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Medical College of Georgia November, 1971 Vol. 2, No. 3 • • • United Fund receives largest gift 1n campaign As of Oct. 26 the Annual Fund The majority of the contributions (about "However, 90 per cent participation contribution given by MCG employees, 85 per cent) were given through payroll would be necessary to make it worthwhile," faculty and students totaled $13,272.65. deductions. Since this shows that most Mr. Evers said. "It is felt that such an effort This amount is about a $10,000 decrease people prefer to give through this means, the would generate a large sum to considerably from last year's donation to the five Personnel Division is considering the boost MCG's contribution to the Annual organizations covered in the Annual Fund establishment of a fund through payroll Fund as well as build up enthusiasm among drive. deductions to establish a flower fund and to our MCG family." So far, $5,402.34 (41 per cent) has been make contributions to the recognized contributed to the United Fund; $3,615.30 charities now supported in the Annual Fund (27 per cent) to the American Cancer campaign. Scholarship fund Society; $2, 147 .66 ( 16 per cent) to the The Personnel Division would encourage Georgia/ American Heart Association; employees to contribute $1 a month honors Shepeard $1, 152.30 (9 per cent) to the Easter Seal although this would not be considered a A man with "curiosity" has retired. His Society, and $955.05 (7 per cent) to the condition of employment, John C. Evers, friends have made it possible for others with National Foundation. director of the division, said. the same trait to study at the Medical College of Georgia. The Walter Shepeard, M.D., Achievement Award Fund has almost reached $5,000 and honors the man who for 23 years served at MCG. Dr. Shepeard, former chairman of the Department of Medical Technology and professor of Clinical Pathology, was honored Oct. 1 at a dinner in the Richmond Hotel at which the scholarship was announced. Several speakers praised the work of the former department head, including Dr. Walter Stern, former director of laboratory medicine at MCG and now Professor of Pathology at the Medical College of Virginia, Commonwealth University and Dr. Curtis H. Carter, acting Dean of Medicine at MCG. Dr. Carter described Dr. Shepeard as "teacher, scientist, physician, historian, and warm human being all rolled into one." "One of his outstanding traits is curiosity-in fact one might say he is filled with the Divine spark of curiosity," Dr. Carter said. Dr. Carter said, "It is my opinion that we should look on this dinner as a change of New exibit position rather than a retirement party for it Miss Jan McElmurray, art editor for the Division of Institutional Relations, puts is my belief that Dr. Shepeard's ability to see last-minute touches on a new MCG exhibit for use at various conferences and in public a world in one simple question will keep him buildings. The exhibit, designed and fabricated by Miss McElmurray, consists of 15 busy." wooden cubes containing about 20 large photographs and silk screen prints. The new The Board of Regents of the University exhibit was used first at the Exchange Club Fair in Augusta, then at the annual meeting System recognized his long service by of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions at the Regency Hyatt House in conferring the title of Professor Emeritus, Atlanta Nov. 3-6. Individuals interested in booking the exhibit for future use may call the School of Medicine, upon Dr. Shepeard, Division of Institutional Relations. effective October 1. Newest MCG department has 13 students . .. expanding a field where present needs work in the clinical areas. "Since we need a Exploring Health Expanding are greater than available personnel . .. This one student to one therapist ratio, al I of our is one of the many goals of the new students will not be able to work in the Department of Physical Therapy of the The Medical College's Exploring Health immediate area. Some will be going as far radio series is currently being broadcast by School of Allied Health Sc iences at MCG. away as Greenwood, S. C., but all will rotate The first class in the si xth department of 53 stations in Georgia and across the through our own teaching hospital's physical the School was initiated this Fall with 13 Southeast United States, John W. Stokes, therapy facil ities at one time or another," students and four faculty members. Bella J. institutional relations, reported this week. Dr. May explained. May, Ed D, chairman of the department, Broadcasters using the 13-weeks-long Next year the MCG students will be going arrived on the scene at MCG a year ago to series of 5-minute programs include 40 away for full -time affiliations in distant begin planning the curriculum, facilities, and Georgia and South Carolina stations and 13 places such as New York and Detroit. Such selecting the students and faculty. stations which are members of the Southern four-week programs will enable the students Educational Communications Association All of the students are classifed as juniors, to receive training not available elsewhere. network. although some of them have more than two "One of their clinical experiences will be "Our program is now being heard in years of college behind them. Six of the 13 devoted to administrative experience, while Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South are from Georgia, four from South Carolina others will involve patient care activities in a Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and and the remaining three from Florida, West variety of facilities," Dr. May added. "We West Virginia in addition to Georgia," Mr. Virginia and Pennsylvania. feel that we have a well rounded program in Stokes said. KTXT " Right now there is only one man in the our Department of Physical Therapy." • Lubbock class," Dr. May said, " but we have equal The department has facilities to space in the locker rooms, so we're accommodate up to 40 students a class, anticipating an equal number of men and bringing the total number in the two-year WGHC• WBLJ women students in the future." program to 80. " The rate of growth will be • WTTI determined to a great extent by our ability WNEG• to recruit sufficient faculty to provide a •WGTA •WCGA quality education," Dr. May said. WROM •WRGA WJJC• WSCG• 1971 Fall Quarter Enrollment by Schools ·wrMo .