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daily nebraskan
monday, april 17, 1978
Grade point standards differ among UNL colleges
By Kathy McAuliffe
The College of Business Administration
is not the only UNL college requiring
stricter grade point averages of its students.
The College of Business Administration
adopted a new policy last spring which
states that CBA students admitted to the
college after June 13, 1977 must maintain
a 2.5 grade average or face possible suspen
sion from the college.
This group includes freshmen and trans
fer students admitted after this date. Stu
dents admitted before this date, including
most upperclassmen, are subject to the
university's standard which requires a stu
dent to maintain a 2.0 average or face
academic probation or suspension.
College of Architecture admission stand
ards are not as rigorous as those of CBA.
However, standards for upperclassmen are
more strict. In the first two years of study,
known as the pre-architecture program,
students are required to maintain a 2.0
average, according to John Benson,
assistant dean for the College of Archi
tecture. After this, students must apply for
admission to the architecture college, he
said. In order to be admitted, a cumulative
average of 3.0 is required, Benson said.
After admission to the college, students
are required to keep a 2.0 average. How
ever, because students must have a 3.0
average to get into the college, most stu
dents maintain the B average, he said.
In the College of Engineering and
Technology students must keep the univer
sity's minimum 2.0 average, according to
associate dean Lyle Young. If they fall
below this, they are not allowed to take
any new courses within the college, Young
said.
Until a student's average improves, he
or she can only repeat courses taken in the
college or take courses outside the college,
he said.
Students enrolled in Teachers College
must also maintain the university's require
ment. But in order to student teach, the
student must have a minimum GPA of at
least 2.25, according to associate dean
Ronald Joekel.
The College of Agriculture, Home
Economics and Arts & Sciences follow the
university's policy in determining whether
a student is in good standing.
Lawrence Bundy, director of under
graduate advising, explained UNL's policy
in determining whether or not a student is
in good standing. This office reviews all
possible probations or suspensions from
UNL.
To be in good standing at UNL a
student must have both a semester and a
cumulative average of at least 2.0. If a stu
dent fails to achieve this standard, he or
she faces scholarship probation or suspen
sion, he said. Determining whether a
student faces suspension or just academic
probation depends a great deal on whether
he or she is a freshman or upperclassman,
he said.
First semester freshmen with CPAs of
1.0 to 1.99 are generally placed on
academic probation. First semester fresh
men who have GPAs below 1 .0 face possi
ble suspension, he .said.
Second semester freshmen with GPAs
from 1.6 to 1.9 also face probation.
Second semester freshmen whose GPAs fall
below 1.6 face possible suspension, Bundy
said.
A stricter policy governs upperclassmen,
he said. The crucial element in determining
whether an upperclassman will be placed
on probation or suspended is the grade
Ad campaign planned to boost
the number of security guards
A need for more security guards has
kicked off a campuswide advertising
campaign by the residence hall security
office, according to John Burke, security
guard coordinator.
"We're in the process of expanding our
program," Burke said. "Since well have
guards not only in the halls but also in
university buildings, both classroom and
offices, well require more people. That's
why we're holding this heavy campaign."
Burke said that besides hiring enough
new guards to make up for those that are
graduating or quitting, they will have to
hire at least 12 more touard university
buildings.
"Well hire 10 to 15 percent more
people for next year," said Dave Uhl, a
senior geology major from Lincoln and
security guard supervisor. Uhl added that
the guard turn-over was higher than nor
mal, but the additional need made the
campaign necessary.
Posters advertising security guard posi
tions have been distributed around campus.
We originally printed the posters to take
care of expanding our methods of putting
word out that we were hiring-it's more
than word of mouth. We're getting more
applicants that way," Uhl explained.
Burke said that three times as many
applications have been received to this
point, which he attributes to the posters.
"We want a good file of applicants so that
we can be very selective this time," Burke
stated.
Requirements for security guards are a
2.5 grade point average, no past arrests,
"good moral character," and the ability to
stay up nights.
Burke added that the advertising would
bring in variety from the student body.
