HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR COLLEGE SERVICES Location: Administration Building, Room 210 Telephone: 626-6050 The Office of School Services is the liason between Weber State College and prospective students. Representatives of the College make scheduled visits to all high schools and junior colleges within the state and to selected schools in neighboring states. The purpose of these visits is to inform students and educators of the educational programs available at the College and to provide them with information about academic opportunities, application procedures and deadlines. Campus visits for interested student groups, student and counselor conferences and the total student recruitment program are coordinated through the School Services Office. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTER Location: Social Science Building, Room 380 Telephone: 626-6028 or 626-6853 The International Student Center offers a variety of services to students from countries other than the United States. These services include cultural orientation to help students adjust to Weber State College, Utah, and the United States as well as academic advisement, social and cultural events, and personal counseling. English as a second language is provided by the ESL Program whose offices are located within the International Student Center. (See index, ESL.) All new international students are required to bring their passports and immigration documents to the International Student Center before registering for classes. J. FARRELL SHEPHERD UNION BUILDING The J. Farrell Shepherd Union Building is the social, cultural, and recreational center of the campus. It offers a variety of services to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community. The Union is staffed with a team of professionals whose primary mission is to facilitate the learning process by helping students with their intellectual, interpersonal, and leadership development In addition, the staff works to maintain an environment which fulfills many of the College community needs through: • Conference Rooms, a large ballroom, and a 225 seat auditorium that are available for rent • Dining Service facilities including table service dining in the Skyroom, the Gallery Cafeteria, the Junction Snackbar, and a Snack Shoppe. The Dining Service also caters banquets, receptions, etc. in the Union and elsewhere on campus and off campus. • Student Activity Center houses the student government (ASWSC), the College Activities Board, the Student Senate, 24 and has desks for various student organizations. • Wildcat Lanes offers bowling, billiards, and video games. Other services include: student ID cards, bus passes, candy and cigarette sales. The entire area may be rented to groups. • Art Services procides professional poster and sign printing, silk screen printing of T-shirts, hats, etc., and plastic name tags. • The Wilderness Recreation Center rents recreational equipment such as: cross-country skiis, camping equipment, game equipment, and canoes, at nominal fees. It also coordinates field trips and programs for courses and organizations. • The Bookstore sells all books and supplies needed for classwork at Weber State College. Paperback books, stationery, art supplies, calculators, clothing, and many other items are also available. LEARNING AND TESTING CENTERS LEARNING CENTER Locations: Library, Room 30; Engineering Technology, Room 216; Science Laboratory, Room 228; Social Science, Room 362 Telephone: 626-6802/6803 The Learning Center provides a variety of services designed to assist students in achieving their academic goals. The following services are available: • Academic Tutoring is provided in most academic subject areas and is designed to help students at all ability levels. This service is provided without charge to all enrolled students at Weber State College. • Individualized Learning Programs are provided to students. These modular programs are developed by academic departments in cooperation with the Learning Centers. Students are mastery tested on completion of the modules. One of the more popular programs is in the Rapid Reading • Computer Terminals and micro computers are provided for student and faculty use in the Centers. TESTING CENTER Location: Library, Room 45 Telephone: 626-6802/6803 The Weber State College Testing Center offers avariety of standardized tests for the purpose of placement, evaluation of achievement and granting of credit In addition, aptitude, interest, personality and intelligence tests are given as aids to counselors in helping students select a major or deal with personal concerns relevant to college adjustment. The following national testing programs which are of particular interest to students are also administered by the Testing Center. American College Test (ACT) The ACT test is required of all new freshmen students for admission to the college. It is recommended that they take the test early in their senior year of high school in order to meet scholarship deadlines. A. National ACT tests are given five times each year at testing centers throughout the country. Test dates for the 1987-88 school year were not available at the time of this publication but will be available at the WSC Testing Center. Regular registration deadlines are approximately four weeks before the test dates with late registration deadline being two weeks prior to the test. Registration packets are available from high schools, the WSC Testing Center or by writing ACT Registration, P.O. Box 414, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. B. Residual ACT tests are given several times prior to the beginning of each quarter for students who will be attending WSC and did not take the national ACT test. Students should contact the WSC Testing Center for specific test dates. Registration for the residual ACT may be completed by paying the test fee at the Testing Center at least two days before the test College Level Examination Program (CLEP) A maximum of 46 credits in the general education area requirements may be earned for satisfactory scores on General Exams in English Composition, Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Additional credit may be granted for satisfactory scores on CLEP Subject Exams. The exams are offered on the third Saturday of each month. Registration forms are available in the Testing Center. General Education Development (GED) People who have not graduated from high school may take the GED tests for partial fulfillment of the application requirements for admission to WSC. To take the test, the applicant must be at least 18 years of age and the high school class with which he/she attended must have graduated Evidence of the class having graduated must be provided if the applicant is 18 years old. The exams are offered each week. The testing schedule is available at the Testing Center. Graduate School Admissions Test Candidates applying to the graduate program in education are required to write the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or the Miller Analogy Test (MAT) as part of the admission requirements. Candidates applying to the graduate program in accounting are required to write the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). A. GRE and MAT- The GRE is administered five times each year WSC and at testing centers in most states. Registration forms and test dates are available at the Testing Center. The MAT is administered at the Testing Center by appointment. B. The GMAT is given four times each year at testing centers in most states. Test dates and registration forms are available at the WSC Testing Center. Coursework Tests Tests are administered in the Testing Center for various academic departments on the campus. This service frees the faculty member from administering tests during class hours and allows him/her to use the additional time for instructional purposes. The service allows students to take their tests when it is more convenient and beneficial for them. The testing hours are Monday through Thurs- day from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Summer hours are Monday through friday from 7:30 to 4:00 p.m. The Testing Center is located in the Library, lower level, room 45. Satellite Centers for coursework testing are located in the Social Science Building, room 382, and in the Science Laboratory Building, room 229. LIBRARY SERVICES Telephone: 626-6403 The Stewart Library provides a rich store of materials especially selected to serve the students and faculty. The collection, continually growing in cultural value, is composed of a number of types of educational materials. The book and government document collections include more than 250,000 volumes. The Library subscribes to over 2,100 literary, scientific, and educational periodicals and newspapers. Audiovisual materials are also available. Weber State College students and faculty may also use the libraries of other academic institutions in the state of Utah upon presentation of a valid student body card. Online information retrieval services are available to students, faculty, and to the public. These services allow access to millions of computerized records containing information in all subject areas. There is a charge for these services based on the amount of time spent connected to the host computer, the cost of the use of the data base(s), and the long distance telephone charges. A new addition to the Library was completed in 1976. The building has three floors with a total of over 150,000 square feet. In addition to regular library operations, the facility houses the Testing Center, the Learning Center, Student Support Services, and the Instructional Technology area. The Library houses several special collections, the largest of which is the Howell collection of approximately 10,500 volumes. This collection, willed to the College by the late Judge James A. Howell in 1954, consists mostly of eighteenth and nineteenth century American and English literature. Other collections include the Lawrence J. Burton Congressional Collection, the Jeanette McKay Morrell Porcelain Collection, the Frank William Becraft Oriental Artifacts, the Paul Branson Art Collection, the Hyrum and Ruby Wheelwright Mormon Literature Collection and the Roland Pary Music Collection. 25