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One participant said in the re
port, “At the College Station cam
pus you have a lack of true diver
sity, because our student body is
largely white, conservative and
probably from fairly well-to-do
families.”
Dr. Larry Oliver, associate dean
of the College of Liberal Arts, said
students need to learn people
skills.
“The ability to work with di
verse teams of diverse people are
necessary in today’s workplace,”
Oliver said.
Recommendations were given
in the report by the participants.
One participant said the opportu
nities for recruiting minority stu
dents must increase to insure di
versity on campus.
The report said the graduates
had adequate skills in their majors,
but they needed a more diverse ed
ucation.
“These limitations were defined
as the fault of the faculty and de
partment heads who do not un
derstand the ‘real world’ of work
and who do not allow their majors
to take courses outside their major
departments,” the report said.
Laurie Nickel, student body
president, said advisers do an ade
quate job of offering students op
portunities to participate in intern
ships and take international classes
if they are interested.
“Study abroad programs offer
students opportunities to experi
ence different cultures and lan
guages,” Nickel said. “These pro
grams have to turn away many
students each year due to over
whelming interest.”
Oliver said students need to em
phasize cultural and international
education more.
“Texas A&M produces students
that are technically proficient and
hard-working, but they need more
diversified education to produce
the necessary social skills,” he
said.
Written communication was
found to be the number one weak
ness among the A&M graduates.
“Generally, graduates in busi
ness, engineering and agriculture
are perceived to be limited in their
ability to write a narrative report of
their work in language that can be
understood across various func
tional areas of the corporation,” the
report said.
Oliver said the College of Liber
al Arts is expanding to include a
degree in music, and a proposal
has been made to create a perfor
mance studies department which
would include dance, music and
film.
“Students should have a well-
rounded education,” Oliver said.
“Students need to develop com
munications skills and the ability
to conduct analyses.”
The report said graduates ex
pressed a "Generation X” work eth
ic.
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ue personal and family time more
than work time,” the res
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hours a day, five days I
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work and family life. Shea
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phasize technical skills
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life-long skills that wills,
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and society.”
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terdisciplinary studies
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ability to move througta
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“We have some namesakes that will visit their
camp for an afternoon, while others will stay the
entire four days; it is entirely up to them,” Martin-
dale said. “Some choose to take trips or go to din
ner with their counselors or even have a barbecue
with their camp. Really, they can do whatever they
want and whatever their schedule will permit.”
Martindale said two-thirds of each incoming
class typically attend Fish Camp.
“Last year we had 7,200 incoming freshmen
and 4,800 attended Fish Camp,” he said. “The
year before that, 6,000 freshmen were accepted
and 4,100 attended.”
Fish Camp, in its 45th year began, in 1954
when YMCA Director, Gordan Gay, took freshmen
cadets to what was then called “Freshmen Camp”
to develop leadership skills.
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“They want an opportunity to demonstrate
know. ”
Sweeney said more than 8 percent of s
have a disability. He said of those registered
for Students with Disabilities, more than two-
invisible disability.
Jacobs said focusing on invisible disabilitie:
learning disabilities, will help students understand
one could have a disability.
“You could be sitting next to someone in class
a disability and not even know it,” she said.
Sweeney hopes Disability Awareness Day will
dents learn more about their peers with disabilities 1
accepting of them.
“Knowledge supports inclusion,” he said,
concern of students with disabilities is to feelr,®
community. ”
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