• re«i Second Class Alumni Columns Postage Paid Northwestern State University Postal Permit Natchitoches, 71497-0002 LA USPS 015480 .•*: •'*•' '* jk :*: :*c :*: :*: :*: :*: :*: s: :*: :*: :* :*: :*: :*: :*: :*: f: AR- RT- SORT C- OO i MS. SHERRY K. BAUMGARDNER 7DH PARKWAY DR NATCHITOCHES LA 71M57-S53D ilu.l :ii li>! S <l.lii;l>Hlii.l..l s | S ,.ll.ll...ll„nl..ll S l»l FEW THINGS IN LIFE WARM THE HEART MORE THAN OLD FRIENDS. EXCEPT NEW ONES. y^ WE NEED ALL OUR OLD FRIENDS AND MANY NEW ONES TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR SUPPORT OF NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP. GIVE TO THE ANNUAL FUND. Alumni Magazine Spring 1995 Alumni Columns Official publication of Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana Organized in 1884 A member of the American Alumni Council Volume VEI Number 1 Spring 1995 The Alumni Columns (USPS 015480) is published 4 times a year by Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 71497-0002 Second Class Postage Paid at Natchitoches, LA, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Alumni Columns Northwestern Dear Northwestern Graduates: State University, Natchitoches, LA, 71497-0002. Alumni Office Phone: 318-357-4414 FAX: 3 18-357-4225 We have to write these letters so early in the year to make magazine deadline that I can hardly believe that spring will one day be here. But, even in NSU ALUMNI OFFICERS dreary January, there are so many things to be grateful for and happy that we President Tommy Chester can be a part of these projects. Arcadia, 1969 1st Vice President Parker Wiggins Just recently, Don and I drove to Shreveport to witness the awarding of the Monroe, 1941 first Shirley Pittman Smiley Nursing Scholarship to Tiffany Bono. Because of Secretary -Treasurer Elise James the generosity of this family, young students will continue their education. The Natchitoches, 1968 selection process has begun for the first Eleanor Worsley Medical Scholarship Executive Director Elise James to be awarded this fall. Please read the enclosed story about how you can help Natchitoches, 1968 these endowments to grow. BOARD OF DIRECTORS One month and baseball season will begin—spring will officially be here. Tommy Chester Arcadia, 1969 The Alumni Association supports this activity by sponsoring a billboard for the Danny Dison Bossier City, 1969 baseball field. We must be a part of both academics and athletics. A sound Glenn Talbert, Shreveport, 1964 body leads to a sound mind someone else gets credit for that profound — Carroll Long Tyler, TX 1970 statement. Dale Bernard Lake Charles, 1972 Raymond Arthur Ex Officio Natchitoches, 1964 Your generosity never ceases to amaze me. The appeal I made in the Winter David Morgan Austin,Tx,1973 Columns for end of year donations paid off. Thank you! Ginger Wiggins Shreveport, 1987 By the time you read this, the first ever Demonaire Reunion will be history Bryant Lewis Haynesville, 1958 and the people that participated will be happy that they did so. Maybe more Parker Wiggins Monroe, 1941 will come next year. Adrian Howard Arlington TX, 1989 Please do not forget other spring events, such as the Greater Purple STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE Pitchfork Pigskin Party. The Chris Roper Memorial will be a part of this event Blair Dickens Shreveport, La. this year, so you can take in a full weekend on the beautiful Northwestern SGA President campus. The Joe Delaney Memorial Golf Tournament is again scheduled for the The Alumni Columns is published in winter, spring, summer and fall. spring—get involved. Graduation is scheduled for May 12, 1995. This year the Class of 1945 will STAFF be honored for 50 years of dedication to Northwestern. If you do not get our Editor letter, please let us know, because this is the beginning of a special year for the Elise James Class of 1945. Art Director/Designer Don Sepulvado This is a beautiful time to return to campus for a visit, so plan to do that this Staff Writers spring and when do, please stop at the Alumni Center and have a of you cup Teresa Bryant coffee or a coke. David West See you soon! Contributors Jerry Pierce Sincerely, Doug Ireland Photography Informational Services Elise James, Director Development & Alumni Affairs Dear Alumni, The gold medal that Northwestern has received in international competition for a space science program that is broadcast by satellite to students throughout Louisiana reflects the university's leadership role in combining new technologies with innovative academic offerings to achieve a 21st century approach to higher education. Northwestern was presented the prestigious award from the New York Festivals International Non-Broadcast Media Competition in Distance Learning for its "Science: Out of This World" program that is produced by NSU's Space Science Group and broadcast by the university's telecommunications network. Space science programs at Northwestern are an outgrowth of the university's ongoing cooperative program with the National Aeronautics and Space About the