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Show ,, UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS ITHURSDAY, OCT()BER 26, 2000 U of U Med School likes SUU products When talking about students from Southern Utah University who applied for admission to this year's entering class at the University of Utah Medical School, the numbers are small, but the percentage of applicants who are now enrolled is the best in state. 1 Each year the medical school enrolls 100 students as a new class. This year, four of those students completed undergraduate work at SUU. The University of Utah has 29 members in the class, Brigham Young University 13, Utah State University 12, and Weber State University. three. According to information presented by Michael Magill, chair of the U of U's department of family and preventive medicine, SUU had 10 students apply; and 40 percent, four students, are now enrolled. The percentage of enrolled students compared to total applicants from other universities this year shows. 26 percent successful from USU , 18 percent from the U. of U., nine percent from WSU , and six percent from BYU . Magill, who presented the data at a recent Utah Area Health Education Center (AHEC) retreat at Brian Head , also pointed out that applicants from rural areas were slightly more successful (9.2 percent) than applicants from urban areas (7.5 percent) in gaining admittance to the U.'s medical school. "It is very gratifying to see the fruits of our labor validated by medical schools, graduate schools, and employers who have found the combination of knowledge and practical skills which we emphasize to be an excellent preparation for medicine and other sciencerelated careers,· Harold Ornes, dean of SUU's College of Science, said. · our strategy includes a heavy emphasis on undergraduate research with faculty members." Southwest Utah AHEC is located on the SUU campus. Among AHEC's activities are the coordination of training experiences for health professions students. Library takes lead. in oral history ,Nork Combining oral histories with related photographs and artifacts in a series of internet-based multimedia exhibits is the goal of a three-state consortium of libraries and museums brought together under a project conceived at Southern Utah University. The Gerald R. Sherratt Library at SUU is taking the lead in the project titled · voices of the Colorado Plateau.· Other university libraries participating in the project funded by grants totaling nearly $170,000 are the Cline Library at Northern Arizona University and the lied Library at University of Nevada Las Vegas. Also participating are the Utah Historical Society; Edge of the Cedars Museum, Blanding; Iron Mission State Park Museum, Cedar City; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Ariz.; and John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum, Page, Ariz. The project is being funded through a grant of $146,012 from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Series (IMLS). An additional $20,000, provided through a grant from the Utah Academic Library Consortium, will also go toward completion of the project. SUU's Earl Mulderink, assistant professor of history, and Matthew Nickerson, project director and associate professor of library science, wrote the grant proposal. Narration for the exhibits will ... ... --- ~ be taken from oral histories which will be enhanced by the use of related photos and other. artifacts held by participating institutions. "Oral histories are a valuable historical resource that is typically underused at museums and libraries,· Nickerson points out. "This project will demonstrate one way to make these important documents more accessible and interesting. Streaming media on the internet will become very popular in the near future, and our project will be one example of how museums and libraries can use this technology to teach and enrich patrons all over the world." Only 14 of 72 of this year's IMLS proposals were funded. Among other universities whose proposals were accepted were Johns Hopkins University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan. "The creation of these exhibits for posting on the World Wide Web will entail considerable effort," Diana Graff, dean of library services at SUU, said. "Cooperative efforts like this are a good way for libraries and museums to share their valuable collections with a larger community. We are looking forward to working with our regional partners to improve access to important cultural collections." ... ..... - -- . .. - . . - . - - . . .. .. . .. . . - PAGE7 Two convenient locations in Cedar City: suu in the Sharwan Sntlth Center. 5 01 S . 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