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Western Washington University Western CEDAR Western Reports and Résumé Western Publications 4-1973 Résumé, April, 1973, Volume 04, Issue 07 Alumni Association, WWSC Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Alumni Association, WWSC, "Résumé, April, 1973, Volume 04, Issue 07" (1973). Western Reports and Résumé. 94. https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports/94 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western Reports and Résumé by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOL 4, NO. 7 A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington State College APRIL, 1973 ACCEPT A WARD-George W. Denemark (left) president of A ACTE, presents a distinguished achievement plaque to Owen Forbes, '49, (second from left), superintendent of schools at Everett, and Dr. Herbert Hite (right), chairman of Western’s department of education. Looking on (second from right) is Edward C. Pomeroy, executive director of A ACTE. Ed department is AACTE award winner again In recognition of excellence in its Dr. Herbert Hite, chairman of the effectiveness of the student teachers is field-centered teacher education WWSC education department, and measured by the progress of their program operating in conjunction with Owen Forbes, superintendent of Everett elementary-school pupils in achieving Everett public schools, the education schools, were on hand in Chicago to predetermined, individualized goals,’’ department at Western has received a receive the award. Dr. Ford said. “Other programs are Distinguished Achievement Award from According to Dr. Paul Ford, focused upon the classroom behavior of the American Association of Colleges professor of education at Western and the student teacher.’’ for Teacher Education (AACTE). The designer of the award-winning program, In addition to undergraduate and award, one of only five presented to the project Is aimed at increasing graduate-level students, clinical schools from throughout the nation, academic and social skills of professors from Western and local was announced at the annual AACTE approximately 525 low-income, teachers are involved in Turn About. awards meeting in Chicago. central-area students from kindergarten While the students improve their skills, The award marks the second year through the fifth grade at Everett’s they are also assisting the professors and Western’s education department has Garfield Elementary School. In teachers in providing individualized emerged with honors from among the addition, some 58 college students are Instruction for the grade-school more than 100 entries submitted in the earning provisional teaching certificates youngsters. national competition. Last year, the by working in the program. “In the project classrooms, there is department was accorded similar “The program, entitled Project Turn an average of one adult for every six recognition for its innovative program in About, differs from conventional children,’’ Dr. Ford explained. “Turn Seattle’s southeast area. teacher-education programs in that the (Continued on page 3) Student-faculty team aids county planners An inventory of Whatcom County lakeshores recently completed by a student-faculty team from the geography department at Western has provided students with experience in field research techniques while producing a document of value to county planners. Geography graduate students Glenn Corneliusen and Charles Dotson, working with Dr. Franklin Raney, associate professor of geography, investigated shoreline characteristics and topography of fifteen major lakes in PLAN LAKESHORE STUDY—Dr. Frank Raney (left) of the WWSC geography department, Whatcom County. The results of their Charles Dotson (center), geography graduate student, and Roger Almskaar of the Whatcom County research has been compiled in a Planning Department look over materials supplied by the county as aids for a lake shore study 120-page report entitled conducted by Raney, Dotson and Glenn Corneliusen, another graduate student. The lakeshore “Reconnaissance Physiogra ph ic study was undertaken with the dual aims of providing the students with research-methods training, and collecting information required by the county planning office to implement the Shorelines Inventory of Lakeshores in Western Management Act. Whatcom County,” published last fall by Western’s Institute for Freshwater beach dimensions and slope, the creek study is finished, it will nearly Studies. topography, geologic characteristics and complete the inventories of water Corneliusen is the son of Ole covering vegetation. The document boundaries In Whatcom County which Corneliusen of Seattle. Dotson’s parents includes descriptive material, charts and are required under the Shorelines are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dotson of maps of the shoreline area of each of Management Act,” Dr. Raney Spokane. the lakes studied. commented. The lakeshore Inventory represents Almskaar Is looking forward to more Copies of their report have been 919 man-hours of work, according to of this kind of cooperation between the distributed to the county planning staff, records kept by Raney, Corneliusen and who will use it as an important Dotson, much of which would preliminary step In development of a otherwise have been done by county comprehensive plan for shoreline use, planning office personnel. required of the county under the 1971 “Actually going out and describing Shorelines Management Act. the landscape isn’t such an easy job,” “We approached the study primarily Almskaar said, “and it’s very as a training project in a graduate-level time-consuming.” course In geographic research The man-hours recorded include time techniques,” Dr. Raney said. “But we spent preparing maps and writing the collaborated with the Whatcom County report as well as the hours of traveling planning staff so that the end product by boat and on foot along 62 miles of would be something that they could lakeshore to observe and record use.” landscape features. Roger Almskaar of the county Much of the additional inventory planning office Is pleased with the way data which the county must have in the project turned out. “The report will order to comply with the Shorelines be of great help to us In developing a Management Act has been compiled by shoreline use plan,” he said. other students in Western’s geography In preparing the report, the department investigating shoreline areas investigating team devised a as class assignments in geographic field classification system consisting of six methods. general shoreline types, according to In connection with a master’s degree thesis in geography, Steve Phillabaum of IN THE FIELD—Dr. Raney uses distance Spokane conducted research on the measuring wheel while Dotson records county’s marine shores. He has topographical data on a section of Lake submitted a report on his project to the Whatcom shoreline. Trustee chairman county planning office as well. A number of students from Huxley college and local government. “It is to is recovering College of Environmental Studies at our benefit to have the cooperation of Western have also undertaken marine students and faculty on studies that we Harold C. Philbrick of Woodinville, shoreline studies. can use in our work. I believe students chairman of the board of trustees at A study of the Nooksack River has benefit from it as well.” Western Washington State College, been done by Richard Fackler, an Dr. Raney agrees. “The lakeshore underwent open-heart surgery In a employee of the county park inventory was very successful as a 6]/2-hour operation on Wednesday, department. training project in field methods and it’s February 28. His post-operative An investigation of banks and a model we intend to follow In future recovery at Virginia Mason Hospital in waterways of ten Whatcom County departmental programs.” He also noted Seattle Is progressing well, according to creeks is now In progress by geography that in terms of a future career, it is Ritajean Butterworth, trustee students Mike Claus of Bellingham and very much to a student’s advantage to vice-chairman. Hal Williams of Maple Valley. “When have a published report to his credit. 2 Trustees approve Flora administrative proposal The board of trustees has approved a proposal for a revised administrative structure of the college submitted by President Flora. The new administrative chart creates a position, to be known as Academic Vice President, replacing the present office of Provost, to whom all academic departments and cluster colleges would report. In addition, reporting to the vice president would be the Dean of the Graduate School and the Dean for Faculty Research and Grants. The shift in reportage of the latter two positions in the new plan TRUSTEES IN SESSION-Western’s Board of Trustees listen to comment from person in large constitutes the primary change from the audience during recent meeting. From left are Patrick Comfort of Tacoma, Paul Hanson of Bellingham, Robert Winston of Spokane and Ritajean Butterworth of Seattle. Harold Phiibrick, existing structure. chairman, of WoodinviHe, was not present because of recent surgery. The proposed administrative revision removes major differences between collective bargaining In some form. other factors. AAUP, therefore, President Flora and faculty groups In The AFT presentation asked the proposed that the board take