Helping academic departments keep their oars in the water is not a new concept for some alumni. They're buying things like computers and Power Point projectors. Power Point merges computers with projectors, eliminating the need for slides or transparencies. Almost all of our students who present their senior research at Oklahoma Academy of Science or Tri Beta meetings have been doing that on Power Point. Alumni contributions have also covered travel expenses for students who attend these professional meetings.
Faculty development is enhanced when professors are able to present papers at professional meetings.
He served as vice president of the South Central College English Association last year and is its president this year. As Dr. Epperson noted, ORU's academic reputation takes an undeserved hit when the school is being ranked in college guides. When teachers get out and read papers, other teachers know this is a serious school with academic excellence. Epperson himself received a Fulbright Teaching Award in 1989 and 1990 and has received three National Endowment for the Humanities awards for study. Good teaching should inspire students to think clearly, relish problem solving, and write intelligently, but that's not always the case.