Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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Wesleyan Data Sheet Established in 1850, the College of Liberal Arts, together with the Schools of Art Q19-461 and of Drama H9471 of the College of Fine Arts, has academic authority over 1288 students. The School of Music H8791 with 172 students and the 189 students of the Brokaw Collegiate School of Nursing f1959J complete the community of students residing on the 35 acre campus. The generally high calibre of the student body and the at- tractiveness of the institution itself is illustrated by the seven IWU-sponsored and four outside-sponsored National Merit Scholars, and two Presidential Scholars who have joined the crowds that daily invade the 14 classroom buildings and the uniquely designed library. 110,000 volumes, including documents, and 1,200 periodicals and newspapers to which the library subscribes are readily available in open stacks in the 10 quadrants of the three floor modern structure. An audio-visual room seating 70 and study space for 800 students provides ample space for individual study or class gatherings. Stack capacity is 250,000 volumes, and last year over 8,300 volumes were added to the collection and the pace is increasing annually. Class meetings find the 127 faculty members confronted by an average of 30 students, each of whom incurs about 33,500 ex- pense every year for tuition and fees, room and board, books, and incidentals. Every year IWU graduates continue their educations often recipients of the Danforth, Wilsoii, Fullbright, Rhodes, and Rockefeller fellowships.

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ness fs' ' ,mr-. :eases fi Fi IME' , K-is Robert Harrington, Ph.D., State University of Iowa . . . Chairman of the Division of Business Administration and Economics. THE DIVISIO OE BUSINESS A D ECO OIVIICS The basic goal of the Division of Business and Economics is to prepare students ultimately to assume roles of leadership and responsibility in business and government. Within the Division, there are three curricula from which a student may choose an area of concentration. These areas are Business Administration, Economics, and Finance and Insurance. Majors in Business Administration are provided with a balanced study in preparation for entry into business or government and for study at the graduate level. Because of the increasingly quantitative and international character of modern business practice, a strong mathematical base and one year of a foreign language is considered optimum. With a concentration in the Department of Economics an attempt is made to develop the students' ability to grasp the fundamentals involved in the social process of allocat- ing scarce resources among competing ends. The eventual aim is to prepare the student for a career in business or public administration or for graduate study. The Department of Finance and Insurance offers an opportunity in education that is a rarity outside of major universities. The course offerings are aimed both at those who desire a general business background but wish to apply their business education to the operation of a single industry and at those who desire entry in the insurance industry itself. An internship program provides an additional opportunity for a well- founded education in the industry. All of these curricula are designed to establish a foundation for continuing education with emphasis upon high standards of ethical conduct and broad social responsibility. All of this is intended to be arrayed against an extensive Liberal Arts background in order to provide a well-balanced base for a future in business.