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Show THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY DECEMBER 1. 1986 PACE 3 Winter registration begins today Winter quarter registration starts Dec. I 1 at SUSC. Actual class work begins Jan. 5. Registration is limited the first day to seniors and students completing the associate degree or certificates of completion, according to SUSC Registrar Barbara Young. All students, regardless of when they sign up for classes, must have their registration foims stamped with approval before they can complete the process, she said. advisor-department- al from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the building will continue Dec. 2 through Dec. 5 and also Dec. 8 through Dec. 11, alphabetically according to last names. The schedule is as follows: M - N, Dec. 2; J - L, Dec. 3; G - L, Dec. 4; C - F, Dec. 5; A - B, Dec. 8; U - Z, Dec. 9; S - T, Dec. 10; and O R, Dec. 1 1 . Registration SUSC Administration -- Open registration will continue weekdays, Dec. 12 through 19 and again after Christmas vacation Jan. 5 through 9. A late registration fee, $10, goes int effect Jan. 12. No student will be allowed to enroll or add classes after Jan. 16. Tuition and fees can be paid at the time of early registration of deferred until school starts; however, tuition and fees for all students who register early must be deposited at the cashier's office by 3 p.m. Jan. 9. All students who register thereafter must pay the necessary fees at the time of registration. Class schedules can be purchased at the SUSC Bookstore. A list of changes in the winter quarter agenda and computerized registration forms are available at the registrar's office. It is important that all new students, and former students who did not attend SUSC prior to spring quarter 1985-8complete an application for admission to the college. Early application is encouraged, Young said. Additional information about the registation process is available from the registrar's office, at Application forms can be obtained from the admissions office at 6, 586-771- 5. 586-774- Multicultural Center receives grant Hearst foundation donates $7,500 for Native American program and Mario Stones, SUSC electricians, string lights for ASSUSC's 12 Days of Christmas. The activities include: the Chistmas tree lighting, Fantasy in Frost, band and chorale concerts, women's basketball tournament, a 'Messiah' 'Scrooge,' and Christmas caroling. For a complete calendar of events, see page 8. Kevin Betensen sing-a-lon- g, Educator to enlighten Convocation patrons Utah educator Elouise M. Bell will discuss the poetry of Native American women Dec. 4 at this week's convo. Bell, an associate professor of English at BYU, will address SUSC's Convocation audience at 11 a.m. in the Auditorium. "I recently became aware of the enormous quantity and quality of literature coming out of Native American presses, particularly the small presses," Bell says regarding the title of her address, '"Bringer of Messages': An Introduction to the Poetry of Native American Women." The BYU professor comes to SUSC, she says, as "a lover of poetry" who wants to share her new-foun- d literary treasures with others so that they can seek out additional materials on their own. Bell joined the BYU faculty in 1963 where she specializes in teaching creative writing and women's studies. She has served as chair of the English department's creative writing program, and was honored this year as the recipient of one of BYU's first Alcuin Awards, given for excellence in teaching and research. A noted writer and columnist, Bell's essays, reviews, stories and poems have been published in such periodicals as BYU Studies, Dialogue, Sunstone, The New Era, Ensign, Exponent II, Quabbin and Sibyl-chil- The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has awarded the SUSC Multicultural Center $7,500 for its annual pre-fa- ll quarter orientation program for Native American Students. Multicultural Center Director, Bonnie Mitchell, submitted the successful proposal to the San Francisco based foundation. The one-tim- e grant, she said, will help defray costs of this year's orientation and to go toward expansion of the fall 1987 program. Twenty students, the majority of them Native Americans, participlated in the intensive week-lon- g experience this fall. Activities included academic counseling, assistance with registration, a credit course in library orientation, socials and presentations by guest minority speakers. "One of the major purposes is to provide students with reference groups, people they can turn to if they have problems," Mitchell said, explaining that the support groups include not only students but faculty and staff contacts as well. The orientation results in a better link between students and the Multicultural Center which offers many services to SUSC's minority population. "We've found that students who attend orientation are more likely to ask for help before problems get out of hand," Mitchell said. Many minority students have a great deal of potential but are blocked in their academic pursuits by interpersonal and cultural problems. By tackling these problems during orientation, students work to understand them before school starts. The orientation also provides the Multicultural Center staff with valuable information about the strengths and weaknesses of the new students. Minority students are often asked to present programs about their cultural backgrounds to various college and community groups, and those who enjoy such activities are identified during orientation. Native American students, including freshmen, served as workshop presenters at a recent Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Agency conference held at SUSC for Utah, Arizona and New Mexico middle and high school students. Part of the Hearst Foundation grant will go toward reservation recruiting so that a greater number of freshmen can be involved in minority student orientation. The grant will also be used for honorariums and travel for guest speakers and tor room and board for the workshop participants. d. Scholarships are offered students to non-tradition- al "Two scholarships for $250 each to help students with tuition and book costs are being awarded winter quarter," said Georgia Thompson, student group adviser. The scholarships are cash awards made available by the Student Senate. Applications fror the scholarships can be picked up at the Project ALTA office, Old Administration 201 beginning Dec. 1. The deadline for al al applying is Dec. 10 by 5 p.m. To be eligible for the scholarships, students need to be a sophmore status or above, to have a 3.0 GPA or e above, to be enrolled winter quarter, to have financial need, and to fit some criteria. These include: being married or a single parent, working nearly e as well as going to school, or having been away from school for several years before returning to college. full-tim- al full-tim- The SUSC Multicultural Center sponsors a week long orientation for Native American and other minority students each fall before each fall before school starts. Multicultural Center director Bonnie Mitchell (center), shown here helping Native American students, from left, Duwayne Begay and Sharon Dickson with their academic schedules, recently received a $7,500 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to help fund the orientation program again next year. |