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Institute impact — Program is prominent part of student life at U.

Published: Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 12:27 a.m. MST
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• The institute building itself includes two identical wings with a connecting atrium and is 115,000 square feet. There are four chapels, two cultural halls, five serving areas, a large choir room, 25 classrooms, and multiple offices for bishops, stake presidents and student leaders.

• The institute-sponsored Lambda Delta Sigma sorority has 17 chapters and about 800 members. The institute-sponsored Sigma Gamma Chi fraternity has 10 chapters and about 500 members. Fraternity and sorority advisers are called to their positions.

• Twenty-nine full-time instructors, 30 volunteer instructors, 14 secretaries and 10 service missionaries are assigned to the university institute.

• Six stakes (four single, two married) meet at the institute building and its two adjacent stake centers, which cover 31 acres.

• Student leaders are called and set apart by leaders of one of the university stakes.


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A group of four takes a ride down an inflatable slide during the Rush Week carnival last week in a cultural hall at the Salt Lake University Institute building.

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