cover: Northwestem's Administration. In that joint venture with NASA, NSU faculty and students arc recruiting office personnel are involved in analyzing data collected through NASA's space exploration programs. pictured together to illustrate the story, "A Day in the Life of a In addition to broadcasting the award-winning space program, the turiversity's Recruiter", appearing on page 2, of telecommunications center provides other academic courses nationwide through this issue. Seated, are Linda Walker, satellite transmissions and cable television programming. secretary and Chis Maggio, director. Standing (L-R) are Elizabeth Mowad, Northwestern faculty and staff have been involved in a concerted effort for the Lisa Simms, Jana Waites, Roy De past several years to prepare the university to be at the cutting edge of new Vittario, Rhonda Regouffre, Reggie technology in higher education during the 21st century. Internationally -known Gatewood and Jana Lucky. management expert Peter Drucker has served as a consultant in the project, and a comprehensive document has been developed to serve as a blueprint to guide Northwestern through the remainder of the 1990's and into the next century. The study addresses strategic planning and management, marketing of higher education, new technologies, international programs, serving non-traditional students, assessment, entrepreneurial philosophies in higher education, alternate futures for universities and other factors that will face higher education in the future. The gold medal in international competition for a unique academic program provided through modem technology demonstrates the progress that NSU has made in preparing for the future. There are numerous other examples, including computerized It is the policy of Northwestern Stmtc University of classrooms with multi-media capabilities; participation in a Louisiana not id discriminate on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its educa- statewide library computer network; high-tech writing, teaching tional programs, activities or employment practices as re- learning labs; compressed video that connects the Nursing quired by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of and NSU 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Program with students in classrooms and hospitals to provide live Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Executive Order 1 1 246, Sections 503 and Section interaction between nursing faculty, students andmedical personnel; 504 of the rehabil nation Act of 1 973 and Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of cooperative projects with major industries in the development of 1974. new meat processing techniques in the agri-business program and a geographical information system that enhances studies in biology through computer imaging and collection of satellite data. iWt* Northwestern is also developing pilot courses to be offered on Internet, an international computer network that provides video and imaging capabilities and interaction between faculty and students. The National Center for Historic Preservation and Technology at NSU is Campus News page 2 creating state -of-the art preservation technology laboratories through grants from the Corps of Engineers. So the university's extensive and continuing planning process to be at the Profiles/Class Notes .. page 7 forefront of new technology and innovative academic programs in the 21st century has already had a major positive impact on the institution and will position Northwestern at the vanguard of higher education for the future. Alumni Events page 16 Sincerely, Athletics page 19 Robert A. Alost, President Northwestern State University Ga+*j>4a4 hltM/4 Editor's note: Teresa Bryant of the NSU News Bureau recently spent a day with Assistant Director of Admissions Jana Lucky as she traveled to the Shreveport area and met with students at three area high schools. David West of the News Bureau observed the day begins at 7:45 a.m. when we meet at Roy Hall. Upon operations of the Office of Admissions and Recruiting. Thearrival, Jana Lucky greeted me with a happy 'hello.' Lucky who is the Assistant Director of Admissions was promptly ready to depart on an average day's journey recruiting for Northwestern. Lucky, 24, is a 1992 graduate of Northwestern. She received her bachelor of arts degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations and a minor in marketing. Lucky recently celebrated her one year anniversary with her husband, Kerry. She started pursuing her master's degree in student personnel services at Northwestern this spring. Trying to be in the office by 7:30 every morning, Lucky is able to organize her Northwestern recruiting paraphernalia, the office and her thoughts. Today she had put together a box filled with pens, key chains, a Northwestern banner, Potpourris, applications for admissions and scholarships along with student information and dorm request cards. "You never know what the day's events will entail," Lucky said, "so you have to be prepared.