Page 4 The News Argus December 7, 1990
Discover what Career Services has to offer
BY MICHAELL PARKER
STAFF WRITER
Career Services Center Director Sandra
Sosnic is wondering where all of WSSU’s
students are.
‘The number of students Tignirtf up for
interviews and sessions are low,” says
Sosnick. “Recruiters come from various
organizations and companies seeking
WSSU talent but students are not coming.
"There was a time when every time slot
for an interview was taken. But now we
have time gaps when recruiters are waiting
around for students to come.”
Every Friday at 10 a.m., there is a
workshop conducted which is designed to
sharpen the career skills of students.
Workshop topics cover the gamut on
Important dates to
remember for
spring semester *91
Education MajcH-s Workshop
Jan, 23*24
Career Services Center
Tenth Annual TeacherFair
Feb.
CJE. Gaines Complex
Summer Work Job Fair
Feb.13
Student Union
Co-Op Luncheon
April 8
Student Union.
everything from how to properly dress for
a job interview to resume writing to having
a positive attitude in the world of woric.
The center has a Career Library which
enables students to research jobs, job
opportunities, and many companies and
organizations. This allows students to
increase their knowledge about a company
-- knowledge that could prove beneficial
during an interview.
“You will be surprised at the number
of students who have not even set foot in
the Career Center,” Sosnick said. “Some
students actually wait until after they
graduate before they come to us for help.”
Sosnick stressed that jobs are limited
due to our failing economy, and that only
the very sharp students are going to receive
job offers.
Photo by Chuck Hanes
Sandra Sosnick
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When you were in high school, what did
you think college was like? Most people
probably have similar images: Tliere is a
spacious campus with numerous buildings. The
high school senior applies and proceeds directly
from high school into college as a freshman (it
is hoped at the college of his or her choice).
The academic year consists of two semesters.
(Summers are for earning money to help one
meet expenses for the next “year” of college.)
Classes are taken during the day. and studying-
or socializing- is done at night. If one studies
hard, in four years he or she will be earn a
bachelor’s degree, which will open doors to
gainful employment by the age of 22.
Many students do experience something
similar to this. The institutions in the University
of North Carolina system and perhaps
most other colleges reflect these images
of higher education in their plans and
practices. For most students, however,
this is not what coUege is reaUy like.
More than half of the students in
America’s post-secondary institutions
today are older than the traditional exit
age. At WSSU, most of the academic
and service activities which focus on
“lifelong education” or nontraditional
schedules fall under the operations of the
Office of Continuing Education, located
in the Anderson Center.
The expanded activities of continuing
education reflect the many changes that
have taken place in society and the
university since President Kenneth R. Williams
hired Dr. Archie Blount from A&T to initiate
“extended services” at WSSU in 1962.
Programs and services now include the
following:
The bachelor of science in apphed science
degree program (BSAS) has provided students
with associate’s degrees in career fields an
opportunity to pursue a flexible academic
program with depth studies in business, social
science,and other areas. Begun in 1974 under
the leadership of Dr. William Rice and Dr.
William Sheppard, the program enrolled 78
students in 1989-90. The typical BSAS student
is 34 years of age, a full-time employee, a part-
time student (more than half enroUed in evening
classes), and has children. About half of the
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students are black and half are white.
Extension instruction f>rovides a variety
of educational opportunities for the region.
These include some 20 activities in 1989-
90,such as workshops provided through
WSSU Joint Ventures, begun in the summer
of 1989 to improve education and training
of the region’s workers and managers; the
National Park Service Seasonal Law
Enforcement Officer Training Program; and
delivery of credit courses to various sites in
the region. Tlie Nursing Department
currently conducts programs in Watauga and
Wilkes Counties. The Independent Study
by Extension Program -correspondence
courses jsrovided by a consortium of UNC
mstitutions - is also part of this activity.
living elsewhere and studying, say. New
England, could communicate with students
who lived and attended school in Winston-
Salem using telecommunication
technology,” Dr. Wishnietsky explained.
Dr. Wishnietsky said the school system
project was part of an international network
whereby students from different countries
can talk to each other electronically, and
to share knowledge in such issues as social
science, languages, business, economics,
and culture. He says that ‘This promotes
global understanding and mutual respect
among cultures. It will break the
ethnocentric mode that seems to be
prevalent in the United States.”
The professor believes that students
who, by the year 2000,
lack computer skills, will be at a
disadvantage. They will, as he put it, be
the equivalent to today’s population that
can neither read nor write. “It’s promising
to see the local school is incorporating
communications technology into the
curriculum,” he added.
The prospective author thinks that his
book will be contribute toward the pursuit
of academic excellence at Winston-salem
Stale University. Acknowledging that
WSSU has a strong tradition of excellence
in teaching. Dr. Wishnietsky says he tries
to focus his research on areas that tend to
benefit the students, and notes that research
generally improves the quality of
insUTiction.
He feels that students who read the
book will not only find easy access to
as much information as possible, but
will be able to evaluate the facts for
themselves in order to make informed
and educated decisions. ‘They must
be able to know not just what they
believe, but why they believe it,” he
asserted. Dr. Wishnietsky holds that
faculty should encourage students to
think analytically and critically, instead
of relying solely on teachers, books,
or other single sources of information.
He points out that the students he has
encountered at WSSU have strong
potentials, and that it is even more
exciting to see them become
independent thinkers.
Dr. Wishnietsky holds a Doctor of
Education from the University of
North Carolina, an M.A. and B.S. in
Science degrees from the University
of California.
Previous publications include Role
Conflict. Coaching Bum- out, and the
Reduction in ihg Number of Female
Interscholastic Coaches. Assessing
Coach-Student Relationshins. Solving
Current Coaching Problems Using
Prgvipy?ly Suggested Solutions, and
Why Coaches Fail.a Continuinp
Dilemma, all published in professional
journals.
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