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Show THE THUNDERBIRDOSOUTHERN UTAH UNIVEASITYOMONDAY APRIL 6, 19920 PAGE 3 Growth opens faculty spots BY DAVID JOHNSON Thunderbird Associale EdiJor SUV plans to hire new faculty positions in several departments to keep up with growth. As a result of increasing student enrollment, the university will periodically hire new instructors, enabling departments to maintain a competitive quality. According to Personnel Director Paul Daniels, out of growth money granted by legislation, SUU wilJ hire instructors in psychology, Spanish, education and communication for 1992-93. An instructor for communication was expected to have been hired with eight others last fall, but because of the instructor's failure to ultimately accept the job, the post will now be filled along with other new positions next fall. These new positions result from legislated budgeting allowances, or " growth positions," awarded according to a school's growth. Already sharing a general accreditation along with the rest of SUU, the business department seeks a special business accreditation from the Association of Collegiate Schools and Business Programs, of which it is a member. This accreditation requir es a range of specific as well as intangible qualities decided by the association. According to Bob Salmon, dean of business, communication and technology, the business department hired a doctoraUy-qualified instructor last winter in order to meet one of the association's qualifications. The process for accreditation, he said, involves a time of application, review and adjusting the department in hopes of meeting specific and general criteria. Nevertheless, things appear to be running on schedule. Taking all into account, Salmon remains carefully optimistic about accreditation. As feedback returns from the granting association, the department has attempted to comply. " We have responded to all of their requirements. We're right on target to where we need to be at this juncture,' ' he said. After hiring a Ph.D.-level professor winter quarter, the department now will decide whether to hire a doctoraUyqualified or professionally-qualified professor to begin the fall in hopes of further packaging the department for accreditation. Salmon extends hope the accreditation will come by fall. ON CAMPUS Sigmund Abeles, Thursday's Convocation speaJca, explained why he draws what he does. PLAY ONNS THURSDAY: The INDIAN LECTURE: James Vlasich, SUU theatre department's production of And a Nightingale Sang ... opens Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Randall L. Jones Theatre and runs through Saturday and again April 16-18. Tickets are $2 for students with current I.D. , and are available through the Theatre Box Office, 586-7878. SUU history professor, will present " Pueblo Indians and the New Deal," Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Zion Conference Room . The lecture, part of Native American Month, will be followed by the Convocation lecture by author Arlene Hirschfelder about Indian stereotypes. Abeles addresses NEA art BY CHERIS TUCKER Thunderbird Editor " We're here to make a mark, not outrun death ," said Sigmund Abeles, Thursday's Convocation speaker. H e addressed issues ranging from National Endowment for the Arts funding to what is considered art today. " Anything passes as art today," he said. " It 's embarrassing-a dentist could knock you out, pry some of your teeth out and say, ' It 's the new dentistry.' " Abeles also gave guidelines for approaching art. "First you should ask yourself what the artist was trying to do, was he successful at doing what he was trying to do and do you like it-does it mean anything to you?" Abeles, one of the first recipients of an NEA grant, said just because the government gives matching funds to an artist, does not mean that the government supports the viewpoints of the artist. " Art doesn't even affect that many people," he said. " Videos, television and movieswhich are often gratuitously violent-are seen by far many more people and are far less attacked ." Abeles then gave his biography, explaining how events in his life make him do and draw what he does. He also presented slides of h is work from 1960 to today. The prints were emotionally grabbing and at times disturbing. However, even more disturbing was when students got up to leave the lecture early. Instead of waiting until the allotted lecture time was over, a majority left several minutes early, making it impossible for Abeles to continue until they left. Training conference set Joseph Mill", a. social science major, and Neesha Zolling", a communication freshman, obse:7'_ed some pnnts at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Galkry Thursday night when the exhibits op~. Th~ Cedar (!ity Art Committee's 51 st annual exhibition is in the large gallery, which consists of prints from across the country, and an exhibit of works from the permanent collection is in the small gallery. SUU's College of Business, Technology and Communication is offering a training conference April 22 The " Assist '92" conference will be held from 9:30 a.m . to 4:30 p.m . in the Centrum. It will give ideas on how to perform administrative tasks for secretaries, administrative and executive assistants, office managers, administrative aides, information processing coordinators and other office assistants, said Robert Salmon, dean of business, technology and communication. The day-long conference will be highlighted by a series of speakers who will addrrss various aspects of improving performance and creating a better work environment. Salmon and Donna Rue Jenkins, associate professor of business, are the keynote speakers for the conference. · The cost of the conference is $37, which includes a continental breakfast and a 1:30 p .m . luncheon. However, the cost is $47 for those who register after April 15. For registration and further information, call DorotheJJa Smith at the SUU business department at 586-5401 , or Jill Dail at 586-1949. ,. |