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Show A2 Wednesday, April! 18, 2007 Vernal Express Denton leaving Vernal in new USU and CEU alliance A veteran in distance education educa-tion for Utah State University has been selected to lead the university's southeast region in a role that forges a unique alliance between the College of Eastern Utah and USU. Guy Denton has been named associate vice president for the College of Eastern Utah, San Juan Campus in Blanding and executive director direc-tor of the southeast region of USU. He served as executive director of the USU Uintah Basin campus for the past seven years. This new joint assignment, a result of legislative funding provided to USU, CEU and SnowCollege, is the beginning of new partnerships designed to bolster higher education offerings of-ferings in the rural areas of the state. As a result, new degrees will be offered in fields such as education, business, engineering, engineer-ing, computer science, natural resources, social work, liberal arts and family, consumer and human development, among others, said Ronda Menlove, USU vice provost for regional campuses and distance education. educa-tion. "Guy Denton is a proven leader who has helped transform trans-form the USU Uintah Basin campus into a vibrant educational educa-tional program with a focus on research and teaching," she said. wWe will miss him in the Basin, but we are thrilled he will be a key member of the leadership team of our regional campus and distance education program." Denton said he looks. forward for-ward to the new opportunities to expand educational access for those living in southeast Utah, but he will also miss his work and the close ties he developed with residents in the Uintah Basin, the public school systems and with the Uintah Basin Applied Technology Tech-nology College (UBATC). "I have total respect for the citizens of the Basin and the way in which they support sup-port higher education," he said. "Much credit goes to the citizens of that area who have worked so hard and to the community leaders who have been so visionary." During the transition pe riod, Dave Woolstenhume, student relations coordinator at the USU Uintah Basin campus, will serve as interim director. He will remain in the position until a national search for a new executive director is completed in the months ahead, Menlove said. s Denton said students and staff will benefit from Woolstenhume's understanding understand-ing and experience. "Dave's willingness to be involved and his years serving serv-ing as a member of the USU Uintah Basin Management Team have prepared him well to serve in this capacity," he said. . While in the Uintah Basm, Denton oversaw enrollment growth from 1,000 to 3,000 students. He worked closely with the local school districts and the Ute Tribe to bnng external funding to support expanded educational programs. pro-grams. The number of students graduating from the Uintah Basin Campus has grown from 60 students to more than 250 over the past seven years. As a result of concurrent enrollment, enroll-ment, more than 100 high school students will graduate with an associate's degree in the upcoming April 28 commencement com-mencement ceremony. Denton oversaw the hiring of more than 20 faculty and professional staff who significantly sig-nificantly helped to increase the number of face-to-face courses offered in the Basin. He also assisted in bringing to the Basin a $5 million land donation of 137 acres of prime property close to the Vernal business district and across from Uintah High School. This new property will jointly house facilities for USU and UBATC. 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Dignitariesspeakers Dignitariesspeak-ers included Paul Hacking, President of UBATC; Rob Brems, UCAT President; Dr. Guy Denton, USU; Dr. Ray Coward, USU Provost; Robert Foley, Fol-ey, USU & UBATC Trustee; Dr. Rob Be-hunin, Be-hunin, CEO Uintah Economic Development Develop-ment SSD. "The next major public event," said Paul Hacking "will be the dedication of the building in July 2008." In addition to all of the dignitaries, the members of the community, and the VTV camera man, the Davis third graders looked on from their choice balcony seats. These will be future students who walk the overpass from Uintah High School to attend classes in any one of several new buildings in the USU-UBATCVernal Campus. m ".Tja&.i "H iLl r - " -StL Hi? Actual ground breaking - Dignitaries wore hard hats to literally break ground with shovels, in the field where the USU - UBATC Vernal building will be constructed. l .wv. - C3 full... 11 ! ;1 ; i-. 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