1976-1977 Yearbook

Mike PIU11Mr, PhD Pat Rice, BA, RN Assistant Professor Associate Instructor Biology ursing Dtan Prit1t, PhD Bryce lo non,P Professor Associate Professor Mathematics Biology Jostpli E. Pryor, PhD w lulh ,MA Professor Associate Professor Physical Science Biology NmsiNG pROGRAM RECEivEs GRANT of $401,}25 fRoM KElloGG FouNdArioN - The naming of Harding's nursing program as recipient of a $401,325 grant by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan, contributed to the growth of the nursing program during the year. The funds, which will be received over a three year period and began in July, 1976, were designated to aid in the development of a Family Nurse Practitioner program. This program was the first of its kind in Arkansas. In the Home Economics Department Eva Thompson wrote and had published a text book for Consumer Education and Home Management. As one of the special projects for the department, Sharen Crockett organized a White County division of the Association on Children Under Six and was honored by being elected to J ck Woods..., P D Cathie S ith, RN, MSN ha nompson, PhD Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Biology Nursing Home Economics Clffonl S '1', MST Ste Smith, PhD Louin Trv11, ,MS Assistant Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Earth Science Mathematics Nursing Camll Smith, D Ela' e Tho pson, MA Mic It Wsnn, RN, MS Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Chemistry Home Economics Nursing Personalities of the South. The Mathematics Department was busy this year with several faculty members presenting papers before mathematical societies. Bill Oldham and Dean Priest were named members of the Arkansas Metric Education Advisory Council, and both men taught in the fourth year of the Comprehensive Mathematics Program for the State of Arkansas. In the Biology department, Michael Plummer received his doctorate and was made local correspondent for the Arkansas Academy of Science Newsletter. Aided by a grant from the college, Plummer went to Yucatan, Mexico, to work on a special project entitled "Biogeography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula." Emit Whitt, MEcl EdlllOlld Wilson, PhD Associate Professor Associte Professor Mathematics Chemistry Bill White, MD, FACG Elhaltttfl Wilson, MS Adjunct Professor Assistant Professor Nursing Home Economics w WI' ,PhD George Wooclrvff, EdD Professor Associate Professor Chemistry Biology NATURAL SCIENCE - 45

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