or Reorganization plan awaits Regents approval by Peg Moertl " I prefer not to call them colleges­ ~OST they're clusters of programs," each 1 I ~ headed by a dean. said NKU provost I I - Or. Janet Travis of the four dean dean dean dean co-ordinator co-ordinator academic units created in the new I I I I I I university reorganization. foundation human experimental legal community education Pending Board of Regents services programs programs services services at the April 15 meeting, or basic approval and I continuing Travis said, " I would like t.o see the disciplines I implementation of this as early as development not detailed education admissions July 1." I to date I most I Salmon I The four clusters are: basic career p_ workshops registrar disciplines, human services and academic advising and Chase nonacademic human development; experimental departments professional nature programs; and legal programs, according to the provost. programs A fifth university division is community service, she added, but this is separate from the academic program groups. she said, "after some heated 2. to prepare persons in career and facurty-c hairperson committee Within each cluster will be several discussion" on the part of university professional areas; would be created to perform the inter-disciplinary groupings, led by faculty and chairpersons, all of 3. to provide an experimental" selection tasks. chairpersons, similar, Travis whom were given the opportunity to ground as a forum for testing net/ ' In an informal sampling of NKU explained, to the present give input to Dr. Albright on this ideas; department chairpersons, The departments. There will, however matter. 4. to perform a community service Northerner found that· three out of be some regroupings, "some The basis for the particular function for the residents of four of those contacted believe the additions and some realignments. I grouping arrangement finally northern Kentucky. strongest point of the don't think there are deletions of established lie not in As for deans, there will be three reorganization is the creation of an present programs," she added. ''administrative convenience'' but new positions available. The legal experimental college or division. Moreover, she said she believes on the integration of program is ''presently well taken "We've never had a place to try out there are nine such groupings in the interdisciplinary programs, said care of" by the administration at new ideas," said Dr. Frank basic discipline unit and six or seven Travis. Chase Law School, said Travis. Stallings, literature and language in the human services and The five units themselves are Whether the new deans will be department. development area. drawn from the missions of the chosen from existing NKU All of the chairpersons surveyed "The initial plan to cluster more university: personnel or whether persons would spoke well of the plans in general. programs together" has been 1. to prepare students in be sought "externally" Travis was " I think it's going to be better for compromised to the present plan, foundation or basic disciplines; unsure. She said, though, that a the students · a more integrated educational opportunity," explained Dr. Richard Ward, chairperson of the political science department. In addition to overall approval, and approval of the experimental college specifically, several professors also cited favorably the alliance between the career studies and the professional programs as well as their distinction from the foundation disciplines. The anthropology, sociology and social work department is one of those being regrouped according to the distinction. Chairperson Dr. Lyle Gray is pleased. " We made the recommendation to move Social Work into a career program. I feel the reorganization will get more education and better education to the students." It's still not too late to be a part of the Rites of Spring. Contact Student Activities, N304. Snow Ball l r~ rlnwt'rJot mndt• nn llillJl<'Dru nce \\' ednehday """ lht> mouit• whiLE" to.tuff cuv('red t he earth . 1108.tif 2 THE NORTHERNEk Jo'ridoy, April S, 1977 Sociology dept. gets grant for elderly by Randy Ormeo J ane Dotson, psychology. Dotson is also director of t he Focus on Aging Northern's Sociology department Program at Northern. received a 112,260 grant from the "The goal of t he project is two· National Science Foundation for a fold," stated Li nz. First is to studen t-originated study project measure the nat ure and extent. of entiUed " Transportation for t he t ransportation problems among the Elderly." The funds provided by elderly of northern Kentucky and to t his grant will finance the project for determine solutions to them. The approximately 12 months, Dan second goal is to evaluate the Linz, student project director said. various means of local Northern Kentucky Community in this field and Northern was transportation available to senior