University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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FINANCIAL AIDS College student have the reputation of being rather poor, and you may have found that you were no exception. The money you made during the summer just didn't go as far as you hoped it would and you didn't dare ask your parents for any more money. That’s when the services provided by the Financial Aids office may been of help. According to Bob Misenko, financial aids counselor, it’s a service that students should use any time they find the need to. Financial Aids offered financial counseling, provided the job board where students could apply for jobs posted, made scholarship information available and advised students about dependent and independent financial status. The office carried information on financial aids programs for minorities and provided summer joh tips. A short term loan program was offered students who needed to borrow money to be repaid in a short amount of time at no interest charge. There were also emergency grant funds available for students who may not have had enough money to handle a valid emergency. The office operated with other social organizations such as welfare, worked in conjunction with the summer orientation program, and was available to sponsor programs for organizations who wanted financial aids information. “The whole realm of financial aids is a service, says Misenko, “but many students are not aware of all the services we provide for them.” Health Service to

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HOUSING One of the more important things you needed as a college student was a place to live, somewhere to hang your hat at night, or maybe even a place to call “home.” The function of the Housing office, 112 Towers, was to help you find appropriate housing on- or off campus. Housing provided ten on-campus and one off campus residence halls for freshmen and sophomores who were required to live on campus when accommodations were available, and for upper classmen who wished to live in the dorms. Conveniences such as telephones, linen, mail service, laundry facilities, vending machines, TV lounges and study lounges were provided for the residence hall dweller. According to residence hall information distributed by Housing, “extensive social, cultural, educational, and recreational programs planned and organized by residents and residence hall staff supplement classroom instruction in the overall education of university students. Dorm living was meant to be a growing experience. An off campus housing list was kept current by the Housing office. Off campus students were allowed to live in the housing of their choice, but were urged to seek University-approved housing. The Housing office. located in 127 Towers, was directed by Dr. Douglas Hallatt and Robert Brisiel, associate director.

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CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT You had been in school for awhile and were working toward a degree in your field of interest. There were times, though, when you wondered just what kind of job. if any at all. your degree would get you. One of the services provided by Career Planning and Placement, Schofield 230, was to inform students of the marketability of their skills in the world of work. Career Planning and Placement provided career planning for freshmen through seniors and alumni and helped students select the right” careers for them. As part of the placement service, a credentials service for alumni holds student records. It is available for one's entire work life. A vacancy service, informing students and alumni of possible job openings, and an interview service, through which people who have jobs to offer come to the students, were also part of the placement service. Aca FOOD SERVICE You were a relatively normal student—that is, you liked to eat. The Food Service, operated by Professional Food Management, took on the job of supplying many of you with food here. Food was provided for cash customers as well as students who lived in the residence halls, and off campus students who ate in the cafeterias. The contract meal service was for students who live in the dorms and for off campus students who elected to eat on campus. There was just one meal plan, the 21-meal plan, and according to Lanny Okonek, food service director, this was the most economic plan for the student. If a student ate 60 to 65 percent of the meals, Okonek said, he was getting his money’s worth. Complete cash sale areas such bb the Blugold Room, the Pub and the Little Niagra were also managed by Food Service. Some of these snack areas located in Davies will be going through an updating process with the new addition to Davies Center. Men who have training in fast food and delicatessen methods of food preparation had been hired to begin this updating. Okonek says. All services provided by the Food Service were under contract with the University. Students had a voice in what the contract demanded of the Food Service, he said. The student food service committee worked with the food service and another student committee reviewed the menu weekly. And of course, there was the Beef Board for those who wished to remain anonymous in their comments.