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Show October 5, 1984 Page 7 Forum feature articles - - Heveirend Campbell Sees Herself As T eacher by Mark Paulos Westminsters new spiritual leader began her fall semester as campus chaplain this month counseling students on a variety of subjects. Reverend Anne Campbell becomes the first person in almost twenty years to act as chaplain of the schools campus. An ordained Episcopal priest. Campbell was hired by the college through a grant from an affiliated Salt Lake group called Shared Ministry. The group felt it was time for Westminster to reaffirm old ties with God, Campbell said. Hired during the spring semester of 1984, Campbell said she heard about the position while serving as chaplain at St. Marks Hospital, where she still works part-timI fell in love with the interview staff, she said. They e. were just charming. 1 made it clear that I would not act as a Christian evangelist, but rather as a spiritual counselor. I prefer that students attend their own denominations for She became interested in religion out of curiosity while her husband Richard, also an Episcopal priest, was attending his theological studies. I began taking a class or two but the Sunday service. decision to become committed came slowly," In regard to her job at Westminster, she sees Campbell says. herself as a teacher. My office has no adminisCampbell graduated from Seabury-Wester- n trative ties with the LOSS A ( Latter-da- y Saints theological seminary in Evanston. Illinois, with Student Association) student group but we in Theological Studies. a Masters hope to do a joint service project in the future," Campbell sta&d. After graduation Campbell had one slight Campbell was born in New York but grew The Episcopal Church did not allow problem. up in Florida. When it was time for college she women to be ordained as priests. But in 1977 a chose Northwestern University. I was just like most young people. I wanted vote overturned this policy. She and her husto get as far away from home as possible. she band moved to Utah in 1978 looking for employsaid. Leaning towards the liberal arts, Camp- ment in their field. They hoped to work as a husband and wife team which also was a new bell started her college career in communications. She later graduated in literature which idea. she also taught at Kendall Junior College. She She remembers her first experience with U tah. We were driving through the Price area spent a year in London shortly after college. and the thing I remember most was the isolation. I had worked in the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago but this really frightened Military Programs Offer Variety by Karin Jaffie Students interested in a military career and desiring to get an early start have many opportunities available now at Westminster College. Marine Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) and Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for every branch of military service are offered to Westminster students. According to Captain T. J. Pugh of the Salt Lake City Marine Officer Selection Office, students enrolled in the PLC are not required to attend any special classes, wear uniforms weekly or participate in drills during the school year. The only stipulations are, to be enrolled for a minimum of 12 hours and have a .G.P.A. of 2.0. The actual involvement in the program is during the summer when, either for six weeks two summers in a row or 10 weeks one summer, students must participate in an Officer Candidate School (OCS). . ROTC students enroll in military science courses at the University of Utah and receive credits for those classes at Westminster, according to Toby Brown, a Westminster sophomore and past ROTC participant. The ROTC students are required to wear their program-provide- d uniforms once a week. The ROTC programs also ask for summer involve- ment Final Elections Co-Vic- ar full-tim- Oct. 8 and 9 f Her first job in Utah was as the at St Peters Episcopal Church in Clearfield. She has become a lover of the great outdoors Professors For Freshman Representative To The Legislative Assembly And ASWC Treasurer Syme Lounge, Shaw Center yJ me. since moving to Utah. I enjoy camping and offered PLC Financial aid can add up hiking a great deal." by the to $3100 an academic year and $1400 during the summer service, according to Pugh. ROTC New to Westminster students classes are paid by the program if the student is on a military scholarship, but not if Continued from page 6 they are in the college program, according to Brown, and the participants have everything time here for the last two years, but this is his e instructor. first semester as a paid for in the summer involvement series. Erwin has a bachelors degree in mathematics and a bachelors degree in computer science, both from Westminster. PLC Marine the to gives Pugh, According of the choice the prodropping participants This semester, he is teaching computer use gram, which requires varied amounts of dutyand abuse, introduction to computer organizatime to be served after graduation, if other tion and programming, and programming career opportunities should arise. The college languages. ROTC program wants a commitment after the I love its a good school, junior year, but the scholarship students are Erwin said.Westminster, He believes Westminster has a contracted for service as a requirement, and turns out good students; curriculum good according to Brown. as good or better than many larger schools. Erwin said that he is committed to maintainStudents interested in getting involved in the PLC should contact Pugh, while those who ing the quality of education at Westminster, and improving it if possible. are looking at the ROTC program should contact the University of Utah. Gary Stair is an assistant professor of computer science. Stair spent 20 years in the US Army working in computer systems operation and management. During this time, he taught as adjunct faculty at a number of schools. wmri ) J He taught mathematics and computer science at Boston University, City CoIIegesof Chicago, Aeronautical University International Campus, and Chapman College. Stair has a bachelors degree in chemistry and a masters degree in applied mathematical statistics. This semester he is teaching introduction to computer science, introduction to discrete structures, and introduction to operating systems. Stair said he likes the positive attitudes of the Westminster staff and faculty, the activeness of the students, the setting of the school and the promising future of the program. Elizabeth Herrick is an instructor of development mathematics. Herrick comes to Westminster from Hibbing Community College in Hibbing, Minn., where she taught basic mathe- Embry-Riddl- e . Anne Campbell is helping Westminster 'reaf- firm old ties with God . malics, beginning with college algebra, and trigonometry. Herrick has a bachelors degree in mathematics from Northern Michigan University and a masters degree in mathematics education from Bemidji State University in Minnesota. This semester she teaches basic mathematics and beginning algebra. Ive always lived in less populated areas, she said, adding that Salt Lake City is the big city to her. She commutes to work from North Ogden. Herrick said she likes Westminster because it is a small, friendly school. Earl Snell is the new director of the finance faculty program. He has been a part-tim- e member since January of this year, becoming e with the fall semester. Snell comes to Westminster from private business as a management consultant. Frior to that he taught in the business program at the University of Utah for nearly 14 years. After two years in mechanical engineering at MIT, Snell changed his major and earned a bachelors degree in business management from BYU, followed by both a masters and doctorate degree in business administration, from Stanford University. Snell said that he came to Westminster because he likes to teach. He said he enjoys the small classes and interaction with the students. This semester, Snell is teaching corporate finance, investment principles, operations research, and operations research and production management Teaching is a shared experience and I enjoy it, Snell said. teachers are; Westminsters new part-tim- e Elizabeth Reed, who teaches French; Joy Wolfe, who teaches Spanish; and Gail McCulloch, who is the theater director. John Watkins teaches finance, and Julie Raison and Gail Harlin both instruct in clinical nursing. full-tim- |