Lycoming College Report, April 1975

              LYCOMING
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CAREER PLANNING IN ACTION CAMPUS NOTES
ly at 8.7K—the highest since 1941—is a s
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TIMES HAVE CHANGED
No longer can students attend college and ex-pect
to have numerous job offers awaiting
them at graduation. According to the U.S.
Department of Labor, it is estimated that
9.8 million college-educated persons will
enter the labor market during the 1970's and
that 9.6 nullion of them will be absorbed as
follows: 3,3 million by replacement needs
for persons retiring or otherwise withdraw-ing
from the labor force; 3.3 million b> ex-pansion
of employment opportunities, and
2.6 million by educational upgrading of posi-tions
that have not normally utilized college-educated
persons in the past. (We don't know
what will happen to the 400,000 unaccounted
for in their statistics.
)
In light of such predictions, it
that college students become actively en-gaged
in the process of career planning.
Today's students cannot rely only on the
merits of their academic background as
stepping stones to employment. Careful
academic and career planning are essential,
and such planning should begin early in the
college years.
A REALISTIC BLEND
At Lycoming, academic and career explora-tion
are encouraged, not only as separnte en-tities,
but also as parts of an integrated pro-cess.
That liberal arts and career prepara-tion
are compatible partners is a practical
and realistic assumption. In other words,
preparation for a life's work is possible with-in
the framework of a liberal arts education.
An undergraduate experience should provide
students with the basic skills to establish a
career identit\-, secure a place in the job
market, and enable them to utilize their
broad conceptual and problem-solving abili-ties
to adapt to changing manpower needs.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
Since 1956, Lycoming College has operated a
Placement Office. Its primary function was
to assist seniors in securing emplo> menl
DR. ERNESTO. GIGLIO, associate profes-sor
of political science and chairman of the
political science department at Lycoming,
has been granted teaching tenure by action
of the executive committee of the college
board of trustees, effective September 1.
1975.
Dr. Giglio has been a member of the Lycomi
faculty since 1972. He received the bachelor
of arts degree from Queens College, the mas-ter
of arts from State University of New York
at Albany, and the Ph.D. from Syracuse
after graduation. Following the reorganiza-tion
of Student Services during 1970-71 . a
full-time staff member was hired to estab-lish
a Career Development Center. Under
the leadership of Thomas C. Devlin, Asso-ciate
Dean for Career Development, Lycoming
has built a career program which assists
students, particularly underclassmen, in
identifying and formulating their career direc-tions,
and assists seniors in implementing
their post-graduate plans.
Beginning in the freshman year, the Career
Development Centerattempts to help students
resolve questions that are important but often
puzzling and perplexing. "What are my in-terests,
abilities and needs? What major
should I select? What are the career trends
and employment outlooks? What can I do to
better prepare for employment in my chosen
field?" The first examination of these con-cerns
occurs when the student obtains an en-try
interview with a career counselor. Here
discussion focuses on helping the student
clarify his/her career needs as well as de-velop
a plan which provides a structure for
fulfilling those needs. During this academic
year 127 students participated in entry inter-views.
In addition, over 200 freshmen accept-ed
our invitation to attend a thorough orienta-tion
session to the Career Development Center
during the past year.
After the entry interview, numerous options
are available to students to continue the ca-reer
process. Students may participate in
various career workshops such as value clari-fication,
skill assessment and decision making.
Each workshop consists of five to eight stu-dents
who meet with a career counselor once
a week for a period of four weeks. Presently,
skill assessment is the most popular, where
students leam how to relate their interests,
abilities and needs to different career fields.
Recognizing the need among students to have
the opportunitj' to explore a variet\' of career
avenues, Lycoming's program encourages in-vestigation
through a comprehensive and up-to-
date career library, vii
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Un !ity.
speaker's program which brings people from
various career specialties to the campus
He began his teaching career in 1962 at Syra-cuse
University and in subsequent years
taught at Dickinson College, Villanova Uni-versity,
and the University of Akron before
joining the Lycoming staff.
Dr. GlgUo is a member of the Mayor's Citi-zen
Task Force of Williamsport and several
professional oi-ganizations. He is president
of the North Central Chapter. American
Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, and is
the director of the Lycoming College Intern-ship
Program.
THE LYCOMING COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR
presented 10 concerts in 8 days during the
choir's annual spring tour from Saturday.
March 1. to Sunday, March 9, through 5
states and Canada.
The choir, under the direction of Walter G.
Mclver, professor of voice, performed in
New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine,
and Massachusetts, in addition to one ap-pearance
in Canada.
DR. EDUARDO GUERRA, professor of
religion and chairman of the department will
deliver the annual Summer Lectures at the
Episcopal Theological Seminary in Mexico
City. July 21-August 1. These lectures were
established as part of a Continuing Education
Program for clergy and lay leaders of Mexi-co
and Central America. Dr. Guerra's topic
is The Challenge ol New Testament Theology
Today .
GARY DAFTT, theatre department, and
ROBERT FALK. theatre department chair-man,
have been invited to present a special
workshop at the Theatre Association of
Pennsylvania convention at Bucknell Univer-sity
in April.
DR. ROBERT FALK has been invited to be a
judge for the regional theatre festival next
year (Northeast Region .\II) and has also been
invited to be a participant-presenter in a
workshop at the American Theatre Associa-tion
convention scheduled for Washington.
D.C. next August,
DR. WILLIAM FORD, English department,
has had two poems accepted for publication
for the F^ll. 197.5. issue of Southern Poetry
Review i"In Medias Res" and "Sleeping
through the Peace"), cont'd on page 2. coi. 3