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Show Weber College THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES Weber College, the people's college of the area it serves, is designed to promote the maximum development of the individual, consistent with the general good; to provide specifically for the changing, growing, complex needs of the high school graduate and adult; for the needs of the home, the community, the nation, and the world society of which the citizen in a democracy of today is so intimately a part; for needs that make a life as well as a living, that extend beyond those of the scholar and the craftsman to embrace the foundations of character development, and strengthen the moral fibre of humanity itself—if the problems of our day are to be met. THE STUDENTS IT SERVES A state junior college, the institution is organized to offer specifically two years of lower division studies paralleling those offered at the universities; and two years or less of terminal training. The programs serve the needs of at least five major groups of students: 1. Those preparing for upper division standing in institutions of higher learning. 2. Those seeking a cultural education in courses that terminate at the end of the college sophomore year. 3. Those desiring two years of semi-professional, trade and industrial business, or other vocational training that will enable them to qualify for work in the commercial and industrial world. 4. Those needing short-term courses and cooperative programs. 5. Adults of the community who wish to further their education through Evening School. THE AIMS IT SERVES The College strives to develop the following qualities, attitudes, knowledge, and skills in its graduates: 1. A wholesome philosophy of life. A college education should concern itself not with the intellect alone, but it should embrace moral, spiritual, and religious development. 2. Active and enlightened citizenship. The graduates are expected to participate in community, state, and national affairs as well as to understand other peoples and cultures of the world. 3. Personal, physical and mental health and a desire to cooperate actively in solving community health and welfare problems. 4. The ability to communicate ideas effectively: the ability to read, to write, to speak, and to listen. 5. A progressive desire for continuous learning. |