UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, November 18. 1996
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Job hopefuls look over the displays at the social welfare practicum-career fair. The fair was held Friday in the Kansas Union.
Practicum-career fair offers opportunities for students
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
For about 200 KU students, a chance to gain some practical experience was found at a two-hour information fair.
Open to all KU social welfare students and students from other Kansas schools, the eighth annual practicum-career fair included more than 60 businesses in the Kansas Union Ballroom on Friday. Students involved in practicum studies and KU alumni were on hand to answer students' questions.
"Social welfare people like to talk and this is a great opportunity for us to talk face-to-face," said Jan Jess, assistant director in the School of Social Welfare and director of the practicum-career fair.
A practicum study, or internship for credit, is a required element in the Social Welfare curriculum. To
graduate, each student must complete a directed study in the field. The study is worth three credits, and the students are not paid Undergraduates spend one academic year in the field and graduate students spend two.
The fair allowed students to ask KU alumni questions about their work experience, said Melanie Hepburn, assistant dean in the School of Social Welfare.
"This helps make a bridge between the classroom theory and the real world," Hepburn said. "The students can really benefit from these agencies. This fair really brings us together."
Vickie Barr, director of social services at Salem Hospital in Hillsboro, said the fair provided well-rounded placement for students.
"The name of the game is variety," she said. "Social work operates in different settings. Learning to allow for all of those different settings, gives students the oop-
tunity to get their foot in the door."
Glenda Miller, director of social services at Salem Hospital in Hillsboro and graduate student, said the practical experience she received through the social welfare school was invaluable.
"Social work is a way to help people when life gets hard. To work with the elderly, or anyone who is at a disadvantage, requires someone who has a sense of inner peace," she said. "The fair introduces students to what is available in their field and their geographic location."
Hepburn agreed.
"This opportunity allows students to put their toe in the water and really see the breadth of opportunity in their field," she said. "Social welfare workers cannot operate in a vacuum. They need interaction with other people to be successful. The practicum experience gives them that and the fair opens the door."
Road offers shortcut
Drive could reduce tie-ups after games
By Andrea Albright
Kansan staff writer
A new section of road on west campus may facilitate the exodus of cars leaving campus after home basketball games.
The most serious areas of congestion are near Allen Field House, but KU police Sgt. Chris Keary said that a new section of Crestline Drive might make the trip to west Lawrence a little faster. But after the first home game on Tuesday, many people didn't know that the road was open, he said.
"We don't know if all of the people who could have used the road knew that it existed." Keary said.
The road, which opened in late September, connects Crestine Drive with Irving Hill Road southwest of the Lied Center.
Keary said that anyone who needed to drive west after the basketball games could use the road rather than taking Iowa Street north to 15th Street.
"Mostly it would benefit people who live in the west or northwest part of town," Keary said.
Easing traffic woes
By opening a section of road connecting Crestline Drive with Irving Hill Road, University officials hope to alleviate some of the headaches caused by evening parking during home basketball games.
Permit-reserved parking
New section of Crestline Drive
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
Keary said that most traffic tie-ups occurred as the reserved parking lots emptied after games.
Becca Green, administrative assistant in the athletic department, said that her department offered parking passes to members of the Williams Fund.
"We've sold about 2000 this year." Green said.
Kearay kept KU police officers controlled traffic flow on streets adiacent
to the busiest areas after the games.
The first cars exiting after the games are sent east on Irving Hill Road, he said. But patient fans and Lawrence residents who want to avoid slowdowns on campus may wait until traffic is directed west, and then use the new road to skirt problem areas.
Keary said once people knew about the road, they could use it to avoid problems.
ON CAMPUS
Center for East Asian Studies will have a Brown Bag Lecture from noon to 1 p.m. today at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Bertha Jackson at 864-3849.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. today in the Danforth Chapel. For more information, call the Rev. Ray May at 843-0357.
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will have practice from 5:30 to 6:30 tonight at 207 Robinson. For more information, call Adam Capron at 842-9112.
International Student Association will meet at 6 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call David Cohavi at 841-1010.
KU Meditation Club will
meet at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Pannir at 864-7736.
KU Women's Rugby Football Club will practice on 6 tonight at 23rd and low streets. For more information call Stacey Fields at 749-3380.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have "The Fundamentals of Catholicism" at 7 tonight at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center. For more information, call the Rev. Vince Krische at 843-0357.
KU Bahal Club will have "Panal Discussion: World Peace" at 7:30 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Mahin at 832-2226.
■ Association for Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders will have an Eating Disorders Support Group meeting from 8 to 9 tonight in room 327 at Fraser. For more information, call Alicia Cabrera at 865-7575.
A KU student's convertible car top was damaged and two coats were stolen between 10:45 p.m. Wednesday and 1:45 a.m. Thursday from the car in the 400 block of N, Lawrence, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,013.
A KU student's coin purse, cash and a cassette tape were stolen between 2 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Wednesday from a car in the 1600 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1.5
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's KUID was stolen between midnight Oct. 13 and midnight Oct. 17 from the lobby of Naismith Hall, Lawrence police said. The identification card was valued at $10.
A KU student's car window was broken between 5:30 p.m. Nov. 6 and 4:20 p.m. Nov. 7 in Lot 121 in the 1300 block of Louisiana Street, KU police said. The damage was estimated at $125.
A KU student's car window was broken and a cellular phone, wallet and check book were stolen between 11 p.m. Nov. 10 and 5 p.m. Nov. 11 from a car in Lot 50 east of Joseph R. Pearson Residence Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $668.
THE HARBOUR LIGHTS
A KU student's book was stolen between 1. p.m.
Wednesday and 10 p.m. Thursday from the bathroom of
the Multicultural Resource Center, KU police said. The
book was valued at $20.
A KU student's basketball tickets were stolen between 11 p.m. Nov. 9 and 1 a.m. Nov. 10 from a house in the 500 block of Arrowhead Drive, Lawrence police said. The tickets were valued at $85.
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