It is strongly recommended students bring the following items with them on campus visits. Being fully prepared for campus visits by bringing along the right “tools” will allow families to get the most out of their visits as well as document the impressions of each college.
A copy of your campus visit itinerary.
A campus map printed from the colleges website. This will be a document you will refer to all day during your campus visit.
Bring a notebook in which to take notes; write down things you notice and things you like and dislike. Write down all your impressions.
Bring your camera; photos will help you remember the details of the campus.
A separate copy of the attached Campus Visits Possible Questions list. This list of questions is designed to be answered by parents and students who carry the list with them throughout their campus visit. This is an extensive list in which not all questions can be answered in one visit, but an attempt should be made to answer as many questions as possible. Read more…
Lehi’s Shaylee Thacker will only be a junior in high school in the fall but she’s already filling up her high school rodeo trophy case.
As the 2011 Utah High School State Rodeo Finals came to a close Saturday night in Heber City, Thacker wrapped up another state championship in pole bending, her second straight title.
Since she also won a spot on the Utah team that will compete at the high school national rodeo in Wyoming in July in breakaway roping, she was the runaway winner of the girls all-around title as well – which is also her second straight.
“It feels great to go out and win it again,” Thacker said. “I was able to keep doing well this year and I kept my confidence up. It’s kind of crazy.”
While Shaylee Thacker was the star of the rodeo season, Saturday night’s finals belonged to her brother Travis and her friend Brinkley Phillips.
Travis Thacker, a recently graduated senior, closed out his Utah high school rodeo experience by winning the tiedown roping contest and in doing so secured a spot on the state team.
“It’s always fun to be on top,” Travis Thacker said.
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Officials at one university have a mystery to solve:
School officials at the California University of Pennsylvania have found an old love letter, which recently arrived in the mail room, postmarked February 20, 1958.
The intended recipient, Clark Moore, is believed to be living in the Indianapolis area, according to university officials.
Pining for Clark, the Pittsburgh-area sender ended the letter with, I still miss you as much as ever and love you a thousand times more. Please write me real soon. Love Forever, Vonnie.
University officials still hope to find Clark Moore and deliver his mail even if it is a few years late.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was told by the school that he did a poor job of self-reporting NCAA violations years before he failed to tell his bosses that players were selling championship rings and other Buckeyes memorabilia, a cover-up that cost him his job.
In an evaluation of Tressel’s job performance from 2005-06, then-athletic director Andy Geiger rated Tressel “unacceptable” in terms of self-reporting rules violations in a timely manner. The coach also was warned in a separate letter that he and his staff needed to do a better job of monitoring the cars the Buckeyes were driving – an issue that would arise again this spring.
The documents were part of a mountain of public records released Friday by Ohio State dealing with Tressel and the ongoing scandal that has sullied one of the nation’s elite football programs.
Tressel received a letter of reprimand from then-athletic director Andy Geiger for giving a recruit a Buckeyes jersey – a clear NCAA violation – before he had even coached his first game.
In spite of a sparkling 106-22 record and winning the 2002 national championship, Tressel was forced to step down on May 30 after it became clear that he had knowingly played ineligible players during the 2010 season.
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During an official signing ceremony on July 13 at the state capitol with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Utah Valley University formalized cooperative academic ties with Qinghai Normal University in western China.
UVU President Matthew S. Holland met with Qinghai Normal University President Dong Jiaping and his delegation and signed a memorandum of agreement that will lead to student and faculty exchanges between both universities. This formalization of relations will also facilitate collaboration on student digital media technology projects — including one currently underway by UVU students.
President Dong and the Qinghai Normal University delegation were special guests at UVU on July 11.
This effort coincides with President Holland’s recent initiatives focused on creating greater economic, educational and engagement opportunities related to China. He has prioritized UVU students gaining significant opportunities for hands-on, real-world learning with global relevance. In April, Holland was a member of Gov. Her
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