Kinard of icha-Day, sen t will inich as OrIC Chior, alles. It is erformer evening. featured ; June 1984 program, SC Presihe Presiegin imards proing Ball dmission irther in- OMMENT ‘WERER STATE COLLEGE and State approves additional funding Enrollment to increase 7 at (801) - During the past three years Weber State College has curtailed enrollment in order to preserve quality in spite of meager funding from the Utah State Legislature. For the com- ing year, the legislature has provided additional funds that enable the college to open enrollment to an additional 500 students while maintaining have dropped out either in good stan-_ ding or on a probationary status [$3.5 percent). Weber State compares favorably with other state institutions which, on the average, graduate 35-50 perfreshmen of their entering cent within 10 years. The Career Services Office has an excellent record of assisting WSC students find jobs directly related to their field of study. According to James Kelly, Director of Career Services, 85 percent of Weber State's graduates find employment directly the quality of WSC's educational experience. In a letter sent to graduating high school students in Utah, WSC President Rodney H. Brady and Vice Presi- related to their major. “About 60 per- dent for Academic Affairs. Robert B. cent of WSC graduates actively use our facility,”.said Kelly, "of those; 99 percent will find career-related jobs." Kelly said the center is trying to get away from the role of a "job placement" service. “We can't go out and get a job for anyone,” Kelly said, “but Smith stated that, “Weber State is large enough to achieve national recognition for our programs, yet small and personal enough to treat students as our most important community members." "One of the signs of a healthy in- we can teach people how to sell themselves to a potential employer." stitution is the quality of its human interactions. This college exudes a high level of caring and concern for There are many workshops designed to help students learn to plan their education and career goals and to handle job interviews and deal with people in the “real” world. "We like to start working with students during their freshman and sophomore years,” said Kelly. He added that working with students from the beginning, as they enter college is the than effective more much in which push” “eleventh-hour students which is apparent at all levels. The Team finds a very high level of morale and espirit de corps of State should be Weber which justifiably proud,” Said the Northwest Accreditation Team in a report on their findings after studying the college. Dr. Smith said, “All of our faculty SO courses undergraduate teach everyone has access to our regular faculty." Freshmen and seniors and everyone in between are able to take classes and interact with full pro- fessors. Smith added that WSC students have a higher than average access Z to computing services com- pared to other colleges. Computers are used as a learning tool in nontraditional departments, such as English. A Ten Year Follow 1972 Entering Freshmen Up Autumn conducted by Study of Quarter Emil O. L students don't begin to seriously consider their career goals until halfway through their senior year. students in this study, only 11.5 per- cent were gaduated in four years, however Weber State has a very high ratio of entering "When tracking on a student by student basis, only 11.5 percent of the 1972 entering freshmen graduated four years later, but when we look at Hansen, the comparison between entering freshmen and students over a 10-year period. The graduates percentage assistant vice president for 200 tracked services, academic. findings report that as (such stitutions commuter inState) Weber graduate only 20 percent of their students in four years. Out of the 200 to freshmen graduates after a four year period. the the total total the later, years four is up to 81.2 percent,” stated the report. One of the primary is, for this occurrance reasons "Students come and go and generally feel little pressure to graduate in four years, as they would in a more typical college. They go on missions or leave school to work a quarter or two to Approxtheir education. finance part work them of percent 72 imately or full-time while attending college. The conclusion drawn from an examination of the sample indicates that, “The sample can be categorized into three groups, each of which represents nearly a third of the total. Those completing programs at Weber State Colege (34.5 percent); those who have transferred to other institutions (30.5 percent); and those who The Career Services works with alumni Center also re-entry and students. “We see all kinds of people here, from clergymen to surgeons, who are looking to change something about their careers,” Kelly said. The center engages in an annual evaluation process to make sure that procedures, programs and staff are functioning as efficiently and effectively as possible. Kelly said this pro- cess helped to "keep us on our toes" ‘and to continue to provide worth- iwhile services and overcome weaknesses in the program.