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Show by M yriam Future speakers for the series are Westmin- Hernandez sters Dana Tumpowsky, public relations direc- - tor, and Brad Erickson, admissions director. They will discuss pros and cons of a career in public relations on November 13. Rosemary Baron, coordinator for Community Education of Salt Lake School District will be addressing career opportunities in community education As part of her internship, Katherine Aston has arranged the Potpourri Series. Ashton is persuing a Bachelors Degree in Arts. She is also working as an English tutor for the Academic Support, at Westminster College. According to Ashton the purpose of the Potpourri series is to acquaint liberal arts majors with a variety of career opportunities. on Nov. 20. Ashton said, I did an internship with the Museum of Fine Arts, developing an art appreciation program for adults, and actually taught a class. I enjoyed the experience so I asked Career Services if I could develop a pro- ' gram at Westminster. The Potpourri series will also help me, in a way, because I am working towards a bachelors degree in the arts. The program started out as a Brown Bag Series, but the name was changed to the Potpourri series. The reason for doing that, said Ashton, was not to conflict with Julia already established series, the name was changed to better describe the idea of what ' the series is attempting. I hope to show students the variety of career opportunities available to liberal arts majors. Ashton thinks that little has been offered for liberal arts majors. I see a lot of programs offered for computer majors and other spe- cific majors, yet little interest is given to the many opportunities a liberal arts degree has to offer. That is the reason for creating the Potpourri Series, Ashton said. The first speaker at the Potpourri series was Trudy McMurnin, former editor for the Southern Methodist University Press. McMurnin discussed career opportunities in publishing. Ashton said, The schedule for the next semester is already being planned. It will feature a wider variety of speakers. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend the series. "Bring your lunch and learn about aspects of your liberal arts degree in the Potpourri Series, said Ashton. V MdDFgann Audi Greeini Klein-schmid- ts i Disguise Tine Limit by Joe EalloveE Clime Friday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. In Converse 23 The Green Room Bring Your Good Ideas And VellHelp With The Execution 6Oeh aid and then Green assured, We have excellent financial aid programs. Somers asked about the definition of students. Green answered that the easiest way to define the majority of students at the college is by defining traditional students as those who go to college right out of as everyhigh school, and body else. One difference between students is traditional students come to college not knowing what they want and adult, students know what they dont want, stated Green. Morgan and Green provided Westminster demographics that 85 percent of the students are Utah residents, with an average age of non-traditio- talk-sho- w Traditional students come to college not knowing what they want and adult, non-tradition- Westminster Free Stewart-Mas- h Westminster vice presidents Steve Morgan and Craig Green were live, on the air, Monday, Oct 13. They were the guests of host Arlin Somers of "NightKALLm on radio station KALL 910. The dialogue began with a discussion of Westminsters former financial woes. This theme surfaced again and again in an effort to inform the community of the colleges much improved fiscal health. Green defined the reasons for the difficulties as the decline of the baby boom and that the college had suffered an identity crisis in the late seventies and early eighties. Similarities were also drawn between Westminsters financial problems then and those affecting the state supported schools now. According to Morgan credit for stabilizing the school belongs to former President James E. Peterson, who ran it "like a business," and established it as a supportive community. At the Players Katherine Ashton, potpourri series director, is a Westminster student working on her bachelors degree in arts. want " I Both Morgan and Green felt the college was back on track. This was achieved by being flexible, and trying to give Westminster graduates a practical education, and by expanding enrollment, according to Morgan and Green. Ongoing plans include utilization of newly remodeled Carleson Hall as a conference center, working closely with the business community to meet their needs as a training facility, and increasing marketing efforts to increase enrollment to 1800. Somers questioned recruitment tactics. He asked if they would recruit like football coaches. Green replied that money is being spent on enrollment management to key into the specific market segment that can be served by Westminster. Not like coaches but "differently. He mentioned that the school fields between 16,000 to 18,000 inquiries annually. Somers also wanted to know if Westminster is in direct competition with other colleges in the state.1 Green answered that size is a key factor in peoples decisions and individualized instruction is very important The three people who called in wanted to know about the reinstated honors program; if courses (particularly business) were geared to working people; and how many students were from Utah. One woman asked a followup question about the availability of financial Seventy percent of students receive some kind of financial aid. Seventy percent of students are employed. Current enrollment is just over 1,400 stue students and dents, 600 of those are part-timare the rest full-tim- e. non-traditio- al 27. Students pay 60 percent of the costs of their education while University of Utah student pay only 20 percent One hundred students live coming from surrounding states. The studentfaculty ratio is most 17-to-- l. The largest class is "probably Introduction to Psychology, with 55-6-0 students. The day after the broadcast Green commented about the lack of callers. "It was Monday night...there was football on TV, the Jazz were in town...we didnt expect a lot of calls. He did say that they were receiving more calls in the admissions office and he feels the interview was successful. gmmiEUiigigjiiiigiiUEiiUiiEasiiiiUiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii m m al students know what they don't lue AIf9 11 o n n - A Ltoonstieir ASWC Presents A D H Halloween Dance At The Radisson Hotel n lifts GBasGn m o o rvl(Loj, m m El oft. 3U From 9 p.m. CTMucrL m m ED ED E3 0 D O ftG ID Horn o ft O o n m El ' Bring Your Ghoulfriend or Boofriend o u d si m si |