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By LISA MCDONALD
Optimist StaW
A scries of faculty meetings will be
conducted Oct. 6-8 and 14-15 to deter-
mine if "we arc going in the right
direction" said Dr. C.C Gray vice
president for academic affairs and
dean of the university.
Each of the four-hour meetings In the
Main Room of the Campus Center will
give the faculty and professional staff
the opportunity to review and discuss
plans that arc in various stages of
development Gray said.
Jfe Many developmental topics are
P considered by committees or the ad-
ministration. "The basic aim of the
meetings Is to bring everyone back
together and let everyone catch up"
Gray said.
The last meeting of the faculty to
review and plan campus growth was
during a retreat eight years ago. This
meeting's main purpose was spiritual
reaffirmation and getting acquainted.
Gray said.
"As we get larger with more and
more faculty wc can't all be involved in
everything but we all still need to be
informed he said."
In a memo to the faculty Gray asked
that cach.faculty member select one of
four dates to attend. The first meeting
will be specifically for deans and
department chairmen. Gray said.
"The response to the memo has been
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getting it turned 1a quickly."
A limit of SO persons per session has
been set to allow for a more open flow of
communication Gray said.
Feedback from the meetings will
serve as recommendations for future
ind present development. Changes .will
oc made based on the strength ef the
recommendation Gray said.
Computer science club
organizes fall activities
By DENA EDWARDS
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The Association for Computing
Machinery a computer science
organization had Its first meeting Sept.
13 said Elaine Reynolds secretary for
the department of computer science.
AMC is a national organization
established in 1947. The local division
on campus is just one of 376 student
chapters in existence. Chris Courtright
president of ACM said the club is
geared toward students interested In
computer-related fields.
Courtright a senior computer
science major said the club's goal is to
help students in their careers and their
classes. "Wc want to act as a mediator
between students and professors" he
said. Members also will help students
find tutors if they need help with their
classes.
ACM follows the national guidelines
put is flexible about meeting the local
students needs"It's a pretty big deal
actually. But we do pretty much what
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"For example if all but one group
says 'We are big enough now; let's quit
growing' It would be our response to
slow down" Gray said.
The deans and department chairmen
will meet Oct. & to initiate new ideas to
be presented to the faculty Gray
sald.The remainder of the faculty will
then meet to discuss new ideas and
review plans that are now in progress.
Gray said the administration outlined
an agenda for the meetings that In-
cludes a review of the purpose of the
university as a Christian institution of
higher learning planning to fulfill
personnel needs and reviewing
proposed campus plans.
Many faculty members came to ACU
in the lM6s meaning many will retire
soon. Gray said.
Other personnel recommendations to
be considered Include the addition of
positions as departments grow and the
addition of departments he said.
"Perhaps ACU should be the first
Christian college to begin a program in
engineering" Gray said. "Or perhaps
wc need to be thinking' about offering
doctorate degrees."
In reviewing proposed campus plans
the faculty will have the opportunity to
view a number of charts and scale
models depicting possible campus
arrangements in the relative as well as
extended future Gray said.
A 0reus( of professional planners
frwti the HWveriHy ef Oklahoma have-
consulted (with the admlnietralien
conducted faculty and student surveys
and gives' extensive consideration to
the community and geographic
limitations in order to produce scale
models an4 plans for future campus
layout Gray said.
"These things' will be used as tools to
help us accomplish our goals" he said.
we want" sold Richard McDuff senior
computer science major and vice
president ofACM.
Some of the activities planned for this
school year include the second annual
Science Fair in November a high
school programming contest and the
second annual ACU-Date which en-
titles students to choose the date of
their dreams as long as that person Is
on campus. Picnics and "Let-Down" a
party celebrating the end of mid-terms
are annual events the members enjoy.
With the Increasing number of
students entering computer fields
ACM is excited about the club's
potential growth. Courtright said the
club had only 25 members last year
compared to 45 members this year.
Other ACM officers Lydia Smith a
junior applied mathematics major who
will serve as treasurer; Don
Derryman a senior computer science
major who will serve as librarian; and
Bob Smith a senior physics major who
wlH serve as secretary.
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A new Communication Research
Center has been established by ACU in
Room 301 of the Don II. Morris Center
said Dr. C.G. Gray vice president for
academic affairs and dean of the
university.
Dr. B.E. Davis professor of com-
munkatlon Is the director of the
research center. Davis came to ACU In
January INt as director of the mass
communication division.
"A major research contract has
already been signed for the Center"
Davis said. "ACU has negotiated a
$3666 one-year research contract
with WerM Christian Broadcasting
Cerperatkn to conduct studio in bv
tematieMl cemmunkalton"
Initial studies guMed by the staff ef
the center wlH focus en the needs
stipulated by the WCBC contract Davis
said.
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Campus Center installs monitor this week
A television monitor paid for with
1993 Sing Song proceeds may begin
operating in the campus center this
week said Norman Archibald
associate dean of students.
Archibald said all the equipment
needed to install the monitor except for
a small television set has been at ACU
since early September.
The small television set that will
show what is typed into the monitor has
been ordered but has not arrived he
said.
The other equipment already
received includes a Radio Shack
computer and a RCA 25 inch colortrak
Student Foundation to
The Student Foundation will assist
the University Outreach office with
student recruiting said Oscar Brown a
junior public relations major from
Abilene and vice president of the
Student Foundation.
