PCC Courier, June 14, 1974

Campus Prepares Commencement Day U iSi s щ ЩШЯШ Slfllllfl The 49th annual- PCC Commence¬ ment ceremonies are scheduled for Friday. June 21. at 6:30 p.m. in the Mirror Fool area. Guest speaker is Dr. William H. Pickering, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His address is entitled, “Inheriting the Future: Reality or Illusion?” Director of JPL since 1950, Dr. Pickering and his staff are better known to the world for having developed the basic concept and design of the attitude-stabilized, auto¬ mated spacecraft for remote investi¬ gation of other planets of the solar system. Two of these space probes were recently flown by NASA to Venus and Mercury. The commencement program starts with the entrance of the platform guests and faculty, followed by the graduates, led by two of this year’s six valedictorians, Beverly Kay Calhoun and Leslie N. Nishimi. The Lancer Band, directed by Ronald Hoar, will accompany the opening ceremonies with the tradi¬ tional march, “Pomp and Cir¬ cumstance." Co-valedictorian Phillip B. Grant is to lead the pledge of allegiance. An invocation given by Dr. L. L. White, pastor of Holman United Methodist Church, is also scheduled. Valedictorians Bernhild E. Horner and Patricia Myers are expected to give speeches. Ms. Horner, editor of the Courier, will deliver an address entitled, “Satisfaction Guaranteed,” while Ms. Myers is to speak on “A Lesson from the Past.” Dr. Pickering is then to be intro¬ duced by the president of the Faculty Senate, Leonard Perry. After the main address, PCC President Dr. Armen Sarafian will introduce the graduating class and PCC CouftieSi Vol. 37, No. 15 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California June 14, 1974 Jobs Available Advisers Discuss Opportunities Jobs with salaries ranging from $450 to $700 a month are awaiting well- trained secretaries and clerk-typists who complete the PCC curriculum, according to personnel experts who visited the campus recently. The Secretarial Science Advisory Committee includes several members of the business community. They in¬ clude an attorney, the personnel director for Xerox, the president of the Los Angeles Chapter of Executives’ Secretaries, Inc., a PCC alumna now a successful legal secretary, and the personnel director for a large firm of lawyers. At the recent meeting, com¬ mittee members and faculty discussed opportunities available to graduates. The business members commended PCC on the fine curriculum offered to prepare students for successful em¬ ployment. Laura Holty, PCC counselor in business, declared that there are many job opportunities with salaries ranging from $450 to $600 a month, depending upon the abilities and preparation of the applicant. PCC Student Leaders Guide New Curriculum In its last meeting of the semester, the five members of the Student Curriculum Committee present discussed their ideas for the student learning center and developed a list of ideas for next fall’s committee. The possibility of opening up sec¬ tions of the learning center to the public was discussed and approved. Members of the committee felt that opening the center to the public would be a great help for people in the community who might need in¬ formation about a certain subject but don't have the time to enroll in a class. The committee expressed hope that tutors employed in the learning center would not tutor just one subject but several. This would make it easier for students needing help to find a tutor. Committee members would like to see calculators, practice microscopes and typewriters made available in the center for all students to use. The committee also voiced their approval for Senate members to receive class credit for being on the Student Senate. Proposals left for next fall’s com¬ mittee to follow up on include having Diet Concerns Add Courses Program Senate and ASB representatives on the committee and making the student evaluations of faculty available to students. Also discussed were suggestions that better attempts be made to publicize new courses, including having a place set aside in the Student Learning Center where notices of new courses could be posted and having someone available at all times to explain those courses. The committee feels that this would make it easier for students to find out more about a new class without having to make an ap¬ pointment to see their counselor. A proposal that all Tuesday and Thursday classes begin at 8 a.m. was also made along with the suggestion that the next committee look into changing the opening and closing dates of the fall semester. This could mean that the fall semester would start earlier in the year and end before Christmas, resulting in a four to six-week-long break between the end of the fall semester and the beginning of the spring semester. This idea may be a way of ending the problem students encounter after a two-week break during the semester. The break between semesters could be used by students as a vacation or to enroll in mini courses that the com¬ mittee is hoping will be offered. The business committee members emphasized the advantages of having a variety of skills. Shorthand is still important for secretarial positions even though many executives use dictating equipment. Margaret Cox of Executives' Secretaries, Inc., said, “The stenographer who wants to become an executive secretary needs to read the Wall Street Journal and needs to take courses in finance to understand a company’s business atmosphere and annual report.” The business representatives agreed that the applicants who are able to operate more than one kind of type¬ writer have an advantage. An appli¬ cant with a knowledge of word¬ processing equipment (MT-ST, etc.) will rate from $1 to $2 more per hour. This is remunerative on temporary jobs. One firm pays $6 an hour for work on the MT-ST and many firms hire MT- ST workers at night. PCC offers a course in the MT-ST every semester. The committee discussed the op¬ portunities for bi-lingual secretaries, who can earn at least $100 a month more. For example, a lawyer