Hardin-Simmons University Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 28, 1984 Page: 1 of 4
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Hardin -Simmons
University VI
nd
March 28 1984
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Seventy-eight years of Journalistic Endeavor Abilene Texas
Volume 72
Number 13
Faculty guidelines stress Christian commitment
Trustees of Hardin-Simmons
University have adopted guidelines
for faculty appointment calling for
"geniune commitment to Jesus
Christ" and said a majority of HSCJ
faculty members "should be Bap-
tists." In their annual spring meeting
trustees acted on a suggestion from
the university's administration to
establish a set of guidelines for
faculty members which deals with
personal Christian commitment
professional competence and con-
cern for students and church affilia-
tion. Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher president
and Dr. Ronald A. Smith vice presi-
dent for academic affairs said the
HSU statement was adapted from a
published address by Dr. Ben
Fisher retired head of the Southern
Baptist Education Commission
Nashville.
Smith said "We are formalizing in
a written statement practices we've
tried to follow for some time."
The statement on personal Chris-
tian commitment says that the facul-
ty member should have " a genuine
commitment to Jesus Christ as per-
sonal Savior and Lord a concern for
an appropriate Christian witness to
students a willingness to support
the community of faith-both within
the local church and in the church
universal and a deep sense of mis-
sion in transmitting both the Chris-
tian faith and Christian morals and
ethical values."
The church affiliation statement
said that a majority of HSCJ's faculty
Financial aid
Information help available
Trino M. Martinez
staff writer
Two workshops held in late
lanuary concerning minor altera-
tions in the financial aid applica-
tions were attended by Gerald
Armstrong Director of Financial
Aid.
The workshops were directed
toward creating a new delivery
system of the financial aid forms
to the students. "A lot of it is inter-
nal things the students won't see."
said Armstrong in reference to
changes in the office procedures
of processing the applications.
From the office standpoint a
new payment schedule has been
designed making it simpler and
more understandable said Arm-
strong. The new schedule makes it
easier to keep record of payments
made by studentstherefore
eliminating the possibilities of
students being double-charged for
bills he said.
With the improved payment
schedule the financial aid
employees have a less com-
plicated task of organizing the
varied forms of student funding
programs.
The new applications also
benefit the student with the push
toward simplicity. There Is exter-
nal significance for the student in
that the Information required of the
students is much more under-
standable than the present applications.
Armstrong said that with the im-
proved applications -it will be
easier for students to submit infor-
mation corrections and if the form
asks questions of the students the
questions will be printed in bold-
face type.
As for financial aid for the next
semester students should begin
applying now since applications
are processed on a "first come
first serve basis." and "early ap-
plications get priority treatment."
said Mr. Armstrong.
No cuts have been made in the
financial aid programs and Mr.
Armstrong readily assured that
"everything is intact for the next
year." He also commented that
awards for the next year will range
from the minimum of $200 to the
maximum of $1900.
For summer financial aid.
students may apply for loans or
may draw aid from the summer
work programs.
Students with questions about
any of the financial aid programs
should call the Federal Student
Aid Information Center at (301)
984-4070 between 9 a.m. and 5:30
p.m. Eastern Standard Time Mon-
day through Friday.
If students wish to find out
whether their applications have
been processed they may call the
Process Center at (319) 337-3738
from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time Monday
through Friday.
should be Baptists "in view of the
University's Baptist heritage its
base of support and the nature of its
mission." But the statement also
said the University will consider
both Baptists and non-Baptists for
employment those "who understand
and are in sympathy with the mis-
sion and purpose of the University."
Thus while Baptist affiliation is
desirable and strengthens a can-
didate's application it does not
mean that a Baptist candidate will
be preferred over a non-Baptist can-
didate. Concerning professional com-
petence the guidelines state that
"The Christian teacher should be
one who is well prepared in his or
her discipline who keeps abreast of
current developments in the field
who at all times consciously seeks
to teach and work within the
framework of the stated purpose of
the institution and who is willing to
accept professional evaluation of his
or her own performance for pur-
poses of self improvement."
The guidelines state that "the ef-
fective Christian teacher is one who
takes a personal interest in the in-
tellectual ethical and spiritual
development of the students."
The guidelines continue. "He or
she listens with care and sympathy
to the student's problems and is
especially alert to those who for
whatever reason do not readily seek
counsel but need attention. By both
precept and example the teacher en-
courages students to develop a
sense of self-worth and to become
responsible citizens."
Apple Core...
Apple in Core Curriculum. . .Christy Haas sophomore Music Education major
from Abilene gets a head start on HSU's new computer literacy requirement
for incoming freshmen students as she checks out the School of Music's Ap-
ple He Computer.
Computer-assisted instruction was instituted in the School of Music this fall
with the purchase of two Apple lie computers and software for use in theory
and music history. One of the computers is being used by the office to keep
records and provide word processing capabilities. As HSU evaluates the worth
of computers for the achelvement of its goals it will be adjusting andor expan-
ding the capabilities in this area.
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