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  • Page 8/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/November 29, 1979 Administrative internship : key to success? Don't invite former Ashevillean Diane Greene Smathers over to see whatever you're doing unless you are prepared to tell her all about it. She'll probably ask. Finding out how things operate is what Ms. Smathers is doing mm al WCU. She's seeing how WCU operates, observing, responding, and taking part in the decision-making process at the top levels of adminisira tion. Diane Smathers is preparing for a future she expects to be full of those'decisions. Ms. Smathers is engaged in an administrative internship at Western as part of work toward a doctorate in higher education from the University of Georgia. It is the second phase of a three-phase progrant she hopes will lead to an administrative position as an associate dean at a college or university. and, perhaps further up the line, to a top-level position as a vice chancellor or vice president. If the words "woman administrator" occur to you, they don't to Diane Smathers. "Until someone said those words to me the other day, I really had never thought of myself as a woman administrator, just as an administrator. But it's true, it is a male-dominated field," she said. Ms. Smathers has already completed phase one, the core of required courses, and plans to complete the work on phase three—her dissertation on "The Impact of Federal Mandatory Retirement Age Legislation on Institutions"—this summer. Diane is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Greene of Ambler Road in Asheville and is a 1968 graduate of Lee Edwards High School. She is married to Webb M. Smathers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Webb M. Smathers, Sr. of Murray Road, Canton. He is employed as an assistant professor of agricultural economics at the University of Georgia and is a specialist in natural resource economics. Western Carolina University is participating as a cooperating institution in the administrative internship program for the first time. WCU's participation helps provide the advanced doctoral candidates first-hand, on-the-job experience. Currently some 20 institutions have an internship arrangement as the University of Alabama and the University of Texas. Western Carolina is the only state-supported institution in North Carolina to participate in the program. Mars Hill College is the only other NC college or university on the roster of intern centers. It was Ms. Smathers who helped bridge the Georgia program to WCU initially. "Since I was from North Carolina, I wanted to do my internship work in one of the member institutions of the University of North Carolina system," Ms. Smathers explains. "And, I wanted to be involved with a regional-type university because I liked the idea of a university serving its own people. Western Carolina was a natural choice for me. Once I convinced my internship coordinator, Dr. Daniel J. Sorrells at the University of Georgia, that Western was my definite first choice, we began to explore the possibilities. WCU was very receptive and has been extremely open and helpful," Ms. Smathers said. "We had not previously been invloved in as administrative internship program here at Western, although we had been approached on several occasions,'"' said WCU Chancellor Dr. H. F. Robinson. "It can be very time consuming. However, Diane Smathers' case was different. She is a native Western North Carolinian who has proven herself to be an exceptional young woman and student, and we felt that she really wanted to immerse herself in being a part of Western Carolina University's ongoing challenge of meeting the needs of this area. We've been pleased to have Diane with us," Dr. Robinson said. During her stay at WCU, Diane is working through the office of academic affairs under the guidance of vice chancellor Robert E. Stoltz. She maintains a full schedule daily. "I began by meeting the vice chancellors and then began to work my way down through the administrative departments, looking at the problems each faced, how the operation worked, and looking for places where I could jump in and help benefit the university," Ms. Smathers explains. "My major project at Western involved working on a plan to help the university reduce its gasoline consumption by five percent, further if possible, to meet the governor's mandate," she said. (Gov. Hunt has asked that all state agencies make an immediate reduction of five percent in gasoline use and to expect an additional reduction in the future.) There are several other projects she has been involved in, while finding time for plays, concerts, athletic events, and social activities to get the full feeling of WCU. She also attends rather exclusive meetings such as those involving the chancellor's immediate staff, the executive committee of the academic affairs committee, and the council of deans. "I suppose one of the things you find out when you first go to executive session meetings is what really does not go on or take place," Ms. Smathers said with a smile. "When you are on the outside of closed doors you tend to imagine things to be quite different from what they really are," she said. Ms. Smathers is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Kentucky and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in home economics from that institution. While at Kentucky, she was awarded the Dean's Cup as the most outstanding graduate student at UK. She also earned a certificate in another of her varied interests, gerontology. Ms. Smathers has a research background in historical elothing and aging and was curator of the historical costume collection at UK. She frequently serves as a speaker on clothing, aging, and women's roles. She and husband Webb are very supportive of each other. "We are both professionals," Diane said. "Since we want the best for each other, he was pleased to see me get the opportunity to spend three months at Western. But, I did have to take custody of our five-month old puppy and pack him along." Ms. Smathers is currently filing an application for consideration as a White House Fellow, perhaps the ultimate internship. Fifteen to 20 White House Fellows are selected each year from more than 2,000 applicants to serve assistantships at the Cabinet level. "The idea is to give young adults an opportunity to see firsthand how federal government operates and then go back into their communities with the ability to explain the operation to others," Diane said. "My main interest is in academic affairs and I really have no aspiration to be in government, but the experience would be invaluable. After an internship like that, I guess you could say that you'd about covered the whole waterfront," she said. That sounds exactly like what Diane Smathers has plans to do. BOOK RENTAL DEPARTMENT STUDENTS WHO WISH TO TURN IN BOOKS, PURCHASE A TEXT, OR PAY K)R LOST BOOKS CAN AVOID THE RUSH BY GOING BY THE BOOK RENTAL DEPARTMENT THESE SPECIAL HOURS: MON.-FRI., DEC. 3rd thru 7th 8:00AM - 5:00 PM HOURS FOR WEEK OF FINALS: MON.-FRI., DEC. 10th thru 14th 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM All books must be returned within five working days after the last day of final exams. Students not complying with this time limit will be subject to a $12.50 fine, if the books are returned within the first two weeks of Spring Semester. Students who do not return their books within the first two weeks will be required to purchase the books at replacement cost. Wall Street Auction House cjk Fri., Nov. 30 7:00pm Auctioneer - Neal Stamey lie. no. 587 Misc. 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