Brown oId foundation members are
writing letters to high school students
who are considering ACU as a college
choice.
Members of the foundation also will
participate in six College Night
broadcasting into Europe and Asia In
July is interested in obtaining as much
information as possible about the social
and cultural life of people In the Orient
especially China Japan Korea and the
Soviet Union Gray said
Davis has extensive research ex-
perience In mass communication
having conducted studies In Nigeria
Peru Argentina India Yugloslavia
Austria the Soviet bloc nations of
eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
He aWo has dene extensive research
In reliflouo communication in the
United States For five years he was
research consultant fer Herald of
Truth a radio-tekvkilea ministry
supported by the Churches ef Chritt.
In addition Davie has conducted
many studies with Individual
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"In many ways (Ms is (he MKHment
of a We-lang dream" Davie said. "I
always have had a cowiwrslng lateral
'monitor he said.
When installed the monitor will hang
from the ceiling of the first floor of the
Campus Center said Archibald. The
computer and small television set will
be housed in a room of the campus
center he said. Announcements will be
typed into the computer and
simultaneously displayed on the smqll
television and monitor
The monitor and other equipment
cost approximately $1500 said Ar-
chibald. Students voted to budget $1300
out of 1983 Sing Song proceeds for the
monitor.
Archibald said adequate funds were
programs in Texas. College Night is a
program designed by high schools that
allows ACU and other college
representatives to present materials
and to talk to students about the
university said Gwynneth Curtis
executive director of the alumni
association.
Sharon Bryant admissions counselor
and coordinator for Student Foundation
recruiting said foundation members
have been effective and useful as
center
in the process of communication how it
works why some fail when others
succeed how it ought to be done and
especially religious communication.
With the founding of the research
center we can Intensify our studies and
provide much useful Information for
those interested in communicating the
Gospel" he said.
Faculty members in the journalism
and mass communication division at
ACU as well as other departments
have research interests that also may
he guided through the Communication"
Research Center he said.
Dr. Edward M Brown chairman
communication department said Davis
wlH continue to teach classes on a part-
time basis In the journalism and mass
communication division.
As the research expands several
research papers will be published and
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published Brown said
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available to cover the extra cost of the
monitor and equipment. Archibald said
the few problems occured in obtaining
the monitor because it was a small
project.
The $1500 includes equipment and
installation costs said Archibald. ACU
maintenance will Install the monitor
and equipment he said.
Installation will depend on receiving
the small television and on finding a
way to support the monitor said Ar-
chibald. The monitor will hang from a
concrete beam and must be supported
from top and bottom he said. The
monitor will hang facing west of the
help recruit students
recruiters for the university. "The
members are writing letters to high
school students interested in the same
field of study they are Involved in" she
said
Brown said the foundation is assisting
In recruiting because admissions
counselors have too much territory to
canvass.
Brown and Toni Hale a senior
elementary education major from
Piano traveled to DuncanviUe Mon
WACU gives two scholarships
Dara Goodwyn a senior biology
major from Fort Worth and Brenda Jo
Lobley a senior biology major from
Texline were given $560 scholarships
from the Women of ACU at the group's
annual membership tea Sept. 18 said
Sylvia McCaleb president of the
Abilene chapter of WACU.
Some of WACU's other activities this
year will include a dessert booth at
Homecoming and a lecture titled "For
Women Only" during Lectureship said
Mrs. McCaleb.
The major event will be the annual
Tasting Dinner Dec. 2-3 she said.
Many of the foods will be prepared from
recipes In the WACU's new cookbook
said Mrs McCaleb.
The cookbook was compiled from
members' favorite recipes 'and is the
second the organization has produced.
The organization will have its annual
Gift Fair at the Abilene Civic Center
Dec. 3. The nw cookbook containing
more than 800 recipes will be on sale at
the fair for $1396 said Mrs. McCaleb
The Gift Fair U the WACU's largest
moneymaklng project of the year and
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clock he said.
The monitor will display an-
nouncements during the hours the
Campus Center is open. All an-
nouncements will pertain to scIkmI And
club functions said Archibald.
No personal announcements or ad-
vertising will appear on the monitor he
said
Students should come by the Student
Services office and fill out a form if they
have an announcement to be displayed
on the monitor said Archibald. All
announcements must be in by 5 p.m. the
day before they are to appear on the
monitor he said.
day for the first College Night t
presentation.Brown said the trip was a
good experience and it created an
opportunity to meet students who had
never heard of ACU.
Brown also said the foundation hopes
to continue the College Night program
through the spring. The College Night
presentation helped give high school
students an opportunity to interact with
students from the university. Brown
said. f.
the proceeds are donated to ACU said
Mrs. McCaleb.
Previous funds have provided
sprinkler systems for some of the
dorms and have bought some of the
benches on campus. "
The WACU was established in 1969 by
a group of about 30 women said Dewby
Ray campus Hostess and first
president of WACU. "It is a service
organization and any women In-
terested in Christian education may
become members" said Ray.
WACU established a national board
of directors last spring because of the
group's fast growth said Ray. The
board is made up of past presidents of
WACU.
"You need a way to feed the out-of-town
people and be able to raise
support for the school" said Ray. "In
order to facilitate and get more sup-
port we need this concept' '
The organization currently has two
official chapters one in Clyde and one
in Abilene but the members hope to
establish five chapters In other area's
. by December said Mrs. Ray.
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