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Show !MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2000 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS PA,E 3 Awards given to T-Birds (continued from 1) academic excellence at SUU because of the expertise, knowledge, teaching ability, and genuine concern for students that the professor .has demonstrated. This year both David Lee, professor of English, and Lyman Munford, professor of drafting, won the award. Munford said, "It's fun to get paid to have so much fun.· . The Adviser of the Year Award was given to Noemi Moses because of her ability to aid students to gain valuable knowledge and experience through involvement in the Hispanic Club. She thanked her husband for always pushing her forward. The Organization of the Year Award was given to Sigma Nu because of its contribution to the well being of SUU and its commitment to serving others. . The Personality of the Year Award was given to Jessi fixcell and Marci Lamoreaux for their positive contribution to SUU's morale. Excell said, "This is a shock-a-roonie. I shed a lot of tears and laughed my buns off with the other nominees.· The Male Cont.ributor of the Year Award was given to Kristian Olsen because of his unselfish service to SUU and the community. Olsen said, ·1would thank my wife and my girlfriend, but I have neither." He did thank SUUSA, his parents and his date for the evening. Sterling Church, vice president of student services for SUU, who presented the Female Contributor of the Year Award said, "it is a pleasure to .. . see Kris Olsen with a date.· The Female Contributor of the Year Award was given to Nicole Bingham. She said, "I will honestly walk away from SUU a better person because of all the people and experiences here." In February, students were nominated for the various awards by other students. ·students select the nominees, it's whoever they want .to nominate," said Diana Christensen, Thunderbird Awards chair. SU to face fall challenges B.Y SHELLY BROWN SENIOR STAFF WRITER develop to meet the needs of the world, we're doing some strategic planning at the university to make the changes we need to Both President Steven D. Bennion and make.· said Bennion. Director of Public Relations Neal Cox Bennion also said the new master's of agree that student enrollment will be one business administration program of the biggest challenges facing SUU will begin next fall and the next fall. master's of fine arts program is Bennion said he hopes not far behind. to increase student According to Cox, the MFA is enrollment by several , delayed because the staff hundred students. , members are not completely · we are working hard at ,~ ', · t hired for the program . raising scholarship money, ~ .) Bennion said that the new and I think that is one of the Physical Education Building keys. We have a lot of good . will finished next year in students and that area is January. quite aompetitive. I'm ·we plan to dedicate [the optimistic in saying that I think . Physical Education ~ we will be up two, three, maybe Building) on Founders four hundred students,· said day in March. We need Bennion. k .. aennion to resolve that date very Cox said that he thinks the . t steven soon. It's on schedule, increased enrollment will mean presiden maybe even a little ahead ," said SUU has to face new challenges. Bennion. "It doesn't bode well for students Both Bennion and Cox said they expect who need to get into the classes that they the tenure issue to carry over to next year. need and we are sensitive to that. Each "I think tenure will be an ongoing issue at year in the fall we look forward to a good every institution ," said Bennion. freshman class and we have some "It's an enduring issue," said preliminary indicators which lead us Cox. "Ten·ure is not easily to believe that we are achieved, here or at most going to have some good · ~ schools.· students in good numbers · , Both Bennion and Cox also next year," said Cox. · our , said moving the communication principal focus is serving ~ department, from the College the needs of those , . of Business and Technology students, along with the to the College of Humanities others.· ~ will not affect the school very Bennion said another much next fall. challenge SUU will face is · 1don't think it's a trying to adapt to a changing dramatic move. In fact, at system while keeping the smallevery other institution that school atmosphere SUU has I have been affiliated always been known for. with, the communication "[The challenge is] to make the department has been changes that we need to make at .,. affiliated with the social the university and still keep some Neal co sciences and humanities,· said of the hallmarks that have been Bennion. very treasured things here: to keep · 1think the communication department the personalized learning atmosphere and will continue to increase in enrollment, the access to faculty. positive experiences gained and market "As we neea to have programs grow and opportunities.· said Cox. ·t r.· · '1 A group of eight SUU students participated in a 'Murder Mystery Night' at Adriana's Restaurant Friday. Each of the game players attempted to solve the mystery and find out which of the characters committed the murder. The activity cost $16 per person and included dinner. 'Helping Hands' week to support charities BY AMANDA PRESLEY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The second Annual Helping Hands Charity Week sponsored by Sigma Nu will begin tomorrow. Charity Week is held in conjunction with the 12th Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt and the money made will benefit local charities. The other activities sponsored by Sigma Nu throughout the year help pay for Charity Week. Tomorrow night the fraternity will . host the Helping Hands Charity Banquet in the Great Hall of the Hunter Haze Conference Center. This year James Harrison, SUU professor of German, will be honored for his dedication to teaching and to his students. "Many of the guys have had Harrison and others know about him. It was a unanimous vote,· said chairman Steve Larsen, a senior history and German major from Salt Lake City, Tickets for the dinner are $25 per person and $40 for couples. The banquet is from 6-8 p.m. and a silent auction will be held throughout the dinner. The banquet will benefit the Iron County Care and Share with either cash donations or needed supplies. Sigma Nu donated 50 percent of last year's proceeds to the Canyon Creek Women's Crisis Center. The Polynesian Luau, sponsored b9 the Polynesian club, will be Wednesday evening. Dinner and the show are $12, the show alone is $6 and tickets are available at the Multicultural Center. The luau is a fund raiser to help raise awareness for minorities in the community and to raise money for scholarships for Polynesian students. Splash For Cash is on Thursday at the Cedar Middle School pool from 6-8 p.m. Plastic eggs filled with change or tickets for prizes will fill the pool and kids are invited to jump in and grab the eggs . "This was a lot of fun last year. It gets kids to come out and gets them excited about the Easter Egg hunt on Saturday," Larsen said. Sigma Nu members will be dyeing 12,000 eggs Friday for kids from Iron, Washington and Beaver counties to hunt on Saturday at the city park: "This is probably one of the largest hunts in southern Utah and it grows more each year. The whole purpose is to have the kids come,· Larsen said. · Half of the money needed to run this week's events is donated by Sigma Nu. The Easter egg hunt cost $5,400 to host last year. "Mpre kids are coming every year but community support has not necessarily followed the growth pattern. We depend on our other fundraisers to help us put on this big one, but the feeling is hard to match once we do it,· Larsen said. \ • |