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Show Education Text: Cathe Guptill gll-m ..u-M.l:M:p,aw,ww. m t v s N 1 " - f-f "WW-WW" H4Mtmwwn IPUWiimwwuM " V 4 .' , . -'M- " - ' . . , . " , A, " t i .'."? ' ' ' "V w Ji .V v,, ' ; . ; . 4 v " " , . , -4 TENNIES nTYTTT " 1 Signpost photo: JaNae Barlow) I-5, SERIOUS STUDY 'X( , t - " Signpost photo: Oscar Sosal '.J . . L 1 t i ft x - ; VJ4' V ii I ; A.f i iV.-V t J. he School of Education accomplished much during the past school year. Dr. Richard Jones, dean of the school, noted the formalization of the Family and Education Center. This Center provides a variety of services to the school and the community, including a pilot program called Parent Education for First Time Parents, which provides seminars and classes on the subject opent to the community. Dean Howard said the Center was established to provide a kind of brokering service for this kind of information to the community. Another noteworthy implementation concerned the Community Exchange Program. Several teachers from within the school have gone out into the local schools to work. By the same token, teachers from those same schools have come to WSC and made their contributions. Changes within the curriculum of-the school have been a major issue. The elementary and secondary education programs have been updated and revised this year. The school is also currently being reviewed for National Re-accreditation after completing its necessary re-accreditation requirements. The faculty shuffle within the School of Education include the appointment of Dr. Gary Willden as the new chair of the HPER department; DR. Judy Mitchell was named as new chair of the Elementary Education department; and Dr. Cordell Perkes became director of the Combined Graduates Program. Dr. Jones noted the losses of senior professor David Cox, Genevieve Wise, and Dr. Richard Morrison. Despite budget cutbacks, the School of Education is striving to continue to provide the highest quality of education possible to students. Dr. Jones hopes to maintain the motivation of the school in spite of financial setbacks. Continuing Education Text: Jana Chesley Webe r State College is extending the educational system beyond the traditional 18 to 22-year-old students. According to Shannon McBride, director of marketing at WSC Continuing Education, "more men and women over the age of 26 are seeking an education at WSC through the evening school program." Prior to fall quarter of 1985, any class taught after 4:30 p.m. was considered part of the extended day schedule. This meant registration for such classes had to be done during the regular day registration. Many of the adult students were left out. It was hard for them to attend the registration, due to full-time jobs and family responsibilities, etc. However, with Continuing Education taking over the coordination of the evening school program, changes were brought about, making school more accessible for the adult students. Working with deans and faculty of the different schools at WSC, Continuing Education has been able to design, market, and put into effect courses and programs for the adult students, using facilities available on the campus. Many things have been made available through the work of Continuing Education. Evening registration is now available. Independent study courses, correspondence courses, and classes televised on KUED Channel 7 are currently being used and are available each quarter. Throught Continuing Education, classes are also offered at Hill Air Force Base, Defense Depot Ogden, Freeport Center, Hercules and Clearfield High School, along with the regular evening classes taught at WSC. Free workshops are also offered each quarter in order to help the adult students who are re-entering school after not being in school for years. Some of the workshops that have been offered include taking the fear out of reentering school, academic advisement, and planning your family career and education. Many improvements, changes, and events have been brought about by Continuing Education. One major event that was planned for the first time this year was Continuing Education Week, which took place on April 7-12, 1986. This was a week set aside to inform WSC students and the surrounding community about what Continuing Education has done, is doing and will be doing. Workshops were offered. Boothes and displays were set up around campus during this week. "It was our first year and the turnout was tremendous. Hopefully, every Continuing Education Week will be as successful," said McBride. "Our thrust this year has been on the adult student -making school more acccs-ible to the student over the age of 26," said McBride, "and hopefully, all students will benefit from the new programs and changes that have taken place." 0o 0q 3 c 3 ro Co h3 c C 3 rt oo 53 |