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Vol. LXXXVII, No. 9

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Thursday, July 26, l984

Funkhouser building
slated for renovations

By SACHA DEVROOMEN
Senior Staff Writer

Angie Hellard. a business junior. will
never again register for a class in Funk
houser Biological Sciences Building after
taking one there last fall. The class was
moved because it was so hot

But Hellard may soon change her mind
as the L'niversity is planning to put air
conditioning in i-‘unkhouser James Wes
sels. coordinator of deSign and construc
tion at the Physical Plant Dl‘v’lSlOH. said
the l'niversity will spend $800,000 of their
1984 85 budget on this project

"We intend to aircondition all offices
and classrooms in the building," WeSsels
said It will be four more months before
PPD will begin work on the Funkhouser
project "It will be next summer before
it Ithe air conditioning is usable." Wes-
sels said

According to Warren Denny. director
of design and construction. bids for the
project W1“ go out in November.

Denny said the work being done is a
continuation of an effort started eight
years ago. “The whole thing started with
the renovation of the interior desiyi de-
parment. We air-conditioned that portion
of the floor."

According to Jack Blanton. vice chan-
cellor for administration, Funkhouser
will be air-conditioned because the Uni-
versity is going to create a student serv-
ices center on the first floor of the build—
ing. The center will include the
admissions office. the financial aid office
and the housing office. it will be a “one-
stop shop" for students who want to
come to the University, Blanton said

Another reason air conditioning will be
installed in Funkhouser is that the space
is not as usable in the summer as it
could be. Blanton said.

There are still many buildings on cam-
pus that do not have air conditioning.
Wessels said PPD airconditions a room
or two on some parts of the campus. but
Fimkhouser is the only old building that
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By ELIZABETH (‘.-\R;\S
Managing Editor

Next month. Elbert W. Ockerman
will conclude almost 25 years of serv-
ice to [K

Ockerman. 66. is currently dean of
admissions and registrar Although he
is eligible to retire. "L‘nlike many peo-
ple. I‘m not just Sitting down and tak-
ing it easy." he said

On August 15. ()ckerman will be-
come assistant executive director of
the American Association of Collegiate
Registrars and Admissions Officers in
Washington. D (‘

“l'm moving on to a broader role in
my profession." Ockerman said. “I'm
very fortunate to have this opportunity
to continue my professional work on an
expanded basis.“

Ockerman leaves the University with
mixed emotions. looking back at his of-
fice‘s successes and failures. His main
disappointment. he said. is the lack of
on-line computer capabilities. some-
thing which very few universities do
not have, “i have worked for that.
fought for it for 15 years at least and it
has not happened. This office despera-
tely needs on~line computer capabili-
ties."

Although a lack of funds is currently
holding back progress. ()ckerman said
there is another way to approach the
problem “he urged the l'niversity to
start implementing it in phases .. it
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ELBERT W. OCKERMAN

dump the whole system and replace it
at onetime."

Ockerman cited many advantages of
installing an on-line system. especially
in the area of admissions. The system
would aid students in variom registra-
tion processes and would allow the ad-
missions office to access files of re-
lated departments such as homing and
financial aid. he said

"An interactive on-line system would
be just a tremendous boost to the
whole range of services that this office
and other offices perform." he said
“It will come It just has to come "

Dean reflects on admissions progress

()n the other side. ()ckerman said he
has been satisfied with some of the
UniverSity‘s triumphs over the years
"The thing I think l‘m most pleased
with in leaving. in terms of this office
is that we‘ve put a great deal of em-
phasis on professional development."
he said. "We have urged our people to
recognize their roles as service people.
servicing the faculty. students. staff.
general public and participating in
seminars. professional meetings.
workshops.

“if you‘re gomg to stay in the field
you need to grow. to develop. have a
significant professional orientation."
hesaid.

Ockerman has been able to take ad»
vantage of many of these opportunities
himself. He has served on the Board of
Tristees at Union College in Bar-
berville. the Board of Trustees of the
ACT program and president of both
the Kentucky and Southern Associa-
tions of Collegiate Registrars and Ad—
missmns Officers.

