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Show Monday, August 27, 2007 University Journal Page 4 Reorganizations, hires add to SUU I Back to School Surplus Friday, . niiaiqpwt i EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of stones profiling new SUU administi ators, faculty and staff. August 31 Sk- - sf pm 1:30-3:3- 0 .Used computers By DANA BELL dbellsuujournal.com SUU has some new faces, with reorganization of some administrative positions, the hiring of two vice presidents and the addition of new faculty and staff members. SUU According to an .Furniture .And all other random items! Students anti Community Welcomed All Michael T. Benson circulated to campus members, Benson described the changes made within the administration. There are two new vice President NOPTH OF SHARWAN SMITH Center Donna Eddieman presidents, in Student Services and Stuart Jones in Advancement. Rodney Decker, former dean of the College of Humanities & Social Science, has taken over as Interim Provost, Benson said. Promotions included Greg Stauffer becoming vice president and chief of staff, and Alla Paroiantikova has been named the newly-title- d director of FINALS could be the least of your worries. International Outreach. David Rees has also accepted interim appointment a two-yefor as associate provost graduate studies. The changes were made to increase efficiency, Benson said. Benson said he was pleased the with changes in the administration. This is the best administrative team in Utah, he said. There was a challenge for employees who werent already current residents of Cedar City, Stauffer said. ar If yui were ick or injured ami didnt have health insurance, would vent be able to pay your medic.il hills and vow tuition? 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Hanson will be teaching motion graphics, typography and digital imagery in the Department of Art and Design. Before coming to SUU, Hanson worked for Art the Indiana University Museum and IU Department of Education. With the education department T. ,nylyioiuiHin',.'(i lifiom v ui tfi It ne ne go he gee non i o n n n o o n g ! Quid oor Contor: Trips Programs Gear rentals Morchandlso -- jj M3 HtKH HI' -- -- K -- ,'v -- 17 a Climbing -- 0 p o n tdoor resources ou 1 1 : -- f Inst r uctlanT raining Spocial Events -- Team building -- T ii SUU i n i i - 3 I ( ... Continued from Page and as such does not during the summer months whde the festival is in session, Benson said. During the Child Care Centers J OUTDOORS U operate annual summer closure, staffing and other issues relating to its continued operation were discussed and addressed. We recognize the importance of affordable child care for our 1 his opinion with others in that Stevens has a good chance at winning the Miss America title. We are ieally proud of her, he said. In everything she does, she excels. Stevens is also placing a of lot focus on her emergency pageant, Stevens said. "I truly discovered Becoming myself m college. feminine for the Miss It gave me the SUU more opportunity know tthat I to platform, but said that could rea lly do it is a lot preparedness somethin' of work. I want to see it happen, but it is a long process, she said. The most difficult part is finding more people to take part in the Community Emergency Response Team program, Stevens said. dedication the Despite required for the program, all of the efforts are worth it, Stevens said. The Miss SUU competition was the first pageant that Stevens had competed in, she said. I have to give a lot of credit difficult of the part competition, Stevens said. Jill Stevens ' pageant was the most I didnt know a darn thing about pageants, she said. Donna Lister, Nursing Department chair, is another Stevens that individual said she was close to while attending SUU. Lister said she enjoyed working with Stevens while she was in the nursing program at SUU. She is a very dynamic individual, she said. Jill takes advantage of every opportunity that she has. UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO Stevens won title of Miss Davis C ounty and then Miss Utah after she graduated from SUU spring semester 2007. She was crowned Miss SUU I n 2006. Stevens will compete in the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas in January 2008. Jill Beatty called him two weeks ago and said he had been hired at CEU and would be leaving SUU. (He) just gave us two weeks notice, Holt said. We were in the planning stages for Welcome Week, for Homecoming Week, for the Inauguration, for our own retreat here. He just said Im leaving and we were all kind of like what just happened here? and we kind of threw our hands up. After deciding to accept the position at CEU, Beatty said he talked with Holt about his experiences at the school. I picked Jesses brain about the student services history at CEU, and what 1 might be able to do to help things here, he said. He was super helpful. Jesse and I were developing a wonderful working relationship, and I was excited for his year as SUUSA president. transition, Beatty Despite the said he was confident the SUUSA Executive Council would be successful, as well as Angela Hansen, who previously served as assistant director of Student Involvement & 1 Stevens described herself late bloomer in that she did not really find out who she was until she began college at SUU. I truly discovered myself It in college, she said. me to the opportunity gave know that I could really do something. Her growth in college is thanks to some of the faculty and staff that pushed her to get involved with the Miss SUU as a said she is getting piepared for the Miss America Competition coming up in January iin Las Vegas. ODriscoll said he shares 1 Festival 4 n Continued from Page Beatty Sorenson College of Education & Human Development dean, and asked him to make the necessary changes to the facility, in terms of infrastructure and staffing, to keep the day care