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Clark Atlanta University Panther
December 4, 1990
Lifestyle
Professor Teaches, Preaches
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Dr. HOSE SLOAN
By CYDNEY L. WILLIAMS
Managing Editor
When you think about the “Picture perfect”
teacher with pencil in hand, a flowered dress,
accentuated with a lace collar, and the
all-famous fat, juicy, red, polished apple on the
desk, that sits in front of a freshly washed black
board, you might consider Dr. Rose M. Sloan as
just the right person.
Guess what though? She does not just teach
from behind her desk. These days, you may
often find her teaching from behind a pulpit. Dr.
Slaon completed a program this summer at
Candler School of Theology at Emory
University. She also was o r dained as a minister
in the United Methodist Church this summer.
She is among individuals who are making
magnificient contributions to our society today.
She lives by the “golden rule,” implemented
with positivity and motivation. “1 try to
motivate people to do their best,’’said Dr. Sloan.
Furthermore, Dr. Sloan expressed her deep
belief that there is a time and a place for
everything. “When it is time to be serious and get
down to work, do that. But when it is time to
have fun, have fun,” said Dr. Sloan.
Some other points that highlight Dr. Sloan, a
member of the Department of Speech
Communication and Theatre Arts, and her
overall personality includes: love for traveling
and being a well rounded, balanced person.
Incredibly enough, Dr. Sloan’s personality
blends perfectly, like pinstipes on a grey suit,
with the things she is doing in her life today. She
expressed the call to go into the ministry as an
extension of “her ministry.” Dr. Sloan explained
minstry is what she has been doing all the time in
teaching higher education. “The things I have
done professionally have all sort of tied in with
one another,” said Dr. Sloan.
Being in the profession of teaching for the last
20 years has been a ministry of helping for Dr.
Sloan. She feels strongly about the Black church
being an instrument to teach. “The church is
made up of people, and part of what I see
happening is the people suffering from lack of
knowledge,” said Dr. Sloan. Therefore, she
expressed the need for teaching to come into the
Black church. “The Black church is in the
position to pull a lot of our people out of
economic, spiritual, and physical conditions,”
said Dr. Sloan. The seriousness of this matter
was expressed by her gesturing her hands. In
addition, her voice was shaking like a tightrope
beam, steady but always swaying. The two seem
so synonymous, teaching and preaching. Dr.
Slaon said she likes to leave people with
something that will help them on a day to day
basis and not jsut concerning the future.
“If I can live so that
others can see what I am
doing and in turn
motivate them, I have
accomplished something”
— Dr. ROSE SLOAN
Therefore, Dr. Sloan has a strong
commitment to both callings in her life.
However, the key is using them collectively. “1
hope to encourage students to get articles and
other materials published,” said Dr. Sloan. She
is also writitng her own book for her class in
Philosophy and Ethics in the Department of
Mass Media Arts. The book will contain case
studies. “You can only reach so many people
orally,” said Dr. Sloan. Therefore, she feels that
publishing is essential for preserving. Dr. Sloan
is also using her own students in her book. “As
we develop a book here at Clark Atlanta
University, other students will come along and
be able to relate, because it is their own,” said Dr.
Sloan.
Having Dr. Sloan for a class gives students an
oportunity to notice the constant reference she
gives to her mother throughout many of her
lectures. Dr. Sloan often refers to the sayings
and quotes she received from her mother. “1
come from a strong family background,” said
Dr. Sloan. This summer was a very special
summer for her family, which celebrated their
reunion. Her father was blessed with celebrating
his 90th birthday and her mother celebrated her
85th birthday during the family reunion
festivities. In additon, Dr. Sloan said there were
16 grandchildren, nine greatgrands and seven
first generations represented at the family
reunion. Dr. Sloan emphasized the need for the
Black family to get back to close family ties. She
added the Black family having a source of being
a strong entity in todays society.
“You have to start within yourself. Therefore,
I spend a lot of time working on myself,” said Dr.
