1961-62 General Catalog

              46 FRESNO STATE COLLEGE THE COLLEGE 47
FRESNO STATE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES
All regubr students are members of the Fresno State College Association, tb The student personnel services assist students in making effective use of the in­organization
of faculry and students who have united to conduct the e:uracurricuhso:uctional and extracurricular programs, and in making adjusonents for personal
a.ffairs of the institution. A board of directors composed o~ faculry . members atl.md social efficiency. T he personnel services are coordinated by th~ .~ean of
students controls the finances of the bookstore, the cafetena, athlec cs, and othStudents and consist of the following departments: (1) student acnvmes and
activities involving the collection and expenditure of student funds. housing supervised by the Associate Dean of Students (Ac~vicies-Housing) ; (2)
In return for a fee of $10, collected at the time of n~gistration, each student aiJadmissions evaluations, and records supervised by the Associate Dean of Srude~ltS
faculty member is issued a Fresno State College Association membership CaJ'(Admi io~s-Records) ; (3) counseling, testing, scholarships, loans, veterans affairs,
whi~h permits the holder. tC? partic~pate . in all activities of the association. ~nd foreign student advising supervised by the Associate Dean of Stu~en.ts (Conn­admits
the. holder to assoCiacon ~au'S Without char~f: . or at a re~uc~d a~l?:;eling-Testi ng) ; (4) medical consultation, treatment, an~ campus sam~atiOn super­fee
detemuned ~y the board of ~ecto~ of.the assoc~a10on. The pnnCipal aCCVIOivised by the Director of Hc~tlth Services; and (5) full-nme and part-nme employ­supported
by this fee are athletics, pubhcatwns, music, and drama. mem, placement upervised by the Director of Placement. These services are
described in more detail elsewhere in the General Catalog.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
Membership in the Fresno State College Association entitles the holder to fr1 COUNSELING
copies of the four major student publications. The Co.llegian, published triweeki} Acl.miuiooa CoUDSel.ing. T he Admissions Office provides counseling to ~
is the official news publication. A handbook and a dirt~ctory, appearing soon afttsrudems in making application, in understanding admission requirements, and m
the fall ~emester opens, contain general information about the college and tfuriliziog the services of the college during the admissions process. Problems c~m­address
hst of faculty and students. The college annual, knO'\VD as the Campucerning evaluation of previous academic record should be directed to the AssoCI.3te
appears during the final month of the college year. (To obtain a copy of tboean of Students (Admissions-Records).
C1m1pus, ~ r~servation fe.e !flUSt be paid at the opening of the fall semester ai)j Voc:arionAI Counseling. T he Counseling Office assists students in self-appraisal
membership m the associatwn must be held both semesters or one semester plu f th . . . d · d d · the:r search for a vocational goal for
h f .. 2 50 ) All d bli · di ·b j d ho err UD!que mterests an apnru es an m ~ a c arge o -w • • ~tu ent pu canons stn u~e' . on campus are on er t which they are best fitted. Psychological and vocational tests are used as needed.
general control of an e1ght-member board of pubhcaoons composed equally oA lib f . al inf · · · tained and each academic department
faculty and students. . rary ? vocanon . orm.anon 1S .roam , ·
g1 ves vocanonal counseling pernnent to 1ts field.
ASSOCIATED WOMEN STUDENTS Educational Counseling. Each student is assigned a faculry adviser in ad.dition
All women students are automatically members of the Associated Wome1to the services of the Counseling Office. !f'e stud~t's advi~ assum~ special re­Studcnts.
This organization coordinates the activities of various women's organizasponsibiliry for the student's welfare ana helps him P!an .his a~adem1c pro~
tions on the campus and sets standards of conduct and of group living for wome~ The student uncertain of his choice o~ a.n academic tna)Or lS assJsn;ed t? a gener
students adviser until a definite academic goal IS chosen; thereafter the adviser IS a facultY
. SOCIAL AND SPECIAL-INTEREST GROUPS member in the field of the chosen major. .
. The Counseling Office assists students who are failing to meet. scholarship stand­There
are on campus 13 honor societies representing various fields of specu,ards. Counseling and testing are designed to help students to discover weaknesses
interest; 65 clubs based on educational, recreational, or religious interests; and !.and to plan remedial measures.
social organizations. HONOR SOCIETIES Penonal Counseling. The Coumeling Office provides services for students wi~h
. . . . . . adjustment problems of a personal nature. Clinic~ P.sychologist .serv~ces a~e ava~-
ln addmon to high standards of scholarship expected of all students, spec11 able in the Counseling Office and limited psychiatric consultation IS available m
reco~tion is give~ to sope?o~ scholarship. ~he hono1r society of Phi Ka~pa Pht the Health Services Office.
a nanonal scholarship organizanon, was establiShed at Fresno Stare College m 195l . S d Co lin S ci 1 services are provided in the Counseling
Most departments of the college sponsor honor societies, many of them nations Poragu tu ent wueth 8•1
J'e a
in scope, in which membership is based upon superior college work. Two societie! Office for students from 0 er an s.
limited to junior and senior students, offer membership only to those students who
besides having good scholarship, are prominent in college activities and have demon HEALTH SERVICES
strate~ ~gh leadership in .student body positi~ns. These are Tokalon, the women': The objective of the Student Health Service is to keep the student .in a state
orgaruzanon, and the Nanonal Honor Fraterruty of Blue Key for men. of optimum health, both physically and mentally, so that he may reahz~ to the
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION fullest the opportunities afforded by Fresno State College. Health ~e;vtc.es are
. . . . . sponsored jointly by the college and the student body, the latter parucipanng by
The Fresno State College Alumru Associanon, With headquarters m the Book means of a S2 health fee ea·ch semester.
store Building, has a long record of extensive and varied activities. The assoc~ The Health Service is housed in its own building, with four well-equipped doc­cion,
incorporat~d in 1940, has established a sound finan~ poli~y. It provi~e tors' suites, physiotherapy, laboratory and X-ray facilities, ~urs~s' treatment
~u~l. scholarships and loans and has a p;ogram. of . athlenc! soCial, ~d ~1o rooms, secretarial office, artd waiting room. T~e Hea~th Service ts open from
~cOvin~. The Fresno State College Alumm Bulletm, the offiCial alumru magazmt 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each school day, during which t1me registered nurses are on duty
IS pu~lished monthly throughout the school year. Am~ dues are $3, payable 'and physicians are available for consultation. ~~ny medica.! specia.Ities are repre­any
n~e, ~d anyone .who has attended Fresno State t...olleg~ for one semest~r .a. sented among the pare-time and full-time physicians, affordmg a high standard of
more 15 eligtble. Marned couples, both of whom are altunn.1, may purchase JOID medical care
annual memberships at $4. Life membership is $50, which includes husband ani ·
wife if both attended Fresno State College.