Kinesiology and foreign language add curriculum; focus on future goals Kinesiology Dr. Wilt Martin is a long-time member of the Harding family. His niche at Harding was found in the Kinesiology Department years ago, and he has led the department for the last five years. Martin holds a 1962 associate degree from Freed-Hardeman. In 1965, he received a baccalaureate degree in kinesiology from Harding University, and he received a master 's in 1967. In 1978, he earned the doctorate of education with an emphasis in kinesiology from the University of Arkansas. While finishing his education, Martin worked at Harding Academy. The Academy hired him in 1965 to teach social studies and coach basketball , football and track. He left the Academy in 1972 to work at the University. As a faculty member, Martin has made contributions both in and out of the classroom. In 1985, he received the Distinguished Teacher Award from Harding. For the last seven years, he has served as the liaison between the faculty and student athletes. Martin has also been on the Wellness Committee at Harding for five years, a committee to improve the physical, mental, social and spiritual wellness of the people on the campus. "I would like to see us make a more concerted effort to hire people to work in our physiology of exercise lab and get into research studies," Martin said. Continuing to improve the curriculum is another of Martin's goals for the department. - Alyne Hoover Foreign Language The Foreign Language Department has tripled in size over the last few years as a result of changes in the general education curriculum and in the School ofBusiness's degree programs. This growth has led to the expansion of the faculty, with three full- or part-time positions being added last fall. "Much of the growth is due to the School of Business's addition of an international business major which requires a foreign language minor, "Dr. WinfredWright, chairman of the department, said. He attributed additional growth to the recent change which allows foreign language to be counted as a global literacy requirement and the increasing interest of students to continue a foreign language they started in high school. Two Spanish teachers began duties in the fall. Paul Roggendorf, who is working to complete a master 's degree at the University ofMemphis, is teaching a full load, and Genoveva Jones, who is working toward a master 's in education at Harding, is teaching two Spanish classes. Roggendorf grew up in Argentina while his parents served there as missionaries. He became fluent in Spanish and, as Wright put it, "He is able to speak native Spanish. " Jones was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and later taught English there. The department also introduced a new language last fall, with Patrick Curtain serving as an adjunct instructor to teach Russian on Tuesday and Thursday nights each week. Curtain studied Russian at the Monterey Institute of Language Studies in California, a program administered by the United States government. He holds a bachelor's degree in Russian fromArizona State University and a master's degree in operational management from the University of Arkansas. Curtain taught Russian for a short time at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. He later went into management in the military service and has since retired. "We're hoping to expand to second-year Russian, but it has not yet been approved. Hopefully, it will happen within the next year or two," Wright said. - Shellie Morris Ted Altman, Ed.D., Professor, Kinesiology, Ass't. Athletic Dir. Barbara Barnes, M.A.T., Prof. Kinesiology, Dir ., Women's Intramurals Jack Boustead, M.Ed., Asso. Professor, Kinesiology Kathryn Campbell, M.A.T., Professor Kinesiology Ava Conley, M.A., Professor, Spanish Bob Corbin, M.Ed., Professor, Kinesiology James Frank, M.Ed., Ass 't. Professor, Kinesiology Greg Hamden, M.A., Ass't. Prof., Kinesiology, Women's Basketball Coach Tim Kirby, M.Ed., Ass't. Professor, Kinesiology Ted Lloyd, M.S., Professor, Kinesiology Jeff Morgan, M.S., Ass 't. Professor, Kinesiology, Men 's Basketball Coach Harry Olree, Ed.D., Athletic Director Bryan Phillips, M.Ed., Instructor, Kinesiology, Track Coach Mike Pruitt, D.A., Professor, Kinesiology, Dir., Intramurals Paul Roggendorff, B.A., Insructor, Spanish Randy Tribble, M.Ed., Ass't. Professor, Kinesiology, Football Coach Dorothy Wright, Dr. de l'Universite, Professor, French, English Winfred Wright, Dr. de l'Universite, Prof., French, Italian, Dept. Chair
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