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Show SS lUI lUI . INI lE W SS Business department accredited III n just two years time the business department at SUU recenUy received a special accreditation that Is held by only 10 percent of the country's institutions of years ago, and accord'mg to Salmon, it was a grueling process. High standards of instruction, faculty, research and assessment of student performance have to be met The university had some things going in its favor from the beginn ng, Salmon said. The seven member ACBSP review team, drawn from around the nation, said SUU's business computer network was the finest they had seen on any campus 'n the country, and the quality of instruction was rated as "supenative• from the beginning, Salmon said. However, SUU still had to boost the number of Ph.Os among its business faulty, and had to add more adjunct Instructors with professional business backgrounds to ease the workload on professors. "tf you don't come In precisely on the numbers, you can't be acaedited: Salmon said. Samon explained that SUU students wil have distinct advantages because of the accraditation. It wil give them greater acceptance to ~ graduate buatness schools, and it Improves job higher education. -We're proud of the fact that we did it in two years. It's not unusual to take 10 years to get this accreditation once you've begun seeking it n earnest SUU is the only institution in a five-state area to be newly accredited this year,• said Robert 0 . Salmon, dean of the College of Business, Technology and Convnunication. SUU has just received notice that Is now accredited by the Association of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Although SUU's business program has always been under the general accreditation awarded lo the univelSity by the Northwest Aocndirig Association, the ACSSP notice places it in a very setect group. -We are now in an eite gn>14> of business programs In the country,• Salmon said. "There are about 5,000 business programs in the U.S., but only about 1o percent have a spedaHzed accreditation.• SUU began aaaldng the AC8SP accndtallon two praspects for suu graduates. Many firms look first for graduates from schools with specially accreditation, he noted. . Ropers wins publication award 11 lchard Ropers has received the SUU f&aJfty senate publication award for his book "Persistent Poverty: The American Dream Turned Nightmare.• The award Is presented by the faculty senate every three years, and all publications by facutty membefS within that time frame are eligible. · Persistent Poverty" is the second In a trilogy by the suu sociology professor. The books deaJ wtth problems that are undrmining the structure of American society in the late 20th century. Ropers has also been asked by the pubrlShing flnn of MacMillan and Company for pennisslon to use parts of his first book In the trilogy, "The Invisible Homeless: In an upcoming book by Richard Crease, Randall Woodand, and Karen Moklney titled "Currants of Power.• RopefS wil be on sabbatical until January In order to complete the third book In his sociology series. It wiU be titled, ·Amertcan Prejudice: Discrimination, Hatred and VIOience, • and will be co-authored with Dan Pence, also an SUU sociology professor . (CONTINUED FROII PAGE 1) July 5-9: Men's Individual Basketball Camp JIiiy 5-818: Geology Field Study July 9: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., Tartuffe, 2 p.m., Royal Family, 8 :30 p .m., Randall Theatnt, Royal Feaste, 5:30 p.m., King's Pavilion, 17mon of Athens, 8 :30 p.m., Adams Theatre. July 8-11: San Juan River Canyons J 8-18: Shakespeare: Comed'iesl)·Dstory July 8-19: Human Learn ng and Th nldng .,..., 7: Storytelling Workshop July 7: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., TBJtuffe, 2 p.m., Our Town, 8:30 p.m., Randall Theatre, Midsummer N',ght's Dream, 2 p.m., Richard II, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. July 7-811; Archeologlcal Excavation .luly I: Utah Shake8pearean Festival, Tour; 11 a.m., Royal Family, 2 p.m., Tartuffe, 8:30 p.m., ~ · · Theatre, Midsummer Night's Dream, 8:30 p .m., Adams Theatre. JIIIJ' 8-9: Reading Conference July e-11: Renaissance Faire Jut, 9: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., Our Town, 2 p.m. Royal Family, 8:30 p.m., Randal Theatre, Royal Feast.a, 5:30 p.m., Kings Pavilion, Timon of Athens, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. July 10: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., Tartuffe, 2 p.m., Our Town, 8:30 p.m., Randall Theatre, Royal Feaste, 5 :30 p .m., King's PavilJon, Midsummer Nlghrs Dream, 2 p.m., Richard II, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. THREE GREAT AVENUES TO ENJOY TERRIFIC SAVINGS FROM THE SUU BOOKSTORE Remember the Bard with mementos from the Festival Gift Shoppe, open Monday through Saturday (beginning June 24) from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. north of the Adams Outdoor Theatre. Enjoy great sporting keepsakes at great prices from our store at the Centrum 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through Saturday, at the Stadium tonight and at various venues all week long. PAGE 8 • THE SUMMERBIRD - - - - ~- -- ~ - And of course, the SUU Bookstore in the Student Center has Utah Shakespearean Festival, Utah Summer Games and Southern Utah University memorabilia as well as many other items-including books-from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. 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