affairs. Academic Support included the Learning Centers, the Testing Centers, Instructional Technology Services, the Honors Program and the Bachelor of Integrated Studies Program, and Grants and Contracts Services. The development of Academic Support came from a need to create direct support for the faculty. Webers student body is diverse in age, background, national origin, and educational background, and as students and faculty members probe each others ideas, learning takes place in both traditional and nontraditional settings. The community from which the Weber Stake Academy initially drew its students was Weber County. Today classes bearing credit from Weber are taught at Hill Air Force Base, in Salt Lake City, at the Defense Depot (Ogden), the Internal Revenue Service Center, and Dugway, Utah. The college has a statewide role in Criminal Justice, and a baccalaureate degree in Logistics from Weber is offered in Los Angeles in coordination with Cerritos Community College. A bachelor of science degree in Allied Health Science is offered in Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, and Montana, and courses in nursing are taught throughout Utah and in other western states. The School of Education offers many of its programs throughout the state and works closely with Native American groups. The division of Continuing Education began an international program in 1987 working with both Taiwanese and Japanese students. For more than a decade and a half, the college has sponsored a Title IV program which is presently called the Mountain West Equity Center which provides technical assistance to state and local educational agencies in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and North and South Dakota. Instead of the struggles between town and gown that have been typical of many institutions of higher education beginning in the middle ages and coming to the present, Webers relationship with its community has been a source of strength and nourishment for the college. From the beginning, city, county, and area residents have sacrificed time and money to further the education of Webers students and in the process Weber grew and developed. This community-college relationship continues. In 1984, the Center for Science Education was established to coordinate activities that would improve science teaching in the elementary and secondary schools. Teaching alliances founded in the 1980s bring together teachers from public schools and Weber State College to discuss issues, strengthen relationships and develop teaching strategies. The health care needs of the area and the state are directly addressed by the School of Allied Health Sciences including programs such as ultrasound, dental hygiene, nuclear medicine, and nursing. Webers community of students, faculty, staff, and the larger community are often found together listening to a lecture, watching a track meet, enjoying a concert, or raking rocks from a college field in order to plant grass. Weber has become a comprehensive college where a student may learn to compose a poem; to recognize a flower; to learn to square dance; to take a masters degree; to paint a picture or an automobile; to read a book, a hospital chart, or a ledger; to debate or contemplate; to teach or listen; to draw a map or a conclusion; to operate a computer or a drill press; or to challenge and evaluate old ideas and new thoughts. Weber provides short-term training or life-long education. From athletic events and commencement in the Dee Events Center to studying in the Stewart Library or taking a quiet walk by the duck pond, Weber is recognized as a gem in the crown of northern Utah. Weber provides education, employment, entertainment, evaluation, and direction for the community, and it is a place where the traditional liberal arts survive and thrive by the side of strong professional and vocational programs. Although the relationship between the two is at times tenuous, each draws strength from the other. Weber State College is built on a foundation of its past century of growth, crisis, development, and challenge. The college will continue to face budget problems, equipment needs, enrollment growth, and student unrest. But Webers past has shown it to be a blue-collar institution that has struggled to survive and in part has insured its own success through planning, dedication, commitment, partnership with the community, and hard work. Webers success has come through the quality education given to its students during the past century. Quality education will continue to be the hallmark of Weber State College as it moves into its second century.