Show Thursday May 23 1991 The Eagle -- Page 9 Operating budgets $78 million approved The College of Eastern Utah Board of Trustees approved operating budgets of more than $78 million for the 1991-9- 2 fiscal year at the College of Eastern Utah in Price and San Juan Center in Blanding The budget represents a $700000 increase over the current year CEU President Michael A Petersen explained to the trustees that the budget growth was made possible by an increased state appropria lion and a four percent tuition increase approved by the state legislature during its 1991 session The additional funds will be used to hire more instructors to accommodate the anticipated enrollment growth provide employee salary increases and bolster the college 's operating budgets “Applications from high school students for scholarships are up 30 percent this year We believe that enrollment at the college will experience comparable growth next fall" Petersen told the board “Tliat kind of growth cannot be absortwd unless we have the instructors to leach more classes” The trustees approved the president's request for new instructors in psychology chemistry English and business computers e employees will receive an average 46 percent salary increase under the approved budget According to the president the legislature provided $134000 to fund a 31 percent increase Internal cost savings will be used to supplement the legislative appropriation providing the 46 increase Ibe budget also includes funds for rate increases for employee insurance and retirement benefits Board member James Harris Blanding also addressed the meeting about the governor's veto of state money which has prevented the San Juan Center from planning construction of a new vocational building Harris said the governor recently visited Blanding and met with College officials who expressed their concents over the veto “The governor told us that he recognized the critical need for a vocational center in Southeastern Utah and agreed with our desires to build one soon He also said however that it would be a couple of years before construction money would be available and it's loo early to begin the planning phase now" Harris said The members were meeting for the first time under the designation “Board of Trustees” Formerly referred to as the institutional council the name of the college's governing body was changed by the legislature lo reflect increased responsibilities and a greater degree of involvement with the Utah Stale Board of Regents The next meeting for the CEU Board of Tmstees will be June 5 Li Blanding Following the meeting the board members will participate in commencement ceremonies at the San Juan Ceremonies Full-tim- iSWWiraWF 'IHIAMMHMPUW Student choice award winners Included from left to right Bryce Rowley Junsle Cotten Lara Frandsen Curtis Icard and Pam Dupln Not pictured Is Verna Laurltsen (Photo by Stephanie Marvldlkls) m 4 as sophomore Student Choice Awards The student choice awards were selocted by the students and included Lant Frandsen Price named as outstanding female freshman Junsie Cotten Chapel Hill NC outstanding male freshman Pun Dupin Price outstanding female sophomore Bryce Rowley Price outstanding male sophomore Curtis leant outstanding faculty member and Verna Lauritsen outstanding staff member Departmental Awards The departmental awards included outstandband ing art student Kenneth Snowball outstanding business student Michelle Stetley outstanding student Angela Davidson and Nick Chavez outstanding choral student Brian Spears outstanding computer application students UeAim — (continued from page 1) OOutstanding students University in Washington DC At the national tournament he won a gold trophy in impromptu Debate and extemporaspeaking Lincoln-Douglneous speaking He served as editorial editor for the Eagle newspaper and attended the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly where he was elected outstanding senator Other Finalists in the outstanding student categories included Paige Petersen and Kathryn K Crookston Price for outstanding freshman and Jed Clark Wellington Shelley Hughes Blanding and Rachael Chadwick West Jordon for outstanding " 0 Edwards and Linda Kraync outstanding freshman dance student Feliciano Gonzales outstanding education Lisa Unsworih and Grace A Wilde outstanding family life and consumer homemaking Racquel White outstanding french students Julie Stilson and Amy Larsen outstanding forensics students Aimee Anderson Dan Esperson and Joe Carver outstanding journalism students Stephanie Bogdin and Richard Nielsen library award Michelle Dent outstanding life science award Susan Acerson outstanding mathematics Shelly Hughes outstanding nursing Janet Curtis Debbie Turner and Cheryl Wooddcll outstanding physical science Heather Young and outstanding theatre Shawn OviatL Katsutoshi Yagyu and Hiromi Amano received the outstanding foreign student awards ASCEU Officers The conclusion of the ceremonies featured the swearing in of the 1991-9- 2 ASCEU officers The president will be Erico Bisqucra Valerie Huntsman vice president of academics Rodney Bclnap vice president of activities Soni Marshall and April Lancaster public relations Michael Shewmake ombudsman Heather Webster sophomore representative Todd Handy activities chairman Frank Felice ICC chairman Todd Wheeler men's activities chairman and Kim Watts activity secretary Christensen retires by Sam Pittman staff writer 1979 as a member of the motor pooL In 1980 he was made a member of the security department Christensen speaks fondly of the people he has worked with in his tenure here He says the hardest part Nearly 13 yean of faithful service come to a close at the end of the school year as the senior member of the College of Eastern Utah's of retiring will be the good people security department retire! he must leave behind Dale Christensen a member of Despite the growth of the colcampus security since 1980 will lege incidents requiring security retire at the end of the year have actually dropped Christensen attributes this to the dose knit Christensen a former letter (continued on page 12) carrier came to CEU on January 2 University center director appointed During their recent meeting the Board of Trustees at the Cd-leg- e of Eastern Utah in Price approved the appointment of Demi Siggard as director of the College's new university center In his new position Siggard will assess the needs of four-yecollege degree p courses to be offered in the programs and coordinate region by the state's universities The center will be located in CEU's main building in Price and will be operating by fall A native of Brigham Gty Siggard began his teaching career at CEU in 1967 He earned his bachelor's degree from Utah State University in 1937 and accepted a position as a band director in the Pocatello Idaho School District He moved to Price in 1939 to teach at Carbon High School and continued his graduate studies at USU completing a masters in 1960 He received a graduate teaching fellowship to the University of Oregon in 1973 and spent one year there pursuing his doctoral studies In addition to his teaching responsibilities at CEU Siggard has served as the chairman of the College's Music Department and president of the faculty association He was elected a vice president of the Utah Music Educator's Association in 1968 and served as that group's president from 1981 to 1983 Siggard received “Distinguished Service Awards" from the Price Jaycees in 1966 and the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce in ar upper-divisio- 1968 Dale Christensen According to CEU President Michael A Petersen Siggard's primary responsibilities as director of the university center will be to identify demands for baccalaureate programs in Southeastern Utah Once the needs are identified he will seek approval from the Utah Stale Board of Regents and negotiate far courses leading to a bachelor's degree with the state's universities The courses will be taught the CEU campus in Price Siggard will also assist students with Jcmic advisement registration and financial aid |