Couple Promotes Student Volunteerism Alumni from the Class of 1941, led by Keith and Viva May Wilcox of Ogden, have raised $20,000 to promote community service projects by University students, faculty and staff. The money will cover startup costs for the Associated Students of Weber State University to coordinate the program. “This fund-raising effort is a marvelous opportunity for our class and the University,” said Mr. Wilcox, a prominent retired architect. “It will help students grow in their understanding of the problems that exist in our community. It will bring an awareness of the joy that comes from helping others and losing one’s self in service.” Mr. Wilcox said he became interested in promoting comprehensive community service efforts after seeing a similar program at the University of Utah. Other 1941 graduates pledged their help and have donated $20,000 for the program. University students, faculty and staff have been involved in community service projects since the mid-1970s. Those efforts have been conducted by the Volunteer Involvement Honor Society Recognizes Student Nurses La Volunteers © Identity Dinosaur Discovery Graduation Rates © Rockets Moral Decay grams for the Ogden City School District, described the Students as a “godsend.” He noted that in one week 85 volunteers worked at Lewis Elementary School. Campus officials said the University will use service-promotion money to fund innovative volunteer projects by students and establish a permanent coordination center. Program (VIP) and the Community Service Referral Center. The University also offers a personal-development course that encourages volunteerism for social growth. Students in the course donate a minimum of 55 hours of work to an approved community service organization. Other campus groups also sponsor volunteer programs. _ Earlier this year, scores of vol| unteers went to Ogden’s innercity schools to help reduce children’s fears of those who do not _ speak English. John Ulibarri, curriculum | consultant over federal pro26 eet of the Univer:A ssociation for the Shaun Myers ~ University alumalsni elect ed Randy Skanchy, Class of 71, of Salt Lake City, as vice president; Althea Roberts, Class of ’45, of Roy, Utah, as president of the Emeritus Alumni Council; and Murray Olsen, Class of ’76, of Harrisville, Utah, as president of the Young Alumni Council. The University’s nursing honor society has been accepted as a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, an international honor society of professional registered nurses. Some 120 members at the University were inducted into the international society last May. Sigma Theta Tau has about 150,000 members at 301 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, South Korea and Taiwan. Its members are nursing students, faculty and professional nurses who have demonstrated superior scholarship, leadership and nursing expertise. @ Downey, Weeks & Toomey has completed six months of indepth interviews with about 100 faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni, donors, community leaders, legislators, education officials and business executives. The New York firm also has analyzed strategic plans, communications materials and other official University documents, and prepared a comprehensive “Identification Plan.” The cost of the project, $52,500, will be paid with pri- vately donated funds. Dr. Thompson said the identity study will help attract excellent faculty, increase pride among alumni and improve Career opportunities for students. The study also will develop a system of visual communication for letterhead, business cards, publications, campus signs and official vehicles. The system will enable every unit of the institution to project a consistent and cohesive identity. “Strategic identity is an investment in our future,” Dr. Thompson said. “We want to take the initiative in building a sound foundation for our faculty, staff and students.” & Debaters Take Second Place in National Tournaments Two Weber State debaters took second place at the Novice Debate Association (CEDA) last March at Towson State University in Maryland. Freshman Lillian Recksiek and junior Dawn Daley, both of Layton, Utah, were runners-up to debaters from Cornell University in the CEDA championship round. Ms. Recksiek and Ms. Daley defeated competitors from the University of Michigan, the University of Vermont, Louisiana State University, California State University at Los Angeles and Sam Houston State University. Freshman Russ Rampton of Layton, Utah, finished eighth among novice debaters. a Study Recommends Quake-Proof Campus University Begins identity Study The University has conducted a major study of its image and identity in an effort to focus the University’s strengths, enhance its reputation and increase private financial support. President Paul H. Thompson said the project will help the University “achieve the recognition it deserves and earn the resources it needs in an era of limited funding for higher education.” Downey, Weeks & Toomey, a New York consulting firm, conducted the study. The firm has completed successful identity programs for several major universities, including Penn State, Georgia Tech, LoyolaChicago and Illinois State. “We’ve taken a long, hard look at ourselves,” Dr. Thompson said. “We want to identify all the factors that make Weber State distinctive — its style, character, personality, capabilities and traditions — and use those to position the institution and project its unique qualities.” National Championship Tournament Cross Examination ‘Belaae rector foracademic affairs at Vytautas Magnus: University, accepted the degree for the Lithuanian president. She earned areputation for pro- | _ The University also awarded _ viding dynamic leadership to | ce to his present poston inin tomy degrees to: several public- Service organiza1982. | Ono E. Childs, fone presi- tions, including Your Community Connection. She Melba S Leiner co-founder - dent of the Colorado School of also is recognized as an eloof the Melba S. Lehner | Mines in Golden, Colo. He quent spokesperson for Utah’s Children’s School in the | graduated from Weber College African American | community. College of Education. She in 1933 and taught geology at joined the Weber State faculty i the University from 1937 to SpencerF. Eccles, chainnan in 1946. Her interest in child1942. = and chief executive officer of development programs began Margo Heston: former presi- - First Security Corp. in Salt ~ before World War II when she dent of Your Community Lake City. Mr. Eccles joined helped establish nursery schools Connectionin Ogden, formerly First Security Bank in 1960 and for the Works Progress — the YWCA of Northern Utah. | became oe of its parent Administration. @ University officials hope the Wasatch Fault waits at least 10 years before fulfilling scientific predictions of a major earthquake. It will take at least that long for campus planners to complete an estimated $21.6 million in seismic upgrades recommended by Reaveley Engineers of Salt Lake City in a report to the Utah Board of Regents. “Life-safety issues pose our biggest concern,” said Craige Hall, associate vice president for physical facilities. “We'll solve them, but it will take According to the report, three University buildings — Social Science, Technical Education and Campus Services — would collapse in an earthquake measuring seven or higher on the Richter scale. Seventeen other buildings would be partially destroyed. Only three buildings — the Dee Events Center, Marriott Allied Health Sciences Building and Health and Physical Education Center — might escape damage, the report said. 2