<p>In the case of BC and Dartmouth, the status of college is prestigious and works wonders because it rightly puts the emphasis on undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Here is yet another State college, in Utah, undergoing an image- name-change make-over:</p>
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So, UVSC, what are you going to do now that you've got university status and $10 million from philanthropist Ira Fulton?</p>
<p>Well, for one it's definitely not going to Disneyland. Until its status becomes official (July 1, 2008) the little college that could will be hard at work, approving graduate degrees, recycling lots and lots of business cards and updating its Wikipedia entry.</p>
<p>The Legislature unanimously approved the name change on Tuesday to Utah Valley University, and along with that, $8 million to fund the change. After the bill passed the House, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. committed to UVSC administrators that he will sign the bill into law on UVSC's campus at 11:30 a.m. on March 19 , said Cameron Martin, chairman of the University Transition Task Force...</p>
<p>Martin said there's something "really scary" about the switch: "When we change our name to university there will be some who think, well, I can't go to a university. We are still this region's community college. We are completely dedicated to the two-year mission and the open enrollment. We are and we will be."...</p>
<p>In 1993, Valentine spoke to the state board of regents and gave what he called his "dream" speech. "If you build a state college, they will come," he said. And so with Valentine's legislative efforts, Utah Valley Community College became Utah Valley State College in 1997...</p>
<p>T-shirts and sweatshirts are not legal documents, so students can get their UVU hoodies soon. As far as business cards and official documents, that will wait until July 1, 2008.</p>
<p>The earliest a graduate degree will be offered is the fall of 2008, but will most likely be after that.</p>
<p>Tuition will not be significantly raised, neither will it be used to fund the switch to university status.</p>
<p>A university image committee has been established to find design firms to create the school's new logos.
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