Pres. Combee delivers: Simple is as The Collegian Simple Does Page 6 Vol. 55 No. 1 Grove City College, Grove City, Pa. Friday, Sept. 9, 1994 Freshmen enter the computer age Beginning with this year's freshman class, Grove City tating a smooth transition to College is leading its students the point where the computer into the age of mobile technol- is an integral part of the overall ogy with a new Information academic experience for each Technology Initiative. student. Technical staff is available to answer questions On Saturday, August 27, at a "help desk", which will more than 600 entering fresh- also provide full maintenance man at GCC received their service. An 800 number will very own color notebook-sized enable students to access the computers lightweight, help desk whenever they are portable, and with rechargeable away from campus. batteries. And every freshman Students may take their note- dorm room is now equipped book computers to the library with ink-jet printers, giving as they work on papers and students direct access to laser other assignments. And Grove quality printing within their City College is developing a rooms. way for students to access In- "We are pleased that Grove ternet and other resources on City College is one of only a the developing "Information few colleges to undertake this Superhighway' from their kind of initiative," notes Col- dorm rooms. The college lege President Jerry H. hopes to have this network Combee. "In four years, every ready by fall 1995. student all 2,000 plus will Throughout the summer, a have a notebook computer. a quality team under the joint one-to-one student/computer President Combee and the freshman class show off new computers. leadership of President ratio. And Grove City College puters upon completion of a Combee and Associate Profes- is among the very first, if not Even with this added feature, four-year degree. Meanwhile, puters as they teach them how sor of Mechanical Engineering the first, to provide color they can use the notebook the price of a Grove City Col- to apply computers in a sub- Dr. James Conwell prepared book computers to every stu- lege education (tuition, room, computers whenever and ject. In the spring every faculty for the fall computer distribu- dent. wherever they need them board and the computer) is still member received a color note- tion and instruction. "The experience of regular, cluding at home during breaks under $10,000 per year for all book computer identical to President Combee articulates extensive, and convenient use degrees. and summers. The notebook those received by the fresh- the vision for the new initiative of portable computers will as- While on campus, students computers are equipped with men. in this way: "Computer and sist students in whatever career can take their notebook com- fax/modems and word process- Students are receiving thor- communications technology is they choose," Combee added. ing, spreadsheet, and commu- puters into classes and labs. ough instruction on how to op- Professors may ask students to no longer something you go to. Students will own the com- nications software. erate their computers. A five- It's something you take with follow on their notebook com- part training program is facili- you where you go.' Money ranks GCC 11th in the nation for 1995 The Money Guide Best GCC improved its national independent votes of confi- College Buys Now 1995 is Of the Fall '94 freshmen, 80 ranking by two spaces; in America's top liberal arts col- dence a college can receive." now on newsstands. Using a percent were in the top 20 1993, the college was 13th in leges. The Common-Sense number of criteria, including percent of their high school the nation. In 1992, GCC was Guide to American Colleges, Grove City College has cost, student-to-faculty ratio, class and 54 percent were in listed 19th on the national list. The 1995 Guide to 101 Best been put on the map for its class rank of freshmen and the top 10 percent of their Values in America's Colleges strong academics, visionary class. The 1994 freshman SAT scores, Money rated col- and Universities, Peterson's "We were extremely leadership and solid tradition- leges for their value. Grove average SAT score is 1145; pleased to learn of our Money Competitive Colleges 1994- al values. The price -- under City College was ranked: the average ACT score, 26. Guide rankings," commented 95, Barron's Profile of Ameri- $10,000 per year for all de- 4th Best in the Mid- College President Jerry H. can Colleges all include grees -- includes tuition, Atlantic Región Grove City College is Combee. "These rankings are Grove City. Grove City's room, board and a personal 11th Best in the Nation recognized nationally as one very important to us. The col- free-enterprise emphasis and color notebook computer for 6th Best in the Highly- of America's best colleges. lege views Money Guide's character-building have won all freshmen. Selective Category Nationally The National Review College evaluation as one of the best Templeton Foundation Top students attend GCC. Guide rated GCC one of awards. GCC welcomes new faculty and administrators Grove City College an- nounced recently the appoint- A 1991 alumnus of Grove Mountain View (Community) ment of six new faculty mem- City College, where he College, Brookhaven bers and two administrators for majored in political science (Community) College, and the the 1994-95 school year. and philosophy, Michael L. University of Dallas. During Dr. Janice B. Brown has Coulter earned an M.A. in UD's Summer Scholars Pro- been hired as an assistant pro- politics in 1993 from the gram, a special program for fessor of English. A native of University of Dallas. He has high school students. Coulter Canada, she was born and edu- completed coursework and taught courses on Socrates and cated in St. John's, Newfound- language requirements for his public policy. land. She received her degrees Ph.D. from UD's, Institute of Steven S. Lamie will have from the Memorial University Philosophic /Studies, an three roles at Grove City Col- of Newfoundland. Her Honors interdisciplinary doctoral lege: biology lab instructor, B.A. in English was awarded program. A native of the head resident, and assistant in 1968; her M.A. in English, Grove City area, he will join men's basketball coach. A in 1975; her Bachelor of Edu- the GCC faculty in January native of Bethlehem, Pa.. cation, in 1980; and her Ph.D., 1995 as an instructor of Lamie received his Bachelor of in 1994. humanities and political Science degree in biology from Dr. Brown, whose specialty thought. Grove City College in 1985. is British literature, has over A member of the American During his senior year, he was fifteen years of teaching expe- Political Science Association co-captain of the basketball rience at both the high school New faculty: front (L-R): Mr. Michael Coulter, Dr. Janice and the Southern Political Sci- team. From 1985 to 1989, he and college level. In Papua, Brown, Dr. Dorothea Bowers (part-time Instructor of edu- ence Association, Coulter has taught biology and coached the New Guinea she served as a cation). Back (L-R): Mr. Craig Stokes (instructor of Span- participated in and attended missionary teacher, teaching ish), Dr. Durwood Ray, Dr. Warren Throckmorton, Mr. Ken- freshman basketball team at neth Stitt. conferences sponsored by The Cedar Crest High School in senior honors English in a high Action Institute for the Study Lebanon, Pa. school for expatriate students While living in Newfound Christian literature for use in of Religion and Liberty, Lamie then continued his ed- operated by The Summer Insti- land, Dr. Brown, under com- Liberty Fund, and the Intercol- ucation at Kent State Univer- high schools. She also co- tute of Linguistics (Wycliffe mission from a provincial legiate Studies Institute. He sity, earning a master of arts in Bible Translators). The student edited, with her husband, school board, compiled Chris has published articles in Cam- World View, Ethics, and Is- biology in 1991. During that body of this school represented tian Literary Heritage, a pus and The Freeman as well time, he was a graduate assis- seventeen different countries. sues, a high school religious chronological anthology of as several newspapers. He also tant basketball coach. For the studies text. has taught part-time at Continued on Page 2