154 Administration Making things work (continued from-page 155) Named Dean of the School of Business in Harding's reorganization that evolved in the advance to university status, David B. Burks formerly served as chairman of the department of business. An associate professor of management, he is an alumnus who holds the PhD and CPA who joined the Harding faculty in 1967. Burks was elected state President of the Association of Teachers of Economics and Business for David Burks Dean of the School of Business 1979-80. Having completed a term as president of the Searcy Kiwanis Club, he now has been elected to the Board of Directors of the civic organization. He is also an avid racquetball enthusiast. Dr, Burks coordinated a major self-study of the School of Business during the year . He advised the 1979 Business Team that won the individual championship of the 1979 Reno Business Games at the University of Nevada and he conducted more than 20 workshops or seminars for industrial leaders in Arkansas during the year. Also, he teamed with Dr. Bobby Coker in presenting seminars for churches on leadership enrichment. On Sundays he taught a Bible class for college students at the College church of Christ. ® The title of Dr. Bobby L. Coker was changed from Chairman of the Department of Education to Dean of the School of Education as Harding reorganized to a university in August of 1979. The change came soon after the profesBobby Coker Dean School of Education sor had received the 1979 Distinguished Teacher Award, the second such honor bestowed on him by the students. Of the honor Dr. Coker said, "It was good and I appreciate the recognition. Of course, alii try to do is just try to do a good job in teaching the students so they are well prepared when they go out to teach. That's the object of it." Dr. Coker served on the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education visiting team. In preparation for a coming NeATE evaluation, he began a self-study of the School of Education. He also attended a seminar sponsored by the University of Kentucky and supported by NCATE staff for schools preparing for an NCATE visit. Dr. Coker preached regularly and, with his wife Marilee, hosted a weekly Life Session of students in his home . He served as chairman of the Advisory Council for Harding Academy, where his five children have attended. @ Cathleen Smith received an appointment as Dean of the School of Nursing in the reorganization of Harding College to Harding University. Directing the comparatively new nursing aspect of Harding included not only classroom and individual teaching duties, but also the investigating and collecting of materials for an accreditation review by the National League for Nursing. A phase of the project involved an extensive self-study that resulted in a 217-page collection of data for the review. The self-evaluation report for accreditation of the School of Nursing was submitted to the National League for Nursing Board of Review for Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs. During the year she was elected chairman of the Nursing Education Advisory Committee of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. She was active in membership of the American Nurses' Association, National League for Nursing and American Public Health Association. She attended meetings of the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta and the Dean's Seminar of the NLN in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Tragedy changed her life overnight on May 31. Her husband of U years, James H. Smith, died when the airplane he was piloting crashed and burned in a field near Springfield, Kentucky. He was enroute to Lexington and ultimately to East Liverpool, Ohio, to conduct a gospel meeting. Mrs. Smith completed most of the coursework for her PhD in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt University. She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau and practiced nursing as a nurse practitioner at the Dry Dock Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Kensett. Hml Cathleen Smith Dean of the School of Nursing
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