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Show ITHURSDAY, APRIL 6 , 1000 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Faculty revie,Ning . post-tenure check BY MICHELLE ALVA JOURNAL STAFF WRITER "Tenure is guaranteed job security; teachers no longer have the fear or threat of being dismissed,· said Earl Mulderink, faculty senate president and assistant professor of social science. Tenure is something faculty members have to earn. First they must serve seven years at SUU, or three years at another institution and four years at SUU , before they are allowed to apply for tenure. Receiving tenure can become a very time consuming process. Teachers requesting to receive tenure must first apply and show that they have made advancement in their education. For example, advancing from an. assistant professor to an associate professor shows their dedication and desire for improving their professional status. Teachers must be approved at all levels of administration in the university. The department, college and university have to approve their request and application for tenure. Although tenure is a form of job security for teachers, there are circumstances that may dismiss them from their position. Teachers must follow all policies of the university and may not violate the laws set by the United States. "Teachers can only be dismissed for a legitimate cause," said Mulderink. If a teacher is suspected of violating these laws he or she will be placed before a committee. The committee would consist of all levels of administration- the department, the college and the university. The individuals on the committee will look over the complaint and determine the disciplinary actions required for the evidence and circumstance of the issue. Faculty members at SUU work toward tenure in order to obtain job security, but does the effectiveness of their teaching decrease once this is obtained? Currently, the SUU Faculty Senate is discussing the posttenure review process. This is a process in which professors with tenure will be evaluated on their progress throughout their career. This will help maintain an effective and recognizable institution. If there is a concern about the way professors manage their classrooms, it can be brought to the attention of the department and will be evaluated. Although the professor will not be released from their position, they would be advised on a way to fix the problem. At this point there are 105 professors at SUU who have earned tenure. PAGE 3 Associate professor of communication Jon Smith steps to the plate for the Power 91 vs. SUU faculty fundraiser softball game Tuesday. The faculty team gained another victory over the Power 91 DJs for the 10th straight year. Proceeds for the game will go to Multiple Sclerosis research. 'Walk' ·to raise$ for disease BY TYLER JOHNSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER Members of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation have asked SUU students, faculty and staff to participate in this year's Great Strides.Walk on April 29 to raise money for research to cure Cystic Fibrosis. Check-in for this year's walk will begin at 9 a.m. at the Administration Building. The walk will begin at 10 a.m. Participants are asked to raise money ahead of time and bring it with them to the walk'. All participants are asked to obtain a Great Strides brochure in order to register and track where their donations have come from. Brochures also provide a guideline for the walk. Brochures may be obtained at the Public Relations Office on the third floor of the Administration Building or in the Journal offices in the basement of the Technology Building. Prizes will be given away depending on the amount of money each participant has raised. The person who raises the largest amount of money-in excess of $1,000 on or before walk day-will receive a round-trip, coach-class air transportation for two on American Airlines/ American Eagle to any one of more than 170 cities in the contiguous 48 United States and Canada. Other prizes to be given away to participants who raise minimum amounts. These include a T-shirt ($50), a portable CD player ($1,000) , a Sony PlayStation ($3,000) and others. A booth will be available Friday at the Health Fair in the Ballroom of the Sharwan Smith Center for students to become better acquainted with Cystic Fibrosis. Possible study abroad opportunities in the works BY RHIANNON BENT SENIOR STAFF WRITER ·suu doesn't have a study abroad program and doesn't have immediate plans to implement one, but an information center to give more students the opportunity is in the works. Suzanne Larson, director of the honors program and professor of communication, said before SUU can gain a program, someone must in charge and spend time learning about and advising study abroad options. She said the current plan is to collect material from students who have had the experience and build a program. Because there isn't a study abroad program at SUU, Larson said most students will apply at other institutions like Brigham Young University and arrange credits with advisers. Larson also said students can look at study abroad websites, but warned students to be careful and make sure online organizations have had a long-term involvement. •Any student can study abroad now and work with his or her department chair to arrange credits,• said Larson. In the past, SUU has done exchanges with other schools in Mexico and Russia. said Parson. The programs were forced to end when Tew said they have contacted BYU, the the grants run out, said Sterling Church, University of Utah and Weber State SUU vice president of student services. University to see how those schools run Church said SUU doesn't have a their programs and present information. program because it has chosen to put its Tew and Parson said they want to resources in other . centralize information as programs. a starting point. They 'Any student can Michael Freeman, said a location is ideal, dean of continuing but that takes money. study abroad now education, said study Tew said she hopes to abroad is costly and and work with his or coordinate the precarious due to legal through the herdeparlmentchaff information challenges with honors program. accidents and mistreated to arrange credits, ' Larson said study students. He said there abroad isn't a component said Suzanne ar~ too many of honors programs, but uncertainties right now the two are usually put Larson, honors for SUU to have a together. program director. prc,gram. Tew's plan is to have Two SUU students, professors send Tiana Tew, a senior information about study English major from Centerville, Utah, and abroad programs to the honors program, Sara Parson, a senior art major from · then organize a display with that Cedar City, have taken on the task of information and coordinate through the creating an information center. honors program what students have done. "We want a base where students can go "Students can at least read something to get [the study abroad] experience. and know what they're getting into,· said There's nothing here at school for them, so Tew. it would be nice to get a central location," Tew and Parson, both SUUSA senators, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ said they plan to write si bill to the senate to request funds for display information and a computer for student use. Tew said she hopes to get the information centralized by the end of the school year and administrative actions will come with time. "Hopefully they'll respond when they see we want this," Tew said. "lfwe can start somewhere, maybe we'll grow," said Parson. Larson said the benefits of studying abroad include focusing one's major in an area with superior study resources and making one more ·cosmopolitan." "It influences your understanding and makes you aware of cultural differences. There's.nothing like learning a language and living in the country," said Larson. "Our education is not just here in Cedar City. We can get out of the classroom in the real world and apply what we have learned across cultures. It makes the individual more well-rounded and the educational experience more full," said Tew However, studying abroad is very costly, said Larson. Because the student is connected to both a local and a foreign school, he or she usually pays two tuitions. I, |