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Utah Campus Compact receives grant to help students help others

SALT LAKE CITY – In an effort to support hundreds of Utah’s community organizations, the Utah Commission on Volunteers has awarded Utah Campus Compact a grant of $150,000 to start AmeriCorps Education Award Programs at nine of Utah’s institutions of higher education (eight state colleges and universities and Westminster College). This grant allows students from Utah’s campuses to help...

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‘Sway’d’: Downtown Salt Lake to show off new interactive artwork

(Glen Warchol, Salt Lake Tribune) -- When Daniel Lyman, a University of Utah architecture student, designed the interactive art installation “Sway’d” for an empty lot in downtown Salt Lake City, he couldn’t be sure how it would turn out. After all, computer design software only takes you so far. But this week, standing amid 1,200 two-inch-thick,...

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Carnegie selects two Utah institutions for 2010 Community Engagement Classification

SALT LAKE CITY – The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected two of Utah’s public universities, University of Utah (U of U) and Southern Utah University (SUU), for its 2010 Community Engagement Classification, an acknowledgement signifying an institution’s social awareness. These two schools join the ranks...

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Community Colleges: “America’s Best Kept Secret”

(White House Blog) - Today, Dr. Jill Biden hosted the first ever White House Summit on Community Colleges. The summit brought together community colleges, business, philanthropy, federal and state policy leaders, faculty and students to discuss how community colleges can help meet the job training and education needs of the nation’s evolving workforce, as well as the critical...

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