took a secretary to court to help with some cases and paid her $25 extra each time. Some companies will pay a base secretarial rate plus a translation fee. Also, these jobs often involve travel. Some technical companies use trans¬ lators in German, Japanese, Spanish and French. There is a need for these skills. The business representatives declared that there are opportunities for the mature student who has returned for training after the children are in school. They agreed that many businessmen prefer the more mature worker because she is sometimes more dependable and reliable, and in many cases she has a better attitude than some of the younger employees. Business professor Dorothy Abbitt said, “There are always jobs for well- trained clerical and secretarial workers. The PCC Placement office has more jobs for secretaries than can be filled. In good and in slow economic times, business needs well-prepared secretaries and clerks. The PCC Business Department can prepare a worker for employment in one year or in two years with fen A. A. degree.” permanent members of Alpha Gamma Sigma, a statewide scholarship organization. Roger Gertmenian.' president of the Board of Trustees, is expected to recognize the graduating class, and confer the degrees. The ceremonies end with the recessional, “The Standard of St. George,” played by the band. The PCC Choir is also scheduled to perform at the commencement. After the ceremonies, graduates, their families and friends, faculty and administrators will have a chance to meet in the Campus Quad. Music and refreshments will be provided-. The entire commencement program is to be broadcast by PCC radio station KPCS (89.3 FM) for those who are not able to attend in person. Of the 1765 students graduating from PCC this year, about 500 of them are actually participating in the com¬ mencement ceremonies. One of the reasons for the low turnout is that many graduates, especially night students, carry more than one responsibility, such as a family or a job, besides school, according to organizers. Because of student schedules, this year’s rehearsal hours for the ceremony have been kept to a minimum. Only a two-hour practice is scheduled. The session should not last longer than an hour. Prior to 1966, when the college became a separate district, the commencement ceremonies had traditionally been held in the Rose Bowl. The ceremonies by the Mirror Pool are not as massive as they used to be at the stadium, but because of that, they are considered a more personalized and intimate kind of commencement. The individual names of the graduates are still called. 1 lip ifiiiilll шшш wm \ ШШк ШтШ m ■ и ill шт III!!! HI > till mi l ШШШ Йт ^ ЙЯвЯ —Courier Photo by Jeremy Ketelsen DIVING INTO SUMMER — PCC coed Cindy Harlow plunges into the refreshing water of the swimming pool, and her dive is captured by a well-prepared Courier photographer. He used a special underwater camera and set it at the water level, achieving this unusual effect. Many more students besides Miss Harlow are planning on refreshing themselves this summer with stops at area recreation facilities. Among these will be the PCC pool, open for public use Monday through Friday afternoons. Occupationally Oriented Career Program To Be Offered in the Fall by Life Sciences Two new occupationally oriented health career programs are scheduled to begin in the fall as part of the Life Science curriculum, according to Pauline Anderson, allied health development officer. Both the dietetic technician and radiologic technology programs are currently offered in part, but on a non¬ credit basis. Next year the programs will be operated on a credit basis and become part of the curriculum leading to an A. A. degree. Mrs. Anderson explained that the dietetic technician program, training students for careers in food preparation in the health care field, has gained the approval of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Ad¬ ministrators. Due to new state regulations requiring licensure, persons already employed in health care services may take the course to earn their cer¬ tificates and maintain employment. The license must be renewed every two years. To do so, a person must qualify for a minimum of 100 hours (one three-unit class equals 54 hours) of additional course work to keep up to date in the field. Of the 100 hours required, 60 per cent must be credit classes and 40 per cent may be from career -related seminars. The radiologic technology program has been approved by the California State Bureau of Radiologic Health and the American Registry for Radiologic Technology. - Students involved in this program gain practical experience by working in the field. “We’re not going to accept more students than we have training openings for,” said Mrs. Anderson. “Everyone will get at least eight hours of work per week in a local hospital.” An A. A. degree through this program qualifies a student for the state certificate and the American Registry exam. “This program offers upward mobility in that students can transfer to four-year institutions,” she said. A B.A. in the field qualifies students for teaching and ad¬ ministrative positions. Mrs. Anderson added that applicants are currently being screened for ad¬ mission to the program. “We really have some well-qualified students. Some of them have changed their area of interest from liberal arts because of the need for a salable skill.” Pasadena May Join ROP Expands Program to Four new courses will be added to the Dietetics Assistance program next fall. The classes are Modified Diets, School Menus, School Food Service Management and Quantity Foods. “Modified Diets” teaches the ap¬ plied principles of nutrition related to special and abnormal physical con¬ ditions. The course studies the effects of proper nutrition upon the human body, particularly those with medical or surgical problems. The class will meet at Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital. “School Menus” is offered to em¬ ployees of school food services. Students plan appropriate menus for various ages and groups within the framework of a school cafeteria. Different types of school lunches, standards of service and solutions to operation problems are studied. “School Food Service Management” and “Quantity Foods” are also open to employees of school food services. “School Food Service Management” trains students for management of the school lunch program, organization, administration policies, financing and controls. Students enrolled in “Quantity Foods” will learn quantity food operation, standards for attractive service, effective utilization and equipment and time and work simplifi¬ cation methods. The site planned for “School Menus” and “Quantity Foods” is Temple City High School. ifillll I ' mm X ж ■ i . 