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Show A3 ORIENTATION ELECTIV AREB ByANDYSHERWIN Culture Editor AN YOU One of UVU's big philosophies is that of "engagement." You've surely seen the banners on campus, the billboards on the freeway and the sides of UTA buses saying so. While BYU's student body is often noted for frequent engagement of a different sort (hardy har), what does UVU's marketing presence actually mean? The UVU Engage website prominently displays the words "Relevant. Practical. Real." What does that mean for students? Photo by Shane Maryott Multi-colored pipes a long-standing, Going through the course catalogue, you may be wondercross-campus tradition. ing why students getting associates or bachelors degrees are required to take classes that don't seem to directly apply to their own fields of study. Why should a biology major have to take a fine arts class? Why should an English lit major have to take a science class like Biology 1010? (For the record, I failed it twice.) It's to get you involved. Not all of these electives need to be boring trudges through uninteresting areas. For example, ByANDYSHERWIN While our cross-town counterparts, taking Writing for the Mass Media (Communications 1130), BYU's Cougars, have a lovely a class that covers your Humanities Distribution requireCulture Editor campus, we Wolverines have been ment, means that you write and publish an article with the graced with incredibly unique facilities. While students UVU Review. If you like that experience, perhaps you'll at Utah's other universities study on more "traditional" abandon pursuing that wacky chemistry degree in favor of grounds, that's just ... well, it's boring. Because UVU has a communications degree with an emphasis in journalism. grown so steadily since its establishment as Central Utah Maybe you'll sign up for an intro to business class and Vocational School in 1941, our campus is as eclectic as our decide that you'd rather make money than read good books, student body. so you drop some of the British Literature classes and aim A campus with a history like ours is accompanied with a number of eccentricities. As you're spending more time at the grounds, you may find yourself curious as to some of the more interesting things you'll encounter. Here's a handy guide to a few of the more fascinating things you may see around. Q: Why does UVU have an art museum in a shopping mall? Isn't that sort of ... what's the word ... ironic? A: UVU's Woodbury Art Museum is indeed located on the second floor of the University Mall, just up the street from campus. Orrin and Wally Woodbury, the owners of the Woodbury Corporation and the namesakes of the museum, donated space on the second floor of what used to be JC Penney. A proposed on-campus Center for the Arts building may eventually be the home of the Woodbury, but for now, you can enjoy a cinnamon roll and a corn dog in the food court before heading upstairs to check out the museum's expansive permanent collection and incredible rotating exhibits. Qilteople keep telling me to go to the Liberal Arts building, the Science building, the Trades building, etc., but as far as I can tell, for the most part, there's really only one "building." What's the score with that? A: Because of UVU's expansion from a small trade school to Utah's second-largest public university, campus itself grew from one building. While people may refer to the Liberal Arts building, the Pope Science building, Gunther Trades building, etc., you can think of these more like "wings" of the main campus building. UVU does, however, have additional buildings, including the McKay Education building on the north side of campus, the ExtentierhEducation building on the south side of campus and a complete other campus in Heber City. Q: What's the deal with those multi-colored pipes running^across the ceiling all over campus? Does following theirf^ad me to Candyland or something? Ar^Ha ha ha, you joker, When UVU first started on its original campus, students actually worked on the maintenance of facilities, like heating, air conditioning and what have you. They kept track of which pipes served which functions through color-coding, i.e. red is heating, green is cooling, etc. When the current UVU campus was built, they kept the tradition alive. THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF UVU CAMPUS SAM for business administration and go on to get an MBA graduate degree from UVU's newly-instituted program. Changing your path of academic study isn't the only .way to get engaged with your education, either. Certain classes can open up new social groups, pastimes, hobbies or even life experiences. The Theater department, for example,- has collaborated with the world-famous Sundance Institute on some professional theatrical productions. The most recent, Big River, is directed by Elizabeth Hansen, an Emmy Award nominee and a former adjunct faculty member. "UVU is providing a lot of the talent behind the scenes," said Melissa Larson, theater department lecturer and .Big River stage manager. "Almost everyone on the artistic staff and technical crew are involved at UVU." Students are encouraged to get involved with their departments at large, like the theater students participating in professional productions. (Last year's UVU/Sundance col-"-1' laborative production of The Fctntasticks was twice attended'1 by The Sundance Kid himself, Robert Redford. Other oppor tunities to not only help yourself with experience but also to help others with your time include contributing to local high schools and youth groups, businesses and non-profits. -i For more information, visit the UVU Engage website atwww.UVU.edu/Engage or visit the UVU Center For-Engaged Learning in Room LC-217 of the Losee Learning Center. ' •'•* . ' Si: REAT This institution has frequently expanded to accommodate their growing numbers as they have always maintained a strong : tradition of providing high demanda programs to students and community members. Even in their early days, the campus located in PrOVO Was Under Construction. Wisdom The post development of this institution haSit s success. laid the foundation for Teeth • Discounts for Missionaries • Root Canal Therapy ' IV Sedation for Ultimate Comfort • Insurance/Emergencies LU CO Extraction of 4 Wisdom Teeth Not valid with any other discount or offer. Orem office 1834 S. State I YOUNG FAMILY DENTAL UTAH COLLEGE OF DENTAL HYGIENE Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene (BSDH) Accredited College ACCSC, 20 Month Program! Accepting 60 students each class. 100% Graduation Rate Financial Aid & Loans are available (tor those vrfio quai4y) UVU Prerequisites Accepted* By CAMERON PATEY The school News Writer now known as Utah Valley University was founded in 1941, when a group of work programs and their associated communities banded together to create the Central Utah Vocational School. The school that once taught community members valuable trade skills has now achieved university level status and broadened its scope to a wider range of academic focus. Since its modest beginnings, the institution has had eight different names, developed six different campus locations and continues to offer core technical and vocational training. In the early '60s it was called Utah Trade Technical Institute, and only four years later it became known as Utah Technical College at Provo. It wasn't until 1977 that-the current campus location became the permanent 801-226-1081 w w v r f . u c d h . e d u c«i(or (totais Photo Courtesy of Wilson W. Sorensw's Photo Collection in Utah VaileyUniversit?fichives \ home 6f the expanding school. When the college initially moved to Orem, the only buildings in place were the Sparks Automotive, Woodbury Business and a portion of the student center. The pastures and sand pit that preceded the campus gradually evolved into 48 buildings. The change to Utah Valley Community College was followed by its most popular name change only six years later in 1993, when it became Utah Valley State College. This was only one year after the first bachelor's degrees were offered. The three available were in Business, Technology Management and Liberal Arts. In 2008, the institution became a university. Today, three high-demand master's degrees are offered in Business Administration, Education and Nursing. There are also 21 certificate/ diploma programs, 58 bachelor degrees and 66 associate degrees to choose from. There have been many substantial;^ changes throughout UVU's from the days of providing metal rication and gunsmith training in early 1940s through to today's rapidly* expanding options. To facilitate community university has continually the main campus located in also built several satellite These include the Wasatch CampjC?} Heber City, as well as off-campus*£j$2 like the Westlake Education fe?l cated in Saratoga Springs. UVU has maintained many :$>jjS traditions, such as being largely ftnO|$£ by the government and offering tej cal and vocational training prog The history of UVU ha* laid dations for institutional, student . community success. .j.» |