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that an pus can id West 11. This :an take on any lege of ey gain king in ; homes lege has enroll ollmeni jroblem ng pro oposals the col » stay,” ion I The College of Business Admini tration at the University of Ne raska-Lincoln offers excellent in truction as well as trips to the Far •ast and England. Besides having a strong research wicntation and 65 nationally re lowned faculty members, CBA of ers Us students the chance to study ibroad for a semester, said Phil Hall, issistant dean for undergraduate itudies. The college has a fall semester ixchangc w ith Shcnshu University in apan Students spend the fall semes er studying in Japan and receive :redit. CBA has just started a summer )rogram where students spend the >econd five weeks taking a course at Oxford University in England, Hall said. “We’re hoping for further expan sion of international programs,” he said. The large number of students en rolled in CBA has led to overcrowd ing in some classes, Hall said. Officials at CBA are increasing the size of classes and office space next year, more than 4,000 students take classes offered by CBA, but only about 3,000 undergraduates have Jeclared majors in business. CBA is fully accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, a top national accrediting agency, Hall said. The School of Accountancy is separately accredited, he said. CBA has five departments: ac counung, economics, finance, rnan tgement and marketing. Hall said CBA classes and re tirements are comparable to other Hismess colleges in the nation. C BA officials require students to maintain a 2.5 grade point average to take classes in the college. Some stu dents have a hard time meeting that requirement, he said. T° assist learning, a COE com puter center is set up in the CBA building with IBM and Apple Macin tosh computers. All university students are free to ^he„Tpuiers durinS open lab times, Hall said. Hall said most graduates find jobs in large businesses, accounting firms banking, insurance and public utili ties. TeachersLi College By Emily Rosenbaum Staff Reporter The Teachers College at the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln offers 42 majors, most of which are teach ing majors, said Margaret Sievers, academic advisor for the Teachers College Student Services Center. Students in the Teachers College can register for non-teaching majors such as athletic training and commu nity heaith. oicvers saiu me icacncrs college is nationally recognized as the num ber one student teaching program. Because of the good reputation the college has, Sievers said, there is a large number of students at the col lege. There arc no limits on enroll ment to the Teachers College and the admissions office listed 2,134 stu dents for the 1989 spring semester. Four years ago, a minimum grade point average of 2.5 was established for anyone enrolled in the Teachers College. Students interested in a teaching major should be very sure that teach ing is their desired career, Sievers said. “There are many hardies to cross for teaching majors because state certification is required,” Sievers said. Faculty and administrators urge students to meet with their adviser regularly, she said. The College has made many changes in the program that advisers can explain to students. The Teachers College also offers a graduate program and several mas ters degrees. & Sciences By Pattie Greene Staff Reporter The grandfather of all the colleges at the University of Nebraska-Lin coln is the College of Arts and Sci ences. Arts and Sciences is the oldest college with the largest number ol students and faculty, said Kim Hachiya, publications coordinatoi for the college. She sid the college has more than 4,100 students, with “21 different departments students can major in.” “Graduates can go into anything they want because it’s such a broad background,” Hachiya said. Some graduates become artists, chemists and bankers, while others become economists, musicians, dancers or go into sales, Hachiya said. “A lot go on to law, dental or nursing school,” she said. Hachiya said every student at the university takes at least one class through the college. She said engineering majors take math classes and agriculture majors take science classes, all offered by the College of Arts and Science. “It’s the heart or core of the uni versity,” she said. Faculty members do all types of research. “You name it, they do it,” she said. One member is researching the cold fusion techniques, another is working on ethanol production, she said. “The English department has the world’s foremost scholars on Willa Cather and Great Plains studies,” Hachiya said. Architecture 1 i i By Emily Rosenbaum Staff Reporter Students registered in the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spend their first two years as pre-arcnitecture majors and then must apply to the Depart ment of Architecture to continue their education. Students are accepted to the De partment of Architecture based on their grade point average and portfo lio, which contains drawings made during their first two years of school. The College of Architecture has standards for admission to control the size of its enrollment. Figures from the admissions office list 364 under graduates for the spring semester of 1989. The low number of students in the college facilitates a community at mosphere, said Joseph Luther, assis tant dean for the college. “We don’t believe bigger is bet ter,” Luther said. “It’s quality, not quantity, that counts.” I In spring of 1988, the National Architectural Accrediting Board declared UNL’s College of Architec ture as one of the top ten programs in ihe United States. The college has an exchange pro gram with several countries, includ ing China, Germany and Ireland. A $4.5 million renovation project was recently completed at the col lege. The renovation has given UNL the “best design facility in the na tion,” said Luther. The architecture program has ex isted at UNL since 1894. In 1974 the program became a college. -- I Discrimination not tolerated at UNL By Chris Tipton Staff Reporter Discrimination will not be tol erated at the University of Ne braska-Lincofei, according to Af firmative Action Officer Bradley Munn. ‘Once or twice a month, inci dents of sexistn/sexual harass ment or racism are reported di rectly to this office (Affirmative Action Office),” Munn said. Munn, who is also the Equal Employment and Education Op portunity Officer, said that the Affirmative Action Office bandies complaints from any stu dent who is employed by the uni versity or who feels discriminated against in regard to education. The office is located at 127 Admini stration Building. if students feel they have been unjustly treated in the hiring or termination process by any de partment or agency of the univer sity, they can take their complaint to the Affirmative Action Office and an officer will conduct an in vestigation. “Most of the complaints are informal We try to come up with a reasonable resolvement, How ever, some cases go to a formal resolution where I do a thorough written documentation investiga tion and a copy of the discrimina tion investigation goes to the chancellor of the university for final acceptance or rejection.” Munn said he thinks that most of the-students are hired on the basis of their merit, not their per sonal characteristics. Ih the case of a student being treated unfairly in educational opportunities, the officers would follow the same guidelines of trying to resolve the problem inter* nally first. In some of the most serious cases, Munn said, he has had to recommend that the person not teach at this university when the case involved a faculty mem ber. Most of Lhese cases have in volved substantiated acts of sexual harassment, Munn said. ? Sexual harassment, a form of sex discrimination, can also be handled by the Affirmative Action Office or through the Sexual Har assment Consultant Network at 472-3872. “We want to work through and resolute problems,” Munn said, “because we don’t want to end tq? in a courtroom or with a major problem. Well-meaning people can work things out » “We want the environment to be barrier-free for students. If anyone were to suggest to them anything of a sexual nature - we don’t want that to happen. Every student can come forward and talk to a member of the Sexual Harass ment Consultant Network or call \ this office.” Calls will be kept confidential, Munn said. I C Prices So Low, 10 ^They Blow The Competition Away. 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