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Show IM THE THUNDERB1RD i MONDAY 1ANUARY 5, 1987 PAGE 3 Carol Lynn Pearson begins winter Convocation lineup Carol Lynn Pearson, author of Goodbye , I Love You, will be the opening speaker in SUSC's winter quarter Convocation series. Pearson will address the Convocation audience Jan. 8 at 11 a.m. in the SUSC Auditorium. Her lecture is being by the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce. Along with Pearson, the weekly Convocation series will feature a demonstrationlecture by the Repertory Dance Theater; pianist Robert Pritchard; Roots author Alex Haley; pastorteacher France A. Davis; James Burke, writerproducer of the PBS series Connections and The Day the Universe Changed, animal science expert Jack Algeo; Harvard graduate and NFL football player Pat Mclnally; sociologist Neil Sandburg; Father and son poets William and Kim Stafford; and historian Kathryn L. McKay. SUSC's Convocation program was established in the spring of 1983. Last year it was awarded the Distinguished Lecture Program Award by the National Association for Campus Activities. Convocations coordinator Lana Johnson indicates that the lecture series is free to the public and that SUSC credit is available for those who attend. Programs start at 1 1 a.m. each Thursday in the SUSC Auditorium with the exception of the Alex Haley lecture which is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the SUSC Centrum. Pearson's book, Goodbye, I Love You, has gone through multiple printings and has been sold to publishers in England and Germany. The book is Pearson's personal story of her marriage to a homosexual husband and of her family's moving experience with the devastating AIDS disease. The poetplaywrightauthor recently completed a y tour that included appearances on Good Morning, America, Hour Magazine and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her book has been serialized in Women's Day and The New York Post and headed list for several weeks. Utah's best-sellAdditional works by the Convocation speaker are four books of poetry, several novels and a number of LDS musical My plays, including the Turn On Earth. She has also worked on several films, including Cipher in the Snow, an eight-tim- e international award winner, and has been commissioned to write text for A New Morning, a major choral symphony featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Pearson has BA and MA degrees in theater and has taught drama and English on the college level. The popular speaker has traveled in Europe, Russia, on-goi- 14-cit- er long-runni- Greece, Africa, Israel and the Orient. A dance demonstrationlecture featuring the Repertory Dance Theater is schedules Jan. 15. The Convocation program is being by Cedar City Music Arts and will include a representative program of American dance drawn from RDT's expansive program repertory. Established in 1966, RDT is one of the country's most critically-acclaime- d Foundation and the SUSC Center which is sponsoring Jan. 26 through 30 Black Awareness Week activities. Haley's SUSC lecture is titled The Future of the Family. British Broadcasting Corp. writerpresenter James Burke will visit SUSC Feb. 5, his lecture titled Mechanisms of Change: Do Lemons Whistle ? Burke is the recipient of the Royal Television Society Gold dance companies. Medal for the BBC program The Burke Special, and has attracted loyal viewing audiences in this country Pianistcomposer Robert Pritchard will present the Jan. 22 Convocation program. Recognized as both a for Connections and The Day the Universe Changed, musical virtuoso and an American cultural pioneer, two documentary series aired over the Public Pritchard is credited with founding Black History Broadcasting Service. Month which was first proclaimed in 1968. SUSC's Jack Algeo, chairman of the animal science and Black Awareness Week starts the week after industries department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is Pritchard's visit. the Feb. 1 2 Convocation speaker. Algeo's extensive Roots author Alex Haley will visit SUSC Jan. 28 background includes research in animal nutrition, a Wednesday, his evening lecture funded by the Utah breeding management and food and drug related Endowment for the Humanities, the Southern Utah studies. His SUSC address is being by the Cedar City Livestock Association. The NFL Through Ivy Eyes: Education and Sports is the title of Pat Mclnally's Feb. 19 program. Mcincaly as . brings a unique perspective to the sports scene d Harvard athlete, a National a s Football Hall of Fame Post Graduate Scholarship t recipient, a songwriter, a columnist, a sports writer and a television reporter. American lews: Acculturation and