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Faculty Reporter - July 1983

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Prairie View A&M University Office of Information Prairie View, Texas 77446

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT IS FINALIST IN AREA CCMPETITION

Dr. Robert Cole, Jr., assistant to the vice president for Academic Affairs, has been selected as a finalist for his dissertation in the American Educational Research Association's "Research Focus on Black Education Dissertation Competition". Dr. Cole was awarded a $215 cash award and will receive a plaque at the AERA's annual meeting in New Orleans in April, 1984. His paper was entitled "Comparison of Perceived Leadership Styles Among Presidents of Selected Black in the Southwestern and Southeastern Unated States". Originally about 200 pages, the dissertation was summarized in nine pages for the competition.

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY GOAT RESEARCH CENTER OPENING PROMPTS ANNUAL DISSEMINATION DAY

With such positive response from daily goat farmers and producers, an annual Field Day ofDissemination Day will be held in October each year, Dr. Frank Pinkerton, director says. Shortly after the formal opening on May 7, letters of praise and congratulations began pouring into the offices of President Pierre and the of Agriculture. Dr. Pinkerton says he has met with several "goat people" clubs and all desired to keep abreast of the center's research findings. The director pointed out that dissemination of research results is of prime importance and pointed out that findings will be sent out borough technical bulletins, research journals, short courses and demonstrations, and foreign and domestic personnel training.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CONTINUES 1983 SUMMER LECTURE SERIES

Mr. Leroy Beck, Jr. Special Assistant for Internal Affairs for Gov. Mark White spoke on "New Directions in State Government" on July 27 in Hobart Taylor Hall, Room 3A110 in the third lecture in the College of Business Summer Series. On August 9, at 11 a.m., Captain Reeves Taylor, Ehrployee Relation Associate from Shell Oil Company, will lecture on "Dimensions in Executive Training".

FIRST TERM SUMMER SCHOOL HAS INCREASE

The University had an increase of 214 students during the first term of the i-983 simmer school. Li 1982, a total of 1,971 students were enrolled in the first term as compared to 2,185 currently enrolled, including 1,607 under­ graduates and 578 graduate students. July 1983 THE PRAIRIE VIEW FACULTY REPORTER Page 2 UNIVERSITY RECEIVES NTA 1983 TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The Houston 'Chapter of the National Technical Association has awarded the University its annual Technical Achievement Award, based on the outstanding record of producing engineers, industrial technologists, and other technical personnel. Mr. Carrington Stewart, president of the chapter, presented the award and was accepted on behalf of the University by Dr. Johnny R. Hill, acting vice president for Development and University Relations.

TEMPORARY OR VISITING ASSISTANT POSITION OFFERED The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communications is accepting applications for a temporary or visiting assistant professor position for next fall and spring semesters (Aug. '83 to May '84). The preference teaching is for a combination in News-Editorial and Public Relations, but either would be considered. Candidate should be able to contribute to undergraduate and graduate programs. Letter, resume, and references to Prof. Kay Amert, Faculty Search Committee, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. Screening begins immediately.

BEE CHARGE P'OR ADDING, DROPPING COURSES, AND/OR CHANGING SECTIONS OF COURSES Effective with the fall semester of 1983, the University will charge a fee of $6 for adding or dropping courses, and/or changing courses. For additional information or questions, please contact E.R. Vanderbilt, Registrar, Room 103, Administration Building or call 857-2626.

DIRECTOR OF IDGRC SELECTED BY UN AS CONSULTANT IN CARIBBEAN Dr. Frank Pinkerton, director of the recently opened International Dairy Goat Research Center is on a 12-week tour of Caribbean countries for studies of possible increase in the number and productivity of sheep and goats. He was selected as consultant by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization to study and assess problems in 11 countries in the Caribbean. He says he has not been to any of these countries, but opines that most of the problems deal with Veterinary problems, insufficient forage and poor quality of breeding. After studying each country's individual problems, he will hold seminars with agricultural officials with possible solutions. He will conclude the tour September 3.

