Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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5 uw H , is i f Ffh ,,,,.,--' 33 f 11? p- ' f .. l Hal R. Wassink, M.A., Bowling Green State University . . . Dean of Men. DEA OF WOME For Virginia Smith, Dean of Women, her office affords the opportunity to help I women develop the ability to successfully interact within a group environment. Sever of the new programs emerging from the Dean of Women's office are founded on th philosophy of encouraging the students to assume greater responsibility. As outline the Resident Assistant program is educational rather than supervisory in nature, creat to avert an informational gap between either students-and-students or students-an administrators. Particularly for freshmen, the presence and easy accessibility of i formal communication channels is an aid to increased awareness of and participati in campus life. If successful it is hoped that the program can be expanded to incluc all womenis residence halls. In an effort to become individually acquainted with the freshman class, Dean Smit in conjunction with Deans Jensen and Wassink, scheduled a series of informal co versations with freshmen students, discussing such topics as their first impression of t campus and their reactions to the summer orientation program. During her four years at Wesleyan, Miss Smith has witnessed an increasing assum tion of responsibility on the part of students-a most satisfying experience for the De of Women.

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EA OF THE U IVER ITY With responsibility for the coordination of the academic affairs of the university laced in the office of the Academic Dean, Everette L. Walker, as Vice President and ean of the University is the administrator most concerned with the daily operation f the academic program. As chairman of the Deanis Council, he oversees curriculum evisions and changes, as well as evaluating programs and degree requirements. On ch matters as curriculum and recruitment, Dean Walker works directly with the culty. As a major task of the University faculty recruitment involves tours to major niversities seeking prospective faculty members in addition to a constant series of terviews on the Wesleyan campus. Problems of individual faculty members of de- artments are often brought to this office. Under this division are Office of the Registrar and the libraries, with the Dean co- dinating their operations with the rest of the university. The office of the Dean is al- ays open to students who wish to discuss an academic problem and to those who desire exception to the normal academic requirements. .Terry C. Jensen, M.A., Michigan State University . . . Dean of Students.

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E OF ME The delayed completion of a new men's residence hall has provided an additional allenge for Hal Wassink in his first year as Dean of Men. With extra students having be placed wherever space can be made available, the Dean is nevertheless determined make the living situation a part of the educational process at Wesleyan. A part of is process concerns establishing activities and relationships within each residence unit at offer opportunities for the students to mature emotionally and socially in parallel their intellectual development. In this regard, Dean Wassink expects to work closely ith residence hall staffs and hall officers to advise and encourage programs and ents that will aid this development. Although occasionally involved in disciplinary cases, Dean Wassink feels confident at the majority of the problems of this type can be handled by the students them- lves. As a result, such problems do not consume a major portion of his time. This ea, together with his work with the physical maintenance of the men's living units, is e more mundane yet necessary side of his job. Contact with students is another avowed goal of the Dean of Men. This is facilitated an open door policy that encourages communication with residents of the campus. is communication is meant to include the whole spectrum of student concerns from erely informational matters to personal problems. In addition to the afore mentioned eas of concern, the Dean of Men attempts to maintain an overview of the whole mpus. Virginia E. Smith, M.A., University of Minnesota . . . Dean of Women. 1 W. 11111 '111111111 U 1,1,1H11 1W1111,11x'111,111,1 13552. 11N111w11 1, 11M1-11, 111 ,N11 1 11 1 3.7. ' 1:-1 1 1 1. 1 1 'Sill 1, 1 1 1111. f:u :1 11111 1111u, , - 1 ' 1 2.2 , Mg'-',, A, . A ,, ,-'sys -'l N . . f .5 Y- .WW 1. ..1-5' - . ,. I 111 t 1 3 1