STUDEN1 SERVICES REORGANIZATION
Financial aid office to be abolished
2 plays to be performed in August at Stop Gap
cial aid and other questions about the university, Jones said.
He said that when questions came up that could not be answered by those personnel, they would be expected to get the student's number and find the appropriate person to answer the question.
The third new unit will be the operations section to be headed by Virginia Zoitl. Zoitl had been the assistant director of Student Administrative Services.
This office will handle the administrative work load in admissions and financial aid. The office will be responsible for communications, files, admissions and financial evaluations, mail and the cashier operation.
This office will mainly consist of what might be called the backroom people. The office will consist of those people who usually handle the paperwork in admissions and financial aid and will not be heavily involved in student contact.
Under the present reorganization, there has been no change in the International Admissions office, headed by Joanne Stedman, the Testing Bureau, headed by Robert Jones or the Registrar's office, directed by William E. Hall.
A new position, that of director of university relations of Student Administrative Services, has been established and will be filled by Conrad F. Wed-berg. Wedberg had been the dean of admissions.
Jones said the new position will allow Wedberg to get away from some ofthe chores of office management that he had needed to perform in recent years and allow him to concentrate on more creative activities.
Wedberg will serve as a liasion between faculty and alumni to facilitate admissions, promote cooperation between the university faculty and high school and community college faculty, and to promote programs involving the university community for counselors and prospective students.
In addition, Wedberg, will be responsible for a publication outlining pertinent data about dates, tests, programs, financial aid and other information for distribution to high school and community college counselors. He will also be involved in recruiting high school students that show exceptional promise or who have received academic or leadership awards.
On an organizational chart, Jones is at the top, with Wedberg and three positions yet to be fil-
led on level two, with level three occupied by the directors of the six units.
The three unfilled positions are a director for resource development, an office personnel coordinator and a systems analyst.
The resource development person will be responsible for coordination and development of student aid monies available within and outside the university. The personnel officer will help to coordinate personnel practices in the Student Administrative Services area.
Under the program, the Financial Aid office will be absorbed and redistributed throughout the operation. The former interim director of financial aid, Robert Johnson, has returned to his previous position in Zohrab A. Kaprielian’s office. The search for a permanent financial aid director has been cancelled.
The search for a permanent director of Student Administrative Services goes on, and Jones said he is a candidate for the position.
Jones stressed the importance of serving the students by the Student Administrative Services division.
One of Jones* first moves as acting director was to open the offices at 8:30 a.m. Previously the offices had opened at 9:30 a.m.
He said the reason was that the offices should be serving the students better. When questioned about the possibility of being open at night, he said that he had not thought of it, but that he would investigate it.
The appointment of the admissions recruiters and the institution ofthe telephone system are two more changes Jones has already instituted.
“If USC is to be a major university with a national reputation, we are going to have to draw top flight students nationwide,” Jones said.
Jones also said that he wanted to establish the credibility ofthe office with the students.
“I want the offices to be viewed as fair, honest and impartial with sincerity mixed in. If they come in and ask a question, they will get an honest answer. I want everybody to be treated the same way,’* Jones said.
The changes have been many and swift. Jones admits that no one knows just how the changes will affect the operations, but that refinements will be made when necessary.
ALMOST FINISHED—This unusual view is of the nearly-completed Annenberg School of Communications. The building is scheduled to be completed and ready for occupancy later this month. The building is
located in the School of Performing Arts complex behind Founders Hall. Summer Trojan photo by Bob Chavez.
Two plays, Burning Bright and The Lion in Winter, will be presented by the Summer Repertory Theatre in the Stop Gap Theatre the next two weekends.
This Thursday through Sunday, the play Burning Bright by John Steinbeck will be presented at 8 p.m. The play is Steinbeck's third venture in his unique form ofthe play-novelette.
The following Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 26-29, at 8 p.m. The Lion in Winter by James Goldman will be performed.