DR. WOOLFOLK ASKED TO HELP UPDATE THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS

Dr. George R. Woolfolk, chairman of the division of Social , has been requested by the Texas State Historical Association to lend his knowledge of Black History toward a revision of the Handbook of Texas. Alwyn Barr, advisory editor, has suggested "Free Blacks", "W.R. Banks", and "Prairie View A&M" and recommended Dr. Woolfolk as the scholar best qualified to contribute these entries. July 1983 THE PRAIRIE VIEW FACULTY REPORTER Page 3 GRANTS, GIFTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS # Tie National Aeronautics arid Space Administration has awarded the University a $402,391 grant to conduct analytical and experimental research which would support the Johnson Space Center's advanced space flight programs. The College of proposes to conduct research and report the findings in a five-task project. The specific areas of research will include electric power systems management, energy storage systems, spacecraft docking simulation, rocket propellant system contamination and active thermal control systems. Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Administrator at NASA, says he wants to expand relations with Historically Black Colleges and increase the minority students and people at NASA. ® The U.S. Deputy of Agriculture has awarded the College of Agriculture a $1,400,000 research grant, the first of five such grants the College will receive annually as part of a 1981 Farm Bill authorizing $50 million to the nation's predominately Black land Grant and Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Dr. Theodore Freeman, dean of the College, said the initial grant is earmarked for renovation and con­ struction which will include a machinery and shed shop, warehouse, greenhouse renovation, updating swine units and security fencing. Dr. Freeman explained that facilities are required not only for basic experimental investigations, but for economic analysis, publication and distribution as well. m The Northrop Corp. has awarded the College of Engineering $3000 in support of the University's efforts to improve minority representa­ tion in the engineering discipline. In a letter to President Pierre, Northrop officials state the award is for the student scholarship program as they are aware of the difficulty many students have in completing their education because of financial problems. • The All Faiths Chapel Drive at the University has raised a total of $648,999 says W. Van Johnson, Director of Student Activities and Dean of Chapel. The TAMUS Board of Regents approved Marion 0. Lawrence, Jr., Inc. as architect. The Rev. E. Stanley Branch serves as Chairman of the Steering Committee, and Rev. Floyd Williams, Dr. John B. Coleman and Mack H. Hannah, Jr. are co-chairmen, and Mrs. Thelma L. Gordon serves as co-chairperson. Dean Johnson says Mr. Lawrence and his team have an outstanding record in the area for constructing religious buildings. • The Houston Endowment, Inc. has awarded the University a continuation grant of $109,500 for the 1983-84 academic year, to support the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Scholarship program in the areas of agriculture, fine arts, heme economies, and nursing. President Pierre said the financial support will assist Prairie View in its quest to become an increasingly more viable and qualitative university and to honor its commitment of producing productive people for the state, the southwest, and the nation. July 1933 THE PRAIRIE VIEW FACULTY REPORTER Page 4 GRANTS, GIFTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS (CONT'D) © When you enter the Engineering Building, don't be surprised if you are greeted by Hero I, a robot presented to the Electrical Engineering Department by The Aluminum Company of America. It is equipped with sonar, radar, light sensitive devices for movement and object identification. It responds to voice commands and can speak with 64 basic sounds. Hero can be programmed to perform certain tasks or operate under manual control, and upon arrival at the University was put to immediate use by graduate and under­ graduate students doing investigative papers on robotics, stepper motors and control systems under the direction of Dr. John H. Fuller. • Mrs. Clara C. Gordon, operator of the la Place Restaurant, 181 Brooks Rd., just off Wyatt-Chapel Rd. contributed a $200 check to the University to show appreciation to the many faculty and staff members taking advantage of the restaurant which opened only 10 months ago and doing a booming business. She is the wife of Dr. I.C. Gordon, Director of the Division of Cooperative Education at the University.

MONEY AVAILABIE FOR COLLEGE GRANTS, LOANS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS The Academic Guidance Services (AGS), a research and processing organization, states there is a vast amount of monies toward grants, loans and scholarships going unused each school year because parents and students simply do not know it exists. The AGS says the amount of money "lost" to the public each year is enormous. The program, entitled FINANCIAL AID FINDER, matches and electron­ ically prints out known eligibility requirements of financial sources, their* addresses, the amount of aid offered as well as other pertinent information. The student completes a short questionnaire so that the student's background and other information may be matched to the requirements of the funding sources and scholarships. For additional information and the questionnaire, write AGS, 1025 - 4th St., Eureka, Calif., 95501, or call (707) 443-3421.

FV'S HENRY HAWKINS NAMED SWAC S.I.D. OF THE YEAR Henry C. Hawkins, Sports Information Director at the University since September, 1979, has been named by his peers in the Southwestern Athletic Conference as S.I.D. of the year. He will also serve as president of the organization during the 1983-84 year. Hawkins is a graduate of Central State University in Oklahoma, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Masters Degree in journalism.