A teacher and a friend A profile of Dr. Roy Campbell

BY SARAH KEAVENY-VOS THIS YEAR U,P.E.|. WILL LOSE ONE OF THE most dedicated, thoughtful and caring professors it has ever known, Dr Roy Campbell.

Dr. Campbell is a professor of Education and this year he will be retiring after more than three decades of exemplary service in the teaching profession.

His caring attitude, understanding nature, and gentle demeanour are just some of the qualities that make professor Campbell such a special person and educator.

Professor Campbell is an Islander born and raised in Uigg, PEl. He began his own educational career in a small two-room schoolhouse in Uigg, where he attended grades | through 10. After successfully completing grade 10, Prof. Campbell moved to Charlottetown to attend Prince of Wales College. There, he completed his high school education and began his college career, finishing his first two years of his undergraduate degree.

Dr. Campbell decided to finish his bachelor of Arts degree in Toronto at Victoria College. He enjoyed his time there so much that he decided to

4 stay and obtain his masters degree in Psychology,

this time at the University of Toronto. This proved to be a very wise decision indeed, for as fate would have it, not only did he

receive an excellent education, he also met the girl

of his dreams, his beautiful wife.

Upon completing his masters degree in 1957, Professor Campbell received a phone call from Frank McKenna of P.W.C.,asking himto come home to work at his old alma mater, Prince of Wales College. Prof. Campbell! could not have been more delighted. He had missed the beautiful island he called home and now he hada chance to return to it and begin a wonderful life with his new bride.

And a wonderful life it has been! Prof. Campbell and his wife returned to Prince Edward Island and began a family. They had four beautiful children, a lovely home and a real quality of life.

Prof. Campbell's professional life has been equally as successful as his personal life. He has held many prestigious offices and titles during his career at UPEI. He has served onthe university board, the senate, the tenure board and was appointed the Dean of Education. In this position he served for nine years, the maximum term.

But it is not the various offices or titles that Campbell has held that his students and colleagues will remember most about him. It is his warmth, understanding and his genuine caring spirit that will forever remain his legacy.

As a student of Dr. Campbell’s, | can personally say that | have learned a great deal about the importance of treating your students with respect and caring.

These are the real gifts a teacher can give. If your students feel supported, respected and important to you they will be motivated to achieve and excel. Prof. Campbell is certainly a teacher who possesses all of these qualities.

Prof. Campbell certainly has a busy future ahead of him. Some of his plans include travelling, woodworking, painting, reading and volunteer teaching at some local elementary school and working on his rather lengthy “honey-do” list (honey do this...honey do that...)

But most importantly, he will spend some time with his five beautiful grandchildren.

So much can be said abut this wonderful man, Roy Campbell, but | thought it only fitting to close his profile by giving him the floor.

When | asked Dr. Campbell what his philosophy was this was his reply, “If you can interest children in their subject, that will carry them along. Don’t turn them off by too much content or precision. Tap into and build on that natural interest and energy. The rest will take care of itself.”

From all of your students, thank you so much Prof. Campbell for giving us the gifts of your wisdom, your caring and your respect. We will never forget you!

BY ALAINE RACINE

ONE OF UPEI’S MOST UNIQUE PROGRAMMES s being shelved because of budget cuts. We have earned froma reliable source that the one-semester mmersion course in French which was established ore than twenty years ago will not be offered in 994-95.

It was always offered only as a first-semester ourse and constituted a full-course load of 14 €mester hours. It was a tem-taught course Fvoured with remarkable continuity in that it was ways taught by the same three professors, Blouin, alvo, and Galloway, with the exception of abbaticals. Designed to enhance students’ oral

French Immersion course cut Unique UPEI course discontinued

skills in French, it required small-scale classes and longer-than-normal hours of teaching by the professors, hours which the three professors must now regretfully allocate elsewhere. A great number of students from the days when there was no Immersion available in the school system, and later students from the Core programme and even students who were absolute beginners have benefitted from and enjoyed the camaraderie of

It is regrettable that one of the most innovative academic programmes at UPE] . must be axed.

these intensive classes. It is estimated that about 800 students have, over the years, gained confidence in their spoken French in a very practical way through this course.

From the point of view of course-offerings at any University, this programme at its inception broke the traditional mould of 5 courses X 3 hours and created a new and unique | x 15 hours course. Students went to each of the three professors in rotation for an hour from 9 to

12 every morning of every week, and supplementary work was done in the lab in the afternoon. Evaluations done at the end of the course in December have shownthat the common comment was, “We would love a continuation in January”;

however, the heavy commitments onthe professors’:

time during the first semester couldnotbe duplicated in the second semester, and now in 1994, the programme must be discontinued because the number of teaching hours has been reduced across the university.

It is regrettable that one of the most innovative academic programmes at UPEI must be axed. We can only say, “Adieu et merci.”

BY YVONNE MACKEAN | N MARCH |! AND 12,THE UPEl DEBATING PClety participated in the St. FX Invitational Debating urnament. The trip to St. FX was slightly hampered by Rather, but an excellent navigator led the group to ‘igonish. The debates were late starting, so only © round of debate and public speaking was held. "ticipating teams were Edward Lank (affectionately Own as Eggie) and Janice Enman; Garry MacDonald vonne MacKean; David Saunders and Eric 'se and judge Ron MacDonald. After a meal and Me relaxation, there was a pub round. The kilted Pe Breton Liberation Army representatives from

he X Experience PEI debating team visits ST. F.X.

UCCB madea very strong case for the Cape Breton Olympics. Thanks to Garry MacDonaldand Edward Lank, UPEI had representation in this round.

The debating resumed on Saturday morning. All four teams had four rounds of debating. Needless to say, allteams were relieved once all the rounds were complete. The final in public speaking included Edward Lank. His performance earned him fourth place. The final debate had

teams were relieved previously

Dalhousie against UCCB “A”. In the end, Dalhousie was victorious. Once again, Edward Lank had a timely presence in the final. His Atlantically

_recognized.Lankian Sweep barely took a back seat

to the debaters. UPEI’s top

N eedless to say, al ] team was Janice Enman and

Edward Lank (who had defeated Dalhousie), finishing third

once all the rounds = ~ve=l. were complete.

St. FX held a fun and successful tournament and the Debating Society would

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like to extend our thanks for these events. The Society wouldalso like to thank that unknown force that held up the ferry long enough for us to catch it.

Congratulations to the Honourary award winners: Garry MacDonald for his most admirable performanceat the pub round, and Yvonne MacKean for her less than lively condition Saturday morning (yes, it is true “I don’t care!!”).

The Debating Society would like to wish Edward Lank and Janice Enman the best of luck as they represent UPEI at Nationals on March |8in Toronto. Hey guys, “Show teeth and kill!!”

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