• Volunteer group formed tohelp stucfent recfuihnent by Carol Landerfelt Bison staff writer ''Students recruit their peers for a possible future at Harding better than Dr: Ganus or anyone else," Durwood M.cGaha, director of admissions, recently said. At the beginning of the semester, the admissions office formed "VISA" or Volunteers In Support of Admissions, to involve students in the recruiting process. The 20-person committee was " hand– picked" by the admissions office, and is mostly composed of juniors and seniors. According to McGaha, formation of the committee w~ due to the decline of 18 year-old graduates available to come to college and the decreasing number of students at the University. ''VISA is a new concept, but so far it has been effective," McGaha said. "It gives the students involved an opportunity to travel, earn money and learn more about Harding." The duties of VISA include talk,ing to prospective University students at High School Day, Colleg~ Days, Spring Sing Vouth Forum and youth rallies. The group will usually set up a booth complete with Uni ersity brochures and the Petit Jean yearbook. "We t~ll them why Harding is such ·a good school," VISA committee member Cary Daniel said. At Christian schools, the group will often lead devotionals in an effort to portray the spiritual atmosphere of the University. "A positive attitude makes them more interested,'' VISA member Jaime Deeter said. "A.Iid, young people tend to listen to other young people wit'hout feeling inhibited. For this reaso~ VISA js a good program." "Young people tend to listen to other young people without I feeling·. inhibited. For this 1 reason, VISA is agood program." Jaime Deeter, VISA volunteer "Students on most campuses are un– derutilized, ' .McGaha said. "We hope to improve the VISA program from year Lo year so as to involve the committee members as much as possjb]e." One way of doing this is by keeping the number ofVISAmembers a't 20 or fewer. A larger group would make it difficult to • spread: -the- work around ·and keep the members interested. Comprising the 1983-84 VISA committee are Blair Bryan, Jill Bohan, Byron Carlock , John Cherry , Cary Daniel Mitchell Davis, Jaime Deeter, Tim Dill, Charles Dupre, Darren Findley, Stan Manning; Susan Metz ~san Perkins, Anne-Marie Petree, Robyn Ranson, Kim Reynolds, Jeff Smith, Kelly Van Patter, Shannon Walker and Mike Woods. " I am very happy with theperformance of the VISA students,' said McGaha. " If anyone is interested in being on next year's committee, they should contact Dawn Zoller, wbo is in charge of the program." -- Education honor society inducts newmembers New members were recently inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the national educapon honor society. New members are Stephanie Bird, Melissa Blume, Bruce Caldwell, Kim Clark, Pat Cleveland, Alice Coburn, Terri Davis, $(lela De<W. Sharon Deason, Susan . e, Mary Eudaly, Rebekah Fields, Michael Hawley, Lori Kenney, Brenda McDonald, Judy McDowell, Tim McElroy, Paige Merritt, Lorraine Pitt– man, Rnbyp Rapsom. Sheryl Scott, .:!9. J ean Smith, Angie Stalans, James Sutton, Sandra TOdd, John Ward and Brenda Wheaton. In order tobeeligible for Kappa DeltaPi a student must be arr undergraduate planning a career in education. He or she must also have a 3.0 or higher cumulative average on 60 or more hours. A graduate student with a 3.25 or higher GPA on 12 or ·more graduate hours with a minimum of 12 hours of professional educatjon as a graduate or undergraduate is also eligible, Preparing for Gospel Explosion In preparation for Saturday's Gospel Explosion, a group of students practice under the direction of Angela Dean. T students will perform with other choral groups in the area Saturday evening at 7:30 in Benson Auditorium. Admi cost will be $2. University voice students to compe in regional contest next weeken~ Seven voice students from the University will compete in the regional contest of the National Association of Teachers of Singing <NATS) next weekend in Little Rock. Dr. Kenneth Davi , chairman of the music department, and Dr. Arthur Shearin, associate professor of music, have choSen Chris Bally, Laura Davidson, Jennifer Falkner, Trey Reely, Paige Staggs, J ay Waifsand Veronica Williams to represent the school in the auditions. Only students whose schools are members of the NATS organization are allowed to participate in the contest. • Each student will be placed into a category based on how long be has been taking college voice lessons. The four categories include upper college men, upper college women lower college men and lower coiJege women. Upper college contestants compete for a $40 first prize $25 second and $15 third_. Lower college awards are $30, $20 and $10. For the audi tions, each studenl will sing an aria , anEnglishsong and an ar t song in a foreign language. Those who progress to the finals will be judged by one representative from each school in the region and will have opportunity to move on to the state auditions in February. The featured guest artist at the com– petilion will be Charles Nelson a bass– baritone who teaches a t East Texas State University. Nelson formerly chaired the music department at David Lipscomb College in Nashville. A guest clinician also will present a lecture to the members o[ the NATS, demonstrating new teaching methods. ,
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