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The Disability Resource Cen-ter on the campus of USU Eastern is one of the best resources we as students have. Jan Thornton, di-rector of the Disability Resource Center, explained what they do,, what services they offer and why they’re there.

The Disability Resource Cen-ter is located in the SAC build-ing Room 118. Upon walking in, I was greeted by the smiling face of Tammie Pantelakis, the Disability Resource Center advi-sor. Thornton was in a meeting so I was invited to sit in the back room in a massage chair. I had no money with me, but was advised that these amazing chairs were free to students. Thornton came in a few minutes later and we started talking.

Thornton did not start out to be a therapist, even though she is very good, she started out to be an engineer. Due to circumstances out of her control, the engineer dream of hers fell through. She started college here at CEU, took some classes and fell in love with social work. She now holds a masters degree in social work and is a licensed clinical social worker. She decided to go into therapy when some close family mem-bers were given bad advice by a non-licensed therapist, which led to a divorce.

The services in the Disability Resource Center are many, “We primarily provide short-term therapy and if needed, we can make referrals for long-term therapy… We also do academic adjustment for students, we don’t do facilities adjustments here at the Disability Resource Center,

we only do the academic part. Put simply, some people are gifted in math, some people aren’t. Our job is to give the people who aren’t a fair shot.” said Thorton.

At the Disability Resource Center you can check out cal-culators, spellers and audio amplifying devices for the hard of hearing. They also offer note takers, testing accommodations, interpreters and some furniture,.

Tammie Pantelakis, at the Disabil ity Resource Center, counsels the alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention ser-vices for USU Eastern. Along with those responsibilities, she is responsible for the “first-line intervention.” While she doesn’t do treatment, she does meet with students for the first time to do an assessment based on their needs. From there she takes it to Thornton and they decided what treatment, is needed based on

that assessment. “ N e v e r b e

afraid to come i n ,” T h o r n t on says. “One thing that my of f ice really does pride t hemselves on is keeping stu-dent records very confidential, to the point where sometimes peo-ple get quite mad because we won’t share information.”

Some of the things not offered by the Disability Resource Center are tutoring services, personal aids, diag-nostic evaluations and financial assistance.

Currently at the Disability Resource Center there are three therapists to choose from. So, if you’re not comfort-

able with one you can always switch. They are open to ex-tended hours: Monday - Thurs-day 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The best thing about the Disability Resource Center is that everything is free. There are things on campus that we

have to pay for but to talk to these profesionals, in an inviting environment, free from worries is a great free service for the student body.

If you have any questions or want to apply for services, please visit: http://www.ceu.edu/disabilityresource/

One of the best services on campus in Disability Resource Center

Tammie Pentelakis and Jan Thornton manage the Disability Resource Centerphoto by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle

Dave Adams staff writer

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The SUN Center kicked off the fall semester on Wednesday September 28, with their opening social. Volunteers took the streets of Price City and surrounding areas and put their skills to work. Areas that were worked on were the Family Support and Children’s Justice Center, Active Re-entry center, Head Start and the Boys and Girls Club of Price. The purpose of the activity was to inspire and show students the importance of service in the community and also educate them on what is out there and what they can help with.

Elcio Dutra, a student at USU Eastern says, “Our project was to paint planks of wood for picnic tables up in the woods, now I want to go use them.” Another project took students all over town giving a facelift to our city’s fire hydrants by repainting them.

The USU Eastern Volleyball team volunteered to move gravel at the Active Re-entry.

Danee Merell, a student on the volleyball team at USU Eastern

said, “Volunteering as a team was a good bonding experience for all of us.”

“I liked seeing the smile that we brought to the face of the di-rector of the Head Start program, when she saw all the weeds that we had pulled,” said Aubry Jones, a student at USU Eastern.

The SUN Center also volun-teered at A Family Night Out on the following Thursday. Students tended children while parents went through training for over an hour.

October will be a busy month for the SUN Center. Kathy Murray, the SUN Center advisor, is asking for more volunteers to help out with more important projects to help the community.

On October 24, the SUN center will be hosting their an-nual Hunger Banquet. They are asking participants to bring either a can of food or 50 cents to participate. Then again, on the 31 of this month, is the Trick or Treat for food. Students who want to participate in this can wear a costume and go door to door for food. All of the food collected for these two events will go to the local food bank.

Austin Ashcraftstaf f writer

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USU Eastern’s SUN Center is in full swing with projects happening left and right. This past week, the SUN Center enjoyed tremendous success. The string of projects began with vol-unteers traveling to Active Re-Entry to help with the annual “Run Walk and Roll for Independence.” The 5K run is a fundraiser to raise money for Assis-tive Technology Services. Volunteers were placed along the route to direct runners and distribute water.

On Sept. 28, volunteers f looded the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center, and split up into groups to work on several different projects. Volunteers traveled to Active Re-Entry to help

shovel gravel into the f lower beds . Another team went to the Children’s Justice Center to wash windows and clean for them. A group of volunteers went to the Bureau of Land Manage-ment’s property by the baseball field, to stain planks to repair picnic tables. Another group went to the preschool Head Start, and helped to clean up the playground and make preparations in the classrooms. There were several students that went to Parkdale Care Center to visit with the residents. A team painted fire hydrants throughout campus, and even a group of students went throughout campus picking up trash. After the project, volunteers met at Washington Park for pizza. It was a phenomenal turnout.

The next day, the SUN Center participated in another three projects.

Mindi Bowman, a SUN Center project leader, led a group of students to the Castle Valley Center to help put on a dance for the students. Later that after-noon, Shanna Frame, another project leader, facilitated “Kids at Heart,” which entails a group of students going to low income housing to play games after school with children. The day was finished off by Rachel Smith, who took a team of baby-sitters to Carbon High School, where they ran a day care for the Family Coalition Night, so parents could attend the seminars.

It was a busy week, and the SUN Center was more than pleased with the involvement of the students on cam-pus. For more information regarding service opportunities and ways to get involved, contact the SUN Center, in JLSC 207, or call at 435-613-5284.

You Can ‘t take it with You

photo by Jessa Love Adams/The Eagle

Last chance to attend the play this weekendThe classic American comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” directed by Corey Ewan, will make you appreciate your family more. Final opportunities to attend the play are Oct. 6-8 at 7:30 p.m. Students with USU Eastern I.D can get in for $1, students without USU Eastern I.D can get in for $5. Adults can get in for $10.

Sun Center volunteers stain tables at a project on Oct. 1st in northeast Price.

SUN Center’s marathon week began on Oct. 1

SUN Center’s opening social

SUN Center volunteers headed to the Children’s Justice Center to wash windows

photo courtesy of SUN Center

photo by Nickole McCarty/The Eagle

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