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Homecoming reunion activities, faculty Oyster Bake is paying for scholarships," ing budget.
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Alumni association addresses concerns over procedures of where Oyster Bake profits go.
By AMANDA MARTINEZ
COPY EDITOR
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ter. One course lasts eight weeks, so up to
six graduate courses could be taken per
year and a graduate degree could be
obtained in two to two and a half years.
"Realistically, St. Mary's is behind what
other university's are doing and we are
proud of the quality of education so this is
just a great way to provide it to those who
year," Rosenhauer said. "We take what's
available."
First, the Alumni Association Board of
Directors determines the budget for schol-
arship awards, and passes the information
to a scholarship committee.
"The committee evaluates with the
admissions office the list of incoming appli-
cations to decide awards, and evaluates
current students for the $1,500 scholar-
ships," Rosenhauer said.
After determining recipients and award
amounts, the committee presents the list to
the Board of Directors, who approves it
based on the money provided by the
endowment fund and the Board.
Geckler received her scholarship at the
time of her acceptance to the school. Six of
her relatives are alumni of St. Mary's.
"The large award I received was a large
part of my choice to attend St. Mary's,"
Geckler said. "I have family members who
have graduated from here, but I also did
very well in high school. I think I've earned
it."
In an interview with The Rattler earlier
this year, University President Charles
Cotrell, Ph. D. responded to rumors of par-
tiality in the process of awarding Alumni
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process to ordering books for the courses
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According to the official webpage, the
event "helps provide scholarship and
alumni/university programming monies
while developing fellowship and promot-
ing St. Mary's University."
St. Mary's freshman Valarie Geckler is a
recipient of a full scholarship granted by
the Alumni Association.
"In addition to Oyster Bake being fun,
I'm appreciative of it because the funds
raised are paying for my college educa-
tion," Geckler said.
In 2003, the net profit of the Fiesta
Oyster Bake was about $350,000,23% of the
total gross.
From this amount, the Alumni
Association applied funds to various pro-
grams, • including their Scholarship
Endowment Fund, the Alumni & Academic
Convocation Center (AACC), university
programs, Alumni Association operations,
and alumni-organized dinners and socials.
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can't be here physically," Merrell said.
Blackboard online on the St. Mary's
University website serves as the platform
for these graduate programs. The same
graduate courses and same assignments
offered on campus are simply converted to
the website online.
"The university has the technology and
support as far as the curriculum goes, and
the programs are accredited and people
want that," said Ray Wooten, Ph.D.,
Program Director of the community coun-
seling online degree. "It's a no brainer and
it's a new way of learning from the tradi-
tional way."
With an emphasis on security policy,
the international relations master's pro-
gram concentrates on helping students
build strong interdisciplinary critical
thinking and .analytical skills. Larry
Hufford, Ph.D. directs this program.
"The advantage to this type of program
is that it's completely interactive and
everyone is required to be involved," ’
Merrell said. "Shyness is often not felt in
this type of environment and writing skills
are improved due to the writing nature of
the courses online."-
Others agree that the computerized
convenience is beneficial in many ways.
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"Last year, we donated $160,000 to the Association scholarships.
endowment," Rosenhauer said. "Each year, "I think it's a misperception. There is no
it fluctuates with how well Oyster Bake legacy criteria," Cotrell said. "Students
does." have to meet certain criteria and secondly,
Endowment earnings depend on invest- pass through financial aid or admissions.
ments and economic factors. The university The alumni association is a non-profit
then gives the Alumni Association a spend- organization ... nobody owns them, they
focus," Rosenhauer said. "But we also want . and student organizations to earn funds by
to help with the other financial issues on operating booths at Fiesta Oyster Bake.
campus." This year has also seen an increase in
The Alumni Association made a multi- promotion for Alumni Association scholar-
year, $3.1 million pledge to the construction ships around campus with flyers in resi-
and development of the AACC, and recent- dence halls and other locations around
ly donated $20,000 to the St. Mary's schools campus.
of Business, Graduate, Humanities, Law "We wanted to let the students, faculty,
and Science and Engineering for and community know that the money from
As of the spring 2004 semester, St.
Mary's University began two new gradu-
ate programs, community counseling and
international relations, offered online to
provide the flexibility of achieving a mas-
ter's degree, mainly for non traditional stu-
dents or those for which it may be difficult
to physically attend graduate classes. The
online program is the first of its kind
offered through this university.
"The objective is not intended as a
replacement, but to extend our outreach
and make learning opportunities available
to those who can't physically come on cam-
pus, due to a career, the military, living too
far away, and other such reasons," said
Graduate Dean Ronald D. Merrell, Ph.D.
Proposed earlier in the fall 2003 semes-
ter, the idea of online degree programs was
quickly approved and immediately put
into effect this semester, with a sufficient
number of students enrolled.
"I think it will be very successful,"
Merrell said. "In such a short time period,
a sufficient number of students responded
for us to conduct the classes."
These programs are slowly being
phased in over a period of a couple of
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