August 11, 2008
For Immediate Release
For an Interview:
Spencer Childs
(801) 863-8939
Utah Valley University’s Concurrent Enrollment is holding an open house for high school students and parents to learn more about the program on August 13-14 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Sorensen Center. Concurrent Enrollment is a UVU - high school partnership program where qualified students can earn tuition-free college credit. The program uses UVU-approved high school instructors to teach college classes at high schools. Another way students earn college credit is through Distance Education where classes are taught by UVU instructors on campus and broadcast to high schools.
“A lot of people are still unaware of what concurrent enrollment is. So it’s a chance for us to get the word out,” said Spencer Childs, enrollment manager for UVU concurrent enrollment. “One of the big things we’re trying to reverse is having people who have graduated from high school say ‘if I would have only known about the college credit’ they would have participated in the program.”
At the open house, representatives from each high school will be there to answer students’ questions about the program and courses available at their school. Booths at the open house include high school counselors, Concurrent Enrollment, Distance Education, UVU Student Services, live admissions and registration, Kaplan testing and UVU academic departments.
There will also be a presentation on the New Century Scholarship, which is a state-sponsored scholarship awarded to high school students who complete an associate degree upon graduation. The scholarship offers 75 percent paid tuition for their next two years of college. According to Childs, the state of Utah awarded a total of 467 New Century Scholarships to students last year, many which came from UVU’s Concurrent Enrollment program and Utah County of Academy of Science.
Students and parents will also learn the benefits of being a Concurrent Enrollment student such as having access to the UVU campus library, gym and computers, getting a UVU ID card, all-sport pass and $5 yearly bus pass.
Each night there will be door prizes and raffles of iPod Shuffles, iPod Nanos and UVU T-shirts. Free ice cream will also be provided by Scoops. For more information, visit www.uvu.edu/concurrent.
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College Marketing Contact:
Kim Chapman
(801) 863-6807
Written by:
Britnee Nguyen
(801) 863-8504