University at Buffalo - Buffalonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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RICHARD A, SIGGELKOW Dean of Students Learning cannot be considered solely as a classroom function, for a college educa- tion provides a foundation on which to build a full and meaningful life. The Student Personnel Services program is designed to complement the university's overall objectives and meet the educational, personal and social needs of students. Major concerns are for individual development, the encouragement and supervision of significant group activities, appropriate counseling, orientation, and referral functions. Included are the office of the Dean of Women, the Dean of Men, Graduate Student Liaison Dean, the Counseling center, the Student Union, the Placement office, Foreign Student Affairs, and the Residence halls. The Student Counseling Center helps students cope with the pressures, challenges, and opportunities within a university environment. The center works with students experiencing a wide variety of problems, including vocational choice, academic achievement, and better understanding of personal feelings and attitudes, We believe that students benefit most from assistance when they learn how to utilize their own resources in resolving their present and future problems. Student Activities are important in that students can explore new interests and gain practical training. Leadership experience results from such responsibilities as student government or participation in faculty-student discussions about national or interna- tional affairs. A student court hears cases involving student behavior. Norton Hall is a center of university life, promoting fellowship, and developing a broad social, cultural, educa- tional, and recreational program. The Placement Office aids undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni obtain employment in teaching, industry, and government throughout the United States and even in foreign countries. The placement staff also conducts special seminars in letter writing, interview techniques, and ethical practices. Part-time employment is another important phase of this office. The Residence Hall program is equally concerned with the personal and intellectual growth of students. The maior purpose is again intellectual-to help prepare each student for the classroom, to develop optimum conditions for learning, and to encour- age qualities necessary for the achievement of educational goals. Through self-gov- ernment, opportunities are provided for responsible citizenship and effective group membership. 25 -if gs. - .f .IEANNETTE SCUDDER Dean of Women ' Q ROGER W. GRATWICK Dean of Men 'rex'- I STANLEY J. SEGAL Director of Student Counseling Center 'xg tx W I-I TK ' V A .- ,V , 'j X . . t h i-JM: ' ' ' S I' ir' A v 1.23, - ..-,?.m,- . . is x- . f- zgigg- , J 452: ,. , ,4.i- IQ. .-7 ' - .25 ' xl . .N y if fg- fig! A ' - ' W :-', farm- -- an Hisgf - '- --a. i'gX:. 'S' -.--Q-.5 HL- . jute: . Qsfzg-, gffff J. ,l.','5 -, .f' in . 1.-f-.-If ff- .4 5

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-e sg,-ax SAMUEL B. COULD President, State University of New York I know the I966 BUFFALONIAN is pub- lished primarily for Seniors, after all, it belongs by tradition to this year's grad- uating class. Nevertheless, what I have to say is perhaps of interest to every student who receives the yearbook, which includes all undergraduates, and possibly some graduates as well. Many of you who will leaf through the l'-P66 BUFFALONIAN in remembrance of last year will graduate with more than one issue of this handsome yearbook, and will turn to these in years to come in an at- tempt to recapture your college experi- ence. I certainly cannot predict what the proc- ess of reviewing one to four years in col- lege may reveal to you, but it would be interesting to know what the past years in college have meant to you in retrospect. Shall I have the uneasy feeling that some of you passed through the University without any real understanding of its role or of the way it works? How well have you come to know the University? Have you accumulated only grade points, a degree, and some vocational skills, or have you gained some additional understanding of the learning process? Were you a four- year stranger here, or did you form some lasting friendships? Will the University be unchanged between the dates of your en- trance and your graduation, or did you participate in some way-in concert with other students, faculty, and administration -to increase its excellence and usefulness to society? If your answers to my troublesome ques- tions are in the affirmative, you are in- deed fortunate. Similarly, State University at Buffalo is fortunate in knowing that a good number of its thousands of alumni leave the campus with a truly deep dedi- cation to the encouragement and support of the educational process. I hope we shall hear from you often in the years ahead. Meantime, my best wishes to you in all your future undertak- ings. Sincerely, Samuel B. Gould President

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rife' ,nf 'Saunas- RAYMOND EWELL Vice President for Research CHARLES FOGEL Special Assistant to the President J. LAWRENCE MURRAY Secretary of the University CLAUDE PUFFER Vice President for Business Affoirs PETER F. REGAN, III Vice President for Health Affairs WESTLEY A. ROWLAND Assistant to the President