316 317 ACADEMIC CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICES Dennis DeFrain, Director Academy Richard O. Ulibarri, Dean PROGRAM SUPPORT be broadened in ways impossible to achieve on an American campus. International travel experiences improve returned-student classroom performance, help students mature in positive ways, and help students become contributing and empathetic citizens of the world. Continuing education facilitates international travel 626-6786 for Lifelong Learning (ALL) Shirley Koberna 626-6340 programs which support and provide development opportunities to Continuing education and community services is one of the sponsors of the Academy for Lifelong Learning, a year-round Weber State University continuing education and community services offers courses, seminars, workshops and conferences each year, working closely with the university's academic departments and colleges; with local and state government agencies; and with professional, trade, and special interest associations. The mission of continuing education is to provide learning opportunities to lifelong learners and organizations at times, locations and in formats accessible and flexible enough to satisfy their needs. Most continuing education students have work, family and other responsibilities; their convenience is our priority. Most continuing education classes are conducted once or twice a week throughout the school term, in three-hour sessions. Conferences, seminars, workshops and special programs run two to five full days, and sometimes longer. Days, nights, and weekends, continuing education's academic students are learning everything from accounting to zoology, and professional development students are acquiring marketable skills in many areas, including public service, production inventory control, and managing for diversity. Social workers, office managers, computer users, teachers, storytellers and many other groups attend conferences that feature nationallyknown speakers and educators. International corporations contract with continuing education to bring their employees here for grounding in the English language and the American culture. WSU students and members of the surrounding community leave the country every term to study languages and learn to appreciate cultures in other countries. Student convenience determines the locations for continuing education classes, trainings, and conferences. Many are taught on the main campus in Ogden, but others are offered at Weber State University-Davis in Layton, and at public schools in the area. Businesses and agencies often prefer training and certification courses to take place at their work sites. Distance learning and Internet classes serve students in remote areas and those who prefer to work at their own pace. Several grateful students have said that these new opportunities are all that enables them to continue their professional growth. Location: Promontory Tower, Floors 2 and 3 Continuing Education Registration: 626-6600 educational community where men and women over 50 can enjoy daytime non-credit courses, good conversation, and the joy of learning together. Community Services Administrators and staff of WSU continuing education and community services contribute leadership and talent to the public good through local, regional and statewide efforts. Through flexible scheduling, outreach, and creative adaptations of regular CE programs and services, continuing education at Weber State University includes traditionally unserved and underserved populations in lifelong learning opportunities. Conferences Elaine Sandoval The continuing education staff plans and facilitates conferences of the Association for Asian Studies, the annual Office Technologies Symposium, the Quality Conference, the Storytelling Festival, Senior Discovery, Success for All Students: Addressing a Community of Diverse Learners, the National Undergraduate Literature Conference, and many others. to College Programs the United Auto Workers. All public colleges and universities in Utah accept concurrent enrollment credit from one another. replacing or supplementing high school studies with challenging and rewarding university work for credit. Early College students have freshman status, and they may take a full university schedule. Programs UNIVERSITY State College, Salt Lake Community College, Thiokol Corp., Clearfield High School, Davis High School, Ogden/Weber Applied Technology Center, Davis Applied Technology Center, Clearfield Job Corps, Ogden Defense Depot, WSU Davis in Layton, and the Internal Revenue Service. Professional Development 626-7948 The continuing education professional development team provides analysis, design, delivery and administration of training services in direct response to special training needs at businesses and agencies. Locations, times, and training content are based on the customers' needs. Contract training ensures a substantial cost savings per employee, saves valuable traveling time and expense, encourages a cooperative problem-solving effort, and brings together employees of similar backgrounds, needs and interests. Program areas include management/organizational training, quality management, customer service, and managing for diversity. PROGRAMS 626-6774 Geared toward the manufacturing environment, the professional development certificate program delivers courses that help people pass national examinations administered by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM). LAW Kent Paskins ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY 626-7949 WSU Continuing Education is a sanctioned provider of the Utah ¢ TRAVEL STUDY/STUDY ABROAD WSU 's international travel programs educate students to Law Enforcement Academy, the basic training program for become well-informed citizens with an understanding of the world certification of law enforcement officers. The academy is divided into two modules. The first, or core, provides training required for learning on the social and educational terms of another culture will STATE Classes 626-7241 students can pursue bachelor's and associate of science degrees UTAH 626-7389 around them. Local students who have experienced living and WEBER & Weekend through evening and off-campus credit programs facilitated by continuing education. Off-campus sites have included Utah Valley Kristie Nielsen Early College is an innovative educational opportunity for high school students along the Wasatch Front to enter college early, International Evening ¢ CERTIFICATE PROGRAM 626-7460 Chris Jorgensen Off-campus, Brian Stecklein and Lonnie Campbell ¢ CONTRACT TRAINING PROGRAMS motivated secondary school students to move into college. Students from 30 high schools in 15 public school districts earn university credit in 15 academic departments at WSU at the same time as they complete their high school graduation requirements, applied technology centers or job corps. Other partners in WSU concurrent enrollment are the Davis Applied Technology Center (DATC) and COLLEGE Continuing education presents a variety of academic, cultural, and United States travel experiences for international students through contracts with corporations and educational institutions abroad. Stu Boyd 626-7474 Weber State University's concurrent enrollment program helps e EARLY ¢ CONTRACT EDUCATION Pamela Rogers ¢ CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM Dianne Siegfreid 626-7297 Gail Senese ¢ NON-CREDIT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) Continuing education facilitates Peak Experience, a non-credit English as a Second Language (ESL) program for international students who are not primarily seeking degrees. After 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, on campus and at a dozen convenient northern Utah locations, Weber State University 626-7157 for professional, business, government, public school, higher education, and community organizations. Participants from every state and from many countries have given high evaluations after attending such conferences as Families Alive, Western Conference High School WSU faculty with international knowledge and experience. WEBER STATE certification of reserve or special function officers (reserve officers, UNIVERSITY