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Show features Cooperative Education Has Potential by Myriam Hernandez Expanding the placement program and getting more students to take advantage of Cooperative Education are the goals of Kathy Moran, the new CE Coordinator and Job Developer. Moran has worked in the Admissions and Financial Aid Office of Westminster. She obtained her Bachelors of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Utah. She is now working on her Masters of Business Administration here at Westminster. Moran said the placement program is an area that has not been concentrated on in the past. There is a lot of potential here for the program to expand," she said. students coming in to explore and suggesting what they would like to see done. The center has a lot of resources, according Morans responsibilities in her new job are to take in the cooperative education internship progam and to expand it. I would like to see more students using the office, said Moran. Because I am so new on the scene, I dont have clear picture yet on the percentage of the itudent body using Career Services," she to Moran. This is good especially for the students who are unsure of their direction, said Moran. By finding what they want to do by themselves students are taking an active part in their future. I like seeing that. Moran feels that her new position offers more variety than she has had before and fits better with her personal goals. There are administrative details and opportunities for creative expression, said Moran. Working with the business community will help the school a great deal. added. Moran would like to survey the students to find out why they use or do not use the office and to find out what the specific needs of the students are. It would be good to see more Spiritual Leader: Tell The Truest Story You Can by Julie Fullmer Both' in mythology and the Bible, womens stories and mens stories are different. The man goes out a lonely hero, wins the battle and achieves the heights. In the women's stories, you dont do i t by yourself, you have assistance, and the woman is in relation with other human beings all the time. This was the message given by Katherine Paterson, a recent guest at Westminster College and the keynote speaker opening the Women, Spirituality and Power conference. Paterson has a unique upbringing. Born in Qinjiang, China to missionary parents from the American South, Paterson spent her earlier days living on a boys school compound. AH our neighbors were Chinese, she said. Unlike many missionaries, my father had a tremendous respect for the Chinese and the magnitude of their civilization. The onset of World War II forced her family to do a lot of moving around. I think I went to thirteen schools during my first eighteen years, some in China, others in Virginia, North Carol: ina, West Virginia, and Tennessee, she said. She then earned a masters degree in English Bible by attending King College in Bristol, Tennessee, and later at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. At the age of 24, she spent four years in Japan, two in language school and the other two assisting rural pastors on Shikiku Island. In J apan she learned the secret of her fathers In financial aid Moran processed all the guraranteed student loans and administrered the Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students program. Morans qualifications for the job are not only her experience with her formal positions here. Before working for Westminster Moran did marketing work with a wholesale firm, developed personnel capacity and started out as a representative Moran is currently working on planning expansions and working hard in developing I am used to doing cold calls and making contact with individuals, said Moran. Moran has worked with the YWCA organization. The research I did for them was very helpful," said Moran. At admissions Moran started out in the data and prospects file area where she trained work-stud- y students on coding and data entry. Moran is delighted with her new position. This is the direction I always wanted to take. I am looking forward to developing the placement opportunities.; ideas. legacy. My father taught me the importance of appreciating the differences between people and their skin color. He let me know that I was not better than others. None of us are equal, that doesnt mean were better. The ability to see and appreciate those differences is a gift, Paterson said. $ X f 4 4 S f Her experiences in Japan led her to Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she was awarded a fellowship for further study in Christian Education. There she met John Paterson, a Presbyterian minister, and married. Paterson wrote fiction for approximately seven years without being published, except one story in a Catholic magazinerthat later went bankrupt. She explained that without her husbands support and encouragement, it would have been hard to continue. n Some of the many books written by Paterson include, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved, and her latest release, Come Sing, Jimmy Jo. She has dedicated a book to her husabnd and to each of her children and is the only person to have won both the National Book Award and the Newberry Medal twice. When asked what the main thesis of her books is, she replied, The reader decides what he or she wants to learn from your book. All you can do is to tell the truest story you can. -- well-know- yV' j x I f . Kathy Moran is the new Cooperative Education Coordinator and Job Developer. CONDUCTS ROSSINI Overture to Semiramide V DEBUSSY BRAHMS-SCHOENBER- Nocturnes ; . . . Orchestration of Piano Quartet G in G Minor Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25 wS&r -- Ovation 1 S311 Tickets $10-2- 5 8rPv',COnCert Talk 7:15 Pm 533-640- 7 Live on KBYU 88.9 FM Saturday Katherine Paterson was the keynote speaker at the "Women, Spirituality and Power 6 Forum Issue No. 15 April 17, 1987 |
