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completing their management training program.
Donna Smith '81. She is manager of the children's
department in Palais Royale in Houston.
Vollnda McAllstcr 81 (MBA '82). She has just entered
Dillard's executive training program in Dallas.
Interior Design
Interior design is the newest major in this department.
It was begun In the fall of 1981.
The new program is attracting a number of students
both men and women. The first student will graduate In
1983.
General Home Economics -.
The fifth major In this department is general home
economics. It provides broad background for students
planning to be full-time homcmalcers or who" want
homemaking skills training along with skills In.anothcr
area. It docs not prepare graduates for a particular field
of employment.
Family Stndles
The family studies program is a graduate program
leading to the M.S. degree. A sampling of these graduates
reveals the following employment:
Lynnette Vance '82. She is a family counselor for Youth
and Family Services in Abilene.
Robert Oglcsby 82. He is a youth minister In Temple
Tex.
Sandic Griffin '83. Sandie is on the MARK program.
Francllle Eoff Vcscl '82. She serves as a youth and
family counsellor with a private counseling service in
Abilene.
Jim Key '80. He is assistant superintendent for the High
Plains Children's Home In Amarillo.
Special Awards and Recognition
More than $3000 In departmental scholarships have
been awarded to home economic undergraduate majors in
1982-63. In addition Jean Sanders Scholarships for home
economics majors arc awarded through the financial aid
office.
The 1963 Trustee's Award for outstanding recognition
brought to the school was given to Kay Williams. Kay was
named Texas Student Home Economist of the Year and
served as state treasurer of the Texas Home Economics
. Student Section for 1981-83.
The Annual Stokely-Van Camp Award for the out-
standing graduating senior in home economics at ACU
went to Dentoe Stephens in 1982.
The Texas Home Economics Student Section of the
American Home Economics Association and Sigma Tau
Alpha are the professional home economic organizations
en campus.
ACU served as hast for the state-wide THESS Workshop
in 1975. Debbie Young Atchky '81 was 198041 state
chairman of THESS and Mrs; Pat Varner ACU Home
Economics Instructor served as state adviser ami state
counselor for 1981-82. In 1978-79 Debbie Young was state
THESS secretary and Jan Rix '81 was state treasurer.
Jymann Hokanson a junior is now the state reporter for
THESS.
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Sigma Tau Alpha is the campus home economics club.
It Is open to all students majoring in this department.
Monthly meetings feature topics of professional interest.
Social activities arc also planned for each semester.
Faculty Highlights
Dr. Marianna Rasco associate professor and a 1953
graduate received the Ph.D. from Texas Tech in 1982. Her
major teaching responsibilities arc in the area of family
and child development. She is a member of the Academic
Council in the College of Professional Studies and the
University Faculty Senate.
Dr. Donlcc Kelly department chairman and graduate
adviser family studies participated in the Symposium
Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the General
Foods and Fund Graduate Fellowships in Home
Economics Sept. 30-OcL 2 in Phoenix Ariz. Feb. 7-9 Dr.
Kelly attended the National Meeting of Home Economics
Administrators in Fort Worth.
Mrs. .Judy Reeves and Mrs. Pat Varner arc teaching
some very successful non-majors as well as majors
courses. The non-majors foods class taught by Mrs
Varner is very popular with both men and women
students as is the Independent Living course a personal
and home management course for men and women. Mrs.
Reeves teaches a popular clothing construction course for
non-majors.
Miss Jcre Welch "77 is the home management adviser
and a graduate student in family studies.
Mrs. Debra Hicks is a part-time instructor in nutrition
and dietetics. She also is a nursing home consultant and
former hospital dietitian. During the year she has at-
tended a number of professional meetings relating to her
field of interest. These included the American Dietitic
Association meeting.
Linda Endsley teaches Introductory nutrition as well as
foods and meal management courses.
Mrs. Wanda Montgomery lias participated in a number
of Home Economics Education meetings this year. In-
cluded among these were the National Vocational Home
Economics Education Teachers Conference and the
National FHA Conference. Last fall she was a speaker at
the Texas Area IV Home Economics Teachers Meeting.
She is a continuing member of the AISD Home Economics
Textbook Commi ttee.
Mrs. Loreta Kelley is the director of the ACU nursery
school. Two sessions one for 3-year-olds and one for 4-year-olds
arc in operation throughout the fall-spring
semesters. Home economics education majors general
home economics majors and elementary education
majors with a kindergarten endorsement spend some
time at the nursery school as part of their degree
requirements.
Marriage
and Family
Studies
The Marriage and Family Institute with about 25
graduate students and three professors operates a free
clinic that serves more than 75 couples and families in the
West Texas area
The Institute operates a two-year program with the
second year being primarily an Internship In the clinic.