1 * № SUMMER LIBRARY HOURS First session — 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday: Second session — 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 0 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Also, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. . ' DEMOLITION DERBY— Constructive destruction took place earlier this week in the PCC Auto Shop, when a jeep owned by Richard Perkins was hitched by a chain to an office wall. The offices were moved to another part of the building in order to make room for additional hoists. The activity was a joint —Courier Photo by Steve Ripley venture of Lome Johnson’s building construction class and Tom McEntire’s auto mechanics students. PCC maintenance personnel assisted the project by. disconnecting the various steam, gas and electrical conduits. Negotiations are underway for the addition of the Pasadena Unified School District to the ML Wilson Regional Occupational Program (ROP). The program, offering vocational education on an open-entrance and open-exit basis to high school, college and adult students, now encompasses the Arcadia, La Canada, San Marino, South Pasadena and Temple City school districts. “If Pasadena joins us it will almost double our program,” said John Young, director of the ROP office at PCC. Both these negotiations and the outcome of the summer program will determine the curriculum to be offered next fall. Stressing the usefulness to college students of the summer program offered by ROP, Young said, “Any or all of these programs are open to any college student who might seek training on a short term basis. For many students, the three to six weeks PCC Board Adopts New Job Titles In response to the need for a change in administrative structure, the Board of Trustees June 6 adopted a resolution changing various administrative titles and giving the dean for instruction increased importance. Calling for no increase in salaries or salary ratios, four administrative titles are being changed. Dr. Stanley Gunstream, the ad¬ ministrative dean for instruction, will be the vice president for instruction and continuing education. This position merges the entire instruc¬ tional program to include adult educa¬ tion, community services, part-time credit offerings, continuing education, and occupational education. In collaboration with all the department chairmen, the occupa¬ tional education staff and the deans assigned to his department, Dr. Gunstream assumes total responsi¬ bility for the schedule of classes, teacher load, teacher assignments, curriculum development, inservice education, instruction and instruc¬ tional resources. The department chairmen will be directly responsible to Dr. Gunstream. Dr. Irvin Lewis, administrative dean for student personnel services, has had his title changed to vice president for student personnel services. Stanley Riordan, director of business services, is now the vice president for business services. The vice president, Dr. E. Howard Floyd, had his title changed to deputy superintendent. of training that will make them em¬ ployable while in college can be very useful.” Summer sessions will run con¬ currently with other college courses. The first session begins June 24 and ends August 3. The second session is scheduled for August 5-Sept. 11. Many of the vocational classes will take place within the community with students actually working in related business situations. The Auto Agency Occupations program is offered at five area auto agencies: Foothill Datsun, Colliau Chevrolet, Mission Chevrolet, Arcadia Datsun and Huntington Ford. Some agencies offer the class daily while others host students three times per week. The class may be taken mornings or afternoons. Other courses being offered in the community are landscaping gardening and department store merchandising. The four -week landscaping class is scheduled daily from 1:30-4:30. The first two weeks, students learn the basics at Temple City High School and then move to the L.A. County Ar¬ boretum for practical experience. Other programs, covering such topics as TV production, building maintenance, refrigeration and air conditioning and key punch operation are conducted in local high schools or at PCC. Gutierrez Selected To Join National Advisory Council Ralph Gutierrez, coordinator of co¬ operative education and placement at PCC, was recently appointed member of the Advisory Council of the National Center for Voluntary Action (NCVA). He was named to the post by the NCVA Board of Directors. “Gutierrez’ efforts in service to his community have been outstanding,” said George Romney, chairman of the board. “We feel that his advice would be of tremendous assistance to us.” Headed by NCVA’s Executive Committee member Alexander B. Ripley, the NCVA Advisory Council was created to study different means to improve the council’s service to volunteers and voluntary organizations in the western United States. The council is scheduled to meet at least twice a year, with the first meeting slated for June 25 in San Francisco. Gutierrez’ membership on the Advisory Council will last a year, with the possibility of a re-appoint¬ ment for one additional year. NCVA is an independent, non¬ partisan and non-profit organization first established in 1970. Its main function is to stimulate and strengthen problem-solving through volunteers and voluntary organizations.