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Show £*:* . ^ : > v ;., A 4 • • " T ^ V , . . • y.~r:~~t"r*?-.T^'otj. • j i : " ' •"*;'*•. • • Monday • July 28, 2008 Women's hoops has ninth highest GPA in the country College Marketing | By virtue of its 3.419 team GPA. the UVU women's basketball team has earned the No. 9 ranking on the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. This is the second straight year the team has attained Honor Roll status. The ninth spot is 15 higher than the No. 24 ranking the team achieved during the jj£006-07 season. i "It's so great. What an fcdnor to have and I'm so proud of their accomplishment," said head coach Cathy Nixon. "Most of the players are in upper division courses as they near graduation, and I'm so pleased to see them rewarded for their hard work." In a year the team also had its best season on the court at the Division 1 level with 16 wins, the Wolverines also had six players named to the D-I Independent All-Academic team; Rebekah Peterson, Hollie Beaman, Sandy Marvin, Robyn Fairbanks, Lauren Smith and Blake Reynolds. South Dakota State earned the top spot amongst Division I institutions for the third consecutive season with a team GPA of 3.669. UVU ranked second in the nation at SkillsUSA Championship -•' Marilyn Brown Novel Award Competition College Marketing | lish & literature at UVU and administrator of the award. The Marilyn Brown Un- "Winning the Marilyn published Novel Competi- Brown award can provide a tion recently moved to a new boost to new novelists and home in UVlTs Department can add strength and credof English & Literature. The ibility to their resume when $1000 award has changed they approach a publisher." Novels submitted for the from being awarded every two years to being awarded competition must be at least annually and is open to all 200 pages in length and unmembers of the community, published. The novel must whether they are students at also be mainstream and focused on realistic cultural the university or not. Brown said she envi- experiences of the Utah sioned the award being Region. Science fiction or able to benefit "writers of fantasy novels will not be any race, locale or religion considered for the award. who wish to compete." She Previous winners inselected UVU because the clude Todd Robert Peteruniversity had the means, son for his novel "Rift," status and community-ori- Janean Justham for "House ented policies to allow the Dreams" and Jeff Call for award to meet that vision. "Mormonville." In addition to the monEntries for the award etary assistance, the award must be submitted by Oct. also gives novelists helpful 1. For more information on encouragement in their ef- entry format or about the forts to see their work pub- award, contact Jen Wahllished. "Publishing a novel quist at wahlquje@uvu.cdu is a genuine challenge these or visit www.uvu.edu/engdays," said Jen Wahlquist, lish associate professor of Eng- OFF 375-8000 Regular price on any cut and style, color service or perm 2230 N. University Pkwy., (Coltontrce Square) - Provo, UT 84604 Advanced Studio excluded Coupon Expires August 3 1 . 2008 All'untetf [Kiiimatd br mt/rart m XI'nuvij • Mtni fttitift castpvn • .\W VJid "ills ui\ iHhcr fWft Largest summer sale in our history! Many items 25-45% off College Marketing | solutely fabulous/' Taylor said. "J am always impressed UV U has once again with the professionalism of shown its strength in the our students and how well trades, ranking second in the they represent our state and nation at the recent SkillsU? institution." Gold medalists at the SA Championships in Kansas City, Mo. Top students championships were Adam from UVU competed in 20 Banks of Oak City, Utah, contest categories, bring- and Isaac Nordlund of ing home six gold medals, Orem, Utah, who competed two silver medals and five in 3-D visualization and bronze medals, with stu- animation; Albert Mitchell dents ranking in the top 15 from Pleasant Grove, Utah, contestants of the remaining and Gary Sevison of Orem, Utah, in audio production; seven categories. SkillsUSA is an organi- Shane Foerster of Orem, zation of more than 300.000 Utah, David Furr of Orem, members from high schools, Utah, Kamilyn Furr of colleges and universities Orem, Utah, Brittany Lewis across all 50 states and four of Orem. Utah, Jared Lewis United States territories. of Springville, Utah, and Students receive specialized Whitney Orton from Hightraining in their trade of land, Utah, in chapter busistudy and compete on local ness procedure; Jennnifer and state levels in order to Schroeder from Salt Lake reach the national champi- City, Utah, in job skill demonships. Only the winners onstration; Richard Martin of the state competitions from Santaquin, Utah, in are invited to participate at plumbing and Doug Nordin the Championships in Kan- from Orem, Utah, and Colsas City, which means that ton Tran from Layton, Utah, competitors represent the in television video productop 2 percent of the pool of tion. trades students in the naSilver medalists were tion. There are 93 differ- Chase Nielsen from Provo, ent competition categories, Utah, in firefighting and ranging from cosmetology Cody Hamblin from Delta, to firefighting and every- Utah, in job interview. thing between. Competitors Bronze medalists were are given a problem that Matt Henke from Delta, they must solve in their field Utah, incabinetmaking;Tim of expertise and are then Robinson from Lehi, Utah, judged on their solutions by in first aid CPR; Vinicius experienced professionals Carvalheiro from Springin that same field. ville, Utah, and Robert Si"The Championships are mons from Provo, Utah, in held in a convention center mechatronics; Dan Rieske with 16 football fields of from Lehi, Utah, and James floor space," said Darin Tay- Thayne from Highland, lor, professor of engineering Utah, in robot and automagraphics and design technol- tion technology and Bradley ogy at UVU and director of Trinnaman from Highland, the University's SkillsUSA Utah, in screen printing program. "It's pretty over- technology. whelming to walkout onto Other top-fifteen finishes that floor. There are lots of were Tanya Quinn from Henoises, lots of aromas and ber City, Utah, who ranked smells — it's just an over- fourth in food and beverage load of your senses to see service; Paul Farnsworth of the cream of the crop com- Provo, Utah, who ranked peting in all of these differ- fifth in related technical ent areas." math; Jared Davis from Pro-t UVU has been compet- vo, Utah, who ranked sixth ing in the SkillsUSA Cham- in architectural drafting; pionships since 1972, and Blake Woffinden of Provo, has won medals ever since Utah, who ranked seventh it began. Over the past eight in automotive service techyears, the university has nology; Tanner Thompranked in the top two post- son of South Jordan. Utah, secondary institutions in who ranked eighth in diesel the United States. For the equipment technology; Brett 2008 Championships, UVU Bristow from Orem, Utah, earned more medals than who ranked 13th in extemany other school in Utah poraneous speaking and and brought home 36 per- Rick Suchoski from South cent of the total medals won Jordan, Utah, who ranked 15th in culinary arts. by Utah students. "These students are ab- Another Happy Couple Michael and Jillian ••'•*? "Srefratyicstwasfehtasticto work with! The p tive that helped us was very personable and honest with us abouc what we were buying, and they were also the most affordable. We really appreciated the flexibility they had in allowing us to make the jewelry unique to us; they were definitely the best choice! Because of Sierra West, we have one of a kind rings that we love and that we'll still be able to show off 20 years from now. Thanks Sierra West!" Come visjt ; ^ # UVU R e v i a t f ^ f in SC 220 to see the smiles on these faces. 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