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Investment Analysts and Officers for Sub Saharan Africa 2006-11-10 22:21:36Group: Jobs | Location : Africa Country : Africa Company : AfricaServe
Description : The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, is a leader in sustainable development in emerging markets. IFC applies sophisticated financial tools to finance profitable projects that have a positive development impact and comply with high environmental and social standards.
IFC is pursuing a dynamic growth strategy with a particular focus on expanding its investment operations in Africa. The Corporation is seeking to recruit Investment Officers and Senior Investment Officers to join a team of highly qualified and enthusiastic professionals, willing to put all their energy and passion into the development of the continent.
IFC Africa is recruiting on different levels and today is searching for
* Investment Analysts – 2+ years of experience (internships included)
* Investment Officers – 4 to 7 years of experience
* Senior Investment Officers – 8+ years of experience.
Qualifications : The required experience is in the field of project finance, investment/commercial banking or equity finance. On all level, candidates have to have a sound knowledge of African markets. The performance and success of Investment Officers and Senior Investment Officers will be measured by the number of high quality investments they are able to identify and close, their input to help clients find innovative and flexible structures for complex debt and equity transactions, their capacity to guide and coach junior staff as well as their overall contribution to IFC’s ambitious goals for Sub Saharan Africa. Positions are based in Johannesburg, Douala, Dakar, Maputo, Antananarivo, Kinshasa, Accra and other regional offices. All positions require international travel. IFC offers a highly challenging and rewarding working environment with outstanding opportunities for professional growth. Please go to IFC’s website for Corporate information: www.ifc.org . You will find more detailed information on IFC’s recruitment programs and careers opportunities on: www.ifc.org/careers . Please send your application to: ifc-recruiteurope@ifc.org , Qualified and interested candidates might be invited to meet with Senior Management from the Africa Department on November 17, 2006 in Paris, If you are interested but not available on the 17th, please do send your application for future opportunities. All applications will be treated in strictest confidence. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
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Unified Fire Authority Job Announcement 2006-10-16 02:20:58Group: Jobs | The Unified Fire Authority was formerly the Salt Lake County Fire Department, but is now an independent entity which still provides fire protection and emergency management functions for the residents of Salt Lake County through and inter-local agreement.
We are actively seeking qualified male and female applicants from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds for these positions. In an effort to accomplish this goal, we are providing you with the enclosed recruitment flyer. Please post this notice and let your members/customers know of this opportunity.
Interested candidates should pick up an information booklet, which explains job duties, minimum requirements and the testing process. Information booklets and test registration forms may be obtained from our website at www.unifiedfireauthority.org, or at the address below.
Unified Fire Authority
3380 So. 900 W.
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
(801) 743-7200
Test registration forms and all accompanying materials must be returned to the Unified Fire Authority by 5:00 p.m. on October 24, 2006. Only registered and qualified applicants will be allowed to take the exam.
If you have any questions, please call Arriann Woolf, H.R. Manager, at 743-7124 or email at awoolf@ufa-slco.org.
Doreen Cardenas
Salt Lake County Personnel
(801)468-2331
DCardenas@slco.org
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Welcoming another African Association 2006-09-29 02:26:30Group: Associations | I was informed of a group of Africans who intend to create an African Organization in the State of Utah and I praise the initiative.
The timing is great because several requests from state officials to meet with representatives of the African Community are still pending.
Unaware of the activities of the African Resources Forum (ARF), the group has started working on its structures and road map. It's probably a good thing in the sense that starting an organization from the ground up might be the most natural approach. In so doing, the group can focus on its projects without the additional burden of dealing with prior considerations. Also it would be easy to evaluate its work in the years to come.
Indeed many would lament the increased fragmentation of the community, although it's not a new issue. Soon after the ARF initiated a common platform for all Africans and friends, other associations targeting smaller groups with common ethnic background or country of origin have operated with various degrees of success. Unfortunately, these groups have often worked on similar projects and competed for the same resources. Most Africans in Utah do believe that the differences in cultures, languages, and such are a major consideration, but the fact is they are barely a factor in the local context and the common challenges that it presents. That only becomes obvious when looking at things from outside in.
The lack of a strong representation of all Africans in the State by a unified organization has not helped leverage the resources that are benefiting other ethnic communities. However, it's probably too early to be concerned about the situation. It's hard to imagine that each of these other communities had a unified group from the start. Instead, it's more likely that they also went through a slow and painful learning process, before eventually coming the conclusion that a common platform is more appropriate.
