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Page 47The Battalion/Tuesday, September 29, 1987
Variety of courses
in University Plus
brings MSC profit
By Kim File
Reporter
Cutbacks and financial difficulties
are often common for college educa
tion programs, but there is one
Texas A&M MSC program that has
experienced only financial success.
MSC University Plus, which offers
a variety of non-credit courses to
A&M students and the community,
has been operating in the black ever
since its inception, said MSC Pro
grams Manager and University Plus
supervisor Wayne Helton.
The program was created in 1985
when the Craft Center and the After
Hours Committee merged to be
come more cost efficient. Since then,
the program’s classes attract more
than 3,800 annually and about 1,500
utilize workshop areas.
“Last year we were $30,000
ahead,” Helton, the program super-
viser, says.
“Anything we make extra goes
back into the MSC Programs Office
and helps to support other pro
grams that don’t have the chance to
turn a profit or have experienced
problems,” he says.
University Plus is located in the
basement of the MSC, but receives
no MSC fipancial assistance except
salaries for the supervisors and assis
tant supervisor. The remainder of
staff salaries and operational costs
are absorbed by the program. Class
tuition generates the majority of the
profit, Helton says, while craft sup
plies and framing services provide a
secondary income.
To run a successful operation,
Helton says, a major part of his job is
keeping abreast of the types of
classes in which students and the
community members are interested.
“We have to keep tabs on what
people want,” he says. “We ask all of
our students who take our classes, in
an evaluation form, to suggest new
course titles and if we see a practical
way to offer a new course we do it.”
Some classes such as country and
western dance and the jitterbug have
remained in demand year after year,
Helton says.
These classes usually fill within
the first week of registration.
“The jitterbug filled two sections
with over 100 people in a few days
and now we’re in the process of
opening a third section,” Helton
says.
Foreign languages, such as Span
ish and Italian, always fill quickly be
cause of the large number of stu
dents and faculty, he says.
However, sometimes a demand
for a class cannot be met.
“Right now we have a huge de
mand for water color, drawing and
oil painting, but I’m having a diffi
cult time locating qualified instruc
tors,” Helton says.
The program office also receives
calls from people requesting com
puter classes every day, he says, but
the facilities aren’t available to open
sections.
Although most of the non-credit
courses are offered on the basis of
demand, some are not.
“Many times a qualified instructor
will approach us with the offer to
teach a new class and if we feel as
though it will work, we try it,” Hel
ton says.
“Because we have so many other
very strong classes we can, with very
little risk, put new classes in the bro
chure,” he says.
Helton says they were approached
by a Japanese instructor for the first
time this semester.
“It (Japanese) was a huge success
— we’re in the process of opening
up a second section right now,” he
says.
Weather Wat
Valid: Noon today
Sunset Today: 7:12 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday: 7:17 a.m.
Map Discussion: The cold-frontal system from the eastern Great Lakes
to Texas will continue its eastward movement in advance of the high
pressure centered over northwestern Kansas that will bring cooler and
drier air into southwestern Texas.
Forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy and not as warm with a 40 percent chance of
showers, primarily in the morning. High temperature near 80 degrees
with northerly winds at 12 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Decreasing cloudiness with continuing northerly winds of 8to
15 mph and a low temperature in the upper 50s.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy and mild. High temperature in the mid to
upper 70s with a northeasterly wind of 8 to 14 mph.
Weather Fact: Heat is a form of energy transferred between systems by
virtue of a difference in temperature and existing only in the processof
energy transformation.
Prepared by: Charlie Brenton
Staff Meteorologist
A&M Department of Meteorology
Weigh the facts carefully
Before you abandon your proven medical insurance for the latest trend in
health care delivery, be sure to weigh the facts carefully. Ask yourself these
simple questions:
• Which option allows you to choose your own doctor from among all those
practicing in the community?
• Which option pays for hospitalization even if you choose the specialized
services of an out-of-town health care facility?
• Which option provides coverage for dental care?
• Which option allows you to continue seeing your present physician?
The fact is, no clinic-based HMO can match the freedom and control that
health insurance gives you when it comes to your family's health care.
Weigh the facts yourself. Don't limit your family's health care options. Don't
lose your right to choose.
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