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Wyoming offers reduced tuition Scholarship created for minority students By Brad Davis Senior Reporter A new program aimed to increase student diversity at the University of Wyoming in Laramie has the admissions office at UNL worried. With its own push to diversify the face of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, the admissions office is weary of a Wyoming program that offers reduced tuition to minority students from Nebraska. Peg Blake, UNL’s admissions director, said she was worried stu dents in Nebraska’s panhandle would be swayed past the western border of the state to take advantage of a close-to-home, low-cost edu cation in Wyoming. But before those students start packing their bags, Blake said, they should consider opportunities UNL offers that Wyoming does not. As a major research university, UNL offers more educational and extracurricular opportunities for students, Blake said. Some Nebraska students must not be convinced, though, said Wyman Levingston, minority recruitment director at the university or Wyoming. Of the 74 Nebraska students who have applied for the scholar ship, Levingston said, 40 have accepted the tuition discount, which allows Nebraska students to attend at 150 percent of Wyoming students’ cost. An out-of-state student would normally pay about $7,500 per year in tuition, Levingston said. This scholarship would cut that cost to about $3,400 per year. The scholarship, Levingston said, is available to all Nebraska students who have high school GPAs of at least 3.0. The scholar ship is not just for minorities, though it is targeted to them, he said. Levingston said extracurricular involvement also is a consideration for students applying for the schol arship, which becomes available for the 1999 school year. Other Western states, including California and Idaho, among oth ers, also have reduced tuition plans with Wyoming, Levinston said. Wyoming is slated to have the second-lowest rate of graduating high school seniors in the nation within the next few years, Levingston said, which makes it necessary to recruit from other states. “This is very crucial and critical to us,” he said of the 11,000-student campus. Along with increasing the total student population, Levingston said, the scholarship, which also is available to transfer students, aims to increase minority representation on the campus. Blake said her department would evaluate the impact of Wyoming’s program next year. Several universities, she said, have reciprocal agreements with UNL, in which Nebraska students can attend other schools and study certain subjects at a reduced cost. Blake said fewer than 12 stu dents attend UNL at a reduced cost because of a reciprocal agreement. But the Wyoming program is different, Blake said, because the University of Wyoming has no agreement with UNL, and Wyoming students cannot attend UNL at a reduced cost To ensure UNL doesn’t lose too many students to this program, Blake said, her office would step up its recruiting efforts in western Nebraska. “We will continue to make our presence known to students in that part of the state,” she said. Wyoming’s program would pull minorities directly out of the large Hispanic population in Western Nebraska, she said. “We can easily talk to the stu dents about the number of classes and academic opportunities (at UNL),” Blake said. “There are choices and opportunities here that are not available at the University ofWyoming.” - » - $ Cash Machine Now Available $ Credit Cards Accepted Invest jronr money beck Into yenr bar! It's year college memories! Visit ns on the web-brassrail.com Conference to examine race issues By Lindsay Young Assignment Reporter A conference to address issues sur rounding minorities in predominantly white institutions starts today at the University Nebraska-Lincoln’s Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Studies. The conference is the only one of its kind in the United States, said Kathleen Zumpfe, director of marketing for the Division of Continuing Studies. It attracts people from nearly all 50 states. “I think part of the reason it’s so suc cessful is that there are no national con ferences that explore the issues of peo ple of color in predominantly white institutions,” Zumpfe said. The conference will run today and Friday. It features three national speak ers, including author and University of Oregon Professor Quintard Taylor. The conference will start at 8 a.m. and end at 8 p.m. Thursday. Friday it will start at 8 a.m. and end at 4:50 p.m. TL _ Af\_. X_* _ r A-i 1 lit "TV pvddiuit lupitd 1V1 uic nine sessions include “The Ladies Room: Repetition, Exclusion and Exposure in Public Restrooms,” “Beyond Rhetoric to Reality: ‘Growing Our Own’ Minority Teacher Education Candidates,” and “Survival Strategies for Black Arts Faculty on Predominantly White Campuses.” Wayne Babchuk, program special ist for academic conferences and pro fessional programs, said the conference “serves as a forum for people of color to examine topics and issues they are interested in” about predominantly white campuses. The third-year conference has evolved from focusing on just student athletics to all issues facing minorities, Babchuk said People interested in attending can register onsite at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Education on UNL’s East Campus. Registration fees are: $245 full registra tion; $75 student registration; or $45 UNL one-day student registration. f ENTREPRENEURS! ! ' Be your own Boss. New Summer Offering. 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