University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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College of Home Economics The Class of 1983 in the College of Home Economics included commuters. dorm residents, international students, older students, married and single stu- dents. full-time and part-time students - in short, there was no such thing as a typical home economics students. The college's 1,400 students were studying in 13 programs that focused on effective family living and understand- ing of the t'near environment of food, clothing, shelter, and community. Activities during the year included the annual college open house, a costume design exhibition, and planning for study tours at home and abroad. Among the student groups active dur- ing the year were the Home Economics Student Board, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Omicron Nu, ASID. Food Science and Nutrition Club. ARM, and the Graphic Design Club. R

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dustry. Recreation Resource Management Club held its annual fall picnic at the home of Professor Tim Knopp, where students and alumni talked about career interests. General College General College celebrated its 50th an- niversary in May. Fall and spring conferences marked the college's half century, and alumni and other friends of the college donated 35 billboards in the Twin Cities area to tout the achievements of its alumni. The open-admission college's 3,400 students, meanwhile, were working on two- and four-year degrees, two-year cer- tificates, and accumulating credits for transfer to other University units. The General College student popula- tion was varied, with many Iow-income students, re-entry and mid-career stu- dents, and minority students. Older stu- dents and foreign-born students - both international students and immigrants and refugees from Southeast Asia - have been entering General College in greater numbers in recent years. ,2'4; ' i . ,t . . 1' ' v v -., V . .v, , r'ligfrgg . fit y. 'f11.fd v 'h . I . I t'; 70$

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College of Liberal Arts More than 2,000 CLA students gradu- ated this year with majors in more than 60 areas, and the Career Development Office found that liberal arts graduates were still finding jobs despite the de- pressed economy. A total enrollment of 17,545 under- graduates and 2,134 graduate students made CLA by far the largest college on campus, but a slight decline in enroll- ment from last years high of 17,983 indi- cated that the Iong-expected end of 'tbaby boom enrollment had arrived. Technology crept into the liberal arts as word processors were used for the first time in composition courses. Com. puterized registration replaced the old manual method, though not without the usual bugs in the system. Several departments ranked among the top programs in the nation in a major survey of graduate education. All stu- dents presumably benefited from these exceptional programs in geography tranked firstt. psychology tseventht, eco- nomics tseventht, political science ttentm, and statistics tfourteentht. Other nationally prominent departments in- cluded journalism, child psychology, communication disorders, and linguis- tics. Faculty members honored in various ways during the year included Pauline Yu thumanitiest, who was the only Min- nesotan to win a Guggenhein Fellowship in the year's round of awards; Gerhard Weiss tGermam. who received the high- est civilian award of the Federal Republic of Germany for furthering German cul- ture in the United States; and Karal Ann Marling tart historyt, whose book on American post office murals of the Great Depression was selected as one of the notable books of 1982 by the New York Times Book Review. Philosophy profes- sor John Dolan was one of seven faculty members from all campuses to win the University's Horace T. Morse-Amoco Foundation Award for contributions to undergraduate education.