open for the next academic year while the university develops a comprehensive plan as to what we can and will do in the future. The Child Care Center is presently housed in a building owned by the Utah Shakespearean -- Mimimmtb lm ffltommihmtuii This fall Marrotta will be teaching stage combat, an audition class, musical theatre, art retrospective and acting two. with Pient Klag, Beverley Taylor Leadership training Communication Problem Solving mu he said. Continued from Page Group cballongos UTHMCtl MThMI They kept my production schedule light this year and I will be mostly focusing on teaching, Care Challongo Gourso: -- Eric Brown, Department of Art and Design chair, said Hanson will be great at his job. I think he is wonderful, Brown said. He is really great at Web design and even at the basics that a designer needs to know. In the SUU Department of Theatre Arts & Dance Wang will be teaching dance and she said dancing has been part of her life since she was 8 years old. When I was a child my body w'as kind of weak and my mom thought that dancing would be a good exercise to help get my body stronger, she said. Wang has just finished her fifth year dancing with the Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City. (Leaving) was a big change in my life, she said. It is like a world-clas- s living library. Their repertoire ranges from classical modern dance in the early 20th centuiy all the way to current trends of contemporary dance. Or.e of Wang's goals for SUU is to introduce labanotation. Labanotation is a system of writing dance movement through symbols, she said. It is a very good teaching tool. Wang said she is looking forward to teaching. Im very excited for the coming school year to share my professional and knowledge to experience students here, she said. After five years of freelance, Marrotta said he is looking forward to teaching at SUU. SSevasas SUUSA will be fine, Beatty said. Of course change is difficult for many, but this move was complicated by the timing. The fact that I had to start here at CEU just one week before school was to begin at SUU made it more complicated. Donna Eddieman, vice president of Student Services who was hired in June, said she has been working closely with Hansen to redistribute some v climbing for all -- department. Leadership. agos and abilities -- worked on projects that revolved around NAEP, which deals with No Child Left Behind, he said. Since 2001 the Department of Art and Design has grown 68 percent and a majority of that has been in the graphic design area, Hanson said. It is a great opportunity to bring my experience with piint, motion and interactive graphics, he said. I really hope to be able to contribute to the growth of the I to SUU and the Miss SUU pageant, she said. of Beattys former respons, ibilities. I have great confidence in Angela Hansen, she said. The reality is that, yes, we will have to work very closely together, and yes, I and Neal Cox and others will have to pitch in in ways that we might not have had to if DEI had remained. Eddieman said she will work with intramurals, the Outdoor Center and the Service Learning Center while Hansen takes care of SUUSA. The transition between Beattys and Hansens leadership styles has not been difficult, Holt said. approach, in the Angela has kind of a hands-of- f sense that its our organization and shell say, Ill let you run it and Ill just be here to advise, he said. She's just here to lend support. Despite the extra responsibilities, Eddieman said there is an opportunity to work with more students because of Beattys absence. I think for me personally, if Im more in the trenches as a result of a vacancy, its all the more I can learn and all the more perspective I can share, she said. Now, in a perfect world would I prefer that all the staff be aligned and everybody be here? Sure. But change is OK. Eddieman said she is able to see similarities between Beattys choice and her own decision to come to SUU. DEI and I are similar In that an opportunity came before us, difficult decisions had to be made in a very short period of time and sometimes for the benefit of yourself professionally, and for your family personally, you make decisions and you go with them, she said. For more on this story, visit suujournal.com. students, as well as faculty and staff, Benson said. Plans are in the works on how to better SUUs child care offerings, potentially with the creation of a new care center closer to campus, what Benson referred to as Little Kinder Care. The Child Care Center faces closure from inadequate facilities, safely concerns and code violations. Klag decided to close the current facility based on several factors spelled out in a letter he sent to all impacted. Some of the factors included an inadequate facility, the educational tie to the university and staffing. Last year, the center was run by Beverly McGarvey, who received a masters degree from SUU. She has been the centers director since it opened. McGarvey said the center boasts what some competitors could not, including modest hourly rates, free meals and a learning environment specific to each child. Theres a difference between what they do and what other said do, Jeffrey places Bryan, an English major from American Fork, who had three children attending the Child Care Center. He and his wife, Cora Bryan, a theatre arts major from Byron, Wyo., said they believe the center is the best place for their childien. They know our children to the point where they recognize what they need and how they learn, Jeffrey Bryan said. Center Care The Child also offers part-tim- e jobs for students. McGarvey said several parents told her that they would have to drop out of school if the center was closed. Its going to cause major of for parents problems children, and parents are very upset, McGarvey said. Marc Dotson contributed to this story. For more on this story, visit suujoitrnal.com. |