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WEDNESDAY July 3, 1991
Ceremony makes new name official
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Observance marks sixth change in university history By Barbara Howry Managing Editor
New faculty posts, created in budget TAHLEQUAH, Okla (AP) Twenty Oklahoma colleges will receive 117 new faculty members in the $718.6 million budget approved Friday by the State Regents. 0" for Higher Education. Regents Chair George Kaiser said the new faculty positions will help reduce class sizes, improve academic counseling and quiet a common corn, plant that too many classes are taught • by graduate students. Also included are merit-based faculty salary increases, which average 5.1 percent and are as high as 15 percent.
AIDS vaccine to be tried by Salk SAN DIEGO (AP)--Polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk said he will be the first uninfected person to be injected with his experimental AIDS vaccine. Salk plans to inject himself before the end of the year, and said he hopes to show that the vaccine is safe for the next group of uninfected volunteers: celibate nuns and priests. Instead of only preventing an initial infection from occuring, Salk's vaccine should boost the body's immune defenses after the AIDS virus has already been established_ The 76-year-old pioneer said he injected himself with a 1942 influenza vaccine as well as his 1952 polio vaccine.
Long, hot summer for New Yorkers NEW YORK (AP)—Summer in the Big Apple may not be much fun for millions of kids if Mayor David Dinkins' "doomsday budget" is adopted this week as proposed. Central Park's polar bears may need a new home, toilets at Coney Island will be shut off, beaches will close, pools will be drained in early August and playgrounds will be littered with glass and graffiti. No agency is being spared as city leaders try to close a $3.5 billion gap this week in the $29 billion budget. More than 10,000 workers lost their jobs Friday. Taxes are being raised and services are drastically being cut. "It's not going to be a terrific summer," said Parks Commissioner Betsy Gotbaum. "Expect a lot of very unhappy people." V
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The change from Central State University to the University of Central Oklahoma becomes official as the new flag is posted Monday. From left, Stu-
dent Senator Todd Dealy, UCO President Bill Lillard, UCO Alumni Association President Reba Collins. (Photo by Daniel Smith)
It's now official. Central State University became the University of Central Oklahoma in ceremonies at 9 a.m. Monday when President Bill Lillard and three students raised a UCO flag at Centennial Square. Over 200 dignitaries, administrators, professors, staff and students gathered to witness the sixth name change for the university. Student Association's Todd Dealy served as master of ceremonies and introduced Lillard as the first speaker. Lillard said this would mark the first time ever Oklahoma would be included in the name of the university. Then he said it was about time to have Oklahoma in the name, the crowd responded with applause. Governor George Nigh was the next speaker and he said the name change was important for UCO's future. Nigh said his high school students used to ask him why they had to study Oklahoma history. He said it was important for people to know where they have been as they move into the future. Although Governor David Walters was listed on the program, he did not attend. He sent a representative to read a document proclaiming July 1, 1991 as the University of Central Oklahoma Day. Other congratulatory messages were added from Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Hans Brisch, Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges Past President Belva Howard, Oklahoma State Representative Ray Vaughn, Edmond Mayor Randel Shadid and Edmond Chamber of Commerce President Ruth Boss. After the CSU flag had been taken down and the UCO flag raised, the crowd joined in singing the school's alma mater, which had been rewritten to reflect the name change. V
Summer enrollment hits all-time high By Kathy Karr Staff Writer Summer enrollment at the University of Central Oklahoma is at an all-time high with 6,398 students attending, an increase of 366 over last summer's figure. "I see that we're up, particularly at the sophomore, junior, senior and graduate level," said Darrell E. Gilliland, admissions and records director. The number of students enrolled in all classifications has increased. Enrollment of graduate students has risen 5.7 percent, senior enrollment 8.3 percent, junior enrollment 7.1 percent, sophomore enrollment
6.8 percent and freshman enrollment .8 percent, Gilliland said. "We seem to have more continuing students this year than we've had in other semesters. I'm talking about those that went in the spring semester and just go ahead and enroll in the summer term," he said. Another possible reason for the increase, Gilliland said, is students who live in the Edmond area, but attend other institutions, return home for summer and take classes at UCO to transfer back to their schools. The number of hours taken by students is used to calculate UCO's full-time equivalency (FTE), which is also the highest ever. FIE is the average hour load of all stu-
dents. For undergraduates the FIE is calculated by adding the total number of hours students are enrolled and dividing that number by 7.5. For graduate students the number of hours students are enrolled is divided by six. Graduate and undergraduate totals are then added to get the FTE figures. "Essentially, that (FTE) will take all of your students, both part-time and full-time and give them a full-time equivalency," said Laura Tyree, institutional research and planning assistant. HE figures can be used to determine the number of faculty needed, program budgeting, faculty/student ratios and the number of courses needed, Tyree said. V
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Computer educators from the United States and Canada will attend an institute on campus July 28-August 9.
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Local musician David Richardson is back in tune and rocking with his former band the Dirt Poets.
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Clark Terry's All American Jazz Festival opened June 23 in the University of Central Oklahom's Mitchell Hall.