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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014
UA cracks down on low GPAs
VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 98
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HOCKEY MAKES FIRST TOURNEY SINCE 2006
BY HANNAH PLOTKIN The Daily Wildcat
Students in a scholarship program at the UA may see more enforcement of GPA requirements from administration this semester. The Arizona Assurance Scholarship, created by former president Robert Shelton in 2008, provides funding to low-income students from Arizona so they can attend the UA. There are roughly 1,800 students currently enrolled who have received the scholarship. Michelle McKelvey, assistant director of Academic Success and Achievement, said that potential recipients are high school seniors who have earned a 3.0 in their first three years of high school and have been admitted to the UA. Once the scholarship is obtained, scholars receive funding to cover their tuition, mandatory fees, the cost of books and their first-year housing expenses. However, they must fulfill certain requirements to maintain funding. McKelvey said this includes completing 24 credits a year and maintaining a 2.0 GPA. McKelvey, who took over the program in April 2013, said that the GPA requirements for the scholarship were not strictly enforced in the past. She said this oversight could be attributed to a few things. “It was a new program and
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BASEBALL HOSTS WOLVERINES FOR WEEKDAY SERIES
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T.J. WARD, a mechanical engineering sophomore, plays his electric guitar with an amp in order to drown out the noises of Brother Jed and Dean Saxton on Heritage Hill on Monday afternoon.
Permanent dean of students appointed BY ETHAN MCSWEENEY The Daily Wildcat
The UA has named a permanent dean of students, a position that has been unfilled for the past year. Last week, Kendal Washington White was named the assistant vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students. She has served in the position in an interim role since January 2013. The announcement is the culmination of a year-long search to fill the position after Keith Humphrey left in January 2013. White said she initially did not apply for the position in the spring semester of 2013. When the UA was unable to find someone to fill the role, another search was initiated in the fall and White applied. “I applied for the position because … this position is the only dean position that is fully focused on students,” White said. The UA used a search consulting firm, Storbeck/ Pimentel & Associates, in its national search for a new dean of students, said Melissa Vito, senior vice president for student affairs and enrollment management. She said that she was not happy
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Event to promote retailing diversity BY JORDAN FOWLER The Daily Wildcat
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DEAN OF STUDENTS KENDAL WASHINGTON WHITE said she is looking forward to serving in her new leadership role with the UA. White assumed the role of Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students earlier in February.
The UA Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing is celebrating diversity within the workplace with the first “Fitting in While Standing Out” Diversity Conference. The idea for this conference was developed last semester, when the center’s directors heard from both students and employers that everyone within the industry field could benefit from more education and exposure to diversity, said Abra McAndrew, the center’s assistant director of student leadership and development. McAndrew said she immediately began working with student ambassadors to put together a conference, the goal being to create opportunities that both students and employers could learn from. “Diversity is a tool to do things that have never been done before and to serve customers in a way that they’ve never been served before,” McAndrew said. The conference will open at 8
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Self-esteem focused fair returns BY MEGHAN FERNANDEZ The Daily Wildcat
Campus club UA Body Smart is encouraging students to feel comfortable in their own skin. The club will host its second annual Body Smart Fair on the UA Mall this Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to promote body image awareness. The Body Smart Fair is an event where several organizations at the UA and in the surrounding community gather to encourage self-esteem among students. Although the Body Smart Fair is only in its second year, Campus Health Service has been putting on an event for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week for
12 years. Last year, the fair was called Love Your Body Day and was mostly targeted towards women. This year, the name was changed to Body Smart to be more inclusive to all types of students, said Julie Sigler, a public health senior and intern at Body Smart. Sigler said that the main goal of the Body Smart Fair is to raise awareness about body image issues and show available resources to students. A variety of campus groups will have booths to give presentations relating to Body Smart’s goals. Pride Alliance will be one of the groups tabling during this event, featuring
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Currently, the name of the game in the student union is more “Super Size Me” than it is “VeggieTales.”
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KATIE KILBY, Pride Alliance co-director and public health senior, sits with a sign made for the Body Smart event by Meagan Horman, another member of the Body Smart committee.
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