SCUE program aims to enhance education

and Tammy Polonsky In order to help students enhance their undergraduate experience, the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education will kick off "Design Your Own Education Week" today. Coinciding with advanced registration, the program will designate one day each for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. "The week is designed as an opportunity for students to learn about their academic options and how to consolidate all of these options into a coherent academic experience," said SCUE Chair Satya Patel, a College and Wharton senior. For freshmen, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Kent Peterman will conduct a workshop "Thinking Through the General Requirement" today from 1:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. and from 2 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. in McClelland Hall. Throughout the day, SCUE will provide free food and music in the Quadrangle. Students can also explore the University's Internet resources on computers stationed in McClelland Hall. In order to assist sophomores in making informed decisions about their education, each department will have a representative stationed on Locust Walk for the annual Majors Fair tomorrow. The Office of International Programs will have a booth on College Green from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. to provide information about studying abroad, and Career Planning and Placement Services staff members will be available to discuss their services and give students resume writing tips. For juniors, several organizations and offices will station representatives on Locust Walk from noon until 4 p.m. Wednesday. Students can discuss graduate school exams with Stanley Kaplan employees, spring break ideas with travel agencies and summer job opportunities with CPPS staff members. SCUE will also sponsor a workshop about summer employment from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. in Houston Hall's Smith-Penniman room. Seniors interested in post-graduate recruiting, alumni clubs and travelling after graduation can peruse the many tables stationed on Locust Walk from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. Representatives from the Senior Class Boards and the College of Arts and Sciences will also be on hand to answer questions about graduation festivities. Students will also have the chance to describe their vision of what they think an education at the University should mean. SCUE will staff tents on College Green during the week in which students can draw their ideal dorm or create their own class. Patel said SCUE might use the suggestions for future projects. English Professor Robert Lucid, who heads the 21st Century Project, said the programs should help students enrich their undergraduate experience. "This week should help students get off the obvious roads and into some of the byroads and less known available options," Lucid said.