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Show Tuesday, January 22, 2008 IN University Journal BRIEF - a Free weight screening available on campus Students can participate in a free healthy weight screening Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Wellness Center. The free screening is open to the campus as veil as members of (he community, according to the SUU calendar event Web site, v vs vv.suu.cducalcndurs. The screening takes about 10 However. if minutes. anyone would like to meet with a counselor it will take an additional 15 to 20 minutes, according to the Web site. New meditation class to take place Thursday An eight to 10 week series of meditation classes lias begun at SUU and is open to all students, faculty and staff. Tlie next class will lake place Thursday at noon in the Eccles Conference Room in building A, according to the SUU Bulletin Board. The group can lie joined at any time during the eight to 10 weeks and are free of charge. For more information, contact Susan Garner at the Wellness Center. 865-862- Black History Month offers one credit course During Black History Month, students are able to take part in either one upper division or lower division elective credit, accoiding to the SUU Bulletin Board. Students will attend a series of lectures, films and submit an essay in order to fulfill the credit. For more information about how to register for either course, fliers and schedules are available from the History & Sociology Department room 225. Page 3 in Centrum Arena By DANA BELL dbellsuujournal.com & SUU Service-Learnin- g Civic Engagement will begin service-learnin- g providing courses in fall 2008. Earl Muldcrink, professor of history, said this is the first time SUU has offered these courses. We have a policy, process and criteria for officially designating service-learnin- g classes and we are hoping for fall semester we can advertise these courses, he said. Pam Branin, SUU Service & Center Learning coordinator, said the process of the servicelearning courses has been considered since 2004. We have been trying to establish a course designation so that any class that included a service-learnin- g component would have a designation, she said. be will These courses beneficial to students working toward receiving the Service Learning Scholar recognition, Branin said. In order to receive that recognition they have to have taken a certain number of service-learnin- g courses, she said. In the past it has been difficult for students working toward this recognition, Branin said. Anything they have done for their service-learnin- g courses kind of had to set up individually with an instructor, she said. This makes it a bit they more easy. Instructors who are interested including service-learnin- g courses can find the criteria and application for the courses online, Muldcrink said. Cynthia Wright, professor of nutrition, said she has included a service-learnin- g component in her community nutrition course for senior nutrition majors and minors. As part of the curriculum they in have to go do community service hours for their grade, she said. The students have to serve at least 15 hours for a community organization that is nutrition-relatewrite a paper and give a presentation in class about their experiences, she said. At first they are like, I dont have time to do this, but in the end most of them say that it was the best part of the class, she said. d, The service-learnin- g courses will provide students with more hands-o- n learning, Branin said. It is a great way for students to get involved and I would encourage them to keep their eyes open ... for servicelearning courses, she said. I think it would really enrich their educational experience. Service-Learnin- g benefits Other & Civic Engagement will be providing this semester is the second year of the Service-Learnin- g Fellows Program and the Service-Learnin- g Enhancement Grants, Muiderink said. Fellows The Service-Learnin- g Program is open to any educator who uses service-learnin- g in an effective manner, he said. Last year we awarded five awards ... These are cash rewards of $750 per recipient, Muiderink said. Service-Learnin- g For the Enhancement Grant, professors can apply online and receive up to $500 per fiscal year service-learnin- g for related activities, Muiderink said. This is aimed at anyone who service-learnin- g in teaches or wants to develop servicelearning, he said. find the Professors can applications for the Service-Learnin- g Fellows Program Service-Learnin- g the and Enhancement Grant online at www.suu.eduserve&learn. Council passes ordinances, funds By mckenzie romero with the Utah Department of Transportation. mromerosuujournal.com The Cedar City Council unanimously passed all but one item on the agenda Wednesday, a zoning change proposition, which failed unanimously. The proposal to change the zoning of an area at approximately 1600 S. Highway 91 from highway service to general commercial received a unanimous no from city councilors. If passed, the zoning change would have allowed all commercial business rather than businesses that serve travelers, as the current zoning stipulates. Three proposals w ere approx ed concerning the Coal Creek Parkway project, including amending the budget to $647,217: approving a design contract w'ith Landmark Design, Inc. for $99,092.92, $22,000 of which would come from the city; and approving a modification to the citys cooperative agreement Other proposals included amending zoning ordinances to require street lights be installed with frontage improvements, proposed by city engineer Kit Wareham; approving a contract, from Holbrook Asphalt Company of $34,2002; for annual crack seal repair, also proposed by Wareham; allotting funds not to exceed $6,577 for upgrading the Public Works phone system; ' and amending the City Personnel Policy to' allow leaves of absence for educational reasons,!! proposed by City Manager Ron Chandler. Board appointments were approved fob! Kasey Musto to the Board of Adjustments; City Councilor Georgia Beth Thompson to the Economic Development Board and Library Board: Casey McClellan to the RAP Tax Park Board; and Siroos Saifizedah, Jonathon Smith and Garth Green to the Downtown Parking " Authority. Womens Healthcare ivith a Womans Touch s' , r' TV ..a f- Exams Wei Late Fee : 1 5 Cleaning Fee times the daily rental fee per day overdue : Determined y ft f outdoor equipment for students, faculty, and staff. Come check it out in the Outdoor Center. He have SOU groat deals 1 on 7 jr S t Birth Control t i Obstetrics O Gnecologv O Yrrfi Gynecology & J I O Gynecologic Infertility Jac queline Tully, SUU 1 fA r Ji , 4 . Family Planning BRI i'A Institute ofWAf r Premarital Exams '?' Cedar City x upon return. . Surgery PA-- C Womens Health Menstrual Problems W X" Abnorm OUTDOORS iT P Paps f ' TM.Tr U - hTTTmT Mr f I -i- MIiM M ssionary Phys ica i ! s 14(1, ? V ' 8 ? - V t -- i T |