Continuing Education FEES, DEPOSITS AND REFUNDS Extension ClassesCredit 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 ProgramsFees for conferences are individually priced and announced accordingly. Credit Free ClassesCorresponding fees are listed in the class bulletins, published quarterly by the College. The College policy is to keep credit free course fees as low as possible for high quality instruction. Travel Study ProgramProcedures for making deposits, and paying fees are explained in detail in the brochures announcing the various Travel-Study Programs sponsored by the college. Brochures on Travel Study Programs are available at the Continuing Education Center on campus. ORGANIZATION The Division of Continuing Education is presently organized into the following departments: Conferences, Workshops and Short Courses; Off-Campus Programs; Community Services; General Assistance Center; Travel Study and Special Programs. The personnel and a brief description of the activities of each area follows. CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SHORT COURSES Jay Bachman, Director Carole Price, Coordinator The Division of Continuing Education offers the college and community a focal point for planning, promoting, and coordinating conferences, seminars, workshops, travel study tours, and special interest classes. Experienced coordinators will efficiently and inexpensively handle such details as facilities and housing; food services, including banquets; advertising, parking permits, mailing lists, printing of materials, registration service, and special entertainment. With the great expertise of the faculty to draw from, we can, upon short notice and at your convenience, address almost any subject to any extent desired with a specially designed seminar or workshop. We also specialize in subjects for teacher recertification. In addition, the usual agenda of pertinent subjects and activities, (both credit and non-credit) will be offered on a continuing basis. OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS Terry E. Paskins, Director S. Kent Paskins, Coordinator Terry Teigeler, Coordinator Classes taught off the campus are designed to provide credit and credit free educational opportunities to groups off the campus who wish to pursue a degree program or to improve their vocational and personal competency. Classes are held Monday through Saturday at times convenient for the requesting group. The College cooperates with the various governmental installations, businesses , and civic groups in planning and presenting specific courses to meet the needs of employees. It also operates as an administrative center to provide coordination between College departments and special programs such as Police Science, Hill Air Force Base Center, etc. Police Science ProgramWorking directly with the Police Science Department, we help meet the role given to Weber State College by the Board of Regents to provide Police Science programs throughout the State. By working 288 Continuing Education with law enforcement agencies and the Police Science department, programs are established at various locations throughout the state which give the law enforcement officers an opportunity to complete the classes required for a degree. Hill Air Force Base CenterBecause of the large number of employees at Hill Air Force Base, a special center has been established in cooperation with the Military Educational Office at Hill. Its purpose is to provide a general core of educational classes to meet the needs of their employees. Also, a special curriculum, or packages of classes, are developed to meet requirements of special groups at Hill Air Force Base. COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruth V. Knight, Director Rex Ashdown, Lois N. Herman and Maurine R. Humphris, Coordinators Community Services is an extension of the College which seeks to determine and meet community needs. The projects administered by the Department change frequently to reflect current problems identified by citizens and organizations. Continuing Education Home Economics and Family Living provides classes and workshops in food and nutrition, child development, clothing, consumer education, home improvement, and time and money management for disadvantaged individuals. The classes are designed to strengthen families and to develop skills to enhance the individual and the community. The Utah State Board for Vocational Education affords the program funds. Legislative Process for Senior Citizens is funded by Title I of the Higher Education Act. Senior citizens are trained in legislative process-making skills so that they may assist local and State policy makers to become more aware of and more responsive to the problems of the elderly. University Year for ACTION, a federally funded program administered through Continuing Education at Weber State College, offers an opportunity to students to spend a year in a service delivery system within the community and at the same time develop a full year of college credits. Also, the student has an opportunity to receive a monthly stipend. This program provides the student excellent opportunity to correlate and integrate academic concepts with the demands of the world of, work. GENERAL ASSISTANCE CENTER Richard F. Thomas, Director Kathleen C. Rigsby, Sex Fair Education Coordinator Christopher C. Rivera, Sponsored Project Coordinator Percy A. Morehouse, Jr., Curriculum Development Specialist Daniel Gurule', Multicultural Coordinator Cher King, Needs Assessment Evaluation Coordinator The General Assistance Center was established in July, 1975, to serve school districts in Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. It strives to provide a relatively stable source of desegregation assistance and in-service training to school districts in Utah, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming by helping local school districts with administrative methods and techniques to cope with educational problems associated with desegregation. In addition, the General Assistance Center provides in-service education programs; materials and techniques to correct pupil personnel problems; curriculum and instructional materials, and instructional procedures which provide for need-based instruction in culturally pluralistic environments. It also assists with program procedures and methods to allay student dissatisfaction; and techniques for communication and interaction among Local Educational Agencies (LEA's), minority communities and dominant communities. 289