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THURSDAY October 2, 1997
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Webb revives yearbook with administrative funds
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hough it will be different, UCO's yearbook is back in business.Tuesday, UCO President Roger Webb met with Dr. Sherri Massey, Bronze Book adviser, and Dr. Terry Clark, chairman of the journalism department, about reviving the yearbook. "President Webb said he would provide the funding," Massey said. "But we'll still have to take some advertising and do some fund raising." Webb said the new funding for the yearbook would come from administration. "The money will come from the president's office," Webb said. The decision to eliminate the Bronze Book came earlier this year and was based on objections to funding coming from the student activity fund, said Dr. Deanna Land, dean of students and chairperson of the Campus Activity Budget Committee. The committee,made up of faculty, administrators and students, made the recommendation to discontinue the yearbook. The final vote to terminate the project came from former president George Nigh. "It was decided we could do a slick, soft-cover, Webb magazine-style book," Massey said. "It will be more of a senior book than a yearbook." Besides having a soft-cover, Massey said the new yearbook will be different than in years past. "It will be cheaper," she said. "We haven't established a price yet, but the book will only be about half the size it was." She also indicated the name of the book may change and that the university will be taking bids to have the volume printed locally. "We'll still have senior pictures, department pictures, feature stories, and will cover group activities on campus," Massey said. Massey More production details will be discussed in another meeting later this week. Webb said seniors who have a picture in the yearbook will be entitled to a free copy of the volume. "I think it's a nice gesture," he said. "You're only a senior once." No date has been set for publication, but Massey said she hopes the book will be available in the late spring or early summer of 1998. 41
Light my fire... Tim Brown shows UCO student Melissa Lowry how to shape glass into different designs in Marilyn Adams' jewelry class this week. (Staff photo by Bryan Terry)
Special Education faculty gets grant By Jim Hulsey Staff Writer
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$20,000 grant was recently presented to the UCO Special Education faculty from the State Department of Education to develop new teaching programs that will benefit students with disabilities. The Collaboration to Improve Competencies in Education Grant was established to develop educational guidelines leading to new state certification programs. The program will be designed to meet changes made by the Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Preparation, —By Steven E. Wedel said Dr. Donna Kearns, assistant professor of Staff Writer curriculum & instruction.
"Ideally, this is what they would like the university to teach and students coming out of the universities to learn, so they may be more competent in teaching," said Retta Threet, president of Student Council for Exceptional Children. A representative for the National Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) met with special education faculty members and educators from areas around Oklahoma on Friday. To address areas of competence required by the CEC and discussed methods to provide new programs for students in special education, said Threet. "The whole idea is to collaborate between the teachers out in the field and the university professors, so we can get the best of both worlds," said Threet.
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