Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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PRE IDE T OE THE UNIVER ITY Nowhere is there a superior stimulative juxtapositio of such breadth in music, art, and drama along with th more practical interests of nursing, business, and financ contained in an intimate liberal arts college settin -President Robert S. Eckle As a liberal arts, church-related university, lllinois Wesleyfari qualifies was one of tl' unique contributors to American history. But Dr. Eckley expressed the belief that W'esleyan is to retain its importance in an age of rapidly expanding state universitie it must continue to offer both unique and superior facilities, for the justification f its existence lies in its capacity to function as an innovator. lnnovation for Wesleyan requires the periodic reexamination of new goalsg also, involves the implementation of new approaches and techniques, within the establisht framework, to meet the changing demands. Wesleyan's basic purpose, the integrati of the liberal, the specialized, and the religious has through the years provided t students with a broad liberal arts background augmented by specific training, awareness of the importance of religious and ethical considerations, and a close st dent-professor relationship. As a result of financial pressure general in private higher education, the universi lacks the freedom to initiate many desirable new undertakings. Emphasis is bei placed on qualitative rather than quantitative improvements, with the major thrust expansion focusing upon the improvement of the existing academic program. The challenge facing lllinois Wesleyaii is Hin understanding the need to know o competitors in the field of higher education, while realizing the importance of bei ourselvesf'

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, W, .wir M rms. M- was mga? ia.. ,, I J' t -f xmn. Everette L Walker Ed.D., Indiana University . . . Dean of the University. DE OF STUDE T The education that goes on outside the class room is the primary concern of De Jerry C. Jensen and his staff. Extension and expansion of the Dean of Students Offi into the areas of student activities, financial aid, psychological counseling, and care planning leave hardly any parts of the student's non-academic life uninfluenced. Illinois Wesleyan's new Dean of Students approaches his job with a desire create an atmosphere of relationships, whether student-faculty, student-administrat or student-student. This atmosphere must involve confidence in each other, trust, resp as persons, and understanding. In its efforts toward establishing the personal contacts and individual attention whi IWU promises its students, the Dean's staff must be one of action, not reaction, a ticipating student's problems and questions and initiating action. The task of a p sonnel dean in a university community such as Wesleyan's combines the jobs of a ministration of such tangible things as barely adequate housing and such intangibl as development of personal and group responsibility and formation of meaningf relationships.