San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Extension Service San Jose State College offers a wide range of olf-campus courses in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties as well as parts of Alameda County. Many courses provide college cred: it and serve the needs of teachers, business people, and various lay and professional groups. All classes must meet minimum enrollment numbers -differing as to location of the class -in order to continue beyond the first meeting. The services of the Extension Division are available to school systems or other groups for the or- ganization of regular or special courses and workshops. Course dates need not conform to regular semes- ter periods and can be initiated at any time. Courses are usually offered for two or three semester units. Alumni San Jose State College Board of Directors SEATED, left to right: Jan Pisano, E. F. DeVilbiss, President; Ken Roed, Executive Director; Cecil George. BACK ROW: Dr. A. G. Applegarth, William Eckert, Don Straub and Roy Thompson. Not shown are Ed Mosher, Bart Collins, Gene Arnold, Robert Cheim, Carl Stubenrauch, Paul Mulcahy and Barbara Mardesich. The Alumni Association is the only OH'lCC on campus which maintains up-to-date address rec- ords on all graduates of the college. All members of the association receive monthly alumni news- letters giving the latest information on college happenings. Annual Fall Homecoming activities for alumni are arranged by the association in ad- dition to Spring Alumni lVeek held during the first week of May. Alumni members are granted library privileges at the college. Membership dues are $5.00 per year. The association is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the general alumni membership, and meets once each month during the school year. The purpose of the association is to promote a program for the continuing education of all alumni; promote the success and well-being of San Jose State College; promote service to the alumni, the College, students and prospective students; promote social activities to band togeth- er alumni for their mutual interests, friendships, advancement and pleasure and to insure the adequate financial status of the Association through membership drives and fund raising activities in order to fulfill the above objectives.

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Placement Service One of the most important services which this college offers to the students is the Placement Service. The four main functions of this office are to provide busi- ness, industrial, educational, and part- time student placement services. It also co-ordinates the Work Aid program. Under the guidance of E. W. Clements, Placement Officer, the Placement Service carries out the following functions. It provides information on employment op- portunities and practices of various gov- ernment and private agencies. It provides contacts with employers and prospective employers. It arranges for interviews with company and institutional representa- tivesneither on campus or at their offices. It provides a counseling service for stu- dents interested in knowing what voca- tional opportunities are open to them, and it maintains files of current full-time, part-time and summer job openings. Extended Day Classes Extended day and evening classes are designed to meet the needs of adults in the community for work on the college level. These Classes also meet the needs of limited students or working students. The classes are regular college classes which meet on the campus during the academic year betwen 4:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Both undergraduate and graduate courses are offered and carry full college residence credit. Credits earned in the extended day program may be applied toward the completion of a degree or credential requirements, or ID the courses may be taken for intellectual enjoyment and im- provement.

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Summer Session N 9.1: 4-4...- Enrollment figures reached a new high for the 1959 summer session program. The 8,518 stu- dents took part in either the six-week or four- week program, or the one or two week work shops. During the ten-week period more than 135 Masterts Degrees were awarded. This total ex- ceeds the number of M.Afs awarded during either of the regular sessions. Visiting faculty taught in the areas of philos- ophy, librarianship, education and business. During the session educators and students were given the opportunity to survey educational TV in the classroom situation. i I2