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Show for the education of service technicians and service management personnel for Toyota. HTCC is a program in technology funded in part by an allocation from the legislature to provide technical training, retraining, and an up-grade of training for industries in Utah to improve productivity. Carl Grunander of the distributive technology department was named Outstanding Teacher by the Utah Vocational Association in 1985. A cable television channel was housed in the basement of the Stewart Library in 1985. The quarter system and the semester system were the subject of much debate throughout Utah higher education circles during the decade, but by 1988, it appeared the state system of higher education would remain on the quarter system. Early in 1985, President Brady announced that after a study of proposals concerning the administrative organization on Webers campus, it was his decision to add a vice president for student affairs to the administrative staff. Individuals who were already employed on campus were encouraged to apply for the new position and Marie Kotter, who had served as assistant academic vice president, was chosen for the new position in 1986. Jeffrey Livingston was chosen as associate academic vice president during 1986-1987. Jerald Storey resigned as vice president for business affairs at the end of 1986-1987 and was replaced by Allen Simkins. Simkins, resigned his position as Dean of the School of Business to accept the vice presidency, and was replaced by Alma Harris. Cyrus McKell was appointed as dean of the School of Natural Sciences during the Summer of 1988. Dean Hurst retired as vice president for college relations in Juneof 1987, and Robert DeBoer was named acting vice president for college relations. The bachelor of General Studies degree program which had been in effect at Weber for a decade was renamed in 1985 to become the bachelor of Integrated Studies. Administrative changes continued in March of 1985, as President Brady submitted his resignation as president of Weber State College to be effective at the end of the academic year. After seven years at Weber, Brady became the president of Bonneville International. As he left Weber, his trademarks included a goal oriented life and an ongoing movement toward excellence. Stephen D. Nadauld was chosen as the ninth president of Weber in June of 1985. Naudauld had most recently been the chief executive officer for the Intermountain Milk Producers. He received his B.A. degree from B.Y.U., his M.B.A. from Harvard, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Nadauld had served as director of the M.B.A. program at B.Y.U. and was selected from among 100 applicants for the position of president. When asked what his goals were, Nadauld noted there is no success in the presidents office. The success is in the classrooms, the laboratories and the activities on campus. Nadauld suggested his role was to help the faculty to facilitate what they want to accomplish. To students, Nadauld suggested skills, attitudes and intellectual abilities were important qualities and that students should emphasize problem solving techniques and the ability to learn. As enrollments dropped during the 1984-1985 school year, budget cuts were mandated, and the number of tuition waivers available was cut. Neil McCarthy, Wildcat basketball coach, won his 200th victory in a Weber win over the University of Idaho during March of 1985. McCarthy left Weber at the end of the 1985 season and was replaced by former U.C.L.A. player and coach Larry Farmer. Farmer coached the Wildcats for three years, and was replaced in 1988 by Denny Huston. Exercise became part of campus life in the form of road races, bicycle races, and some students became involved in triathalons, training and competing in running, swimming and bicycling. The Signpost celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1985. The original Signpost had been a bulletin board in the foyer of the Moench Building which was begun in 1935, and in 1937 the name was given to the new student newspaper. The Signpost concentrated some of its columns on the history of the college and the approaching centennial during the 1980s, and during 1987-1988 began to be published on a three-times-a-week basis. Also begun in 1935 was the Weber College literary publication Scribulus, and as time passed its name was changed to Metaphor. A regional computer network for mathematics connecting Weber State to 33 public school classrooms in surrounding counties was begun in 1987 under the direction of Pat Henry and Richard Miller. Plans are to increase the number of classrooms connected to the network and to have it go state-wide. A Writing Assistance Center was begun in 1985 under the leadership of the department of English to assist students with writing as well as computer assisted writing, and the Utah Musical Theatre began its first season in the summer of 1981 with the college as a major sponsor of the program. The Weber Alumni Association which had supported the college since its days as an academy noted in the mid-1980s that Weber alumni lived in every state of the Union and in many foreign countries. Branches of the Weber Alumni Associations had been organized across the country in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Provo, St. George, Washington D.C. and Chicago. As the college neared its 100th birthday, the Weber Alumni planned to build an alumni house on the southwest corner of the campus. In 1970 the Weber Alumni began to award the Henry Aldous Dixon Award to be given on an annual basis by the Association to an individual whose service and contributions to Weber was notable. The first Dixon Award was given to Dello G. Dayton. The first personally named dedication of a facility on the campus took place in 1970, and since that time forty-two areas have been memorialized. Student fees have supported a wide variety of activities since their implementation early in the century. During the 1980s student fees assisted in bringing to the campus speakers and entertainers as well as paying for athletics and bonds which had been issued for construction of the union building, student housing and in part the Dee Events Center. A tuition surcharge in 1985 was dedicated for upgrading the Stewart Library collection. In 1986, student officers voted for a special three-year tuition surcharge to be matched by the state legislature to be used for student computer laboratories. More than one million dollars was provided for computer labs through the surcharge over three years (1986-1987 to 1988-1989); the |