Testing Ethnic Studies Institute Appointments may be made through the main office of the Counseling Center. Psychiatric Service—Psychiatric assistance is available to WSC students on a limited basis through the Counseling Center. The present service consists primarily of diagnosis and short-term therapy. Appointments and referrals to the psychiatrist may be made through the Counseling Center. Testing—Each Freshman is required to take the American College Test in connection with the registration process. The ACT measures the areas of English, mathematics, natural science, and social studies, and is also used for placement in beginning courses. In addition, aptitude, interest, personality, and achievement tests are available for the purpose of helping students select their major and deal with other personal concerns relevant to college adjustment. An adult student who has not graduated from high school is required to take the General Educational Development Tests of the United States Armed Forces Institue prior to admission. These tests are available at the Weber State College Counseling and Testing Center. Occupational Information — Occupational information is provided through counselors, through the library, and through the Placement Service. cation. Recruitment, academic and personal advisement, financial aids, and tutorial services are provided to this end. 2. To infuse existing courses with relevant ethnic content and initiate new courses in campus departments which emphasize the positive aspects of the culturally different. 3. To create a climate whereby a healthy exchange of ideas, cultures, and opinion differences can take place and be resolved between majority and minority groups. 4. To assist in recruiting and increasing the number of minority faculty members to provide the much needed role models for minority students. 5. To work with attitudes in local business, industry, and governmental agencies by providing cultural awareness training sessions and workshops. 6. To establish positive relationships with the community; with the minority community to help make college more desirable and accessible; and with the majority community to broaden their understanding of the problems, needs, and cultural differences of minorities. Ethnic Studies is not at this time a field of study, and offers neither a major nor a minor. ETHNIC STUDIES INSTITUTE Marcia J. Galli, Coordinator The Ethnic Studies program at Weber State College is designed to improve the educational opportunities of the culturally different student and to include a meaningful academic study of the problem of race and the conditions of minorities in the United States today. Ethnic Studies has implemented the following broad objectives: 1. To attract and increase the numbers of culturally different students on campus and assist them in every possible way to successfully complete their higher edu- FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISEMENT M. Habeeb Ghatala, Adviser The Foreign Student Adviser gives assistance to foreign students in meeting the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service requirements concerning visas, passports, permission to work and related matters. Foreign students are also assisted in making academic, personal-social, and environmental adjustments to campus and community life. Social and cultural events, home hospitality, community activities and the programs of the International Student's Club are coordinated through the Foreign Student Office. 68 69