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6.  COEDS WORK AS RETAILERS FOR COLLEGE CREDIT

     To earn five credit hours in a course entitled "Retail
Job Analysis," 11 University coeds in the College of Home
Economics are hired by retail establishments in a supervised
program designed to provide experience in every phase of
merchandising--from the time the article is purchased by the
store until it is sold. Last semester, the girls worked in
Lexington and Cincinnati stores. Mrs. Betty Eastin, assistant
professor of home economics, requires her students working out-
side the Lexington area to file a written report "at least once
a week." The eight weeks spent in the store are summarized in
a notebook depicting the store's business procedures, from the
type of labels used in their merchandise to the safety pamphlets
supplied employees. "The stores participating in the training
program have been most cooperative," Mrs. Eastin said. Last
summer, several girls enrolled in the course worked in New York
City. Former students of Mrs. Eastin have worked in Houston,
Texas, Evansville, Ind.,  Washington, D.C., and Elyria, Ohio.
Each girl is paid minimum wages and works under the supervision
of the store's department manager.

     Mrs. Eastin consults with the supervisor at least twice
during the eight week program, once at the beginning, to plan
the girls' program, and again at the end of their training.
Much of the student's learning experience depends on the amount
of time the store has to spend with individual supervision.
"One girl may participate in all facets of merchandising--from
buying to selling, while another has more limited experience,"
Mrs. Eastin continued.



7.  THREE GRANTS BOOST NURSING CONTINUING EDUCATION

     The College of Nursing is the recipient of three grants
for the continuing education of registered nurses. The Divi-
sion of Nursing for the Bureau of Health Manpower Education of
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, has given
$7,816 to support a short-term course entitled "Nursing Ap-
proaches to People with Long-Term Illness." The first session
of the course will begin February 22. Faculty members of the
Colleges of Nursing, Medicine and Allied Health Professions
will present the course. The Ohio Valley Regional Medical Pro-
gram awarded the other two grants. One, totalling $1,500, will
support the research project, "A Study of Registered Nurses Who
Viewed the PANMED Television Series in Nursing." Principal in-
vestigators of the project are Dr. Juanita Fleming, assistant
professor of nursing, and Irma M. Bolte, MSN, director of Con-
tinuing Education in the College of Nursing. The second grant,
of $5,000, will support a shortterm course, "Development of a
Nursing Care Plan," which will begin January 25. Miss Virginia
Nelson, associate professor, School of Public Health, University
of North Carolina, will conduct the course with assistance from
the UK College of Nursing faculty and Ohio Valley Regional Medi-
cal Program personnel.