The Annual Elder Quest 2015 Spring Seminar Scholarship Drive

“Dreams Really Do Come True”

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Give a hungry man a fish and he’ll eat a good meal.

Teach him to fish and he’ll eat the rest of his life

and feed his family.

That’s what Elder Quest does with our scholarship program. We help non-traditional students going to UVU in the quest to gain a career to support themselves and their families.

The Elder Quest Spring Seminar is our traditional time to

raise the funds needed for the Elder Quest scholarship program. Every penny donated goes into the fund and none of the donations goes into administration or any other costs.

This scholarship helps to lighten their load by paying half of an academic year’s tuition and fees at UVU, while the responsibility for housing, school books and supplies is theirs.

To hear what this scholarship means to these deserving

students is phenomenal. It gives them hope and at times helps them to stay in school and finish their degree.

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www.uvu.edu/elderquest MAR 2015 Elder Quest 2015

Spring Seminar

Please join us for the

Elder Quest 2015

Spring Seminar. We

always have great

speakers, great

entertainment and great

food!

This year’s theme is

“Dreams Really Do

come True.” We have

Jay Newitt and Barbara

Barrington-Jones for

our speakers with the

talented Melanie and

Roger Hoffman for the

musical entertainment.

Cost is $20 per person

or call (801) 229-2573

to purchase a table.

Tickets must be

purchased in advance!

Wednesday, April

8th 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Provo Library at

Academy Square (the

beautifully renovated

BYU High School) 550

N. University Ave,

Provo, 3rd floor.

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Most of the recipients already work at one or two

jobs besides going to school full-time. Some volunteer with organizations at UVU that correspond with their career choice giving them needed experience.

Many have had situations occur beyond their control

that require them to start over with a new career; and

some have medical bills and children to support. These are

hardship cases that require an education to move forward

to a better life, support their families and in the end,

contribute to our community.

These students are hardworking, carefully chosen

and well deserving of the Elder Quest scholarship. This

past year, this program helped seven wonderful men and

women.

Tickets will be sold by the Elder Quest Board

members and will be $20 each -- a good price for the time

well spent. Bring a friend, buy a “table.” Tickets MUST be

purchased in advance.

Please give generously. The $20 admission charge

just covers our expenses for the seminar, so bring your

check book and plan to give $10. $50, $100, or whatever you

can spare for a great cause

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Free underground

parking garage with an

elevator from the

parking garage to the 3rd

floor ballroom is

available to all. Enter

from 100 East.

Our caterers for the

luncheon will be UVU

Culinary Institute.

Tickets are sold by the

Elder Quest Board

members and are $20

each. Tickets must be

purchased in advance!

Bring a friend, buy a

“table.” Seating is

limited, so please

purchase your tickets

early!

Please contact

Kay Bradford (801) 229-2573

for ticket

information.

She’d love to

help you!

President’s Letter March 2015 My big shout out of THANKS to everyone who helped make

2014-2015 UVU Elder Quest such a wonderful success. To the

dedicated Board of Directors who completed every task with little

direction from me. To the one hundred new members who joined

our ranks this year, with special thanks to Kay Bradford and her

outstanding recruitment team. Heart-felt thanks to our talented and

dedicated teachers and potpourri lecturers who have educated and

entertained us with amazing classes. To the UVU Culinary Arts staff and students who have

spoiled us with beyond-delicious gourmet masterpieces at every luncheon. And to our travel

gurus -- both for day trips and planned extended travel -- who have kept us (and plan to keep us)

on our toes and away from the TV to see the world first hand. It has truly been an outstanding

year.

But, the year isn’t over quite yet, and maybe the best is still ahead: The Spring Seminar

a/k/a UVU Elder Quest Fund-Raising Event, coming up on April 8, promises to be another

outstanding day. V.P. Fran Reiser and her committee are working very hard to surpass last year’s

seminar which netted $10,000 from our members to provide seven scholarships to non-

traditional students at UVU.

With the theme of Dreams Really Do Come True, we will hear from several scholarship

winners from past years to share how our scholarships have helped their dreams come true. We

are also pleased to announce our special guest speakers -- the lovely and talented philanthropist

Barbara Barrington Jones in the morning and Jay Newitt who is documenting the story of

reconstruction of the Provo City Center Temple in the afternoon.

In both sessions we are delighted to have music provided by the acclaimed song

writing/performing couple, Roger and Melanie Hoffman. You must have tickets in advance, so

buy your tickets now from any Board Member. Just $20 for a wonderful day, including lunch

provided by none other than the UVU Culinary Arts Institute. You will not want to miss it.

Looking ahead to summer -- please mark Wednesday, July 29 on your calendar. You will

be receiving an invitation in the mail, so watch for more details about a swinging Summer Party

with a western theme.

For those of us who can’t wait to see each other until September, we will be meeting the

first Monday of each month -- June 1, July 6 and August 3, at the UVU Culinary Arts Lunch Room

for informal gatherings at 1:00 p.m.

