University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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PLACEMENT OFFICE The Placement Service is involved in finding part time and summer jobs for undergraduates and career positions for graduating seniors. Interested students are interviewed for infor- mation on preferred employment. At the same time the placement service takes job orders from employers off campus and from the Uni- versity itself, then attempting to match up stu- dents with prospective employers. Also, the placement service keeps a bulletin board posted with part time job opportunities out- side the old Administration building. The Cen- ter is in contact with over 500 companies for whom they arrange interviews, along with 250 schools who need graduates to fill teaching positions. FRANK DAY Director of Placement TOM HASSEY Placement Assistant JERRY MURPHY Assistant Director of Placement RALPH MOORE Placement Assistant

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GRADUATE COLLEGE The Graduate College is unique, for of all the colleges, it is the only one concerned with the individual field of study a student is in, but the level of education he is striving for. The function of the college is the extension of a higher level of knowledge in any major; there- for, the Graduate College works closely with all other University colleges. The U of A offers Masters degrees in 98 majors and Doctorates in 56 fields; the otherwise unrelated men and women studying for these degrees are organ- ized under the Graduate College. While many teachers instruct only undergraduate students, the majority of the University ' s faculty teach both undergraduates and graduates, closely bringing the Graduate College to the remaining branches of the U of A. Hundreds of Univer- sity research projects provide wages for many of the 4,300 graduate students, while tuition scholarships, fellowships and trainee ship s help to finance advanced degrees for others. Teaching assistantships are available for about 500 graduate students. The students in the Graduate College are as varied as the programs the college supervises. F. PENDLETON GAINES Dean of Continuing Education and Summer Session The Division of Continuing Education recog- nizes its special obligation to adults, particu- larly those of the Tucson community. Many late afternoon and evening courses are of spe- cial interest to these citizens. Courses on Chan- nel 6, the University ' s television station, offer regular academic credit. The Saturday morn- ing classes are convenient for teachers outside metropolitan Tucson and businessmen unable to study in the evening. Non-credit courses HERBERT D. RHODES Dean of the Graduate College offer enrollment for those not necessarily striving towards degrees, but who realize the value of education for its own sake. A shorter work week, more leisure time and rapid tech- nological advances put an increased emphasis on higher education, which the U of A attempts to meet through its Division of Continuing Education and the Summer Session. In its fif- tieth year, the summer session has grown to a program of some 600 courses in 55 fields conducted on campus and throughout Arizona. More than 40 additional courses will be offered in the six-week residence program in Guada- lajara, Mexico, while credit-granting study tours will be conducted in Europe and Mexico. For the first time, the UA will offer evening courses on campus during its ten-week sum- mer session, which enrolled almost 13,000 on- campus students in 1967. Many students are finding it advantageous to begin their college career in June instead of September, and these evening courses are designed for such students as well as adults able to attend only at night. The seventeenth annual Fine Arts Summer Session for High School students will be held in 1968. CONTINUING EDUCATION 194

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M. R. DICK CLAUSEN Director of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Male students of the University have the oppor- tunity to engage in physical education, intramural sports and varsity and freshman athletics, all con- ducted by the Department of Health, Physical Edu- cation and Recreation. Two units of HYPER are required of all freshman men. A well-rounded varsity sports program is conducted, with intercol- legiate competition in the Western Athletic Confer- ence. A professional preparation program is offered to those who are interested in teaching health and physical education, coaching, or in directing recrea- tional programs. HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION MARY PILGRIM Director of the Department of Physical Education for Women The Department of Physical Education for Women at the University of Arizona provides excellent facilities for classes and recreational activities in and around the Physical Education Building. While enrolled in the two years P.E. required for gradua- tion, the student may choose from approximately twenty different activities ranging from Track and Field to Fencing. An extensive and outstanding year-round intramural, extramural and club pro- gram is an outgrowth of the activities of the de- partment. 196