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Continuing Education
and Public Service
Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of
Continuing Education and Public Service :
LaVerne B . Lindsey, Ed .D . Mississippi State
University
Associate Dean of Credit Programs :
Sam C . Bills, Ed .D . Tennessee
Associate Dean of Non-Credit Programs :
Norvel L . Burkett, Ed .D . Mississippi State
University
Director of Administrative Systems:
Robert H . Jackson, M.B .A . Tennessee
Continuing Education and Public Service is
the administrative unit of UT Knoxville that
extends academic courses, educational services,
and other programs to the non-traditional
student . While most people who participate in
the programs are adults, persons of all ages
and academic levels can be counted among
the people who enroll in the credit and non-credit
offerings of the Division .
Programs and courses are based upon
student needs and desires, whether for selfmotivated
learning ; for leisure and recreational
programs ; or for professional promotion, certification,
licensure, relicensure, or mid-career
changes . The Division provides these educational
opportunities through program coordination
and development of the five departments :
Department of Conferences, Department of
Independent Study, English Language Institute,
Non-Credit Community Programs, and the
University Evening School . Specific programs
and services of each department are described
on the following pages .
The Administative Systems office provides
computerized and technical support services
to the Division, its academic associates and
clients . Areas of support include Information
Management, Marketing and Public Relations
and Telecommunications and Media .
DEPARTMENT OF
CONFERENCES
Director :
Norvel Burkett, Ed.D. Mississippi State
University
Assistant Director :
Robert Gibbs, B.S . Tennessee
Program Managers :
Elaine Keener, B.A . Temple University
Glenn Trantham, B.S . Tennessee
Conference Specialists :
Susan Davis, B.A. Tennessee
Margaret Harris
Barry Neal
UT Conferences, housed in the Conference
Center in downtown Knoxville, provides
management services to individuals or groups
who desire to hold a high quality convention,
conference or meeting anywhere in the state of
Tennessee or across the United States.
Utilizing the new Conference Center, statewide
University system facilities, major hotels
and convention centers across Tennessee and
the U.S ., the department assists University
organizations and outside groups in designing
programs to meet the needs of clients . The
staff provides professional guidance and
management for small group meetings as well
as for major conventions of several thousand
delegates . Consulting and support services
range from planning and budgeting to lodging,
food services, speakers, promotional material,
meeting rooms and all details to assure a
successful event . Programs which meet appropriate
criteria qualify for Continuing Education
Credits, which become a permanent record
maintained by the Division . Transcripts are
available upon written request .
The department cooperates with UT CTV to
provide teleconferencing services for the
University and community . Professional groups
and interested individuals may arrange interactive
videoconferencing to locations worldwide.
Arrangements may also be made to receive
(downlink) and to transmit (uplink) program-
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ming via satellite capabilities .
Additional information may be obtained
from UT Conferences, P.O. Box 2648, Knoxville,
TN 37901, or by calling (615) 974-0250,
FAX (615) 974-0264 .
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INSTITUTE
Director :
Dale A . Myers, Ph .D., Florida
Assistant Director :
Jan G . Hitt, M.S ., Tennessee
Instructors :
Anwar F . Accawi M.Ed ., Tennessee
Mostafa Rahbar, M.Ed ., Tennessee
The English Language Institute (ELI) is a
non-credit language-study program of The University
of Tennessee, Knoxville . It is designed
to assist students in their pursuit of career
goals or educational objectives in the United
States .
The ELI offers intensive courses for the
improvement of student skills in the English
language . International students, visitors, and
professionals have successfully learned
English through study in the ELI .
The courses emphasize the development of
communicative ability in listening, speaking,
reading, and writing . Faculty members are
trained in teaching English to speakers of other
languages with differing national backgrounds
and varying proficiency in English .
The curriculum consists of eight proficiency
levels : 101-108, Introductory through Pre-
Academic.
Each level meets 4-5 periods each day with
classes from the following :
English Structure (Grammar)
Listening Comprehension
Writing/Composition (Rhetoric)
Conversation Practice for Communicative
Purposes
Reading and Vocabulary
In addition, classes also assist students in
pronunciation, test-taking strategies, U.S .,