University of Wisconsin Whitewater - Minneiska Yearbook (Whitewater, WI)

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Thomas McLeRoy, Dean Continuing Education 8: Outreach Continuing Education and Outreach . . . linking campus and communityii is what the logo reads. That really defines the mission of our office, states Thomas McLeRoy. tiWhether programs are offered for credit, as are all UW-W off-campus courses in southeastern Wis- consin, or for non-credit, our staff is dedicated to filling specific needs or requests. The llmissionll is as broad as it is dedicated! In addition to administering the off- campus teaching programs, Continuing Education en- compasses the administration of other academic pro- grams including intercession, summer school, evening courses, traveVstudy programs, and the campus radio station, WSUW. The coordination of the Educational Telephone Network lETNl and numerous workshops and seminars round out the academic offerings. Conferences, summer camps, and a wide variety of non-credit offer. ings are part and parcel of meeting the diverse needs and interests of the surrounding communities. Confer- ences regularly attract participants and spectators from an international audience. ilThe dedication of professors at UW-Whitewater, and their willingness to travel and work with a variety of clientele, is responsible for the schoolis remarkable success in its outreach efforts. Our whole purpose is to see a need and respond to itfl Ronald Fingerson, Dean Library and Learning Resources Dr. Ronald Fingerson, the new Dean of Library and Learning Resources, whose background reflects indepth knowledge and experience in computer-supported in- struction and research, expresses pleasure uin having been invited to provide leadership in such a positive, supportive and growth-oriented environment. Believing the Library and Learning Resources area to be the heart of the University, and with speedy and accurate academic support services as their goal, the Dean and his faculty and staff are planning a campus-wide com- puter network which they hope to have operating in its initial stages within two years. Envisioned is an online circulation system, with data about both materials and borrowers stored in a central memory, with terminals in the library and in the residence halls. Students wont have to walk across campus to see if a book is checked out or in the collection. Additionally, a third library OCLC terminal is being acquired to convert book records to machine readable form; terminals placed in the Learning Materials Center and Documents and Re- search will enable needed bibliographies to be placed in student hands more quickly; and cable TV iinfomercials will bring greater awareness to new refe I erence tools like Women's History Sources. 27

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26 Lewis Stoneking, Dean College of Education Drawing upon its heritage as a university that prepares teachers, the College of Education at UW.Whitewater, which holds full national accreditation in teacher educa tion, continues to stand out as an institution that pro- duces topnotch people for schools in Wisconsin and oth- er states. Its placement rate is very high, with Wisconsin and Illinois school systems constantly seeking to interview and hire UW-Whitewatet education gradua ates. According to Dr. Stoneking, certain areas are be- ginning to experience teacher shortages throughout the elementary and secondary education systems, and he says that now is the time to reverse the myth that there is a teacher surplusi He also says that there will always be employment for dedicated and talented graduates and that students who are interested in majoring in edu- cation should be encouraged to do so. Arthur G. McGraw, Jr., Dean Graduate School The School of Graduate Studies at UWnWhitewater con- tinues to play a very important role on the campus un- der the leadership of Dr. Arthur G. iiMacit McGraw. The graduate school ranks number four in size in the UW System and draws approximately 1600 students each semester in a variety of programs. The graduate school celebrated its 20th anniversary in 1980 and took time to reflect on the fact that in 1960 its summer en- rollment was 32 students. Today it serves hundreds of Wisconsin residents in a number of counties. Primarily, these people reside in Dane, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, and Waukesha counties. The graduate school practices the philosophy that the indi- vidual is the most important part of the total progtam and features the personal touch of Dean McGraw and his staff. McGraw maintains that the enrollment contin- ues to be strong because of Whitewateris reputation as a Hplace where people care. McGraw is now seeking to add new programs to the graduate school. He is con- fident a strong enrollment can be maintained if those programs are put into place.

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