Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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ECGNOIVIICS 2 52 my Navi iz Donald Sherk, chairperson The Department of Economics has attempted to provide its students with a quality education in the field of economics. Moreover it has built up within its overall course offerings several specialities which are designed to be appropriate to our students' future professionalfcareer choices, namely mathematical economics, urban economics and international economics. In addi- tion, our active internship program has added a unique dimension to one total program. With the growing interest in economics throughout the country, together with the variety of new posi- tions open to women in various branches of eco- nomics, the Department believes it to be well situated to help its students take maximum ad- vantage of this new environment. Harriet G. Tolpin vw' .. . am! . A X I . cwmuurhkssegw Barbara A. Sawtelle 3 Q Robert B. Wallace

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Robert Oppenheim and Thomas Wallace ff 'aff' Robert E. Gronquist Fazal A. Chowd ry -.. Dana C. Chandler l 5 ART 81 MUSIC Thomas J. Wallace, chairperson A.B. Brown University M.A. Brown University B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design The department of art and music of- fers a concentration in art history and also provides courses in drawing and graphics which help fulfill require- ments of graphics majors in com- munications. The department also has a number of joint majors who com- bine work in art history and studio with work in other fields. In addition many students take art courses on an elective basis. Two concentrations in music are of- fered, applied music and music his- tory and arrangement between Sim- mons and The New England Conser- vatory of Music. ln music also joint concentrations are welcomed. As in art, music offers the experience of contemporary society. The department feels that its impor- tance on the institutional level lies in the unique power of music and art to develop aural and visual intelligence and articulateness. ln the practical sense of becoming as fully human as one can, a highly developed visual and aural intelligence is crucial. This in not simply a matter of aesthetics, rather it is a matter of bringing a stu- dent into a more highly conscious sense of the world of her perceptions and thereby making it possible for thought to proceed from a richer and more coherent sense of experience.

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CUMMUNECATIONS Dorothy F. Williams, chairperson B.S. Simmons College MS. Boston University The department of Communications is an informal department. It is a mi- crocosm within a microcosm. The fac- ulty and the staff enjoy each other and are stimulated by their students. Although the department is a sizable one, its teachers know their students and take the greatest pleasure in counseling them and in watching them progress. While fulfilling the in depth re- quirements, the students move into the larger microcosm of the total Simmons community. Here they mesh their communications studies with those of other academic areas. Under the work study plan, too, many stu- dents are busy in offices of the Col- lege editing newsletters, writing pub- lic relations releases, producing tapes and films, taking photographs, and designing booklets. The faculty mem- bers also put their talents to work on many communications projects for the college. The students continue to widen their sphere of service to the college by volunteering on Janus and Mi- crocosm. As staff members of the Simmons Review, they are in com- munication four times a year with the whole college community. Of course, when a little PB needs to be done to promote a campus function, they are on hand to design posters and promote the event. When the Communications students sell ar- ticles to the press or when they go into the field on internships, they ex- tend the Simmons sphere of influence into the Greater Boston Community. From dawn to dusk the students are involved in Simmons' channels of communication, and they try mightily to help to keep them open so that the members of the Simmons Community can be in dialogue with each other. 1 X ! l 'VFW Virginia Bratton