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Eduardo Baca, a new member of the College of Science advisory board at Utah Valley University.

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Kelvyn Cullimore, a new member of the UVU College of Science advisory board.

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Tami Goetz, a new member of UVU's College of Science advisory board.

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UVU has added Jackie Larson as a new member of its College of Science advisory board.

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Provo resident Stan Lockhart has been added as a new member of UVU's College of Science advisory board.

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Andy Pierucci was added as one of eight new members of the College of Science advisory board at UVU.

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Gregory Prince is one of eight new members of the UVU College of Science advisory board.

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Kim Shelley is a new member of the UVU College of Science advisory board.

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Utah Valley University’s College of Science has announced the appointment of eight new members to its advisory board.

The incoming board members will guide the college and its leaders as they prepare students to work in Utah’s burgeoning scientific economy, according to a press release.

Joining the advisory board are Tami Goetz, executive director of Utah STEM Action Center; Kelvyn Cullimore, CEO of BioUtah; Gregory Prince, president of Soft Cell Biological Research; Jackie Larson, CEO of Centro Hispano; Stan Lockhart, principal at The Lockhart Group; Andy Pierucci, manager of state and local affairs at Northrop Grumman; Eduardo Baca, consul general of Mexico-Salt Lake City; and Kim Shelley, executive director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

The board members will help college leaders recruit students, secure partnerships to provide students with relevant industry experience, advise on curriculum creation and position UVU as a scientific accelerator for Utah’s economy, according to the press release.

“We look forward to working with these exceptional professionals and tapping into their expertise to help our students succeed,” said Daniel Horns, dean of UVU’s College of Science, in the release. “We are fortunate to have them. They are successful business owners, employees of multinational scientific companies, or work for government agencies involved in science.”

Another college goal is to increase the number of science students from diverse backgrounds, cultures and languages to match the employment needs of Utah’s scientific companies as they expand internationally. For this reason, the release says, college leaders were pleased when Baca and Larson agreed to serve on the board.

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