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Page 4 THE EMPATH Tuesday, October 4, 1983 Enter Information Exeunt Industry by Kinne R. Sutton (Article excerpts from “Information Moves Ahead o f Industry, ” in the Washington Post by Kay Blemker.) On Sunday, the 25th of September, the Washington Post ran an advertisement supplement on the computer industry, with articles on computer graphics, paralegals, aerospace, engineering, lasers, planning a job search and future trends. The supplement states that “by 1990 there will be a 50 percent growth in the jobs that require computer skills.” Yet how can the computer industry be applied to a Liberal Arts degree? The first concern is in learning the computer “language” and at St. Mary’s, in the bottom of the library, is the Computer Learning Center, where there are nine computers awaiting your every command. The second concern is applying your Liberal Arts degree in the computer industry. The National Computer Graphics Association states “ that Washington, D.C. is one of the best areas for the employment of persons in the computer skills,” according to Marsha Hyde of Management Search, an employer research firm in McLean, Va. She explains that employers will hire people that graduate with top honors, with no experience ; however, most of those without work experience are at a disadvantage because “money for training has dried up.” John Naisbin, who wrote the best selling book “Mega Trends,” says that “ ten broad shifting currents are forming in society.” The implications are crucially important in making a career decision and choice of study. Naisbin observes “ that we are moving from an industrial- base society to an information- base society. Information workers now comprise over 60 percent of the work force as opposed to seven percent in 1950.” “Those in the business of creating, processing and distributing information include: programmers, teachers, stockbrokers, managers, lawyers, doctors, bankers and technicians. The source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.” The computer can expand our options so that it is possible to choose working at home or at the office. Educators will create opportunities, because education is one of the areas in which the supply of functionally literate entry-level workers fall short of demand. Multilingual globle thinkers should look towards fields in marketing exports, international stocks, selling real estate internationally and production sharing. Jobs are not limited to 2 ) U C K U J i n ’t J 4 e ? Although the response to the Glamour contest was not as great as we had anticipated, the Empath is pleased to announce the entrance of two contestants, Harry Steinway and Harrietta Duck. The editorial board of the Empath was unable to make an unbiased decision between the two. So, in the spirit of true democracy we are giving the SMC student body a chance to decide a major issue. Who would you rather have represent the college nationally, Harry or the Duck? Please check the appropriate box below. ( ) Harry [ ) The Duck Please return your vote to the Empath office. manufacturing and computer science. Included are advertisement, computer graphics, word processing, biology, business statistics and corporation reports and publications. Many large companies need system inter-grations personal for troubleshooting different branches of management in a business organization. Data base administrations require some knowledge and experience in a number of areas, including programming. This job position is like a Liberal Arts frame of study. General knowledge in a broad number of studies and specializing in a “major,” or as in the business world, your “ field.” Salaries for computer knowledgable employees start from $13,000 to $18,000 for entry-level positions: they range from $ 1 1 ,0 0 0 to $16,000 dollars for technicians. Those interested in pursuing a career in the computer related industries should enjoy creatively solving problems. Determine what your interests are and find an occupation to your liking. The most important aspect is to sell yourself to the potential employer and have a general background of the employer. S mug Computer users — remember this number: 863-7165. That’s the number of SMUG (St. Mary’s Users Group) Bulletin Board. If you have a computer — any computer — with a telephone coupler you can call SMUG and get on line to a nationwide network of computer users. The SMUG number rings at the St. Mary’s College Bookstore, which maintains the system and the file. The Bulletin Board enables you to receive and leave messages, both public and personal, and to download any of the public domain files now on the board. Anyone can call the Bulletin Board. In its first month of operation, calls have come from New York, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Connecticut, Arkansas, Ontario, Texas, Illinois, and Massachusetts as well as locally. The Bulletin Board is open 24 hours a day. Interested persons can visit the St. Mary’s College Bookstore during business hours (which, starting Monday, August 29, are 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays) to see the system in operation. Professor Elected Secretary- Treasurer Dr. Robert Goldsmith of St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been elected to a one-year term as national secretary-trea-surer of the History of Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He won the post over Dr. Albert Kirsch of Boston University in the annual election held in August. Dr. Goldsmith is professor of chemistry at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He joined the college in 1967. He holds the B. S. degree from Loyola College in Maryland, the M.Ed. from Johns Hopkins, and