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Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 28, 1983 3rd Annual Kalf Fry & Rodeo Kick-off Tech vs. ATM Weekend Amateur Rodeo 5:30-8:30pm Dance with the MAINES BROTHERS 9:00-1:00 Friday, Sept 30, Municipal Coliseum on the Texas Tech Campus $5.00 cover Dorms will have chance to adopt faculty members by Mike Davis Battalion Reporter Dorms will soon have the chance to adopt their very own faculty member. Dr. Bill Bassichis, associate professor of physics and mem ber of Aggie Mentors, is work ing on a program where dorms will have their own faculty adviser. The program will be in affi liation with Aggie Mentors, a program of volunteer faculty members who help, advise and counsel students, he said. Dr. Shirley Black, assistant professor of history and former head of Aggie Mentors, said the mentor program began about three years ago as an effort to help students by improving the communication system between faculty. “Our whole objective was to have additional office hours for any student who wanted to walk in with any problem, any gripe, any bureaucratic snag,” she said, “If they were lonely or confused or whatever, we wanted to have our doors open some extra hours a week.” A list of Aggie Mentors was published to help them contact other mentors if a student came in with a problem that needed advice in a particular depart ment, she said. Black said the program quick ly grew from an original 50 to a present 300 members, with new ideas and new objectives. In Bassichis’ program dorms could pick three or four mentors to serve their dorm. From these choices, one would be picked by a coordinator to advise that dorm, she said. Black said the faculty re' sponse has been encouraging. “The mentors have been very enthusiastic about being adopted by these dorms," she said. Sonja Hurt, head residentof Neeley hall, said her dorm tried the program last spring, but a lack of time and some confusion about what the dorm was sup posed to do hindered the program. Eaton commends Mentors, encourages involvement by Mike Davis Texas Instruments to launch 3-day job blitz Oct. 4, Memorial Student Center. TI, a leader in electronics, wants to meet you. Particularly, if you’re a top student in EE or Computer Science. Dozens of TPs key engineers and managers will be on campus October 4th through 6th. They'll describe programs, answer questions, inter view, and invite you to their facilities. Don't miss it! TALK TO FIVE PRODUCT & SERVICE GROUPS Equipment Group, Semiconductor Group, Information Systems & Ser vices (IS&S), Corporate R&D, and Corporate Facilities. SIGN UP FOR INTERVIEWS IF YOU ARE GRADUATING IN DEC. OR MAY. Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degrees Manufacturing Technology* Physics (Engineering and Solid-state) Material Science Information Systems MBA with technical under graduate degree (Semi conductor Sales ONLY) *Only for production engineering such as manufacturing and quality assurance. NOTE: Persons majoring in any degree with at least 18 hours of Com puter Science will be eligible to inter view with the Information Systems and Services Group (IS&cS). Briefing and sign-ups for inter views 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., October 4th at Memorial Student Center, Room 224. m: Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Industrial Engineering* Electrical Engineering Technology* Interviews (by appointment) Oct. 5th and 6th. Invitations for plant visits will be extended on those days as appropriate. Candidates must be registered with the Placement Office. Bring your Texas A&M data sheet. See you October 4th. An Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F , Texas Instruments Creating useful products and services for you. © 1983 Texas Instruments Incorporated Battalion Reporter Dr. Gordon P. Eaton, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Monday encouraged Aggie Mentors to continue get ting involved with the students Eaton and Shirley Neal, 2nd vice president of the Federation of Texas A&M University Mother’s Clubs, spoke in Rud der Tower to new and old mem bers of Aggie Mentors about the high value of Aggie Mentors to students, and the need for im provements. Aggie Mentors is a program of faculty members who volun teer some extra time to counsel students on problems they might have. The mentor meeting was the first in a series of meetings to help mentors advise students and to give them tips on such things as pointing out a student on the brink of committing suicide. Though the meetings are designed for faculty, every one is encouraged to attend. Neal, who has the opportun ity to talk to many students, out lined areas mentors should pay more attention to: academic, greater publicity, and perma nent funding. Academic counseling is still the most frequently complained about problem, she said. She re- ccommended that faculty be more careful with their counsel ing and watch for faculty who might lead students astray by bad counseling. Neal suggested that articles in student magazines, presenta tions at new student confer ences, Fish Camp and more wide-spread campus publicity would help to intorm students about the Aggie Mentor program. The Houston Mother's Club has paid for all of the expenses since the formation of Aggie Mentors three years ago, Dr Shirley Black, former headot the program, said. Thoughtheir support has been invaluable, more support is needed. Sheriff makes bid on prison ATTENTION ALL Fun Lovin, Eating, Beer Drinking and Dancing AGGIES & MAGGIES and SAT. 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