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REATAPage FourDecember 15 1986
Professor Profile: Coretta Key
by Glenn Peters
Coretta Key Instructor of com-
puter science actually began her
college career as an English major
with a math minor
Key (nee Holcomb) graduated
high school in Fort Valley. Ga.
where she was involved in many
extracurricular activities She
enrolled In Georgia State Univer-
sity In 1964 but quit 15 hours
short of her degree. She said that
she was experiencing an attitude
that was very prevalent at the
time during the Vietnam Era of
low motivation and lack of direc-
tion. In her last year of college she
met her husband Manuel in a
karate class. She said he threw her
off the mat and sprained her
ankle. She said It has been said
jokingly that he has been "paying
for it ever since." They have two
children a daughter who will
enter college next year and a son
13.
Key said she always wanted to
go back to college to finish her
degree but the circumstances
wouldn't allow it. When she lived
In Michigan the nearest campus
was 20 miles and the roads were
often impassable At other times
she had to juggle family and job
responsibilities. Her husband is in
the Air Force and has worked with
NASA so they have been very
mobile.
Barbara Haire and Dr. Carol Haire
Clinic gives interns practical experience
Dr. Carol D. Haire director of
Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology at Hardin-Simmons
held an open house on Sunday
afternoon December 7 to an-
nounce the opening of the Haire
Speech Language and Learning
Center at 1925 Hospital Place in
Abilene.
Although Haire her staff and
clinical interns from HSU have
been seeing patients on a small
scale since July the open house
marked the official opening of full
scale operations at the center.
The center is serving double du-
ty for HSU students. Haire holds
all of her classes at the clinic.
Haire said that the clinic offers the
advantage of practical experience
professional facilities and supervi-
sion through video equipment.
Haire cited past difficulty in
placing students in suitable clinics
in which to serve an internship as
her primary reason to open the
center. Haire and the university
have worked out an agreement
that allows her to combine learn-
ing and clinical practice.
Because of recent education
laws passed by the Texas State
Legislature many speech
pathology departments in Texas
universities have had to be
dismantled. Haire said that lack of
clinical facilities was often a
primary reason. "1 really felt like
our program was in danger of
closing. We didn't have clinical
facilities" Haire said
Because of the new clinic Haire
now foresees growth in HSU's
Speech Pathology Department.
She said that a former student at-
tended trie open house and after
seeing the facilities decided to
return to HSU to work on her
Key did return to college In
1980 to Wright State University in
Dayton Ohio She sees herself as
having been the typical housewife
returning to college. She started
part-time but eventually went full-
time with a double major In
management science and com-
puter science. She dropped the
computer part to complete her
bachelor's degree early and begin
work on an MBA She earned her
BS in 1984 graduating summa
cum laude and completed her
MBA with major emphasis in
finance in 1985.
Key began teaching at HSU in
fall 1985 as a lecturer in finance
She now teaches in the computer
science department to fill the
vacancy left by Terri West.
Although her degree is in
finance she has worked exten-
sively with computers in various
jobs and her graduate work. At
Wright she was a graduate assis-
tant in computer work. Earlier she
worked for the phone company in
Huntsville Ala. in the service
order department-the first In that
state to go automated.
One of her projects in college
was a study of the financial condi-
tion of divorced people whose
cases were in the Dayton family
court system. She saw the need
not for financial planning for
divorced women but rather for
financial counseling. "Education"
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degree.
Haire who has been at HSU
since 1977 relishes the chance to
become more involved with
clinical practice. Haire said she
feels that the best university
teachers in medical fields are
those who continue to practice
and the best practitioners are
those who teach. "The combina-
tion of professional practice and
teaching provides a healthy
balance which keeps one in touch
with the realities of the profession
and requires diligence In seeking
out the most current research and
techniques available" she said.
Haire currently has six students
serving as clinical interns. She said
that they enjoy the new facilities
despite the long commuting
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she said "is a large part of the pro-
blem." She said she would like to
see some sort of directed educa-
tional requirements for recipients
of government assistance to pro-
mote independence.
Another problem she worked
on was a quality control simula-
tion program dealing with GM
steering wheel production. The
hypothesis was that any of the
statistics relating to production will
eventually discover a break In
quality control. The important
part was determining which
statistics would detect problems
first.
Key has been working with two
professors at Wright for three
years in a study of gas station
consumer awareness credit
usage and other marketing
oriented elements. HSU
marketing professor Dr. Charles
White's Marketing Research class
will collect data next semester to
supplement the findings in Dayton
and Atlanta. The goal of the
research is to be able to predict
consumer behavior relative to the
trends exhibited. (This writer will
be obliged to take the class at this
time in order to graduate.)
Key's first teaching experience
was teaching oriental women to
read English for U.S. citizenship
tests in Michigan. Teaching at
HSU is her first job teaching in a
university setting. She said she en
and the center which is located
near Humana Hospital.
Students in speech pathology
have the option of pursuing a BBS
or a BA at the undergraduate level
at HSU. Upon completion of the
bachelor's degree the speech
pathology student can be licensed
as a Speech-Language Pathology
Associate by the state of Texas.
Such certification allows the per-
son to work in the professional
world as an assistant to someone
with a master's degree.
Haire said that most of her
students have opted to pursue an
advanced degree upon comple-
tion of the bachelor's degree and
she said that most of them have
had no trouble being admitted to
the graduate schools of their
choice.
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Grace Gibson Cara EyW Kristi Masters Celesta Cartrite and Roger Steckly
joys teaching computers because
she is "a problem solving person . I
don't want to be told what I can-
not do." She also added that she
likes "the Interaction with
students. I like classes that talk to
me; classes that don't respond are
lost or asleep "
Key said "My biggest frustration
about teaching is that there never
seems to be enough time to cover
it all. I hope there is enough time
to give the students the tools to
know where to look."
