Faculty Work Toward Excellence In Order To Benefit Students for Life Communica tion Tl -ie Department o f Communica tion adapt ecl to a number o f c l1 c:mges in the fci ll cis Media Se rvi ces vaca ted the fo rmer campus te levis ion s tudio fo r a new home in 1l1e Mc lntecr Cente r. Radiote lcv is ion facult y moved to new o ffi ces near the o ld s tudio and TV- 19 became 1l1e so le occupant o f the previously sharecl fac ilities . The moves 10 1l1e Ezell building vacci ted o ffi ces in 1l1e Ganus building, a ll owing more office space fo r the facult y who had been c row ded int o any civa il able space. Or . Dan Tullos· move from the Speech and I tearing Clini c area macle poss ib le a w o rkroom/ library in his fo rmer o ffi ce space. Many o lct ma te ri als w l1i c l1 1l1e c lini c l1ad accumula ted w ere placed there fo r s tudent use and p roceeds from the Student Speech and Hea ring Assoc ia ti o tYs facult y auc tion were used to purchase a VCR and camera fo r tile c linic. Sert oma. a c iv ic o rgani za ti on which l1e lps serve 111 speech and hearing needs o f the communit y, also contrib uted money for \ "ideo equipment. The s tudent -run televis ion s ta ti on salvaged le ft -ove r equipment and requis iti oned new in o rder to func tion on it s own. o r. Mike James prescnt cc.I 1l1eir reques ts to Pres ident David Burks. "Or . Burks saw tl1e need and provided us with tl1e add itional funds :· James said. Under the ncime 11arcling Comm uni ca ti on Netwo rk . TV- 19 began ope ra tion in October as a CNN news a ffili ate. The a ffil ia tion made I larding a member o f "an e lite g ro up o f co lleges ... according to Ky le Ree\ ·es. operations d iren o r. Department al and procluc ti on pe rsonne l w o rked d uring the fall to get a low e r . ma r access ible channe l fo r the s tudent s tation to improve it s s igna l quality. "'Al ong witl1 the equipment upgrades. w e've soug l11 to upg rade our signal to broadcast qualit y ." Reeves sa icJ . Whit e Count y V ideo. the local cable compan y w hi ch bro<H le .ists 1l1e camp us s ignal, a1proved a new channel fo r the spring sen K''->ll'I. New equipme nt inc luded s ta te-o f-th e-art Son y cam e ras . te lcp rompt ers. and a new Be ta deck fo r "l1ig l1-qualit y s tudio produc tion." James sa id. Pro-Med donated an o ld ambulance fo r s tudent s 10 transport equipment fo r remo te p roduc tions . A new aud io m ix ing boa rcl. tripods . ba tt e ri es and light s were also added. - Georg ia Cl1oa1e Kinesiology In 19 79, Bob Corbin , Dr. Wilt Martin and Dr. Kary l Bailey conduc ted fitness research fo r NASA. The ir goa l w as to d .ve lop fitness programs fo r as tronaut s b y us ing Harding s tudents fo r researc l1. The direct result for Harding s tudent s w as a course s im ilar 10 the p rogram fo rmed for NASA. "We decided w e w ould c rea te a course from the researc l1 ," Corb in sa id . Introduc tion to Phys ica l Activit y b gan as a two-hour e lec ti ve c lass in I 9 79. When Harding made it a required one-ho ur course fo r all s tudent s in 1984 , it w as renamed Introduc tion to Wellness. "'Harding w as one o f the firs t schools to o ffe r a phys ica l ac tivities concept course... Corbin sa id. And although it w as o ri g inall y designed to promo te physica l fitness and a healthy lifes ty le . Kinesi o logy 1o1 has s ince integra ted all aspects o f w e llness. Bes ides the obvio us p hysica l ac tiviti es needed to achieve to tal we llness. spirit ual. in te llectual. emo tional and soc ial aspects w ere added fo r a healthy ba lance. By teacl1ing these fi ve ca tegories o f a hea ltl1y lifes ty le. the c rea to rs o f the c lass hoped healthy liv ing w ould become a w ay o f life fo r g raduates o f Harding. ·w e've tried to mo tiva te student s ... Corbin sa id . The course ha mo tivated no t only Harding student s, but has also influenced o ther s l1ools to add suc l1 c lasses . Harding provided them with info rmation , and they then des igned similar prog rams . Harding w as already a leade r in the pll)'sica l educa tion department ..;At one time. w e had the finest equipped phys io logy exerc ise program in the South ," Corbin said . The w ellness c lass has me t the l1opes o f it s c rea to rs. A ltl1ough there is no sc ientific data o f results from the Introduc tion to w e llness course , Manin, department chair. said 1l1e overall response from s tudent s 11as been positive. s a result o f taking 1l1e course. indi ca tions are 1l1a1mo r people w ere involved in fitness acti v ity a ft er being o ut o f school fo r 1 o years than b for the course w as o ffered . The Introduc tion to w e llness c lass o ffered the oppo rtunit y to begin lifes ty les o f fitn ss wl1ile in coll ge. Wha t began as a NASA experiment ended as a s trong w e llness p rog ram fo r Harding. The concept bene fit ed everyone . whe tl1er NASA as tronaut s o r Harding s tudents. - Stacey Hayw ood Speech pur/ 10/o~J!J mojor Joni Jolmson works wirh u !JOlllJO child 011 speec/1 rh<TUfJ!J . The comnll 11 1icut io11 clisordi'rs Sf(l( /enrs JJrot •irlecl sen 1i ces ro rl ie CO /lllllllllil!j . l'/1010 bu )({S()J) Bun . Dr . Kuru l Bu ile!J w icl Kennu Highrottl('r c1iuc i11srrucr io 11s c11 1cl <'ncouragemenr ro rl w uolleuboll wwn clurinf) a 1inw -ow. Buileuu1osolsoknrnt 'l lfor/1is1 /e111w1( /it 1(1 reseurch closs. l ' / 1010 l>u Juson LJurt. K i 11 c .s i o I o O ~J 37 A C 0 d e Ill i C S
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