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New campaign encourages youths to attend college

(Geoff Fattah, ksl.com) -- SALT LAKE CITY — State higher education officials have announced a new campaign to encourage children in under-represented populations to consider going to college. The Step Up campaign seeks to overcome barriers to higher education that some youths may face. The campaign also urges parents, educators, mentors and community leaders to encourage...

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Utah Organization Helps Students Learn to Pay for College

UHEAA fall tour gives free information, assistance to students everywhere in the state

SALT LAKE CITY – Even though Halloween is right around the corner, there are some folks who seem more afraid of paying for college during this time of year. Fear not! Experts from the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA) are ready to rescue...

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Conference shows Utah girls that science is a great career path

(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) -- Orem • To get students interested in biology, Jamie Jensen subjects them to the peroxide challenge. In this exercise, you put a food item in a test tube and douse it with hydrogen peroxide. “Awesome, eh,” the Utah Valley University assistant professor of biology told a roomful of girls Saturday. The peroxide bubbled...

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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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