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(photo by Craig Crookston) Enrollment skyrockets at CEU Closed classes and filled dorms boosted by a combination of the rcsi- growth in Utah's college-ag- e staff writer Eastern the in workers dents and Enrollment at the College of who were Utah displaced by the Eastern Utah continues to grow on Petersen ex- economic downturn" both the Price and San Juan cam-"Now most of the puscs CEU President Michael A Pained- workers have found new jobf placed said the student oop-ullion at CEU in Price and Blanding or moved on Our enrollment has reached 2308 growth is made up almost cxclu- The head count which includes sively of traditional collcge-ag- e stu e students is dents who tend to enroll both full and There has also been a growth in currently at 2747 This is an in- who are not residents of students tocrease of 800 students over the Carbon-Emery area Currently the tals five yeas ago e the students 030 of 1300 "Nearly all of our enrollment residents of Carbon or growth for the past couple years has are not counties e traditional from collcge-agEmery come Traditional college students from students moving to Price from other areas of the state” the presi- - Carbon and Emery counties account dent said "Five years ago 16 per-- for some growth but those num-ceof our students were from out- - bers will peak in five yean The side the local area This year it's Carbon County School District 23 percent" ports its largest class will graduate in five years then the population of more that stated The president students will begin to students are enrolling for classes on collcge-ag- e basis (12 credit horn or rapidly decline e a more per quarter) while the number The administration expects a grad students is declining ual growth totaling over 400 new of part-tim- e e students in the next few "Through much of the last years decade CEU's enrollment was by Mlckclle Marston dis-Peten- en a- full-tim- e1 part-tim- full-tim- nt re-ov- full-tim- full-tim- Hppj 9f Jutt pUlM "Fo0l"lh g mctlmf UmHBB dtftmdsAZfUf fMqpd f f J‘ Price! ltahlX450lM13 hursdayj l)ecernlerVJVV berf-l- l ‘i Mn er A- : - Tougher admissions not to affect CEU by Kristi Kelley staff writer with the new admission's policy “Even though the admissions criteria limits how many students can go to the universities that is not Tougher admission standards recently implemented at Utah universities will not have a dramatic effect on the College of Eastern Utah Vice President Bob Torgerson said In May the State Board of having as much effect as the funding There are a lot more students turned away from the University of Utah and Utah State University beRegents approved a common list of cause they weren't funded to take high school courses that must be that many'' Torgerson said completed for admission to Utah CEU is now funded to accomState University and the University modate approximately 100 new stuof Utah dents each year That is the rate at The new university requirements which we expect to grow" he said require four years of English two The facilities that are now available years each of mathematics and would not be able to support more science one year of American students than that he continued History and four years of additional New facilities with top priority for courses As of now CEU has an CEU include new dormitories and a open admissions policy based on how many students a class can ac- new student center he added commodate standards for students transferring to a Utah university from an in state There are now no admission CEU's enrollment is approximately 1300 full time students Although many people would expect the enrollment to increase considering the universitys new policy CEUs enrollment is expected to increase by only 30 to 30 students due to the policy Any dramatic increase in CEU's enrollment will have little to do community college According to Torgerson if a student graduates with a 200 GPA they are guarantied a place at one of Utah's four-yeinstitutions Students with a GPA and above should have 230 little trouble being admitted to USU or the U of U Jerry Lewis Telethon?Not quite bj Randall staff writer Harrington 3 In only its fourth year the has been surprisingly phone-a-tho- n mccsIn aclioflherst two When doe the money come from for the 600 Undents on schol yemeetadSlMOOtninned compared to $17000 last year with arship at the College of Eastern only about 250 - 300 people conUtah? tributing money Part of it comes from the phone-Students from CEU work in the which raises funds for the phone bank in the Computer Busi annual scholarship fund drive The ness Building asking for donations takes place from phone-a-tho- n of $25 to $50 with actual pledges Deweek first of the November to of $100 or more not being uncom-cemband from February to the mon ar books at the library No Due to unexpected complications in library renovations some of the books ordinarily available in the open stacks are not now available for use The books will not be available until the third week of Winter Quarter The library staff realize the hardship this may create for students in com- course assignments They Klcting made the following provisions to assist in the student first week of March The people "Up to eight students can work at research projects loalumnics and contacted are CEU Approximately 2000 new and the phone bank at one time and as yet uncataloged books will be cal residents they do an outstanding joblhcy were all nervous and none of them made immediately available Ask serves three "The phonc-a-lho- n the library staff to assist in identipurposes” says Karen Bliss coor- - thought they were professionals and fying these resources "One is they do just fine" said Bliss dinator of the phone-a-tho- n The entire reference section is to update phone numbers and re-Another way money is raised for available to the students and still cords of previous donators Two is j scholarship fund is through the will not be charged for instudents a public relations effort for the col- - CEU VISA credit card offered at terlibrary loan services By using lege such as telling about growth Cobon Credit Union the Fax information is readily in enrollment and informing them if any students would be inter- available about new programs offered at ested in working in the phone bank Expanded CD Room services are CEU And the third part is to ask fa winter quarter apply at the Slu-f- available which give access to the a contribution to the scholarship Placement Center on campus full text of over 500 core books fund" and talk with Kathy Painter representing all disciplines a-th-on cr or |