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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Saturday, March 13, 1971
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'•n'd'k'* *’’®* "’® National Science Fountation funded MHC for a solid waste project through “Student Oriented Studies”, Karen Cum-
k minded cohorts celebrated with a romp in the local garbage truck. NSFers are Allen Kirk, Karen Cummings, Will
'®'k Faulkner, Dave Gelber, Dick Gray, Robbie Gatlin, the garbage man. Dr. Fred Holtkamp, and the truck
ot in the Arm
led Health and Nursing Curricuium Offered
""Operation with several ac-
rea
two-year institutions. Mars
®9e wiil offer, beginning in
I "f this year, the Bacheior of
" degree with a major in Nur-
^®dicai Records, Physician’s
i"*' Physicai Theraphy Assis-
^diologicai Technoiogy; Dentai
Mentai Heaith Technician
Aiiied Heaith fieids. Stu-
l»th,
>at Horton
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Suing these degrees must
the foiiowing requirements:
two-year Aiiied Health or
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'sing Degree at an accredit-
'hstitution and professional
"hlfication In the feild of the
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® 18-course Mars Hill Col-
Allied Health and Nursing
‘'"'Iculum.
irj "s may fulfill these degree
1, ^.®hts by any one of three
>j|j "dents may first attend an
!|l^®d two-year institution to re-
fj®'' professional preparation.
V®'''lng their two-year degree
^'cation in one of the Allied
'Sjj 'ofessions, they would be
" attend Mars Hill College
y the Allied Health Cur-
^Pon completion of the cur-
■j|,'^®*udents would be awarded
iior of Science Degree with
their area of certification
ijf 'Pg, Medical Records, etc.).
!|j^"Ption would be the reverse
Sfij "sedure described above. A
Hoil"°uld elect to attend Mars
'IjJSe his first two years and
W Allied Health curricu-
®1tend the two-year institu-
successful completion of
at the two-year Institu-
"srtification by the profes
sional association, the student would
be awarded a Bachelor of Science
Degree by Mars Hill College. A final
option open to students would be to
attend Mars Hill College for one year,
proceed to the two-year institution
for professional preparation and certi
fication, and return to Mars Hill for
a final year of upper-level work.
Students in the Allied Health Pro
gram would be required to complete
at least 18 courses at Mars Hill Col
lege; four courses—Communication
Skills (2), Mathematics, and Physical
Education—may be exempted by ac
ceptable scores on proficiency ex
ams. Credit for 17 courses would be
granted for the two years of the pro
fessional program at the two-year in
stitution could not be repeated for
credit at Mars Hill College.
The Allied Health Curriculum at
Mars Hill College consists of the col
lege basic core courses with the ex
ception of language and life science
requirements, and at least six courses
to be taken at the upper level. The
language and life science require
ments have been replaced with two
courses in Biology (113 and 114).
Congressman Roy A. Taylor and
Sen. B. Everett Jordan announced
last week that MHC has been
awarded a National Science Founda
tion (NSF) grant of $17,130 for a
student-oriented project for an “en
vironmental study of Appalachia.”
The project, to be carried out by
eight students, will begin May 31 and
operate for 10 weeks, will consist of
a study on pesticidal pollution and
solid waste and sewage disposal in
Madison County. The total cost of the
project will be approximately $28,500
and will be financed jointly by NSF
and the College. The participating
students will be under the direction
of Dr. Fred Holtkamp, head of the
chemistry department.
Student project director is Karen
Cummings, a junior and a political
science-sociology major, who worked
as an intern at the Environmental
Education Studies Staff of the U.S.
Office of Education in Washington,
D.C., last summer and as an intern
with the WNC Regional Air Pollution
Control Agency in Asheville. She also
serves as a regional consultant on
environmental education for the U.S.
Office of Education.
Information will be gathered on the
levels of agricultural pollutants and
degrees of waste material produced
by individual households In the
county.
The grant proposal said, “The
combination of the geographic con
figuration of the Upper French Broad
Drainage Basin and the lack of nor
mal atmospheric ventilation Isolate
and conceptrate an already high level
of industrial and domestic pollution,
making this an exceptionally danger
ous area.
