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Show THE CAMPU S ~ Two SUU buildings Legislature aids higher ed • • earn recogn1t1on The two newest buildings on the SUU campus have each earned recognition in recent building industry publications. Intermoun tain Contractor magazine bas named the Sharwan Smith Center th e year's "Best Public Project Over $5 Million" in its yearly design awards program. The Gerald R. Sherratt Library was one of three buildings nationwide featured in the January·February issue of design cost data magazine. The new portion of the Sharwan Smith Center, which connects a previously existing student center and the multipurpose Centrum Arena, was first occupied just one year ago chis month. The second anniversary of the opening of the Sherratt Library is also this month. design cost data, a magazine for cost estimating for design and construction, points out that the new library "acts as a transition between the historic upper campus and later modern expansion to the west." The Sharwan Smith Center met two needs, according to Intermountain Contractor. First, it consolidated student services and programming functions within a single, s tudent-oriented building. Through cooperative planning and joint financing, the center also provided a convention center for the rapidly growing Iron County commuajty. The magazine points out that "Convention center functions, such as meeting rooms, ballroom (serving as exhibition space), auditorium and theater are arranged to seive the multiple uses of both the university and the county." Brixen and Christopher Architects, Salt Lake City, designed the Sharwan Smith Center. Architectural work for the Library was under the direction of another Salt Lake firm, FFKR Architects·Planners. design cost data notes that "Flexibility and planning for future growth were integrated into the building design. A cellular floor in the computer research area will accommodate expansion and changes for data power systems .... The buildin.g is oriented on the site in such a way to accommodate orderly future building addi t1ons. " By GLENN HALTERMAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER . Several bills benefiting higher education and SUU in particular were passed by the Utah State Legislature during its 1998 session, according to Michael D . Richards, vice president of planning and technology. Each year, both houses of the Utah State Legislature set aside m oney for bills with fiscal notes attached. These funds represent an additiona l pool that does not compete with operating budget funds. Tbis year, SUU is to be the beneficiary of several such bills. SUU, as well as Snow College, Dixie College, and the College of Eastern Utal1, were each appropriated $36,000 as part of an Engineering Initiative, which will provide base funding £or engineering and preengineering programs. The states larger institutions of higher education are to receive more generous rewards £or their engineering programs. Another bi ll passed during this year's session provi des base funding to campuses offering apprenticeship training. From this, SUU can expect to r eceive about $9,400 (based on· the num ber of students enrolled). Additional legislation, sp onsored by Representative DeMar "Bud" Bowman, appropriates $30,000 from the General Fund foT fiscal year 1998-99 to of SUU's Office of Universit y Advancement to help defray the costs of staging the Utah Summer Games. A concurrent resolution of the legislature and the governor, which is largely symbolic, was also passed. It recognizes tbe state system of higher education for its accomplishments in the area of volunteerism. The bill also encouraged further development of the expansion of service learning opportunities for students in Utah's colleges and universities. Business conference to offer advice Training sessions aimed at satisfying the needs of growth oriented businesses in the southern Utah area will be offered at the third annual Southern Utab Business Conference which will be held at SUU's Hunter Conference Center. The conference will include a choice of "training tracks" the morning of April 17 following a golf social and lunch beginning at noorr April 16 at Hurricane's Sky Mountain Golf Course. Training tracks will include "The Necessities of Financial Presentations, " "Public Visibility for Small Businesses," "Taking Advantage of thelntemet," "Employee Management Tool Kit," and "Managing Your Cash Flow." The $20 conference registration fee is to be pajd t0 the Mountain West Venture Group and deUvered to Joni Anderson at the SUV SBDC. To avoid a late fee, registration is to be completed by April 8. A number of southwest Utah legal, accounting, m anagement, financing, and human resource specialists will make presentations. 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