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Show A5 NEWS West Lake High School by day, and West Lake Education Center by night. Saratoga Springs residents have the opportunity to receive college credit for classes taken at the center, that will be celebrating its first year this fall. Courtesy of UVU Extended education center in Saratoga Springs By JULIA POSEY News Writer Over the past year, UVU's North-Westlake Education Center, located in Saratoga Springs, has increased educational opportunities for northern Utah County residents. The North-Westlake Education Center began fall registration in April and classes for the 2010 academic year will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 25. The office of Extended Studies conducted a survey for students and residents to assess interest in a center like this. In the beginning, 93 students were scheduled for six classes. The need for classes has increased immensely and classes have recently doubled to 12. "Fred Openshaw, principal at Westlake High School, approached us and asked us to start offering classes in Saratoga Springs," said Ruth Gowans, extended studies off-campus manager. "Our department responded to this by distributing a survey in the'area to find out if there was a high number of community members who would be interested in taking classes at the proposed site." University credit courses are becoming more accessible to students and the community through sites like this. The Education Center is conveniently located to help reduce travel for students and to encourage more residents to con- tinue their education. Classes will begin after 5:40 p.m., early enough for students to take additional classes in one evening if needed. The courses offered are fully-accredited and meet the general education requirements for degree seeking students. In August, a selection of general education course will be available, including eight face to face and four live interactive classes. For more information, visit www.UVU.edu/ Despite budget cuts, work-study program is moving forward By OLIVIA KYERE-BOATENG News Writer Pre-law students have the opportunity to glean advice from attorney Wendy Woodfield, during the Tuesday evening lecture. STOCKXCHNQ Local attorney presents for law student lecture series By MICHELLE ESCAMILLA News Writer Attorney Wendy AVoodfield is set to visit UVU as the first guest speaker in the Christine M. Durham Pre-Law Club lecture series. Her address is scheduled for Tuesday, July '20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sorensen Student Center, room 213A. : Woodfield graduated from B YU's J. Reuben Clark Law School magna cum laude. She jthen worked as an attorney for Bryan Cave, a leading and internationally known business and litigation firm. After three years of practicing law, Woodfield is now involved in the political process and currently works for the Morgan Philpot for Congress campaign. Woodfield brings her experience in practicing law, along with her perspectives on law school, the legal'field and the many ways attorneys can contribute to society. The purpose of the Pre-Law Club is to prepare students for the LSAT, network with local public officials and attorneys, and actively engage students to take part in community service events by way of other organizations or by setting up events themselves with the assistance of the club. This fall the club will also host a semiannual "Deans Nights," where deans from more than forty law schools come to UVU to inform students about and recruit students for their law schools. The objective of the lecture series is to help students network with prominent attorneys and public officials who live in Utah and Salt Lake Counties. The series also provides students with insights into the realities of practicing law after graduation. The club will have monthly lectures on the third Tuesday of eachjnonth. The next lecture will be September 21. For a number of years, the work-study program has been a major source of financial relief to many students at this institution, as it offers about 300 on-campus work-study jobs. According to Joanna McCormick, the senior director of the financial aid department, more than 20,000 students apply for financial aid and the work-study program annually. A budget cut could mean great financial hardships for students in the program and those looking forward to benefit from it. Though a small budget cut from the state has decreased funding, there has been no such cut from the federal government. The work-study program will, however, be operating with less funds because there is no stimulus funding coming in this academic year. "We received stimulus dollars last year and this year we are working without those stimulus dollars," McCormick said. Having the stimulus funding that was granted to many higher education institutions last year helped boost programs like work-study. Although they will be working without it this year, the program will continue to provide work opportunities for students. "Overall, we're down a bit, but not that much. We were cut at the state level somewhat, but when we put the state and federal dollars together, it's not that bad," McCormick said. "We are going forward with the work-study program as usual." For students unable to take part in the workstudy program, the Career Center and Student Employment can help students find off-campus job opportunities that could help relieve the financially burdened. SKILLS USA • From A l . agement in April, received a gold medal for his work Jn carpentry. "We had a written test the day before, and then spent an eight hour day and basically built a miniature house, it helped that I finished in the allotted time," said Jackson. Hawkins, a senior in graphic design; learned about the competition and was urged to participate by a past instructor, Phillip Ah You. Before Hawkins earned his gold medal in screen printing, he also had the opportunity to take part in the annual T-shirt and pin design contest, and his winning design Was worn by all Utah students at the national competition. "I'm not really competitive, though sometimes 1 think that's to my advantage, because it took a lot of pressure off," Hawkins said. A relief in pressure would be very helpful in a competition like this, as many of the projects took seven or eight hours to complete. "Professionals in each category come in and design a problem, and no one knows what it will be coming in, the students have to just come in and solve it in eight hours. But the cream will rise to the top and be able to handle it," Taylor said. With the numerous possible categories, this was a wonderful opportunity for students from all walks of life to show what they do best. Earlier this year, students competed against their classmates for a spot at the state level. And the top competitors from the state had the chance to move on to nationals and put their skills to the test against the best in the country. "I can't think of a better bullet, item on your resume than placing in' the national competition. It's a great resume builder. Many professionals will even offer.students a job on the spot," Taylor said. |