1987-1988 Academic Catalog

Counseling Services The Counseling Service provides personal assistance in a wide range of non-academic areas in order to facilitate educational and personal development. The goal of the Counseling Service is to aid individual members of the college community in making their college experience as enriching and meaningful as possible by offering assistance in their discovery of and conformity to God's will for their lives. Counseling is available for personal and spiritual concerns, choice of college major, study skills improvement, interpersonal skills, premarital and marital development. Faculty and staff members also advise students regularly. Caireer Planning and Placement The goal of the Career Planning and Placement Office is that students will be able to translate abilities, values, and aspirations into a plan of action for sound career decisions and job placement. Career Planning and Placement services include workshops which explore such topics as self-assessment, job search tech– niques, resume writing, interviewing, and evaluating job offers. Interest inventory tests and a computer-assisted career develop– ment program are available to help students in determining majors and occupations. The office maintains a career library with job search information, company files which make possible research– ing job opportunities, and graduate school catalogs. Existing em– ployment opportunities are listed in biweekly job bulletins. The course PYCH-461 Employment Strategies addresses top– ics relative to the job search. Available to all juniors and seniors during the fall and winter quarters, it offers one quarter hour of credit which may be applied toward graduation. A complete des– cription of the course is listed in the Psychology Department sec– tion of the catalog. Student Life 31 David Gaffi1er, Director ~(Career Planning and Placement, brings nearly sixty potential employers to campus each fa/I through the annual Career Day.