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Show NEWS IV," set out of the campus • •I • • QiangFu, from Beijing, China and member of the International Student Council holds up a Chinese warrior with Steve Crook the Assistant Director of International Student and Scholar Services. Jake Buntjer/UVU Review International experiences with Global Spotlight : Read about what's happening in the rest of the world. Pick up your newspaper at the following locations: Sorensen Center *••;'?!•. Library • * Wobdbury Business Hall of Flags Computer Science Liberal Arts Pope Science Gunther Technology Physical Education Education Building '' "41 * • • UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY §V Brought to you by | J V U STUDENT Deseret News ASSOCIATION it By Elizabeth Steele News Writer A year ago the faculty started to discuss a way to bring international experiences to campus that would go beyond food festivals and fun, something that would bring a real academic sense of how other countries operate. Global Spotlight has been created for students of any major to gain an opportunity to participate in broadening their horizons and utilizing their education for practical application in this ever growing competitive world. As part of the global spotlight program, students will be offered an international experience through a series of lectures, news and student discussions, to be held on Tuesdays in the library, room 120, or another announced location. Global spotlight will start its program with a focus on China. The series will begin on Sept. 14, with a lecture given by regional director Brett Heimburger who will speak on China's future economic place in the world. The series will end in December with Dr. Susan Madsen's topic, which will be focusing on women's issues in China. Director of international relations Danny Damron relates the importance of Global competence. ; ; "Business, commerce, politics and en-, vironment issues are global," said Damron.* "Students need to talk intelligently about what's going on in the world and demon-; strate that they understand how it will im-: pact their own career, and the business •thajttheir involved in." • I• The hope is that the spotlight Brograni will give students one more important step-; ping stone they need in order to reach a higher global awareness and the confidence the#need to compete in the global workforce^;.": To the community, ; UVU represents service by Claudine Kuradusenge volved in different assigned to help students during their college years, one of them News writer being academic tutoring. All students can receive,asAt this University, stusistance in subjects such.as dents have the opportunity math, English, chemistry not only to study, but also and more. to apply what they learn through the Volunteer & Friday's Kids Respite, is Service-Learning Center. also supported by the center and helps parents who have The center works with children with disabilities. thousands of volunteer stuThe volunteers come to play dents and clubs who want with the kids, allowing parto have a better understandLi A desire to ents to have some time;for' ing of the responsibility of a help is all that themselves. big project. They also cater to those who want to pracis required. 77 Another service that.will"t tice what their teachers talk soon be offered is the disabout in class. Participants tribution of food to students want to make a difference who need it. • The final level is being a both in their own lives and student counselor. This alMore information about their communities. lows volunteers to work oW the Volunteer & ServiceTo be a member of the projects and practice them Learning center's services volunteer team is not com- in the community. The par- and how to volunteer^ is plicated; a desire to help is ticipants choose what proj- available by*visitin^C 209' ects they will work with, or going to their website'at' all that is required. Establish a budget and get to http://www.UVU.edu/VQl- , The center has three levels of volunteer service. The work. unteer. first is the student volunteer, The center support sev. t ; ;• where the participant is in- eral activities and projects activities. At the second level, students work directly with professors. This is where volunteers put into practice the material learned from their courses. It is a part of the curriculum and participants receive class credit for their work. |