Also. ()ckerman said he is pleased
that UK was the first college or univer-
sity to eliminate the requirement of a
high school transcript for admission.
“We followed that just in a couple
year's time with eliminating the re-
quirement of an application for admis-
sion for freshmen who indicated when
they took the AFT that [K was their
first choice We pioneered ill that ef»
fort and a large number of institutions
have followed this office‘s lead "

 

There are also plans in the future to
renovate McVey Hall and the Enoch Gre~
han Journalism Building. Wessels said
these buildings will not be started for
quite some time. "Before we start the
design it will be 60 days."

Wessels said PPD has not finalized
mans for the buildings and it has not
been decided whether air conditioning
will be installed "We don‘t know exactly
what form it is going to take "

"At the moment we do not know if we
can afford it." Denny said,

Air conditioning also is very important
to some students Some pick a certain
section of a class because it is in a build»
ing with air conditioning

Stephen Webb. a business administra»
tion and marketing senior. said he al
ways finds out whether the building he is
scheduling his classes in has air condi~
tioning.

“If there is a choice. i always choose
an airconditioned building.“ he said “It
is harder to concentrate when it is hot."

James Miller. an electrical engineering
junior. said he took air conditioning into
account when he scheduled for his sum—
mer classes. but not for the fall semes-
ter.

“This summer I had a choice of sec-
tions. so I took the section in a building
with air conditioning.” he said.

He added that the heat is “pretty un-
comfortable.“ but that he will “go ahead
and suffer through it" in the fall.

Ruby Watts. associate registrar for
data management who is in charge of as-
signing classrooms. said that in the sum-
mer months he schedules all classes he
can in an airconditioned building.

"In the fall and spring semester we do
not worry at all about air conditioning."
he said. “We use all the classrooms
we‘ve got. We do not give any consider
ation to air conditioning."

“We want to make the buildings as
comfortable as we can." said Art Gallah-
er. chancellor of the Lexington campus.
"It is a money problem It is very expen-
sive to renovate old buildings . "

Summer interns
receive hands-on
work experience

8) DOUGLAS B. PITTENGER
Staff Writer

Rodney Miller. a finance senior. has
classes this summer from 9 am to 5
pm every weekday But unlike most
students. Miller leaves campus at 12:30
pm to finish his classes downtown at
Merrill Lynch lnc. a securities broker-
age firm,

Miller has an internship with Merrill
Lynch through the Experiential Educa-
tion Office and is gaining valuable on-
the-job training while getting college
credit.

He first heard about the internship pro-
gram through newspaper articles and
friends. but when an executive from
Merrill Lynch spoke at his Finance 350
class he decided to follow it up.

Miller said that at Merrill Lynch he
was given a choice of either an academic
program or a practical one. He chose a
combination of both, “I offer myself to
sales assistants and I‘ve done a small
amount of work on the account executive
training program."

Miller is benefitting greatly from the
program. “it‘s not often you get a
chance at this type of experience." he
said “You never get enough practical
experience at school. I think it is valu-
able lt's been a great experience."

It is interesting to talk about finances

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THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Thursday, July 29, 1904—3

CSX Corporation to fund data bank

By ANDY ELBON
Reporter

Time once spent at the Appalachian Center going
through files. card catalogs and library shelves will now
be dramatically reduced by the use of computers. Staff
members of the center will now be able to find needed
facts by simply accessing the center's computer file.

This Appalachian data bank has been made possible
by a three-year 360.000 grant from the CSX Corporation
of Cleveland.

AR, Carpenter. senior vice-praident of the (‘SX Cor-
poration. recently presented President Otis A. Sin-
gletary with the first $20,000 gift,

Acting director of the center, James Hougland. Jr.
said the grant will help create a more systematic
means of collecting and dispensmg information about
the Appalachian region "We‘ll be collecting data in
anyway we can , I imagine the majority of it will be
on computer tape "

The CSX Corporation. which comists of several rail-
road and energy companies. generates "a lot of buSi»
ness' In the Eastern Kentucky region. according to
Lexmgton businessman William Sturgill He is a mem»
ber of the CSX board of directors Sturgill said that the
Appalachian Center‘s need was brought to the corpora-
tion's attention by him. and although CSX rarely makes
donations to public institutions. his request resulted in
the grant

“It was an entirely proper thing for them to do." Stur-
gillsaid.

The Appalachian (‘enter has always been dependant
upon grants such as the CSX gift for the success of its
programs According to Charlie \‘aught. who will serve
as acting director of the center on September 1. the
Rockefeller Foundation has given the Appalachian t‘enr
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