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Friday, January 31 , 1992
North Idaho College's Student Newspaper
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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Volume 68 Number 7
Vocational dean chosen Dr. Barbara Bennett starts work full time Apri l 20 by Tro,•is De Vore Assis1nn1 Etliror Barbara J. Ocnncll wil l take ove r as rhc new associate de:m o( vocariomtl and 1cchn1cnl education nt NIC full time ~rnning April 20. Dennett cannot ,tart curlier due to a ctlntrnct obligation. Unti l then. lorrner dea n or voca11onul cducarion Clarence Ifought will be hired as an ndvi~<lr. Act·ordin~ 10 Dr. Roben Dcnncu. NIC president. the Search Commiuce ~electtd rour finnlht~. and. out o( tho~c four finali~t,. l)r Oarb.1ru Bcnneu mo\t clo,cly met ,111 of the qunlificn11011, and need, th.11 the dean fX'''till rt rcqum.-d. She hold, a doctorate 111 higher cduc.11io11 lcadcr~hip from Florida S1a1e Barbara Bennett Univer,iry. She earned borh her mnslcrs of educati on in guidnnce/coun,cling and her business administration and seco ndary cducution certiricarc m Whttworth College. She hns also done post-g.mduatc studies nt ,•arious other colleges. Bcnneu currently ~cn•cs ns the Coordinator of ln,titutional Planning. for Research and Development at the Community Colleges or Spokan~. She has on extensive background in institutional planning. research and external funding. vocational administrntion, curriculum development ond student service work. She nlso hos a vn..~t amount of experience in grant acquisition und management. In 1987. Bennett rccei vcd the Outstanding Leadership Award from the National Council for Resource Development (NRCD) nlong with other leadership awards. She hos ~ervcd us on intern or assistant for various offices and committees. She has been very active in the NRCD on many levels. Her position~ include director or specialist training program in 1984, national boMd member from 1982 to 1987 and vocational education division chair on the federal funding tnsk force from 1982 to 1987. Bennett is a member of various orgnniiations. including American Vocation Association. National Council for Occupational Education and Washington Vocational Association. Bennett i~ very scn,itive to both the students and the faculty's needs. according to President Dennett.
photo courtesy of Phil Corlis LIBRARY AT TWILIGHT- The NIC Library/Computer Center became fully operatlonal this sames/er with the
transfer of books from the Kildow Memorial Library. The new facility also houses several computer fabs and the new telecommumcalions center. Please see story page 4.
NIC smoking ban ignites opposition by Jeff Selic facilities ma)• be determined by the Sentinel Reporter directors or such facilities." In spite of opposition, NIC's board This forced the boMd of trustees 10 of trustees ,•otcd unanimously 10 adopt come to a decision conceming smoking an executive order designating that oil policy on 1he NIC campus, according to state-owned buildings be non-smoking. NIC President Robert Benneu. After a recent fire m the state capitol The issue was brought to the board building. Gov. Cecil D. Andrus issued Wednesday evening in the Kooteno1 an executive order. dated Jon. 7. that Room. Benneu explained the reads: "All slllte-owned or state-leased governor's order and informed the building. facilities. or areas occupied board that the administrative council by stare employees shall henceforth be discussed the issue and felt that the designated as 'non-smoking' except for governor's decision to ban smoking custodial care and full-time residential was the correct thing to do. facilities . The policy governing Bennett "'ent on to soy that current custodial care and full-time residential NIC policy Sllltes "No smoking will be
allowed except in designated areas" Therefore. the policy mununl would not have 10 be changed if the board would rerno,·e smoking from the south dining room. Benncu said that every college and university in the stare has adopted this policy of denying ~mo king privileges in any public building to anyone. Bcnn,:tt, as a representauve of the administrative council. recommended ro the boa.rd that it put the citccurive order into action effective Monday. Feb. 3. Af1cr the board clarified rhat the --please see SMOKE Page 21