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North Central Representatives Visit Alpena Community College A team of representatives from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools visited ACC in early Apri I. The representatives, while at ACC, talked with students, faculty members, and administrators. In this way, they evaluated ACC. Since then, they have ·made a rec- ommendation to the North Central Association, regarding ACC's accreditation. Such an evaluation (which includes an extensive self-evaluation by ACC's staff) takes place every ten years. The results of this year's evaluation are pending. LEFT, A North Central representative talks with students Neal Bannon, Wendell Hoffman, and Barry Kitts and faculty members Richard Clute and Flora Stenzel. April 25, 1973 ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALPENA, MICHIGAN Vol. 4, No. 7 Thirty-Nine Summer Courses Offered ACC's 1973 Summer Session will run from June 11 - July 20. Thirty-nine courses, all carrying full college credit, are being offered. Students may register for courses in room 108, Van Lare Hall. Fees are $11.00 per credit hour for in-district residents, $17.00 per credit hour for out-of-district students. Russell Wilson Dormitory will Instructors on Leaoe -==~'=-' Expected to Return by Peter Larsen Five ACC instructors are presently on leave. Dean. Heimnick, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, states that he is expect- ing all of .them to return next year: Sonya Titus is on a maternity leave from the Speech Department. Brenda Buchner from the Secretarial Sciences Department, is on an adoptive leave. Lawrence Aufderheide is on an educa- tional leave, studying at the University of Michigan. He is from the English Depart- ment. Wesle\i Law, of the History Department, is on sabbatical leave, studying at Kent State University. Russell Garlitz is also on sabbatical leave, studying at Michigan State Univer- sity. He is from the Biology Department. Sabbatical leave is a leave of one or two semesters at one-half pay; it may be granted to any instructor after a~ least seven consecutive years of teaching for the school board. An instructor on sabbatical leave studies at a university to further his education. be open for the summer session, at a rate of $30.00 per week, or $180.00 for th~ six-week session. The courses being offered range from English and Social Science classes to Vo- cational and Technical classes. A com- plete listing of course offerings may be obtained from the Registrar's Office, 108 Van Lare Hall. PTK Initiates Thirteen Thirteen students have been initiated into ACC's Nu Omicron chapter of the national honor fraternity, Phi Theta Ka 0p- pa. President Barry Kitts conducted the initiation ceremony, held April 1· at the Alpena Savings Bank community room. Before the ceremony, the !nitiates were qu_izzed on information they are required to know about various aspects of the fra- ternity. The students initiated were: Kathleen Ackley, Ronald Brock, Theresa Cima, Kim Coggins, Jeanette Dunn, Bonnie Elowsky, Linda Lewandowski, Diane Lund, Nancy McCutcheon , Charmaine McHarg, Cynthia Pratt, Kathryn Walter, and Maryanne Waj- da. Twenty-one sophomores comprise the rest ot the group. The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa is to encourage and recognize scholastic achieve- ment among· junior i;:ollege students. Stu- dents must have a 3.2 grade point average to be eligible for membership This year's officers, in addition to Pres- ident Barry Kitts, were Sue Sobczak, vice- president'; 'Debbie Skiba, secretary; and Patti Sepull, treasurer. Mrs. Thelma Hart- wick is sponsor of the group. NCA representatives meet with school board members for dinner. Pictured above is Middle Island, which will be the site of a un_ique course this summer. A.C.C. Offers Science Course On Lake Huron's Middle Island by Tom Mitchell This summer a class unique to Alpena Commuoity College will be offered. Set up principally by John . McGill, Wally Strom, and Richard Miles, the course (or courses) will take place during a five-week period. What makes this class unique is the fact that the fifth (final) week will be spent on Middle ls•land. Four weeks. prior to the campout, classes in Field Biology, Ecology, and Physical , Education will be ,taught in the classroom. During the fifth week on the island, classes will dedicate approximately seven or eight hours of the day in the field. Besides takirig part in field studies, the students can also expect to cook, wash dishes, and spend th'eir nights in tents, To qualify, the student must take hik- ing, camping and canoeing, and either Field Biology, .Ecol9gy, or both. The latter two classes are worth four credits apiece, while I physical education will be counted as one. Middle Island is located i.ipproximateJy one mile offshore just south of Alpena, in Lake Huron. Although once containing a coast guard station and a light home, it is now abandoned and has been for many years. Though there are some small swamps on t~e island, there is considerably more dry l,and than swamp. Cedar, Spruce, and other: trees are found there, while ma-ny wild ·· flowers not found on the mainland can be seen. Continued next column The fact that the class takes place during the summer has many advantages. Weather should ,not play a major factor as it does with s'pring and fall field trips; even rains are warm. Since nature is in it's active period, it provides the stu- · dent with much more to _study, Another -- plus for any interested stu- dent is the fact that the island has never been extensively studied by any particu- lar group. This means that any type of re- search and 'drawn conclusions will be made by this summer's class, The first day of classroom instruction will begin June 25 and the fifth week, on th.e island, will be July 23 - 27, More planning and information will be collected once enough students show in- terest. It seems .th,at now should be the time to plan for !~e swmmer; if you're interes- ted· in the b·lo,logical field or just the out- doors in particular, this should be a good course for you -- so sign up now! Inside . the PO LEM IC Page 2 -- Survey: Freshmen Impres- sions of ACC; 1973°'14 R.A. -Select- · j ions in Progress;" Museum News Page 3 JB. u:s. T. Raffle; Flashbacks of · ACC; Mike Carter Leaves Page 4 -__ The Cave: An inter~iew Page 5 -- Why_ _ Grow a Bt!_ard? earth Short Story Contest Winners ,, Page 6 · -- Track Team in Action; In- tramural Hockey; Over-the-Hi!/; ACC Student Claims~World1/ecora · ,~.