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M r s Jim Q Godfrey Director of Cooperative Education Jim Godfrey Speaks At op Co-op Seminar by Linda Petersen The Operative Co-Operative Education program pro- pro al gram ait U tah Tech r f direction direction nS said program id Jim i m seminar at atthe atthe atthe director during a op co the Women's Center last Wednesday In the past the op co-op program has worked with students who alre already dy had jobs in their given field In the fut future re the program will also seek to match students with jobs Godfrey who has been with the college since Nov 1 said this will develop new opportunities for students in their given fields The op co-op program is designed to recognise that not all learning is done i in the classroom said Godfrey at the opening of the meeting The key factor is that a student can earn credit towards a degree while getting work experience he said Even in this time of recession Godfrey Godfrey Godfrey God God- frey feels that employers will be very willing to hire students because commitment commitment commitment com com- is only for a quarter at a time Godfrey is the co for r all op co-op areas except business 1 This department is headed by Frankie Ford op co-op director director- for the school of business Interested students can obtain further information by contacting contacting contacting con con- Jim Godfrey at TB upstairs library or Frankie Ford at Despite the current ec economic nomi turndown people adequately trained in computer technology are employable That's the word from both Dr Orville D. D Carnahan president and Dr Max S. S Lowe vi vice president for instruction at Utah Tech C Computers are involved in every everything everything everything every every- thing we do Carnahan said driven Computer-driven word processing equipment for example is making making- typewriters obsolete he said noting that Gov Scott M. M Matheson alre already dy has banned further purchases of regular regular reg reg- ular typewriters typewriter by departments of state government And were we're just seeing the front edge of the communications revolution revolution revolution tion he said There still are job opportunities for well-trained well persons in other fields such as electronics business especially data processing automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile and diesel mechanics and secretarial skills Dr Lowe said But even in these jobs computer cy e i more essential Automobile and diesel mechanics are heavily impacted by computers computers computers compu compu- Lowe said noting also that die- die sixth one of today's cars are sels Another development that in involves involves involves in- in computers in many job situations situations situations situa situa- is the rapidly increasing use of robots Carnahan said Computers and robotics are turning many once ordinary jobs into machine- machine performed operations technology technology technology tech tech- Were moving into a high era with computers involved in all areas Lowe said The job opportunities a are e not only in the operation of the data processing process processing ing equipment skilled repairmen will be in demand for robot computer computer computer compu compu- ter and electronic electron c equipment got to be able to repair repair repair re re- re- re pair those machines Lowe said A ye years year's rs r's training in computer technology at Utah Technical College College College Col Col- lege at Salt Lake could give a student student student stu stu- dent a good sound financial basis Carnahan said But the opportunity is not as easy as it sounds both men agree Although Although Although Al Al- though Utah Tech offers the necessary necessary necessary sary classes its facilities cant can't meet student needs The training's available but not in the quantity necessary necessary to meet current demand said We start computer classes at 73 am a.m. and r run n some until close Iose to midnight ight and ev even n on Saturdays Satu to too o. o Despite such heavy scheduling there the e are still long waiting lists he hes s said ia We have far more student applications applications appU than we can accept Lowe said St Students dents th themselves are often part p rt of the problem he added Stu Students are quick to see see where the job opportunities are and to register register register reg- reg reg reg- ister for courses that will prepare th them for employment But many are re ren not n t prepared either by courses taken in high school or or with the intellectual rigor required d for success success success suc suc- cess he said Last students i who regis regia- 1 tey ed aJ for classes dropped dropp d out Some didn't realize that in computer computer computer compu compu- ter technology mathematics is a basic communications tool Lowe noted A good foundation in th the traditional traditional traditional tra tra- basic skills reading English English English En En- and mathematics is e glish especially especially espe espe- pe- pe essential in computer tech tech- The better students do in high school english and mathematics the better they will vill do here Lowe said Both men agree that students who register at Utah Tech should be prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to work hard Although courses offered at the college colleg are directly related to what's been described as dramatically increasing increasing increasing ing vocational and technological job opportunities they require serious application and effort The best guarantee for a job in in computer technology or any other field is a determination to excel they say Performance both in the classroom classroom classroom class class- room and shop and on the job is the best job security Lowe said w T Tw K 0 Y A N NN N 4 r 4 N Nt r r r Name these two people clue 1 Peppermint Schnapps |
