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Show Page 20 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, October 25, 2007 ws 1 -iftri-Tii-'-ir'iir y nnrmirr una : UVSC receives government grants for Navajo Nation UVSC recently received two grants from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program totaling nearly $1 million to go toward to-ward providing videoconferencing videoconfer-encing technology for Navajo Nat ion schools. "These grants will provide much needed educational options op-tions to Navajo students and allow us to expand our growing grow-ing Native American student enrollment programs," said UVSC President William A. Sederburg. Navajo Nation schools struggle to provide computer literacy skills to students and young adults because of low faculty populatioas, poverty, a lack of rural teleconferencing infrastructure and other educational edu-cational barriers. 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This program brings hope to our people and helps our children learn to stand on their own two feet without having to leave our sacred lands." UVSC is partnering with Navajo Nation governmental departments, OnSat Native American Services and Certi-port Certi-port Inc. the world leader in standards-based computer certification training. The technology tech-nology includes TANDBERG videoconferencing units which Ca UK' vJ5 V V' Steven R. Braithwaite & Family V WHITENING WITH NEW f i rfi t rvi r : PATIENT EXAM, CLEANING & X-RAYS $175 Value! with coupon ooly: Not Valid with other offen. only with new patient minis Eipire 103107 r 4 1 ') ) - have wireless capability, portability por-tability and connect to a wide range of display devices. This technology will integrate with existing technology infrastructure infrastruc-ture to provide access to these distance-learning opportunities. opportuni-ties. TANDBERG is a leader in providing visual communication communica-tion technology to support distance dis-tance learning. UVSC music students learn from top movie industry composer com-poser Recently, six UVSC music students traveled to California to take part in an exciting internship opportunity. op-portunity. They visited JNH Studios, the workplace of top Hollywood composer James Newton Howard, and got a first-hand look at the way the industry works. In California, the six students, stu-dents, who were selected from a number of applicants, spent time talking with James Newton New-ton Howard, who has scored such films as "The Sixth Sense" ( 1999), "Peter Pan" (2003) and "Batman Begins" (2005), as well as up-and-coming composer com-poser Chris Bacon, who has worked on films such as "King Kong" (2005). Students were also able to sit in on a recording record-ing session for the upcoming film "I am Legend," which was scored by Howard and recorded in the same historic studio in which "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) was recorded. Students were not only able to sit in and listen to the recording session, which was performed by some of the top , industry musicians, but also 1 observed the session from the sound booth, where they saw the technical aspects of microphone mi-crophone placement and how software is used. 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The students were acoompanied by Fullmer and Marden Pond, an active composer with experience in the jndustry, who also works with the music department at UVSC "We were so impressed by how gracious and kind these professionals were with our UVSC students," Fullmer said. "The internship was all J hoped for and more. We're looking forward to pursuing future opportunities." For more information in-formation on the UVSC Music Department, contact (801)863-6445, (801)863-6445, or see http:www.uvsc. . edumusic : Guatemalan first lady visits UVSC Wendy Widmann de Bei-ger, first lady of Guatemala, Guate-mala, will give a speech titled "Creciendo Bien: Women Taking Tak-ing Charge" on Nov. 1 at Utah Valley State College in the Ragan Theater at 3:45 p.m. Her visit to Utah will also include receiving the Enterprise Mentor Men-tor International's First Annual International Humanitarian Seryice Award in Salt Lake -. City. This is an opportunity that fits right in with what wevre trying to do with our international interna-tional and global engagement JUUli 4 -..;,,., iaisl g ' -1 I- i - - ' - Luj'O cn Ir.:d empty cartridges. - ' S4A9S (HrrMfrr MOOMTAIH ESTATES mwkHted ttnxjQh. David Cunningham Bankers Realty develop y 0 IIINNt area," said Rusty Butler, as- ' sociate vice president of international inter-national affairs at UVSC "We want our students and faculty to have greater exposure to international figures, decision makers and people of influence." influ-ence." Berger is married to Oscar Berger Perdomo, current president of the Republic of Guatemala, and studied sociology soci-ology at Trinity College, in Washington, D. C Throughout her life, she has been involved in projects to assist low-income communities, founded educational educa-tional workshops for women, promoted housing construction projects, established schools and strengthened daycare programs. pro-grams. Since January 14, 2004, when her husband was sworn in as Guatemalan President, Berger has been the Head of Secret aria de Obras Sociales de la Esposa del Presidente The President's Wife Social ; Affairs Secretariat whose . mission is to promote and support sup-port actions for the improvement improve-ment of education and health plans, and to promote a generation gen-eration of healthy Guatemalan , citizens with development opportunities. op-portunities. "We are very excited to host the first lady on our campus," Butler said. "This will be a significant sig-nificant event for us and for Utah County's Hispanic community." com-munity." , A reception, by invitation only, will be Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. in SC213b. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will immediately follow. UVSC speech and debate team compete in tournaments : The first weekend of October, Oc-tober, UVSCs Speech and . Debate Team attended the r5 4 79 S. 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This tournament is held in a very active speech and debate district, the Northwest district which includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Western Idaho and had many other universities alid colleges " from Idaho, Utah and Montana participating. ; ; .!' . ' The most recent tournament Was at Pioneer Trails Casper College tournament in Casper, Wyoming Oct. 11-13. "Greg Lucer6who hasnever competed before, placed 15th overall in Impromptu, just " missing semifinals by three . speaker points. McPherson was seventh overall in After Dinner Speaking, missing finals by one place and one speaker point. McPherson made it to finals in both Program Pro-gram Oral Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretatioa She placed fifth in both of those. McPherson tied for 10th place overall in the Individual Competitor Com-petitor Sweepstakes Award, Overall, UVSC placed third m the Junior Division of Parliamentary Parlia-mentary Debate. The next competition will be in Caldwell, Idaho the end of October. 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