the Ph. D. from the University of Maryland. As secretary-treasurer he is responsible for keeping the membership list and other records, preparing and administering Divisional funds, administering a-wards offered by the Division, preparing the HIST newsletter, assisting the chair and chair-elect, and working with the Center for the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. The Division of the History of Chemistry has members in most of the 50 states and many other nations. Dr. Goldsmith has previously served the Division as a member of the executive board and as supervisor of elections. For the past two years, he has been membership chairman. The major award administered by the Division is the Dexter Award honoring outstanding accomplishment in the history of chemistry. The award is sponsored by the Dexter Chemical Corporation and consists of $ 1 0 0 0 and an engraved plaque. Nominations for this award are solicited annually from the international community. SMC Student Loans Increased Because past St. Mary’s College students are good at repaying their National Direct Student Loans on time, the College has realized a 75 per cent increase in funds available for this year’s students and thus has increased the number of students receiving these loans by 50 percent. In actual numbers, these increases mean about $35,000 was loaned to 6 6 students this fall vs. about $20,000 to 44 students last year. The largest hike in available funds came from a federal allocation for loans of $24,749 for 1983-84, up $10,393 from last year’s monies. That increase, plus the funds available from previous loan repayments, brought the total to about $35,000 this year. George Bachman, director of financial aid at St. Mary’s, says that St. Mary’s low default rate is part of the reason for the higher federal allocation. For 1982-83, Bachman says, the rate was just under 8 percent, down from 11 percent in 1981-82. The average default rate among 4-year public colleges in Maryland in 1981-82 was 18.9%. “ It’s important for past recipients of NDSLs to know that their payment record can affect the amount of money available to todays’s students,” says Bachman. St. Mary’s hopes its default rate will dip even lower in the future because it has transferred its account administration to Wachovia Services, a subsidiary of Wachovia National SMC ALUMNI REPAY LOANS Bank in North Carolina. “ They seem to be very efficient and very personal,” says Bachman. We are hopeful that their efforts will be productive for our students.” NDSL is one of three finan cial aid programs involving fed eral money that are adminis tered directly by the college The others are Federal Work Study student employment money and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. Students receiving NDSL loans pay no interest until they leave school, and then pay at a reduced rate.
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FullText | Page 4 THE EMPATH Tuesday, October 4, 1983 Enter Information Exeunt Industry by Kinne R. Sutton (Article excerpts from “Information Moves Ahead o f Industry, ” in the Washington Post by Kay Blemker.) On Sunday, the 25th of September, the Washington Post ran an advertisement supplement on the computer industry, with articles on computer graphics, paralegals, aerospace, engineering, lasers, planning a job search and future trends. The supplement states that “by 1990 there will be a 50 percent growth in the jobs that require computer skills.” Yet how can the computer industry be applied to a Liberal Arts degree? The first concern is in learning the computer “language” and at St. Mary’s, in the bottom of the library, is the Computer Learning Center, where there are nine computers awaiting your every command. The second concern is applying your Liberal Arts degree in the computer industry. The National Computer Graphics Association states “ that Washington, D.C. is one of the best areas for the employment of persons in the computer skills,” according to Marsha Hyde of Management Search, an employer research firm in McLean, Va. She explains that employers will hire people that graduate with top honors, with no experience ; however, most of those without work experience are at a disadvantage because “money for training has dried up.” John Naisbin, who wrote the best selling book “Mega Trends,” says that “ ten broad shifting currents are forming in society.” The implications are crucially important in making a career decision and choice of study. Naisbin observes “ that we are moving from an industrial- base society to an information- base society. Information workers now comprise over 60 percent of the work force as opposed to seven percent in 1950.” “Those in the business of creating, processing and distributing information include: programmers, teachers, stockbrokers, managers, lawyers, doctors, bankers and technicians. The source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.” The computer can expand our options so that it is possible to choose working at home or at the office. Educators will create opportunities, because education is one of the areas in which the supply of functionally literate entry-level workers fall short of demand. Multilingual globle thinkers should look towards fields in marketing exports, international stocks, selling real estate internationally and production sharing. Jobs are not limited to 2 ) U C K U J i n ’t J 4 e ? Although the response to the Glamour contest was not as great as we had anticipated, the Empath is pleased to announce the entrance of two contestants, Harry Steinway and Harrietta Duck. The editorial board of the Empath was unable to make an unbiased decision between the two. So, in the spirit of true democracy we are giving the