Presently 10 interns staff the clinic which is located on
the corner of Campus Court and East North 20th.
The clinic specializes in marriage therapy family
therapy and pre-marital counseling. "Growth Groups"
which are open to the public are conducted at 7 p.m.
every Tuesday.
Several graduates of the program now are involved in
full- or part-time church work. Some of the graduates
have gone on to get their doctorates in some area of family
studies while others work for agencies or are involved in
some degree with a private therapy practice.
Tlie Institute's three professors Dr. Paul Faulkner Dr.
Tom Milholland and Dr Royce Money are involved. In
outside speaking appointments both in the Abilene
community and in churches throughout the nation.
Faulkner and Dr. Carl Brechecn' professor of Bible
conduct Marriage Enrichment Seminars all across the
country. The Seminars recently were made Into a film
scries that has been shown in many churches. Faulkner
also speaks to other groups such as the Junior League of
Abilene.
Milholland and Money conduct "Peoplehelplng"
seminars in churches around the nation. Milholland
serves as a part-time marriage and family therapist with
Christian Homes of Abilene and has spoken for the
Abilene Coordination Council and the Abilene Mental
Health Association. He also is a frequent speaker at
church retreats.
Money is a part-time minister of family outreach at the
Highland Church of Christ in Abilene. He is the program
chairman of the Abilene Coordination Council has spoken
for Leadership Abilene and frequently serves as a speaker
and consultant on family ministry in local congregations.
The Institute is in the beginning stages of conducting a
national study among members of the Churches of Christ
to find out why churcli members are divorcing and to find
out what makes Christian families strong.
Through this study members of the Institute hope to
develop a program designed to prevent family breakup in
its early stages and In the process strengthening Christian
families and the church.
Two Workshops
The Marriage and Family Institute will offer two
workshops this summer "Counseling for Church
Leaders" and a "Marriage Renewal Workshop."
The "Marriage Renewal Workshop" will be June 20-21
and it will offer married couples a dance to experience a
time of revitallzation of their marriage said Dr. Royce
Money associate professor at the institute."
Money and Dr. Tom Milholland the institute's assistant
director and graduate adviser will speak at the
workshop. Topics will Include communication conflict
resolution expectations and needs intimacy self-
disclosure spirituality stress and time pressure.
Methods of teaching will include lectures group
discussion and "couple times."
Workshop participants will be able to stay in Sikes Hall.
Cost of the workshop will be $100 per couple. This price
includes tuition materials lodging for two nights and a
banquet. The registration fee will be 820 and June 15 is the
registration deadline. Each participant who wishes to
stay an additional night will be charged $10.
The "Counseling for Church Leaders" workshop will be
conducted June 27-JuIy 1. Its purpose is to help church
leaders better deal with the wide variety of individual and
family problems in the church and community.
It will be offered for graduate credit in Bible or
Marriage and Family Studies or the workshop may be
audited with no college prerequisites. Topics will Include
Biblical views of counseling depression alcohol and drug
abuse parent-child problems and special problems of
church leaders. Dr. Money will teach the workshop.
On-c&mpus housing and meals will be available.
Enrollment Is limited and the registration deadline will
be June 24.
The workshop will cost 1118.50 If audited "or $382 for
three hours graduate credit The reservation fee whkh
Includes a handout and banquet will be $20 and five
nights in the dorm will cost $26. Participants who have
never attended ACU will be required to pay a $10 new
studentfee.
For more information about either workshop call the
Marriage and Family Institute at (915)877-1911 Ext 2210
or write to ACU Station Box 8191 Abilene Texas 79899:
Social Work
Sociology
Prom-am Accredited
After four years of preparation the Social
Work Sociology Department received word in' October
from the Council for Social Work Education fully ac-
crediting its degree in social work.
CWSE sets nationwide standards for the faculty and
curriculum that must be maintained for accreditation.
The years of preparation gave the department time to
make necessary improvements and to develop.' an
unusually strong program.
Dr. Rollo Tinkler chairman of the department said
CWSE criticized the application from ACU as being' "too
modest. They said we terribly understated how strong our
program really is."
What are the benefits of accreditation?
Tinkler said thata person who gets a bachelor's degree
from on accredited institution can automatically receive
about full year of graduate credit from most graduate
schools of social work in the country.
Graduates from accredited programs also are more
readily hired by many federal and state social service
agencies.
Jean Isom an Abilene State School administrator who
graduated from ACU in 1975 said "I've 6een the program
at ACU improve greatly since I was a student there. The
program has been producing quality graduates for some
time now but without accreditation most of them could
only find work in the private sector.
"This accreditation means that many more job op-
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