Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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good records, financial statements, and such. Mary: Another change is that there's been more coop- eration on behalf of the administration and faculty in get- ting students involved in different things. For example, this year I'm sitting on administrative staff which is the first time they've ever had a student on the staff. Also, for the first time, faculty in the constitution asked for stu- dents to sit in on promotion decisions. Tom: One of the big projects we've been involved in is a major curriculum study for students. Eventually we will be developing a faculty questionaire and give it to the departments to find out how they feel they're doing. Then with the student questionaire we'll get a wide spec- trum or perspective on the whole academic process and re-evaluate it. Mary: Yes, it's important to get the students' perspec- tive, and the faculty, staff, and administratives' perspec- tive. Together we should discover Augsburgs' strengths and weaknesses. Above: Tom Danger and Mar 1 Olson, concentrating on one of many responsibility ot hand, work hard to accomplish their goals Below: Singer Pam Johnson and her instrumentalists were just one of die many groups who performed on the open stage that was scheduled evers Fr: day afternoon. A

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Student Council Striving All for One and One for All Interview with President Mary Olson and Vice-President Tom Danger of Student Council. Q. What are some of the things that Student Council has worked on this year to meet the students' wants and needs? Mary: The Program Commission has been getting more day-time entertainment going. This year a new thing has been the Friday afternoon open stage. Different enter- tainers, bands, and singers are booked up every week. Students really seem to enjoy this. Another proposal in Student Council this year was to fund buses for students going to off-campus games. There was an average of 85% of the students going on buses to football games. We had two buses going to the soccer games with an average of 52 people. Buses also went to hockey games and to other sports throughout the different seasons. Tom: Out of that came the possibility for either leasing or buying a bus — which a standing committee looked into. It seems as though we'd save more money in the long run, considering all the money Student Government has funnelled into rent for transportation. Mary: This year we also set up a special committee to investigate Smiley's Point. The reason why Council's look- ing into Smiley's Point is because this has been an area of student concern. We want to make sure that if students have complaints something can be done about it. Smiley's Point should be aware of their strengths and weaknesses, also. We want to work on a grievance channel in Student Government. Tom: Student Government is getting into more of the college finances — at least we're trying to. Right now I'm looking into a breakdown of the student and general fees. People are curious to see where their money is going to. They don't know why they're paying it or what's happen- ing to their money. Q: Do you feel that the Program Commission has been successful this year? Mary: I do. Tom: I do. I think Nancy Brown has done a fantastic job. One thing about Nancy is she's really had a variety. Movies almost every week, all different kinds of concerts . Mary: She tries to have a concert every month. Open Road, Freeborn, Michael Johnson Q: How has participation in Student Government been this year? Mary: Sometimes it's a little lax. In program commis- sion events it's hard to get crowds. I think students are becoming more active — more are working for the AUGSBURGIAN, ECHO, and the Program Commission. We've had people come and volunteer to work for Stu- dent Government.This year's homecoming co-chairmen volunteered for the job, which is usually an arm-twister. SOS has been getting a lot of volunteers. So I can't really say that student apathy is big around Augsburg. Q: What were some of the changes in Student Govern- ment this year? Tom: One change that I'd like to mention is that each of the commissions — the Program Commission, the ECHO, the AUGSBURGIAN, and other organizations — are a lot more financially responsible this year not only to the treasurer but to the budget screening committee. We're checking up to make sure that people are keeping Below: One of the many tasks performed by our Student Council is to listen closely to ideas or opinions voiced from the Augsburg community.

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CHRandCOD New Educational Concepts by F. Hall Roe, Kay Stoll, Roger Simon. In 1969, Cal Appleby set forth a new program that many thought was way ahead of its time. The program resulted in the formation of the Conservation of Human Re- sources (CHR). Appleby's idea was to take courses offered on Augsburg campus to different institutions and offer them there. Students from Augsburg and other colleges together with the staff and residents of the institution would then participate in classes together. CHR is in- volved in the following institutions: Minnesota State Pris- on at Stillwater, Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women at Shakopee, the State Reformatory for Men in St. Cloud, Minnesota State Hospital in St. Peter, Anoka State Hospital, community corrections centers, senior citi- zens' high-rises and nursing homes, Circle F (a mental health drop-in center), and Trevilla of Robbinsdale (a skilled care nursing home for younger severely physically handicapped adults). A fairly recent program, initially planned by CHR's Program Coordinator, Wayne Moldenhauer, involves the handicapped at Trevilla of Robbinsdale. This program, begun in 1973, is Career Opportunity Development in Human Services for the Physically Handicapped (COD). The residents of Trevilla decided who would be involved in the program. Those who were eligible had to have a high school diploma (or G.E.D.), motivation, and dedica- tion to make the project work. Fourteen residents at Trev- illa qualified. They entered the program with high hopes that they would end up with a meaningful job opportunity. To help these fourteen people map out their goals and ways to achieve them, Emmett Smith and Roger Simon assumed the roles of counselor-coordinators of COD. An important function of these people has been to contact potential employers to see if they would be willing to hire disabled persons. This often has involved creating new and innovative positions that are meaningful and not make-work. The fourteen people in this program began to become involved at Augsburg and other places in classes, meetings, field placements, and work. Scheduling conflicts began to occur in transporting these people to various places. Wheels of Wonder, headed by Robert Roos, helped to alleviate some of the transportation difficulties. Isolation is something a disabled person is familiar with. CHR and COD have been attempting to rid this isolation from people's lives. Through these programs Augsburg and other colleges have benefited also. The severely handicapped who have attended Augsburg have opened up a new dimension of education to many non-handi- capped students and professors. Is this not co-learning at its finest? 2 6 Above: CHR sponsors a '57 Sock Hop for Augsburg students to raise money for their organization.