The possibility of merging the other group with the ARF has its merits. The ARF will provide a structural framework and expedite the legalities. Hence, new members would start immediately working on projects that impact the community such as applying for grants, organizing community events, identifying and solving problems. The gain in time would represent at least a couple of years, because it takes that long to work out the internal structures, assemble the legal documents, apply and obtain a non-profit status, which is a prerequisite for receiving grants from charitable foundations based in the USA.
More importantly, the major donors also expect applicants to present prior achievements that justify their ability to conduct successful projects. Fortunately, the ARF has done extensive work in the community, and it is documented in detail on its web site, www.utafrica.org. It speaks for itself. It's possible that an institution would give seed funds to jump start an organization, but its long term operation depends on the ability to secure grants from diverse sources.
The ARF currently has a tax-exempt status also known as 501 (c) (3). Contrary to some ongoing speculations, it may not be put in a box and handed to a new team in minutes. The reason is that the status is legally binding to the representatives of the ARF who are listed in the official documents. It is entrusted to these representatives who are required to supervise the financial transactions of the association and ensure that they meet the legal specifications of the IRS. Indeed the association could immediately file to officially change the legal representatives, but that too would take several months.
It means that the executives of the ARF that are responsible for financial matters (namely Sam Asihene and Bill Bynum) would have to continue their terms for a certain time, and work with a new team. Actually, the experience of those two executives would probably be the single-most important legacy of the ARF. Regardless of how competent one may be in his area of training, it takes a lot of time to work with others, build their kind of experience, and gain the trust of a large community with members from such a wide spectrum of backgrounds.
The merged association could then form five working teams of 3 to 5 members. Three of these groups would be solely dedicated to applying for grants. Each would work with a list of 10 to 20 charitable foundations, research their requirements, send fine tuned application material, follow-up with presentations, meetings and others necessary tasks to secure funds. Down the road, a single working group of paid staff members could easily handle the fund raising effort, but it would be a huge additional load for unpaid volunteers devoting time on it as a hobby aside from their regular work. Even though such a hobby provides a very rewarding experience, it requires diligence, commitment, and team members may be easily burned out if the work is underestimated.
The fourth may be the Public Relations team and work on advertising, communications including press releases, newsletters, web site, maintaining the emailing list, and other avenues to help African Community and other Utah residents know about the association and its work. The team members would also make presentations at local schools and other public gatherings. It would send representatives to State committees or advisory boards like the Utah Humanities Council, Utah Arts Forum, and so many others where a voice from the association would be a plus.
The other team would work on various community projects. Even without external funds, the team should find creative ways to stage a few community events, possibly of limited scope. In fact it would be very useful that members of the new group get together plan and perform at least one community project, no matter how small, before considering a meeting with the ARF officials or speculating about a merger. A project would provide the new members with their first test on the field. They will find out their strengths, learn a lot about the African Community, its interests, and issues and have a better idea about the work ahead. It's funny how it???s said in the movie The Matrix that you don't know someone until you fight him, but there is substance to it. Right now there is too much hype floating around, but one does not know what anyone else can do.
Members of the working groups would meet as often as needed to complete their projects, and report to others. It would then be preferable to reduce the number of general meetings to fewer than 6 per year and have more community events instead. A lot of folks like to attend general meetings, tag along and feel like there are involved in a process, while actually contributing very little. Nowadays, there are too many effective options for keeping members informed while saving a lot of time that would otherwise be spent in driving around, trying to synchronize schedules, repeating issues at meetings while they may have been thoroughly reported already. Tools such as word processing, email, the web, blog pages, instant message, conference call, and such do present a minor learning curve but they significantly increase productivity. In addition, team members do not even have be in the same city. One may not like them but these tools are part of the landscape and are here stay.
Indeed it would be naïve to not expect the merger to face challenges. First, the current financial officers of the ARF would have to volunteer to work with a new team through a period of transition. They would probably endure a different style of work and over-hyped expectations. Also, some influential members of the other group have lived in this state for years and chosen to not actively participate in the projects of the ARF in spite of numerous opportunities, certainly for good reasons. Although that is the subject of a great debate on its own, it is of minor concern to me. Likewise, new members that recently joined the community should think positively and focus their energies on the issues that would be more beneficial to the community.
