Page 2 Weber State College is Utah's Total College, Says President ‘“‘Weber State College is, in a real sense, Utah’s total college,”’ said WSC President Joseph L. Bishop. “Our mission is to take students from where they are, wherever they may be, and assist them individually to reach their full potential.’’ We offer a full array of courses which -makes it possible.”’ Responding to Dr. T.H. Bell’s desire to find out what and how graduates of institutions are doing, Dr. Bishop stated that in certain areas it is very easy to track students. “For example in our Skills | Center North program our task is vocational training and placement. We know the entry and exit skills of every student, where they are placed and what kind of employee they become. In that program the record is clear and very impressive. We place about 83 per cent of our graduates.”’ Dr. Bishop feels we should not look just to employment as an indicator of wortr of a college education. © ‘There are those who suggest that college graduates can’t find jobs. While they may not find the specific job they want, it should also be recognized that they find jobs much more readily than does a person who only has a high school education.”’ He pointed out that employment isn’t the only objective of higher education. ‘“‘What is more critical, in my judgment, is higher education. It is naive to believe that in today’s highly competitive society a high school education is sufficient for leadership,”’ Dr. Bishop said. “*It is more appropriate to look towards life-time learning concepts, in a process which never ends. The challenge of change to accommodate such concepts will be a significant factor for administrators and faculty alike in the next decade,’ Dr. Bishop Said. Dr. Bishop noted _ that education takes place within an environment that stimulates that process and Weber State has changed _ drastically, creating an improved collegial climate. The 12,000 seat Dee Events Center will provide adequate facilities for special events, ranging from symphony and ballet to-athletic contests. “The addition of the new technical education building, ‘combined with the Stewart OUR MISSION is to assist students to individually reach their full potential, said Weber State College President Joseph L. Bishop. Library Phase II development, lend a total air of academic dignity and tranquility to WSC,” he said, ‘‘and now gives us the ‘Tt is appropriate to look toward life-time learning concepts. ”’ distinction of being referred to by many as the state’s ‘most beautiful’ campus. The growth of the college has been continuous and we are now the second largest institution of higher education in the state.”’ — the question whether or not the individual is educated to properly interact with society and assist that society in the for- mation of values for himself and his country.”’ Societal problems of great magnitude are bombarding us daily, he said, and problems of such significant proportions they can only be solved adequately by educated people. “That’s the task of American pO PS Class Notes BRUCE OYLER, Class of ’72, has been named new head basketball coach at Ogden High School. Mr. Oyler has been an assistant at Ben Lomond in basketball, football and baseball. He was an “‘allaround athlete”’ at Box Elder High School and played basketball at Snow College and graduated from WSC. He has a wife, Sherry, and two sons. ROGER F. RAWSON received his master’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri. He received his bachelor degree in history and political science from WSC. He is a Utah state representative and a housing contractor and lives in Hooper. FRED B. SKREPCINSKI has earned his doctor of dental medicine degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and accepted a position with the U.S. Public Health Service in Billings, Mont. He is a 1972 graduate of WSC with a bachelor degree in zoology and he graduated from Ben Lomond High School in 1968. He is married to the former Denice Carter. BRAD HAWKINS has signed a professional baseball contract with the Boston Red Sox organization and is assigned to Winter Haven in the Class A Florida State League. An all-around athlete at Bonneville High, Mr. Hawkins played football and baseball at WSC and finished his college career by playing baseball at BYU. STEVEN of '76, and BRUCE LEE BOYINGTON, BITTER class GROBERG, class of ’75, are attending the American Graduate School of International Management at Glendale, Arizona. Mr. Boyington graduated from WSC with a BA in psychology, and Mr. Groberg earned a BA in English. WAYNE R. SMITH has joined the staff of the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Smith, who received the BS in marketing from WSC in 1976, is working as a marketing research analyst ‘in the marketing department at CAS. DR. GERALD B. TOBIAS, Ogden native, has opened a dental practice in Ogden. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and WSC. He is married to the former Cindy Bullene. RALPH KNUDSON has been selected to serve as head football coach for the upcoming season at Sand Ridge Junior High School, Roy. He graduated from WSC with a BA degree in education. DR. DAVID E. ALLEN will be practicing medicine in Ogden after completing his medical training in dermatology. He will join the medical practice of Dr. Kent Hardy. He attended WSC and graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine. His wife is the former Patricia More. Second-class postage paid at Ogden, Utah, published five times a year at Weber State College with editorial offices in the Alumni Office, Ogden, Utah 84408. Vol. 9, No. 1, Oct. 1976. COMMENT is mailed at no charge to alumni of Weber State College. Alumni Editor: Arlene Wilson. Alumni Board of Directors Executive Committee Dr. Michael Burdett, President Douglas C. Brian, First Vice President Tim Morris, Second Vice President Alan E. Hall, Executive Director Directors Joseph Ligori Hazel Robertson Paul Checketts Ruth Swenson John Lindquist Margaret Favero President Joseph Kent B. Petersen Barbara Skeen Jeff Flamm Bruce Nilson Carolyn Craynor Leland Monson L. Bishop