"One reason that a lot of our guards are
ROTC student and foreigners isthat most
of our guards apply after hearing about
openings from a friend-the word of mouth
system. With the posters, we hope to get
better representation from the student
population, he said.
Brad Lahm, a freshman from Lexington,
noted that the pay rate would differ with
the increased building coverage. Those who
work the classroom buildings will be paid
more than those who work in the resi
dence halls, so a lot of those who work
residence halls will not shift.
"This could make a shortage," he said.
"They ought to pay us all the same and let
us work both areas."
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point deficiency, he said. Grade point defi
ciency is determined by doubling the
number of credit hours the student has
accumulated and then subtracting ,the total
number of grade points earned from all
classes taken, Bundy explained. If the
difference is greater than zero and less than
12 points, the student faces academic
probation. If the difference is greater than
12, he or she faces possible suspension, he
said.
For example, if a student has completed
40 semester hours of credit the total
number of grade points earned can be as
low as 68 before he or she faces suspen
sion, Bundy explained.
Students who are on probation for
longer than three semesters or who fail
more than nine credit hours in a semester
also may face suspension, he said.
However, Bundy stressed that each case
in which a student faces possible academic
probation or suspension is reviewed
individually.
Each semester 2,000 to 2,500 students
are placed on academic probation or sus
pended. "That's more than you might think,"
Bundy said.
But, he added that the all-university
grade average is about 3.0, where it has re
mained for the last several semesters.
Abel Sr. established empire,
UNL served by generosity
By Mary Fastenau
He was the man who did not graduate
until he was 24 because he held five jobs
and supported his mother while putting
himself through college. He was the man
who started a leading construction
company on $100 savings.
George P. Abel Sr. is the man UNL stu
dents never will meet but whose generosity
serves them daily.
Abel died of uremic poisoning in 1937
at age 54, but his memory lives on in the
Abel Foundation, which is made up of
Abel family members.
The Abel Foundation recently pledged
one-half million dollars to the Nebraska
Campaign, a three-year foundation fund
drive for the University of Nebraska. This
gift brought the Abel family contributions
to more than $1 million.
Abel Sr. "established an empire" in
Lincoln, according to Judy Leech, presi
dent of the Lincoln Alliance. The Abel
Construction Co. and all its offshoots are
combined today under the name NEBCO,
Leech said.
NEBCO includes sand and gravel
companies, construction firms, ready-mix
companies, real estate, construction mater
ial sale, paving, steel brick, farms, ranches
and the Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice
Railroad, she explained.
Alice Abel, Abel Sr.'s daughter, said she
remembers her father as hard working and
generous. Her father would be pleased
about the money the Foundation has given
the university, she said, because he con
sidered everything he had a result of his
learning.
While in college, Abel Sr. had five jobs,
including showing slides for a biology
professor, shoveling coal and janitorial
work, she said.
Although Abel Sr. worked hard, he
shared what he earned, she said.
All five of Abel Sr.'s children were
Nebraska graduates.
George P. Abel Jr. attended UNL
despite a scholarship offer from the Uni
versity of Southern Califoi ua.
Abel Jr. admitted his high regard for
his father was a factor in his decision.
"I just felt he was the greatest," Abel
Jr. said. "He was a number one business
man, engineer, builder and had a great
compassion for a fellow man."
Abel said he thinks his father was the
greatest Nebraska salesman the state has
ever had. He endoctrinated his children
with the philosophy that Nebraska was the
best, he said.
Abel said the university tradition has
been apparent in his family. Both of Abel
Jr.'s sons have attended UNL, although
they were graduated from the University of
Arizona.
Multi-Cultural.
The Learning Center, under the leader
ship of Lend Frison, aids students who
have problems with reading, writing and
basic learning and study skills. The center
has four tutors and audio-visual materials.
There are at least 650 students wno
have used the Learning Center in the past
year, according to Frison.
He added that the Learning Center is
free but it is "forced into seeing primarily
low-income students because of the cuts
in the tutorial program and work-study
funds." Frison said there currently are
about seven work -study students working
in the Center.
Frison added that he also assists handi
capped students with studies.
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