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.Search A The following interview is the sixth in a series of 10 articles highlighting prominent schools and departments within USC. Dr. Betty Johnson, Dean of the College of Nursing, talks about her %chool and its advancements. BY BOB BAKER EAitor-in-Chief Q. Dean Johnson, what do you see as the real mission of the USC College of Nursing? A. The mission is to provide quality nursing education to the state of South Carolina, and we have many diverse programs which allow us to do this. These are: the associate degree program in technical nursing, the bac calaureate program in professional nursing, and the graduate or advanced program in health and clinical nursing and nursing administration. A large portion of these are designed primarily to fill positions in the state. However, our preparation is not specific to one area of the country. We have alumni probably in every state. You have to realize though that we are young and that we did not get a baccalaureate program here until 1958. Also, no graduate programs were established here until 1971. So, as a school we are relatively young. Certainly as a state, there are not enough nurses with degrees. In History iUSC: P SPECd FEATU In preparation for the Uniite4 Susan C'ate of the Ganiec< researching US('s history. B series of articles. This oni surrounding the ('iin Wa. for cademi Ex< 197190 per cent of the nurses in the state did not have a degree in nursing. A goal has been set for the state of 40 per cent of nurses to have degrees by 1975. Of course, I have not seen the ststistics, yet, but I know we have not come that far. Our graduate programs are not accredited at this time, but in the early part of 1976, an accrediting team of the National League for Nursing will inspect the programs here. I believe that once we acquire accreditation, we will be able to progress at a more rapid pace then at present because we will be able to recruit more and better faculty and students. Q. How many other nursing programs are there in the state? A. There are two other bac calaureate programs in addition to ours, one diploma program, and 12 or 13 associate degree programs. Q. What direction does the College of Nursing hope to take in say the next five years? A. Surely there will be an ex pansion of some of our current programs. Also, we might offer other majors at the graduate level. I think that as far as directions are concerned, both the faculty and student body need to sit down and examine its needs, and those of the school itself. I have only been here since January and have just barely gotten acquainted with the rest of the University community and the wide range of programs offered here. In the fall, the faculty and 3ehind 6 Lirt Six RE I'States Bicentennaial, ck staff has been plow Is the sixth in a C ,ellence myself need to decide on our philosophies for the future of the College. One of the things we might consider is how can we have a greater involvement in the community around us. Many of our faculty can and will be in volved in screening programs for students. I hope in the future we can be involved in a number of screening clinics and blood drives, because we are interested in demonstrating our concerned involvement in the community. As our graduate program ad vances, we will certainly have more opportunities to provide areas of scholarship and research to the University. We now have the facilities to work with, but we need more faculty, especially prepared teaching faculty to carry research out. The preparation of faculty needs to be changed. In terms of the fall, the nursing faculty will have benefited in a major change in that eight or nine positions have been upgraded from baccalaureate to masters degree backgrounds. I hope by 1977 we will have the necessary staff in which the faculty is really qualified - with all faculty at least holding the masters degree. At this same time, I would hope we would also have enough faculty holding the doctoral degree. Now USC's nursing faculty has 7 persons with doctoral degrees. When you consider there are only 1,000 doctoral nurses in the country and at least as many nursing-programs in the nation, we feel fortunate to have seven. Yet, we still need to increase the BY SUSAN CATE of The Gamecock st In the dark of night, fire half-m their faces blackened and thei blowing in the breeze galloped furi quiet campus. The torches they beating of hooves brought out sle( cheer them on. Perhaps the night 4 would end with "tin-panning" in unpopular professor. Such nois, students seemed to be only a smaI fiery spirit they were supressini pending war finally came. The "guard house riot" of 1856 v~ example of built-up hostility. named Niles was jailed after a fi marshall, the battle cry of "Collet students off the campus and they defense of their peer. Several bea the guard house with clubs but we The next day 100 revenge-seeking -with rifles from the Cadet arsenal guard house only to find themsel with 200 pistol-carrying townspeop violence exploded, however, for TIhornwell was summoned, and students justice he led the way back the cry of "College!" The fa disbanded the Cadet Corps. The un McCay, President of the college realized his lack of discipline and only 18 months in office. Augustus Longstreet's replacern was ~a