Sequel - Spring 2008 - (Page 24)

UVSC PRESIDENT WILLIAM A. SEDERBURG BECOMES THE “HERO” OF UVSC’S UNIVERSITY STORY. timeline being moved ahead. “It was helpful that I knew like to think of this now as two acts,” how to speak the same language,” Sederburg said. “But Sederburg said. “The first one was we wouldn’t have been able to do it without substance or essentially political. We had to sell it to key political support of the larger community and our political decision makers throughout the state, but it leaders. Senator Valentine, Senator Bramble, Lt. Governor really wasn’t changing the institution – it was Herbert, Rep. Lockhart, Rep. Dave Clark (from St. George) educating about the quality of faculty and proand others played key roles in getting the bill and funding grams we already had.” through the Legislature.” “Act two is tougher. Now that we’ve That support was never more pronounced than it been granted university status, what type was when the Utah Senate and House of Representa- of university are we going to be? That retives unanimously voted in favor quires change on all levels of university status for UVSC. t was very clear from the throughout campus, and a “That was an incredible moment,” clear direction,” he said. beginning that university President Sederburg said. As part of establish“It is a phenomenal statement ing that clear direction, status was something of the credibility of Senator Sederburg commissioned the community wanted. It wasn’t the UVSC Strategic DirecValentine that there hasn’t been a negative vote cast for university tions Advisory Committee something I brought with me with the task of reworkstatus, nor for the $10 million in additional revenue.” ing the mission statement from Michigan.” That additional revenue repto reflect the new status. resented the final piece to the uniThe new statement was President William A. Sederburg versity puzzle, and ever since that recently approved by both moment, Sederburg and all of the the UVSC Board of Trustcampus community have been operating in a higher gear, ees and the Board of Regents, reclassifying preparing for the official change July 1, 2008. Once again, the institution as a Type II institution that the white board has come into play, and a new puzzle and can grant master degrees. plan have taken the place of the old ones. In addition, Sederburg is attempting to I I 24 S P R IA LG 2 0 0 7 F NL 8 utah valley state college alumni magazine

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Sequel - Spring 2008

Sequel - Spring 2008 Contents Campus News At Our Best Q & A A Storybook Tale Uvu.edu Alumni News Gearing Up for UVU Outstanding Educators of the Year Donations Scholarship Report

Sequel - Spring 2008

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.