Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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transportation . The Industrial Education Depart- ment offers students a background in Industrial orientated subjects. The Department prepares teachers and supervisors of general industrial arts and teachers of vocational sub- jects in high school and community colleges. Manufacturing, product develop- ment, energy conversion and con- struction are fields emphasized in the Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology Department. The College of Applied Sciences encompasses many areas of study. Some of its departments are consid- ered to be among the best in the United States. The College of Ap- plied Sciences here at Western Mich- igan University is preparing gradu- ates for the futureg not only their personal future, but also the world's future. '11 ,T . r P P. Lx if I . 'NMA-R X.: . lf. 'lb-' Qi

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Y ll' . l pg. . H, - x I .'l'fU-gtk, ui , , I A Helping Hand The Occupational Therapy depart- ment here, at Western, claims the third oldest curriculum in existence. Currently, there are two hundred and five students seeking an under- graduate degree and thirty-six more students who are engaged in the master's program. As part of the course requirements, occupational therapy students have to take part in two, three-month affiliations. I' 5 iq The occupational therapy depart- ment's major role is to treat chronic and acute disabilities and they ac- complish this by engaging the person in his own treatment. Screening the patient, working with the parents, providing remediation activities, and teaching day-to-day survival skills, fosters independence in the person and helps minimize the pain for the family. The health related professions are becoming more pertinent today as society finds a way to include all its members. The O.T. department at Western is making a meaningful con- tribution by alleviating the affects of illness and making a disadvantaged individual a more productive mem- ber of our society.

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is 9 Q t The Hell Have I Gotten Myself Into?! Chemistry! What in the hell havel gotten myself into? Here I am a Communications major and I'm up to my butt in test tubes. I was tricked. The catalog said I had to take one of the following or any two from this group andfor any combination of the preceeding two groups. I'm confused. Let's see what the lab manual says. Hmm. Potassium chloride. Sulfuric Acid. Iron filings? I'll never make it. Even my own lab partner won't work with me. I knew I should have taken Geog- raphy. I know about rocks and moun- tains. I've got it! I'1l drop the class. Oh, I forgot. The last day of drops was Friday. Hmm. Where is that lab manual? The largest of all the colleges at Western Michigan University is the College of Arts and Sciences. The -:LQH ' x 'lE UQDH3. PYIJVCF B 2- 1 .wt 'E' '- .'.g 4 4. I College Of Arts And Science