Faculty unites

Th e faculty held their Christmas banquet atthe Hilton Hotel this year gust 1980, aids the faculty and their families in developing a sense of belonging and unity aswell as providing programs for intellectual stimulation

The evening was the brainchild of the Committee on Faculty Life. The committee, formed inAuDr. Albert Robinson, a member of the biology department faculty, shows off his newly sprouted hair in theNatural Science Division's skit fortheFaculty Untalent Show. The skit was a favorite among thestudent bodyaudiMrs. Rosemary McGibbon, Garth McGibbon, Louis Overcastand Dr.Mark Steinhoffpose on Faculty Dress-Up Day. Faculty members dressed up as someone famous in their discipline oras someone theywere teaching about.

"Ifwe are united,we will be better teachers and administrators," said Sharon Schwartz, chairman of the committee

A pot-luck picnic last September was held toacquaint newfaculty with familiar faculty faces. According to Mrs. Schwartz, itwas the first time the faculty children hadever been together

"Families areimportant, especially with allthe attention that has been focused on them of late," Mrs. Schwartz said, "and faculty families are no exception."

The Committee on Faculty Lifealso sponsored such events as a Faculty Dress-Up Day, during which faculty members dressed up according to the various subjects they taught, and a Faculty Untalent Show, in which the facultydemonstrated theircomicability

Mrs Schwartz sees the committee as a beginning point of an organization tocare forfaculty needs

A chaplain forfaculty members is one suggestion that hasbeen made to deal with such needs

Other planned committees include an Organization of College Women, which would consist offaculty wives and female teachers.

The committee would oversee everything from supplying meals for facultywhose families are illorhave lost a loved one tocampus beautification efforts.

"The Committee on Faculty Lifeis designed to work with people problems and human needs," Mrs Schwartz said "We're building an organization tomeet theneeds wesee."

-Lori Davis