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Show April 5, 1S35 Forum P&gs7 ffeatharo orandsa Senna!' Class Names Coheirs by Trent Alt'ey have thought that a accountant talking about credits, debits, LI FO, FI FO. and a nerd named Harvey would win the professor of the year award? Who would mild-manner- Alan Rogers, accounting teacher at Westminster College, was named Professor of the Year at the 1984-8- 5 awards banquet. Rogers took a 50 percent cut in pay five years ago to come to Westminster from a public accounting firm. I felt like I was serving no purpose in life." says Rogers. I had reached a crossroads in life where money was not as important as the cause." The cause for Rogers is the opportunity to i mpact upon a persons life ... if it is productive he gets to share in the reward. Its a satisfying feeling, explains Rogers. It's called psychic income. Rogers had no teaching experience before coming to Westminster, but felt the he could be a good teacher. He explains that there were a lot of concepts that werent clarified for him in school, concepts that he had to work through later. He felt that accounting could be taught in a more simple way. Apparently he was right. According to second year accounting student Kathy Ellis. Rogers has wme simple, but effective techniques or clarifying the stumbling blocks in accounting. Harvey is a screw-uwho does everything wrong, which is how you learn what not to do in accounting," says Ellis. p Pnfessn were 15 other applicants." Rogers was, however, hired to teach introductory accounting classes, which gave him an opportunity to give teaching a try. It turned out to lx? a satisfying e experience and he started teaching next the year. full-tim- Classes have personalities,' says Rogers. As a teacher, if you determine if they are not with you, then you have to get them excited about what you are teaching." f tine Yean I'm successful at teaching because I enjoy it." explains Rogers in his simple and direct way. "I always try to convey to my students how imiHirtant it is to find a career that you can enjoy. He cares about you, says Eilis,not only as a student but as a person. According to Ellis he is not the stereotype of what you think an accountant is . . . boring and stuffy, but is a caring individual. Rogers describes his interview six years ago with Don Lampe, then the head of the business program, as not very hopeful. Referring to Westminster as Westminister does not chalk up a lot of points, added to the fact that there ill irmv ) V ' y iZ I, u - r r' ( I 1 r"V Xa i 5 i 5 V r (- - ' i j Ymr Nminee8 (l'r): Steve Baar; Ron Coh,t: Samn Cottler' Ala Rogers, and SALE PRICE Rothstein Joins May Term Classes V Photojournalist Plans Westminster Visit SILADIUMCOLLEGE RINGS Your coHcgo ring is now more sfforctebto than ever. Save on an 'mcrcxCa variety of Sitodium ring styles with custom features that express your testa and achievements. Each Slacfium ring is custom made, with careful attention to detail. And every ArtCarved ring is backed by a Full Lifetime Warranty. Demi miss out Its the perfect time to get a beautiful buy on a great college ring. See your ArtCarved representative soon. m7WED $25 off all 14K gold rings X For information write to; Factory Representative, Artcarved P.O. Box 488 West Jordan, UT 84084 Add $20 Deposit To Order CLASS RINGS. INC by Cynthia Jones grants. Students will be allowed to accompany him to observe his work. Those interested in Arther Rothstein, a noted photojournalist, so should contact Esther Doherty in will be visiting Westminster College May 3 doing career services. He will be traveling to places through 11. such as Cache Valley and throughout the Salt Hegraduated from Colorado University with Lake Area, a major in economics and worked for the Farm On May 8, Waking Owl Bookstore will be Security Administration during the depres- hosting a reception in honor of his work. Rothsion. While working for the FSA he traveled stein will be autographing books. around the country taking photos of Americans. On 3, a lecture and slide show will be After World War II, he became photo editor hosted May in Nunemaker Place and throughout of Look Magazine and, as a result, it earned his stay at Westminster many of his photohim the title of one of the most impressive phofor graphs will be exhibited. It will bfc tojournalists in the country. Currently, he is an viewing May 3 through 5 from 1 to 4 open and p.m. associate editor for Parade magazine. He has 9 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. also written many books including Words and May through 's Rothstein will also take timeout to visit sevPictures, Photojournalism and Arther eral May Term classes. These include Steve America and Photographs Baars the movies, Jim Benardos business and , During his stay in Utah, he will be photoand Ray Ownbeys editing, layout and society, graphing people for a book on U.S. immi- - design class. Roth-stein- PJJQ-IDH- btj arvforj. |