Show Torgerson named new vice president by Denise Kabonic Eagle Editor Bob Torgerson was named academic vice president of the College of Eastern Utah by CEU’s Institutional Council in March after serving as acting vice president since January Torgerson began teaching science courses at the college in 1967 and since then has become the chairman of the CEU’s Division of Science and Technology in 198S chairman of the computer science and “We arc determined to maintain a quality operation at this school even though we are facing lough times budget wise” Torgerson said MI feel we have an extremely dedicated faculty" he continued "and this dedication and strength will sec us through those tough times" Within the next year Torgerson explained we will sec new opportunities for training in the vocational areas including the health related Acids and also transfer programs The Welcome to Price and College of Eastern Utah sign was vandalized recently Readingwriting lab for students Charlotte llamaker staff writer The College of Eastern Utah reading and writing lab is not just for remedial students it's for any student that wants feedback on any writing in any class It doesn't matter if you have a research paper due in essay due history or a 1000-wor- d in English Joyce Allison writing instructor or Renee Brown peer tutor will help you They can assist students with a paper’s organization refining the diesis statement or adding details They can also help students focus on a subject matter the number one Bob Torgerson CEU's new vice president plans to continue to offer top quality academic programs technology curriculum depart meni until 1987 he also served on the CEU Senate Scholarship and Financial Aid the Conduct and Standards committee and the Curriculum and Instruction committee The new vice president obtained his masters' and bachelors' degree from the University of Utah and did graduate work in Reproductive Physiology at Utah State University Torgerson recently returned to USU to continue graduate studies in computers As vice president Torgerson will oversee the instructional aspects of CEU He will supervise recruitment the curriculum and evaluate faculty members Days of '47 looking for royalty The Royally Pageant for the selection of a Days of '47 Queen and two attendants will be held Saturday May 14 at the Sons of Utah Pioneers Building 3301 East 2920 South Salt Lake City Utah All girls between the 18 ages of and 25 with an ancestor who entered the valley before May 10 1869 are eligible to enter Applications may be obtained from the Pioneer Museum 300 North Main Salt Lake City Utah 84103 or from the pageant chairman Virginia 2 and will be Boqgert accepted until May 10 467-671- problem of most students using the lab Joyce Allison who has for tutored two years at Indianna University explained that the Carbon County School District uses "progress writing" This method involves the student submitting many draffs improving with each one by feedback but this has been and a recent development In the past they used "product writing" where the teacher tells you what she wants you write it once and hand it in Most of the older students never learned the progress of writing “Wc teach the progress approach and that's why wc have the reading and writing lab" Mrs Allison said Renee Brown who is minoring in English mentioned that they help the handicapped special problems and English as a second language student This is where she finds the most improvement with one-on-o- ne teaching “The lab’s main purpose is to supplement the developmental courses or the remedial students” added Mary llcllcn Powell academic advisement director She hopes to computerize the ub in the future to better meet the needs of all students using the lab The lab is free to CEU students and is funded from the English tutoring budget About 60 students came into the lab winter quarter and a few more arc hoped for spring quarter Students needing assistance should make and appointment or attend workshops on choosing a subject and getting started clustering and drafting sentence structure and others Any student who feels that they need some feedback about their essays or help can drop by and enter through the cast door of the library If available the center will take walk-in'- s because they do not have a phone Writing Lab Hours Spring 88 Reeding end Writing Lib Workshops Spring 1988 April 13 fWcdl 10 am-- l Sentence Demons: fragments comma splices fused sentences Students who find their papers cluttered with instructors' comments about sentence fragments and comma splices will find this workshop helpful We'll concentrate first on identifying errors and then discuss alternative ways of solving the sentence problems Students should bring llicir own writing for analysis April 21 (Thurs) llam-Noo- TucsdayThursday10 3 pm l pm 2prn-3pr- n Friday n From Tonic to Thesis This workshop is for students who always thought only an aspiring PhD writes a thesis Wc examine writing samples with and without a thesis and discuss the impact of a good thesis Students will practice narrowing a broad topic down to a thesis I&3Ll&(Mon) 10 am-- l 1 am Documentation Students discover what when why where and how they should use notes and citations in their research papers NOW HIRING am-- am CRUISE SHIPS MondayWcdncsday 9:30am-- 1 9:30 am-- l 1:30 am MF Summer & Career OoDortur'tms (Will Tumi Ecel'eni pay plus worid trht-- l Ha an Bahamas Caribbean etc CALL NOW: 206"736-077- S Ext 5i4J |