General Information General Information The Fraternities and Sororities include Alpha Rho Omega, Excelsior, Phoenix, Beta Phi Beta, Signa Delta Pi for the men: Kyathinia, LaDianaeda, Otyokwa, and Tau Theta Nu for the women. The student Residence Halls organization provides practice in self-government and social activities. The Religious Organizations are: Baptist Student Union, Delta Phi Kappa, Lambda Delta Sigma, Newman Club, Sigma Gamma Chi, United Campus Christian Fellowship, and Latter-day Saint Student Association. Student government comprising the associated students, the associated men students associated women students, and the class officers provides experience in leadership and citizenship. Activities sponsored jointly by the College and Community, such as: Ogden Community—Weber State College Concert Series, Weber State College Fine Arts Series, Audubon Conservation Lecture Series, Weber State College Theatre, Ogden Community —Weber State College Symphonic Orchestra, Weber State College—Ogden Symphonic Choir, Community Service Bureau, Weber State College High School Debate Tournament for secondary students from Utah and surrounding states, Regional Science Fair for secondary students co-sponsored by Weber State College science departments and the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, and Weber State College Region Two Foreign Language Fair for secondary students sponsored by the Weber State College Foreign Language Department cooperating with the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 3. Guidance The college implements the objectives through a guidance program which is a cooperative effort of student personnel, faculty, and administration. Through the Admissions and Testing Service, the College admits all high school graduates, or equivalent, who demonstrate their ability to profit from and succeed in the programs offered at Weber State College. The Academic Advising and Registration Service is designed to assist the student in choosing an appropriate major and program of studies. The Counseling Center assists students to adjust to college and to face problems connected with behavioral or emotional conflicts. The Scholastic Standards Service assists students who are experiencing difficulty in maintaining a suitable grade point average. The Placement Service provides the opportunity for students to be interviewed by business firms, school districts, and other employing agencies who extend offers of employment to graduating students. It also assists students to obtain part-time employment to provide financial aid in meeting college expenses. Awards—The College supports a system of awards to stimulate participation in out-of-class activities, to encourage maximum achievement in a student's chosen field, and to recognize and promote outstanding services to the college. Awards are granted for leadership, service, and achievement on four levels: exceptional, outstanding, meritorious, and commendable. Recommendations for awards are made by the instructional departments through the Deans of Schools and are directed to the Awards and Honors Committee, composed of faculty and student representatives. This Committee administers the system of awards, and coordinates the Academic Banquet, and the Awards and Honors Night. The Community Contributes— Finally, the community itself, with its broad cultural, economic, social, and geographical advantages, helps the College realize its objectives. Students share these advantages in many ways: 1. The businesses, shops, and industries of Ogden City provide outstanding opportunities which enable students to take part-time employment while they learn. This advantage is especially helpful in making arrangement for courses where both theory and practice are essential. Ogden is particularly attractive as a technical-trade training center because of the openings available to students who complete training couses in the trades. 2. The Ogden locality affords abundant opportunity for field trips, observation, and study in courses in the sciences and arts. Field trips in such subjects as botany, zoology, engineering, geography, geology, social sciences, art and photography are regularly scheduled. Situated 35 miles from the Utah State Capitol and within driving distance of mining and industrial interests of the magnitude of the Geneva Steel Mills and the Bingham Copper Mines, the College has access to these additional educational resources of the community. 28 29