Central Florida Future, Vol. 01 No. 29, August 1, 1969

              Hernandez Made Chairman Of Tech Faculty Senate
Dr. David E. Hernandez,
Associate Professor of Education,
was elected chairman of the FTU
Faculty Senate at a meeting held
July 24. Prof. W. K. Grasty was
selected vice-chairman and Prof. S.
E. Omans was elected
secretary-treasurer.
Previously each college had
elected 2-year and 1-year term
senators, the number according to
the number of faculty members in
that college. Two-year term
senators for the College of Business
Administration are Dr. John W.
Budina, Jr., Dr. Robert E. Hicks,
Dr. Newel W. Cornish, and Dr.
Eugene E. Teeple. One-year
senators are Mr. Robert R.
Saltsmari, Mr. Kenneth R.
Sylvester, Mr. Kenneth R. White,
and Mrs. James Wilson.
Dr. Betty Anderson, Dr. William
K. Esler, Dr. David E. Hernandez,
and Dr. Robert A. Rothberg were
selected as two-year term senators
for the College of Education.
One-year senators are Dr. Harry O.
Hall, Dr. Robert D. Martin, Miss
Nannette McLain, and Dr. Frank D.
Rohter.
In the College of Engineering, Dr.
Gerald Ventre, Dr. John Brennan,
Dr. William Smith, Dr. Donald Wall
and   Dr.   Harvey   Rexroad   were
Dr. David E. Hernandez
elected two-year term senators. Dr.
John Bolte, Dr. Ronald Evans, Dr.
B. J. Henderson, and Dr. David L.
Block are one-year senators.
Dr. D. W. Abbott, Dr. L. H.
Jackson, Dr. R. L. Arnold, Dr. D.
D. Mays, and Mr. S. E. Omans are
senators for a two-year term in the
College of Humanities and Social
Sciences.   One-year  term  senators
Prof. W. K. Grasty
are Mr. Robert L. Bledsoe, Dr. B. C.
Kissel, Mr. S. D. Lotz, Dr. C. M.
Unkovic, and Mr. W. K. Grasty.
In the College of Natural
Sciences, two-year term senators
are Dr. Graeme L. Baker, Dr.
Arthur M. Dutton, Mr. Homer C.
Gerber, and Mr. Henry 0. Whittier.
One-year term senators are Dr.
George  E.   Allen,  Dr. George R.
Prof. S. E. Omans
Hertel, Dr. Frank E. Juge, Dr.
Ernest J. Lytle, and Dr. William W.
McGee.
The faculty senate was
established at FTU during the
1968-69 academic year. It is
comprised of representatives from
each college that act together as an
advisory group to the
administration    on    matters
pertaining to the University. Before
the election of Hernandez as
chairman, Vice President C. B.
Gambrell presided as chairman.
One representative from each
college was elected to the steering
committee of the faculty senate.
This committee will set priorities
for plans for the 1969-70 academic
year, appoint members to
committees, schedule meetings, and
conduct elections.
Members of the steering
committee are Dr. W. K. Esler,
Education; Dr. J. Brennan,
Engineering; Dr. J. W. Budina, Jr.,
Business Administration; and Dr. L.
H. Jackson, Humanities and Social
Sciences.
"This year has been devoted to
organization", said Hernandez, "We
hope to have a positive role in
building this into a top University.
It takes top students, faculty, and
administration."
In relation to possible interaction
of the faculty senate to student
government, Hernandez stated that
the faculty senate plans to invite
S.G. representatives to attend
senate meetings after approval of
the senate is received. "We plan to
work for open communication with
students and administration," said
Hernandez.
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FTU. Orlando. Florida
Gas, Alcoholic
Studies At Tech
Dr. Robert Humphrey, Director
of Continuing Education, recently
announced that the Florida School
for Alcoholic Studies will be held at
FTU August 17-22 and that the
Florida L.P. Gas Association will
hold a school at Tech to upgrade
the knowledge of their members
from September 17-22. Members of
the L.P. Gas Association will
assemble at Tech for lectures and
discussion sessions.
The Florida School for Alcoholic
Studies is designed to provide
training on alcoholism problems for
a road category of professional
persons and community leaders.
The purpose of the course is to
provide training in the techniques
of working with the alcoholic and
his family.
The director of the Alcoholic
Studies program is Dr. Charles M.
Unkovic, chairman of the
department of sociology at FTU.
