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Show 1 . -r College of Education provides opportunity to help others '. .. - - , ; . ,' ; r ' s ' 9 v i M" .1 M I I ....I 1 - I.M j - i A teacher for the Melba S. Lehner children's school shows her students a plant. By Mitch Shaw sr. sports reporter The Signpost For any student interested in helping others and making meaningful impacts in many lives, Weber State University's College of Education has plenty of opportunities. The Jerry and Vickie Moyes College of Education has been at WSU since 1966 and has consistently been a popular choice for students deciding which career path to take. "We have more majors and minors than what most departments have on campus," said Sherrie Jensen, WSU Department of Health Promotion and Human Performance advisement coordinator. There are three major departments in the education college, which include: Child and family studies, health promotion and human performance and teacher education. Each of these main departments also includes more precise areas of emphasis. This provides students with more options for potential careers. Most of those careers involve the kinds of dividends and rewards found only in teaching "Students can go into careers that make a difference in people's lives' - Darcy Gregg, WSU Department of Child and Family Studies academic advisor and service. "Students can go into careers that make a difference in people's lives," said Darcy Gregg, a WSU Department of Child and Family Studies academic advisor. According to Gregg, the careers one can find in the WSU Department of Child and Family Studies are ones "we can all relate to." "These are skills you will use in your professional career but also skills you will use in your everyday life," Gregg said. "It's very practical. It's working with families and children. We have all been a child and we have all come from a family. Students learn anything dealing with young children and families. They learn about relationship issues, they learn about emotional, cognitive and social growth and development. They also learn about all the monetary issues involved in a family." To create awareness of the program, the family studies department has a student association to help inform and recruit students. The association recendy won the Crystal Crest Organization of the Year Award and the Tradition of Excellence Award. In addition to the student association, the "Families Alive" educational conference will be held Sept. 15-17. The conference consists of 30 different workshops dealing with education issues for children, issues with parents and families and sessions for intervention and advocacy for children and families. The conference will feature four keynote speakers including Alfie Kohn, Thurl Bailey, Alan Hawkins and Pepper Schwartz. The conference has had an impressive array of speakers in the past, including Maya Angelou and Henry Winkler. "I have been in higher ed for 17 years now and it's one of the best conferences I have ever been to," Gregg said. The speakers at the conference and students in the education college share one common trait: A passion for service and helping others. "The reason a lot of people choose to teach is because they have a passion for student learning and a passion to their subject area," said Kristin Radulovich, College of Education Advisement Center teacher education coordinator. "They are drawn to the profession to serve others, to help others, to inspire others and to ignite student learning." For more information on the WSU Jerry and Vickie Moyes College of Education, visit its Web site at weber.eduCOE or call 626-6273. You can leave a message for reporter Mitch Shaw by calling 626-7983. mm Am IMSPIRIMGi AND 6HRCMM 21st Conference September 15-17, 2005 '. s f Keynote t. -TKVfU. 6AHfc.' Dr. AWN WAWlcMS Pr. PPPee For rnorc information and to register visit webcr.edufamilicjalive Opening Address Free to the Public Featured author seen on the "Today Show" and "Oprah" Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:30 P.M. WSU Dec Events Center Ogdcn, Utah Sponsored by the Annie Clark Tanner Lectureship Tund s Families SSSS? 'A L I V E U.MVUOUI |