University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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.

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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 Forestry The 316 students enrolled this year saw major changes in several of the five undergraduate programs - forest re- sources. forest science. recreation re- source management, forest products, and urban forestry. A major revision in the forest re- sources curriculum made it possible for students to pursue interests in special- ized areas such as forest hydrology, for- est soils, and forest measurements and information systems, and a new curricu- lum in forest products allowed students to alternate periods of academic study with periods of employment in the forest products industry. The urban forestry program, new this year. was the only one of its kind in the country. Five forest resources students attend- ed the Society of American Foresters na- tional convention in Cincinnati in Sep- tember. and five forest products stu- dents attended the national meeting of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Atlanta in March. At these meetings, the students met professionals, attended technical ses- sions, and compared notes with students from other schools. During spring break, forest products juniors toured manufacturing facilities in the Great Lakes region, and students in other curriculums toured forests in the southern United States to find out about pine management there. Student organizations flourished throughout the year: Xi Sigma Pi, the forestry honorary so- ciety, initiated 26 new members at a ban- quet February 24; Frank Altman,special assistant to the governor on natural re- sources, was guest speaker. Forestry Club sponsored its traditional fall bon- fire. Christmas tree sale, and Foresters' Day festivities. Steve Thorne. deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Depart- ment of Natural Resources, spoke at the Foresters' Day banquet January 21. For- est Products Club-Forest Products Re- search Society continued to manufac- ture and market wood identification kits. and forest products pulp and paper stu- dents established a new club, the Minne- sota Student Chapter of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper In-