1976-1977 Yearbook

DiRECTORs co TiNuE srnviCE TO collEGE BOBBY L. COKER, Ed.D., Director of Institutional Testing, along with his duties of coordinating college testing, attended the AEA convention and continued work with the Searcy chapter of Phi Delta Kappa which he was instrumental in chartering. He also served on the Biennial Council of the organization. Coker attended the state meetings of the AACTE and served on the Bqard of DHE and the Board of Arkansas' ACTE. WYATT JONES, Ed.D., directed the Graduate Studies Program in receiving approval from the North Central Accrediting Association and the Arkansas Department of Education for its program leading to certification of elementary school principals. Jones also began to seek approval for a Reading Specialist certification within the Graduate Studies Program. Besides fulfilling his duties as Director of Graduate Studies, Jones attended the Arkansas Dean's meeting, the Arkansas Graduate Dean's meeting, and the Arkansas Education Association state meeting as well as participating as a member of the Arkansas Association for Teacher Education. HARRY D. OLREE, Ed.D., Director of Research, served as principle investigator for two 15-week experiments in performance physiology sponsored by NASA. One experiment stress tested 25 women students in cooperation with the Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, Texas. The other evaluated the health and fitness of 150 freshman students and 25 adults in the fall. In the spring of 1976 he attended Southern District AAH PER meetings in Mobile, Ala., and Arkadelphia, Ark., while in the fall of 1976 he participated in the AAHPER meeting in Little Rock. He also attended the NAIA meeting in March, 1976, in Kansas City, Missouri. 1. HARRY OLREE, Director of Research. 2. WYATT JONES, Director of Graduate Studies. 3. BOBBY COKER, Director of Institutional Testing. DIRECTORS - 31

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