University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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 TYPICAL HARDWORKING UW-M Mud-«nt« MMdy on the firtt floor of the library From the first day he enters UWM, the student finds a multitude of opportunities and services available to him as he begins the process of sifting and winnowing. The many textbooks, lectures and discussions front which he draws facts, and a knowledge of the discoveries of the past arc invaluable to him in shaping his future. Opportunities for individual as well as group ex-perimentation and research are available in any field of special interest the student may have. A student may work in the fields of zoology, chemistry, botany or psychology in the newly completed Laphain Hall or in the fields of Secondary, Elementary, and Exceptional Education in the recently acquired Garland and Pcarsc Halls. Some students will be interested in the Art Department and Music Department where they will spend many hours at their work and look forward with anticipation to the opening of the new Fine Arts building this year. Seminars and workshops for probing more deeply into an area of interest are also offered. Variety in Unity For other students the annual business L ay of the Commerce Department will hold particular attraction and the Downtown Campus will undoubtedly provide many new and extiling experiences. Many students interested in mathematics and sciences will lirnl tire School ol Engineering the answer to their plans for the future. Still others will study in the fields of pharmacy, law, library science, nursing, home economics and physical education. Opportunities further exist for the outstanding student who wants to do work of greater depth and scope. He may enroll in the Honors Program w’hich was inaugurated in the fall of l?Ki0.f)l in the College of Letters and Science. This program leads to the degrees Bachelor of Arts (Honors) and Bachelor of Science (Honors) . Included in this program arc separate classes, special laboratories and discussion sections and individual tutorials. Content and pace of these courses arc adapted to students w ho have chosen to do intensive work in the course. DURING THE Provost's Inspection, Major Edward Belts present Cadet Major E«l .ml D. Kiwpllr with the Chicago Tribune Silver Medal Award for the outstanding Junior In ROTC at t W M 14

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 RT STUDENT Kara Skripka ponder over her wire mri planer creation. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukce also has a great asset in its foreign students. Coming from all pans of the world, these students bring new ideas, customs, and ways of life lo the American student. Students from such countries as China. Africa, and Hungary, attend UW-M. Through discussions of ideas with these students the UW-M student increases his knowledge of other peoples and also may gain insight into other ihoughrs and philosophies. In this way the student may ex pans! his mind and open it to world problems, thus increasing his understanding of other peoples. To the individual student this vast venture at the University may seem almost overwhelming at the start, hut he soon finds out that there arc many, eager and waiting to help him. The Counseling Department administers a battery of guidance and placement tests which may then be evaluated and discussed by the counselor and the student in a following interview. Vocational interests, academic area abilities and future plans of the student arc considered. This office also offers a course in College Reading lor reading improvement and pointers on how to study. Assisting the student in financing his education is the Department of Financial Aids. Scholarship and loans of various types are available for students who qualify. In addition, the Placement Office has list of job openings for college students and runs an extensive program placing UW-M graduates in jobs. FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISOR Min Marie Merkel chat rl«h foreign •tmlenu at a tea given In tbeir honor.