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Show THE FORUM April 14, 2004 1 Centers for Diversity and Moment Provide Resources for Entire Campus backgrounds can find resources, feel comfortable and more at home. Faculty members will have access to resources to aid them in making courses more relevant to the current world. Nichols explained that the center has been an idea tossed around in the Key Bank Cultural Diversity Lecture Committee for a while and was Ben Rippel Staff Writer As part of Goal Two of Westminsters strategic plan, a Center for Diversity and a Center for the Environment are being developed. Both will provide new resources to students, faculty and staff to better enrich their courses and experiences at the college. Goal Two is To distinguish the College by offering distinctive educational programs designed to prepare students for success. Several new programs are contained within it ? cross-disciplina- add a physical place to diversity activities that are already being done on cam- ry will pus. Nichols added that it is unclear where the center will be located, but the committee would love to use a college-owne- d of diversity in everything. The house for that purpose. center hopes to expand beyond the current Key Bank Cultural Diversity Lecture Series to aid diversity awareness campus- Students benefit when they learn about things and people that are different, added Nichols. The center will aid students in this goal that Nichols feels is essential to a education. wide. The center will be a place where students from diverse well-round- ed X'-- '. . : . ,W ' ,v .v.v ,. X w X .. w ' . . off-camp-us people. The idea was created when the environmental studies faculty put their heads together searching for how to emphasize the environment in the strategic plan. This center seemed to be a good focal point; however, the benefit of studying the environment is that it doesnt depend on a set physical space. academic By the 2005-200- 6 year, the group hopes to have new curricula in place that will allow collaboration and extended field trips to the Wasatch Mountains and the Colorado Plateau, in addition to current ventures to the Great Salt Lake. Stanley added that he hopes these programs attract more students to environmental courses, volunteer and intern- . Implementation Strategy C which expands and enriches opportunities for student learning by utilizing the resources of the local environment to maximum advantage. Other programs included in this strategy are the previously profiled College Concierge Program, the Urban Initiative and the Mountain Sports and Recreation Program. David Stanley, chairman of the environmental studies program, explains that Westminster is in a position to become the greenest campus in the West. We can tie the environment into every class and create a sensitive and aware campus. Students in the environmental studies minor and select classes will be 1, 2005. The plan is Environment is part of strategic plan. The center is still in the planning stages, but Nichols added the committee hopes to have all planning done by Jan. The Center for Diversity is part of Implementation Strategy B, which will develop undergraduate and graduate programs that effectively use active, experiential, collaboratand ive, related types of learning. Assistant professor of history Jeff Nichols explained that the program is not just a center, but the idea of being aware enlisted to work in developing areas of the program. Currently the 17 faculty members in the Environmental Studies program and two speakhave been ers from brainstorming ideas for implementation of a physical space, fundraising efforts, and curriculum formation. The department has also held two meetings so far, each attended by about 12 trying to council create a broader-base- d to create the center, as the current lecture series committee is mostly made up of faculty members. Students will be a part of the council and Nichols added we want to know what people on campus want a diversity center to do for them. He encourages those on call or speak campus to to a committee member in person to let them know what one wants to see. The Center for the spearheaded by Bridget Newell. The college administration was supportive of the idea to expand diversity awareness offerings on campus, and asked for it to be added into the this goal. i ) The committee V This new program will expand on current programs to create more on and " ? v.wXv" ,v Wff ship opportunities. vlv ' V . ' Staff Writer .sA " Vt . s sj A v - , v 43 & j . ''Si"- '''0'-'W, - r V $4 ' The speech department will be holding a speech competition on Friday, April 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Gore School V,X X 4y. '4 of Business Auditorium. According to Brian Pilling of the speech department, the competition is designed for both students in speech classes and the general student population. Those students not 'A & ation. V There will be approximately 10 students participating in the competition. Each student will be presenting a At 'I & y- &&?' ' v - ? i Editor Continued from pg. INTEREST RATES AT A RECORD LOW,.. 1st x & UHEAA help you lock in In order to set up the lowest rates in ot y cur Icon. Toko student loan history.,. tor tho advantage of our great borrower benefits including a 125 percentage point reduction in your interest tor having your payments automatically deducted from you? checking or savings. Got m additional Interest reduction by making AS on true payments. 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The program will also include ideas for service learning, which allow students to volunteer in the community on projects as part of a course. Stanley added that the center will even benefit prospective students. They will be interested in it because theyll see they can learn about the environment from many different pernot just that of spectives us Alison J. Robertson v those currently being taught Student Orators Show Talent w .v v.v off-camp- opportunities for study. Students will have a broader, more hands-o- n background in environmental studies so that they can be better able to deal with these issues in further schooling and employment. The program also hopes to partner with the new Outdoor Recreation program being created to bring in guest speakers, hold workshops, debates and so forth. Faculty will be able to create new courses and rethink compeution of the school year, the first was held last December. Last year it went really well, said Pilling. 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