SMC student body a chance to decide a major issue. Who would you rather have represent the college nationally, Harry or the Duck? Please check the appropriate box below. ( ) Harry [ ) The Duck Please return your vote to the Empath office. manufacturing and computer science. Included are advertisement, computer graphics, word processing, biology, business statistics and corporation reports and publications. Many large companies need system inter-grations personal for troubleshooting different branches of management in a business organization. Data base administrations require some knowledge and experience in a number of areas, including programming. This job position is like a Liberal Arts frame of study. General knowledge in a broad number of studies and specializing in a “major,” or as in the business world, your “ field.” Salaries for computer knowledgable employees start from $13,000 to $18,000 for entry-level positions: they range from $ 1 1 ,0 0 0 to $16,000 dollars for technicians. Those interested in pursuing a career in the computer related industries should enjoy creatively solving problems. Determine what your interests are and find an occupation to your liking. The most important aspect is to sell yourself to the potential employer and have a general background of the employer. S mug Computer users — remember this number: 863-7165. That’s the number of SMUG (St. Mary’s Users Group) Bulletin Board. If you have a computer — any computer — with a telephone coupler you can call SMUG and get on line to a nationwide network of computer users. The SMUG number rings at the St. Mary’s College Bookstore, which maintains the system and the file. The Bulletin Board enables you to receive and leave messages, both public and personal, and to download any of the public domain files now on the board. Anyone can call the Bulletin Board. In its first month of operation, calls have come from New York, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Connecticut, Arkansas, Ontario, Texas, Illinois, and Massachusetts as well as locally. The Bulletin Board is open 24 hours a day. Interested persons can visit the St. Mary’s College Bookstore during business hours (which, starting Monday, August 29, are 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays) to see the system in operation. Professor Elected Secretary- Treasurer Dr. Robert Goldsmith of St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been elected to a one-year term as national secretary-trea-surer of the History of Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He won the post over Dr. Albert Kirsch of Boston University in the annual election held in August. Dr. Goldsmith is professor of chemistry at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He joined the college in 1967. He holds the B. S. degree from Loyola College in Maryland, the M.Ed. from Johns Hopkins, and the Ph. D. from the University of Maryland. As secretary-treasurer he is responsible for keeping the membership list and other records, preparing and administering Divisional funds, administering a-wards offered by the Division, preparing the HIST newsletter, assisting the chair and chair-elect, and working with the Center for the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. The Division of the History of Chemistry has members in most of the 50 states and many other nations. Dr. Goldsmith has previously served the Division as a member of the executive board and as supervisor of elections. For the past two years, he has been membership chairman. The major award administered by the Division is the Dexter Award honoring outstanding accomplishment in the history of chemistry. The award is sponsored by the Dexter Chemical Corporation and consists of $ 1 0 0 0 and an engraved plaque. Nominations for this award are solicited annually from the international community. SMC Student Loans Increased Because past St. Mary’s College students are good at repaying their National Direct Student Loans on time, the College has realized a 75 per cent increase in funds available for this year’s students and thus has increased the number of students receiving these loans by 50 percent. In actual numbers, these increases mean about $35,000 was loaned to 6 6 students this fall vs. about $20,000 to 44 students last year. The largest hike in available funds came from a federal allocation for loans of $24,749 for 1983-84, up $10,393 from last year’s monies. That increase, plus the funds available from previous loan repayments, brought the total to about $35,000 this year. George Bachman, director of financial aid at St. Mary’s, says that St. Mary’s low default rate is part of the reason for the higher federal allocation. For 1982-83, Bachman says, the rate was just under 8 percent, down from 11 percent in 1981-82. The average default rate among 4-year public colleges in Maryland in 1981-82 was 18.9%. “ It’s important for past recipients of NDSLs to know that their payment record can affect the amount of money available to todays’s students,” says Bachman. St. Mary’s hopes its default rate will dip even lower in the future because it has transferred its account administration to Wachovia Services, a subsidiary of Wachovia National SMC ALUMNI REPAY LOANS Bank in North Carolina. “ They seem to be very efficient and very personal,” says Bachman. We are hopeful that their efforts will be productive for our students.” NDSL is one of three finan cial aid programs involving fed eral money that are adminis tered directly by the college The others are Federal Work Study student employment money and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. Students receiving NDSL loans pay no interest until they leave school, and then pay at a reduced rate. |