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Show The Summer Chronicle - 7 Wednesday, Jane 28, 199s Beentiion from pagt 6 Mormon relief society members have taught cooking. Other volunteers have taught ceramics and even financial planning. One girl, after learning about what is necessary to start a business, plans to use money that is in a trust to start an Espresso shop when she turns 18. She is learning about computer accounting programs and building skills for future success. Other activities include reading books, working on craft projects such as crochet and needlepoint or watching movies are not allowed movies. due to violence and adult themes. Many girls often write letters home. The craft projects are often in the highest demand. Jacqui Akeju, a counselor in A Section, said after hours of watching movies and learning in school, the girls are often excited to be taught how they can make things for themR-rat- selves. According to Nancy Lee, who has been a counselor in A Section for nearly 10 years, girls can also earn the privilege to wear make up to church on Sunday, listen to music tapes from a selection the counselors have or play Nintendo as long as no rules have been broken. Included are rules like no negative body language or no combing hair at the dinner table. Jessica Allen, who supervises the counselors in A Section, said it is necessary to provide "a little structure and car ing and rules. Things that make our lives secure." Allen and the counselors play a vital role helping kids who are in trouble. Staff members are trained to avoid physical confrontation, and can quickly restrain violent individuals. They spend their time at work talking with the girls, finding constructive things for them to do and making sure that they behave. Nightly group sessions help focus on sessions important issues. The have been led by an intern in the past, often a student from the University of Utah. Anne Nelsen, an administrator at DC, said the graduate students have been used in many capacities and gain valuable experience in both group and individual counseling with youths. "Interns have done an excellent job, and are exposed to the entire juvenile system," Allen said. Interns are selected by both the practicum department of the sociology department and DC. To be eligible, applicants must be in the social work's master's program. When the students are selected to work at DC, they can choose which area of the system they wish to work in. Choices range from leading the group sessions to counseling with teens. Allen said for undergraduate students interested in gaining experience, there is the opportunity to apply for a job as an adjutant employee. They must be available 15 hours a week on a call-i- n basis. A major in sociology or psychology is preferred. Colleges Get Funds for Classes about volunteering in of this course. The other course teaches about open-minde- KRISTEN KAMERATH general" as a result Chronicle Staff Writer The colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy will receive more than $700,000 between them from the Pew Health Professions Commission to add service components to their curriculum. The college of Nursing was award$407,000 and the college of Pharmacy received $299,000. Professor Nancy Nickman, who wrote the pharmacy grant believes the service experience helps students fields develop commuin health-car- e nication skills. "We're interested in training a different type of health-car- e professional, rather than one that just barks information at patients," she said. Nickman teaches a pharmacy class focusing on interaction with people rather than on clinical practice. Working with the Community Nursing Hospice and the Housing Authority of Salt Lake County, students visit elderly people who need companionship. Nickman said "students are more ed rollb d drugs, home healthcare and related issues. The service portion allows students to work with senior citizens, but in an advisory role applying knowledge gained in the classroom. Nickman said she'll admit any -learning scholar to the class, not just pharmacy majors. The College of Nursing will offer g courses to enough fulfill the service-learnin- g scholar said professor Penny requirement, Brooke, assistant dean for student affairs in the College of Nursing.The College of Pharmacy is developing courses. two service-orienteservice- service-learnin- d Nursing students will work through different service agencies in the community, including Success by Six, Project Hope, Utah Foster Care, Wasatch Homeless Health-Car- e Projects and Utahns Against Hunger. "It's too easy to distance yourself from people," Nickman said. Brooke and Nickman hope the service classes will help students interact with the g community and instill a interest in service. life-lon- v Call 581-440- 0. I8k is a sound investment. "Utah has a booming economy," Wright said. "The highly educated population has attracted businesses like Novell, a small Microsoft office, and Micron." Last year, ASUU pushed the Tuition Relief Initiative to use part of the tax surplus to offset tuition increases, said Graham. The bill passed without funding and never went into effect. Members of last year's student team are working with ASUU to make sure such a mistake doesn't happen again. "We have a great resource in students who were involved last year and we can use their experience," Graham said. "In past years, there were many students who hadn't experienced student government. They were learning every year." Graham is the chairman of the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents, which will identify issues it wants to address on behalf of Utah's college students. The advantage of working in a coalition like UCSP is that representing 108,000 voting students carries a lot of influence with the legislators, Graham said. 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