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Utah Valley University provides a return of $7.97 for every state dollar invested for an annual economic impact of $534 million, according to a recently concluded study by Jack Faucett Associates, Inc. UVU’s return on investment to the state’s economy has increased by 21 percent over the past five years.

“This report illustrates in concrete terms what we’ve known about UVU for some time — namely, this institution is an indispensable economic engine for the state and the region,” said UVU President Matthew S. Holland. “Rare if ever will a stock or treasury portfolio return an investment eight-fold annually, but that is precisely what UVU does for the state of Utah.” Of the more than half-billion dollars UVU contributes to Utah each year, $458.7 million is concentrated in the institution’s service region, which is comprised of Utah, Summit and Wasatch counties. UVU’s value-added

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Its the holidays, and this is the final episode of Down the Hall for 2011. We hope you join us for more great stuff in 2012, but first, listen to this episode! We have lots of great stuff.

First, Dave talks to Denise Lauritano, Co-Chair of the UBC Community United Way campaign. Denise tells us all about how the United Way gets the entire UBC community involved in helping fund and promote programs that benefit the entire Lower Mainland, including many educational programs. Even better, she tells us how you can get involved.

After that, your intrepid hosts discuss the future of course materials in post-secondary education, and ask that necessary question: are e-textbooks the answer?

All of this, and plenty of fun tangents too.

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Holidays are coming! Some are having the times of their life during Winter holidays: parties, friends, celebrations, cheering, sharing, etc.. Some find this time of the year very demanding. Most of us experience something in-between these two extremes: fun in some situation, pressure in others. Joy of sharing time with people we love, uncertainty about how to deal with holidays pressure.

These are 8 steps you can embrace to live joyfully during the holidays.

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Utah Valley University’s Music Department will present a Nov. 28 Choral Concert featuring the UVU Women’s Choir, UVU Masterworks Chorale and UVU Concert Choir at 7:30 p.m. in the Ragan Theater (located in the Sorensen Student Center).

The choirs will perform a wide variety of choral repertoire from masterworks to contemporary music. UVU faculty Cherilyn Worthen and Reed Criddle will conduct the performances. Tickets are available at the School of the Arts box office located in the Noorda Theater, online at www.uvu.edu/arts, or by phone at 801-863-PLAY.

Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah, and is home to nearly 33,000 students. UVU

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Learning to read is important at a young age, and its also very important to have teachers with a variety of methods to help young children learn and grow as readers.

EPLT, the department of Language & Literacy Education at UBC, and the Vancouver School Board are joining together to offer a section of LLED 446: Teaching With Illustrated Materials, K-3: From Picture Books to Information Texts. This course will be located in Vancouver and will start in January.

From the course web site:

This course explores the use of illustrated children’s materials in early childhood education with particular attention given to the role of the visual modality in conveying narrative and concept information to young children. T

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