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Show VOLUME XXXVI • NO. 19 THE STUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE MONDAY • APRIL 2 • 2007 International research award Utah Valley State College Associate Professor of management Susan R. Madsen was awarded this year's Early Career Scholar Award by the international professional organization Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). The award is given annually to an individual SPORTS Rugby With a win over Utah State, the Rugby team could clinch a playoff berth in the Pacific Coast. Read about the game on B6. Baseball The boys of summer are underway and 2007 could be one to remember. Records could be broken and more. Read about it on B5. LIFE Pandora's Box Opening Pandora's box of music What do The Police and Ok Go have in common? Find out on B1. No more sick UVSC'sWellness Center is the best kept secret on campus. We'll let you in on it on 61. NEWS Campus spending How is the administration spending your money? Check what UVSC spends on laptops on A4. Summer immersion Students with two years of college-level Chinese are now eligible to a seven-week summer immersion program in China. See page A2 to see how you could take advantage of this offer accepted the award at AHRD's annual international conference in Indianapolis, lnd. Madsen's work centers on leadership, individual and organizational change, academic service-learning, work-life integration, wellness and training. She See Award • A6 News Writer UVSC has partnered with Utah Department of Workforce Services, the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce, and LDS Employment Resource Services to present the Utah Valley Community Job Fair on Wednesday April 11, in the McKay Events Center. Over 80 local employers will be on hand recruiting for everything from full-time professional and career positions to temporary and summer jobs. The event is open to the public and anyone over the age of 16 who is looking for a new job, a better job, or just wants a change is invited lo come. There will be workshops offered by Career Services &. Student Employment (CSSE) on resume building and job searching available to those who need it. Job seekers are encouraged to come prepared for on-the-spot interviews. New employers who have never recruited on campus will be in attendance in addition to employers who have successfully filled positions here in the past. Laura Carlson, manager of student employment with CSSE, said, "We have sought out highquality employers. Students will be able to find anything from summer positions to intern and career positions." Carlson said UVSC will not be holding a Summer Job Fair because the Community Job Fair will be so extensive. Employers have good positions open for the unemployed and the underemployed. "Students have the benefit of improving their job and pay. This is a situation that hasn't happened in five or six years," said Carlson. The fair will be held in the McKay Events Center from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm on Wednesday April 11. Students are encouraged to come explore their opportunities. The employers will be on site late so job seekers can come after class or work. For more information on what employers will be at the fair visit: www.uvsc.edu/ communityjobfair Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer helps the Jazz to a win against the Timberwolves with a dunk over Kevin Garnett. With the win Utah clinched its first division title in seven years. See page B6 for more info on the Jazz. UVSC plans activities for Earth Day Spencer Shell Where: Mckay Events Center Lots will change at UVSC as it becomes UVU, but some things should stay the same. Find out what on A5. programs. "It is unusual that a faculty member from a non-research institution would be given this award," said Madsen. "Many of my colleagues from research institutions have said to me, 'Do you know what a big deal this is?' I was surprised and very pleased." Madsen recently Heather Brown When: Wednesday Apr. 11 What should stay? University of Minnesota in 2001, is the first recipient to be chosen from a Type II institution like UVSC, an institution primarily dedicated to teaching. In the past, the award has only been given to professors at Type I institutions, which are primarily dedicated to research, and to those who teach in graduate Utah Valley community job fair UVSC Job Fair OPINIONS who has made significant contributions in scholarly research to the field of human resource development. It is typically awarded to someone who earned a doctoral degree within the past seven years and is still in the early stages of their career. Madsen, who received her Ph.D. from the What: Over 80 local employers will be on hand, recruiting for new employees for everything from full time jobs to temporary summer positions. Assistant News Editor With Earth Day on Apr. 22, minds are turning towards ways to protect the environment in order to preserve life. Events locally, nationally and world wide are being set up to help in this process. This week at UVSC is Environmental Awareness Week. Many events ranging from Earth Day displays to screenings of the films Who Killed The Electric Carl and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, are scheduled to occur. The 10th annual Environmental Awareness Week is cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethics and ASUVSC Green Club, and in the past has had Mayor Rocky Anderson address the school focusing on the efforts that the city of Salt Lake has done in order to be more sustainable and serve as an example of an environmentally-conscious large city. This year an array of representatives of environmental activist, awareness and related groups will be participating, including: UTA, Utah Department of Natural Resources and Clean Cities Utah. More than anything, the idea around the month of April is conservation; Earth Day is just one day to remind us of the importance of our actions. Founder of Earth day John McConnell initiated the celebration of Earth day on Mar. 21, 1970. McConnell said, ''When 1 first conceived of Earth Day, a global holiday to celebrate the wonder of life on our planet, I thought long and hard about tiie day on which it should fall. It must be meaningful. One that might be accepted universally for all of humankind. When the Vernal Equinox dawned on me, 1 immediately knew it was right." "While other dates See EARTH* A3 |
