VOL. IV, NO. 12 Program focused on career problems Chamber Of Commerce Visits C Thirty one members of the Greater Harrisburg Area Chamber of Commerce were the guests of Dr. Robert E. McDermott at a luncheon-orientation held here at Capitol Campus, on January 15, 1975. A program followed the luncheon which focused on the University's programs which have a career, pro fessional or practical orien tation, according to Dr. George D. Wolf, Dean of Faculty. Many areas of study feature internship programs wherein students get credit for working with businesses, human service Veto Override Frees More Funds For Gl's [CPS]--Vietnam-era veter ans should now find mak ing ends meet while going to school a little easier. Their lot was improved recently when Congress overrode Presidet Ford's veto of the Vietnam Era readjustment Assistance Act, also know as the GI Bill. The principle clause of the bill rovided a 22.7 per cent increase in financial benefits for veterans at tending school. The boost raised from $220 to $270 the amount a single veteran attending school receives heach mont. A married vet eran will receive $321 in stead of $261 and a married veteran with a child will receive $366 instead of $298 a month. The other major portion of the bill extended the number of months a vet eran may pursue a standard undergraduate college de gree to 45, a nine-month addition which does not apply to post-graduate work. Veterans covered by the act include four million personnel who served from 1955 to 1966 in the Korean War and another seven mil lion veterans who served The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce was on Campus last Wednesday at the invitation of Provost McDermott to get a first hand look at the place we call Capitol Campus. photo by prouser agencies, the legislature, members and student in and health facilitie4Faculty volved in these areas dis- since August 1964, during the Vietnam era. In addition to financial increases, the bill estab lished a supplementary loan program under which eligible persons may obtain a loan not to exceed $6OO per academic year and lib eralized the tutorial assis tance program under which veterans may receive indi vidual tutorial help. The time period that such as sistance is available has been increased from 9 to 12 months, and the maximum monthly payment has been increased from $5O to $6O . Also under the new bill a veteran need only be 10 percent disabled to receive vocational rehabilitation instead of the previous 30 percent. Even with the increased benefits, however, some veterans have said the bill falls short of education costs and does not com pare equally with benefits World War II veterans re ceived. As it stands now, ac cording to Dean Phillips, board member of the Na tional Associaltion of Con cerned Veterans, "The man drawing unemployment C.C. READER ~ ...) c' ~. ~~~~~ '`•-,--- N.,__ can get up to $4OO per month while the vet going to college would be able to recieve $270." "Are the priorities in our society so warped,"asked Phillips,"that a man who serves his country can come back and collect more for not working and not going to school than for going to school under the GI Bill?" For specifics of the bill, veterans are urged to con tact the "vet rep" or the Veterans's Affairs Office on their campus. cussed their programs with the Chamber people. Among the many distin guished guests that day were Ed Book, President of Hershey Estates; Robert Seymour, Executive Editor of the Patriot News; Sam Zarfoss, President of Penn Central Oil Company; and Paul S. Abbott, Manager of WTPA-Radio and TV. A tour through the Computer Center and the Library as well as a slide presentation was part of the program. A coffee hour in the Gallery/Lounge con cluded the orientation for the Chamber of Commerce. Last week's Harrison story and pictures were done by Jim Bollinger [if you really care]. PS SC Grad-students hold orientation by Dr. Duane Shuttlesworth An orientation meeting for students enrolled in the Masters of Psycho Social Science program was held January 16 th 1975. Ap proximately 45 to 50 stu dents participated in the meeting. Faculty members present were Drs. Starkey, Knestrick, Dexter, Mezei, Taylor, Lear, Masters, Richman, Shuttlesworth, and Mrs. McKay. Also par ticipating in the program were representatives for Student Affairs and the Placement Office, Mr. Jerry South, and Mrs. O'Hara respectively. Numerous topics were discussed at the meeting-- program philosophy, faculty expectations of graduate student responsi bilites and performance, the practicum experience and related items, academ ic guidelines, proper course sequencing within the time of study at PSU- Capitol, admissions pro cedures, recruitment, grad uate student funding, and the services provided by JANUARY 24, 1975 President's Council Meeting Announced The first President's Council meeting for Winter Term '75 will be held on Wednesday evening, Jan uary 29 at 7 PM in Room E 338. After compiling the schedules of all concerned, this seemed the only avail able meeting time. The new Coordinator of Student Activities, Ms. Roberta McLeod will be present at this meeting. This will be your first chance to meet and talk with her. Also attending will be Jerry South and Dave Nicholas. Dave plans to discuss the social cal endar and the Spring Con cert. His main emphasis will be on the organizations planning of events for the weekends. PRESIDENTS PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND THIS INTERESTING AND IN FORMATIVE MEETING. the student affairs and placement offices. Dr. Riwin Richman, Program Head, presented a brief talk on the structure of author ity within the program and exhoed statements made earlier concerning the im portance of the student's advisor in the academic process. The students with whom I spoke following the meet ing agreed that the program was a useful way of dis seminating information and clarfying relevant issue concerning requirements and guidelines in the pro gram. An added bonus of the meeting was the social hour that followed which allowed students and faculty to interact with each other on a more in formal basis. I would like to express my appreciation to Jim Knestrick, for chairing the meeting, to the various speakers (Drs. Dexter, Masters, Taylor, Starkey; Mrs. McKay, Jerry South, and Peg O'Hara), and to the students and the faculty for their suggestions and sup port in making the meeting both a reality and a success. Credit must also be given to Liz Hoffman for her assistance in coordin ating the meeting, and to those students who con tributed questions for our consideration during the program. OUR COVER HER TREE by fred prouser
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