The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1978 Page: 7 of 16
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Admissions organizes committee to aid recruiting
Ever wonder about those
groups of confused-looking
high-schoolers being led
around campus by smug
underclassmen? These tours
play an important part in the
transformation of innocent
high-school types into Rice
people. To run these expedi-
tions the Admissions Office
needs student guides and is
presently looking for people to
help.
In a meeting Monday,
Marina Ballantyne, one of the
assistant directors of
admissions, proposed the
organization of a Student
Admission Committee to
solicit active student
involvement in the admis-
sions process. Operation of
such a committee might begin
this coming fall. One proposal
was that the committee
consist of two or three
chairmen and a coordinator in
each college. Also considered
was a proposal to have a
committee made up of five or
six students acting indepen-
dently of
committee
either to the Student
the colleges. The
may be attached
Association or the Admissions
Office. Other projects
proposed were a regular tour
system, student contacts
(visiting or writing students in
hometowns during vacations),
special programs, college
night presentations and
minority programs, and
research projects.
Ballantyne feels that a
regular volunteer tour guide
system would greatly upgrade
our recruiting, since the
campus itself is one of our best
selling points. At other
institutions, notably Prince-
Material Science seeks students
by Michelle Smith
At a time when competition
for jobs gives way to
uncertainty and uneasiness
about which field to enter,
there is one relatively safe
arena of expertise where there
is still a rising demand for
graduates. Industries ranging
from oil and oil tools to
electronics to aerospace have a
tremendous need for people
with degrees in materials
science.
At the moment, Rice's
materials science department
has only 12 students who are
majoring in it, yet according to
the Gourman report, it is the
top rated program at Rice and
the seventh rated program in
the nation.
Professors Franz Brotzen
and Rex McClellan, are
literally swamped each week
with offers from companies all
over the country. Whether it's
Exxon calling from Cleveland
or Bell Labs calling from New
Jersey, they all say, "Listen,
can you get me someone?" and
I have to tell them "No!" says
Brotzen, professor of mechani-
cal engineering and materials
science. He says the depart-
ment could handle many more
majors and assure them of
good jobs.
Brotzen also explained that
the possibilities for graduate
school are excellent. "We can
get any halfway decent
student into any school in the
country—with a fully-paid
scholarship."
The materials science field
has many opportunities,
especially for women. Starting
pay is around $18,000 a year. It
involves relatively clean
laboratory work, says Brotzen
and "it's not a hard-hat job."
"The beauty of the program
is that you can double major
very easily with it," says
Brotzen. Materials Science
combines well with physics,
chemistry, economics or any
of the engineering programs
because there are many
electives and course require-
ments that overlap in each
field.
"Most people don't realize
that most industrial engin-
eering is mainly materials
sciences anyway—whether
it's textiles, shipbuilding,
paper, steel or aerospace
equipment," says Wanda
Alexander, a junior M.S.
major from New Orleans.
"Many engineers would be
better off with a materials
science degree, since so many
companies have to retrain
them."
There are several scholar-
ships available to materials
science students, including the?
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the local chapter of the
American Society of Metal-
lurgy, which are also $1,000
each.
So, with all of these
attractive inducements, why
don't more students at Rice
major in materials science?
"It's not that hard," says
Brotzen. Students seern to
agree with him—in fact Barry
Baker, a senior electrical
engineering major in Hanszen
says, "I wish I'd done it—it
would have been a lot easier
than E.E.. Also, the materials
science department is much
better rated.
ton, Harvard and SMU,
campus tours are conducted on
a daily basis. At Rice, when a
prospective student wants a
tour, the staff of the
Admissions Office has to get
on the phone and call several
students to get at least one to
climb out of bed and do his
duty for Rice. Ballantyne
suggested a system by which
volunteers would be available
for tours twice a day, five days
a week. Times set up would be
11am and 2:.30pm to reduce
conflicts with class hours.
The four new assistant
directors of admissions are
enthusiastic about what Rice
has to offer. They feel that not
enough people know about
Rice, even in Texas, from
which two-thirds of the
incoming classes are drawn. It
is the job of the student body
and the alumni to spread the
message.
If you have any questions,
comments or suggestions
about this committee, please
contact Marina Ballantyne in
the Admissions Office or one
of the temporary college
representatives listed below:
Baker—Meredith Gibbs
Brown—Nancy Jones
Hanszen—nobody yet
Jones—Julie Perry
Lovett—Noel Shenoi or
Kevin Campbell
Sid Rich—Mike Perry
Will Rice—'Tim Stout
Wiess—Stewart Sutherland
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Parker, Philip. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1978, newspaper, April 20, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245371/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.