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Show UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1999 PA~EJ Bennion -answers concerns During the past decade, tuition and fees have increased while tax revenue per student has decreased. This dangerous trend must be reversed, and we are encouraged with Gov. Michael Leavitt's pledge that the year 2000 will be a year to address pivotal educational needs. To create more scholarship, grant and workstudy opportunities, a major fund-raising campaign has been launched at SUU. The university's scholarship endowment has grown Q: As you look to the future. what are some of from $3 million to $7.5 million in the last two SUU's most pressing needs? years, and our goal is to establish a scholarship Bennio n: Paramount is the need to enhance endowment of $25 million by the end of 2002. employee compensation. Our faculty and staff Once achieved, this endowment will supply well are laboring effectively in spite of a shallow over three times the scholarship and grant salary well from which we draw. Studies have offerings now provided from university funds. demonstrated that our faculty salaries are To preserve the "personalized learning lagging behind those of counterparts at environment,· competent comparable institutions by 20 instructors who enjoy working percent. Average staff with students continue to be salaries are likewise in an recruited. We are pleased with unfavorable position. the quality of our faculty and Another pressing concern is will continue to broadly recruit our growing need for those instructors best scholarship support. Unable prepared in their disciplines to award scholarship and teachers who deal assistance to all deserving effectively with students. students, we lose some Placing great value on students with much promise. preserving quality service to The rigorous requirements to students is a vital emphasis. retain SUU scholarships are Our applied technology also a result of this limited SUU Director of Public Relations Neal Cox presented Preston (PJ) education options at SUU scholarship base. Maxwell an SUU citation award at last Thursday's Convocation. continue to gain strength. commending his exemplary efforts despite his disability. We need to tenaciously Efforts are being made to preserve the "personalized better acquaint both current learning environment" that and prospective students has been a strong hallmark of SUU since its founding. This President Steven 0 . Bennion regarding the value of such wasted in printing, according to Concern has been raised in the education and the marketability must be accomplished in a Rankin. Academic Computer Users of degrees earned in applied technology fields. climate where efficiencies of operation dictate But that didn't seem to work Committee, the group whfch We are forced to schedule existing facilities at the need to schedule larger sections for because "there is still an intolerable controls all student computer fees, near maximum levels, making sure that all selected general education courses, enabling amount of paper being wasted,· about the amount of paper wasted existing classrooms and labs are heavily students to obtain their needed courses in a said Rankin. in SUU's computer labs. Committee utilized. The acquisition of the Cedar City timely way. Fifteen dollars each semester in · members have warned that without Middle School property will provide much Expanded access to master's level education student fees go toward computer a new standard in printing needed additional interior space and significant is a key need in southern Utah and at SUU. As facilities on campus, but "that does moderation for·students. other room for more parking stalls in the not-tooa comprehensive regional university, we see a not include paper,· according to action may be taken. compelling need to expand our offerings. The distant future. Rankin. "The fees go toward Rachel Rankin, a senior biology MFA in arts administration and an MBA are two [computer] things that students major from Big Water, Utah, and a Q: How will the decision to allow two four-year initiatives to help meet this need. can't afford." member of ACUC said, "It is programs at Dixie College affect SUU? SUU has some outstanding applied Rankin suggests students print disgusting how much paper Bennion: Last month, the State Board of technology course options, but they are preview their documents before travesty." [students] use. It's a Regents granted an expansion of Dixie generally under-subscribed. We need to printing , avoid printing e-mail and Rankin cited that on an average College's mission to offer a limited number of improve student awareness of the crying need refrain from printing unnecessary in a two-week period, 20,000 pages four-year degrees. Utah has for people trained in applied documents. "Students should print are printed and dumped in the It appears that preliminary approval for Dixie technology fields. We have demonstrated for academic purposes only." recycle bin in the computer lab in College to launch four-year programs in limitations when it comes to campus space If the situation does not improve, room 214 of the ELC. business administration and computer allocations and parking. In the past, students were allowed Rankin said the ACUC may be information technology will be given in the near forced to take other action, 400 free pages to print each future. The St. George school plans to begin Q: What plans are being formulated to meet including a further cut on free semester. This year. however, the upper-division instruction in the fall of 2000. these needs? · pages. "We are only asking ACUC dropped the amount to 200 This will impact SUU in two ways. Bennion : A major initiative is under way to students to be responsible," she in an attempt to quell the petition the state of Utah for additional said. outstanding amount of pages (continued on page 5) resources to better compensate our employees. Many concerns have arisen concerning the growth and development of SUU. President Steven D. Bennion has issued responses to the questions posed about the plans of action for the forward progression of the university. Some of the primary concerns include faculty and staff salaries, Dixie College and the master's degree programs. Former student receives award Paper usage a waste Sub.:.4-Santa service projects begin this week The SUUSA Service Committee is ready to kick off a Christmas season full of opportunities to give service to less fortunate families in the community through the "Sub-4-Santa" program. Activities begin this week with the •Angel Tree• display in the main hallway of the Sharwan Smith Center. The display will include a tree decorated with ornaments which stand for different things to donate and boxes for donated food and supplies far Christmas dinner. The tree will have three kinds of ornaments: angel ornaments with specific children's names on them. stocking ornaments representing stocking stuffers and family ornaments to bring a game or puzzle for an assigned family. Volunteers may pick an ornament of · their choice and give the gifts requested on it. If an angel is chosen, the volunteer should provide a small or large gift in addition to a warm outfit. For the stocking stutters, various items such as crayons, coloring books, candy canes, gloves. lip balm, bubbles, toothbrushes or other items are suggested. Marilyn Hodson, Service Committee director, said "most people like to give gifts. but food for the actual dinner is needed more." The suggested food donations for the dinner include stuffing, potatoes. canned yams, cranberry sauce, vegetables, gravy packets, hot cocoa or cider, cake mixes and pie crusts and/or filling. Of course any non-perishable food will be gladly accepted, Hodson said. Any food donated and not used in dinners will be donated to the local Care 'n Share. "Sub-4-Santa· is a nation-wide service organization which gives ·opportunities to serve needy children who wouldn't have had a Christmas otherwise," said Hodson. Families are chosen through an application process at the Iron County Care 'n Share program. If the families qualify, they are chosen to be the recipients of "Sub-4-Santa" donations. Other activities will be held in early December to complete the project. Students may get their pictures taken with Santa Claus on Dec . 1 and 2 in the Sharwan Smith Center for $2. All proceeds w ill go to "Sub-4-Santa." Also, ar)Yone may donate wrapping paper or supplies to wrap the gifts for the families and children. · Gift wrapping will be in the Student Conference Room on Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. and is open to everyone who would like to participate. ,. \ |