( r Deans * * * Dr. David B. Burks :t- :t- ~ A t the May, 1986, meeting of Harding's Board of Trustees, Dr. David B. Burks, Dean, School of Business, was named President-Elect of Harding University to take office in May, 1987, upon the retirement of Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. In July, he attended a week-long seminar in Memphis for presidents of private colleges. He also attended the CarnegieMellon Academic and Administrative workshop in Pittsburg and the annual meeting of deans of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in San Diego. For the second time, he received the Distinguished Teacher Award at the May, 1986, graduation exercises. He implemented a phonathon that raised the money to purchase 40 IBM microcomputers for student and faculty use. Dr. Cathleen M. Schultz seroes as dean of the school of nursing. - photo by Jerry Traughber. * Dr. CatMeen M. SA ultz :,. D r. Kathleen M. Shultz, Dean, School of Nursing, remained active professionally while administering a strong B.S.N. program. "Sulfite Sensitivity" was published in the American Journal of Nursing in August and she addressed the Southern Council on "Communication Skills and the Nursing Dean" in December at Shreveport. She went to Panama and Dominica in nursing missions and made plans to go to Nigeria in May and June. She was nominated for Outstanding Business and Professional Woman of the Year of White County.• Dr. David B. Burks serves as dean of the school of business. - photo by Jerry Traughber. 11/f) ~ 0! ,.,,, "' '""' "\') Dr. Bobby L. Coker seroes as dean of the school of education. - photo by Jerry Traughber. ****************Dr. Bobby L. Coker *************** C ompleting 18 years of teaching at Harding, Dr. Bobby L. Coker, Dean, School of Education, administered a teacher education program that had better than a 99 percent pass rate at both the undergraduate and graduate levels by students who took the National Teacher Examination required for certification by the State Department of Education. He continued an in-depth study of Harding's teacher education curricula in light of new standards and rejoiced in the continued NCATE accreditation of the program through 1991. He served as a member of the * * * *Dr. Dean B. Priest * * * A t the 1986 May Commencement, Dr. Dean B. Priest, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, received the Distinguished Teacher Award for the third time and became the second professor to be designated "Distinguished Professor:' He resigned as Chairman of the Department of Mathematics to devote more time to administering the PASS Program, to writing grant proposals, to emphasizing the practicality of liberal arts majors, and to making long-range strategic plans for computing needs at Harding. He continued to teach "Cale. I" each semester and other courses based on student needs. He served as program chairman for the National Council of Mathematics regional meeting held in Little Rock in March.• Legislative Act 110 Committee on Teacher Education Certification and Evaluation and chaired the sub-committee on teacher education. He served on NCATE evaluation teams to Northwestern State University in Louisiana and William Woods College· in Missouri. He spoke at the Arkansas State University Convocation of Scholars on "Teachers Do Make a Difference!" He attended AACTE conventions in Chicago and Washington, D.C. During the summer of 1986, he lead a campaign group to Queensland, Australia, and he served on the Board of Camp Wyldewood.• Dr. Dean B. Priest serves as dean for the college of arts and sciences. - photo by ferry Traughber. "'
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