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Battalion/Page 9 February 21, 1983 local Council studies possible teacher shortage, causes V'akv nas Heavenly sunlight a cat, shows his best side as he enjoys a sunlight Saturday. Trax is ow r ned by Wally Harwood, a senior from College Station. staff photo by Dena L. Brown electrical engineering major by Angie Kerr Battalion Reporter The College of Education’s Development Council is con cerned with the potential shor tage of teachers and improve ment of college-level teaching, says a council member at Texas A&M. The development council, created one year ago, is com posed of business executives, school administrators, industrial representatives, educational consultants, teachers, invest ment counselors and other members from around the state. Dr. Donald Clark, associate dean of research for the College of Education, says enrollment in the education college has de clined tremendously in the last few years because of low teacher salaries. In addition, teachers are leav ing the profession because of the quality of the workplace and the negative attitude of society to ward teaching, Clark says. A task force working within the council has determined that evaluations made by students should become a part of the eva luation process of professors and graduate assistants. Evaluations at Texas A&M currently are conducted by indi vidual departments. Clark said the council also would like to see research and funding considered for the fol lowing programs: computer literacy, faculty publications, health enhancement and post doctoral fellowships in educa tional administration. PUBLISHING CAREER? Learn more about The Rice Publishing Program, an intensive, four-week course in book and magazine publishing, to be held June 5-July 1 on the Rice University campus in Houston. Dr. Patricia Martin, Rice University, will be on campus from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, to discuss the program with interested juniors, seniors and graduate students. Persons wishing to speak with her should come to the Career Planning and Placement Center, 10th Floor, Rudder Tower, at that time. t\8cM lab researches, designs effective robots Americaiu id. The l should co Is by Brigid Brockman open if SOt W Battalion Reporter not r eceiirBP ro ^ ess<)rs an( f graduate stu dents are designing robots and i throuft integrating them into auto- oth in tk|t ate d manufacturing systems period li ‘ n l * ie robotics and productivity easinglv (^oratory in the Zachry En- rld econon gineering Center. I Dr. Gordon R. Hopkins, )0th the l|f ad °f the department of tin AmencB echanica ! engineering, said the electrical, industrial and ' mechanical engineering depart- l unempk ! ^ c ' nts and t he engineering tech- di as MH:fjr°§y department work with j .,jl| e Ithe lab. ih from ■ r °botics lab is divided UnitedSiaJ|‘ _ ^ ^ ^ emoredi®® ® W W W W W W ® a countries® it of the® n external® | theworM® owed I)' ® itries. ■ nnuinicati®” hesituad*) which has in Anierio* nt the 'eats® to be a fat'® icial solute a m /ro" 1 ® nvpoint.c®® nin Ament 1 ] ree it tes bvnghijf micandro iid. m • said. iit li ' : ® no simpMa he prul )lfE W lie said at* ■'Bunker 1 ”® orthep^L I “hie I)' 1, w into five small labs. Ben W. Mooring, supervisor of the research and design lab, said lab workers research and design new robots and try to im prove old ones. An effective robot is one that is accurate and controllable. In the computer and simula tion lab, a robotics program is viewed on a computer television screen before it is actually prog rammed into a robot. Using this method, errors can be corrected before the robot is prog rammed. Workers in the applications lab are trying to find the most efficient way for robots to per form specialized jobs. Dr. Robert E. Young, super visor of the automation lab, said workers in this lab are interested in the control aspects of robotic systems. For example, they ex amine how fast a robot can per form routine tasks, within a given period of time. Hopkins said workers in the sensory control lab are ex perimenting with vision in robots, so that machines can re spond to their surrounding en vironment. : A T MSC CAMERA MEETING Monday, Feb. 21 601 Rudder 7:00 p.m. Darkroom & Class Sign-Ups Professional Photographer Will Speak > ® 1 ,d work 1 ® table an^ ; r foreign* s ociate<l f!! lessor, 111 niversih vice. re- Texas A&M Flying Club sponsors in AVIATION SAFETY SEMINAR along with regular meeting. All people interested in flying safety are urged to attend. Feb. 22 — 7:30 p.m. — Heldenfels 109 PICK A CARD. ANY CARD. AND GET CASH AT ANY TELLER 2. Now you don’t have to have a Teller 2 card to enjoy Teller 2 convenience. You’re now part of Pulse SM , a growing statewide network of automatic tellers. And since First City Teller 2 is a mem ber of the Pulse System, an Anytime or Pulse Card from your Bank gives you access to any of our convenient loca tions. 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