Wednesday, June 30.1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Non-traditional students get help
Adam Lampinstein
Kansan staff writer
Non-traditional student Bill Winebold, Olathe, examines orientation material with his family in tow. With the support of his wife and daughter, Winebold plans to study sports management. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
An orientation tailored to the needs of non-traditional students was held for the first time at the University of Kansas on June 23.
What exactly is a non-traditional student?
"A non-traditional student is one who commutes, lives more than thirty miles from campus, is married, a parent, a veteran or at least three years older than their peers. An example is a 21-year-old freshman," said Kristin Adkinson, assistant director of new student orientation.
To meet the needs of these students, an orientation was held from 4 to 7 p.m., rather than the typical all-day session.
The non-traditional students, like other freshmen, received a packet of information about the campus, a KUID number, a fall timetable and a form to evaluate the orientation. They also received an Academic Record Tracking System form, which showed them the course requirements they must fulfill to graduate.
Pamphlets on University child care and the Kansas City ride-sharing program were distributed as well. These pamphlets usually are not distributed to the traditional freshman group during summer orientation.
Orientation assistants spoke to students. They covered the enrollment process, explaining the timetable and taking questions.
Orientation assistant Curtis Sloan, Powhattan junior, said his talk was the same as one he would give at
other orientations, except that the information had to be slightly shortened because of the abbreviated time.
Bill Winebold, a 32-year-old student who transferred from Johnson County Community College, was one of 32 students at the non-traditional orientation. With his wife and 13-month-old son present, Winebold
tried to take in as much information about enrollment as possible.
"I want a degree in order to be better off for my family. I am really not worried about classes or the school, just ready to finally start," he said.
Although Winebold expected to be comfortable at the University, Adkinson said that was not the case for many others.
Winebole will commute from Olathe, where he lives with his family. He is seeking a degree in sports management.
Adkinson said that the orientation went well.
Non-traditional students are often intimidated by the fact that they are in class with younger students." Adkinson said.
"I feel we met the needs of students we often don't address. Usually it is the non-traditional student who comes to us with questions, and now we are going to them," she said.
Laura Morgan, assistant director of the Student Development Center, said that the University did not know how many non-traditional students were enrolled. Students are not required to divulge all of the information that would classify them as non-traditional, she said.
Edited by Chad Bettes
New director to join KU Unions in fall
By Matthew Friedrichs
David Mucci, the new director of the Kansas and Burge Unions, said Tuesday that he would bring a commitment to community and student life when he began his job in August.
Kansan editor
Mucci has been the director of the University of Idaho Student Union since 1993.
At the University of Idaho, he has overseen the construction of a new union building, and that experience could help as administrators finalize plans for a $3.9 million addition and renovation to the Kansas Union this fall.
Mucci said he supported adding space for student organizations.
Included in preliminary proposals is an expansion of office space for student organizations on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union in the Organization and Leadership Center.
"That's essential to the life of the program." Mucci said. "I'm very supportive of that."
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, announced the hiring Monday.
The unions have the programs and opportunity to bring students closer together in a fragmented society. he said.
"David Mucci is one of the outstanding leaders in the student union field today," Amber said.
As the director of the Kansas
and Burge Unions, Mucci will be responsible for the KU bookstores, union food services, conference facilities, campus catering and both union buildings.
Warner Ferguson, associate director of the unions, said The Kansas Unions have a budget of $16 million, 115 full-time employees, and about 235 student employees.
While the unions are a huge business enterprise, they have to contribute to the campus community, Mucci said.
At the University of Idaho, a school with about 11,000 students he man
Mucci: joins the University after stint at Idaho.
aged a $2.3 million budget, and about 200 employees.
He was not responsible for the bookstores there.
Linda Mullins, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said a committee reviewed applications and interviewed four candidates before selecting Mucci.
He replaces James Long, who became the assistant provost for facilities planning and management in January after 16 years as director of the unions.
Edited by Anjum Aziz
Social Security numbers easier said than obtained
By Panyaluk Maneengam Kansan staff writer
Some international students think life could be easier with a social security number, but simply getting to the local Social Security Administration office, 1440 Wakarusa Dr., to apply can be difficult.
"It's not easy to get there. Especially when you are a new student who just arrived here and still have no idea where the office is, and how to get there," said Panadka Dasananda, Bangkok, Thailand, graduate student. "It's like you are blind among the new surroundings."
To overcome this obstacle, social security representatives come to the University every year at the beginning of fall semester. They set up service desks at the Kansas Union to receive application forms from new international students.
"We usually do it around August, right before the fall," said Nancy Coker, a service representative at the Social Security Administration.
Dasananda said that although she knew a social security number was not required, she found that it made life easier when it came to dealing with utility companies or applying for credit cards.
Representatives come to campus if enough students apply for a social security number. They would come to campus in the spring if the University made a request. But Coker said the busiest time is late August — the beginning of the academic year.
"We usually don't have that many
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
When a Social Security number is required
■ To work (this includes on-campus jobs or any practical training)
■ To enlist in U.S. military services
When a Social Security number could be required
Public assistance
Driver licensing
Taxes
Public assistance
Motor vehicle registration.
When a Social Security number is not required
Purchasing savings bonds
Conducting business with a bank or financial institution
source, Social Security Administration handout
new students in the summer. We might only have 30 new students and all of them might not even need it," said Lynne Vanahh, associate director in the office of International Student Services.
Because the number of international students increases during August, Vanahill said that her office preferred to have representatives come out at this time.
"I always ask them to come in fall when we have like 400 new students. It's definitely worth their time and their effort to come out here," she said.
She said that another reason they did not come during the summer was that there was no formal internation student orientation program, unlike fall and spring.
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