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at our best UVSC INTRODUCES NEWS BROADCAST IN SPANISH Veronica Lopez, a senior in UVSC’s broadcast journalism program, was born in Lima, Peru, and first came to The United States when she was 12 years old. She is currently the executive producer of the College’s regular student news program, keeping her busy shooting and editing on a weekly basis. As if that weren’t enough to keep her busy, Lopez has now taken the responsibility to translate, anchor and produce the broadcast in Spanish as well. By assuming the position of anchor, Lopez is in unfamiliar territory, but she likes the fact that what you see is what you get. “I’m able to do it in my own language, everything you see on camera is me,” Lopez said. “I’m not nervous and it’s fun.” Fall semester 2007 was the Spanish program’s initial debut, but keeping it running hasn’t always been easy. FROM THE CONTROL ROOM: UVSC STUDENT VERONICA LOPEZ SINGLEHANDEDLY PRODUCES THE COLLEGE’S SPANISH NEWS BROADCAST. “My biggest challenge has been balancing 18-credit hours while editing, translating and anchoring the news,” she said. “I have multiple crewmembers for the English broadcast, but I am the only one for the Spanish program.” Another struggle is finding co-anchors. She usually relies on her friend, Eduardo Contreras, a sophomore from Chile, to help her in front of the camera. Contreras is not a broadcast journalism major and has no experience in the area, but has done well. “I’m really grateful for the support I’ve been given from UVSC,” she said. “They have really let me make the Spanish broadcast into something I’m proud of.” "Titanic" crashes into theaters. It is the most expensive film of all time October, the Board of Regents approves the Master Growth Plan of UVSC The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug Columbine High School murders in Littleton, Colorado Enrollment tops students 20,000 Reality TV hits the airwaves23 acres are “Survivor” is donated for the introduced Wasatch Campus March, the Dalai Lama speaks at UVSC George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd president Planes collide into New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon PHOTO BY JESSICA MYRICK Planning and Staffing, to provide students the opportunity to learn the research process and develop a higher level of quantitative analysis skills,” said Susan Madsen, professor of business management. “I have used the academic servicelearning pedagogy for years in my teaching and believed a community-based research project would lead to benefits for both students and the nonprofit community.” The students designed a comprehensive employee survey and distributed it to 14 nonprofit agencies in Utah County to study employee retention and recruiting issues for nonprofit agencies. “We’re thrilled to help our community in such a unique way,” Madsen said. “I’ve had many comments from community directors and employees, and they’ve said they haven’t seen such a major research project come from undergraduates before.” Salt Lake City hosts 2002 Winter Olympic Games President Kerry Romesburg steps down, Dr. Lucille Stoddard named as interim president. April, Larry King speaks at UVSC American Idol becomes one of the most-watched television shows in the nation 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 utah valley state college alumni magazine SPRING 2008 15

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