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Show Vapv Signpost May 12, 1978 To hr Engineering tech. students find job searching easy We me& all spare. Red Cross is counting on you. The Department "of Engineering Technology at Weber has a simple but effective teaching strategy let students learn by doing what they will actually be doing on the job. As a result graduating seniors from the department can literally "pick" their jobs after graduation. Senior students are frequently offered as many as five or six positions by industry recruiters who visit the campus from as far as New York. They offer starting salaries of $17,000 or more. About 27 seniors will graduate this year from the department, and all of them have jobs waiting. Kent Randall, professor of engineering technology and department chairman, attributes the strong demand for WSC manufacturing engineering graduates to several factors. "If we graduate them, we guarantee they can perform," Randall said. An entire manufacturing process, closely simulating industry standards and conditions, May 17th at 8:00 p.m. Fine Arts Center FREE TO STUDENTS $2.50 for others Tickets must be picked up in advance at the U. B. main desk. If he can't find his check we don't pay him. from design to pre-production runs, is planned and carried out by seniors in what is known as the senior project. According to Randall, other colleges often offer only segments of the manufacturing process. He feels that students at WSC have completed an apprenticeship when they graduate. "We try to make this as realistic as possible," Randall said. Students have to prove themselves; they have to perform.""When they graduate, they are technically competent. In addition to that, they can communicate and get along with others," he said. He believes that communication and human relation skills are critical parts of a curriculum which will produce outstanding manufacturing engineers. Students are required to appear before a faculty review board each quarter of their senior year. They are critiqued, and if their technological, communicative or human relation skills are deficient, target goals and dates are set for improvement.Although Randall and the nine other faculty members in the department demand exactingly high standards of performance from their students, there is an easy cameraderie among them. Randall said the faculty is carefully selected. Each member is required to have at least a master's degree, plus five years of solid industry experience. Every faculty member, including the department chairman, is required to "go out" to work in industry for a summer at a post-graduate level every three years. This practice helps assure that current skills and technology are always available. Jerry Harper, a senior who will graduate in August, and who is still trying to decide which job offer to accept, summed up his feelings about the unique program : "It's hard work here, harder than most places, but we're ready to work as soon as we graduate, and we'll know what we're doing." uicide seminar scheduled here A seminar with college credit available on "Suicide and the Young Adult" May 19 and 20 at Weber State College will feature nationally known authorities on the subject. The seminar was arranged by a committee of educators at WSC, headed by Dr. Jennings G. Olson, professor of philosophy, who has lectured widely on the topic. It is sponsored by the WSC Division of Continuing Education. "Next to accidents, the largest category of deaths among teenagers and young adults is suicide," Olson said. "Utah has an unusually high rate of depressive and suicidal acts." Speakers will include Dr. Edwin S. Schneidman, professor of thanatology, University of California at Los Angeles; Dr. Norman Anderson, clinical director, Granite Mental Health Center, San Francisco, and Dr. Werner M. Mendel, director of :he division of professional and staff development, department of psychiatry, University of Southern California school of medicine. The seminar will be held in the WSC Union Building ballroom Registration will be held there May 19 at 2 p.m. Registration resumes May 20 at 8:30 a.m. in the WSC Union Building and meetings begin at 9 a.m. Credit is available through either Weber State or Utah State University, on undergraduate level at WSC in the following: education, nursing, philosophy, police science, psychology, social work, and sociology. USU graduate credit will be given in philosophy, social work sociology, psychology, independent studies, directed readings and social work, sociology and guidance. Seminar fees are $15 each day, plus additional fees for undergraduate and graduate credit. Pre-registration should be completed as soon as possible at the Continuing Education Center on campus. Fashion show May 16 The Fashion Merchandising students at Weber State will present their annual fashion show, Olympics in Fashion,' on May 16 at 8 p.m. in the Union Building Little Theater. The students will model ap parel and accessories from local mercnants including ZCMI, Juliettes, Tanners, Sunset and Royal Formal wear. Admission is free and everyone is invited. For additional information, contact Dee Ladd at 399-2022. |