Continuing Education General nformation DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION Dean: Richard O. Ulibarri Location: Promontory Tower Telephone Contact: Pat Hicks 626-6344 Director of Program Management: F. Ann Millner Program Administrator Academic Credit Programs: Christopher C. Rivera; Program Administrator Off- Campus Programs: Terry E. Paskins; Associate Program Administrator Off-Campus Programs: Elaine Sandoval; Program Administrator Adult Student Services: Carole Price; Program Administrators Professional Development Programs: Shannon McBride, Nancy McDonald; Associate Program Administrator Allied Health Programs: Tamara Aird; Program Administrator Weber State College Police Academy: Kent Paskins; Associate Program Administrators Conferences: Barbara Dirks, Vicki Smith; Program Administrator Distance Learning Programs: Dennis DeFrain; Associate Program Administrator Distance Learning Programs and Computer Specialist: Nancy R. Mikesell; Program Administrator Special Programs and Director of Community Services: Ruth V. Knight; HUD Housing Counselor: RaeAnn Garside; Program Administrator Mountain West Desegregation Assistance Centers for Race and Sex: Dianne P. Siegfried; Associate Program Administrator Marketing: Jean Kent; Advertising! Design Manager: Robert Winward; Associate Program Administrator Budget and Accounting: Barbara Henry; Supervisory Continuing Education Registration Clerk: Nancy Critchlow. The Division of Continuing Education was established as an integral component of Weber State College to design and deliver educational oppoitunities to the lifelong learner. This includes the adult learner who may be interested in advancing in his or her present field; preparing for a new career, coping with home and family roles or developing personal interests; or the young learner who may be interested in obtaining supplemental computer skills, or learning how to paint, dance or to play a musical instrumenL In pursuit of its mission, Continuing Education offers a broad spectrum of educational programs for those who want to learn for life. The educational experiences range from credit courses that lead toward a degree and non-credit courses, workshops or seminars in career skills to short courses and seminars in personal interest areas and courses for children. These programs are scheduled at times and places convenient to lifelong learners. Since career, family or personal commitments may prevent lifelong learners from attending regularly scheduled courses during the day, Continuing Education has developed a flexible schedule of offerings during the day, evenings and weekends at many convenient locations throughout the area (and even self-directed courses). Academic Credit Programs The academic credit programs include any on- campus evening or weekend school or off-campus location that involves the awarding of Weber State College academic credit These range from the offering of one Weber State College course to an entire Bachelor of Science degree offered over a period of years. Off- campus academic programs now in place include: Hill Air Force Base; Clearfield High School; Defense Depot - Ogden; Hercules (Freeport); Dugway Army Proving Grounds; Salt Lake City Area (CLEE); Salt Lake City - Ulah Technical College; Provo - Utah Technical College; Southern Utah Area (Education); Davis Area Vocational Center, Ogden Area Vocational Center. Adult Student Services Weber State College recognizes the fact that there is a nationwide trend for the adult population to return to the college campus to pursue an education. The adult student is quickly becoming the traditional student Many adult students over the age of 23 are entering college for the first time or are returning to the campus after an interruption of several years, and have special needs. The Office of Adult Student Services is aware of these students' special needs and is ready to ensure a sensitive response to them. This office coordinates with other campus departments to assist the adult student with registration, academic advisement, men's and women's special concerns, transitional and reentry problems, counseling, career planning and placement assertive- ness training, stress management student loans, etc. The Office of Adult Student Services can help to make college education an exciting and rewarding experience. Community Services Community Services is an extension of Weber State College which seeks to determine and meet community needs. Community Service staff members provide college faculty and students the opportunity to assist in the solution of a variety of short- range and long-range community problems identified by citizens and organizations. For example, the behind-the-scene efforts of Community Service personnel, college faculty and students have resulted in the establishment of a community-based Corrections Center for Women in Northern Utah; the passing of the Spouse Abuse Act by the 1979 Utah Legislature which gives more protection to abused spouses by more accurately defining the role of law enforcement, the judiciary and the Department of Social Services; a more solid funding base for services to victims of domestic violence. Beyond their catalytic and technical assistant roles, Community Service staff, with the assistance of the Office of Grants and Contracts, has aided communities in locating supporting funds for service projects that are outside the role of the college. More direct services include financial and housing counseling for persons referred to Housing and Urban Development in Northern Utah, the Weber State College Achievement Home for boys adjudicated as seriously delinquent by the First District Juvenile Court, training programs for the Utah Department of Social Services and the Utah Academy of r^rforming Arts. Distance Learning Programs Distance Learning Programs include the independent study program, the telecourse program and new programs to be opened at distant locations. This area also includes 'Flex-Study" courses designed for students who work rotating shifts or have other commitments that will not allow them to pursue day, evening or weekend courses. Faculty and Academic Standards All members of the instructional staff are selected with the approval of the school or department to which the program is related. They are college faculty or persons employed during the day in responsible positions in their fields of specialization, who bring to their classes the benefit of current knowledge and practical experience. All offerings will maintain a high quality consistent with the standard of the college. Fees, Deposits and Refunds Extension Classes • Credit classes are charged the same tuition and given the same refunds as day school. Specialized classes are contracted according to costs incurred in setting up and operating the class. • Conferences and Special Programs - Fees for conferences are individually priced and announced accordingly. 250 • Non-Credit Classes - Corresrx>nding fees are listed in the class bulletins, published quarterly by the college. The college policy is to keep non- credit course fees as low as possible but at a level which will provide high quality instruction. • Travel Study Program - Procedures for making deposits, and paying fees are explained in the brochures announcing the various Travel-Study Programs sponsored by the college. Mountain West Educational Equity Centers (Race) The Mountain West Educational Equity Centers (Race) is a federally funded program unda Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as amended. The Center provides technical assistance and training to public school districts in Region VDI (Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota). The Center strives to provide a relatively stable source of desegregation assistance and training to school districts within Region VOL The Center staff are able to provide assistance in the preparation and adoption of race desegregation plans, identification of education problems that have arisen or that may arise, from the implementation of a race desegregation plan; the development of methods of encouraging student parent and community support for, and involvement in, the race desegregation process, as well as other related race desegregation activities. Mountain West Educational Equity Centers (Sex) The Mountain West Educational Equity Centers (Sex) is a Weber State College sponsored project funded by the U.S. Department of Education as legislated in the 1964 Civil Rights Act as amended. The Center provides ttaining and technical assistance to public school districts in Region VDI (Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota). The center provides training and technical assistance in the preparation, adoption and implementation of plans for sex desegregation including Title IX requirements. Authorized activities include the following: (a) The development of programs that will enhance the understanding of problems of sex bias in education by public school personnel; (b) The identification of sex bias and sex role stereotypes in textbooks and other curricular materials and the development of methods of countering their effects on students; (c) The use of counseling materials and techniques that do not discriminate on the basis of sex; (d) The preparation and dissemination to parents and students of materials explaining the requirements of Title DC, and; (e) The recruitment of women and men for employment in public schools in positions in which they are under-represented. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Allied Health Sciences Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology 251 Continuing Education