Sloan. Furthermore, she expressed it is not what
you say, but what you do that is important. As a
result, she said, “If I can live so that others can
see what I am doing and in turn motivate them, I
have accomplished something. Dr. Sloan has
managed to use the best of two equations and
come up with the perfect solution. Preaching
plus teaching equals great impact on individuals.
Touchtone Registration:
The Wave Of The Future
By MARJORIE MOORE
Contributing Writer
It is the fall quarter and
Michael Straw is at home
preparing to pre-register for the
winter quarter at Georgia State
University. Michael doesn’t
have to set a foot outside of his
door to walk to the registration
line at school. Instead he lets
his fingers do the walking and
registers by telephone.
Georgia State has a touch
tone registration process which
students can register their
classes with a telephone call.
Michael said, “The tele
phone is the best way to
register. I can stay at home and
a computer can help me register
for my classes. 1 just enter the
codes which represent classes
just by pressing the telephone
bottons. Then, 1 am registered
within minutes.”
Dr. James E. Greene Jr., the
registrar at Georgia State
University said, “J'he univer
sity was one of the first schools
in the U.S. to have a touch tone
registration system. The
university has a history for
being pioneers. Also, we tried
to find a better way to register
classes for our students. The
adminstrators gave it a shot
and the outcome was success
ful. We have had visits from
universities including foreign
countries to come and see our
new development.”
Georgia State has had this
system since 1985. Dr. Greene
said the biggest complaint that
students have is, why didn’t the
university have the system
before.”
Dr. Greene said, “They love
it. They would hang me up by
my thumbs if I changed it.”
According to Dr. Greene, the
university selected the system
because it was convenient for
students.
“Most of Georgia State’s
students are employed and a
large percentage is married.
The touch tone system is a
convenient way for people who
have busy lives. It is available
24 hours a day and six days a
week. You can call from work
or from a pay phone.”
Dr. Greene said that the
university is educating many
colleges across the country
about the touch tone process
including Clark Atlanta
University. “We have met with
several adminstrators from
Clark to demonstrate some
features from our system.”
Dr. Greene along with Mark
S.^ Elliott, an adminstrator
from Georgia State, wrote a
brochure which explains in
detail how the touch tone
registration process operates.
The brochure is named
“Telephone Registration in a
Downtown Commuter School:
The Georgia State Perspec
tive.”
The brochure gives financial
suggestions on how a university
can own such a system. Dr.
Greene and Elliott said a
system would cost approxi
mate $30,000 to $50,000. A
system of this size would
adequately serve 5,000
students.
Dr. Greene and Elliott said
that cost is a major factor but, it
is not the most important one.
They offered some quidelines
on how a university can pay for
touch tone system. First, to
fund such a system, a college
should collect the registration
fees early from students.
However, Dr. Fred Fresh,
the registrar at Clark Atlanta
University said, “Collecting
fees early is a problem at the
university. This is one reason
the university doesn’t have a
faster registration like Georgia
State."
According to Dr. Fresh,
many students at Clark do not
have their tution funds when
they register for classes.
Therefore, the university
provides a deferred payment
plan, which the university pays
for the student’s tuition until
the student can pay the
institution back.
Dr. Fresh said some students
don’t pay the institution back
while others don’t pay until the
end of the year. As a result, the
university is in more debt, he
said.
According to Carole Ram
sey, a CAU alumna, “Clark is
known for helping students
with their tution. I have known
many students who were able
to attend school because of the
deferred payment plan.”
Dr. Fresh said that the
adminstration reviews the
registration process every
semester and they try to figure
out how they can improve the
system.
“The registration committee
meets at the end of the day at
registration and we review each
station to improve the
process.”
Also, Dr. Fresh said that the
registration committee is
working on pre-registration.
“If a student pre-registers, the
student wouldn’t have to go
through as many lines.”
While the registration
committee thinks of better
ways to improve registration,
many students are still
unhappy and they are com
plaining about the registration
at Clark.