Human Relations Center serves educational and
personal needs
A GUIDE TO STUDENT LIFE  UNIVERSITY OF KENTU<
1974-75
by GREGG ZOROYA
The Human Relations Department, headed by Jon Dalton, was divided into six sections dedicated to the following areas of concern:
(1) To serve the educational and personal needs of university students and staff with special physical, cultural, and educational needs.
(2) To promote cross-cultural understandings and communication through educational, social, and volunteer programming.
(3) To promote and support the efforts of individuals working with student speciality groups through close staff contact, shared resources, and joint programming.
In addition to being co-ordinator of the department, Dalton is also director of two of its sections, International Student Affairs and Religious Affairs.
The International Affairs office serves as a university officer for administration of US immigration laws and regulations concerning non-immigrant students. The office sponsors fall and spring orientation programs along with instituting social and cultural programs that are designed to increase contact between international students and their US counterparts.
One such program, International Week, was held April 1-6. The program was "designed to promote discussion about the relevance of current international issues for today's world." Dalton said.
A highlight this year for Dalton was the great increase in the foreign students at UK, a total of some 450 people.
The Religious Affairs office is concerned primarily with providing information and assistance to campus religious groups, campus religious advisers and community churches on university policies and procedures.
Dalton claims that because of the growth of interest in religion today and increase in interest on campus has been found. He noted a movement "particularly toward the non-traditional form of religion."
Sharon Childs, director of the office for Continuing Education for Women, another branch of Human Relations, said that "a lot of women, from off campus would like to use the university as a community resource." For this reason her office has sponsored workshops, seminars, and non-credit classes that fulfill women's educational needs without requiring them to enter degree programs.
A significant accomplishment of the year was the acquisition of a second scholarship for economically disadvantaged freshmen women.
The background is the cover of the new Crossroads. The booklet is a guide to student life at the University.
Lab develops mini
ambulance
by TOM KAISER
"No heart-attacks, just fainters" mused Tom Geoffroy, a research engineer at the engineering lab. Tom's comment was concerned with spectators at the new Commonwealth stadium. He was one of the three drivers of the new "mini ambulances" or converted golf carts.
"These carts are equipped with a cardio pack which has a set of defribulators and an EKG, a scoop stretcher, and emergency 500 drug box, oxygen, equipment for TV's, and various other first-aid items," Tom noted.
The purpose of these carts was to provide quick relief for people who had cardiac arrests since time is critical in this situation.
There were two carts and one was stationed onoeach side of the stadium on the upper concourse during a football game. Since there were no telephones in the stadium fall semester they used scouts as runners to relay messages about any trouble. "But most of the time we just sat there and waited," said Tom.
The idea behind the carts was Dr. James Lafferty. Through the cooperative efforts of Dean Walton, Dr. Pisacano, and Dr. Carrey the idea materialized. The carts were constructed in the Wenner-Gren Research Lab at a cost of $6,000 each.
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