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Show BOOK BUY BACK AND EXCHANGE TO BEGIN. WEEK SET TO FOCUS Students can expect to receive a maximum of 60 percent on resold textbooks at the Bookstore. The Book Exchange Drug Awareness Week , today ON DRUG AWARENESS. through Friday , offers guest speakers, an information fair and a dance to heighten the student bodys consciousness. offers another alternative. SEE PAGE 2. 84TH YEAR; NUMBER 20 SEE PAGE 3. SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1989 IE merits new name BY PETER TAGG According to SUSC officials the Industrial Education Department may soon be renamed as the Technology Department. In addition, a number of the current Industrial Education programs will be expanded and some will be introduced. The decision to rename the department was prompted by a recommendation by the Accreditation Committee, said Van Bushnell, vocational education director. The Deans Council has already approved the change, and the motion now goes the Board of Regents for approval. This modification comes about as a result of a similar move by the federal government. Bushnell said on the national government level words such as vocation and industrial education have been substituted with the phrase applied technology. Educational institution officials are currently in the process of changing the titles of their respective vocational related departments to put themselves more in line, he said. This change provides a more accurate description of the high tech age we live in, Bushnell said. The Industrial Education department is associated with vocational learning, and many people wrongly consider this inferior to the standard four-yea- r degree, he said. Seventy to 80 percent of our jobs require less than a four-yea- r degree, Bushnell said. Eighteen of the 20 fastest growing occupations within the next decade will require vocational technical education. The other two require a bachelors degree. A vocational education prepares students for 26 of the 37 occupations that the Bureau of Labor predicts will provide the largest number of new jobs by 1995, he said. Bushnell refers to the vocational programs as Americas Hidden Treasure, and supports the new technology label in order to put things in their new perspective. He said SUSCs Industrial Education department currently offers vocational training in 1 1 areas automotive, building construction, computer assisted drafting (CAD), computer assisted manufacturing (CAM), electronics, criminal justice, agriculture, child development, clerical, secretarial, and small business management. The demand for most of these skills is rapidly increasing. For example, he said, in the next five years Utah will need 2,000 computer numerical controllers. Operators will need the advanced skills to use computerized lathes and milling machines. He said that to help supply industries with these skilled employees SUSC, along with Weber State, Salt Lake Community College, Utah Valley Community College, have received government grants from the State Office of Job Training and Economic Development. SUSC received a grant of $149,000 to start up a CNC program and to buy equipment and pay instructors, Bushnell said. The instruction course will take about 10 to 11 months to complete. It will be a non-credclass with no quarter breaks. Participants will be evaluated on competency tests, he said. The equipment and instruction will also be integrated into the two- - and four-yea- r programs for credit, he said. The new program should begin by Feb. 20, 1990 with approximately 15 students. it Jennifer Baker, a sophomore premed science major from Sandy, Utah, led students and Cedar City citizens in singing Christmas carols Thursday at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Vice President for Student Services Sterling R. Church gave a Christmas message before ASSUSC President Jan Shelton flipped the switch. Approximately 300 people weathered the cold to enjoy the activity, but were warmed by hot chocolate and doughnuts. |