Administration Deans Lead Specialized Schools, Manage Student Needs Carefully Checking on the construction of the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Business Center was a dai ly activity of Dr. David B. Burks, Dean of the School of Business. Having carefully planned the facilities for the rap idly growing schoo l , he checked to see that all specifications were being met. - Shawn Daggell Dr. David B. Burks School of Business "As I reflect on the at· titudes expressed by students, I am confident that they will be Christian professionals in every sense of the word." During the summer, he was involved in implementing added re so nsibilities in development under Vice President Floyd Daniel, working wit h corporations and foundations. His v isits resulted in addit ional con tributions and greatly in· creased recruitment of Harding graduates. Dean Burks also conducted a feasibility study for adding the Master of Business Administration Program by 1983. He also conducted computer simulations workshops for Arkansas 60· Administration Tech University and several church leadership seminars for various congregat ions. He attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Collegiate School s of Business and began plans to apply for AACSB ac· creditation of the business program at Harding. At the Miami meeting of Delta Mu Delta, na - tional business honor society, he was elected to a two -yea r term as a delegate to the National Council. Burks served on the Board of Camp Wyldewood and was elected treasurer. He was also co-chairman of the program committee for the Searcy Kiwanis Club. He taught the Christian business ethics course required of all majors in the School of Business and commented: " I am particularly impressed and excited about the future as I reflect on the at· titudes expressed by students in my Christian business ethics course. I am confident that they will be Christian professionals in every sense of the word and that they will make a difference in the world in which they live." For the eight h yea r, he taught a Sunday morning Bible class for the College church on " Facing the Issues," attended each Sunday morn ing by a large number of co llege students. ~ Many months of hard work by Dr. Bobby L. Coker, Dean of the School of Education, were rewa rded on June 30 when the' National Council for Acc redita· tion of Teacher Education informed him that all existing undergraduate programs in teacher education at Harding had been given full reaccreditation for the maximum per iod of seven years. He was especially pl eased that the cross-cultural opportunities provided by Harding were cited as a strength since he had worked hard to delineate these opportunities because of the emphasis NCATE placed on them. During the fall semester, he joined L. V_ Pfeifer , Associate Professor of Bible, in directing the Harding Program in J ..... , - Tony Bono Dr. Bobby L. Coker School of Education "As long as we obtain quality students, maintain a strong commitment to Chris· tian principles, and strive for academic ex· cellence, our gradu· ates will continue to be superior. " Florence, Italy. While there , he made a comparative study of American and European teacher education programs. Dean Coker assisted Dean David B. Burks in conducting an on-campus church leader· ship seminar in June. He completed the Arkansas Education Department's program for effective teaching. He attended meeting s of the Arkansas Graduate School Deans, the Arkansas Association for Teacher Education, and the American Association for Teacher Education. In the new procedure for certifying elementary and secondary teachers in Arkansas, Dean Coker became Harding's cert ification officer and had the responsibility of certifyi ng to the State Department of Education graduates of Harding who met certification requirements. He also worked out deficiency plans for graduates who sought certification in additional areas. . ~ PreSident of the Arkansas State Nurses' Association for 1980·82, Cathleen M. Smith, Dean of the School of Nursing. was heavily involved in reso lving many of the problems of the nursi ng profession in Arkansas. She also served as an Arkansas del egate t o the .American Nurses' Association convention in Houston. She attended meetings of the National League for Nursing in New York City and of the Council on Colleg iate Education for Nursing in Atlanta. Her summer began with participation in International Campaigns in London. In July. she and Nancy Clark conducted a two-week workshop on infec- · tion control in Kenya, Africa, sponsored by the International Nursing Services, the CocaSola Foundation, and Sister Cities, International. The remainder of the summer she spent at Vanderbilt University - Kelll ROW/lind Cathleen M. Smith School of Nursing "A highlight of the year was the installa· tion on campus of the national nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau. "
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