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Show The Summerbird 2 June 19, 1989 Funds are alloted for increased enrollment SUSCs Pavilion, which will be completed later this year, will be the site of dances, concerts and other events as well as serving as the workout area for the College gymnastic squad. It was built with the expanding student body in mind. Increased funding from the Utah State Legislature for enrollment growth will provide more capacity and courses for the next academic year at Southern Utah State. The legislature allowed us one of the largest dollar amounts in the state system for growth funding, D. Mark Barton, SUSC director of admissions and records, says. That additional money is allowing the institution to hire new faculty, provide for additional courses, and generally make things more convenient for students. It should be less difficult for students to take the courses they need. SUSCs budget allocation was increased to allow for nearly 300 more full term students for the 1989-9- 0 school year. SUSC has experienced rapid growth in the last seven years. In that period enrollment has increased by 43 percent, and the quality of students attending the College has improved. We have had an increase of 160 percent in the number of scholarship applications we received this year compared to seven years ago, Barton points out. "The average ACT score for this falls incoming freshmen on academic scholarship is 28, and the average cumulative high school grade point average for the same group is 3.'89. Our relatively low faculty-to-stude- ratio allows a personalized approach to education, and that concept has proved more popular. We are also maintaining an excellent record of placement of our graduates, Barton says. Registration for both fall and summer quarters in now possible by telephone or at the SUSC Registrars Office on campus. Summer school starts ahead of comparable times last year. Students wishing to register by phone may do so by selecting courses and then phoning the 4 Registrars Office at (801) or 7716. Hours for registering are between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.; registration for fall quarter will continue all summer. We do recommend that application for admission and registration procedures be completed as early as possible, Barton advises. It would also be wise to secure housing early. Class schedules for summer school and for the 1989-9- 0 school year are available at the SUSC Bookstore or at the Registrars 586-771- Office. Lecture Series features variety of guests Observatory offers Southern Utah State College will host a variety of guest lecturers including directors, artists and authors for the 1989 Summer Lecture Series. Summer lectures begin June 22 and will continue each Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall located in the SUSC Music Building. SUSC students may register for ARLE 201 to earn one credit. All lectures are free to the public. The Summer Lecture Series is the summer equivalent of the SUSC Convocation Series, a weekly enrichment series for SUSC students and for area residents and visitors. Kent Thompson, director of the 1989 Utah Shakespearean Festival production The Imaginary Inialid, will begin the Summer Lecture Series June 22. Summer Convocation Series is slated for Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. in Thorley Recital Hall. Utah Shakespearean Festival audiences will remember Thompson for the critically acclaimed Utah Shakespearean Festival Productions of The Comedy of Errors in 1987 and Cymbeline in 1988. The opening lecture of the Summer Series provides opportunity to focus with the director on Molieres comic romp and final play about sickness, health, hypochondria and medicine, today and yesterday. Scheduled June 29 to complement the Utah Summer Games, former Olympic gymnast Diane Ellingson will speak of the importance of courage, perseverance and the necessity of a positive attitude. Dont You Dare Give Up is the title of Ellingsons lecture, a lecture created to lift the audience to extrordinary heights with determination and the will to win, she said. On July 6, William F. Lye, specialist in ethnography and African history, will examine the superficial differences and fundamental similarities of cultures throughout the world. Born and raised in Canada, Lye of relations and development president university and professor of history at Utah State University. James OConnor, director of the Utah Shakespearean summer production The Tempest will share the journey of moving from the script to the production, July 3, as he discusses Discoveries Along the Road to The Tempest." O Connors work was last seen at the Utah Shakespearean Festival in 1979, when he directed Alls Well That Ends Well. On July 20, June Miller will share the humor, heartaches, tragedies, triumphs and trials that faced early female settlers of the western United States. Her stories will include excerpts from writings of well known author, Juanita Brooks, and oral histories of local homesteaders as well as selections from the southwestern Utah region. Through storytelling, Miller brings an added dimension to the educational process by enhancing learning, promoting reading, strengthening problem solving skills, exploring elements of story writing and nurturing compassion for mankind. Dance and music of Renaissance Europe comes alive at Southern Utah State College July 27. The summer lecture program is a lecture demonstration under the direction of Angene Feves and coordinated by workshop director, Jeffrey Snedeker. is vice On August 3, AuthorNaturalist Terry Tempest Williams will present a multi-medi- a presentation of Coyotes Canyon, a collaboration of Williams stories complementing Utah native John Telfords spectacular color photographs of the region. Two more books are set for publication in 1989. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines as well. Concluding speaker for the 1989 Summer Lecture Series is Arlene Braithwaite. An associate professor of art at SUSC, Braithwaite will examine Georgia OKeeffes work, and the person behind the work, using slides, excerpts from a filmed interview and examination of OKeeffes writing. stargazers delight Stargazers can enjoy clear warm nights at Southern Utah States Ashcroft Observatory beginning at 9 p.m. each Monday, except July and 24, during the summer months. The observatory will also be open to the public August 16 for a special night of viewing a lunar eclipse, Brent Sorensen, SUSC Ashcroft Observatory director, said. We will be closed July 3 and 24 because of holidays. June shows are focusing on the many sky objects and planets which come into view during the summer months, while highlighting July is the 20th anniversary of the First Lunar Landing of Apollo II. After July 10, Saturn can be viewed from the Ashcroft Observatory as 3 well. The first manned lunar landing of Apollo II on July 20, 1969, by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, will be celebrated throughout the month of July at the Ashcroft Observatory through slideshow presentations and the identification of the lunar landing site. Wednesday, August 16, the Observatory will open at 9 p.m. for a unique event occuring only once every two to three years, said Sorensen. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the darkest part of the earths shadow. From our angle at the Observatory, we should have a good view of the eclipse, said Sorensen. The public is invited to attend all Observatory programs. Visitors can find the Ashcroft Observatory by driving west on Highway 56 to Westview Drive. Visitors turn left and drive 1 12 miles until they see a dirt road leading to the Observatory located on top of the hill. |