In addition to the regular responsibilities of her office, completing her dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in family relations from the University of Nebraska was a major concern of Maribeth Downing, Dean of Women , during the fall semester . This involved analyzing the data obtained from the questionnaire she had developed and administered to 353 women administrators in private institutions of higher education in the United States to determine their characteristics and status. Counseling women students and helping them to make adjustments to campus life and dormitory living took many hours of her time each week. In the fall, she also assisted Patty Barrett, coordinator of social club activities, in implementing the new induction procedures for women 's social clubs . She also taught one upper-level sociology course each semester. Dean Downing commented, "Harding remains a very special place for many reasons, not the least of which is the student body. 1am thankful to be able to work with so many wonderful students." Serving as president of the Arkansas Colleges for Teacher Education involved Dr. Bobby L. Coker , Dean of the School of Education , with the efforts of Governor Bill Clinton to get the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas to pass various measures needed to improve the quality of education at all levels in the state of Arkansas . Dean Coker provided the leadership for adding a computer literacy component to the teacher education program at Harding. He undertook a study of admission requirements into teacher education and student teaching in - Public Relal io"5 OffiCI' President's Development Council Leadership Off Campus Established in 1965, following the inauguration of Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, Jr., as the third president of Harding University, the President's Development Council continued to play an important role in the work of the University. The Council was composed of 347 members scattered across the country from Florida to California. Dannie Skipper, Harding alumni and Tyler, TX, businessman, served as chairman of the Council. This past year, the Council was divided into 11 groups geographical regions with each region having a chairman. Each region was serviced by a staff member from the campus development office and regional meetings were held on a systematic basis. The purpose of forming the regions was to make it easier for members of the Council to be effective in working as volunteers in their local congregations and communities, especially in the areas of student recruiting and fund raising. During 1982-83 an ad hoc Committee on Endowment Investments was appointed as an outgrowth of suggestions from Council members. At the 1983 fall meeting of the Board of Trustees, this ad hoc committee of the Council order to strengthen the program at Harding. He also initiated steps that will lead to the accreditation of the graduate program in teacher education by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. For Dr. Cathleen M. Shultz, Dean of the School of Nursing, the year 1983 was a very memorable year. On May 15, she received the Ph.D. degree in higher education from George Peabody ' College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University and was selected as the banner bearer for George Peabody College at the graduation exercises. On September 10; she was married to Sam Laurence Shultz, M.D., F.A.A .P. , a pediatrician at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. The wedding and reception at the Col - lege church building in Searcy were attended by a host of friends. In October, Dean Shultz completed a term on the Executive Board of the Arkansas State Nurses Association as the immediate past president of the Association. She was chosen as the Arkansas delegate to the June, 1984, convention of the American Nurses Association. She implemented plans to reactivate the African mission component of the School of Nursing. Plans were made for students to do clinical work during the summer of 1984 in hospitals in Africa as well as Panama where they have been going in recent years. Dean Shultz commented on her work as follows, "Harding is unique as an ideal place to incorporate personal beliefs with a career . I am excited about the expansion of the health care missions program because that experience lets students apply their nursing knowledge to people who have great needs. As Christian nurses we are blessed and we are thankful for the opportunity to serve others ." i1ib - Leslie Downs was officially changed to a standing committee and requested to make investment recommendations periodically to the committee of the Board that is responsible for Harding's in - vestments. Commenting on the President's Development CounciL C. Floyd Daniel, Vice President for Development, said, "The President's Development Council represents some of the most capable leadership that Harding has off campus. A lot of what we have in the way of programs and buildings a t Harding are the results of the generosity and hard work by members of the Council . The common denominator that brings Council members together is a shared belief in the need for young people to be educated for eternity as well as for time. " ~ Deans 91
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