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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17,2005
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experience those things."
experienced In fall of 2003, the University had about 6,000 more students than Kansas State, but in 80 percent of Kansas counties, more students chose Kansas State over the University.
Lisa Pinamonti Kress, director of admissions, said that part of the reason was because the University focuses more on recruiting out-of-state students than Kansas State.
"We are actually out recruiting out-of-state students," she said. "We want to have a balance of in-state and out-of-state at the University of Kansas, and as a flagship institution we historically have recruited out of state."
Johnson said he thought that stereotypes held by people at the University could play a role in how others perceive it.
Pat Bosco, dean of student life at Kansas State, said that his university was more successful at in-state recruiting because of the presence of alumni in Kansas towns who are influential in students' decisions to attend the university.
"I think there's a built-in momentum where we've had generations of students coming from a specific location, typically the bankers, the doctors, the presidents of boards of education, the lawyers are K-Staters," said Bosco.
Bosco said that Kansas State has been trying to send a representative to all high schools in Kansas for the past 25 years, and that it does not use any system to determine which schools get visited more often.
Jack Lafay, a high school counselor in Stanton County, said that residents of the county consider Kansas State "their school."
"K-State has a more aggressive way of recruiting," Lafay said, adding that representatives from Kansas State have more frequent contact with students from western Kansas than the University does.
Pinamonti Kress said that when members of the admissions office hear such complaints, they find that the
University has actually made more contacts with potentia students than Kansas State.
Lafay said he disagrees.
"The people in the admissions office at KU think western Kansas ends at Great Bend and have no regard for the western part of the country," Lafay said.
Pinamonti Kress said this perception is wrong. "So many people don't even think we recruit in western and central Kansas and that's not true," Pinamonti Kress said.
The University has a system to determine which schools it visits most often, Pinamonti Kress said. This semester, recruiters from the Office of Admissions and Scholarships have visited 223 of Kansas' 400 or so high schools.
Locations visited depends on how many students have applied from each school. Recruiters are sent to schools that have a higher rate of interest in the University. Schools without KU applicants aren't visited, Pinamonti Kress said.
Jessica McNickle, a former admissions counselor at KU, has several ideas of how recruiters could achieve more success in western Kansas.
Some of them include using alumni in the area, sending recruiters who are from the area and looking for towns with increasing enrollment at the University.
McNickle said she was able to overcome some of the hostility in western Kansas because of her childhood ties to the area.
"Utilize the alumni. They are very, very loyal because they are so basically persecuted out there." McNickle said. "And they will go pick out people from a high school class who they know will be good material for KU."
McNickle suggested the University study trends in county enrollment. Western Kansas schools have inconsistent enrollment at the University; some years several students enroll while the next year very few will enroll.
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"It is difficult to define whether or not goals have been met," Pinamonti Kress said. "In my opinion, the road show is working because of the increased visibility in central and western Kansas."
Pinamonti Kress said prospective members, parents, high school counselors and alumni were happy with the increased efforts for recruitment in the areas.
During the day, admissions representatives traveled to high schools and community colleges in western and central Kansas and dropped off information about the University to students and counselors. At night, additional staff members joined the representatives, and they held receptions for prospective students and their parents.
She also said she did not think the success of the event could be determined only by numbers.
Scholarships are just one of the things admissions representatives focused on during the week-long program. The program also discussed academics and KU traditions.
The Rock Chalk Road Show will continue next fall, though visit locations haven't yet been decided.
Job fair adds summer camps
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JOBS
BY DANI LITT
dlitt@kansan.com
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A new summer job alternative for student will have them turning in their aprons for acorns, suits for sweaty outdoor activities and computers for crickets.
of them were admitted to the University. That is approximately 56 percent of students who attended the road show. Forty-one students enrolled out of the 82 admitted. That is 50 percent of students who were admitted, according to a report by the Office of Admissions and Scholarships.
The University of Kansas is scheduled to host a summer camp fair on Feb. 23 at the fourth floor lobby of the Kansas Union. Twelve camps from across the United States are scheduled to be in attendance, which is standard for the first year, said Molly Cunningham, internship adviser for the Center for Career Services.
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Jennifer Jordan, director of the Business Career Services, said she suggests supplementing a camp job with an applied internship in finance or accounting. She said that the internship should teach skills that relate to a student's career goals.
"The Career Center in general is trying to coordinate events of all kinds to meet the needs of students." Cunningham said.
