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Show r n t t ! V j; r L V' POLYNESIAN PARTY ms DD Interim president to start in May work ethic professional said. He Bennion terrific, vwhitesuujournal com communicates openly and has the Utah Slate Board of Regents Chair ability to think out of the box. Nolan E. Karras announced Friday The press release said immediately that Gregory Lynn Stauffer will serve prior to his service at SUU, Stauffer as SLIUs interim president starting in served four years as the vice president mid to late May. for administration & finance and President Steven D. Bennion will at Peru as a business professor He leave SU U to serve as missi on president State College in Nebraska. in the New York City South Mission also represented the college in the for The Church of Jesus Christ of appropriate councils of the Nebraska Latter-da- y Saints. The announcement State College System, served on the of Stauffers appointment came during cabinet, the Strategic presidents the regents regular meetings, Planning Committee and North Central Accreditation this time at the College of Committee Eastern Utah, in Price. The announcement also According to the press included the names of the release, Stauffer graduated as a summa cum laude people on the committee who will be responsible for School of Business Scholar with Honors and a Bachelor conducting the search and selection of a replacement of Business Administration for Bennion. from Washburn University. He earned his MBA at According to a press release from SUU administration, Missouri State University Stauffer and his Ph.D. at the Stauffer has been serving as SUUs vice president for University of Kansas. He Administrative & Financial Services was a member of Phi Kappa Phi. since 1995. Omicron Delta Epsilon and won the Stauffer moves into the interim Wall Street Journal and Clifford B. Scott Key awards. position with 27 years of varied higher education administrative experience. In the press release, Karras In the press release, Karras said announced the appointment of a search committee that Stauffer was a good choice for interim will assist the Board of Regents in president. I believe Gregory Stauffer selecting the new president. will lead the university in the Regent David J. Grant will chair the search. right direction as the search The search committee will Bennions for President have public meetings in May continues, replacement where college faculty, staff, Karras said. students and community Stauffer said in the press members provide may release that he was excited input to help define the about his new leadership selection criteria, the press role. release eported. I, along with my faculty committee will The and staff colleagues, will be establish a candidate pool driven in our focus to turn Bennion and recommend finalists to the absolutely best campus the board of regents. Under the regents policy, the names possible over to SUUs next president, he said. of the finalists will be released to Bennion said he has worked with the public before a series of private interviews. A new president should Stauffer his entire tenure at SUU and he regards Stauffer as a loyal be selected by the end of the year, according to the press release. employee. By VALE WHITE Luau. The event included a dinner and a show of Polynesian dancing and music. The luau took place in the Ballroom of the Sharwan Smith Center. Students and members of the Polynesian club perform a tribal dance for students, faculty and community members at Thursdays Polynesian Cedar has Masonic history However, a man does not have to believe in any particular supreme being. (Masonry) is open to anyone who wants to join, he said. By RYANN RASMUSSEN rrasmussen su uj ou rn al com Its Mystery surrounding the Masonic lodge in Cedar City enticed one SUU student to satisfy his curiosity and join the Freemasons, the largest and oldest fraternal organization in Widick said Freemasonry promotes friendship, brotherly love and charity. The Freemasons also provide support to Shriners hospitals. The Freemasons use a system of degrees to teach lessons of Chet Dalton, a junior accounting major from Circleville, Pike Masonic Lodge Ho. 12 brotherly love, relief and truth, according to the Freemasons joined the Franklin-Alber- t of Utah Web site, www.utahgrandlodge.org. The members after he met a man affiliated with the Freemasons. Fie share a common belief in moral and metaphysical nature said he got involved because he wanted to be part of a " ' and a supreme being. cause. and better bigger According to the Freemasons of Utah Web site, (The Freemasons) are worldwide, he said. I the Freemasons incorporate varying rituals and think its a great organization. Dalton said he heard about the Freemasons y symbols into Freemasonry. The most prominent 4,' r i symbol is the square and compass with the through the community and started talking to a member about joimng. Later, he was initiated capital G in the middle representing matter and mind. The G represents God ancL'or geometry, into the fraternity. Dalton is one of 65 members of the Cedar City according to the Web site. The Masonic lodge. Eye on the back of the U.S. dollar bill is also a symbol, Widick said. Lodge Master Marion Widick said the Cedar e H said Freemasonry started in Europe during City Masonic lodge has existed since 1932. The Cedar Qty lodge is one of two Masonic lodges in southern the 12th Century A.D., but