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Show ' THE CAMPUS SUD now offers master of education degree Master of education degrees will be offered beginning this fall at Southern Utah University for students in both elementary and secondary education under programs recently approved by the Utah State Board of Regents. Prior to the approval of the new MEd program, SUU and Utah State University had offered a cooperative master's degree in education since 1979 under the auspices of USU. Students currently enrolled in that cooperative program will be given the option of completing their degree under either a USU program or the new SUU offering. SUU also currently offers a master's degree i n accounting. A cooperative program with the University of Utah also makes master's degrees in social work available to SUU tudents. "Anyone wishing to begin work on a masters degree in education should contact me at 586-7800 for information and admis ions procedures," Quenton T. Bowler, acting dean of the college of education and the new director of the MEd program, aid. " One of the strong points of our program is that much of the work can be completed during the Bowler said. "The proposal presented summer when most elementary and to the Board of Regents had total secondary schools are not in session. support from superintendents of That also has implications for nonsouthern Utah school districts, and the Utah students since out-of-state Regents recognized the need for the tuition is not degree by giving charged during unanimous the summer." approval. SUU's Current and programs each projected require sa. population quarter hours to growth in complete. The southwestern secondary Utah was a education factor .in the master's degree addition of the includes new degree." concentration Recently, areas in language about 25 arts, cience, and students have social studie . been awarded Other areas of master's degrees concentration are annually under expected to be the old added in the cooperative SUU-USU future. "The time for program. That adding the MEd number is i............,.;..,~~~~......1111a~.;;;..;;~~~~~~ - - ' expected to degree at SUU had come," Quenton T. Bowler climb to as many as SO graduates per year within the next five years, according to Bowler. "The SUU administered program offers some advantages to both students and to the university," Bowler notes. "Students can become more familiar with teachers and administrators within their program, and travel for classes and advisement will be eliminated. SUU faculty members were teaching all but the summer courses in the coop program anyway, so changes should not be major. Overall, costs to the state for the program should be less. "The new programs will also broaden the offerings in other university departments which te.ach classes needed for the MEd degree. Overall, we think the status of the university will grow with an additional master's degree." Bowler, whose term as acting dean ends Aug. l, has been appointed director of the new graduate program. "Our relationship with Utah State University was very cordial, and we have worked very well with faculty and administrators from USU," Bowler said. "Our parting is amicable." Writing Workshop is set A five-day writing workshop featuring instruction in poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction, playwrighting, and methods of teaching creative writing will be offered July31 -Aug. 4 by Southern Utah University. "This has been a popular conference for several years, 11 David Lee, workshop director and head of the SUU language and literature department, said. 11 Again this year we have some very successful writers who will be teaching in their specialty areas. Each has plenty to offer to writers at almost any level." The workshop is designed to teach beginning and advanced writers, English teachers, and college students the techniques of writing and understanding written works. Each of the five sessions offered daily will be taught at the SUU Mountain Center located 11 miles up Cedar Canyon on Utah Highway 14. Students may choose to attend up to three of the five essions. Format of the conference calls for both lecture and participatory teaching methods. Lectures and workshops conducted by the guest presenters will be included each day. Presenters will include Lee and four other writers Editor A5si.,unt to th" Editor and Alman•• Editor Campu Editor Coru,uhlng Spo.rto Editoa Bu,,iness MIUl.lgU Ad,m.i,ing Manager who have each published several works and who have each received significant recognition. They include, Marvin Bell, a poet who has published 13 books and is the 1994 recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Bill Ransom, the author of two novels and coauthor-with Frank Herbert-of three others; Aden Ross, the author of several plays and currently a member of the English, humanities and theatre faculty at the University of Utah; and Richard Shelton, the author of several award winning books and also of poems and prose pieces which have appeared in more than 200 magazines and journals. Registration for the workshop may be completed at the Division of Continuing Education offices in the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center or at 8 a.m . July 31 at the Mountain Center. Cost of the workshop is $185 whether taken with or without university credit. "The Mountain Center is a wonderfully beautiful and cool setting for this type of workshop," Lee says. "Day trips to a variety of scenic locations are easy, and plays offered by the Utah Shakespearean Festival may be attended during the evenings." David Lee Larry Jl.tlcer 586-775 1 Jennifer Morley 586-7759 • Jim Robinson 586-1997 Neil Gardner 586-7753 Brett Jewkes 586-7752. Lynn Dennett S86-7748 Jad:ilyn Chri.stw>sen 586-7758 The Univtt ity /oumal. 1995 summc, edhlon, is published Monday, &om June 19 through August 7 {c.wept Jor the July 24 holiday, which wiU be published July 25). Jt i., a publie.ttlon of Southcm Vt.ah University, iu del)Mtmcnt of communie.ttlon, Office of Summer School, the Student Acti•ities OUia: and the SUU Student A.ssociatlon. UnJw.nity ,-nal: Offla:s In SUU Teduiolcgy Building ml. Mail at SUU Baz 9384, c..dar Q ty, Utah 8471D. FAX {II01)S86-5487. £.mail add=s: joomalO&uu...tu ~.Jl'lUNTU> ON 100% RECYCLED PAPER. PLEAS! RECYCLE nus COPY. I The Governor's Honors Academy at SUU last week saw such. speakers as NAACP Counsel Kenneth Wallentine, who spoke about racism and political correctness. |