Show Posture of Excellence USD Attracts Resources By Peggy Patrick Student Life Reporter The carpet silenced plush hut I was greeted by a flui ry of type writers a- I stepped into the coul green office I sat stiffly down on a striped couch to await my in terview with President Taggart the sec curiously Smiling rotaries whisked past me I felt The nervous and eonxpieoiis my footsteps president university fmally showed me into his office I felt a wave of relief as I flicked on the tape recoider: It didn’t work Mildly terrified I stammered out a question and the President Dr Glen Iigguc hopes to LSI' "strength mi sirength "A unieisit im attrau outside resources through a postute of excellence" lit in an interview ssith Muilent Life Reporter Peggy USU’s interview began newly appointed build manv stated Patrick Things To Happen In ’68 President Taggart stated tliat to help USU build on stieui th” A uni versity can attiact many outside resources through a “posture of excellence’’ He hopes to attain this by making Ltali state as fine an academic institution as pos s ible he hoped “stiemth Taggart pointed out that one of Ass’t To Student Life Repot ter "Tins university should itself two important be ask ques wiiere it is going 2 lag tions 1) and how it Is getting the new assistant President Stanford stated '‘Things Sear'1 be will The there’ to th Cazier happening till reasons being tha administration has bee: Pat in and with them they hav brought new and different ideas Cazier said that we should e valmte our role as a college oar services to the state ou academic and research pre grams and in geneial our pur P°se as an Institution of htghe earning Utah is toward pushing a master education plan and w oust evaluate our progress an urk We have to realize that 1 r carry on our distinc 'a character we must wor "a Progress not just let a new Stow on its own also said Unit we need t esearch into the lone Pe and direction ofrange pm He tins it institutions hav Sar Research tohel formation and statistic I' lau nee(1'-'- to help plan th WeatUti0tlS onPranre goals thf h Spots have to be found i CntpartmeiUs anii Piffled Uf commmunicatin betwee uti°n Many ments of d Authors student k he MUslim ’ 'widen Slark rlBllam 1 former City Stanfonl Univer Cflttin CeMt‘r bernan ' v dielor aie Uectronl(: Clr Eram’ Mr- - Lie as'soclate author recdved his AnlysJ fUU and assistant Sector lty graduate Se'dor author of a annolnced the wPre"wimi1 Inc of n D is lh w nr 'ienre degree In of science ii)Paster k'Htl n eleetrl tslenginwrm 559 nU 11 dfgree ’ ° 1967 tie I left the president’s office still clutching the wicked tape recoider The ovenfresh air nearly carried me down the steps of Old Mam and I weakly made my way through the dust to the Union Building dioire want to doesn't He wife lives here Shirley aged 4 G and in log an with his and three boys 8 lie received his MA of that Degree and in the full year he entered the University of Wisconsin in the field of cultural inteliectural history to In 195G work on his doctorate In the fall of 1959 Caier began teaching history phllos psychology and ophy at the Bronx Community Col lege In New Yoik The following year he was Interviewed by tSU Milton R Mer r II who offered him a position here at Utah State Skidmore outline plans for the Mcl’hee and Dr C Jay KUSU-Twill produce the series Gordon Taylor Norman Americans older of scries on needs and interests !8 at USC’ Frotn 19C1 employed as an engineer Company by Hughes All craft In nr7 of P1'17’’’ to work on a doctor electrical eng sophy degree In to con ering which he expects the 196 Dining 19GD In plete he taught an e He returned Mela Gomes seeducation and Ala-i- l the state of visited according to Dr Haws coord m American State at Utah to USU school year computer tiical engineering 'rse “ aided circuit design which the new lng material on textbook is based of Mr Jensen is a member honorary Sigma Tau engineeringsenator at and was engineering 1959 USU from 1958 to Mi aa He is the son of a08 Mrs William C Jensen City East 1st South Brigham C8 (USU Receives Brazil Head Visits Here Textbook L'niverdty elec fnet'rl’ ew The interview ended with a discussion on the president’s trip to Logan In his twelve days of travel between East Lansing and here he greatly enjoyed seeing Pikes Peak the Grand Canyon and beautiful Aspen area He was particularly fascinated with the scenery down in the Four Corners region wants teaching ft urn is life ami to teaeli one class a quarter Tins past year he lias been at n a Gl New York Univetsity lounda lord the fioin lowslup tion He lias taught in the honors program and helped launch that program off if trim In 1936 when Dr Taggart at tended the old AC there were only about 2300 students He In the first few weeks he has been here President Taggart lias been getting acquainted with Utaii State’s campus He has met witli deans and department heads to discuss the problems weak and nesses strengths of the university He hopes to meet with student organizations soon tiie staffs and administration is an impoitant factor in the re els he searching p) oblem He f am! or will act as a motivator fdrnzer in researching into the vat ions problems hue at ISC Caier lioiioreJ as Protessor of the Year in DUG hs teaching at CSC for six years and lias enjoyed it vety Hindi assist-an- t Although he is the m w Engineering Student hJ ?te out various ex pointed amples at Michigan State in which students put time and effort into constructive serviie for the uni versity One specific example was a tutorial prouam set up by the giaduate students to give underprivileged pupils a chance for a college education The Peace Corps and Vista are otiier progiams which give students op poi tunnies to help society He feels that now in addition to in crease in size the student body has become more sophisticated Pres Cazier Chris Facer By the strengths of a small In stitution Is a better student-facu- l ty relationship This affords the student a more communicative interchange of ideas Since he is the father of three college stu dents President Taggart under stands the need for this communi cation He stated that as head of the Univeisity of Nigeria he had regular meetings with stu dent leaders to discuss piob lems This he also hopes to do at Utah State Taggart ''mes is responsi-lirectio- of SL - ii and 97 seconds maintained by as and also serves n State of the which the basic pohev and second ntary state tion in the Production Grant ersity’s educa d station a $12 iroduction of a ns on needs and ler Americans awarded under KUSU-warde- Older Amerl-Uta- h Division is paying one it $13033 and lng $9100 idmore profes d child develop ment at USU is project direc tor Gordon Taylor KUSUTV supervisor of closed circuit pro Is executive producg ramming er and Norman McPhee KUSU Is producer producer-directo- r director of the series The series of ten programs will be released during the spring of 1969 Production Is scheduled of 196869 during the winter Research and evaluations of In terests and needs of older Amerfall icans will be completed tills |