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Show news A4 ^MONDAY • AUGUST 27 - 2007 Mehingitis vaccinations recommended for students ^AmefiCan Express'";-.-;^;/ . donates $10,QQQipvAiV ^HabitatforHumanity.".-V-: i..ofUtah County : ' vv..1 The American Express ; Center for Community Development recently donated' $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Utah County to help the local affiliate further its affordable housing mission in the community. is The generous donar tion will be used to pur•• chase building materials for : a, pabitat home slated for construction later this year. "We appreciate the center's kind support of our af; fordable housing program," fsaid Kena Jo Mathews, Habitat's executive director, ?'"Because of their generos* ity we will be able to provide n a lifetime of stability for an . area family through safe and *. affordable homeownership." V, ' The American Express f Center for Community Del velopment (CCD) is a leader ;; in addressing economic challenges that face Utah's low-f and moderate-income comfes munities. The CCD represents (.-two financial institutions: American Express Centurion Bank and American Express | | Bank, FSB. American Express * Company www.americanexpress.com) is a leading global •; payments, network and travel company founded in 1850. fr; Habitat for Humanity of Utah County is a non-profit, ecumenical organization and is one of more than 2,100 affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International. Affiliated in 1991 by a group of local community members that were concerned about substandard housing in the county, the organization has built 25 homes providing more than 39 adults and 87 children safe and affordable housing. The affiliate is currently building in Provo and Orem with plans to start construction on two additional homes by the end of the year. • - For more information, please contact Kena Jo Mathews at (801) ,344^ 8527 or kena@hfhuc.com "School of Technology and Computing hosts lecture series The School of Technology .and Computing is holding its second' annual lecture series. The series, which started Aug. 23 and-runs until Dec. 13., is held in CS404 at 11:30 a.m. The lecture will be held every Thursday of this semester. Each will be a technology • or computer-based lecture. [ The dean of the Technolo' gy and Computing department, | Ernest, Carey, was the first '•\ speakeroftheseriesonAug.23. Prior to Carey's position in the Technology and Computing department, he served as an associate dean in the school, and as chair of the Computer and Networking Sciences department. He has also served as faculty senate president. Carey received hisdoctorate from the University of Hawaii. "This event is. good exposure for local international speakers and good experience for students to gain better information on technology and computing," said Dave" Johnson, associate dean of the school of Technology and Computing. The" event is free and open to the public. Ethics.Center kicks off \ monthly forum ; •c Ethics* Ctfnter Kicks Monthly Forum Pierre Lamarche, associf ate professor of philosophy at UVSC, is scheduled to speak [ at the 15lh annual Ethics Fo; rum beginning Sept. 5. Every • Wednesday during-.fall- seff >.mest&y there will be-a lecture ; i n . t C 2 4 3 from 7-8:30 p.m. v Dr,.'Lamarche will discuss ; the "radical; ethical theory of Emmanuel Levinas, who argued for the primacy of ethics over all other philosophy and - theory, in trie light of Levinas' 1 ironic appeal, to the, tradition of philosophical skepticism-of disbelief in all things, including eUucs-to support his view! In so doing, Lamarche will explore the possibility of a skeptical ethics, one: rooted in disbejief, apathy, and thoughtlessness. "The Ethics Forum is great for students and members of the community to help open up and apply ethical thinking in our everyday lives," said David Richard Keller, director of the Center for the Study of Ethics. "It was a great success in the past years, and we hope for the same result this year as .well. The speakers are very informative and the subjects are very interesting. You will walk away learning a lot." The event is free and open to the public. Executive lecture series presents Lucille Stoddard Lucille Stoddard, associate commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education, will be the School of Business Executive Lecture Series featured speaker on Aug. 30 at 12 p.m. in the Ragan Theater. "I think the students will be learning a lot from her background as a business woman and as an educator," said Ian Wilson, the Reed & Christine Halladay executive lecture series professor. "She's distinguished in her field and has been influential in her role in higher education." Stoddard served at UVSC for more than 30 years. She was the chair of business for Utah Technical College, the dean and acting president for Utah Valley Community College and vice president of academic affairs for Utah Valley State College. Sloddard also served as interim president twice at UVSC. She has also received the School of Business Leadership in Excellence Award at the 2007 School of Business Convocation. The topic of Stoddard's speech will be "Clarity of Purpose." Habitat for Humanity of Utah County A free home-maintenance class' will be held Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. at Community Action Services, 815 S. Freedom Blvd:, Provo, for first-time homebuyers and other interested community members. The class is part of a five-session course offered locally by Habitat for Humanity of Utah County and Community Action Services. Trie topic of this month's class is weatherization and home decorating. Brian Peterson from Built Right Construction and Julie McHood from BYU will be the guest instructors. Participants are encouraged to attend all five sessions but can attend only the sessions they are interested in, as well. Those completing the entire course will receive a simple, step-by-step manual and a completion certificate. .'