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Show campus news Financial Aid Administrators Confer uDtmjma To Help Students Adjust To New Laws Editor Karin Jaffie Managing Editor Bill Godwin Business Manager Mike Moser Contributing Writers Cara Cahoon Julie Fullmer Kristie Glad Bob Gore Myriam Hernandez Rollin Mitchell Angela Russell Erick Scheen Andrea Smith Benj Williams Photo Staff Mark Bricker Bill Godwin Trent Alvey Faculty Adviser Dr. Ray Ownbey The Forum of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be by Kristie Glad New tax reforms, increasing student debts, complex financial aid applications, and hosts of other problems are creating difficulties for students and parents alike who want to finance college educations, according to the Utah Association of Financial Aid Administrators and the Utah System of Higher Edu-cato- n (UAFAA and USHE). In response to increasing anxieties, UAFAA and USHE sponsored the third annual Financial Aid Awareness Week, from Jan. 19 to 23. students Designed to make college-ag- e aware of financial aid possibilities, and encourage parents of a newborn or very young child to start saving approximately $25 a month for the potential students college education, this years Financial Aid Awareness Week had a twofold purpose. According to William Rolfe Kerr, Utah commissioner of higher education, The System of Higher Education wants to ensure that students can afford to attend college today and tomorrow. Addressing the selected theme of the week, Affording College Today and Tomorrow were several local education and financial aid authorities. On. Jan. 20, Carl Buck, president of the UAFAA conducted a two hour workshop on the University of Utah campus. Similar seminars were held throughout the state at institutions. many of Utahs These meetings were held to explain financial aid opportunities, the aid application process, and how the new tax reform will effect college financial aid in the state. post-seconda- ry Jan. 21, Utah Governor Norman Bangerter signed a proclamation declaring 3 Jan. as Financial Aid Awareness On 19-2- Top-Lev- el by Rollin Mitchell Academic Vice President Allan Kuusisto is retiring after four years of service at Westminster College. Because of health problems, Kuusisto will officially retire at the end of the academic year. Originally brought to the school through the Academy for Educational Development, an organization that helps colleges find special- JpMi .fr.rs.'.w.sw,-fW- : VWWW wr.?. s S 'vs ists in areas that the particular school is having problems with, he arrived just after the reorganization of Westminster and sort of pulled everything together, according to President Charles Dick. Kuusisto received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 1950. He began his career as an assistant professor at the University of New Hampshire in 1948, and was Dean of the Graduate School from 1961- ft v, 84105. award-winnin- Feb. 6, 1987 Issue No. 10 Henneman assures any Westminster students who missed out on Financial Aid Awareness Week not to panic, it is not too late. She said, Westminster College will be hosting its own Update for Financial Aid in February, so keep your eyes open for that." Kuusisto Retires After Four Years; Committee Looks For Replacement published and distributed eight times during the academic semester by the Associated Students of Westminster College. The newspapers address is 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah g The Forum is an member of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association. Typsetting and printing by Hoffine Printing, 55 East Malvern, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115, The Forum welcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and include the authors telephone number (telephone numbers will be used only to verify the authenticity of letters). Submissions must also avoid the use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed three typed, double-space- d pages with lines 50 character spaces wide. Deliver letters directly to the Forum office (under the door if necessary) in the basement of Shaw Center by 3 p.m. on Friday one week before the date of publication, or mail them to the Forum office at the above address. Please be concise and to the point in your letters. Opinions expressed on the Forum editorial pages are those of the writers and are not to be construed as the opinions of the - Associated Students of Westminster College or of the college adIministration, faculty or staff. Week. On Jan. 21 and 22, a special HOTLINE was in effect. Students and parents were able to ask financial aid staff volunteers questions. Also, a brochure on planning for college costs in the year 2000 was made available to interested parents. Ruth Henneman, director of financial aid at Westminster College, was the chairperson of Financial Aid Awareness Week for 1987. She was responsible for the Salt Lake seminar on Jan. 20, and encouraged other areas in their individual workshops or programs. Hennemen and Buck appeared as guests on the radio programs Vital Issues on KALL Radio. v f In 1953-195Kuusisto was a Fulbright Scholar in Helsinki, Finland. He then went to work for the New York State Education Department as director and then assistant commissioner of higher education. From 1968-197- 0 he was the academic vice of State the president University of N.ew York at Albany, and in 1970 became president of Hobart and William Smith College in Geneva, New York. He remained there until. 1982 at which time he went to Cambridge University in England as a Visiting Fellow. From 1983 until present be has served as senior vice president of the Academy for Educational Development acting as academic vice president of Westminster College. He is a member of many educational associations, has received numerous distinguished service awards and honorary degrees and has written over 20 published articleson higher education and comparative government. Presently Westminster college is conducting a national search for a person to replace Kuui-sistDick said that they are expecting at least 75 applicants for the job. A 10 person selection committee made up of representatives from the School of Nursing, the School of Business, the School of Arts and Sciences, the administration, and the board of trustees will review the applications and choose the top six people they feel best meet the criteria stipulated for the job. The top six applicants will be interviewed and Dick will make the final selection. Dick said the person they are looking for will need experience in college education; in particularly dealing with curriculum, academic programs and budgets, long term planning, hnd faculty on all levels. The faculty is the backbone of an institution, and therefore the person we select will need the ability to work cooperatively with the faculty, said 1963. 4, o. top-lev- el Dick. Also being considered is experience concernstudents and continuing ing non-tradition- al education programs. The application deadline is March 14, 1987, and hopefully a final selec- tion will be made by mid-MaWe are very sorry to see him go, said Dick. I am glad he stayed as long as he did because he made the transition much easier for me." y. On The Cover Dr. Allan Kuusisto, academic vice president, retires at the semesters end. Susan Sheehan. U of U assistant director of Financial and Ruth Henneman. Westminster Director of Financial the recent Financial Aid Awareness Week. pictured are Gov. Norm Hangcrter and Craig Hall a U financial aid recipient. Aid, Aid, Also of U Forum 3 |