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Show Student activities help round out SUU education SUU's Life Experienced (non-traditional) and MultiScience-Rebecca Brienholt, Anthony Cerullo and Jarid All of the activities SUU students participate in Cultural students are represented in the Student Gray. The Senate Secretary is Me Kell Conover. come out of one of two offices-Student Activities or Association by members of Yardley's cabinet. Clubs and Organizations are another great way to the Southern Utah University Student Association, According to Yardley, these representatives are a good get involved, according to Yardley. "SUU has said Stacee Yardley, SUUSA president. These channel for Life Experienced and Multi-Cultural numerous clubs that suit a variety of interests. If activities include such things as open recreation, students to voice their opinions and get involved. "We there's not a club to fit your interests you can start intramurals, special weeks such as Homecoming and want every student on campus to be represented, 11 your own, 11 Yardley said. The process of forming a Sunfest, and clubs and organizations. new club is simple and new clubs are always Yardley said. "There are a myriad of committees students can be The 1994-95 Executive Council consists of: Stacee welcome, she said. on, including Homecoming, Sunfest and Publicity, 11 Yardley, president; Maren Maclean, academic vice Yardley said. A committee that may be of interest president (senate president); and Heidi Heywood, to incoming freshmen is called BAFFLED (Better activities vice president. Activities For Fun, Leadership and Educational Yardley's cabinet includes: Sean Ackroyd, service Development), which is open only to freshmen, coordinator; Todd Beatse, chief justice; Valarie Yardley said. "BAFFLED is a great way to get Bellson, multicultural representative; Allison involved right away," she added. Dover, information center coordinator; Xavier On the issues side of things, the Student Feldman and Michael Gentile, executive assistants; Association provides students with numerous Derek Giles, controller; Russell Kennedy, special opportunities to get involved and find out how projects coordinator; Clinton Painter, controller; their student fees are being spent. One way is the Suzanne Pett, historian; Kelly Reich, nonUtah Council of Student Body Presidents. Yardley traditional representative; Katrina Servantes, says she attends meetings for this group once a communication; Jamie Shaw, executive secretary; month to discuss higher education issues. Students Jennifer Smith, service coordinator; Lance Smith, who wish to get involved in this area may contact relations; and Jared Weeks, technology coordinator. Yardley in her office at 586-7749, or on her cellular The Student Activities Board (STAB) consists of: at 559-2111. Brit Barker, BAFFLED; Rich Belknap, intramurals; Attending SUUSA Senate meetings is also a good Jana Black, publicity; Anita George, United Arts way to find out h ow your student fees are being director; Ardie "The Geek" Fufkin, technical spent. The Senate consists of 12 senators, three director; Cheri Green, STAB secretary; Allison from each of SUU's four Colleges. The SUUSA Holman, Clubs and Organizations; Derick Van Academic Vice President serves as president of the Ness, Inter-Greek Council; and Dave Whittaker, senate. Each quarter the Senate is given $3.40 from technical director. each student's fees to allocate to deserving clubs The Student Association Offices can be reached and organizations. Students are encouraged to voice by calling 586-7766. Maclean can be reached at 586ideas and opinions by attending the Senate Open 7774 or 559-2112. Heywood can be contacted at Forum Tu esdays at 6:30 p.m. and the senate 586-7760 or 559-2113. Students are always urged to meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesdays. voice ideas, suggestions, complaints or comments. The 1994-95 Senate consists of: Business, "Members of SUUSA are more than happy to hear Technology &. Communication-Boyd Adair, Brooke from students, that's what they're here for," Anderson and Stafford Southwick; EducationYardley said. "We want to hear students' needs, Bobbie Baum, Jessica Black and Sharadee Wright; SUUSA President Stacee Yardley is eager to help students input and ideas to help us make the activities Arts, Letters and Humanities-Charisse Baxter, enjoy their time at the University. better," she added. Kamie Frischknecht and Darren Marshall; and Placement Center is an essential stop for SUU students The Placement Center, located in room 102 of the Administration Building, helps students find temporary, part-time jobs. The placement staff also helps future graduates to obtain employment after graduation. The Student Employment Officer is Dellas Imlay, a Job Service employee, who manages part-time em ployment at SUU, for both on and off-campus jobs. Imlay's office is room 105B in the Administration Building. A part-time position not only assists students financially, but it also can provide valuable experience in preparation for a career. Departmen tal secretaries, cafeteria workers, library assistants and plant operations workers are some of the available student jobs. Even working on the student newspaper can provide valuable writing experience regardless of a student's academic discipline. Some upper-classmen work as tu tors and lab assistants. T here are job opportunities throughout Cedar City in fast food, retail sales and service in dustries. While some job seekers apply directly to businesses, many employers do advertise openings through the Student Employment Office in the Placement Center. The local Job Service Office also posts part-time openings. Some students may be eligible for work-study positions. Work-study is a Federal financial aid program with part of the wages from Federal funds. Eligibility is determined by the Financial Aid Office as part of a student's financial aid package. Eligible students can then go to the Placemen t Center to find work-study positions on-campus. In reference to career employment after graduation, Cal Stroud, the Assistan t Director of the Placement Center, has advised, "If students focus on employment statistics, they can become discouraged. Instead, they should focus on job search skills; that's nearly as important as th eir education." Stroud has spearheaded recent efforts to im plement a campus-wide computer database which will allow studen ts to h ave immediate access to job openings as they come into the Center. Currently, the data includes information on placemen t events on campus, n ews about placement activities and tren ds across the country, names, addresses and telephon e numbers of over 300 secretary, Vicki Jenkins-placemen t employers in Utah, Nevada and other secretary and Malissa Wadworth states and current job openings from student secretary. companies in our region. Visit the Placement Center soon in Students can access the information Admin. 102 for your employment in this database through the needs. computers in the library or at the terminals situated in the Placement Center, room 102 Administration Building. Eventually studen ts will be able to access the data from any compu ter lab on campus. T he Placement Staff conducts training frequently on the job search process. Topics include career options, resumes and cover letters, networking and interviewing. Students are urged to start to plan well before the senior year, to review career alternatives and to educate themselves about job search strategies in order to eventually secure gainful and challenging employment. Job information and a wide range of services are available in the Placement Cen ter. Th e Placement Staff includes Jack Cannon -director, Cal Stroudassistant director, Dellas ImlayDellas Iml ay, fob Service's representative student employment officer, on campus, is a good man to get to know. Stacia Thomas-placemen t · |