according to unwritten history, Utah; the other lodge is in St George. Freemasonry began during biblical times. I In order to become a Freemason, a man has to be at least honestly dont know how long Freemasonry has been 18 years old and believe in a supreme being, Widick said. See MASONS, Page A4 the world. f' u a w HJ g Business gets international approval By JUSTINE PRUITT jpruittsuujoumal.com The business program a will receive certificate of Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International accreditation in Paris ou Sunday for an eight-yea- r attempt to gain accreditation. The business accreditation was announced April 10, along with the nursing accreditation Provost Abe Harraf said he was so excited when he heard about the accreditations he felt like a kid The AACSB International accreditation took about eight years to complete, Carl Teuijilin. School of Business dean, said One was spent writing for candidacy, six weie in candidacy and one w as for The AACSB International accreditation is the highest available, Harraf said. The road to accreditation was one of persistence and patience, D. President SUU Steven Bennion said. It is much like running a marathon, he said. The business program has worked tirelessly and done a superb job, Bennion said. i , 9 i f &3.L fj The accreditation is recognition quality, Jerry Calvasina, accreditation chair, said means accreditation The undergraduate students have a better chance of being accepted to graduate schools and having tlie credits easily transferred, and a better chance to obtain a good job, Calvasina said. Bennion said he agreed with Calvasina and said accreditation of means the school has a quality assuianee from outsiders. It means a team from outside SUU has come in and put a stamp of approval on the program. When the accreditation team, which was made up of three deans from othei universities, looked at the program, it noted some strengths, Templin said. Students were first priority, facilities second, relationships supporting students tliird, the students' perceptions of faculty See AACB3, Page A4 School of Business Dean Carl Templin, and Accounting & Information Systems Department Chair David Christensen wait to serve some cake to celebrate the accreditation of the School of Business. Expect partly cloudy skies with some scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures will be mild with highs in the high 60s and lows in the mid to low 40s. Almanac, Page B5 His is Nursing degrees carry more weight accredited degree, Lister said. of a weight The accreditation canes jpruittsuujournal.com professionalism and qualiiy, Ornes said. r The Department of Nursing received a Every graduate from tire nursing program will accreditation, the longest period available, from be accredited, Bennion said. Students wont have the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education to wait for graduate schools to check if their on April 10. undergraduate courses were acceptable. The nursing program pulled off a minor The nursing programs accreditation was amiounced along wtith the School of Businesss miracle, Bennion said. Ornes said the accreditation is an equalizer with accreditation. Work to gain accreditation began before the other nursing programs. It is a signal to the public and other universities program even started, Nursing Department Chair Domia Lister said. that our program is at least equal to other accredited piograins, Ornes said. President Steven D. Bennion said the Provost Abe Harraf said accredriation nursing programs faculty worked hard within a short time frame. The program puls the piogiam up there with other institutions and their programs. is 20 months old. This is not sometlung we do ourselves, Everything had to be documented validation that puts us at while the program w'as being launched, its a third-partBennion said par with leading institutions, he said. When aprogramis being accredited, tire The nursing program had to meet accreditation team looks at curriculum national standards to be accredited, to make sure a solid foundation in the Lister said. The accreditation is a field is being built, Omes said. statement that the program meets the national standards. The accreditation team looks at the Ornes Harold Ornes, College of Science faculty credentials and professional activities, he said. dean, said students cannot become Faculty' members need to be active as scholars professionals without having an accredited degree and professionals, he said. but can be accepted into graduate schools without To maintain accreditation after the five years is having one. done, the program has to continue to do well with However, Ornes said an accredited degree makes it easier for students to be accepted by graduate policies and program improvements, Lister said. Omes said he agreed. schools across the nation. 100 a not It is Not only do graduate schools nationwide more percent guarantee, said. he it is a but start, into good but the transition students, easily accept See NURSING, Page A4 graduate schools also becomes easier with an By JUSTINE PRUITT five-yea- 107th commencement approaches Index The 107th annual commencement will take On May 5 there will be place May the presidential buffet and reception in the Sharwan Smith Center. Graduation exercises begin at 9 a.m. May 6 in the Centrum Arena. Accent B1 Classified B4 News... A3, A4, A5, A6, B2, B4 Opinion B3 5-- 6. 44 Sports B6, B5 |