Burning Blight explores a man’s desperate need for a child to continue his bloodline and his inability to conceive of himself as sterile. His wife, out of the love she has for him, conceives a child by another man without his knowledge, giving him the son he wants and needs.
In The Lion in Winter, Henry II is the King of England but his three son’s are vying for the right to rule after their father's death. His queen. Eleanor of Aquitane is a constant challenge to his influence. She favors the eldest son, while he favors the youngest and the middle son attempts to play both ends against each other.
Burning Bright is directed by Joanne F. Karr. She has directed two other plays at the university and has been the stage manager for a number of other productions at the university.
The Lion in Whiter is directed by Kevin Tighe. who portrays fireman Roy De Soto in the NBC television show. Emergency.
Tickets for the two productions are priced at $2 for each The seating in the Stop Gap Theatre is limited, so advanced reservations are recommended. Tickets may be ordered through the School of Performing Arts Tickey office, Booth Hall 110 or by calling 746-7111.
By Don La Plante
Editor
A major reorganization of the Student Administrative Services division will take place on Monday that will, in effect, eliminate the Financial Aid Office as a separate entity.
Under the new organizational structure, the functions of the Financial Aid Office and the Admissions Office will be reorganized into three distinct units.
The changes were made by James L. Jones, acting director of Student Administrative Services, and have been approved by President John R. Hubbard.
The first new unit is Admissions, Assistance and School Relations, to be headed by Jay Berger, presently an associate dean of admissions.
This office will handle recruitment, evaluation, advisement, retention, admissions and financial aid counseling. Under Berger, approximately eight to ten new assistant directors or recruiters will be hired to handle the duties of recruiting and admitting new students. These persons will also handle financial aid counseling for the incoming students.
The members of this staff will be the ones that would make the decisions on who to admit. Although, as Jones said, a great number of the decisions are made by grade point average and test scores, so no judgment decisions are made on a number of people.
The second new unit will be Publications, Research and Articulation. This will be directed
by Tom Walcha, also presently an associate dean of admissions.
His office will have the responsibility for the many pamphlets, brochures and publications used in the promotion and recruitment program.
He will provide coordination between the Student Administrative Services recruitment program and the programs ofthe various academic units.
In addition, his office will run a major telephone response operation being established by Jones.
Under the new program, the university will have a toll-free number where prospective students can call and get information about the university.
The telephone advisers will be expected to be able to give answers about admissions, finan-
Summer i§| Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVIV, Number 16	Los	Angeles,	California	Wednesday,	August	18,	1976
Memorial service for Piatigorsky attended by over 500 in Bovard
A memorial service was held on Thursday for Gregor Piatigorsky, a professor of music at the university and world famous as a cellist, who had died on Aug. 6.
Piatigorsky had been a professor and had taught master’s classes in cello at the university since 1962. He had been the holder of the Piatigorsky Professorship in Vioncello, established by the Board of Trustees in 1974.
The service, held in Bovard Auditorium, was attended by over 500 persons from the music world and the university.
Tributes to Piatigorsky were given by Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Zubin Mehta, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, G. Peter Fleck, a longtime personal friend of Piatigorsky, and by Anna Bing Arnold, a university trustee, who spoke on behalf of the university.
Three musical performances were also given in honor of Piatigorsky.
Bachianas Brasileiras by Heitor Villa-Lobos was performed by the members of the Piatigorsky master’s class. Those performing were Julie Bevan, Douglas Davis, Stephen Kates, Terry King, John Koenig, Marry Lane, Daniel Smith and Jeffrey Solow.
Itzhak Perlman, an internationally-known violinist, accompanied on piano by Doris Stevenson, performed the Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
The final musical performance was by King, Daniel Rothmuller, Solow and Stevenson, who performed the Requiem by David Popper.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be sent to the Piatigorsky Fund at the university in his honor. The fund will be distributed in Piatigorsky’s areas of interest.