PSU TWO-YEAR PROGRAM SEEMS
University Park, Pa.--Graduates of two.:::
year college technical programs are in nearly
as great a demand across the country as en
gineers.
Not only is competition for the two-year
technical graduates keen, but starting salaries
are at an all-time high, fringe benefits are
increasing, and more companies than ever before
are recruiting.
These are some of the findings is a
survey conducted by the Placement Service at
The Pennsylvania State University. The surm
included nearly 700 students who were gradu
ates from the University's 19 branch campuses
last June with two-year associate degrees. -
Starting salaries for the graduates in
creased 25 per cent over the past four years,
according to the report.
The median monthly starting salary was
ss26.per month, with some salaries ranging to
a high of $7,800 per year for the first fulls.
time job. Three years ago. the medium start
ing salary was $425, and only 17 graduates
reported. starting salaries of $5OO or more.
Graduates found employment conditions
if extremely favorable" with a "record number"
of employers exceeded the number of graduates,
according to the report.
"It was noted from employer feedback,"
says the report, "that competition for well
qualified engineering technicians is now
nearly as great as for engineers."
Other findings indicate that nearly
50 per cent of the employers invite students
to visit company locations, and a larger
employers invite students to visit - comapny
locations, and a larger number than ever be
fore are paying expenses for moving a gradu
ate to his employment location. The need
for technicians was so great, said the re
port, that most employers, especially larger
national firms, did not consider draft status
a deterrent to hiring.
• Greater recruiting activity is also re
ported from both Federal and State agencies
since recent salary revisions have enabled
these agencies to compete more closely with
business and industry.
A total of 91 pet cent of Penn Statels
two-year June graduates had accepted full
time positions, while the remaining nine per
cent had one or more employment offers but v:
were .not committed to any specific position
at the time of the report.
While more than2oo different companies
across the Nation interviewed the technical
graduates, the seven largest employers were
Eastman Kodak, Newport News Shipbuilding,
Bell Telephone Labs, 1.8. M., Xerox, Pennsyl
=la Power and Light Co., and Pennsylvanis
Department of Highways.
The majority of students--51 percent--
accepted employment somewhere within Pennsyl
vania, with 28 per cent of these finding jobs
within the immediate area of their campuses.
The survey included graduates from two
year programs in the fields of drafting and
design technology, manufacturing technology,
and surveying technology, in addition to
chemical technology, forest technology,
agricultural business, hotel and food services,
retailing, and business.
BEHREND PLAYERS VOTE FOR "CINDY"
The Behrend Players have voted on" Cindy"
as the Spring play to produced on the Campus.
This play ran for l 2 years off Broadway. It
is a play written for simple staging, with
twelve character parts, and is a modernization
of the Cinderella story as seen through the
eyes of a New . York delicatessen owner. The set
wlll be built by the Main Campus, according
to Mr. Ellis M. Grove advisor to the group
and director of the play. These productions
are always something to look forward to in
the Spring.
BEHREND HOST TO LIIMMY HOST TO GROUP
The Behrend Campus Library hosted the
meeting of the Northwest District of the
Erie Chapter of Special Librarians Associatioi
from the Erie area, which includes The Amer
ican Sterilizer Company, Lords, Gannon Colley,
Hammermill, General Electric Company, Hamot
Hospital and The Behrend Campus librarians,
and others, on Tuesday, November 7 in the
Memorial Roam. Mr. Anthony . Venett, program
director l aabrary Information Service at
Pattee Library, spoke to the group on library
information service.
1; 4 41k IatiaZTAIIO
Voting for the one open position on the
Student Affairs Committee will be held today
from 8:00 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. in the 0. B.
building lobby. The position is a very
important one as the Student Affairs Committee
is composed of students and faulty, and this
student position represents the equalizing
voting factor on the committee. The Student
Affairs Committee is "the law" (continued)