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Show wm rcri' w 'W -- PV T '' 4 " , V ' 4 - $ k v 4 SF ' 4 ' v ? 4 SV- ' fl ' 'fc, v V 1 o. &?' 4 ' ; ,, ;. 'v v jf . , V '1 j- 'I J?,J t ' ?i X. 4 s i ,', & y I .7? .5 4. s V ' ' '- - 1 4 '' J - - r - w ' n l- ' ... i - , $ '. Early Class Closures Created by Record Enrollment : V'rrv;, i S' A ' v , "i - - S' T tvT ; s- ' 'r . - , S tf ' & r,v V ., ' -, V it 1 r 4 M i ' .vt &4 -- " I ; & r jw - 4 i ' 4 Jr' ' - "Jt ,'i 54 I or v ' (i -- f '- - i - V ,r-- i' - y VjV;'''r;; 4 Ji K t: i 4 I tity - s'f5. i i 4 , , 4 .i i by f fefl y lx Karen Cham holm k z v The Westminster student profile for Fall semester is now complete. Numerous articles had predicted this semesters enrollment would be the largest ever, and those predictions are now reality with 1,573 students as of September 8, 1987. More students means more of everything more registrations to handle, more classes to. hold, more chairs to purchase, and more faculty to hire. According to the admissions d and the office, the college was adjustments have been smooth. Two weeks before the opening of school well-prepare- Eccles Scholarship recipients. The reception was held at Mrs. Eccles residence. See page 3 for story. 1987-8- 8 Carlesoe Diversity Grows of 1986 and were two thirds completed when the Carleson Conference center was officially opened in December of 1986 at a cost of $224,559. Much of the cost was funded by private donations, while the College contributed approximately $36,000 from a federal government loan fund set up for building repair or by Randy Sullivant Many students new to Westminster College say that the relaxed atmosphere, convenience, attractive campus, and excellent faculty are part of the Colleges reputation that brought them here. Westminsters reputation has recently taken a giant step forward in the Salt Lake City business and civic communities as well, due in no small way to the Carleson Conference Center. The Conference Center, named in honor of the Harry E. and Fred A. Carleson families of Salt Lake City, was originally built in 1962 to serve as a residence hall for 120 men. It shared the housing duties with Hogle Hall, the womens dormitory, which opened in 1960. Declining enrollment over , the next several years took its toll, leaving both dorms at about half capacity. J In 1986 expenses forced the administration to move the residents of Carleson into' Hogle dorm, and to close Hall, making it a d Carleson. It was decided that Carleson would be remodeled to facilitate campus previews and orientations, house faculty and staff business meetings when space was available, act as supplementary classroom space upon reservaus co-e- tion, and provide inexpensive meeting and conit ference facilities for local, small, . groups. organizations and The remodeling efforts were begun in June non-prof- low-budg- et . replacement. The remaining work, the remodeling of the third floor, will cost an additional $25,000 and is scheduled for completion within the next year. Some of this cost has already been defrayed by private donations to Westminster. Since the conference Center opened, usage has slowly but steadily increased. Its tion as an attractive and convenient alternative to the expensive hotel conference rooms is rapidly growing in the business community. In fact, from March of 1987 through August of this year, the Conference Center has hosted more than 25 conferences and raised more than $13,000 for the College. Some of the groups that have used the facilities include: Utahns Against Hunger, IBM ROLM, the Council for International Education, The University of Utah Department of Pharmacology, Dennys Restaurants, and the Utah Transit Authority. Future reservations have already been made for over 400 people, including the members of the Profesional Ski Instructors Association, the Utah Courts Administration, and the Womens Spirituality - Conference. t In addition to rental space, Carleson serves as the home for the Center for Professional Development and the Westminster College v Management Institute. It is their mission to offer training and development to the Salt Lake business community by providing such opportunities as a paralegal program or a certification program for small businesses, or mid-levmanagement training in effective communication, creative problem solving, tactical planningand goal setting, conflict resolution, and more. The Management Institute hopes to have its p'ilot program operational by Autumn of 1988, meeting four times a year.' It also offers Prior ' Learning Assessment after course completion to those managers seeking either a Bachelors or Masters degree. This will, in turn, attract additional interest and support from the community in the Carleson Conference Center and all it has to offer as well as Westminster College as a whole. With a comparitively small investment into an old, half-fumens dormitory, Westminster College has made a very large investment into its future and has secured itself a reputation as a Salt Lake City institution dedicated to the el ll purpose of education, in the traditional classroom and now in the business arena as well a reputation that many ensure the schools survival and growth for another 112 years. over 35 classes were closed, which was unheard of in previous years. New class sections were added, and almost all applicants were able to be placed in classes of their choice. Craig A. Green, vice president for enrollment management and college relations, says problems connected with such an increase in enrollment are good problems to have. There are definite advantages to Westminsters growth, he said. It has forced the col. lege to start planning in a practical way. An eight percent increase in enrollment over last year may seem surprising since tuition also increased this year by almost The majority of Westminster students are Utah residents, generally stereotyped as conservative people. Craig A. Green said, More than conservative, I would say people here are value conscious. He believes students are willing to invest in their education if they know they are getting their moneys worth. 7. Besides an high enrollment, some other interesting statistics of the student body makeup appear on the Westminster student profile. For example, the average age of the undergraduate student is 29 and the graduate student is 33. The 869 female students outnumber the 704 male students. 44 percent of the students attend full-timwhile 56 percent attend part-timIn the OPENINGS issue of the Daily Utah Chronicle, one of the investigating editors wrote that every school day 100,000 cars fight for the 13,200 available parking spaces at the University of Utah. But parking at the U is not impossible. He went on to quote the director of parking services as saying, Parking is really quite simple, in fact. You havent seen simple until you drive to Westminster two minutes before class time and are able to park directly in front of your building. In spite of the increased enrollment, Westminsers student services have remained basically unchanged. Even students say parking is quite simple. all-tim- e e, e. ... |