular job part-time and
receive a stipend while they are in school.
PEP also pays tuition.
Under the new plan, PEP will continue
to be an information center, but now
counselors will also offefr help with
educational programs outside the health
fields. Additional money has been
allotted by the Univeristy to serve more
employes now that PEP has expanded its
role to the entire campus.
Mr. Lineberger said that PEP will be
able to add between 10 and 15 University
employes to the Medical Center employes
already in school through the program
this academic year.
The Training and Development Center
will continue to design and coordinate
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