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Show ITUESDAY, AUC.UST l l, 2000 PAC.E 17 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS . . Convo series blends styles General topics which will be addressed more than once during Southern Utah University's fall semester Convocations Series presentations will include gender violence, United States relations with Asian nations. and dance.. · The series of 15 weekly presentations will include 13 lectures and two widely differing dance demonstrations. Included in the lectures are two dealing with sexual violence and separate addresses outlining U.S. relations with China and U.S. relations with Vietnam. Convocations are scheduled each Thursday of the semester (except Nov. 23 , Thanksgiving Day} beginning Aug. 24 and concluding Dec. 7 with the SUU Distinguished Faculty Honor Lecture. With the exception of the final lecture of the semester, which will be Jackson Katz held in the Randall Jones Theatre, all presentations will be in the SUU Auditorium . All Convocations programs start at 11 :30 a.m. and are free to the general public. "One of our major objectives in offering the convocation series is to expose students and community members to a variety of ideas and perspectives Le Ly Hayslip from a diversity of sources,· Neal Cox, director of the program, said. · we certainly encourage anyone interested to attend any or all of the convocation programs.· The two dance performances are scheduled Oct. 26, when Neela Moorty will demonstrate classical southern India dance, and Nov. 16 when Tom Ryan Shapiro and Smith o'ance will explore an awareness of the whole .body as a communicative instrument. Jackson Katz, director of the U.S. .Marine Corps gender violence · prevention program , and Katie Koestner. a sexual assault counselor, will look at different persp_ectives . dealing with rape and gender violence during presentations Aug. 31 and NOY. 30. United States relations with China will be discussed by edu·c ator/aclivist Xiaopo Huang Nov. 9, after a Nov. 2 presentation on Vietnam by author Le Ly who grew up in that country during the war years. The series-opening speaker will be SUU President Steven D. Bennion. He will keynote the university year with an Oct. 26-Neela Moorty, classical Indian dancer, "Bharata N~tyam: The Classical Dance of South India." Nov. 2-Le Ly Hayslip, author and founder of the East Meets West Foundation, "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places.· Nov. 9-Xiaopo Huang, educator/activist, "U.S./Chinese Politics." · Nov. 16-Shapiro and Smith Dance, "The Body Doesn't Lie.· Nov. 30-Katie Koestner, peer educator and sexual assault counselor, "No 'Yes.'" Dec. 7-Earl Mulderink, assistant professor of history, SUU , "An Unending War?: Contested Commemorations of the American Civil War." Students can enroll in a Convocation class and receive credit for their attendance. The course is University Katie Koestner Xiaopo Huang Studies 2010 (UNIV 2010) and can.be taken for one credit per semester and may be repeated for credit up to four semesters. Credit is obtained on a pass/fail basis by attending the weekly lectures and a sampling of other programs provided by the Braithwaite Fine Jackie Clegg Arts Gallery, Cedar Karen Shanor City Music Arts, SUU · music department and the SUU theatre arts and dance department. Regular attendance at the lectures averages between 400-600 students, faculty and community members. Some people travel from as far away as Salt Lake City to Michael Dunn Nee/a Moorty attend various presentations. Sept. 14-Tom Ryan, triathlete, "The Past Convocation presenters have Secrets of Dorm Nutrition." come from around the U.S. and the Sept. 21-Stan Jorstad", photographer, world, representing a variety of cultural "These Rare Lands.• and ethnic backgrounds. Presenters have included the Tibetan monks, SeP,t. 28-Jackie Clegg, chief dinosaur expert Jack Horner, Nobel operating officer, Export-Import Bank Peace winner Lc.ftlreate Betty Williams of the United States, (topic to be announced}. and chemical industrialist Jon Oct. 5-Bill Miller, artisUmusician, Huntsman. "The lectured offer a good variety of "Native Americans, Our Past, present and Future.· presenters and topics,· one SUU student said. "You can learn a lot from Oct. 12-Charles C. Alexander, people who are specialists in their historian/baseball devotee, "Whoever Would Know the Mind and Heart of ffeld's. • To receive more information about America Had Better Learn-Baseball.· the Convocations series at SUU, or for Oct. 19-Michael Dunn, writer/film a calendar of presenters, please ma~er, "Compelling Creative: The Polestar of Communication in the New contact the SUCJ public relations Century." department. address titled "Tradition, Change and the New Millennium.· Convocation speakers during the 2000 fall semester and their topics: Aug. 24-Steven D. Bennion, president, Southern Utah University, "Tradition, Change and the New Millennium. · Aug . 31-Jackson Katz, director, U.S. Marine Corps gender violence prevention program, "More Than a few Good Men: A Lecture.· Sept. 7-Karen Shanor, clinical psychologist, "The Emergin.9 Mind.· --------·--·------· Bennion to spe~k on his favored the111e Southern Utah University President Steven D. Bennion will make the first presentation in the university's fall semester Convocation series on Thursday, an address titled "Tradition, Change and the New Millennium.• The presentation is scheduled at 11 :30 a.m. in the SUU Auditorium. All Convocations are free, and the general public is invited to attend. "President Bennion will be reviewing some of the great traditions of the university, and he will be pointing out the opportunities that individuals Steven D. Bennion enjoy at this time and in this setting ," Neal Cox, director of the Convocations series, said. "The unlimited opportunities that come with a new beginning are one of President Bennion's favorite themes." Bennion began his service as president of Southern Utah University on July 1, 1997. He came to SUU with experience, bringing values of academic excellence and visions of growth. He served for seven years as president of Snow College in Ephraim, and eight years as president of Ricks • College in Rexburg, Idaho. His experience in higher education administration includes service as associate commissioner of planning for the Utah System of Higher Education and 10 years in the administration of the University of Wisconsin system as a budget planner, academic planner in the health sciences. ano director of the study of nursing/nursing education. "The.window of academic preparation is a glorious time in a person's life," Bennion said. "We live in a challenging age, and our &tudents here enjoy the fruits of a rich tradition and of considerable community sacrifice. · These are among the many factors which combine to offer our students unusually great educational opportunities." Bennion grew up i.n Salt Lake City. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Utah, a master of public administration degre~ from Cornell University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Wisconsin. . 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