Brown and White Vol. 92 no. 2

              lehigh university brown and white vol 92 — no 2 bethlehem pa friday september 5 1980 xci-iim hardwork b&.w photo by vi nce giuseffi two university workers are seen here doing some of the work being completed on the stone walls around drown hall high temperatures made the job even tougher june graduates doing well small group still seek jobs by lynn powers the employment record for the class of 1980 was very successful according to lynn novick assistant director of placement services by last may 273 of the 946 seniors had already gotten jobs through the univer sity's placement services she said as of aug 29 novick said 54 percent of the 1980 graduates were employed while 18 percent went on to graduate school and two percent joined the military of the remaining graduates she said 14 percent had other plans and only four percent were listed as unemployed the placement service had no correspondence from eight x»rcent of the students engineering graduates were the most successful m the job market she said w ith 71 percent employed by august and 10 percent m graduate school business majors followed with 50 percent of the students employed and 11 percent m graduate school she said novick added that 23 percent of the graduates of the college of arts and science were em ployed and 41 percent went on to graduate school novick pointed out that money was not a major deciding factor m the class of 1980's employment choices she said the students named type of work advancement potential reputation of the company and location as the most important factors m choosing their jobs novick noted that accountants led the i niversity m job offers averaging 3.8 per student engineers led the class of 1980 m salary offers novick said with a median salary of 1,700 per month business irs and arts majors had median salary iffers of 1,317 and 1,250 respectively in general novick said she was very pleased with last year's employment record there was a record number of on campus interviews she said with recruiters present from 330 different companies with many companies coming to the university and interviews booked into the spring she said that it looks like it is going to be another record year this year more students accept aid as tuition and fees increase by steve samt'elson more students are receiving financial aid from the university than last year according to william stanford director of financial aid part of the reason for the increase m recipients stanford explained is a 14 percent hike m this year's financial aid budget while the combined cost of tuition room and board went up by 11.6 percent for this academic year as of aug 12 1178 students had been awarded university scholarships com pared to 1130 during the 1979-80 academic year the august figure was not complete as several financial aid packages are still being finalized he said we have our largest applicant and recipient population m recent years stanford stated noting a dramatic in crease m the number of students holding work study jobs slightly over 600 people have picked up their work authorization forms and are waiting to be placed m campus jobs he said we probably will wind up with closer to 700 students to fill a work-study payroll of 30,000 he added just five years ago only 102 students had work-study jobs and the payroll totalled 936,000 strinfor-ri explained the work-study program an integral part of many student financial aid packages is mostly funded hy federal grants from the department of uducation with the university providing a minimum of 20 percent of the money according to stanford the university has expanded the work study program by creating new jobs on campus over the last five years but not at the expense of permanent university employees stanford stated the program's twofold purpose is to reduce the amount of money students are required to borrow by graduation through guaranteed student loan programs and to provide interesting employment opportunities he said several campus jobs have a dual role providing income as well as valuable work experience m department offices or laboratories he added the total of university grants and scholarships awarded this year is 3,072,000 compared to 2,329,000 m 1979 80 stanford said he said the 3 million figure would probably be revised down ward as student loans and grants from other sources are finalized replacing university aid after all revisions have been made stanford said he expects an approximatf 6fi0.000 increase m university aid ovei last year bringing the total to just under $' million final figures for most financial aid information will not be available for a couple of weeks stanford said the 41 minority students in new class by doug rogers among the 1116 men and women m this years freshman class 41 are minority students - top-notch students who will all contribute to the university ac cording to vicky sanders head of minority recruitment for the admisions office sanders said she is pleased with this year's results and noted that the students seemed very interested m the university's academic standard i have been incontact with nearly all of the students since their arrival and they are intent on academics three of the students are enrolled m the six-year pre med program although the number of freshman minority students has not varied significantly within the last three years the university has no yearly quota that it must meet sanders said if only five of the 186 applicants met the requirements for admissions then only five would have been accepted she ad ded minority students is one of three categories of students that receives special treatment by the admissions office the other two being children of alumni and students with special talents sanders explained minorities must have vers much the same credentials as the rest of the ap plicants because all students who enter the university should be properly prepared she said the only special treatment they get is from me i deal with the students on a more personal basis and try to get to know them ' sanders is on the road for more than three months at a time each year recruiting students for the university she attends college nights and visits three to lour schools a day trying to speak to minority students although she does see other students she said her main objective is to try to get minority students interested m the university in recent years most of the recruitment has been done m urban areas but next year more recruitment will take place m suburban areas sanders said tired • b&w photo by andy ginsberg the end of a week's classes and the beginning of the weekend is not only m your dreams it's friday „ see freshman page 1 inside university p 3 activities p 4 whitehead p 12