(.\ WAVO Allied Hea lth Sciences WQXl/WGUN Dental Hygiene 43 WLOV• Med ica l Illustration 10 •WGFS Medica l Record Sc ience 21 WCOH "The curriculum is organized around the Medical Technology 32 . WHIE patient and his needs. We want the students Ph ysica l Therapy 13 WKEU to learn in relation to the tasks they will Radiolog ic Technology (BS) 23 Rad iologic T ec hnology (cert.) 21 •WTRP •WMVG perform in practice. You might call it a Dentistry 117 problem-solving approach in that it actively Graduat e Studies 117 •WSFT involves the student in discovering Medicine 499 210 WGSR relationships for himself. We are trying to Nursing 1106 •WFPM rely as little as possible on lectures," Dr. May said. "We have also had inquiries about the productions are: Fall and Winter quarter, students in the •WVOP series from the National Public Radio Louis A. Wilson, ophthalmology, Armand School of Allied Health Sciences, except the The Medical College of Georgia has network in Washington, and it seems likely Karow, pharmacology, Robert Reynolds, Department of Medical Illustration, a record number of women doctoral now that this network will add 95 stations, School of Medicine, J. Graham Smith, Jr., participate in a new core anatomy and candidates in the Schools of Medicine, coast-to-coast to the Exploring Health, dermatology, Richard E. Gillock, Hospital & physiology course. In addition, students in Dentistry and Graduate Studies this listening audience." Clinics, Chaplain Fred Moore, Raymond C. the Department of Physical Therapy obtain fall. Twenty-seven women are pursuing The programs were written and d irected Bard, vice president, Richard Topazian, oral indepth experiences through additional work MD degrees while seven PhD WALG by Mr. Stokes, and produced by Bill surgery, and George M. Abouna, surgery. including dissection of a human cadaver. candidates are studying in the areas of Conkright of the Television Services Section. Henry L. Kitchens, an alumnus of the School Located in the Butler Building, formerly microbiology, bacteriology and Faculty and administrative persons who of Nursing from Dublin, Ga., also occupied by the dental clinic, the pharmacology. Another three women •WSEM served as resource individuals for the !J

MODEL CAMPUS-Mrs. El aine Greenway, student affairs, looks over a new model of t he MCG ca mpus now on disp lay in the Student Center near the book store. The ca mpus model was commissi oned by the Division of Institutional Relations and built by Lewis Hinely and Mark Eppinger of Medica l Illustration. ''Q & A'' column builds rapport on campus'-" About seven months ago, Jim Puryear, correspondents have not been identified in "During September there was a lag in the director of the Division of Student Affairs, print. However, Dr. Moebes requires that he number of questions coming in," Dr. Moebes sparked an idea that led to the development know the identities of persons asking said, "but it's beginning to pick up again. Of of the "Q & A" column in the weekly questions. "Many excellent questions -- in course, I can use as many questions as I can campus publication, Wednesday. fact, about 25 per cent -- have come in get because sometimes it takes a while to get Dr. Puryear thought that perhaps there unsigned," Dr. Moebes reported. "People are a question answered in which case we might be those in the MCG community who just wasting their time when they do this; so occasionally come up without a "Q & A." had questions about what goes on here at I wish that everyone would remember to "The cooperation among those answering the College. Sure enough, there were quite a sign their names when they send their the questions has generally been excellent," few people who were curious about policies, questions in to me." Dr. Moebes added. procedures and other daily happenings Dr. Moebes feels that the "Q & A" If you don't see your question in around hPre. column has helped to build better rapport Wednesday, don't give up on getting an It is Jim Moebes, assistant director of on campus since all employees have a chance answer, because Dr. Moebes will eventually Student Affairs, however, who has been to learn what is going on at the get it answered if the question is signed. chasing down answers to the numerous administrative level. questions that have come up. Out of the 25 questions that Dr. Moebes Gift ... has had answered, about 40 per cent have The Georgia Ladies Aux- been directed towards personnel policies on iliary to the Veterans campus -- promotions, insurance, fringe of Foreign Wars presented benefits. A number of questions have also MCG with a gift of been asked regarding campus safety policies $17 ,837 .33 for use in the and regulations, and institutional relations' "VFW Cardiac Research standards, Dr. Moebes said. Fund". James C. Austin, "There have been a few facetious director, Division of questions;" Dr. Moebes said, "but most of Institutional Relations, these were unsigned." When asked what he accepts the check from considered a facetious question, Dr. Moebes Mrs. Margaret S. King, gave as an actual example the following Bainbridge, president, question: "Why do we not have golf carts whereby we can go from one building to while Mrs. Elizabeth another since the R & E Building is so far Colson holds Heart Re- removed from the print shop, clinics, etc.?" search Trophy won by the According to the policies established at Athens Auxiliary for most money raised for the the onset of the "Q & A" column, heart fund.

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