“This situation is further aggra
vated by being an agricultural base
in rural Appalachia . . . because of
the inadequate sanitary facilities and
inadequate sites for garbage dis
posal, an increasing amount of re
fuse is finding its way into the
GDI Emphasis: Quality and Expansion
'for,
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Changes
On Wednesday Dr. Richard Hoff
man, Vice President for Academic
Affairs, announced the appointment
of Dr. John Hough to the new posi
tion of Assistant to the Academic
Dean and the appointment of Dr.
Vernon Chapman as head of the
education department. Dr. Hough
will serve as Director of Summer
School and Short Term Sessions
and will chair the Executive Com
mittee on Service-Learning.
Mr. Charles Phillips, formerly of
the physical education department,
who is presently working towards
his doctorate at Florida State Uni
versity, will replace Dr. Chapman as
Director of Upward Bound.
According to Dr. Hough, an ex
periential curriculum will be incor
porated into the 1971-72 teacher
education program here. All fresh
men planning to become teachers
will be required to take a January
minimester course entitled “The
Growth and Development of the
School Child,” during which they
will spend two weeks studying on
campus and two weeks working in
a school system.
Education majors will be involved
in a tutorial experience with one
tutee for a full year. During the
junior year the major will spend the
full year in a school system (and will
live on or off campus) or with the
Job Corps. During the senior year
the major will work with someone
who has a specific reading problem.
These new education require
ments, says Dr. Hough, are designed
to help a student decide early in
his own college career whether or
not he is genuinely interested in a
teaching career.
Angus Appointment
Dr. Richard Hoffman, Vice Presi
dent for Academic Affairs, has an
nounced the appointment of Dr.
Edward Angus of Penn State Uni
versity as Director of the Com
munity Development Institute and
coordinator of all internship pro
grams, effective in August. Dr. Angus
replaces Miss Sheron Ann Keiser
who will direct an extensive child
development program, pending that
program’s funding.
Dr. Angus received his Ph.D. from
Penn State, has three years’ teach
ing experience, has served a one-
year internship with the Southern
Regional Education Board, and has
done three years’ research for the
Office of Economic Opportunity. He
will teach one introductory course
in political science this fall.
Mr. George Peery and Mr. David
Halferty will each carry a full aca
demic load this fall but will continue
to be active in CDI service-learning
projects. Miss Keiser will teach one
upper level political science course.
Dr. Hoffman also announced that
a Ph.D. in sociology, as yet un
named, will be appointed to the
political science-sociology depart
ment in the near future.
streams and along the roadsides.”
The student group, comprised of
Karen, Terry Chenowith, Mark Faul-
coner, Robbie Gatlin, David Gelber,
Will Glover, Dick Grey, and Allen
Kirk, will study the effects of pesti
cides on plant and animal tissues,
to trace the origin of pesticidal pollu
tion, and to collect representative
samples for quantitative analysis of
pesticidal content.
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Sears To Teach
Dr. Fred Bentley has announced
the resignation of Dr. William Sears
from his current post as Dean of
Student Affairs.
Dr. Sears resigned in order to ac
cept a full-time teaching position in
the Education Department, where he
taugh during the 1968-1969 academic
year. This change will take effect
August 15. Dr. Sears has held the
post of Dean of Students since Au-
guest of 1969.
While announcing the change Dr.
Bentley said Dr. Sears will be pro
moted from assistant to associate
professor. He will be teaching psh-
chology along with supervising stu
dent teachers and directing teacher
placement. As of this time no re
placement for Dr. Sears has been an
nounced, but Dr. Bentley said that it
would be forthcoming in the near
future.
Dr. Sears joined the faculty in
September of 1968. He received his
Doctor of Education from the Uni
versity of Alabama, his M.A. from
Appalachian State University, and his
B.S. from Clemson University. He is
a native of South Carolina and has
taught in the secondary schools in
Hartsville, McBee, and Charleston,
S. C.
Mrs. Sears is Associate Director of
the Upward Bound Program.
SGA Poll Toll
Allen Kirk became President
elect of SGA In a run-off election
Tuesday between himself and Dennis
Myers. The run-off was necessitated
because none of the five original
candidates achieved the required
51 % of the 667 votes cast.
The remaining executive officers
were elected in the regular election
March 5. They are; Bill Early, Vice
President; Betty Moss, Secretary;
Bynum Tuttle, Treasurer; Frank Fer
rell, Chief Justice; Shirley McIntosh,
Speaker of the Women’s Council; and
George Maynard, Speaker of the
Men’s Council.
The new officers will be installed
on April 12 at an SGA convocation.
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