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Show B6 Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Vernal Express A WOMAN'S nm II maaf 3 c::.T3 czz3 c::it $U3 IMS? MiMP42ir WIEMllMfP ' 7 r FaU. enrollment tip at USU By Ucey McfSanr Uintah Basin News Service Utah State University's fall enrollment headcount of 24,421 students is the largest in the university's history and marks a 3.4 percent increase from the fall of 2006. Enrollment at the school's three regional campuses also increased in-creased this year by an average of 6.2 percent. USU Executive Vice President and Provost Raymond Coward said he expects enrollments enroll-ments at the Logan campus to remain stable in the near future but enrollments at the regional campuses should continue to grow significantly. "Indeed, new partnerships... partner-ships... will increase further the number of students throughout the state who are enrolled in USU degree programs," Coward said. "Students will be able to stay closer to home and, consequently, enrollment numbers in these outlying areas will increase." Ronda Menloye, vice provost for regional campuses and dis- J 'V . - ) .r;;-t i.iiS xii Ashley Regional S - MEDICAL CENTER 151 West 200 North Vernal, Utah 84078 435-789-3342 - 's ( fry, 1 A MESSAGE TO PARENTS Kids need to know that oil and gas field sites are off-limits. Teach them to observe posted warning signs. Together we can keep kids safe. We're Committed to Duchesne County. km tance education, said increased enrollment at USU regional campuses can be attributed to the expanding number of new degree programs and classes and an aggressive ag-gressive marketing approach to attract and inform local students of their options. "We realized that people don't always realize that they can get a high-quality education right in their own community, so we began marketing more aggressively," aggres-sively," Menlove said. "What's happening now is that we have new partnerships and are able to offer new degree programs and classes. People in local communities com-munities are starting to better understand what's available." While USU's other two regional campuses saw marked enrollment enroll-ment growth this year, the scenario sce-nario was slightly different at USU Uintah Basin. Dave Wool-stenhulme, Wool-stenhulme, executive director of USU Uintah Basin, said this year's enrollment held steady with last year's. However, officials don't expect enrollment at USU Uintah Basin to simply hold steady for much longer. Last week's announcement of a $15 million private donation from Marc and Debbie Bingham to construct an Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center in Vernal is expected to lead to a great deal of growth. "This research center will be a great attraction for both faculty and undergraduate and graduate gradu-ate students," Menolove said. "Haviig an on-site research facility really elevates the credibility cred-ibility of a campus. I just want to compliment the people of the Uintah Basin and the leadership there who have the vision of what higher education can do to transform communities. Their determination and diligence has been exemplary." John DeVilbiss, public relations and marketing director for USU, said recent growth in higher education edu-cation in the Uintah Basin has been significant. Those changes bode well for future growth in enrollment goes. "There's a change in the air in the Uintah Basin that's very exciting to see," he said. "When you start seeing community involvement and private donations like we are seeing in the Basin right now, all of that points to the scenario of an increasing trend in enrollment in the future." .. . Utah State University's 3.4 percent overall growth comes at a time when most other universities across the state are experiencing declining numbers of enrollments. More than half of the state's colleges and universities universi-ties lost more students than they pulled in this year, according to an article last week in the Deseret Morning News. USU, Southern Utah University, Univer-sity, and Utah Valley University (formerly Utah Valley State College) Col-lege) were the only Utah public universities who reported enrollment enroll-ment growth. "Our growth wasn't anything dramatic this year, but the fact that we did grow while others staved flat is significant," DeVil biss said. "We are trying to make education accessible to all and be ineveryone'sbackyard. Students in the Basin have the option, more than ever, of staying in the Basin for their education." Other factors that DeVilbiss attributes to the increased enrollment en-rollment include a more open, personalized approach towards recruitment and legislative changes that have relaxed the amount of time it takes to acquire in-state residency. HELP FOR THE DISABLED HELP ADVOCATES is coming to our area to assist the DISABLED who are in need of Social Security Disability benefits. Help Advocates has been fighting for benefits for the DISABLED for more than 19 years, and have a very high win record. They havel helped bring more than Five Million Dollars in benefits to the disabled in Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. They have several clients in the Uintah Basin, and are fully aware of the hardship it is for the disabled to travel, so they are coming to you. Lnon KanaanS IS prOUd tO Chon Kandaris & Cynthia Lowry introduce Cynthia Lowry who has joined Help Advocates as a new Associate. Cindy has earned the respect of Social Security Offices, and has already won many cases at the Hearing stage before Federal Administrative Law Judges. She enjoys a good working relationship and has proven to be a major asset to the firm. 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