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Balancing Work and Family

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Each year the University of Utah’s College of Social Work recognizes the achievements of women in general and one woman in particular who exemplifies qualities of leadership, inclusiveness and integrity, and who has worked effectively to improve the lives of women and their families in Utah.

Held in honor of Belle Smith Spafford, this year”s seventh annual Belle S. Spafford Spring Roundtable will recognize Marilyn May Phillips as the sixth annual Spafford award recipient, in an event to take place on Monday, April 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Marriot University Park Hotel, 480 Wakara Way.

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March 25, 2011

U of U Program Empowering the Lives of Black High School Girls with Innovative Leadership Conference

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Empowering Black Girls to Live Their Legacy” is the theme of a new leadership conference for Black teenage girls. The conference will be held Friday, February 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the A. Ray Olpin Union, Panorama East Room, on the University of Utah campus. The conference is designed to support Black high school girls by providing positive interaction with Black women mentors in ways that promote academic, career, and physical well-being success.

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March 25, 2011

U of U Presents Two Lectures on Gifted Children

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Eleven-year-old Michael was frustrated in school. A bright and talented boy, he was having problems reading and writing and made “careless errors” in math. He began calling himself “stupid” and “dumb.” His parents persisted in finding a reason for his challenges, so took him to visit physicians and learning specialists Brock and Fernette Eide, who confirmed Michael’s tremendous strengths as a learner, but also discovered the root of his problems: dyslexia.

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March 25, 2011

Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Michael K. Young to Visit Schools in Salt Lake City and Granite Districts

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While in Utah to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Utah on Friday, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Community of Caring, a national character education program now located in the Department of Special Education at the University of Utah, and U President Michael K. Young will visit two Community of Caring Schools. They are Salt Lake City School District’s North Star Elementary and Granite District”s William Penn Elementary.

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March 25, 2011

Rosie Joe House to Receive AIA Award this Weekend

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A home University of Utah architecture graduate students built for Rosie Joe and her family in Bluff, Utah, a small town located in the San Juan River Valley, is receiving yet another award. On Saturday, Hank Louis, University College of Architecture + Planning (CA+P) adjunct professor, will accept an award from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Western Mountain Region (WMR) at an awards banquet at the Arizona Biltmore Resort.

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March 25, 2011

Inaugural Address by President Michael Young

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It is with deep appreciation and gratitude that I welcome all of you who have chosen to join us on this special day in the life of this great university. I am honored and humbled by your presence. We have with us today leaders from government, industry, education and our religious communities; members of our University community, including administrators, faculty, students, staff and alumni; and hundreds of other supporters and well-wishers. Please know how much your presence means to Suzan and me and to the University. I am also delighted to welcome so many members of my extended family, who knew me when I was young and remain in some state of amazement that the Board of Regents really went through with this and put me in charge. None, of course, are more amazed or in a greater state of disbelief than my own children, who have joined us as well. Welcome to all of you.

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March 25, 2011

Community of Caring Names University of Utah Its New National Headquarters

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On Thursday, Nov. 11, Community of Caring, a national K-12, whole school character education program pioneered by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, will announce that it will move its office from its current location in Washington, D.C., to become the National Center for Community of Caring at the University of Utah. The announcement will be made at a news conference at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., in Washington, D.C. Shriver, founder and honorary chair of Community of Caring, and University of Utah President Michael Young will give remarks and answer questions.

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March 25, 2011

Class of 2003-2004 Set to Graduate From U of U on May 7

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The University of Utah’s class of 2003-2004, comprised of 7,404 graduates, will receive their degrees at commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 7, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The procession of diverse graduates, who come from 60 countries, 50 U.S. states and 26 Utah counties, will begin at 8:20 a.m., with the commencement ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. (Guests should plan to be in their seats prior to 8:30 a.m. Tickets are not required.)

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March 25, 2011