Center; Comprehensive Care; competing with Stanford Besides Linz t here will be seven citizens. Department of Economic Security; University, · the University of students working on the project: The study will involve the elderly Particular Council of Northern Southern California and Princeton Darlene Goodrich, Susan Able, Dale living in Boone, Campbell, Kenton Kentucky; Social Security University for this grant. DeGiovenale, Cathy Dr.,.,s, Cindy and Pendleton counties in Kentuc~ Administration and the Telecare According to Linz, this is a first for Stinnett, Marcia Austin and and the agencies which provide and Family Service. Northern since this project was Suzanne Niswander Kunkel. All services for those persons. Information gathered through the student-originated and proposed these students are from the northern " Eight phone banks will be surveys and through the agencies and will be student-worked. Kentucky area and are involved in installed and surveys will be will be fed through a computer to The project will begin the first the fields of liOCial work, sociology, conducted by telephone throughout compile the results, said Linz, to week in Sept., 1977 and should be psychology, economics and polit•cal the area with a random sample of guarantee accuracy. completed by Dec. of this year. Linz science. Each student Linz said will elderly," said Linz. A telephone When Northern's proposal was said, eventually the students hope receive approximately S90 per week. survey was chosen because this is submitt ed, there were to publish t heir resul ts in an Linz was elected student project the least expensive way to cover a approximatelY 80 other aoplications academic journal. director by the students large number of people living in an participating in the project, he said, area this size. Since no travel time and he serves as a full voting would be involved, more interviews member of the anthropology could be conducted per day. Face· sociology and social work toface interviews could be arranged SG ballot to include department. if necessary, Linz said. Dr. Frank Traina was chosen by According to Linz, area the students to act as faculty organizations dealing with the advisor becauoe he has worked on transportation problem in northern referendum on tuition oeveral projects and is familiar with Kentucky that have been contacted both aurvey and computer include: Senior Citizens of northern by Kathy Dauer SG also acted upon a suggestion technology, explained Linz. Other Kentucky; Department of human resulting from the student forum faculty involved with the project Resources; Health and Welfare The recent tuition increase, the held the Friday before spring break include Patricia Dolan, liOCial work; Planning Council; Retired Senior possibility of Chaoe being separated that they recommend to the Tony Mazzaro. social work; and Dr. Cit izens Volunteer Program ; from Northern, and the rites of administration that outdoor Spring were all discussed at furniture, such as picnic tables and Monday's SG meeting. probably in concrete, be installed on The spring elections will take the upper plaza. The tables could be Fine Arts offers place on Monday, April 18, and used for students to spread out t heir Tuesday, April 19, to give students books to work on, or t.o share a lunch a li t tle more time to un for office at, said Steve Roth, originator of t he commercial art degree since E lect ions Committee suggestion. Chairman, Dave Harden reported The Fine Arts department. now a re interest ed , cont act Dia na that there seemed to be a " lack of offers a BA in commercial arts. The Mat.his, Career Services Center, 292- inte rest " and president John program is designed to cult ivate 5112. Students will be placed in a Nienaber commented that almost no Senior A wards professional skills, help create an working situation and this should campaigning has been done by any aesthetic eye and provide a realistic help them get some professional candidates, or to get anymore set for Aoril 20 view of the occupat ion of a experience. candidates. The ballot will include a question commercial artist , Gary Armstrong The NKU Alumni Assoc. will said. In t he fall, t here will be a second of t he recent tuition increase by t he section of Commercial Arts I added Kentucky Council on Public Higher present t he Senior Awards Program Wednesday, April 20, from noon to According to Armstrong, the to the schedule to handle the Education to determine students expected large amount of students feelings about the hike and make I : 30 p.m. in Regents Hall on the program will involve graphic design, Highland Heights campus. industrial illustration, ad layout and Next spring graphic and print them known to council, even reproduction will be offered. though, as Harden pointed out, " it The program consists of 35 textile design. With emphasis on awards which recognize academic t wo and t hree dimensional d esi ~m .