The above is just my personal speculations and I would be the first disappointed if the ideas about the merger are applied verbatim. It's more exciting to see a vibrant team implement fresh ideas and develop an unexpected but more effective working style. It would probably be helpful to be more open to voices that are new in the community. In fact, it could have been a great idea to name the association after an icon that is appealing to a large public, allowing anyone of African origin or not to feel welcome in the association, while still focusing on its target population. After all, the flow of funds would be from regular businesses to the African Community. It then makes sense that the association should be more open for all to contribute ideas and resources. A name could be along the lines of the Mandela Foundation, the Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Kilimanjaro, Safari, Mosaic or such. Names with Africa and Utah correctly identifies the organization and its goals, but they are flat and boring rather than not new and cool.
A lot of work may be done in the African Community, without much expectation in return because there is only very few professionals and even fewer businesses. Whatever approach we choose, the needs would always exceed the time, energy, and creativity that we have left after our principal activities, so the more people become active, the better it would be.
Thanks,
Poly
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Secure your personal identity 2006-03-07 23:42:23Group: General | 1. The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook, they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will know how you sign your checks.
2. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED."
3. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check-processing channels will not have access to it.
4. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box, use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks, (DUH!). You can add it if it is necessary. However, if you have it printed, anyone can get it.
5. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and
phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. Also carry a photocopy of your passport when traveling either here or abroad. We have all heard horror stories about
fraud that is committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards.
6. When you check out of a hotel that uses cards for! keys (and they all seem to do that now), do not turn the "keys" in. Take them with you and destroy them. Those little cards have on them all of the information you gave the hotel, including address and credit card numbers and expiration dates. Someone with a card reader, or employee of the hotel, can access all that information with no problem whatsoever.
Unfortunately, as an attorney, I have first hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package,
applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer and received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online. Here is some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:
1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. The key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.
2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). However, here is what is perhaps most important of all (I never even thought to do this.)
3. Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.
Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet and contents being stolen:
1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
3.) TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289
4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271
We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything. Nevertheless, if you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help someone. Last updated on
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Mulitcultural Celebration 2006-02-27 02:31:43Group: General | I am planning a mulitcultural celebration assembly for McMillan Elementary School in Murray, UT. I would like to arrange for some performers to represent Africa, perhaps traditional dance, storytelling, whatever you feel would be educational and entertaining. I'm wondering if you would put me in touch with some groups that might be willing to participate. The event is the morning of Thurdsday March 9th. I would like to dedicate 10-15 minutes to African culture. The kids attending are K - 6th grade. Please use the contact form to get more information if you are interested.
Thanks so much.
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Folk Arts Grants 2005-12-01 01:19:31Group: General | Applications for 2004 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program Grants are now available through the Folk Arts Program of the Utah Arts Council. Interested individuals should call George Schoemaker, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program Grant administrator, at 801-533-5760. The grant deadline is December 31.
The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program is a learning situation in which a master artist teaches his or her skill to an apprentice who wants to develop his or her skills in a traditional art form. They work together, one-on-one, so that the apprentice can learn as much as possible. Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program Grants provide between $500 and $2,000 to cover the master artist's fees, craft material cost, and travel in instances where the master and apprentice live farther apart.
Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program Grants support traditional art taking place in communities, families, or small groups. Art forms may include Native American crafts or performing arts; pioneer performing arts and crafts, such as saddle-making, quilting, and rug-braiding; or ethnic arts of families or communities with heritage from another country.
Master artists must be recognized within their communities as premier artists in their particular crafts. Apprentices must demonstrate a mid-level of competence in their chosen art forms. Other criteria used to evaluate applicants include how traditional the art form is, the dedication of the apprentice to the art form, and the likelihood for the project's success.
For more information, contact the Utah Arts Council's Folk Arts Program at (801) 533-5760.
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2007 DV Lottery Instructions 2005-11-01 23:16:14Group: Immigration | ENTRIES FOR THE DV-2007 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BETWEEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2005 AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2005. APPLICANTS MAY ACCESS THE ELECTRONIC DIVERSITY VISA ENTRY FORM AT 'WWW.DVLOTTERY.STATE.GOV' DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD BEGINNING NOON ON OCTOBER 5. PAPER ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGISTRATION PERIOD TO ENTER. HEAVY DEMAND MAY RESULT IN DELAYS. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER NOON ON DECEMBER 4, 2005.