Love and thanks to you all,

Sincerely,

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“Working to make dreams come true”

From Tabernacle to Temple:

Principles learned while re-purposing

a historic, fire destroyed, tabernacle

Elder Jay Newitt is serving with his wife Sylvia as full-time

construction service missionaries at the Provo City Center

Temple. Their job is to assist in making sure the project meets plans

and specifications and to write a comprehensive history of the

construction.

Jay recently retired as a Professor of Construction Management

at BYU after teaching there for 37 years. Elder Newitt has a PhD, many

publications, and has written a text book which has been adopted by

construction management programs at universities across the nation.

Sister Sylvia Newitt has a BS degree from BYU and owned and

operated a preschool in Spanish Fork at the First Class Learning

Center. Elder and Sister Newitt are the parents of six children and

grandparents to 17 grandchildren.

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Barbara Barrington Jones

Barbara was a professional classical ballet dancer, and

danced in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Montreal. She

was a demi-soloist with the Atlanta Ballet Company, and a soloist

and the assistant artistic director of the ballet company at the

University of Texas.

Recently, Barbara has formed a wonderful association with Utah's Ballet West. In fact, she just

performed as the Queen in Ballet West's Sleeping Beauty. Her foundation also supports the I CAN DO

program, which gives children the opportunity to experience dance first-hand.

In 2013, Barbara continued her support of women by donating a major gift for the expansion of

UVU's Wee Care Center, which provides reliable childcare for UVU students with children. In January 2014

she established the Barbara Barrington Jones Professorship in Ballroom Dance, the first Professorship to be

established in the UVU School of the Arts. Utah Valley University recently awarded Barbara Barrington

Jones with an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts and Humanities.

Barbara has also donated to the construction of the Museum of Natural Curiosity and the Ballet West

Academy at Thanksgiving Point. Last year Barbara was named Woman Making a Difference by the Utah

Valley Chamber of Commerce, and was just honored with the Utah Philanthropic Leadership Award of 2014.

Spring Seminar Speaker 2015

Perhaps this inspiring mantra best sums up how she lives her life:

"Life is not just getting through the

storms, it's learning to dance in the rain."

Barbara B. Jones, Seminar Speaker

Roger and Melanie Hoffman Spring Seminar Entertainers

Roger Hoffman is a singer, producer, composer and arranger who has produced and soloed on dozens of recorded works with various artists including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and has been featured as a soloist on "Music and the Spoken Word”. He has received awards for his compositions including the CLIO, Peabody and New York Film Festival awards. As a songwriter, his most recognized work is "Consider the Lilies”. Melanie is an award-winning songwriter whose life-time focus has been writing for children. Her best-known creation as a songwriter is “Gethsemane” from her CD “Stories of Jesus”. With her partners, Roger, Marvin Payne and Steven Kapp Perry, she has written “Scripture Scouts (Deseret Book)”, the “Alexander's Amazing Adventures” series for Richard and Linda Eyre, and “We Are Amazing”, songs for elementary school-age children to learn and perform. Melanie has developed children’s programming for BYU TV. Roger and Melanie work closely together writing, arranging and producing original music. They have made 11 albums of their own work. Most recently they have released a new CD of their songs, “He Is Coming - New Songs for a New Time.” They often perform together in church functions and house concerts across the country.

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A note for you

from our Membership Chair

Kay Bradford

One of the great things we enjoy is the

friendships we make in Elder Quest.

When we count our many blessings,

It isn’t hard to see

That life’s most valued treasures

Are the treasures that are free.

For it isn’t what we own or buy

that signifies our wealth,

It’s the special gifts that have no price;

Our family, friends and health.

Invite your friends to be part of this

fabulous organization and don’t miss

out on our Spring Seminar, April 8th.

We enjoy the benefits of Elder Quest -- the classes and friendships for the small price

of $40 a year; plus extended learning opportunities at our luncheons and various trips. Let’s

remember the benefits we enjoy by sharing our blessings with others through this scholarship

fund raiser.

See You At the Spring Seminar!

Utah Valley University Elder Quest MS 147

800 West University Parkway

Orem, UT 84058-5999

ELDER QUEST

Elder Quest provides member-driven programs which convey the Utah Valley University’s mission of providing educational opportunities to all members of our community.

The Elder Quest program offers a wide range of classes for participants at all levels.

Elder Quest respects diversity of thought and encourages the sharing and understanding of various backgrounds and

philosophies, as well as an appreciation for hard-earned knowledge and skills.

Elder Quest showcases innovative activities in current events, literature, humanities, history, arms, and social sciences.

Elder Quest holds monthly current event luncheons, with special guest lecturers.

Elder Quest holds a yearly seminar which host speakers from various cultures and backgrounds.

Elder Quest members donate to grant scholarship funds to Utah Valley University non‐ traditional students.

Elder Quest is an opportunity to broaden intellectual horizons, pursue studies of many kinds, on a peer‐taught basis,

associate with adults who share common interests, and enjoy recreational and social activities in informal settings.