Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1988 Page: 1 of 4
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Name change is official, will take effect in Jan.
JAMES NICHOLS (I), chairman of the board of trustees and President Jerry Bawcom announced last
Friday that Texas Wesleyan College will be named Texas Wesleyan University affective Jan. 9, 1989.
Photo by Jerry B. Mahla.
by Ray C. Brooks
The Texas Wesleyan board of
trustees voted unanimously on
Oct. 14, 1986 to change Texas
Wesleyan College to Texas Wes-
leyan University.
The name change will not be-
come official until January 9,
1989. but students graduating this
December may choose to have
either name on their diplomas
without any fee.
“The trustees have elevated
Texas Wesleyan’s status in order
to officially acknowledge that
the term ’university’ rather than
the term ’college’ more accurate-
ly describes the scope of Texas
Wesleyan’s programs,” said James
Nichols, chairman of the board
of trustees. He said the term
college denotes an institution
which offers only undergraduate
degrees while the term univer-
sity denotes an institution which
offers both undergraduate and
graduate degrees.
Texas Wesleyan currently of-
fers two masters degrees: a mas-
ter of Health Science in Nurse
Anesthesia and a master of
Science in Education.
“Both degree programs are rec-
ognized within their respective
fields as outstanding,” said Ni-
chols.
“There are many reasons for
the change in the status of Texas
Wesleyan at this particular time,”
said Jerry Bawcom, president of
Texas Wesleyan. “Among them
is the increased recognition
of the quality and scope of this
institution and its degree pro-
gram. The U.S. News and World
Report listed Texas Wesleyan as
one of the top five small compre-
hensive colleges in the United
States in terms of resources in
this year’s edition of ’America’s
Best Colleges.’ ”
Bawcom said the dedication of
the West Library on Oct. 21 will
be “a great step forward in the
future of our college. It will en-
able us to double the size of our
library holdings. In the last five
years we’ve grown from about
125,000 volumes to 175,000.
“It is the only academic library
in North Central Texas that is
fully automated, The West Li-
brary is a continued testimony to
the growth of Texas Wesleyan in
quality undergraduate and grad-
uate programs "
Texas Wesleyan is currently
undertaking a three year public
awareness campaign funded by
the Amon G. Carter Foundation.
The goal of the campaign is to
increase the recognition of Texas
Wesleyan. While trying to in-
crease the public's awareness,
Texas Wesleyan chose a new
logo using the West Library as a
symbol of the college.
Bawcom said the faculty coun-
cil, the academic council, all the
committees of the board of trus-
tees, and the alumni association
voted in favor of changing the
name.
Bawcom said there has been
some consideration to adding a
third graduate degree to Texas
Wesleyan’s program. He said a
masters in business administra-
tion might be offered in the
future. It would be three to five
years before it might be added.
Bawcom said that to avoid con-
fusion with Texas Women’s Uni-
versity (TWU) Texas Wesleyan
will avoid the use of the initials
TWU as much as possible.
“We typically say Texas Wes-
leyan and very seldom use our
initials in formal or informal
business," he said.
Small electrical fire hits library
SCOTT YOUNG (senior) pitches to one of his Sig Ep brothers during
a game of stick bell in front of O. C. Hell. Photo by Jerry B. Mahle
SGA pres, and v.p.
now sit with trustees
by Ray C. Brooks
Texas Wesleyan's board of
trustees voted to make the pres-
idents and vice presidents of the
Student Government Association,
the Faculty Council, and the
Alumni Association ex-officio
members of the board of trustees.
That means they will be en-
titled to attend all board meet-
ings and have access to the min-
utes and records of all the trus-
tee committees. In the past, the
president decided whether or not
they would attend any meetings
and if they would be allowed
access to any records.
John Casey, SGA president,
said Jerry Bawcom, president of
Texas Wesleyan, showed favor lo
SGA by allowing the president
and vice president to attend
though they did not have a right
to until now.
"It showed confidence in the
Student Government Association
to put them in the same cate-
gory as the Alumni Association
and Faculty Council," said Casey.
Though the ex-officio members
will not be given the right to
vote, they will have the right to
attend the meetings It gives
them more influence In any deci-
sions the board may make.
Casey said the proposal was
unanimously accepted by the
board of trustees.
by Bill Day
A fire in an electrical trans-
former outside the West Library
caused a power outage on cam-
pus early Tuesday morning. The
fire didn't cause any damage to
the library itself, but the loss of
power meant inconveniences to
Wesleyan students, faculty and
staff.
The fire apparently started
about 1:55 a m. Tuesday. Doug
Ferrier, Dean of the Library, said
that a T-switch on the trans-
former exploded, causing the
fire. Power was lost immediate-
ly, and the fire department was
called to the scene.
Four trucks from the Fort
Worth Fire Department arrived
at the campus at about 2 am,
and after an examination, fire-
men discovered the fire. The
transformer is located in a vault
sunk into the ground near the
left of the steps into the library.
Because it was an electrical
fire, and water couldn't be used
to put it out, firemen descended
into the vault with carbon dioxide
fire extinguishers. After exhaust-
ing the supply of C02 extinguish-
ers, the fire continued to sput-
ter. Four more extinguishers
were brought in at about 3:05
a m, and firemen tried again to
put out the fire. When all power
to the transformer was finally
cut about 3:25 am., the fire
died. By 3:30 a m,, the vault was
covered and the firefighters left
the scene. Power was restored to
the dormitories at about 6:10
am.
As of Tuesday afternoon,
power had not been restored to
the library, Mulkey Hall, Ann
Waggoner, the Academic Annex
or the Administration Building.
A portable generator was power-
ing telephones, but no lights or
air conditioners were on.
According to Dean of Students
Loralee Pohl, residents of Mulkey
who were without power were
given the opportunity to move
into the vacant first floor of
Stella Russell Hall until power
was restored. The main complaint
of many Mulkey residents was
the lack of hot water, since the
water heaters are electrically
powered. Some, however, were
taking the hardships in stride.
"These things happen," said
Mulkey resident Rebecca Yar-
brough. "It’s just something you
have to deal with." Yarbrough
said she was moving to Stella.
"With midterms this week, I
really don't have time to worry
about this," she said. Dean Pohl
added that any frozen food the
Mulkey residents had would be
stored in the walk-in freezer at
Dora Roberts Hall.
There was still no indication
as of Tuesday afternoon what
caused the T-switch to blow.
“We’re waiting for parts that
are on order before power can
be restored," said Ferrier. “That
could be a day or two.” Ferrier
added that there was a small
chance power could be on by
Tuesday evening.
Although some smoke moved
into the mechanical area of the
library basement, all damage
was limited to the transformer
vault. Ferrier said the trans-
former was part of original
equipment that was here before
construction of the new library.
The fire will not spoil plans
for tomorrow's library dedication
ceremony. According to Presi-
dent Jerry Bawcom's office, the
dedication will take place as
scheduled.
Ferrier credits Wesleyan secu-
rity in helping to avoid disaster.
"They were on top of the situa-
tion," he said. “The fire depart-
ment was called, and all the
right people from the College
were notified.”
REMINDER
Dug to th# dedication tomorrow, parking lot* at the
Ad building, Sid Richardson and the Science building
will be doted to students and faculty.
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