University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Continuing Education and Extension Hundreds of students completed ex- tension certificates this year, and hun- dreds more earned baccalaureate de grees that included credits earned through extension. Although the age difference between daytime and evening students was shrinking, the adult student audience in extension classes was still distinct: 40 percent already had a degree, about 60 percent were women, more than half paid tuition out of their own pockets, 25 percent had children, and more than 80 percent worked full time outside the home or as homemakers. For CEE students, 1982-83 may be re- membered primarily as the year tuition increased by more than 40 percent. The increase was the result of state revenue shortfalls and adjustments to per-credit tuition rates that more accurately reflect the cost of various kinds of instruction. On the bright side, CEE students benefited from increased campus light- ing and the continued optional availabil- ity of services routinely included in day- time students' fees. The Extension Classes Student Board had studied both issues and lobbied to get the lighting and services.

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College of Biological Sciences As the hub of the University's life sci- ences wheel, the college offered classes on both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses. During the 1982-83 aca- demic year. 430 upper division students were enrolled; over half of the graduating class went on to further studies. A new major in genetics and cell biol- ogy was added in response to the tre- mendous explosion of information in these disciplines. Other programs in the college included biochemistry, botany, cell and development biology. ecology and behavioral biology, genetics, micro- biology, plant physiology, and zoology. From a new undergraduate merit scholarship fund for bioscience stu- dents, the first three scholarships were awarded in 1982 to Ron Pobiel, Scott Saunders, and Mark A. Thompson. The Biological Sciences Student Board tCraig Longtine, presidenti and the Alumni Society tTerri Riehm, BS. 77, presidenti sponsored an annual event for students, faculty. and alumni: iiBiology '83 began with a career fair and con- ciuded with an evening program featur- ing Dr. Candace Pert, who spoke on the significance of new discoveries in brain receptor research and the implications for human behavior. The career fair gave 500 students and graduates an opportu- nity to meet representatives from indus- try, government, graduate programs. and the health professions -- many themselves CBS graduates. Other highlights of the year included the fall ltasca Weekend and the first CBS Open House, held May 20, which ended with the traditional faculty-student wine and cheese reception sponsored by the Student Board. On June 11, CBS wel- comed the Class of 1983 into the ranks of its alumni.

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College of Education The college opened its doors in 1906 with five faculty members and about 20 students. In 1982-83, nearly 200 full- and part-time faculty members taught some 3,000 undergraduate and graduate stu- dents under the guidance of Dean Wil- liam Gardner. Students prepared for teaching and education-related careers in some 25 fields through the departments of cur- riculum and instruction. educational policy and administration, vocational and technical education. child develop- ment, and educational psychology and the School of Physical Education, Re- creation, and School Health Education. As in past years, nearly 95 percent of the bachelor of science graduates were expected to find full- or part-time jobs within a year after graduating. about 75 percent of them as classroom teachers and others as coaches, employee train- ers, farm advisers, home economists, re- creation leaders, and music therapists. Students participated in planning and decision making through the Education Student Board, whose members and offi- cers represented the student body in the College Assembly, in the Education Sen- ate, and on various college committees. A major event was the completion and dedication, in October, of the new Voca- tional and Technical Education Building on the St. Paul campus. For the first time, vo-tech students had their class- rooms, labs, and teachers on one cam- pus, in one building. The energv-efficient building was connected to the library and student center, with a student lounge in its skylit atrium.