.' The course will be offered in its entirety everyfivemonths. The next round of classes begins in September. No registration is required. Participants need only to come to the class. .,•;_ The course is sponsored by the Ash ton Family Foundation. For further information, contact Kena Mathews at' , (801) 344-8527 or kena@hfhuc.org or Doris Rusaw at (801) 373-8200 cxt. 241 .I early teens and do riot know about the Center for Disease Heather Brown Control's recommendation News yriter that college freshmen who It's that time of year live in dormitories or dormagain, back to school. There style apartment housing be is always long list of things vaccinated with the Meninthat nedd to be done before gococcal conjugate vaccine school Starts, books to buy, (MCV4 or MenactraT). classes ] to find. However, This is in addition to there is an important item the other recommended that gets left off too many vaccines that most stuto-do lists: immunizations. dents have by the time Many college students they reach college age. Bacterial meningitis, haven't] been immunized since tbey were in their which is an infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord, is spread through droplet transmission, meaning throat and respiratory secretions (kissing or coughing). It is not as contagious as thefluor common cold and is not spread by casual contact. The symptoms of meningitis, both bacterial and viral, are a high fever, headache and stiff neck. Other symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, confusion, sleepiness and discomfort looking into bright lights. The symptoms can- shbw up quickly, taking onljj a few hours to develop, or thfey can develop in one or twd days. The vaccine is available at most doctors' offices or at the Utah County; Health Department, which! is located at 151 S. University Ave. in Provo. Their phone number is (801) 851-7044. For a recorhmehded vaccine schedule, ; the'1 Center for Disease pontrol's Web site iis hup:// www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ ASUVSC Q&A one speaker per semester that is a big name. It would be nice if we could get some good numbers out to a speaker, maybe spend a little more money on one speaker than spend not so much money on smaller speakers who don't bring out as large of a turnout. mittee, and that fueled me. Q: Did you participate in any leadershipinhigh school? No, A: didn't. Q: What are your plans for the future with your leadership skills? A: What I have learned here will obviously be a huge benefit in the future. A: I think students should It's going to give great oplook forward to a great year. portunities to use the skills The activities branch is do- I have and network with ing a whole lot of things that people. My career plans students will have an oppor- are to be a developer* and I tunity to get involved with. I want to use the experiences hope thai students can look I have gained to develop forward to the speakers and my own company. I'm not get involved with them. the average student govMy number one hope is for ernment kid; you don't get students to get involved a lot of Architecture mawith sti dent government, jors in student government. join a committee, or just Even though UVSC doesn't get involved, whether it be have an Architecture major, with the]newspaper, a club I am kind of building my or with anything. Just get own, and then I will have involved] It changes your to transfer, unfortunately. entire cbllege experience. Q: Which school Q: How did you get would you like to attend? involved in leadership? A: I don't know. I will A: I started out at the apply to a number of schools very bottom my first se- and hope that some bigmester here at UVSC as a name school will let me in. departmerit representative for the Construction ManQ: How excited are agement department I had you .for UVSC/UVU? some friends involved who told me to join the comA: I arir super stoked. I Q: What should students look forward to for this year? Mark Johnston/College Times Vice President of Academics Joseph Watkins seriously wish I could stay here for the rest of my college career and graduate here as an Architecture major. That would be my dream come true. It's so cool to see the school transforming. It's not like they are going to flip on a light switch and have everything change in 2008, but it's just cool to see the excitement and hear the students talking about it. It gives a little more ownership to the school, students feel like it's a little more their home. Q: Do you have any advice for the students? A: Stick with it. The school is growing. A lot of students come here just to transfer out. I will unfortunately be one them, but that is because they don't have my major. I'll stay here as long as I can. If the school has your program though, there is no reason not to stay. It's a great school; you'll have university on your diploma or transcript. Many bachelor's degrees available, more on the way Deaf Education, and Bachelor of Sciences degrees in Software Engineering, Economics and Biotechnology. Among all other Utah public colleges and universities, the new degree offered in BiotechnolChristine Shell ogy is unique to UVSC. News writer According to its Web site, UVSC will continue to Expect the number of increase the number of twobachelor's degrees at UVSC and four-year undergraduate to continue to increase. degree programs after its Beginning this semes- transition to university status ter, UVSC will offer 56 is complete next summer. bachelor's degree programs, There are also plans to add increased from the 51 de- several masters programs grees offered previously. over time, likely to be in EdStudents may now pur- ucation, Nursing, and Busisue Bachelor of Arts degrees ness, due to the high demand in Deaf Studies, as well as in for degrees in,those fields. American'Sign Language and The additions follow a New degrees include Deaf Studies as well as American Sign Language, etc trend set by the institution of continually increasing the number of undergraduate programs available to its students since the first three bachelor's degrees were offered in 1993. Degree additions in recent years include programs in Forensic Science, Music, Political Science and Information Systems. A list of future degrees to be offered, based on demand and feasibility, is maintained by Academic Affairs. Before a degree can be officially offered, extensive planning and preparation must be made, and final approval must be granted by the board of regents. Selecting a major from among the many choices offered may be difficult for some students. For those struggling to select a degree program, services such as career counseling and aptitude tests are available through the Career and Academic Counseling Center. Advisers in each academic department are also available to help students select an area of emphasis within their major. More information is listed online at www.uvsc.edu/careeracad and individual academic department Web sites. 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