Weber State College COMMENT page 10 January 1985 Childrens’ School named for emeriti WSC Cultural Affairs Presents: faculty member [> WSC Institutional Council voted Nov. 8 to name _ the Children’s School in honor of a woman Vienna who spent 27 years in the child and family studies department and pioneered the first day-care of the WSC center at Vienna Philharmonic) February 5, 1985 Children’s School and will have the facility named in her honor at ceremonies scheduled Ballet Folclorico Nacional De Mexico in May during Founders’ Day celebrations. Mrs. Lehner came to Weber State in (National Folk Ballet of Mexico) February 16, 1985 Melba S. Lehner. 1946 as a part-time teacher in what was then the economics. department of home During the same time she was serving as supervisor of the parent education program for the Ogden City School District. After teaching marriage and family living and child development courses members as well as for a wider spec- trum of students on campus. She was chair of the department for 17 years. Before coming to WSC Mozarteum Mrs. Lehner Orchestra of was the state supervisor of the Utah Child Education program for the department of education and had a Salzburg, Austria similar position with the Idaho Department of Education. In those positions home economics department and a she was responsible for the state and full-time faculty member and started federally supported nursery schools worked to establish nursery the first nursery school at the college. | and schools at all Utah colleges and univerWhen the college moved to the pressities. ent location Mrs. Lehner, as chair of March 19, 1985 at the college on a part-time basis for a few years she became chairman of the what became the department of family life, expanded both the curriculum of- ferings and the Children’s School. As chairman, Mrs. Lehner was responsible for the design of the present child and family studies facility and the laboratories. development child Deseret String Quartet January 24, 1985 Since her retirement in 1969 Mrs. Lehner has also established a student scholarship in the department of child and family studies. Mrs. Lehner is a life member of the Tickets for these events are available at the Dee Events Center Ticket Office (626-6550), all ZCMI stores and Datatix outlets and at the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers and served in the organization as the preschool and parent education chair- “One of my biggest goals was to establish a nursery school that was a parent education area,” she said. “We wanted to provide students with train- man ing to enable organization and served as president of HH HH HF OF St Yours + + + 0+ 4 a If you've thought about making Ph A the state help. 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The first step toward a goal is sometimes the hardest. Ne association, State 2 tH is also a aS + + Economics She Utah i ha arn + the ln ln ment expanded its offerings to provide more parent education for community of ln Mi the area of child development and family life and wanted to establish more classes that would enrich their personal marriage and family living.” Under her direction the WSC depart- 12 years. ai both for member ea lg them to assume teaching and professional positions in + + Octet (Principal Members of the a Melba S. Lehner was one of the principal founders Office of basis to review progress and “kick around ideas.” He said, this kind of experience can be the trigger of real learning. When students have to face real issues and do the businesses give anything other than high praise. Dr. Jacox said, “We're not trying to compete with the professional consultant. If a business can afford it then we will not (consult).” He added that even though the students are not working professionals many of them tackle assignments that usually cost $1,000 to $2,000 and “do an absolute whale of job at no cost.” He said that the college does not use the institute as a way for students to get jobs, but noted that a number of students had found employment as a direct result. “We've had numerous students say then works with the company and with business faculty at the college to come that they have received good jobs and the key reason was that they had done this kind of a project,” said Dr. Jacox. He continued, “The thing that excites me about working with small up with ideas and recommendations. “What we're trying to do is provide a realistic situation to display and use the the whole business. If they went to a big corporation they would only be anything else that a small business would have to deal with. The student students’ education. It’s also a way for us to help the community,” he said. businesses is that the students can see able to see part of even, say, the accounts-receivable in one quarter.”