Office of Public Relations
P.O. Box 3354
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina 27710
It's Never Too Late To Graduate
WITH A UTTLE HElfi-HomU Patterson, material control clerk, plans to
major in graphic arts at college after he obtains his General Equivalency
Diploma. Here he talks over a question with Betty Zatz, instructor in
Duke's free High School and Reading Improvement Program. (Photo by
/na Fried)
Employee Survey Begins
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working conditions at the medical
center.
No administrative personnel will
be present while the questionnaires
are being completed, no names will
be attached to the questionnaires
and nobody will be identified with
the answers given.
After Pencil and Paper
This pencil and paper phase of the
survey will run through next
Saturday, March 12.
Then all the completed
questionnaires will be taken by
NSRC staff to their offices where
they will compile statistics, write a
report for the medical center and
destroy the questionnaires.
Upon receiving the NSRC report,
Semple said, the medical center
administration will see "what
everyone likes about working here
and what they don't like so well. And
they will know what policies are
successful and should be continued,
as well as which ones are not so
successful and should be reviewed."
By Ina Fried
A 20-year-old man and a
50-year-old woman might feel
uncomfortable in a class with typical
high school students. But they can
still obtain their high school
diplomas or General Equivalency
Diplomas (GEDs) by working at their
own pace in free classes on Duke's
East Campus.
"If I get as much out of every other
course as I have English, I'll be
well-prepared for the GED and
anything else that comes along," said
Ronald Patterson.
Patterson, a material control clerk
in the hospital storeroom, dropped
out of high school to join the service.
Now he wants to attend college to
study graphic arts. The college he's
picked accepts the GED in lieu of a
high school diploma.
Like Patterson, Dwight Perry has
other plans after obtaining his GED.
An Environmental Services
employee, he hopes to train in x-ray
technology.
T^or-Made Courses
When students join the High
School and Reading Improvement
Program they are tested to find their
areas of weakness. High school
transcripts are obtained if possible.
Then courses are tailored to their
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March 4-11,1977
We would like to list lectures, symposia and other activities at the
medical center in the Intercom Calendar. If information about your
event does not appear, the reason is either that we did not receive it
or that we received it too late for printing deadlines. Notices can be ^ P ®'-
accepted for the Calendar no later than one week prior to
publication. Notices may be sent to Box 3354, Hospital. If last
minute scheduling makes it impossible to send a written notice in
time, please call ^4-4148.
Friday, March 4
12:30 p.m. Biochemistry Seminar. Dr. Gilbert
Ashwell, chief of the Laboratory of
Biochemistiy and Metabolism, National
Institutes of Health, will speak on "Lectin
Mediated Cellular Recognition
Phenomena," Rm 147, Nanaline H. Duke
Bldg. Coffee at 12:15 p.m. in the lobby.
1p.m. Network for Continuing Medical
Education (NCME). Programs on "The
Treatment of Anaerobic and Mixed
Aerobic/Anaerobic Infections, Part I, II,
in." View in Rms M-405, M-410, 2031 and
Medical Student Lounge (Charmel 7 or 9)
at Duke and Rms A3002 (by appointment
only), C9013, D3008, CCU and classrooms
and media learning lab of Allied Health
Mdg. at VA Hospital.
2 p.m. Film on "30 Minutes on Infectious
Disease," including "ABC: Anaerobic
Beside Culture," "Chemotherapy: Killer or 11:30 a.m.
Cure?" "Transmission of Pseudomonal
Infections," "Cutaneous Signs of Systemic 12:15 p.m.
Disease" and "Diagnostic Hotline." View
in Rms M-406 and 2031.
Monday, March 7
12:30 pxn. Biochemistry Seminar. Dr. Dieter Soli,
Dept, of Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1 p.m.
Yale University, will speak on "New
Aspects of Transfer RNA Biosynthesis,"
Rm 147, Nanaline H. Duke Bldg. Coffee at
12:15 p.m. in the lobby.
Council on Aging and Human
E)evelopment Seminar. Dr. Robert N.
Butler, director. National Institute on
Aging, will speak on "Early Directions of
the National Institute on Aging," Rm 1504,
Gerontology Bldg.
Tuesday, March 8
1 p.m. NCME. Programs on "Genetics for the
Generalist," including "Autosomal
Dominant and Recessive Disorders,"
"Chromosomal and X-L inked Disorders"
and "Multifactorial Disorders." View in
School of Nursing Aud., Rm 1017.
Anatomy Seminar. Dr. Birgit Satir, Dept,
of Physiology-Anatomy, University of
California at Berkeley, will speak on
"Calcium, Membrane Fusion and
Secretion," Rm 143, Jones Bldg. Coffee and
cookies at 3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9
1 p.m. NCME. See Tues., March 8 for program
listing and Fri., March 4 for viewing areas.
Thursday, March 10
Blood Drive, Third Floor Dining Room,
until 5 p.m.
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar.
Dr. Robert C. Haynes Jr., Dept, of
Pharmacology, University of Virginia, will
speak on "Control of Gluconeogenesis in
Isolated Hepatocytes," Rm 147, Nanaline
H. Duke Bldg. Coffee at noon.
NCME. See Tues., March 8 for program
listing aiui Fri., March 4 for viewing areas.
needs.
In the program offered by the
Personnel Department in
conjunction with Ehirham Technical
Institute, students may pursue one of
three goals. They may complete
specific courses for high school
diplomas awarded by Durham City
Schools; they may study in
preparation for the GED exam; or
they may work just to improve their
reading abilities. Materials are
supplied to the students.
"Most of the materials are
programmed so the students can
work independently and get
immediate feedback," said Betty
Zatz, the instructor. "They know
right away whether their answers are
correct. I'm here to help with any
problems they have."
Zatz has a B.A. degree in English
from Boston University and works
mornings as a secretary for the
graduate studies office of the English
Department.
Making Things Simple
"She makes everything simple,"
Patterson said about Zatz. "If I have a
question, she'll work with me until I
understand it."
If the student has at least an eighth
grade reading level, he or she may
apply to be sponsored by Paths for
Employee Progress (PEP). PEP would
pay the employee's regular salary
during the hours of class attendance.
The program meets Monday
through Friday from 2-5:30 p.m.
Employees may attend whenever
they can during those hours, but
once they enroU they must attend at
least one hour a week.
Requires Commitment
"The amount of time required can
vary depending on how much time
and effort a person is willing or able
to put into it," Zatz commented. "It
takes a great deal of commitment to
be able to sit down and work at it. A
lot of people get frustrated because
they expect immediate results."
One of the most consistent
students, Nettie Harmon has been
attending classes for about two
years. She has completed general
math and algebra and is studying
English now. "It's a very good
program for the old and the young,"
said Harmon, an Environmental
Services employee.
For more information or to enroll
in the program, contact Sue
McDuffie, training representative, at
684-3033.
Correction
A story on medical school
tuition in last week's Intercom
indicated that the $5,050 tuition
next year would apply only to
first-year students.
That was incorrect.
Next year's medical school
tuition be $5,050 for both
first- and second-year students.
The tuition will be $4,400 for
third- and fourth-year students.