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Examining Capitol's equipment capability
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purchased in 1968 or 1969, when
the program was started. Since
then, at least 80 percent of
equipment purchased has been
government surplus.
Dr. William Welsh, Division
Head of Science, Engineering
and Technology, says
“Technological change occurs
pretty rapidly, particularly in
the electronics field. My feeling
is that we have gotten behind in
the past. We have some cat
ching up to do in order to
modermze, to bring our equip
ment up to date.”
Jerry F. Shoup, Program
Chairman, Electrical Design
Engineering Technology,
agrees. Regarding equipment,
he says:
“It’s not something you put
money out for this year, and
then forget. It’s sort of like run
ning a race; if you stop in the
race, somebody’s going to pass
you by.”
Welsh says in the mechanical
field alone, there are several
major developments which
should be included in the train
ing of mechanical engineering
technology students.
Getting a full complement of
equipment for these newer
technologies is a very expensive
proposition, he says, adding,
“Certainly, we cannot hope to
duplicate what industry has. We
want to have some of the same
type of equipment to train the
students in how to use it.”
“We’re holding our
own... but age is taking its
toll.”
Michael Kalbaugh
Instructional Services
Officer
Welsh says his division is
behind industry in microcom
puter use.
Another problem, according
to Aungst, is space. There is not
enough for some of the equip
ment. Some computers have
been ordered, he said, but there
is no place to put them. “You
have to have a secure place for
things like that, and some
supervision,” he adds.
The Division of Business Ad
ministration has no equipment
of its own, according to Dr.
Harold Gilmore, head of that
division. “We now have to rely
on central services,” he says.
This doesn’t mean the divi
sion is totally satisfied, though.
“We feel that we need a
business mini-computer
laboratory for instructional pur
poses,” says Gilmore. “We also
need a local computer for facul-
ty research and instructional
purposes.”
Gilmore says the division
“would be able to use a
behaviorial laboratory, which
would permit the faculty and
students to observe small group
“It’s sort of like running a race; if you stop in the
race, somebody’s going to pass you by.”
Jerry F. Shoup
Program Chairman, E.D.E.T.
student discussions.” This
would be useful for study in the
area of organizational behavior.
In a less scientific vein, he
says ‘Some of our classrooms
would probably benefit from
having a raised platform for the
instructor, and some audio
equipment.” “We’re going to
have an increased need for
that,” he says, because high
enrollments in the new business
curriculum, which will have
core courses, will produce large
classes.
“There is a shortage of
seminar rooms,” Gilmore
notes. The seminar format is
usually better for graduate
classes, he says, especially with
small classes.
The Division of Public Affairs
has no equipment, “specifically
targeted for public policy,”
says Dr. Christopher K. McKen
na, division head.
“The equipment that would
help public policy most is ex
pansion of the campus-wide
computer capability.”
“As of the fall,” he says, “all
public policy students will be
required to have had a com
puter course somewhere along
the way. We’ll be placing extra
demand on the Computer
Center.”
“The other equipment that
will help some of the public
policy people is the media
equipment,” he adds. Some
public policy students take
media courses.
The Humanities division has
a Multi-Media Journalism op
tion, which prepares students
for careers m the media, too. A
need of the Humanities division
has been to augment and im
prove the campus media equip
ment, according to Dr. John
Patterson, division head.
Dr. Stanley Miller, Head,
Division of Behavioral Sciences
and Education, refers to the
engineering technology pro
grams, and says, “Compared to
their problems, I don’t have
problems.”
Miller says there is some
need for replacement of electric
pianos and kilns in education’s
creative arts laboratory. Some
replacement is also needed in
the math and science laboratory.
Of the physiological
psychology laboratory he says,
“I know it’s inadequate, but I
really won’t know how bad it is
until we hire our new
psychologist.”
Miller says he would like to have
a facility for housing and working
with experimental animals.
This is a low priority, he says,
and is also costly. Because of
strict Federal government
regulations, it would cost about
$75,000.
The Heindel Library is con
sidered an academic division.
Charles Townley, division head
of the library, says the library
has several equipment pro
blems.
Shelving is needed and is
very expensive, he says. The
library is presently building up
its business collection, to meet
a requirement for accreditation
of Capitol’s business program.
The shelves, though, are
already over 80 percent full
now, says Townley, and the
library will not be able to
shelve the business books this
year.
“At some point, in the not too
distant future, we’re going to be
tallking about a new library.”
He adds, “We’ve done
everything we can to make it
possible to use this for
something other than a
library.”
. “The University as a whole
{irovides poor support for its
ibraries,” he says. “We do
rather well within the Universi
ty, though. The University
spends more money per capita
here than anywhere else in the
University.” This is because of
our high graduate enrollment,
Townley says.
Instructional Services handles
audio-visual, television, and
“At some point... we’re
going to be talking about a
new library.”
Charles Townley
Division Head of Heindel
Library
photography equipment, along
with other services. According
to Michael Kalbaugh, Instruc
tional Services Officer, his
main desire for the equipment
is to gradually replace the old
with the new.
“We’re holding our own as
far as numbers of equipment,
but age is taking its toll. I hope
the campus looks into the future
by allotting money each year to
replace the equipment.”
In the near future, he adds,
he would like to have a com
puter to make Instructioal ser
vices’ operation more efficiant.
Peter DeHart, Audio-Visual
Scheduler-Dispatcher for In
structional services, says the
equipment is of good quality,
and seems to be sufficient for
the classes.
The Computer Center pro
vides access to computer ter
minals for a growing number of
people. Dr. John T. Redington,
Jr., Director of Computer Ser
vices, says the increasing
number of students required to
take computer courses could
cause difficulties in getting
computer time.
. My assessment of this is that
it has not yet reached an im
possible situation.” Problems
could arise next term, though,
he said.
The Humanities is channeling
the bulk of their portion of the
permanent equipment budget
money into the Multi-Media
Journalism program.
“The television equipment
has not really been all it should
be,” says Patterson. “I hope
we’re about to remedy that”
“We requested a lot of equip
ment, ana we got a lot of it ap
proved. We will improve our
television equipment quite
dramatically.”
A permanent budget for
equipment was granted by the
University to Capitol Campus
this year for the first time.
While this budget does not
fulfill all equipment needs, it is
still helpful.
Of all the divisions, those of
Science, Engineering and
Technology, and of Humanities
received the largest shares of
the money, according to
Associate Provost Dean Dr.
Duane Smith. The engineering
programs received $50,000, and
the Humanities received about
$20,000 for television equipment.
Another sum of about $4,000
Was set aside* to help pay for
compugraphic equipment for
the campus newpaper. This will
benefit students in the Multi-
Media Journalism option of the
Humanities division. The sum
for engineering program equip
ment will remain fixed while
the remaining money will be
divided among the other divi
sions each year.
“In the long run, I think, this
provides us with more money
than we’ve had in the past. I
feel the amount of money we
have is on the lower side of
what we need, but it will help,”
says Welsh.
Still, Aungst says, just to
keep up with changing
technology, “we could spend
probably four or five times
what we’re getting now.”
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