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Show inside this issue Opinions Life Provo Tea Party protests national debt. Winners announced for the student art contest at Woodbury Museum. Picture Courtesy of David Garber uvu uvu Monday April 20, 2009 The Independent Student Voice of Utah Valley University VOLXLVIII s> NO 52 The end of an Out to lunch with Liz unfortunate circumstance of severe reductions in state funding that will affect the institution for The annual "Lunch some time, but we've with Liz" lasted a little responded appropriately over an hour on Wed. and we're optimistic April 15. Interim Presi- about UVU's bright fudent Liz Hitch addressed ture." faculty, students, and the public in a full ballroom; On- going 2009-10 fund! Hitch reviewed the first available for allocation 19W.090 year of university status 1)1,TOO and made projections for lore* T I T * Cro*th 11.4)7400 140JJH the upcoming year. Prnkio^T Un*WrUx.i*iJ r«tu% tqu*rr f SIWJW Using humor and a llf.QW Tout SI.4Jl.rW lot of numbers Hitch exCourtesy of UVU plained the recent budget cuts as well as future growth for Utah Valley Budget impact University. The presenIn the review of the tation was broken down into four categories; uni- legislative session and versity update, legisla- budget impact Hitch tive session and budget spoke about the many impact, PBA decisions, budget cuts that have and university space de- taken and will take place since the recession began. cisions. While enrollment is increasing faculty and staff University update are decreasing. Spring During the university 2009 headcount saw an update Hitch addressed increase of 1,783 students academic, student, art, and UVU has become the and athletic successes. second largest public uni'This was a remarkable versity in Utah. With a base budget year at UVU," Hitch said of $5.6 million coming after the meeting. "We saw some amaz- from non-tax funds such ing triumphs, including as student tuition, UVU university status to be- will have some fundgin the academic year, ing to complete strategic UVU's first master de- initiatives. Although the grees, rising enrollment budget has been set for and our classification the year, there will conby the Carnegie Foun- tinue to be tax reductions dation "as a 'community for the next two years. engaged' institution. We The legislature has cauhave grappled with the tioned UVU administraIMERINDAPEARCE News writer Tii fsfid hKffui* au i « ™ i tion that there will be a continued 17 percent cut for the base budget for at least until the fiscal year 2011. In response to the tax fund reduction UVU has increased tuition by 5.66% for students, which is about $90 per semester, and increased medical premium by $19.42 per month for employees. While increasing costs to students and employees sixty-five of full time positions have been cut, four executives, twentyseven faculty, and thirtyfour staff. "We wanted to deploy our resources to match student and program needs," said Linda Makin, UVU's Executive Director of Planning and Budget. "We've been very careful throughout the budgeting process to determine the best use of our resources to serve our growing student body and support the institution's strategic directions." Resource and space allocation Reviewing this year's planning, budgeting, and accountability [PBA] sessions, the administrators, faculty, and staff decided how best to use the university's recourses. This is where funding requests were denied and See LIZ • A3 Interim President Liz Hitch gives the end of the year address. Trent Bates/UVU Review Engaging the UVU campus E JESSICA BURNHAM News writer The first annual Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement Conference was held on Monday April 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Tuesday April 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. The conference, sponsored by the Faculty Center, Faculty Senate and Center for Engaged Learning was themed "Learning as a Community: UVU's Engaged Teaching Strategies." "The purpose of this conference was to really have an opportunity for faculty to come together and share ideas about what they're doing in their teaching and engagement activities and to share scholarly work." said Anton Tolman the Director of the Faculty Center. With the participation of professors, administrators and students through mediums such as individual presentations, panel discussions, roundtables and poster displays, a range of concepts were presented due to their various expertise. Although each presentation maintained a unique approach, the overarching premise of each remained the improvement of teaching strategies in order to dynamically engage students. "Engaged learning focuses on shifting pas- Photo courtesy of Jingdong Liang Trent Bates/UVU Review Hitch talks about teaching scholarship at conference. sive learners into active participants," said Jingdong Liang, the Faculty Committee Chair.' "In the process, students will acquire real knowledge, not just abstract theories and principles, but actual skills and life experience which will allow them to become marketable in the real world." Professors across the UVU campus are beginning to incorporate alternative teaching methods into their course curricula. , "Teachers are begin- See STEC • A2 Andrew Chrlstensen, a UVU senior, presented his senior BFA art project in the Commons Area last week. The pictures are made rough, jagged and scraped-in, which reflect his Inspiration: urban graffiti. "My work is self-revealing," writes Christensen. "The urban environment I grew up In drew me to trie art of graffiti." Christensen said that art Is a way for him to respond to his past. "I am reconnecting to what 1 know and am familiar with." He has been working on the project since last summer. . ; |