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Show Page 20 The Tfmnderbird 1 985 Wednesday May 29, I Four Years at SUSC Offer Achievement, Placement and Success ! What i is Easy is Samuel Johnson, 1709-178- 4 Seldom Excellent, English lexicographer and author nature and that made by man, that of the past and that of the present, and this exthat which is close to home and that which is far away leads and of diversification to expansion knowledge. Even more posure will how learned have the to acquire knowledge importantly, graduates and understanding. The emphasis on quality education is paying off in ways both startling and satisfying. Students at SUSC are no longer in awe of their counterparts at the larger institutions, indeed they now know they are their equal and, increasingly, their betters. In state and national competitions they are walking off with top honors. Their acceptance rate into graduate and professional schools is exceptional. And in some areas, they have become the pride not merely of Utah, but of the nation as well. It is a success story that all who live in southern Utah can savor. Samuel Johnson was right, academic excellence cannot be achieved through casual scholarship. It is nearly always the result of hard work and dedication. And that is why Southern Utah State College has elected to tighten up its standards for admission, to demand scholastic rigor, and to insist that the emphasis at the College is always on the ma.in tent of education and not on the side shows. It is harder to get into SUSC than ever before, and harder to graduate. The College insists that every student who enters its doors be committed to the full realization of the potentials within them. And by the time they graduate that they have acquired genuine literacy: the ability to write and speak with clarity and force, and the corresponding ability to grasp, without confusion, the written and spoken word. SUSC graduates will also have gained some real familiarity with the world that of A LITANY OF SUSC STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Over the last four years, every SUSC percent received job offers from the schools where they student taught. graduating senior who has applied to dental school has been accepted, including four The student newspaper, The Thunderbird, for four in 1984. was selected this year as the number one overall journalistic operation in the 13 Three students applied for law school this western states that comprise the Rocky year and all three were accepted. Over the Mountain Collegiate Press Association. past ten years, fully 80 percent of SUSCs law school applicants have been accepted. In statewide individual competition in the field of business, SUSC students captured Over a six year period, 73 percent of SUSC 7 first place awards, tying for the most graduates who have applied to veterinary number with Utah State University. In medicine school (the most difficult of all first place 1983, SUSC students took professional schools to get into) have been awards, twice the number of the runner-u- p accepted. university. Over the last decade, more than 80 perIn national competition in the business cent of all SUSC graduating theatre arts field, students from the state of Utah won students have received full scholarships individual competition awards, 5 of the assistantships to graduate and professional by SUSC students. programs at major universities and conservatories of the nation, including Rutgers, In national business competition, an SUSC Penn State, Cornell, Florida State, and the student placed 3rd in the nation in marketAsolo Theatre, among others. ing, another placed 4th in the nation in Of the students who did their student business law, and another placed 2nd in the womens business executive competition. teaching in Wasatch front schools, fully 80 1 1 1 1 1 1 SUSC students have captured first place The Utah vocational excellence awards in honors in statewide advanced accounting competition for the last four years and went on to place 7th in the nation in 1983 and 10th in the nation in 1984. SUSC students this year. The College's choral group, in competition with the major universities of California In the Utah male business executive competition this year, SUSC had 5 of the top 8 finalists, including first through fourth place. The SUSC forensics team placed fifth in the nation in individual events in 1984 and second in 1983 (out of more than 3,000 colleges and universities). The team routinely defeated (often by as many as 150 points) such institutions as USC, UCLA, Air Force Academy, Fordham, the University of California at Berkeley, BYU, and the Universities of Arizona and Kansas, among many others. The SUSC senior debate team advanced to tht most prestigious of all national tournaments, in company with the Harvards and the Yales. agriculture and electronics were won by (including UCLA), captured superior ratings in every category. Over a three year period, SUSC has produced two Harry S. Truman Scholarship winners and two first runners-u- p (out of only 50 such scholarships awarded nationally each year), no other college SUSCs size in America having so achieved. In athletics, three SUSC football players have signed professional contracts, one each with the Denver Broncos and the Chicago Bears, and one in the Canadian football league. In 1984, an SUSC basketball player was drafted by the Utah Jazz. In 1984, three SUSC baseball players were drafted, two by the Chicago White Sox and one by the San Francisco Giants. SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITX UTAH Utahs Educational Crown Jewel |
