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Show ijouf new/ A2 New 3D printer for engineering and design students Hospital gets new building, patients get more convenience Keyra Kristoffersen News Writer Spencer Shell News Writer UVSC vocational students have a new opportunity to see their designs in 3D with the introduction of a new, six-foot tall 3D printer. The printer uses a computer design to build a 3D model by ejecting a plastic much like fishing line that is then stacked in layers to complete an actual plastic prototype of the model. A $45,000 Perkins Grant for vocational and technical education acquired by UVSC's career and technical education department is funding the printer. The printer will help the department and benefit the students by giving them the opportunity to see and hold their own designs. "We've been teaching 3D modeling a few years, but we wanted students to actually see their ideas in models. It's much more effective than an overhead," said David Manning, department chair of engineering graphics and design technology. "Now they can design it, model it and actually make it." Manning said the printer will enhance the college's vocational education and hopefully attract more students to modeling and design. MONDAY • OCTOBER 30 • 2006 November will see the construction of a new building at Intermountain Healthcare's Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. The new Utah Valley Outpatient Center, a four story building located at the northeast corner of the hospital's grounds, will be home to the busier outpatient services in order to provide increased convenience for patients needing services such as same day surgery and imaging services. Hospital Administrator Mary Ann Young said, "The trend in healthcare is for more care to be delivered in an outpatient setting. This new facility will be a great addition to the Utah Valley Regional campus. Outpatient imaging work will be done in the building, which means greater convenience for patients coming in for things like an x-ray or MRI. It will have wellsituated access to nearby streets and to our new parking terrace, so patients and visitors will be able to get in and out quickly." The 91,000 square foot building will house a new imaging area on the first floor that will include digital mammography, ultrasound, general digital x-ray,a64-sliceCTscanner, MRI and space for a future PET/CT scanner. The first floor will also house laboratory services, while Utah Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and rehabilitation will occupy most of the second floor. The third floor will have room for medical office space and future medical specialties, while sameday surgeries in six new operating rooms will take place on the fourth floor. With costs estimating around $39 million, completion of the new buildingissetfor December of next year. Designed by HKS Architects, and contracted by Big D Construction, the building will offer much in the way of parking and close personal assistance for outpatients, in a hospital already prized with having excellent patient care. "Our country has seen a tremendous growth in the past five years, and that will only continue. This new building will help us continue to provide services to the growing number of Utah Valley residents in an convenient and efficient manner," said Young. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, in conjunction with this new outpatientservicesbuilding project, is also working on a new, three-level parking terrace in order to better service patients, both in and out and their visitors. The completion of the new parking terrace, set for Spring of 2007, will add an additional 571 parking spaces. Project estimates for the project are approximately $ 11 million. come join our team at the {netxnews} room • sc220 £&5 Editor-in-Chief T£ your car better fed than you are? 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Cost: First issue is free, each additional $1 LOCATED IN THE STUDENT CENTE UVSC BOOKSTORE Senator speaks out on suicide From SUICIDE • A1 Smith published a book about his son's suicide entitled Remembering Garrett in the hopes that other families might address the possibility of someone they love, taking their own life, he said. Smith said parents worry about their children's health, but often overlook their mental health. "We take our children to get vaccinations and dental check-ups but we don't take them to get mental-health check ups." Garrett Smith was one of 8 known UVSC students to commit suicide during the 20032004 school year. |