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Show Education News and information Page 6 from local schools Orem-Geneva Times and colleges Wednesday, September 21, 1994 Merit Badge PowWow at BYU and UVSC The 39th annual Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge PowWow will be held November 5, 12, and 19 at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley State College. This PowWow provides 4,500 Scouts the opportunity to work on merit badge advancement and enjoy the fun and excitement of learning new skills an knowledge. Merit badge classes are offered of-fered in a variety of areas, swimming, swim-ming, drafting, journalism, woodworking, wood-working, art, and much more. The merit badge program is one of Boy Scouting's basic character-developing character-developing tools. Earning merit badges gives boys the kind of self-confidence self-confidence that comes from overcoming over-coming obstacles to achieve goals. All Scouts 11 years of age and older and special Scouts are invited in-vited to participate in the PowWow. Pow-Wow. The registration fee is $10 for all Scouts. There is no fee for adult leaders, but everyone must complete the registration form. Scouts and leaders are encouraged en-couraged to register early for the best selection of merit badges being offered. The registration deadline is Friday, October 28, 1994. All applications and fees must be received by October 28. Over 600 skilled and talented BYU Library gallery to feature "Treasures Uncounted" exhibit "Treasures Uncounted", an exhibition reflecting the extensive exten-sive collection of one of Brigham Young University's lesser-known museums, will be featured in the Tanner Gallery next to the Lee Library circulation desk beginning begin-ning Friday, September 23. The artifacts featured in "Treasures Uncounted" demonstrate the broad range of artifacts owned by the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, including Anasazi and Mayan pottery, Peruvian textiles, Great Basin stone tools, folk art, tapa cloth and fishing lures from Polynesia. The free exhibit will remain in the Tanner Gallery throughout fall semester and will be open during regular hours. Although the Museum of Peoples and Cultures is located on the periphery of campus, its inventory of more than 200,000 collections of artifacts is more than enough to fill a large museum, such as UYU s new UVSC appoints new associate vice president of development Utah Valley State College (UVSC) recently appointed Cory L. Duckworth of Magna, Utah, as its first associate vice president of institutional advancement. Duckworth comes to UVSC after working as executive director direc-tor of the St. Cloud State University Univer-sity Foundation in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he supervised the AlumniDevelopment office. Previously, he was the executive assistant to the president for planning and development at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. Duckworth received a bachelor's degree from Utah State University, a master's degree from the University of Utah, and a juris doctorate from the university of Utah College of Law. 'Utah Valley State College is a great institution emanating a lot of energy and taking on a new mission with dynamic and energetic ener-getic leadership," said Duckworth. Duck-worth. 'Utah Valley is developing new plans, making new friends, and is prepared to generate new funding sources. A strong reputation reputa-tion for top quality education is increasingly associated with our institution." "Cory brings with him the kind of background and experience ex-perience that have prepared him to move UVSC to a new level in institutional advancement and development," said Dick Chap-pell, Chap-pell, vice president for administration ad-ministration and institutional advancement. Duckworth has established two early goals to help fundrais-ing fundrais-ing at UVSC become more effective effec-tive and visible. He first plans to strengthen the relationships with the college's natural constituencies, f to Scouts working on their Swimming Merit Badge during the 1993 Merit Badge PowWow. instructors will provide experience ex-perience and insight to merit badge classes. These instructors, many professionals in their field, include faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students from the host institutions. The Merit Badge PowWow also offers Scout adult leaders the opportunity oppor-tunity to attend adult training Museum of Art, said Marti Lu Allen, assistant director for the Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Since the museum cannot display dis-play all its artifacts at once, it is currently showing a special exhibition, ex-hibition, "Paquime and the Casas Grandes Culture", featuring artifacts ar-tifacts from the civilization that thrived between A.D. 1060 and A.D. 1400 in the American Southwest South-west and Mexico. The museum's many collections collec-tions represent prehistoric and early historic life in the Great Basin, American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Peru, and Polynesia. The "Treasures Uncounted" exhibition, in addition to demonstrating this wide range of artifacts, will give information about the Museum of Peoples and Cultures itself. The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is located at 700 North 100 East and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. n n iV4 j CORY DUCKWORTH such as alumni and local businesses. busi-nesses. "Our graduates continue to benefit from the visibility that UVSC receives. Local businesses that hire our graduates also have a stake in the institution because of the education and training their employees receive. They should be willing to invest in our success." He also wants to createa development culture on campus by encouraging students to develop an attitude of willingness to give something back to the institution. in-stitution. 