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Show UVU REVIEW A4 NEWS KEYNOTE from Al ary degrees are decided by the Board of Trustees from a list of names that have made a significant contribution to the world, performed in exemplary ways or have dedicated their lives to service. Other receivers of the honorary degrees will be author and philanthropist Barbara Barrington Jones and 2014 Winter Olympics medalists Noelle Pikus-Pace and Chris Fogt. Barbara Barrington Jones moved to Utah in 2010 and donated $2 million to the Wee Care Center at UVU as well $3 million to the Museum of Natural Curiosity. She contributes to Ballet West and WELL Africa, a fund that provides education to children in the Ivory Coast. As CEO and Founder of the Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation, she motivates women to reach their full potential through campsone for adult women and one for teenagers. She used experiences from her own life, from living off a minimal income working to be a ballet dancer in New York to an abusive husband, to write six inspirational books about beauty. "Noelle and Chris are obviously in the international spotlight, putting UVU on the map in terms of the Olympics, and we wanted to send a message that we are proud of our own alumni and we felt they warrant it, not only for their accom- plishments, but what they represent as individuals," Reyes said. Noelle Pikus-Pace graduated from UVU in 2005 after studying community health and physical education. That year, a bobsled that failed to brake crashed into her and broke her leg. She retired from the skeleton in 2010. Despite the injury, she returned and won a silver medal in the skeleton for the USA in the 2014 Winter Olympics with support from her husband and two children. While at UVU, Pikus-Pace broke the University high jump record. In 2004-2005, she became the first U.S. woman to win the women's Skeleton World Cup title. In 2012, Pikus-Pace was inducted into the UVU Athletics Hall of Fame. Chris Fogt has represented the U.S.A. in athletics and served the U.S.A. overseas in the army. Before graduating from UVU in 2008 with a degree in business management, Fogt broke six school records in track. Fogt completed the ROTC program and was accepted into the Army's World Class Athlete Program. He is a second lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Branch. He returned home from Iraq after a year and trained to join the bobsled team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The team, called the "Night Train," won a bronze medal. He will return to serve in the U.S. Army in May. UVU's commencement ceremony will be held May 1 at 6:30 p.m. Where UVU Gets Engaged! Design your style today. We Price Match! Free Pearl Strand with Engagement Ring Purchase APRIL 14, 2014 ART from Al lacking a functional art gallery. "This is what I'm calling our art gallery, there is no art gallery on campus," said Revoir. At one point UVU did have a dedicated and functioning art gallery in room 401 of the GT building, however due to space constraints the Music Department was allocated the room for their equipment needs. "Space is very much at a premium here at UVU, and the visual arts is in dire need of exhibition space," said Davis. "We have very few places to showcase our students' outstanding work, aside from hallway bulletin boards with the AVC Department, or the occasional nook here and there. "The appreciation of artwork is definitely a twopart process of creation and viewership. We would love for more people from the campus community and beyond to be able to enjoy the works of art being produced in the AVC Department on a daily basis." Revoir's method of using his artwork as a way to interact with students and convey a message in a unique way is an example of some of the strengths behind performance and installation artworks. "These types of artworks incorporate real time and space, blurring the boundary between art and life, and sometimes involving the viewer as a participant," said Davis. Students Spencer Devine and Judy Day presented an art booth challenging what is identified as beauty. They featured information on the addictive grab of cosmetic surgery and its destructive effects, and how society has created a culture where people seek to downplay the strengths of our body. "We have a culture where we are supposed to be modest," said Day. "For some reason when we start talking about things like having a great smile we are labeled arrogant." Another part of Day and Devine's booth on beauty featured Devine drawing portraits of participating students according to how those students viewed themselves. Devine would then draw portraits of those same students using descriptions of them from other people. The results of the portrait drawings gave an interactive example of how people are generally more critical of their own looks cornpared to how others view them. Inviting participation from students was a big focus of the art displayed at this exhibit. Drawing inspiration from an installation artwork crafted by Yoko Ono, called the "Wish Tree," Rachel McCappin set up a version of that artwork on our campus. Using a tree outside the GT building, McCappin had students write down their wishes on paper and then decorated the tree by hanging those wishes on it. "This is a piece that is featured at the Utah Museum of Contemporary art," said McCappin. "For me this piece is about questioning who the artist of this is. Is it Yoko Ono or is it the people who put their wishes on the tree?" Holding other exhibits like this on campus again is something Davis is interested in doing. 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