Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 34, June 1, 1979

              Future
Vol. 11
Friday, June 1, 1979
University of
Central Florida
No. 34
* Whirlwind for ideas'
highlight Colbourn's year
by Anthony B. Toth
editor-in-chief
"It's certainly been a lively and anything-but-dull first year. And I don't think
I'd have it any other way. If so, then UCF should be looking for another
president."
Trevor Colbourn's first year as president of the university has indeed been lively.
From the name change to the reorganization to the football team, UCF's second
president came in and stirred up the status quo with a whirlwind of new ideas
From the beginning, Colbourn's successes have been characterized by careful
preparation of his reasons for change and the rational discussion of alternatives.
Perhaps a bit too humbly, however, Colbourn attributes the success of the changes
he has initiated to more than preparation. "We've had a great deal of very good
luck and an awful lot of very good support that enabled us to undertake the name
change with greater smoothness and speed than anyone expected," he said.
Things aren't running as smoothly now, though, as they were in the beginning
of the year. Colbourn said he is "deeply disappointed" that Governor Bob Graham
is proposing a tax rebate when Florida is 45th among states for per capita dollar
amount of state taxation.
UCF may be in for lean times if the legislature keeps on its present lack of poor
support for public higher education. Colbourn said he was in Tallahassee earlier in
the week to fight for the proposed Computer Center expansion.
Funds for construction of the Computer Center expansion and money for planning of a performing arts center were on a priority list which the Board of Regents
submitted to the legislature. But these projects have run into problems because the
legislature has made some changes in the BOR priority list, according to
Colbourn.
A joint UCF-Brevard Community College classroom structure has been put on
the list ahead of the other UCF projects by the legislature. Also, $20 million for
library improvement in the State University System has been moved above the
UCF priorities, contrary to'past years' budgets. Colbourn said that these moves
hurt the chances of the UCF projects' funding.
Colbourn, page 13
University working to offer better summer classes
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Steve Williams/Future
Leslie L. Ellis
Vice President for Academic Affairs
The university is working to improve
the quality of classes offered during the
summer, according to Dr. Leslie L.
Ellis, vice president for academic affairs. The main problem with offering
more courses is they cannot offer high
quality programming all year on the
budget, Ellis said.
"If you offer more classes during the
summer you have to do it at the expense of some classes the rest of the year,"
Ellis said. "When you begin to get 25
percent or more of the budget allocated
to summer quarter, it's not fair, comparatively, to fhe rest of the year
because they won't have even a quarter
of the budget for a larger number of
students."
Ellis said it would cost the universitv
Today's Future
Memories
Future photographers have put together a collage of activities of the beginning
of    UCF's    second    decade/Homecoming'   the    presidential    inauguration,
Greek Week. Take a look at the year's activities and reminisce. See pages 8 and
9.
more money if it offered more classes
during the summer because the
productivity level is lower. With fewer
students in a class, less students can be
taught for the same cost.
The first step in arranging the class
schedules is getting a list of classes and
requested classrooms from the various
college deans, Ellis said. The assistant
and associate deans of each of the
colleges work with the department
chairman to decide what courses will
be offered from each area, according
to Ellis. These classes are decided on
the basis of what major requirements
are and what classes typically have
high enrollment.
Academic   Affairs   then    gets   the
schedules and tries to coordinate the
classes and the rooms so that no two
classes will be put in the same room at
the same time, Ellis stated. From this
listing, a master schedule is put
together and sent to each of the
separate colleges for approval. If there
are no major problems, this schedule is
published as the newspaper schedule,
Ellis said. "It (offering a variety of
classes) is a dilemna at all the universities," Ellis said. "We are continuing
to try to offer better summer schedules
for students."
He said the number and variety of
classes has been expanding during the
summer quarter for the past several
vears*.
Movie Marvel
Peter Sellers' tww movie 'The Prisoner of7.enda" is one of his best. Lee Elliott,
Future reviewer, gives you a short synopsis of the film and tells you about its
highlights on page 10.
Magnificent
Nine UCF athletes were chosen All-Americans. The wometi's volleyball team
had more athletes chosen than any other spoil. Head about who was chosen and
sec who they are on page IS.
928 to receive degrees
at spring commencement
Approximately 802 students, of a total 928 are expected to graduate during
Spring Commencement which will be held June 8 in the reflecting pool at 8 a.m.
Dick Batchelor, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, will speak at
the 37th commencement ceremony. Batchelor was recently chosen the first
recipient of the UCF Distinguished Alumni Award and is a 1971 graduate of UCF
(at the time FTU).
Approximately 90 students will be awarded graduate degrees, and another 30
will graduate in absentia, according to William D. Chapman, university registrar.
Three other students will be given their doctorate degrees in education through a
special arrangement with Florida Atlantic University, but their actual degrees will
be from FAU.
Two special honorary degrees will be presented to Lee R. Scherer, the director of
the John F. Kennedy Space Center, and Albert F. Hengenberger, a flight pioneer.
In their honor, a flight of jets has been schedule to fly over the university at the
beginning of the graduation ceremony.
The reflecting pool is the traditional place to have the commencement
ceremony. The graduation will be postponed until evening if it rains.