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Show The Thunderbird Monday March 25, 1985 Bowler appointed head of education department Quenton T. Bowler has been appointed chairman of the SUSC department of education. The assistant professor of teacher education will assume responsibilities as department head July 1. He will take the place of Mark E. Webster, the department chairman since January 1981, who will return to teaching e basis following on a a planned sabbatical leave. As department chairman, Bowler will administer programs for potential elementary, middle school and secondary teachers; coordinate a number of outreach and continuing education programs; and oversee activities of the full-tim- SUSC with high honors, earning a degree in elementary education with a composite major in social studies. He received a masters degree in education from the University of Nevada-Renand will complete course work for the doctoral degree in August at the same institution. His doctoral thesis is in progress, and deals with job satisfaction as it relates to career ladders in southern Utah. Since joining the SUSC faculty in 1981, Bowler has worked! primarily with programs dealing with middle school curriculum, certification and endorsement. In this capacity, he directed an outreach program geared to developing middle school endorsements for inservice teachers in Iron, Washington, Kane, Sevier and Millard counties which resulted in the awarding of 400 endorsements. Bowler was recently appointed to the public school portion of the Northwest Association for Accreditation. He is one of three Utahns serving on the commission. o, Jerry Apodaca to discuss education Former New Mexico governor Jerry Apodaca annual Multicultural Conference, she said. Apodaca was elected governor of New Mexico in 1974, and gained national attention as the states first Hispanic governor since 1918. He remained a newsmaker during his four-yea- r term (state law prevented him from succeeding himself) as an able administrator and as an advocate of quality education. will discuss education and the future of teaching in the United States as part of the SUSC Convocations series Thursday. Apodacas lecture will start at 1 1 a.m. in the Auditorium. Convocations Coordinator Lana Johnson said Apodaca is being brought to SUSC through the cooperative efforts of the college and the Clark County School District. He is president of the board of regents for the University of New Mexico Albuquerque. Elise Ax, the federal program coordinator for the Nevada school district, visited SUSC earlier this year to discuss the possibility of joint sponsorship of speakers, Johnson said. As a result of that meeting, Apodaca will deliver the Thursday morning Convocation program, then will fly to Las Vegas where he will deliver the keynote address at Clark Countys Een as governor of New Mexico, Jerry Apodaca was known as a supporter of education. For his efforts in behalf of education, Apodaca was named National Chairman of the Education Commission of the States in 1976 and 1977, and received the 1977 Award for Distinguished Service to Higher Education. Educators sponsor panel discussion The Southern Utah Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, an international organization of educators, will sponsor a panel discussion on Current Issues in Education at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Cedar Middle School. Phi Delta Kappa is dedicated to the promotion and improvement of publicly supported and universally available education, said S.S. Moorty, chapter president. The panel members will represent public education, higher education, and the community. Educational issues are not the perogative of the educators only. They are relevant to the entire community and to all levels of education, said Moorty. Accordingly, the panelists will include Terry Alger, SUSC provost, Brian Jorgensen, Cedar City Chamber of Commerce president, Steve Laing, Cedar High School principal, Kathy Leydsman, PTA Council president, and Dee El Stapley, Iron County School District director of secondary education. The discussion will be moderated by Moorty, who is an associate professor of English at SUSC. Moorty urges members of the community, as well as local educators and all PDK members, to attend the panel discussion. The chapter will also sponsor a seminar lecture on Silent Language in the Classroom by Charles Galloway of Ohio State University on April 26 and 27. 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