'We want to get people involved and let them know they can contribute to the college at any level. We will encourage students stu-dents to get involved with fundraising programs so they can enhance their own education while still attending the college." The college will eventually hire development officers to work on finding resources for each school within the college, he said. If il seminars and learn outdoor skills in cooking and camping. The Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge PowWow at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley State College has evolved into a tradition tradi-tion of helping to build young men of character and integrity that love and appreciate God, County, and their fellow man. Orem High sets parent visiting days Parent visiting sessions for Orem High School will take place on Monday, September 26, from 4:30-8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, September Sep-tember 27, from 3:00-6:30. This will be an excellent opportunity for parents to review their child's progress. Teachers will be seated in alphabetical al-phabetical order in the lunchroom and front foyer of the school. Consultations will be on a first-come, first-served basis. There will also be a special parent information meeting held in the Career Center, room C17,, conducted by Julie Bagley, academic advisor from Utah Valley Val-ley Community College. She will speak on financial assistance for college, and also inform parents of the four-year college degree programs available in business, accounting, computer science, technical management, and elementary education. Canyon Views... from the Falcon nest CVJH Battle of the Brains by Jill Jensen Student reporter On September 22, Canyon View Junior High will go into a one-week battle of sales wits to see who can sell more subscriptions subscrip-tions to magazines. Last year, Megan Daniels, 9th grade, won the top prize, a CD boombox. For enthusiastic sales advice, students stu-dents are going to her this year. One improvement in the contest this time, however, is that there are five top prizes. The money earned will be divided among student improvements improve-ments and activities and computer com-puter updates around the school. Readers Digest sponsors the drive. They offer over 200 magazines, cd's, and cassettes to choose from. The variety is great! If anyone is interested in subscribing sub-scribing or re-subscribing to a magazine, or would like to purchase pur-chase a cd or cassette, but no one from CVJH calls or comes to your house, call Canyon View Junior High at 227-8748. Ask for Mrs. Snowden. This magazine drive is the only fund raiser for our school all year so the school needs lots of support. The world's most famous geyser, "Old Faithful" in Yellowstone National Park, erupts for about four minutes once in every 65 minutes, min-utes, on average. Orem Community Bank adopts Orem Elementary School as a Business Partner in Education Orem Elementary has been adopted by Orem Community Bank as a "Partner in Education", according to Principal Kim Roper. The announcement comes during the week (Sept. 19-24) declared by Orem Mayor Stella Welsh as "Partners in Education Week" to celebrate and promote business partnerships with educational institutions. in-stitutions. "We are excited about this partnership and believe that it will greatly enhance and improve the quality of educational opportunities oppor-tunities for our students," said Roper. "In searching for a business partnership we were especially interested in-terested in Orem Community Bank because it is indeed a community com-munity bank, locally owned and operated," Roper continued. 'We feel this makes Orem Community Bank more responsive to our needs as a school than some other out-of-town or out-of-state bank." Orem Community Bank plans to help the school by handling all the banking needs of the school and the P.T.A. The business will provide pro-vide teaching materials for economic units taught in the 6th grade, provide staff to visit the school as guest consultants to classrooms, and allow students to visit the bank on field trips. Orem Community Bank will also help sponsor student activities such as science fairs, Knowledge Bowls, field days, and school programs, and will provide certificates to recognize honor roll students. In return, Orem Elementary will assist the bank by encouraging patrons and staff to open accounts there, providing media coverage and advertising, and transferring Lakeridge Ledger by Michael Young Student reporter This week, Mr. Willy received a grant to hold his early- morning World Studies for 9th graders. To get into this class, you had to go to an early-morning meeting and fill out an application. Some of the activities they are doing this year are: a fundraiser called Willy's World, American Express Contest, Con-test, Model United Nations (high school), Geographic Alliance Olympiad, and community service. ser-vice. Good luck to all you students who got into that class. It sounds like you will have a fun year. Also this week was the S.A.T. Bowl. All the 8th grade classes played each other by answering questions that would be on the S.A.T. test. The final two teams were Mrs. Erickson's and Mrs. Warnick'8. These two teams played each other in front of all the 8th grade. It seemed tough at first when they were having problems figuring out how to use the buzzer, but soon they all caught on. The final score was 8 points for Erickson and 4 for War-nick. War-nick. The winning team members were: Nate Preston, Shawn Mon-teer, Mon-teer, John Tolboe, Megan Thomas, and Chad Speirs. Way to go! The other team members included in-cluded Mackay Henderson, Nate Crewford, Jerry Lynn, KC Childs, and Rachel Wilkerson. Mr. Clark said that if the school gets a 64 on the test the 8th grade would get a party and each student earning an 85 will get a special treat. We also have a new hall being built at our school so that we will not have to go through the lunchroom. Speaking of the lunchroom, we got new colors of carpet at the ends of our lunchroom and would like to thank Mrs. Schwartz. We would also like to thank James Jenson for painting a giantleopard on the floor. The whole gym looks great after being redone. all school banking accounts to Orem Community Bank. At the conclusion of the 6th grade economics study, those students will be encouraged to open savings accounts at the bank to be used for their future educational needs. Roper said that Governor Mike Leavitt's vision for education in the future, along with his Centennial Schools Program, includes strong f if j , 7 I i -. UVSC auto instructors Paul Hardman, Terry Nichols, and Wade Klafke join Snap-On Tools representative Ken Jaworski in congratulating UVSC student Jared Hair on bis VICA award. UVSC auto student places third in national competition A Utah Valley State College (UVSC) collision repair student placed third in a national competition com-petition sponsored by Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) in Kansas City, Missouri. Jared Hair, 19, of Spanish Fork, qualified for the national competition by placing first in a state competition earlier this year. The competition included skill tests in welding, minor panel repair, painting, estimating, frame measurements, and plastic repair. "I am really interested in rebuilding cars. I enjoy UVSC because be-cause good instructors provide us with valuable hands-on experience," ex-perience," Hair said. 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