March 15, 1963 GOOD OPPORTUNi ASSOCIATE DEGRE University Park, Pa., Feb. 7 The great demand for two-year associate degree graduates of the Pennsylvania State University has increased markedly and early indi cations are that June graduates in these programs aill have no difficulty finding jobs. They are also expected to find starting salaries very attractive. A survey conducted by the Uni versity among its 14 Common wealth campuses reveals that 62 per cent of the 442 graduates who received degrees last summer are in positions paying $4OO or more per month or better salary. And while nearly half of the graduates accepted jobs in Penn sylvania, the remainder were sought out arid employed by com panies in 16 states and Washing ton, D. C.—including states as far away as California, New Mexico, Texas and Florida. While the medium starting sal ary; was $4ll per month, associate degree graduates reported a start ing : salary of $6OO or more and the top: salary reported was $625 per month. Penn State pioneered the two year associate degree programs to meet the needs of industry for young men and women with tech- Mother-Daughter Tea Held at SUB Theta Sigma Pi Sorority of the Hazleton Campus, Pennsylvania State University, held their an nual Mother-Daughter tea, Febru ary 24 in the Lounge. President Kay Yencho announced the follow ing committees for the tea during the regular sorority meeting: Refreshments Betsy Moore, Mary Beth Martin, Essie Nemeth, Carole Yurkovic, Geneva Avillion, Joan lacurci. Entertainment Donna Foster, Diane Getz, June Fiel. Decorations Paulette Linden muth, Kay Yencho, Carolyn Egger, Joanne Pretti, Marie Mel chior ee. Flowers Stephanie Simasek, Pat Holshue. Invitations Darilyn Clark, Guests at the tea were mothers of sorority members, wives of fac ulty members, members of the PSU Hazleton Campus Women’s Auxiliary, and women of the PSU Campus. During the last meeting prelim inary plans also were made for the May Ball to be held May 25. HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN TIES FOR E STUDENTS nical training to serve as engi neering supporting personnel. The two-year programs are offered at Penn State’s campuses at Allen town, Altoona, Erie Dußois, Mc- Keesport, Mont Alto, New Ken sington, Ogo n t z ( Abington), Pottsville, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Wyomissing, and York, as well as Highacres. Six companies employed a bulk of the recent associate degree graduates. They are International Business Machines, Radio Corpo ration of America, Bell Telephone Laboratories, General Electric, Boeing Aircraft, and DuPont. The majority of students in the associate degree programs at the Commonwealth campuses are en rolled in the technical courses in the field of engineering. These in clude drafting and design technol ogy, electrical and electronics technology, production technology and surveying technology. There are also programs in chemical technology and a new program in forest technology planned for the Mont Alto campus in September. Two curricula, of fered on the University Park Campus agriculture and hotel food service also lead to the associate degree. SIX STUDENTS TRANSFERRING Six sophomore students will be transferring to the Main Campus at the end of the term. They are: James Salvaggio, Chemistry ma jor; Bob Haas, Business Adminis tration; JoAnne Pretti, Business Education; John Tarone, Pre dental major; James Yaccino, Di vision of Counseling; and George Kashuta, Liberal Arts. As a result, two positions in Stu dent Government will be left va cant. Elections to fill the positions of Treasurer and Council Member will be held the second week of the Spring Term, Another ten Council seats will also be filled after this election. They are for the positions of President, Vice-President, and eight Council Members. Anyone desiring to run should contact Larry Lash. Authentic Ivy Fashions For Class and Campus -jj^f*** A DISTINCTIVE SHOP FOR MEN 42 W. Broad St. Hazleton, Pa. EVALUATIONS SHOW RESULTS With almost half of the evalu ation program complete, it is clear that many departments of the University are endowed with the resources required to meet the re sponsibilities imposed by the su perior students now entering the University. However, results of the program indicate that some departments will require major overhauling if the University is to meet the chal lenge for greatness that lies im mediately ahead. The evaluation program has re vealed itself to be a powerful mechanism for speeding up the modernization of a department. The internal evaluation program has been as valuable as the out side evaluations by instilling a conscious drive for improvement and an awareness of the need for continuing self-analysis. For their part the evaluations by the visit ing teams have given the Univer sity the benefit of counsel by many distinguished scholars, drawn in large part from universities whose mission is similar to Penn State’s. As a group, the evaluators have been friendly, sympathetic and honest in their appraisals. They are leaving behind a set of recom mendations which, when carried out will the University a quantum jump in quality. Some generations are beginning to stand out as the evaluation re ports come in. Some of the depart ments which are asking for more help from the University have had their cases strongly fortified by the evaluation committees. The evaluating committees have said Penn State salary structure is too low to be competitive with the best American universities. An average 50 per cent increase in faculty salaries in the last five years has not entirely closed the gap. With this knowledge, the University has added strength as it seeks additional funds from the Legislature and from several other sources. One interesting result of the evaluations made so far is that the humanities have fared better in the nological departments for which reports than the scientific and tech- Penn State is best known. This is difficult to understand in view of the much greater research support available to these departments. There is a tmptation to say that preoccupation with research grant now available in science and tech nology may be subverting the whole teaching function. This view has found no supporters among the memebers of the evaluation com mittees. Two departments were taken totask sharply for their lack of aggressiveness in seeking re search support. One committee re ported that any mature science Page Three professor who does not have out side research support of at least $30,000 annually either is (1) not accepting his responsibilities or (2) not abreast of his field. Several departments were highly commended in reports from the evaluators. These include land scape architecture, nuclear engi neering, speech and Slavic languages. For even these depart ments , there were many sugges tions for improvement. Languages at the University were evaluated as a group by five scholars from Northwestern, Mich igan, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania, and Georgetown universities., This report was replete with mentions of dedicated service and outstand ing performance in the face of very heavy teaching loads. In overall analysis, it was clear the committee felt that Penn State has the basic personnel and the stu dent resources to become a dis tinguished center for study in language. The committee evaluating nu clear engineering commended the department in warm terms and strongly recommended that it move immediately into a doctoral program in nuclear engineering. This has since been done. The committee which evaluated landscape architecture included one member who serves also an the accreditation committee of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The full committee, on study of the evaluation report, de cided to accredit the department through 1967 without further ex amination. In contrast to these generally favorable reports, one depart mental curriculum was termed “archaic” by the evaluators. An other was criticized for poor teach ing of courses that should not have been offered in the first place, since the course material was properly offered by another de partment. The schedule for evaluations includes: April 8,9, 10 Department of Accounting for Business Statistics. , April 8,9, 10 Department of Economics, Department of Mineral Economics, work in Economics of fered by the Department of Ag ricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. April 8,9, 10—Bureau of Busi ness Research. April 29, 30, May I—Division of Animal Science and Industry, An imal Industry and Nutrition, Dairy Science, Poultry Science, Veteri nary Science. May 13, 14, 15—Department of Art and the Department of Art Education (including Home Art in the Department of Home Manage ment, Housing, and Home Art).
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