relief to the faculty. Longstr4 gift of befriending the students whi control. When the students demand ,iohn C. Calhoun's birthday and we tarred the classroom benches so th forced to be cancelled. Longstreet out of the 180 students enrolled. Tlhe new President's politics wer esteem. At t he Internationl Statisti london, laongstreet withdrew as tjie Sbecause a Ngro deeatas-pre Dean Bets number of faculty at those two levels. One thing we definitely need to do over the next few years is develop one college for the four programs we have rather than have our group of associate degree students in General Studies. All programs need to be in .concert with one another. I am not use to having associate degree programs since I had never worked in any institution where associate degree programs have been offered as part of the training program. Q. You said there were four programs which should be in concert. What is the fourth? A. Continuing education. We are putting an increased emphasis on that area because changes in health care are coming about so frequently, our nurses are seeking to maintain certain basic knowledge dealing with health care. To give you an example of this continuing education, 50 professional nurses are here this week studying public health nursing concepts to help update them in the field. Week after next we will have a group here con ducting a workshop on teaching in nursing schools. These two are just a few of our many programs to The College's C kff heated debate b preserve the coll asked horsemen, wanted to prepa r scarlet capes fighting at Fort ously through the cadets were eag waved and the regulations they i ping students to go. He refused, of "black riding" decided to disban the yard of an one with their o% pranks*of the marched down to I outburst of the own fares to Cha g until the im- Gen. Pierre B4 Sullivan's Island 'as the foremost the battle and ren Vhen a student three weeks they tht with a town. and school life res :e!" brought the fever overtook th rame rallying in The gradual loss t their way into to 75 by the fall. ~re chased out. Union's capture c students armed faculty permissior marched to the "no," out they ri ves face-to-face Entrance requirei le. Before any class together for . mer President came. Instead of promising the call for more trool to campus with signed up for servi 'ulty forthwith College was comj >opular Charles students, so the col at the time, Confederate arm resigned after DeSassure, Harpe Colleges all serve< ent of McCay The professors w et had the rare until the College w le keeping firm 1863. A little yello xd a holiday for convalescing troop e refused they only thing that sa It classes were flagration durn1 suspended 100 Columbia. On Ma3 came into the hand u' also held in Confederates still< eal Congress in and a good more U.S. delegate killed. A few still I ent. be opened aain. y Johnson help nurses out in the profession. Q. Can you foresee the USC College of Nursing ever gaining the national prominence of such schools as Case Western, Washington, or New York U.? A. We are a rather young school in terms of those you mention. In the not too distant future, probably within five years, we certainly will become much better known especially in the Southeast region. We have the clinical and academic facilities to really make a mark in this regional area. But, when you talk about schools like Case Western, well they are beginning to establish doctoral programs. I personally cannot see that hap pening at this college for at least 10 years. Q. Do you have any personal dreams for the College? A. I guess probably my short term dream is to achieve ac creditation for our graduate programs. My long term dream is to look at all programs of the College and articulate the direc tions needed. I certainly hope all programs eventually fall under one college unto itself which alone will help meet the health needs of South Carolina and the surrounding area. adet Corps was re-organized after y the faculty - they wanted to ege at all costs - but the students re for war. At the news of the sumter in the Spring of 1861, the er to join in, but under faculty teeded Longstreet's permission to at a secret meeting the students d the Old Corps and form a new vn rules. They left the College, the railway station and paid their rieston. !auregard placed the cadets on where they could drill and watch iain safe from actual fire. After returned to Columbia as heroes umed for about a month until war em once more. of men reduced the student body Upon hearing the news of the f Port Royal, the Cadets sought I to leave. They were given a firm hplied "yes" and left anyway. nents were dropped to gather a January 1862, but only 72 students -isking the draft after Jeff Davis' is, the majority of these studente ce too. By the middle of June the >rised of six professors and nio lege was closed and rented to the y as a hospital. Rutledge, r, Elliott, Legare and Pickney I as shelter for wounded men. ere allowed to remain on campus as officially closed in December, w flag signifying the presence of s (blue as well as gray) was the ved the campus from the con ( Sherman's march through 23, 1865, South Carolina College s of the United States Army. The >wed $99,500 rent to the College than 160 SCC alumni had been ad hopes that the College would