April 28, 1983
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 81, No. 52
Three students selected for '83 class marshalls
Lucinda Anderson
Janettia Lisenbee
Leslie Ann Ribera
By Price Oswalt Three students have been selected as class marshalls for CSU's graduation ceremony May 6. The honor of class marshall is given to students who maintain the highest grade point average throughtout their college career.
Anderson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson of Spencer and will receive a degree in business administration. She is a member of Alpha Chi Honor Society, Fashion Troupe, Marketing Club and intramural sports.
The three chosen maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average throughout their undergraduate work. They are Lucinda Anderson, Janettia Lisenbee and Leslie Ann Ribera.
Lisenbee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Lisenbee of Owasso. She too has been active in Alpha Chi and is a member of Southern Oaks Free Will Baptist Church. She has been in several CSU musicals. She will receive her degree in music education. Ribera, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ribera of Edmond, is a member of Math Club, Data Process Management Association, President's Club, Alpha Lambda Delta. She also is a member of freshman, sophomore and senior honor societies, Mortar Board and Alpha Chi. She will receive her degree in computer science. She has been named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The marshalls will lead the 1983 classes at 7:30 p.m. May 6.
Communications may be a problem at CSU By Donald D. DeVault Editor In the North Central Association (NCA) team's report and in a recent interview of Anne Lynch, Faculty Senate president, a lackof-communication problem between the faculty and administration was brought up. "Communication isn't the word I would usually like to use. it It tends to invoke images of people talking to each other and at that level, there is very good communication between faculty and president," said Lynch. "That is, we can get a conference, sit there and talk about proposals." "I agree that communication is excellent and I think it's very positive that the administration and Faculty Senate executive do as we have done in the past and meet on a somewhat frequent bases," said Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU president. "There's a lot of things you can sit down and discuss that sometimes don't come across in formal written correspondence." Lillard said that within a few days of the meetings between the Faculty Senate Executive Council and himself, he summarized the items discussed and what action was taken on it. "If you check the correspondence which I sent to her (Lynch) I followed up with a written correspondence indicting the items that were discussed and what action was taken," Lillard said. "We do act on each item, now it doesn't mean that every item is approved automatically as the result of the conversation," Lillard said. Lynch said that the trouble comes in the very low rate of im-
plementation of proposals. "Here I refer to something several years ago, but there were efforts made to attack this English problem (English Proficiney Exam, EPE) and we didn't even make progress on that," Lynch said. "It was an area (EPE) where we felt like, as faculty working with the students everyday, we were the ones who really know the situation and really know the solutions which an administator would not normally know," said Lynch. "We wouldn't expect him (1Lillard) to, because he doesn't have the contact with students in a classroom situation as we do. He doesn't grade tests." "We started discussing this topic (EPE) early in the year and I would believe that the report would indicate that I went before
Anne Lynch
the Acadmeic Affairs Council and presented two points early in the fall," Lillard said. Lillard said that one point was a foreign language requirement for graduation and the second one
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was possibly of examining the EPE. "Now, to the best of my knowledge, I haven't received any formal communication back from the Academic Affairs Council, but I understand that they have been studying that and other needs all year long," said Lillard. "But I assume it's forth coming." Lynch said that the lack of communication doesn't pertain to just Faculty Senate proposals.
administration or the faculty, it just said that we should work to improve communication and I think all organizations try to do that." Lillard believes that communications is a two-way street.
"If you talk to the graduate counsel, they complained about the same thing to the North Central (Association) people when they were here and it showed up in the North Central report," Lynch said.
But Lynch still believes there is a great deal of discord on campus because several plans and proposals to improve the university or work out certain bottlenecks have a very low rate of acceleration by the administration.
According to the NCA team, further refinement is needed in developing ways of interrelating governance structures and improving two-way communication linkage between the faculty and the academic administration. But the team has noticed considerable improvement with respect to this issue.
The problem of communication is being worked on by both the faculty and administration, but they haven't told each other yet.
"I communicate with them and they communicate with we, I think we keep the lines open, both groups do, in a positive way," said Lillard.
2 student services' employees receive special recognition Special community recognition was given to two persons in the CSU office of student services, it was learned today. Dr. Richard Mitchell, vice presidentof student services, was named "Boss of the Year" by the Al-Lu-We chapter of the American Business Women's Association. He was nominated for the honor by Deanna Land, associate dean of students, and voted the recognition by the Oklahoma City chapter's 45 members.
"If you look at the NCA report, it says communication should be improved between the faculty and administration which I think is a very positive point." said Lillard. "If you read the study it did not say it was the fault of the faculty that communications was not better, nor did it say it was the fault of the administration. So it didn't place fault on the
Reba Lucas, secretary in Land's office, was also given special recognition by KKLR Radio. She was given the station's Secretarial Salute during National Secretary's Week.
1,562 students graduate May 6 By Debbie Atchley Wantland Football Stadium will be the site in which CSU will confer degrees on 1,562 graduates in ceremonies 7:30 p.m. Friday. The total number receiving bachelor's degrees is 1,184 with 378 receiving master's degrees. This year's spring baccalaureate list includes 417 from the School of Business; 193 from Education; 189 from Liberal Arts; 194 from Mathematics and Science and 191 from Special Arts and Sciences. Graduate degrees include 41
master's of art; 129 master's of business administration; 178 who have earned master's of education; four with master's of music education and 26 receiving a master's of science. Graduates will meet at the University's Old North Tower for the traditional march under the bell tower as the carrillon chimes the Alma Mater. The procession will be led by class marshalls Lucinda Lorraine Anderson, Janettia Ann Lisenbee and Leslie Ann Ribera. The honor
is given to the seniors with the highest grade point average. The six marshalls maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout their undergraduate work. In case of rain, the Graduate School, School of Business and the School of Liberal Arts will convene in the Broncho Field House; degrees for the School of Education and the School of Mathematics and Science will be conferred in Mitchell Hall; and the School of Special Arts and Sciences in the University Center Ballroom.