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Show @LILBROWNII Utah Valley University//uvureview.com UV REVIEW THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE UVU breaks ground on new Classroom Building The $54 million project finally moves forward after receiving legislative approval By Alex Sousa Managing Editor @TwoFistedSousa At 1 p.m. on Friday, June 14, President Matthew Holland broke ground at Utah Valley University on the new Classroom Building. "This was absolutely essential. This was a building that had to be built for higher education to move forward," President Holland explained at the ceremony. The building received state approval at the close of the Utah Legislature's 2013 general session in February, with a $54 million price tag. It has been one of the state's principal shovel-ready projects since legislators approved the design in 2012. "This building is designed to be 245,337 square feet with 34 classrooms and many faculty offices," said Rob Moore, representative of Big-D Construction Corporation. "It also features a 1,000-seat auditorium that has the unique ability to be split into three separate classrooms with approximately 330 seats per classroom." The facility is anticipated to be complete by December 2014 and will deliver much-needed room in the quickly over-crowding university. An additional 244,000 square feet of study and learning spaces on campus means that, per hour, there will be more than 3,000 classroom seats at the university- which in recent years has been overflowing with rapid growth in student body. "Before a serious focus on getting this building, UVU was forced to find different solutions to our space problem," said Jono Andrews, UVU student body president. "We created hysee GROUND A4 C C C C C L- E V - c C Le LAURA FOX/UVU REVIEW President Holland broke ground for the new Classroom Building at the future site on the north side of campus. New minor piques interest for China Studies students CAL merges to boost student enrollment The Center for the Advancement of Leadership has merged with Prospective Student Services due to the enrollment drop at UVU By KresLynn Knouse Assistant News Editor @KresLynn PHOTO COURTESY OF STOCKXCHNG.COM UVU students are broadening their understanding of Chinese commerce. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will open a new minor in Chinese Commerce Emphasis this Fall By KresLynn Knouse Assistant News Editor @KresLynn New Minor Peaks Interest for China Studies Students This fall, a new minor in the Chinese commerce emphasis will be available to students at Utah Valley University. The new program is due in part to President Holland's "China Initiative," a plan designed to increase UVU's focus on Chinese studies. Thanks to support and interest from students, they'll now have the opportunity to study Chinese commerce as part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The new minor will allow stu- dents to take an inside look at how business in China relates with Chinese government. Previously, the department offered two minors in Chinese Language and Chinese Studies. This new minor will broaden the spectrum for students with an interest in doing business with China. Although Chinese Commerce is not a business minor, it does include coursework from the Woodbury School of Business. Frederick White, associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, detailed in an interview why the new minor will be held in the Humanities department. "There are several top business schools that are beginning to argue that an undergraduate degree in business may not be the best path for students," said White. "What they're finding is that students with liberal arts undergraduate degrees who then enter an MBA program possess the skills necessary for that degree. Having read that, see CHINA A3 CAL Merges to Boost Student Enrollment Due to budget cuts and in an effort to increase student enrollment, Prospective Student Services and the Center for the Advancement of Leadership merged on May 16. With Kirk Young as the director of both organizations, CAL students will now be working with full-time recruiters from PSS to help recruit new students. "I think this is a good opportunity for our students to have the chance to be involved in recruiting, developing more school pride and experiencing being a representative of the university and CAL," said Mallory Wallin, student vice president of CAL. "I truly believe that our students are some of the best around and will be an asset for recruiting. This is an exciting CAL students will serve as recruitment officers for UVU. change for both CAL and PSS ." In the coming year, CAL students can expect to see more opportunities to visit high schools as well as some administrative staff changes. However, this change will only minimally impact current CAL students. "The structural core of leadership is the same, the benefits are the same- there will only be a more structured experience and some administrative changes," Young explained. Part of this improved structure includes changes that extend beyond the CAL program. Young has been working closely with Bob Rasmussen, dean of students, to help unify all of the leadership programs here at UVU. "I want student leaders to be confident that upon graduating, they know they are a much better leader than they were four years ago," said Young. Rasmussen recently called together the administrative staff of all leadership programs at UVU to address the question: 'How can we strengthen our leadership programs so students can graduate with a diploma and improved leadership skills?' One suggestion was to create a see MERGE A4 LAURA FOX/UVU REVIEW |