She said being a camp counselor was a great opportunity for freshmen and sophomores to use when outlining their leadership
"A finance or accounting employer will probably value a specific finance or accounting internship more than a camp iob." Jordan said.
skills on a resume. But it might not be the most beneficial.
Students who worked at camps have mixed reactions.
Greg Levy, former camp counselor and Nashville, Tenn., junior, said he thought an internship would be more beneficial.
would be a huge advocate of summer camps because I think they are awesome. But when it comes close to getting out of college and joining the real world, it is going to be more beneficial to have an internship on your resume," he said.
Leah Rafal, Omaha, Neb., junior, is leaving her camp job of four years because she needs to take classes this summer. She had no regrets about spending her time at camp instead of having an internship.
"Camp positions show that you can plan daily activities, hold leadership positions and be responsible for others," she said. "It shows employers that you have responsibility and that you had it at a young age."
as sales associates or waiters, camp jobs also show the ability to work as a team with 80 or 90 other staff members, Raful said.
in the past, summer camps have been invited to the second day of the all majors career fair, which was aimed at summer jobs.
Many camps could not afford the $500 to $1,000 fee organizations had to pay to attend the all majors career fair. As an alternative, the University will charge camps only $30 to attend the summer camps fair.
Though anyone can attend the summer camp fair, it is mostly aimed at underclassmen. Cunningham said it could be an alternative to students who didn't qualify for an internship or hadn't found an internship or other summer employment.
"We found that the majority of people attending the summer jobs fair were camps," Cunningham said. "We wanted to try something different to give them a more financial alternative and to set apart the camp experience from other jobs."
While a lot of people had jobs
Cunningham said it would depend on a student's overall career goals if she would suggest they go to camp for a summer rather than have an internship.
SUMMER CAMPS
The following summer camps will be at the summer camp fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m on Wednesday, February 23 at the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union:
Archdiocese of Kansas
City in Kansas
Camp Birchwood
Camp Birchwood Camp Champions
Camp Wood YMCA
Horizon Camp and Retreat Center
Camp Champions
Camp Laurel
Camp Laurel
Camp Sabra
1. Primmont Scout Ranch
2. Rock Springs A.H.
Camp Shawnee/Camp Fire USA
Retreat Center
♦ Philmont Scout Ranch
Tall Oaks Conference Center
YouthFront Camps
Source: University Career Center
"If someone wants to become a teacher this would be valuable," she said. "Summer camps experiences are great for helping to shape you as a person."
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Flight of the quarterback
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Jake Bustillo, Olathe freshman, celebrates with Blake Letourneau, Clifton junior, during a game of three-on-three touch football on the lawn in front of Allen Fieldhouse.
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has keypads at only two of the five entrances. Keypads are present on interior doors as well, which limit access to bedrooms and showers, said Kim Nicholson, Leavenworth sophomore and activities coordinator.
"It's been effective because we haven't had burglaries," she said.
Lawrence police are responsible for patrolling areas surrounding chapter houses, said Sgt. Robert Linzer, KU Public Safety Office.
The reported break in at Sigma Delta Tau is still under investigation, Capt. David Cobb, Lawrence Police Department, said. No similar break-ins have been reported.
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ON CAMPUS
♦ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a Veggie Lunch from 11:30 to 1 p.m. today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Sarah Dees at 812-1051.
Student Union Activities will sponsor an afternoon tea from 3 to 4 p.m. today in the Kansas Union lobby. Contact Megan Wesley at 864-SHOW.
The Center for East Asian Studies will sponsor a screening of "Lost In Translation" as part of an East Asian Film Festival at 7 tonight at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium. Call 864-3849 for more information.
Student Union Activities will sponsor a screening of "I Heart Huckabees" at 7 and 9:30 tonight and tomorrow night at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 or free with SUA Movie Card.Call 864-SHOW for more information.
The Dole Institute of Politics welcomes Jim Hooley and Andrew Littlefair, who will give a lecture on "Stagecraft Stories: How Advance Work Builds Presidential Image" as part of the Presidential Lecture Series at 7:30 tonight at the Dole Institute. Call 864-4900 for more information.
- The Center for East Asian Studies will screen the movie "Bright Future" as part of an East Asian Film Festival at 7:30 tomorrow night at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium. Call 864-3849 for more information.
Kansas Public Radio will sponsor "Right Between the Ears" at 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Call 864-2248 for more information.
The Lied Center presents the play "Fiddler on the Roof" as part of its Broadway Series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center. For ticket information, call 864-2787.
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