GRADUATION ISSUE
University Daily Kansan, April 30, 1984
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Jobs await graduates from ROTC
By KEVIN LEATHERS Staff Reporter
University Archives
To those KU graduates who have secured their future for the next few years by enlisting in military service, KU commencement ceremonies indicate not an end but another beginning.
On May 13, about 2,200 KU students will walk down the hill and into Memorial Stadium. It will be graduation, and in the following weeks, those who have sweat blood and shed tears will pick up their diplomas.
That single sheet of paper is symbolic for some students of many years of hard work and demanding hours spent at KU. But for some, that sheet of paper may not bring all the answers that they thought it would. As they begin the course, some named them form of security, some will find uncertainty and confusion.
But for those graduates who also happen to be in CIT candidates, the initial responsibility is on them.
ON MAY 14, FIVE WOMEN and 34 men will receive commissions as officers in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps which will coin immediate future
The economy, the recent occurrences in Lebanon and Central America and the promise of challenging work all have prompted more students to enroll in MBA programs ever before, said MaJ, Roger McElrery, officer for the KU KOT program.
"We've had an increase in the number of freshmen entering the program of over 100 percent," McElaft said. "And these young men and women are definitely some of the finest I've ever seen."
The ROTC program at KU includes both the military's requirements and the Army's requirements.
Four of five of those candidates being commissioned as ensigns in the Navy will report to Pensacola, Fla., where they will undergo flight training. The
Marines, as well, will receive more instruction in Quarto, Va., for six years.
"THIS EXTRA INSTRUCTION allows these students to have more, and a greater variety, of training than the average student," McErfray added.
Cric Elemens, Wichita senior, is
candidate who will head to
Quailton.
"I eager to see what the next step will bring me," Clemensen said. "So far, the program has done nothing but improve performance and give a leg up on the other students."
graduating with business majors. And if more training means that it will make things even better, then I'm ready."
Clemensen said he had tentatively decided to pursue a military career as a combat engineer, tank operator or as an amphibious-assault vehicle specialist.
"At first I wanted to be a pilot," Clemensen said. "But now, maybe because it sounds so exciting, I think I'm going to go with ground work."
By BONITA HENRY Staff Reporter
Symbol delineates graduation
The symbol probably will remain forever unnoticed by the more than 2,000 KU students who graduate this spring. That is, unless their voyages bring them face to face with Chinese tradition.
There is a symbol in Chinese tradition that is quite appropriate for those students who walk into Memorial Stadium claiming their academic freedom, according to Tom Krieshok, head of the KU counsel department.
The symbols are Chinese. And in Chinese tradition, they have stood for "danger" (left) and "opportunity." Together, the symbols stand for "crisis" — a feeling shared by many KU graduates.
The symbol comprises two parts — one meaning "danger" and the other meaning "opportunity." Together, Krieshok said, they mean "crisis."
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GRADUATION IS A CRISIS point, but it is also an opportunity. Krieshok said. Most people start taking on more responsibilities when it's exciting, but it also can cause anxiety.
"A good attitude is one of organization, hope, persistence, flexibility
Vernon Geissler, director of the University Placement Center, said that "attitude is the key" for a successful job search.
Laura Fleek, Wathena graduating senator, is not yet one of the lucky students who found a job before Lawrence and she found to stay in Lawrence for the summer
"I feel a lot of anxiety because I don't know what I'm going to be doing after the 13th of May. I don't like to have loose ends. I'm just sort of uneasy about it. On the other hand, it's going to be kind of nice to just sit around for the summer, gather my thoughts and plan my next move." Fleek said.
Geissler said that he thought most students today do have the right attitude and are much more mature than students were 10 years ago. Their dress is more businesslike, and they are more serious.
and recognizing that you're great," Geissler said.
FINDING A JOB ISNT the only stress that a graduating senior may experience. Dave Kelsey, Sioux City, Iowa, senior, says that he, like Fleck, feels apprehensive about graduation, even though he already has a job. "It's anxiety moved out of schoolwork and into the new job," Kelsey said.
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Geissler estimates that 90 percent of the graduates who do not go into graduate school or the military find employment before or within a few months. "It's not a matter of life or death, though it seems like it," Geissler said.
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