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Show First graduates of new Outreach Program The outreach program began two years ago. Participants are required to complete all graduation requirements-just the same as students on the SUSC campus-by taking courses taught right in Richfield. "Facilities for the classes have been made available by ; the Sevier v School District," Carter explains. "All lower division classes are taught by members of the Snow College faculty with all the upper division classes taught by faculty members from SUSC." Margaree Dutson, Janet Christiansen, Vicki Draper and Patricia Ann Ferguson will join Mrs. Southwick in receiving their degrees in SUSC , commencement exercises., An additional 20 other students are currently enrolled in the program, Carter said, who will earn their degrees in the next two I years. "I can speak for all of us" Mrs. Southwick said, "in saying that it's a dream come true. Between us we have 20 children, and with family and community Si obligations, leaving home? 1 earn our degrees wruld haV&"5 P been impossible." I Mrs. Southwick grew up in Cedar City and attended SUSC--then CSU--for two years where she met and married John Southwick, now a sixth grade teacher at Richfield's Pahvant Elementary School and coach of the Richfield High School Basketball team. "In addition to the credit she earned at SUSC, Sue has taken extension courses from.BYU, Snow and Weber I State," Carter says. "Others enrolled in the outreach program have done much the same thing, accumulating ac-cumulating many hours of college credit' but not being able to complete a degree." "My mother, Maxine Adams, recently retired after teaching 30 years at the Cedar City East Elementary School," Mrs. Southwick says. "I've attended many UEA meetings with her and my husband and it's always seemed that I should be teaching too. Now, 17 years after I started college, I'm getting my degree." She also wants her degree to be near her children, Greg 14, Shane 13, Sindi Sue 9, and Jed 5. This year she's been serving an elementary in ternship as a third grade teacher at Ashman Elementary. The SUSC internship program is open to all seniors majoring in elementary education and enables them to teach a class-under the direction of a master teacher and a member of the SUSC education department-and earn up to five-eighths of a( starting teachers salary. The other four graduates of the outreach program have been doing their internships in-ternships or student teaching in Monroe and Richfield. "All five Richfield graduates have completed the elementary block, that's six education classes, 18 hours credit, which is taken as a group," Carter explains. ex-plains. "This unique quarter-long program allows , potential teachers to actually teach in a variety of situations, along with learning valuable insights in self-concept and group dynamics, as a single integrated in-tegrated experience." "We commend Sue for the efforj' she has made to linsre that the Richfield classes were filled and in spurring efforts to have the block offered there last summer," Carter said. "She and the other women graduating May 30 have been the real pioneers, the driving force for this successful suc-cessful program.? All five graduates will receive degrees in elementary education. Mrs. Southwick has earned ' minors in reading and child development and will spend some time at the SUSC this summer earning an early childhood endorsement. Mrs. Dutson has earned minors in fine arts and reading. She completed a fifth grade internship at Ashman Elementary. Mrs. Christiansen has also taught at Ashman, completing a sixth grade internship. Her minors are in reading and social science. Mrs. Draper has earned minors in reading and language arts. She's been an intern at Monroe Elementary, Elemen-tary, teaching second grade, and also spent time at SUSC last summer. Mrs. Ferguson completed her student teaching at Monroe, specializing in the third and fourth grades and learning disabilities. Her minors are in reading and fine arts. |