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

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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.

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From Art to IBM BOOKS. BOOKS, ami nunc IkxiU. Book More Maff rncinlien nrrparc for the Miulenl null after exanu and bcloie rrpnniiofl. Important also is the student's physical wellbeing which is entrusted to the Medical Office. A doctor and two nurses are on duty to serve the Student in any emergencies and health problems in general Annual tuberculosis tests are administered to all students by the Medical Office. Undoubtedly one of the most valuable aids to the student is the UW-M library. In addition to shelves of general reference hooks, the library offers both a periodical room and a reserve room which hold many volumes that supplement textbooks and class lectures. As well as providing facts and figures, the library serves as a quiet place in which students may study. Nearly overflowing with students, the library is to be expanded under the UW-M Community Center project now underway. An invaluable aid to the elementary education student is the UW-M curriculum library. This library contains a library of children's books, a collection of elementary school text books, a collection of filmstrip ami records for classroom use and countless other aids for the student teacher. All of these opportunities and service are offered at the University to make every student's education more pleasant and thorough, liy tak ing advantage of these opportunities, the student enriches his education as well ;w his jx-r-sonal growth. MR LEE MORTAG pulicnilt iom the 899. W9 IBM cards floating around during repstra-linn. 17