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Whét'hs-‘Student Services donefor you?
The Department of Stud- ent Services is that seg— ment of the University which is primarily concer- ned an a day tolday basis ‘with student life and learning opportunities outside the classroom. 'The ultimate purpose of Student Services is to facilitate students pers— onal growth, organizational development and explor- ation of talent and abil— ities in order that they more effectively express and contribute to the social milieu. The work of all personnel in the department of Student Services serve this pur- pose either directly or indirectly.
The Department of Stud- ent Services was estab- lished in 1967 by St. Dunstan's University in an effort to better serve the increasing needs and demands of the students. Since thatxtime the dep-' artment has expanded to the yOlnt where it now in: eludes the following per- sonnel:
Director - Jim Griffith
Dean of Women - Maridn‘
~ ". ’ MOEE'iSOfi‘ Cé’tl‘t‘o‘lfi‘é‘ ‘aaapléifi‘ir 7' ' Frererard Tingley ' Protestant Chaplain - '
I Rev. Ian Glass, ‘Counselor - Jack Blanchard Financial Aid Officer -
_ R.J2=Le01air .‘ Manager, Canada Manpower' Center - Joe Power University Nurse - Joyce
Gallant ‘* 1 Head Resident Female Res— ,idence — Anne Schurman 'Two Secretaries 9 Sheila
Gallant and Sandy Gauth-
ier '
Two Part-time overseas
student advisers — Prof.
,Baird Judson (Engin-
eering) and Dr. Jammu
(Physics)
Director Health-Services, Dr. Charles Brown and four part-time university
Physicians (each of
which spends one day'
per week on campus).
The services now offered
by the department include:
Carreer planning '
course selection A, ,
study habits development
personal problem assis—
_tance .
university orientation
‘career information .
scholarship and financial'
information‘ ' ’ reading training placement service
health services V
Off—campus'housing
On-campus housing
~resident supervision'
testing ’ ’ v
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over-seas student organ- izations % A services of worship ecumenical programs
as well as involvement in many student societies and . organizations. (This ex-~ cerpt is taken from the Orientation Book 1974,
page 11)
Many students were asked the following questions "What is student services and what have they done for you". Out of about 30 - 40 people asked, I received 11 replys,_with their name or that of a pen name. The other stu- dents did not wish to write any reply if their names or their pen names
(were to be written with their statement. , ' Their replies are as foll- ows:
It is a department in Main Building which may help 'students find jobs after _ graduation. They have done nothing for me because I have not sought their
«services. - Ralph Daley, B.Ed. (1 year programl
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student serviéés’geems'to be to counsel the student whether it be socially, emotionally or whatever. V They have done nothing for me. Except having to enter 1 the office in Sept. to pick up a 4—day late I.D. card, I have managed to avoid them completely in five years.
-'H.B.M. (Education)
Student Services, a dep- artment provided by the University hasidone quite a bit for me personally. They are people at this University who have time to listen to us as indi- viduals. Jim Griffith, ‘Fr. Tingley, Jack Blanch- ard, Bob LeClair, and Joe Power are pe0ple I would, recommend to any student who needs someone to talk *to. '
— Janet Rowe, Senior'
'(Educatiqn)
I don't thinkIStudent SerVices has done anytning for me. If they have I am unaware of it. Because I am not completely sure what Student Services is supposed to do for me.
— Rob MacLean, Soph.
(Arts)
(Student Services have pro- vided me with a student card...After I was refused having a,meeting~with'Jim Griffith and was told I,
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was inconveniencing him and could leave his office.
-I finally got the card
after going to the Student
'Union who called Griffith.
The only reason I got the card was due to the viob- ility of a secretary of Student Services. If it had been for Griffith,
..I would have waited a month.
What has Student Services, done for me, sweet f—-k all (that I know of) other than my student card which ’ I had to fight tooth and nail to get.
- Charles M. Mills,Sen.
(Arts - Philosophy)
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Shey're a people oriented grouprhose conCern is, bringing about the real—’ ization of the full pot— ential of students a in— dividuals, and through that, of the student body as a whole. I'm grateful for the specific things they've done for me — like health services, job ad— , vice, arranging grad school tests, but I feel I owe them much more for the benefits of the forsight’ they have contributed to University policy decisi- ons. ) r
- Randy Walford
(Business Admin.)
Student Services are there to aid the student in times of need if the student knows how to find them. - S.H. Junior , (Business Admin.)
Student Services exists
as bodies of institution— alized organizations eager to relieve students of their physical, emotional, icademic, spiritual, fin— ancial; etc. problems through conventional meth- ads of counselling and/or assistance. No doubt they nave wrought miracles for those who seek such ser- vices and on this laurel alone, should be exalted by praise but personally, apartifrom occasional
' visitsyto the medical fac-
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ilities, I have not been surmounted by desires to avail myself of their aid in view of their in- ability to be inovative in the services they rep— resent and their divorce from the reality of the ‘academic experience which gave them life.
- Igor De—Vreeze, Junior
(Science - BiOlogy)
Student Services is a group of people whose main responsibility is to help students. This help is available to those students who seek it. . “3'? Florence Gahill, Sen. (Arts).
Student Services is a group of people who work for the benefit of the students. _They are there to provide any kind of help the student may like to rec- eive. My only contact has been talking with Fr. Tingley during my soph. year. \ — Mary-Janet Vandenbroeck Senior (Arts)
Student Services to me is an outlet for personal frustration and problems, - there are many! Student Services enabled me to express myself freely and accept my individuality. -Joe Student, Senior (Music)
I am interested in rec- eiving replies from those students who have had good and bad personal ex— ‘periences after dealing with Student Services. However I am not inter- ested in the replies fresh: students who have nver % personally dealt with Stu- dent Services. Your comm— ents would be based on nothing but hearsay, (for to criticize something you must first,have,exper- ience with it) and hear- say, in my opinion the CADRE can do without.
Colleen Warren