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Show L ,, PAGE 6DTHE THUNDERBIRDDSOUTHERN L1TAH UNIVERSITYDTUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1992 Recruiters claim age as an asset we just went through it. We relate well to their fears," he said . Another tool that SU has used successfully to lure students here is T -Bird Weekend. According to Stuart, SU's third such weekend drew 105 high school seniors. Stuart said, "The T-Bird Weekend is the most valuable recruiting tool at Southern Utah, because it gives the interested students direct exposure. We a re able to provide them with the social and academic aspects of the campus hands on." She added, "It's easy to persuade students to come here since our campus is so beautiful. " Both Johnson and Stuart said they are interested in the number of students attending the weekend who actually enroll so that they can better gauge the program's effectiveness. BY T AHNA STANLEY Thunderbird Correspondent Although recruiters for colleges and universities at many schools are typically middle aged, SUU has signed on one near graduate and one recent graduate to bolster its recruiting efforts. Reg Johnson, a recent graduate from Utah State U niversity, works full time to recruit students for SUU, both locally and from surrounding states. Julie Stuart, former SUUSA president, is a senior taking both a full-time class schedule and working full time as a recruiter. Stuart said she doesn't find it difficult to do both . "I just plan my class schedule so it doesn't interfere with my job," she said. "It's a great opportunity for me. I plan to continue in the office a couple of years after graduation and develop new ideas and activities," she added. To promote student interest in SUU, Stuart and Johnson travel throughout Utah and surrounding states to visit high schools and junior colleges. At each stop, they make a video presentation to the students and speak personally with students to encourage them to further their educations at SUU. According to Stuart, their discussions stress SU's location, personalized education, cost and placement record . SU's new recruiters fit their job requirements well. Johnson said his and Stuart's ages are factors that help them to be successful. "We know the anxiety and frustrations that these seniors are feeling since Julie Stuart, SUUSA 's former president, is one of two newly-hired university recruiters. \ Geology trip set for Death Valley One of SUU's most popular field trips-to Death Valley, Calif.,-will be offered March 19-22, and students are urged to sign up now to ensure a spot. Participants will leave March 19 at 8 a .m. from the Science Center. First day visits will include The Devil's Golf Course, a playa lake deposit, and Bad Water, the lowest point in North America, at 282 feet below sea level. The second day will include a trip to Dante's Overlook and a hike in Golden Canyon . Activities scheduled for March 21 include a trip to Rhyolite, Nev., a mining ghost town noted for the " Bottle House," a house built from empty bottles- mainly whiskey bottles discarded by miners during the town's boom days. The last day there will be visits to Ubehebe Crater and nearby Scotty's Castle. The cost of the trip is $110, or $ 100 for Geology Club members, which includes food, transportation, camping fees and entry fees. ROTC commissions its last students here The last students from Southern Utah University's ROTC program, which was closed down last year, are in the process of being 'commissioned. Cutbacks in military spending forced the closure of the SUU program only a few years after it had begun. However , students who were in their junior year of the program were given the opportunity to compress the last two years of ROTC training into one year. As a result, the last of SUU' s ROTC candidates are receiving their second lieutenants' commissions as they complete their senior year of academic work. Bernie Spoerri was commissioned at camp during the summer of 1991, and James Tippets received his commission earlier this month. Three more students, Jason Woodford, Jeff Nalwalker and Nathan Blood will be commissioned following SUU commencement exercises June 6. Tippetts completed his classwork fall quarter for an interdiscipljnary degree from Southern Utah in chemistry and military science. He will undergo additional training at Ft. Lewis, Wash., during the summer, then will be transferred to Ft. Benning, Ga. After two years as an infantry officer, he will be transfered to the Army's ordinance branch. Of the last five SUU ROTC cadets to graduate, threeTippetts, Spoerri and Blood- earned regular Army commissions instead of the normal reserve army commissions. The United States Military Academy at West Point is the main avenue for new officers to begin their careers with a regular commission, and even during periods of peak demand for the new officers, it has been uncommon for ROTC graduates to be given the coveted regular commissions. According to Master Sgt. Thomas Templin, a former member of the SUU ROTC staff, the three regular commjssions given the students, in a time of military cutbacks, is indicative of the caliber of graduates the program produced . Templin and ROTC officers lobbied to retain the SUU program, citing the high quality of officers it was creating. However, the program was only a few years old and was a subsidiary of the Brigham Young University R OTC department. That, coupled with cutbacks in force levels and spending by the army, ultimately decided the fate of ROTC at SUU. Even though the program was cut, Templin kept his home in Cedar City, where he plans to live after his upcoming retirement. 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