The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 41 No 9, Feb 26, 1987

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Trustees appoint new deans

by Mike Carey

A1 iu St. Valentine's Day meeung, the Board of Trustees approved President Robert Bennett's recommendation to appoint two acting deans 10 permanent positions. Dr Dennis Conner1 1s now the Dean or Academic Affairs, and David Lindsay 1~ 1hc Dean of Students. according 10 Public Relations Dircc1or Steve Schenk During the meeting, Schenk introduced NIC student Larry Earl, who r~tly won one of 19 Bedford Pri1.Q ,n S1udcnt Wri11ng. Earl's eisay, concern,ng a Vietnam War cltpcnC'nce, was chosen from over 900 en1ries; he was ranked among other winners from schoob mcludmg Yale, Harvard and Columbia Umversity. The Board ood all u1ose present rose to give Earl a standing ova11on. Schenk briefed 1hc Board on several other public rclauons oc1ivi1ies: •The Vocation Education Weck was an ou1standmg !uccm. Highlights included a pubhc open house and o 1hnncr fo1 area high school vocntional educators. which wasnttended by Dr. William Ulrey, Idaho\ new adminiwotor of vocational cducalion. • NIC's dcba1e 1c11m, coached by Dick Ilyncm11n, is ranked third m the nation among ,~o-ycar colleges. Or. Ocnneu reported 1h01 Im mitml contncb wuh stole lcgJsla1ors were well rccc1ved. I le further rcponed 1h111 vi\11S 10 local corporate leaders hove al\O been fruhful. A rcccni vim 10 the JucJ..lin Seed Company In Pos1 l·nll, yielded o rrqurn fo1 1r:uning oss1,1ancc from NIC, Ucnncu sold. Juel.fin employee~ nrcdcd 1roinms m sheet mcrnl worl.. welding nnd fo1cign lnnguuge.. Thn1 very dny, .1 \hec1 mc1al and wcldmg cl11,, 11,0\ 10 mllcd In the plum. Bcm1r Knopp, director of odull vocational cduCl'l· 110n, reported 1ha1 NIC led 1hc ~uuc lo~, year 11,11h 2~ full-1imc cquivolcn1 voc:a11onol s1udcn1. l.loi~c St:ur University 1nuled 11,11h IS8 l·TE. FnrollmC'nt tor adult vocationnl lMI ycur totaled 4,358. In other bus111c:s.,,, the Board )Cl i~ regularly S('he(luJ. cd meetings oo 1hc fourth Wednesday of c.ach mon1h P1g1 S

'CSl-13' speaks out

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Mike Carey p hoto

All the president's men- -Deans Conners and Lindsay and Pre,sident Bennett

NIC leaders visit CSI

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Dyslexia: hinders, not halts

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