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Show THE CAMPUS Education senators solidify plans for the year By ERIN CARTER JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The work that goes into being a senator at SUU is difficult and the job is always time-consuming. Education Senators Jennie Halverson, Sandra Livingston and Mindi Sitterud can testify to the commitment required, but they said they are confident that all of their hard work will pay off this year. The 1996-97 education senators say they are going to try to make the College of Education better than ever. This year, each of the senators said they plan to bring up and try to pass more bills that will directly affect students at SUU. Some major projects the senators arc working on this year include an increase in student parking, vending machines for Old Main and copy cards for education majors. While some problems, like the issue of student parking, cannot be completely solved, the senators said they are working on small measures which should help in a big way. For example, the senators said they are working to ensure that drivers taking up more tha n one parking spot will be ticketed. Halverson, Livingston, and Sitterud also said they don't want to allow school buses to use the Student Center parking lot, and they are planning on mapping out the parallel parking around campus so students know where they can park. "I want to improve on parking so we can use it more efficiently," said Sitterud. Livingston said she plans to work towards getting healthy food in the vending machines around campus. continued from last year. With a!- much copying as education professors require, and since the students have already paid for their fees, Halverson, Livingston and Sitterud said they feel it should be the university's responsibility to pay for these copies. Besides passing bills, the education senators said they are trying to get more involved in students' lives. They want to know what the students of SUU want to see happen on campus. In an effort to fulfill this promise, a plaque with the senators' pictures and a bulletin board designed to keep students aware of upcoming events were hung in Old Main. Additionally, they said that at least one of the education senators will try to be at education club meetings, and apartment walks are also on the senate schedule. Education Week, a week designed to promote the College of Education, will be held Jan. 13-17. Each Sandra Livingston Mindi Sitterud senator will be actively publicizing the events of She said she feels it is important to get what that week. everyone wants in the machines. T he education senators invite any student who see This project will include taking a survey of students problems that need to be addressed to visit them in who are based in Old Main to find out what they the SUUSA offices, located in the Student Center. want, in order to better meet their needs. Halverson said " We are more than willing to listen Obtaining copy cards for all the students in the to what students have to say, so feel free to come in with questions and concerns." College of Education is another project being University Centers reach more students in business administration. By KENDRA CHRISTIANSEN The Richfield Center offers a bachelor's JOURNAL STAFF WRJTER degree program in business administration with an emphasis in accounting, a Most resident students are not aware bachelor's and master's degree program in that suu has the capacity to elementary education and a minor in fine accommodate students who want the arts and reading. quality education offered at SUU, but "There has been an interest in don' t want to relocate for various incorporating a psychology degree at Dixie, but we really don' t have the faculty reasons. SUU boasts two satellite campuses, • resources to do that at this time," said called University Centers, in the Lana Johnson, assistant dean of continuing southern Utah region. The first education at SUU. University Center is located in According to Johnson, the curriculum Richfield, Utah, at the Sevier Valley offered at both university centers carries Applied Technology Center. The second the same caliber of educational quality as is based at Dixie College in St. George. SUU, because "our professors travel to both centers to teach the courses." "Generally, the type of students who The centers also offer some business attend the center [SUU Center at St. George] are a combination of traditional classes being taught over EdNet, a twoway telecommunications system. and non-traditional students living in the area with families and jobs they "We usually have three EdNet courses don' t want to leave behind. Jobs are per quarter, but that varies depending on the need. Not everyone likes to be taught harder to find in Cedar City than in St. over the EdNet," said Fenstermacher. George, and it's a lot easier to attend ' "There are people from SUU who are school in town rather than commute," said George Fenstermacher, director of trained to teach over the EdNet and are currently doing so. We currently have two the University Center in St. George. faculty members from the business "The students we attract at the department that are teaching on EdNet, University Center in Richfield are usually adults living in this area who one from the education department, three in the library, one in math and one in want to continue their education, " said Debbie Chestnut, office manager for the language. There are twice that many who University Center in Richfield. are trained but not reaching," said The St. George Center offers a William O'Neill, academic grant writer at bachelor's and master's degree suu. "I have a niece attending SUU this fall program in elementary education. It also offers a bachelor's degree program as a freshman. She has already completed I most of her freshman year by taking EdNet courses in high school delivered by the College of Eastern Utah," said Johnson. "I think all kinds of education is going to develop through EdNet." "The average number of students enrolled per quarter at the Richfield Center is 26. Twenty of those are usually working towards their master's of education, because we have so many teachers in this area continuing their education," said Diane Chestnut, office manager of the Center.. There are, on an average, 90 to 100 students enrolled per quarter at the St. George Center, explained Fenstermacher. "Most students are from the St. George area, but there are some who come from Cedar City when there is a particular class not available for that quarter at SUU," said Fenstermacher. The university centers offer classes for exactly the same amount of tuition and fees as SUU. "The only thing that's different is our fees go towards maintaining the center, while SUU's also goes towards student activities and other affiliations," said Chestnut. "There is the same advantage for job placement after graduation at the centers as SUU. They all have the same degrees and teachers. The teachers usually have their fingers on job placement anyway," said Fenstermacher. "The centers are funded by the legislature. There is no end to what we can do, provided we have the faculty resources and interest," said Johnson. F.Y.I. • CORRECTION: Sigma Nu's Haunted House will admit · children under 12 free of charge only with a paying adult. The Journal reported on Friday that there were no restrictions on free admission for such children. The price of admission is $3 with a can of food and $4 without. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday the Haunted House will be open from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. On Thursday it will be open from 7 p.m. to whenever people stop coming to the Haunted House. • D.C. INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE: Internships are available for winter quarter with U.S. senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett. The deadline for applications is Nov. 1 and further information can be obtained from Craig Jones in the department of social science, CN 225. • VOTER REGISTRATION: The last two days to register to vote in the Nov. 5 election are today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cedar City Public Library. |