Assimilation is the title of the Feb. 26 Convocation address. The o presenter Neil Sandburg, is a professor of sociology ' and director of the Institute for Intergroup Relations ' Training at Loyola Marymount University. Sandburg is the Western Regional Director of the American Jewish d Committee and is a practitioner in the field of human relations. Poets William and Kim Stafford will present the March 5 Convocation program which is being co-- s sponsored by the Utah Arts Council and the SUSC Literary Guild. The elder Stafford referred to as "a legitimate national treasure" has charmed SUSC s audiences before. This time, he'll be joined by His j: son, an poet who is rapidly gaining an outstanding reputation of his own. Kathryn L. MacKay, a historian with the American West Center, is the final winter quarter speaker. Her March 12 convocation will take place during Women's History Week and is being by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities. Her program, Women's West, is a slide lecture program developed from presentations made at the Author Carol Lynn Pearson begins SUSC's winter International Women's Year Conference in 1977 and Convocation schedule Thursday at 1 1 a.m. the Nairobi Women's Conference in 1985. Multi-Cultur- al highly-acclaime- highly-acclaime- j Winter evening school classes begin here this week from scuba real continues Courses and diving to range Evening school classes this winter at SUSC range it from programs in weight control and real rt estate licensing to extended day courses, classes and courses in teacher education and business administration. Also on the agenda, according to Associate Provost for Academic Programs Phillip C. Carter, are outreach classes for inservice teachers enrolled in the SUSCUtah State University Cooperative Master's Program, a geology field trip to Death Valley, several courses sponsored by the SUSC Women's Resource Committee, and travelstudy tours to Spain, Hawaii and the American southwest. "SUSC's evening school program is planned for individuals who can't attend school during the day or who want to learn a new skill or pursue a new interest," Carter says. "While most of the classes are academic in nature and oriented toward a college degree, others are offered strictly for fun." Copies of the evening school bulletin are available free of charge at the SUSC Division of and at the registrar's Continuing Education, 586-785office in the Administration Building. it Six classes are being offered winter quarter. Stress management stats Jan. 7, and a weight non-cred- self-suppo- 0, non-cred- estate licensing travelstudy trips; registration control class gets under way Jan. 13. Classes in children's dance, intermediate and beginning levels,, start Jan. 12 and 14, respectively. Two additional courses in real estate licensing and recertification will be arranged on an independant basis. Another five classes are being offered as programs, including an Applework workshop that starts Jan. 7; an achieving your potential workshop to help teachers and administrators increase their self-supp- Tours include trips to Mexico , Hawaii and the American southwest. effectiveness in dealing with others that begins Jan. 9; and an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training program that starts Jan. 1 3. rt it and classes Registration for can be completed in Old Main 203 from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. this week. classes are offered on an extended day Thirty-tw- o basis, with college credit available tor subects non-cred- self-suppo- arranging from payroll accounting to farm machinery, college ragtime and folkdance, jewelry-makinalgebra, scuba diving and elementary Spanish. Two telecourses will also be offered, both starting Jan. 10, in business and U.S. history. The SUSC Women's Resourse Committee is offering four classes one in nutrition, health and weight1 control, and the others in art, geoscience and children's books. The four classes are all available on basis and are open to men and a creditnon-credi- t women alike. Registration for extended day and women's issues classes can be completed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the registrar's office. The public is also invited to sign up for a geology trip to Death Valley Feb. 26 through Mar. 1. Richard R. Kennedy is the field trip instructor. Three studytravel programs are planned over spring break, Mar. 26 through 24: a tour of the American southwest directed by Steve Heath and Richard Kennedy; a tour of Spain's flamenco land with Spanish language instructors Dick Carlson and Leon Chidester; and a tentative golf trip to Hawaii directed by Tom Kingsford. 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