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Show Students Participate In Vocational Week Two students from GarfieldCounty are participating this week as Southern Utah State College recognizes National Vocational Education Week. David Mathews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mangum, Cannonville, is a junior industrial arts major. Ken Hepworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hepworth, Panguitch is a freshman and a geology major. Both are enrolled in industrial arts classes Several open houses are being held this week on the SUSC campus. "The public is invited to visit SUSC, to check into the college's vocational programs," said Van L. Bushnell, SUSC vocational coordinator. "Vocational programs at SUSC are as diversified as the needs they fill." "Vocational Education: Know How for the '80s" is the theme for national vocational week. "It is especially fitting," Bushnell said, "because of the great amount of 'know how derived from technical and vocational programs." He explained that vocational programs are those offering certificates of completion, generally for one and two year courses of study. There are 11 such programs at SUSC, including a new one-year course in building maintenance. SUSC's vocational programs include: electronics; building construction and cabinet making; drafting; automotive; building maintenance; machine shop, welding and metal fabrication; nursery school; police science; secretarial; clerical; and agriculture. Open houses were held Tuesday and Wednesday and will be held Thursday from 10:30 11:30 a.m. and from 3-4 p.m. in the Campus Nursery School. Enrollment in technical programs is steadily increasing, Bushnell said, both nationwide and at susg. "New additions, such as me uuiiuing maintenance program, evolve as a result of preliminary studies," said Paul W. Petersen, chairman of the SUSC Department of Industrial Education. "The new building maintenance program, for example, was developed because of studies which determined the need in both rural and urban areas for qualified technicians to maintain and keep physical plant facilities in working order." A study completed in April by the Utah State Advisory Council for Vocational Education indicated a substantial shortage of applicants for statewide positions in 18 areas, from auto body repair and auto mechanics to bookkeepers, secretaries and welders. "Because SUSC is an area vocational school we are committed to providing training in areas such as these where demand exists and where genuine needs can be served," Petersen said. |