Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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12 Above right, Gaye Kinnett teaches a hadminton class and also coaches the Ladyjays basketball team. Above left,- Nursing senior Anne Jenkins studies for her nursing Hnals. Below right, Graduate student Peggy Meyer stops in the student center before she leaves to work on her guidance project. Below, Arts junior Jean Conrad and graduate physical education assistant Kathy Boukal discuss the Ladyjays team.

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Student Life Above: Nursing junior and group leader Patty Rees leads a charge to Kiewit to help another freshman move into the dorm.

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Women ' s role changing in careers, organizations Not too long ago, women who ventured to college were considered to be inferior, or at worst, husband hunting. But no longer. Today, women have made im- portant inroads into the once predominately male realms of business, law, medicine and sports. No longer are they satisfied with being stereotyped as nurses, teachers or secretaries. Important gains have also been made here at Creighton, from the Student Board of Governors to the newly organized Women ' s Resource (Center. The resource center is open to all members of the Creighton community, co-coordinator of the center, Arts junior Lisa O ' Byrne said. We hope that it becomes a place where ideas flow freely, and where conclusions reached are ones based on thoughtful input by both sexes, she said. Both O ' Byrne and Arts junior Karen Meyer, the center ' s other coordinator, hope that the center will serve as a communication device for all students. Books, pamphlets, community service information, and files of reference materials are provided. The opening of the new Kiewit Physical Fitness Center has also provided anoth( r input for tht; female Student. Our growing enrollments in th(; physical education courses, and the incrtja sod participation in intramural sports indicates that women at Creighton are serious about their physical, as well as academic well-being, said Assistant Athh!tic Director Dan Offenburger. The trend of the mid-70 ' s is away from the Lib movement and more toward goal oriented prospects. Women today want to use their degrees in respon- sible ways. said Acad(!mic Vice President Sandy Nelson, responsible for their own growth, education, and future. The employment prospects for women have also brightened considerably in the past few years. The av- erage woman at Creighton is very sharp, said Place- ment Director Earl Winters. She is able to compete with her male counterparts in almost all areas, and doesn ' t have to step back for anybody, he said. Winters said that recruiters that have come on campus have been very impressed v ith the Creighton woman, as well as the entire student body. Above left, Mrs. Eileen Lieben, Dean of Women, discusses the All University Committee on Concerts, Lectures and Films. Above right. Arts senior Sandy Nelson, vice president of Academic Affairs for the Student Board works on rank and tenure. 13