Students Gain Experience Through Sociology Club Social Work Club Formed in the spring of 1984, the Harding Sociology Club had grown from havSocial Work Club. Front row: Waters, Anderson , Evans , Bean, Stanford , Martinez, Starnes. Se· cond row; Yaeger, Bonner. Back row: Shock-sponsor, Williman, Pendergraft, Delker, George , Nieto , Appel , Hubbard , Curtsinger, Pace-sponsor, Doerr, Hilton, Wilson, Co/e. - photo by Matt Wissinger. Sociology Club . Verkler·sponsor , Berry, Conner, Morris , Morse, Leonard, Ewart, Stovall. photo by Wes Holland. 54 Academic groups ing eight to eleven members. Its purposes were to increase student opportunities to learn about sociology , to provide fellowship for sOciology majors and to engage in service projects . The club strove to promote knowledge about the field of sociology, to assist the department in improving its programs and to help locate job opportunities in sociology . The club was quite active as it has attended the ' Arkansas Sociological Association Seminar in Hot Springs in October , and hosted its own Gerontology seminar in November. 1i1..~ The Social Work Club st,,;>ve to provide the student exposure to the many aspects of the field of social work. Members gained experience through their involvement in volunteer programs such as MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) , Resident of the Month (at local nursing homes), the Sunshine School and EIP (Early Intervention Program). The Early Intervention Program was a voluntary substance abuse counseling and awareness program. Workers lead groups of high school students and parents toward a better understanding of alcohol and drug use and abuse. The social work department completed a self-study for reaccreditation and readied itself for the team of social workers due in March. ~If& Campus Players. Front row: Thames , Thomp - son , Bailey , Young, Eppick, Copeland. Back row: Henson, Randle, Hill, Cox , Ellis·sponsor. - photo by Matt Wissinger.
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