42 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH PLACEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP BUREAUS Weber College maintains a Placement Bureau. Weber College maintains a central Placement Bureau for the purpose of coordinating its various employment services by the following means: 1. Employment with the business and industrial firms of the state of Utah. For many years the Weber College Placement Bureau has been serving the employers of Ogden City and northern Utah by providing college-trained men and women to take care of their employment needs. 2. A continuous follow-up program. The Placement Bureau in cooperation with the Vocational teachers and coordinators of the institution keep in touch with former students and business employers to see that each group is served in an efficient manner. 3. Advisory Committees. These committees consist of employees and employers who sponsor the vocational courses in each field, counsel with the teachers, and promote the advancement and placement of the students. Naturally these commercial positions are given to students on the basis of their training and capability. The labor market is very sensitive and competitive, yet business executives recognize the superior ability of college-trained young men and young women. The purpose of the Weber College Placement Bureau is two-fold: first, to assist students to obtain part-time work while attending the College, and second, to assist graduates to obtain permanent positions. Students may avail themselves of these placement services upon entering the College. Weber College cooperates with the Utah State Employment Service. The Weber College Placement Bureau works continuously in cooperation with the Utah State Department of Placement. It is the purpose of their combined services to place every student who is seeking employment, and to follow up at all times the employment needs of the business and industrial firms of the state of Utah. This cooperative effort on the part of Weber College and the Utah State Department of Placement has been so successful that it resulted in the maintenance of a full-time Placement Officer, appointed to Weber College from the Utah State Department of Placement. His duties were assumed in the fall of 1940. Weber College maintains N.Y.A. and Campus Employment Bureau. Weber students receive benefit from N.Y.A. projects through the aid of the federal government. A small fund is made available for various projects in and about the College. The plan provides work for a limited number of students. These positions are given to each student on the basis of need and are subject to the approval of the welfare board from the county from which the applicant comes. Janitorial work on the campus provides for a limited number of students. This work is given to students primarily on the basis of need. WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 43 The Ogden Kiwanis Club extends a service to Weber College. The Ogden Kiwanis Club brings to Weber College annually thirty experts in the various vocations and professions. After a general assembly, vocational groups are organized and vocations or professions are discussed along with the requirements, training, and adaptability of the student. During the entire school year these members of Kiwanis are available for personal interviews at appointed times. SCHOLARSHIPS Higher institutions of learning grant scholarships to Weber College students. Higher institutions of learning annually offer scholarships to Weber College graduates. The Utah State Agricultural College, the University of Utah, and the Brigham Young University each give one or more full-tuition scholarships. Students recommended from Weber College have been successful in obtaining scholarships from the University of Southern California, Occidental College, University of Chicago, North western University, and the College of the Pacific. Weber College students have also won the Willard D. Thompson Scholarship to the University of California, and through competitive examination, the privilege of entering the California Institute of Technology. Weber College offers scholarships to incoming freshmen. Weber College offers a number of full-tuition scholarships to incoming freshmen each year. Recipients of these scholarships are determined by the principals of the high schools from which the students are graduated, the number of awards to any one high school depending upon the number of students from that high school in attendance at Weber College at the time the scholarship grants are made. In addition to these general scholarships, Weber College annually awards a varying number of special music scholarships, some full and some part-tuition. The recipients are selected by the instructor of music at Weber College and are passed upon by the President of the College and the Faculty Committee on Awards and Scholarships. There are also several part-time and full-tuition scholarships in the fields of speech, English, and athletics. The recipients are selected in the same manner as they are for music. A few scholarships are distributed directly by the Faculty Committee on Awards and Scholarships. Weber College offers scholarships to returning sophomores. A limited number of scholarships, both full-tuition and part-tuition, are distributed by the Faculty Committee on Awards and Scholarships to returning sophomores. In addition, scholarships to returning sophomores are given by the American Association of University Women, the Junior Child Culture Club of Ogden City, and Chi Omega Alumnae, upon recommendation of the Scholarship Committee of the College.