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Show VOLUME LINSSUE 6 SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 WWW.UVUREVIEW.COM -4,rEcnAAT cfcmo i Some communities get forgotten in the wake of bigger events Women's volleyball beats Syracuse in 8 game home stand Faculty display their work at the Woodbury SPORTS B1 LIFE Bl IM( R EV I EW THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE An ethical campus 4 n other day PHOTO COURTESY OF STOCKIONG UVU remembers the tragedy of 9/11 on its 10 year anniversary. More on A4-A5. Emails that lead to student success BY VANESSA PERKINS News Editor In the upcoming weeks, students struggling academically may be receiving an email offering support and solutions to their academic needs. Five years ago, UVU received a Title III grant to fund programs helping retention rates in universities. The Early Alert program, headed by Marcy Glassford, program director for Student Success and Retention, is a "best practice across the country" which connects students with faculty. Midsemester, the Student Success and Retention Center asks faculty to fill out a survey to find out if students are attending and if they aren't doing well. The survey generates an email which is then sent out to the students it applies to. The email contains their professor's, and advisers contact information, along with the contact information for the Student Success and Retention Center. This program lets students know early to give them a chance to improve their academic success. -Marcy Glassford After the email is sent, the Center's retention mentors follow up with a phone call to the students to see if they have received the email and to inform them of all the resources available to them. Retention mentors are trained and are experts on the services available at UVU. They help students withdraw before the withdraw deadline and inform them of how withdrawing from a class will affect their financial aid, if they are receiving it. They also get them in touch with tutoring services on campus. "This program lets students know early to give them a chance to improve their academic success," Glassford said. The emails are sent during the third week of classes. Knowing by the third week of the semester gives them enough time to catch up. Students are put on Early Alert if they have less than 30 credits, and any student taking a class with a high failure rate, such as Math or Biology, are also on Early Alert. Early Alert is also available for block classes , and the Emails Al New structured enrollment policy The new plan will allow UVU to take on growth while remaining an excellent university BY JAROM MOORE Managing Editor The state of Utah needs UVU to grow over the course of the next ten years to accommodate students, but UVU will take steps to ensure that the students that come will be prepared and ready for school. President Matthew Hol- land unveiled the school's new structured enrollment policy. And the plan will lead to growth in the school's population, as well as the impact graduate's will have on the community. The policy will not prohibit any student that wants to come to UVU, but will provide a way for students who do not meet minimums requirements to become prepared for university level work through direct contact and guidance from UVU and the student's willingness to work. For more information as to what the new policy will entail, keep reading the UVU Review or go onto the website at uvureview.com . BY KAITI PRATT News Writer Students may not always see the purpose in learning about ethics, but the Center for the Study of Ethics is showing students just how big a role it plays in their lives. Ethics across the Curriculum is a program run through the Center for the Study of Ethics focused on introducing individuals to ethics and the students helping understnd them. It is also a requirement that every student graduating from UVU take the Ethics and Values course. "With our campus requiring the class, it brings about the question of ethics to campus," said Jeff Torlina, associate Professor in the Behavioral Science Department, who played a big role in the organization of ethics awareness week. "We want students to question ethics and give tools for bate and analysis. Any educated individual should have the skills to think about moral issues." The Center of Ethics will be hosting its annual Ethics Awareness week on campus. Sept. 19 through the 23, a week designated to further their mission to foster ethical discussions throughout the university community. With help from faculty throughout campus, ethics awareness week will feature speakers from all over the country. "Our mission is to bring in various speakers both internally from UVU and speakers not from UVU to talk about interdisciplinary ethics and ethics across the curriculum," said Don Lavange, Executive Program Coordinator for the Center for the Study of Ethics. Professor Torlina is organizing a session featuring Lieutenant Coloral Bella, a Muslim lieutenant in the Macedonian Army. Lt. Bella is a leader trying to keep the peace and restore ethics in his country. Currently UVU does not have a set code of ethics, though other universities in the state of Utah do, such as Utah State University and the University of your mom is on Facebook. it's time to stalk her back. Target's U Care Card makes it easy to ask for college supplies on Facebook. Just post an item you need and wait for Mom to buy it. Beggars can be choosers? Sick. everything you need for Target. com/col lege © 2011 Target Stores. Target and the Bullseye Design are registered trademarks of Target Brands, Inc. All rights reserved. 091105 college. Ethics A7 |