Unkovic and Dr. B. C. Kissel,
chairman of the communications
department, and Dr. F. D. Rother,
associate professor of education,
will lead panel discussions and
workshops. A former Tech faculty
member, Dr. Richard Neel, will also
participate in the workshops. Neel
is now the associate dean of the
college of business administration
at Georgia State College in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Those participating in both of the
continuing education programs will
live on the Florida Tech campus in
residence halls during the sessions.
We Live in the Present
By the Past, but
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Added VC Construction
Scheduled For Fall, '69
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Specifications of a proposed
expansion which will more than
double the size of the present
Village Center are currently being
submitted to architects, who will
submit final blueprints for the
project.
Construction of the addition is
slated to begin this fall with
completion of the food service area
scheduled for the fall of 1970 and
total completion projected for early
1971.
The addition is being financed
through a loan of $1,025,000 from
the Federal Agency of Housing and
Urban Development and an
additional matching grant of
$325,000 from the state.
The proposals as outlined in a
20-page report prepared and
submitted by Kenneth D. Lawson,
Director of the Village Center, call
for two dining areas, totalling 9,600
square feet, a 3,600 square foot
game room, and several covered
patios on the first floor. Upstairs,
plans include an all-purpose room
with    projection    facilities   and
portable stage equipment.
Specifications also call for the
all-purpose room to be totally, or
partially convertible to an art
gallery.
Further proposals for the second
floor include a suite of offices for
the Director of the Village Center, a
suite of offices for FuTUre,
yearbook, and magazine editors and
staffs, and a suite of offices for
student government. In addition
there will be offices for
Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic
Council, Women's and Men's
Residence Associations, and offices
for other student groups as yet
unformed.
Other specifications call for two
study-lounges, each 20 by 30 feet
and several meeting rooms.
According to the proposal
submitted by Lawson, the purpose
of the addition is to complete the
Village Center to "make the entire
area a hub of services, activities and
programs to involve the student
through informal associations
outside the classroom."
Chris Schmidt, Summer Senator from College of
Humanities and Social Sciences, was elected President Pro
Tem for two meetings while Walt Komanski, SG President
was away on active duty. Later Schmidt used his presidential
prerogative and vetoed Resolution 1-5, dealing with the
tuition payment for executive student government positions.
Allen, Rollins Appointed
Regents Fail To Confirm! enure
At a recent Board of Regents
meeting the Regents failed to
confirm the tenure of 262
professors in the State University
System. The tenure was not denied
the professors but the motion to
grant the tenure was not brought
before the board like several
members of the board thought it
would. State University Chancellor
Robert Mautz, said, "This is a
sensitive area. It's essential that
academic people have a sense of job
security when they've proven they
deserve it."
According to George King,
assistant to the President here at
FTU, none of the professors at
Tech are presently up for tenure as
a person must be at one institution
at least three to be eligible for
tenure in the fourth year contract.
The final decision in the matter,
however, eventually will have an
effect on FTU as soon as some
Tech   professors  are   eligible.
The present tenure system,
according to Mautz, was "blasted"
at the meeting, evidently giving
some people the impression that
the Regents have no intention of
granting any more tenure at the
present. Mautz said it was
"extremely unfortunate" that the
nine-member board "didn't have
sufficient confidence in the
selection process of the university
chancellor, in the university
presidents, and the chairman."
Dean Charles N. Micarelli, College
of Humanities and Social Sciences
at Florida Technological University,
has announced the appointment of
Dr. William D. Allen as professor of
sociology and Dr. Jack R. Rollins,
Jr. as associate professor of
psychology.
Allen, a native of Evansville,
Indiana, received the A.A. Degree
in 1945 from Evansville College,
Indiana; the B.S. Degree in 1946,
the M.S.W. in 1949 and the Ph.D.
in 1963, all from Ohio State
University.
Allen has been the recipient of
several scholarships and awards and
has authored publications and
reports. His current professional
memberships include the Academy
of Certified Social Workers,
American Association of University
Professors,   American  Sociological
Association, Council on Social
Work Education, and National
Association of Social Workers.
His academic experience includes
Instructor at Evansville College,
Western Michigan University, and
Ohio State University; associate
professor at Florida State
University, University of South
Florida, and the University of
Texas, and professor, Graduate
School of Social Work, University
of South Carolina. Allen has also
been associated with the
Department of Public Welfare of
Columbus, Ohio; the Welfare
Federation of Los Angeles; the
Community Chest & Council of
Evansville, Indiana, and Kalamazoo,
Michigan, and Assistant Director of
the   Division   of   Field   Services,
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