Key thinks highly of the
students and business curriculum
at HSU comparing the cur-
riculum with that of large highly
accredited business schools. She
said "Students here are a respect-
ful and caring concerned group"
which she attributes to the
predominantly Baptist
background of HSU students.
Key sees a bright career future
for computer professionals. She
expects computer literacy to
become necessary to function in
society like using a telephone or
driving.
Key admitted that she has no
time for hobbies with her. profes-
sion. The time she used to spend
on hobbies is now spent with her
family "to be fair to them."
See "Key" page 5.
Staff Profile: Chico Ukle.
by Scotta Morris
Chico Ukle senior from
Albany Texas is presently work-
ing in Moody Center as
Maintenance Supervisor. His ma-
jor is all-level physical education
and he is a member of Elmcrest
Baptist Church where he is on the
Leadership Council.
Ukle has been involved with
Disciple Now a discipleship pro-
gram for teenagers for the past
three years. He has worked with
nearly 200 teenagers and he also
has created an extensive program
in order to keep up with all his
previous "kids".
Ukle makes a habit of sending
out newsletters to the kids that he
has worked with through Disciple
Now. He also calls them
whenever he is in their town and
tries to keep up with what's going
on in their lives.
Ukle has also worked with
several summer camps He work-
ed one summer for HSU for 13
weeks. During these weeks of
camp Chico did a lot of
recruiting. He has also helped
produce two or three camps on
his own.
Ukle's major responsibility at
Moody Center consists of taking
reservations for activities at
Moody Center.
Ukle has been involved in Tau
Alpha Phi or TAU a men's social
club on campus for the past four
years. He is a former TAU presi-
dent and was TAU's Sing director
for two years for their renditions
of "Singing Cowboys" and "Fid-
dler on the Roof."
Ukle is a strong advocate of
Fraternities and Sororities and he
said "It tests yourself... your abili-
ty to accept others unconditional-
ly to stretch yourself and your
abilities to establish a comradery
with fellow students. It's chaleng-
ing. For me it challenged every
area of my life-even spiritally. It
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gave practicality to my Christiani
ty. Made me look at people I
never would have taken a second
look at."
Ukle is also in the military. He
was commissioned May 12 1985
and is after graduation he will
take up residence at Ft. Sill
Oklahoma. His concentration is
Field Artillery. He will be an officer
and manage men artillery and
equipment.
Ukle had his salvation ex-
perience April 12 1979 at First
Baptist Church of Albany.
Ukle says that salvation chang-
ed his priorities. He said "Sports
was my main thing. If you weren't
a jock you weren't anybody. I
basically quit the teams. Winning
wasn't a priority. I realized God
had a plan for me; sports wasn't
it."
Ukle said that basketball was the
only sport that he excelled in.
Ukle is involved in many ac-
tivities. He likes music and can
play the piano and guitar.
Ukle directed Love Company
for two years. He has taken mis-
sion trips to Mexico Indiana and
Colorado.
But Ukle said "Being invovled
doesn't mean anything if you
International Focus
by Yvonne Stackhouse
Hue Menzies graduates this
month having played soccer for
HSU on scholarship all four years
of college and having assisted
Misail Tsapos in coaching this last
year.
Growing up in Jamaica gave
Menzies an "edge" in soccer abili-
ty because all countries that have
had a strong British influence
teach soccer to both boys and girls
from a very young age.
By age 11 or 12 many young
people are very skilled and HSU
has been fortunate to have Men-
zies on the soccer team
Menzies misses the moderate
Caribbean climate of Jamaica the
weekend cricket games and the
wonderful sea diving in some of
the finest coral reefs in the world.
The temperature in Jamaica
ranges from 57 to 87 degrees
annually--no wonder tourism
brings in most of the island's in-
come. Of the population of 2.8 million
people the capital city of Kingston
houses 1.8 million.
Many people all over the world
long to visit Negrill Beach on the
famous Montego Bay and Men-
zies said there are many other
gorgeous sites among them Ochi
Rios and the Duns River Falls.
Because Jamaica has had
socialist and capitalist parties alter-
nately in power there has been
enough political unrest to cause
some of the citizens to move.
Menzies' mother and family mov
don't enjoy it. Use your potential.
This last year I looked at the
things I thought were important
and what I would enjoy."
As far Is the future is concerned
Ukle said that he plans to be on
active duty for the next 3-5 years
and then retire in the reserves. He
wants to persue his teaching
career. He hopes that as a teacher
and possibly as a coach he can
make a difference in kids' lives--in
their self esteem self concept and
self worth.
Ukle said "I have definite fami-
ly plans down the road. I'm
waiting to see how long the road
is. I'm not sure at what intersec-
tion it will be initiated at. It isn't
something to rush into-especially
when it involves the lives of other
people."
Ukle said he has some people
that he looks up to wants to be
like and he hopes that someday
people will look at his life and
want to be like him. TAU's motto
is something that Ukle feels is im-
portant "What you do for
yourself dies with you; what you
do for others remains and is im-
mortal." Ukle says "If God can use me I
just want to be the servant."
ed to Houston in 1980 so he at-
tended grades 11 and 12 in
Houston.
Menzies will graduate from
HSU with a bachelor of business
administration degree in finance.
He looks forward to the position
of credit supervisor at the central
office of Gordon's Jewellers.
"The people here have been
good to me" said Menzies. "I
have had a good experience."
One would find a conversation
with Menzies informative--especially
as he reminisces about
Jamaica.
For instance he remarked "In
Jamaica there is no legal drinking
age so alcohol does not seem to
be the problem it is here." Now
that would make an interesting
. discussion!
Hue Menzies
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