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Immediate need for a consultant 2005-10-19 02:25:08Group: General | I have an immediate need for a person I can hire as a consultant for a duration of three to four months.
This person will conduct an investigation on the customer complaints and compile a written report. Must be able to work 40 hours a week and must live within the Salt Lake/Provo/Ogden Metropolis area. The person will be invited in for an interview and must be able to start within one week.
Qualifications:
1. Must have a college degree, preferably in the Technical area (Engineering, Chemistry or Biology). Will consider other area with related experience.
2. Must have a working experience of at least 3 years, preferably in the Pharmaceutical or related industry. Will consider other industries with the right experience.
3. Must have permission to work in this country.
4. Must have a strong written and verbal communication skills and "Can Do" attitude.
5. Must have good computer skills and follow instructions easily.
6. Must have a written Resume.
With the right qualifications and experience, I would be willing pay up to $75 per hour. Please pass this to other members that you feel may know someone who would meet these qualifications.
Thank you.
Ed Akpaita Senior Director,
Quality and Compliance Cephalon, Inc., Salt Lake City Operations
Phone (Direct): 801-401-7494
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How to Survive in an Earthquake 2005-10-10 02:40:45Group: General | EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE "TRIANGLE OF LIFE" Edited by Larry Linn for MAA Safety Committee brief on 4/13/04.
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
In 1996 we made a film which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins I used in my "triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse, we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life."
This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under their desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't, at the time, know that the children were told to hide under something.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, and the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building. They are everywhere.
TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Do Not Duck and Cover
Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" when buildings collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Triangles Save Lives
Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wonderful Wood
Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake.
If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) Roll Out of Bed
If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) Curl-Up
If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Do Not Stand in Doorways.
Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs.
The stairs have a different "moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place.
The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible
It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) Get Outside That Car
People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed.
They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
10) Choose a Void
I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
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Financial Support from the Semnani Foundation 2005-02-25 00:19:19Group: Technology | The African Communty Technology center today received a financial contribution from the Semnani Foundation.
Efforts for teaching Basic English, Computer and Information Literacy have been ongoing in our community for more than ten years now. These efforts have been mainly supported by in-kind donations from ARF members.
The financial contribution from the Semnani Foundation kick starts a new phase whereas the ARF will scale up the scope and serve a larger fraction of our community. As usual the priority will be given to newly ressetled refugees.
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Westminster to offer unique scholarships 2005-02-17 06:57:32Group: scholarships | February 9, 2005
The Salt Lake Tribune
Westminster to offer unique scholarships
By Shinika A. Sykes
Applicants for Westminster's "exemplary achievement scholarship" must be first-year or transfer students in good academic standing with a minimum B-grade average. They also must include a personal statement or essay; a resum?? that lists activities, awards and achievements; and at least two letters of recommendation.
The deadline is March 1. Finalists will be notified by March 15. Applications are available on Westminster's Web site at www.westminstercollege.edu. Most colleges and universities award scholarships to students with high academic achievements and high test scores.
But that's not the case for students who haven't taken advanced college courses or expect to graduate at the top of their class. They are, however, good students who have some uncertainty about their chances of competing on a college campus.
Westminster College of Salt Lake City aims to change that picture.
Beginning this fall, the private liberal arts college will present 10 exemplary achievement awards - each valued at $60,000 over four years - for students who have overcome a life challenge or disadvantages. The program is aimed at both first-year and transfer students.
The $60,000 scholarship means that for four years Westminster will absorb $15,000 of its yearly $18,145 tuition - leaving each student a yearly tuition bill of less than $4,000. That's about what students attending the state-supported University of Utah paid last year in resident tuition and fees.
"There are students who do good things outside the classroom, such as helping to feed the hungry or working full time to help support their family." said Joe Bauman, Westminster's vice president of enrollment management. "Sometimes these students' grades aren't at the highest because of outside demands - or they simply don't test well."
Yet, according to Bauman, they are the students who bring a "special kind of vibrancy" to a classroom. Special consideration will be given to students who have overcome hardships, a disability, a difficult personal situation or other disadvantage. That also includes students from various socio-economic and racial backgrounds, he said.
Their achievements could be in athletics, community service, writing, chess, debate, theater - or any number of activities outside the normal academic setting, Bauman said.
sykes@sltrib.com
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2559499
Helen Langan
Associate Director of Communications
Office of Communications
Westminster College
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