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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY Community JUNE 27, 2001 U of U launches $25 million scholarship campaign The University of Utah is hoping to attract talented, diverse students from throughout the state by increasing scholarship opportunities. In May, the U launched a three-yea- r $25 million endowment campaign for scholarship funds. The move is unique among most universities, which often seek donations for broad programs but rarely develop campaigns solely designed to draw students with merit- - and d awards. Were really setting the standard nationally, says University of Utah Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Snyder. As a state institution, we have an obligation to taxpayers, and this is a way to give back and show that were willing to invest in the situation future. Its a win-wi- n for the state of Utah and its flagship university. Sometimes even a modest scholarship is an important indication of the Us interest in a student, according to Snyder. Recent political science graduate Kenny Jackman says the Freshman Leadership Scholarship helped him make the decision to attend the U. With seven need-base- other siblings in his family from Payson, Utah, he needed the scholarship in order to have a successful undergradu- Hidden garden Fredonia's Hidden Garden wins a $25 award from Honeys Nursery and ate experience, which inthe Kanab Area Beautification Committee for June. cluded legislative internship Winning gardeners philosophy: Gardens change each day. We see plants and shrubs and trees reach their best performance and then accordingly opportunities and additional slow down, collect additional nutrients and begin their performance for scholarship awards. Jackman another round of applause! Gardens reflect their owners; successes may is headed to Georgetown Law School this fall. be many, a few, large or small. A gardener each day smiles!! This Scholarship Campaign should send a strong message to Utah students to think of the U C of U first. If a student is academically qualified for the U, he or she should be starting here, going all four years, and receiving a diploma from the U, Snyder says. Honors Program Director Richard D. Rieke says too many University of Utah students work too many hours while theyre trying to get an education. He believes that honors students have already learned how to hold a job and earn a paycheck by the time they reach college. For a few short years in college, they need the freedom to let their intellect roam, uninterrupted by the demands ofa job, Rieke says. They need more than time in the classroom. They must read, think, confront different values, and discover the difference between books and real life. Scholarships allow that freedom. Thanks to scholarships, music major Anna West has been able to spend less time working for tuition money and more time participating in academic and newly discovered marker of risk for coronary artery disease. Scholarships allow me to get more involved in research - an. absolutely invaluable opportunity to enhance my learning and increase my abilities to improve patient care, she says. I have received an outstanding education, which will enable me to become the kind of doctor I have always dreamed of. , Recent graduate Patrick Nduru Gathogo of Kenya is one student who would not have been able to attend the U without a scholarship. Thanks to a geology department award from the U, he was able to get a university education and participate in the extraordinary field discovery of a 3.5 million-year-ol- d fossilized skull. The finding brought international attention to Gathogo and Frank Brown, dean of the Us College of Mines and Earth Sciences. Without the scholarship and without being a part of Dr. Browns team, I would not have been a part of this most exciting discovery about . humankinds ancestral tree, Gathogo says. extracurricular pursuits, including Associated Students of the I will always continue to be University of Utah and Chi thankful for this incredible opOmega sorority. The scholar- portunity and the great start it ships have pushed me to excel in has given to my career. Focusing on the areas of remy schoolwork, says the Salt Lake City native. Ive worked cruitment, diversity, ' specific harder knowing that someone is programs, and departmental paying for me to get an educa- scholarships, the Scholarship tion. Campaign is chaired by UniverNiloufar Tabatabaei, a gradu- sity of Utah alumni Sue D. ate of American Fork High Christensen and Phillip W. School who is now a second-yea- r Clinger, both ofwhom are on the medical student, says the Anna Us National Advisory CounSpeiss Memorial Scholarship cil. The project is part of the has helped her in researching a vision of University of Utah President J. Bernard Machen, who has made it a priority for ,v the school, to increase the quality and diversity of its , student body. Earlier this year, Machen announced two new scholarship initiatives. The Utah Top-Te- n Scholarship guarantees admission to the top ten percent of each Utah high school graduating class, and provides a $1,000 scholarship to each of these students. The Utah Opportunity Scholarship in Memory of Wil- Now Open announces - Natural White Tip -- Pattye Lee Tammy Spendlove Tia Miller Aleesha Anderson Janett Prisbey Tho $15 Full Set 2 Active Length (Longer, add $5) $15 Fill Set $15 Toe Set 1 colour largest sdction of colours & gutters in town - - $48 Full Set Natural White Tips -t - $25 Fill Set Come in and see our new new salon at 159 W. 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