On Campus (December 30, 1985)

              On Campus
FOR THE UC SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY
December 30, 1985
PBS commentator
to speak at King
convocation
Tony Brown, nationally syndicated columnist and commentator for his own PBS
television show, "Tony Brown's
Journal," will be the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Memorial Convocation at UCSC Tuesday,
January 14.
The event, which will be held at
4 p.m. in the Performing Arts
Theater, is open to the public without charge. The option is given to
UCSC instructors to suspend their
classes at that time in order to allow
students to also attend.
Brown is the founding dean of
Howard University's School of Communication. He has been selected
as one of the "Top 50 National Black
Newsmakers" by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, as
well as one of the " 100 Most Influential Black Americans" by Ebony
magazine.
The annual Martin Luther King
Convocation honors the memory of
the late civil rights leader with
speakers, music, and a keynote
address by a prominent black
[Photograph] Tony Brown
figure. Music this year will be
presented by the Castleers, a
student group from Castlemont
High School in Oakland.
In conjunction with the convocation, a documentary exhibition of
photographs, slides, portraits, and
documents relating to the life and
work of Dr. King will be held in the
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at
Cowell College from January 14 to
February 23. Gallery hours are 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. every day but Monday.
Exercises guide
new students
through library
To help them make full and effective use of the University
Library's vast resources and
its up-to-date technology, research
librarian Alan Ritch has created a
unique series of hands-on exercises
aimed at students new to the campus. As coordinator of library
instruction, Ritch has custom-
designed 75-minute introductory
sessions, keyed to the core courses
given freshmen and other incoming
lower division students in each of
UCSC's eight colleges.
"The sessions are intended to be
enjoyable," says Ritch.
"So, as I write the exercises, I try
to find questions that will entertain
the skeptical, reassure the intimidated, and satisfy the adventurous,
while teaching everyone a bit more
than they knew and more than they
expected to know about using an
academic library."
Most colleges schedule the library
sessions during one of the core
course discussion section meetings
to make sure students attend them
and to keep the groups small.
"Learning to use an academic
library is essential to academic success; it lays the foundation for
future research," says Gayle Gonzales, academic preceptor and a
core course section leader at Merrill
College.
Joe Allen named
Admissions head
Joe Allen will succeed Richard
Moll as head of admissions at
UCSC, effective January 1.
Promoted to director of admissions last July, Allen will retain that
title when he takes up the reins of
his new job.
Moll recently announced his resignation as UCSC's dean of admissions, a post he has held since
1980. He will join the New York law
firm of Lord, Day, and Lord to recruit staff at law schools throughout the country.
In his new position, Allen will be
responsible for UCSC's admissions
publications, recruitment and processing programs. He will direct a
full-time staff of 12 outreach and 22
processing personnel.
"Implementing UC's new admissions policy for next fall's incoming
class is the most immediate challenge facing us now," says Allen.
Formerly, new students applied
directly to the UC campus of their
first choice, he explains. If that
campus could not accommodate
them, their applications were redirected to whichever of UC's eight
general campuses still had openings. The step-by-step procedure
resulted in several months' delay in
notifying re-directed students of
their acceptance. In the interim,
many highly qualified re-directs
accepted offers of admission from
other colleges and universities.
Under the new system, students
can apply to as many of UC's eight
general campuses as they choose
by filing just one application. Applications are processed by the
Educational Testing Service in
Albany, which sends copies to each
of the campuses selected by the
student. The initial filing fee of $35
covers applications to two UC
campuses. A fee of $20 is charged
for each additional campus.
"We are without any history for
determining how many students we
will have to admit to come out with
our full complement in the fall,"
says Allen.