General Motors Institute - Reflector Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Fall, 1961: GMTE Gets New Quarters PEE-S aTMO JQMUOD IVITUD3X3 pt ncemanrenmans: stim mee etree meee echt nesses Inside the main office of the GMTE Executive Council. This year saw the GMTE Executive Council move their offices into Room 2-339 by the entrance to the main cafe- teria. Because of the many functions being carried on by the Publications Council of the Executive Council, and also be- cause of the many students who are constantly working on The new office of the Publications Council. the Publications Council, it was given its own work area offices in Room 3-337. The Publications Council Chairman also has his office space with the Publications Council in order to facilitate more harmony between the different publi- cations and to help establish supervisory proximity. As this writing takes place, however, the Executive Council has been moved from Room 2-339 to Room 3-501. This latest move provides them more space and also brings the student gov- erning body in proximity with the governing body of the In- stitute. It takes a capable man to fill this chair. The Reflector editor has his own private area.

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v Dr. Pickering dealing with one of the many problems that come to his office. Fall, 1961: Student Counseling Program Revised Several modifications were instituted in the student counseling program with the beginning of the 61-62 school year. There was a sharp increase in the emphasis upon the counseling of first year students. The work with the freshmen was done by 28 carefully selected faculty members. The counseling activities were planned in a series of meetings conducted by Student Relations. Arrangements were made for each new student to become well acquainted with his counselor during the first month at school. Each counselor kept a close check on the progress of each of his “boys.” As the end of the school year approached, the program EET Mr. Middleton, a faculty freshman advisor, counsels was evaluated from several points of view, including that of the freshmen themselves. The evaluation indicated that the program was successful and will be continued in essen- tially the same form next year with the exception that the counselors will not only add the freshmen of 1962 but will continue their work with these students through their sopho- more year. The counseling needs of the sophomores, juniors and seniors were taken care of by the Student Relations Staff which also planned and administered the freshman counseling program. a student. 25

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Fall, 1961: GMTE Adds Fifth Council Chairman Peganoff directs discussion at the monthly meeting. Last year, GMTE established the Professional Groups Council as the guiding body of the organizations affiliated with the various professional groups in industry. These professional groups are dedicated to furthering the understanding of men in their fields of endeavor by promoting the mutttal interest of these men. At GMI, this objective is accomplished by means of discussions, speeches by men from Industry, dinner meetings, tours, and other related activities. This council includes the Society of Automotive Engineers, the recent national affiliation with the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers, and the student chapter of the American Foundrymen’s Society. Other clubs under the jurisdiction of the council are the Industrial Engi- neering Club, Welding Engineering Club, and the Electrical Engineering Club. These organizations have, during the past year, come into their own as a worthwhile part of the educational program of General Motors Institute. A ge — Let’s see, are these introductory notes in the sequence I want them? Elected members being sworn in as officers of ASTME. 27