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Show new/ A6 MONDAY* MARCH 5 • 2007 What's next for us now? 9 guidelines for transitioning to Utah Valley University Cameron Martin, assistant to the president, outlined a tentative list of "guiding principals" to "clarify expectations and to specify some guiding principles that are to be followed to ensure a smooth transition" to university. This list was presented to students, faculty and administration last Friday in a campus forum. The change to a university mission is to better meet the educational needs of UVSC's constituents and to better reflect the type of institution UVSC has become compared to national peers. The institution is committed to offering a comprehensive set of degrees including certificates, two- and four-year degrees and programs, and master's degrees. The legal name of the institution will remain "Utah Valley State College" or "UVSC" until July 1, 2008 at which time it will switch to "Utah Valley University" or "UVU" Just as with previous name changes and transitions, all prior institutional names (e.g., Utah Technical College, Utah Valley Community College, etc.) will remain domain names control by the institution and alumni of the institution under these former names are considered alumni of Utah Valley University. There will be no changes in institutional systems and process, unless otherwise notified, as part of the transition to university status. Many of the institutional systems and processes have already been improved to a university standard of operation and, therefore, do not require adjustment. For example, funding requests, beyond managing within existing resources, will be handled through the established Planning, Budgeting, and Planning (PBA) process and in accordance to commitments made to the Board of Regents as part of the university mission approval process. Academic planning for master's degree programs will be managed by Academic Affairs through: its current approval process, which includes final approval through the Board of Regents and its Program Review Committee (PRC). Three master's degree programs have been identified in education, health sciences (nursing), and business according to market demands and with initial Regent acknowledgment of regional need. Proposals for additional master's degree programs are not being accepted at this time. Faculty workload and adjunct faculty ratio issues will be directly addressed according to areas of greatest need and commitments made to the Regents to align the institution with appropriate standards. Tuition dollars will not be used to fund commitments made in SB70 (the legislative bill granting UVSC university status). In addition, private funds have been and will continue to be raised to fund the various needs related to the transition ' and name change endeavors. President Sedurburg requested the word "College" be removed from signs around campus (above) Many changes and additions have been made to the campus over the years with plan's for even more expansion such as the DLC (below) An Image Committee, which will be a subcommittee of the UTTF, has been formed to 'oversee the development of new institutional logos, seal, coloring schemes and marketing initiatives. A competitive bid process will be followed to select a design firm to assist in this endeavor. Campus standards for use of the new logos, colors and the institutional seal will also be established. The development of any other logo or color scheme to represent any aspect of the institution is not authorized and should not be pursued. It is important for a unified approach in managing the institutions image to maximize exposure and brand awareness. Current institutional logos, seal and coloring schemes of UVSC are still legal, appropriate, and representative images of the institution and are to be used through June 2008. Orders for documents and merchandise bearing current images should be made strategically to minimize unnecessary waste. It is anticipated that beginning January 2008 the new institutional images will be finalized to allow fortime to print and produce documents and merchandise using the new images. A draft mission statement was initially crafted by the Strategic Direction Advisory Committee (SDAC) in 2004. That draft mission statement, in' context with an updated value and roles statement, is being reviewed by the current SDAC. The final approval process involves President's Council forwarding a final draft to the Board of Trustees and then onto the Board of Regents. Once the Board of Regents approves the new mission, value and role statements, they become official governing statements for the institution. University status approved From UVU - A1 will be Utah County's university as BYU can no longer accommodate the needs of the community as they are becoming more internationally driven. The little opposition that has been raised is that once UVSC becomes a university they will abandon their role as a community college. UVU will be a Type II institution, ; primarily Cupcakes, soda and illegal immigrants Spencer Shell News Writer Last Friday a bake sale was held in the hallway between the LA and PE buildings. Bake sales are fairly common on campus, usually part of fundraising efforts for a team; but this time, the proceeds will contribute to—what the organizers believe to be— righting a wrong. The Davy Crockett Society, a new conservative students club on campus, is standing up for what they-believe is right. The money raised will benefit families of two recentlyjailed border agents Ramos and Campean who shot an illegal alien/drug trafficker in the buttocks. Another aim of conducting the fundraiser was, according to the Davy Crocketts, to raise awareness of the issue of illegal immigration. President of the society Bobby Udall said, "We believe strongly in the family, religion and in morals. We felt like we needed to start this club in order to combat all these left-leaning ideologies infiltrating our school. We're sick of liberal professors telling us what we should think." "Like Davey Crockett said, 'Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks,' and indeed we are doing that by helping agent Ramos and agent Compean and their families. These two agents, we believe, are heroes. They are the V r victims of an unspeakable injustice and we are trying to help their families by raising awareness about illegal immigration that is overwhelming this country." The society mean to stand up against whatever traditional values are being challenged. An anti-porn rally and fundraiser for American family lobbyists is planned for the future. "We don't care if you are black, white, Mormon, Catholic, Democrat or Republican," said Udallm, "All we care about at the end of the day is, we're Americans, we love this country and we want to protect the integrity of our borders and stand up for what's good. So we stand up for what is good." For more information on Agents Ramos and Compean, or for more information on the club and upcoming events, email the Davy Crockett Society at davycrocketlsociety@yah oo.com. offering limited master's degrees in business, education, and nursing, however the school will continue to offer two year degrees. "Our focus will continue to be the success of our students," Bob Rassmussen, Assistant Vice President of Student Life, said. "We will keep our core function as a community university." |