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Show your new/ A2 MONDAY-AUGUST7 -2006 Annual Adjunct Academy Jared Magill News Writer Upcoming on August t9th'-20th the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence will be hosting its annual Adjunct Academy. The Adjunct Academy is a two-day teaching seminar that is recommended by the FCTE for all new adjunct faculty members but open any adjunct faculty members who wish to attend. The seminar will consist of two identical sessions, of which adjunct faculty members will be able to choose the one that best fits their respective schedules. On August 19th, the session will be held in the morning starting at 9:00 A.M. and will end with a lunch at 12:30 P.M. The session held on the 20th will begin with a light dinner at 5:00 P.M. and will end at 9:00 P.M. The agenda for the Adjunct Academy will begin with a welcoming address from the director of both the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence, and Faculty Development, Dr. Jerry T. Christopherson. Following Christopherson's address will, be a presentation on sexual harassment given by Marc Weisenber from the Human Resource Department. "UVSC is committed to having an environment free from sexual harassment," Says Weisenber whose presentation is intended to inform new faculty members about UVSC's policies and procedures regarding sexual harassment. Weisenber, who has given the sexual harassment presentation at previous Adjunct Academies says, "It is my job to help alert employees of their rights and responsibilities." The invitations to Adjunct show that the second presentation of the seminar will be Accessibility training, however this has been postponed to September 5th-6th and will be open to all faculty members, not just the adjunct. In its place, following the sexual harassment orientation three staff members from Peer Tutoring Services will be giving a PowerPoint presentation to inform the new adjunct faculty members about their services to students. Peer Tutoring Coordinator Regie Holdaway says "We feel our services are very valuable to students... and we find that if students use us not just as cramming services, but use us throughout the semester, they can raise their grades by a half or maybe even a whole grade." Holdaway also stated that Peer Tutoring Services has gone around to the various academic departments and given their presentation in faculty meetings however, many adjunct faculty members are either not invited to these meetings or simply are not available to attend and she feels that Adjunct Academy is the most opportune time and place to get the word out about the services that she and her colleagues provide to students. The Keynote presenter for the Adjunct Academy will be Dr. Eldon L. McMurray. McMurray is a National Adviser for College Survival and a faculty associate of the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence and an Associate Professor at UVSC who teaches Speed Reading, Advanced Critical Thinking and Reading, and College Student Success. The title of McMurray's presentation is "What the Best College Teachers Do." McMurray has indicated that his presentation. will closely follow the ideas contained in a book by the same title, written by the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at NYU, Ken Bain. Adjunct faculty members will also be given the opportunity to identify their own individual teaching style. McMurray explains "We want them to be able to teach in the brain active learning style" and he continues, "Your teaching patterns follow your learning patterns." Attendees will then be offered the opportunity to follow up with McMurray throughout the semester. Courtesy photo/UVSC Aviation Department On of UVSC's airplanes is turned upright, after being flipped over by a sudden storm early last week. Storm causes major damage at Provo airport From STORM*A1 covery," said Mario Markides. "Fortunately there will be no long term impact on the airports daily operations." All UVSC aircraft were called to the ground after a severe weather warning was issued in anticipation of the storm. No one was injured. Final assessments of damage costs are currently underway. Tuesday's storm also knocked down power lines across Salt Lake Valley, leaving thousands wjthout power. Outages began around ten in the morning and Rocky Mountain Power estimates that 23,000 homes and business were affected. Besides power outages, Salt Lake County residents also saw much destruction to homes and trees. The storm left nearly an inch of rain with water running a foot deep along State Street in Magma. Near Point of the Mountain, there was between half an inch and an inch of rain. In Provo, two homes have been destroyed beyond repair and dozens of others sustained other damages, including lost shingles, ripped siding, fallen and uprooted trees, at least 35 major power poles were blown down, and six city blocks had to be evacuated. Luckily there have no fatalities or serious injuries reported, but Provo City Mayor Lewis Billings has stated that that the damage is estimated to be more than 13 million dollars. 8,500 Provo residents were without power, and some homes in the southwest portion of the city were without power for up three days. Currently, Governor Huntsman is trying to get some help by having the damaged areas declared Federal Disaster Zones. If that can be accomplished, FEMA money will be made available to those whose houses were damaged. 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