OCR Text |
Show THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1991 Welcome Week on for students A wide range of activities continues here through Saturday By MISSY SEVERSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER "Welcome Week is a great way to start off the year," said Sara Gerber, a sophomore interior design major. "Welcome Week was a lot of fun last year and it helped me to get involved and excited about what the school has to offer socially." Welcome Weck chairpersons Spencer and Nicole Luth explained that Welcome Week is a week full of activities designed for students to meet each other and get involved in the social aspect of college life. Welcome Week returns to SUU this year through Sept. 27. The activities began last night with The President's Open House, held at the Hosting Center on 331 West and 220 South. Steven D. and Marjorie Bennion, along with student leaders, were in attendance to meet new students Also last night, a meeting designed especially for parents of new students was held in the Cedar Breaks Room of the Sharwan Smith Center. Assistant Vice President for Student Services Mark Barton gave an overview of SUU and student services. Early today, a Welcome Assembly was held, along with college open houses in the Centrum and P.E. Building from 10:30 a.m. to noon. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., in the Student Development Office, non-traditional and transfer students can acquaint themselves with the computer labs, Sherratt Library, Career Placement Office and other student services through the Non- Traditional and Transfer Orientation. This evening at 6 p.m., a barbecue for SU groups and all new students will be in the quad west of the P.E. Building. "The barbecue is a great way for new students to meet each other," said Luth. "There will be entertainment, volleyball, and the food is free." Following the barbecue at 9 p.m. Mission Impossible will be showing for all students on the lawn south of the P.E. Building. Tuesday at 9 p.m. an SUUSA Welcome Back Dance will be held in the Sharwan Smith Center. There is no cost, but students must have activity cards to attend. On Wednesday from 11 :45 a.m. to 1: 15 p.m., in the Student Center Living Room, the Unplugged Concert Series will host 7 Daze, a band from Las Vegas, Nev. Students interested in learning about the different religions in Cedar City can attend "Meet Your Religion Night" from 6 to 9 p.m. at the L.D.S. Institute of Religion, across from the Technology Building on Center Street. "Students can meet different representatives of several different faiths in Cedar City," said Luth. Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon President Steven D. Bennion will speak at the Convocation concerning the founding of the nation and those who were instrumental in the actions. At 7:30 p.m., comedian Mike Rock will host an improvisational ComedySportz show. ComedySportz involves two teams of people competing against each other in a series of comedy games. The winning team is determined by the audience's laughter. "Mike Rock is the bomb," said Spencer and Nicole Luth Luth. "He knows how to get everyone laughing!" Friday at 6 p.m. a Summer Ends Bash will be held on the P.E. quad. The bash will include a barbecue, games and a Club Fair. "This is a great way for students to learn how to get involved in the clubs offered on campus," said Luth. A midnight movie Friday, at Fiddler's Theatre (170 E. Fiddlers Canyon Road), will be offered for the reduced rate of a $3 per person. Saturday, a tailgate party will be held at 6 p.m., location to be announced. SUU will play Montana Tech in Eccles Coliseum at 7 p.m. Enfollment may top 6,000 Administration credits high numbers to popularity almost exactly 4,500 students, with that number expected to climb slightly as enrollment reports from several special CAMPUS EDITOR programs are still coming in. The current summer enrollment report indicates an Summer school enrollment at SUU increase to date of 682 students. jumped by an impressive 20 percen t this Completed fall year, and the most quarter registrations recent projections for through late August the fall quarter which 'We have registered are running four officially begins percent ahead of the tomorrow, are more students as number of indicating that freshmen, sophomores, registrations that were enrollment could completed at the same easily top 6,000 ;uniors, and seniors time last year. students. than we had in those With those numbers, "We are continuing and with previous a very healthy categories at the same registration patterns, enrollment pattern," Barton thinks that time a year ago,' said D. Mark Barton, enrollment at SUU assistant vice D. Mark Barton, could easily top 6,000 president of student this fall for the first services, said. assistant vice time in the "For several years, president of student university's history. the number of "We have registered students attending services. more students as SUU has increased at freshmen, sophomores, •a steady and juniors, and seniors than we had in those manageable rate. categories at the same time a year ago," "Our summer school enrollment Barton indicates. "Our enrollment for ... indicates an increasing popularity in the fall quarter looks very healthy." programs we offer. Last fall, total enrollment at SUU was "The larger number of students in the 5,640. summer allows us to better utilize the Classes are scheduled to begin variety of our campus facilities at a time Aubrey Hansen, (left) from Mantua, Utah and Laura Bagwell, from nearby tomorrow to start the 101st year since the when they are most available." Brigham City, are elementary education majors who join more than 1,200 founding of the university. Enrollment for summer school was new freshmen moving into Cedar City. They're now residing in Stadium Way. By JIM ROBINSON |