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Show 1989 Education workshops Adams Theatre are scheduled at SUSC opens July 6 Enhancing the productivity of classroom teachers will be the goal of a variety of workshops to be presented as credit courses at Southern Utah State during July and August. The workshops were created for teachers who want their students classroom experience to be as successful as possible, said Phillip C. Carter, dean of SUSC s division of continuing education. Enhancement and acceleration of classroom learning using direct and indirect suggestion will be the focus of Education 550, instructed by Leon Chidester, SUSC professor of language and literature. Beginning July at 9 a.m. and running until 4 p.m. daily, the Accelerated Learning workshop will assist teachers in developing skills in positive projection, control of physical and physiological environments, use of music in the classroom and relaxation techniques. For teachers of kindergarten through eighth grade, Learning in Harmony: Applying Learning Styles in Math and Science, Education 590, will begin July 5. The four day workshop will promote use of whole-brai- n techniques as a medium for increased 3 learning. Scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, the workshop will include tested and original projects, games, songs and experiences by successful teachers. Workshop instructor, Sage Platt, SUSC assistant professor of communication, will direct teachers in the application of new brain research in the areas of math and science. Platt will also instruct Education 555, Learning in Harmony: Applying Learning Styles in Language Arts, for classes up to the eighth grade. This workshop, using whole-brai- n learning techniques, will give teachers a foundation on learning styles and techniques in oral skills to help increase student learning retention and enthusiasm. The three-daworkshop, set to begin July 10, will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Sessions will include songs, puppets, book writing, recordings for classroom use and instruction in songwriting for specific skill or experiences. Activity-orientelearning will be the focus of Education 592, Cooperative Learning workshop, July 17 to 21. Platt will use current research to assist teachers in learning the effectiveness of groups in the classroom. How to assist students in becoming more effective at critical thinking and development of student will also be covered. The Cooperative Learning workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Agriculture in the Classroom is designed to introduce the historical and practical importance of agriculture in todays economy and social structure. Workshop instructor, Maria Smith, will incorporate the building and use of classroom greenhouses, nutrition and the steps of washing, dying, spinning and weaving of wool into the five day schedule. Beginning July 17 and running from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, the workshop will include one day of field trips designed to introduce students to community resources. A five day introduction workshop will begin July 31. Education 553, Study Skills and Learning Systems, is designed to help teachers assist students in becoming more effective. Instructor Thomas Murphy will cover management, goal setting, decision making, task management, coaching and notetaking techniques during the 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily workshop. For registration information on these or any other summer school offerings, contact the SUSC office of Continuing Education at y d self-estee- m (801) 586-785- 0. Trees donated to College Faculty-Staf- f Associated Women provide oak Campus beautification at Southern Utah State received a substantial boost recently with the addition of 19 columnar oak Associated Women. trees, a gift from SUSC Faculty-Staf- f The womens organization raised $1,900 at its Christmas fundraiser, Fantasy in Frost, with proceeds set aside to landscape the area around the pavilion being constructed south of Thunderbird Stadium. The trees should reach a height of 40 feet in 20 years or organization so, according to Maralyn Dotson, the 1989-9- 0 president. SUSC groundsmen Chris Gale and Farrell DeMille planted the 1988-8- 9 project was coordinated by young trees. The 1987-88 FSAW President Linda Lohrengel and president Louise fund-raisin- g Jones. Other campus projects supported by the womens organization includes the donation of thousands of tiny Selvestri lights used to adorn the trees outside the old student center each holiday season. The Utah Shakespearean Festival celebrates its second grand opening of 1989 on July 6 with ceremonies opening its traditional Adams Shakespearean repertory in the open-ai- r Memorial Theatre. With the premiere season of the new Randall L. Jones Theatre successfully under way, Shakespeares The Tempest initiates the outdoor Shakespearean season Thursday night, with Macbeth following Friday and The Winters Tale Saturday. All productions continue in repertory through September 2. Under the direction of Jim OConnor, The Tempest, a romance of magic and conspiracy, begins the Shakespearean season. Prospero, deposed Duke of Milan, has spent 12 years with his daughter on a magical isle after being cast adrift by his usurping brother. The islands other inhabitants are Caliban, a creature of the earth, and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Barry Kraft, who appears regularly with major West Coast regional theatres, portrays Prospero, the magician who creates an to restore order to the kingdom of Naples. Kraft has played Shakespearean roles at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Old Globe in San Diego. Prosperos daughter Miranda, who has reached young womanhood without counsel of other women, is portrayed by Carrie Preston, a Georgia native attending the University of Evansville, Indiana. Richard Pelzman, who has toured nationally in the title role of Othello and appeared as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, e Caliban. Utahn plays the Richard Hill, appearing as Ariel, the spirit of the air who carries out Prosperos magic, has performed recently at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, and The Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Fridays opening performance is Macbeth, the most popular of Shakespeares plays among high school teachers. Howard Jensen directs Patrick Page and Monica Bell as the pair who respond to the promptings of ambition until they are in blood steppd in so far they cannot turn back. Pages sixth season with the Festival also includes the play by Like the Sun, Doug Christensen, Nothing commissioned by the Festival for the inaugural season of the Randall L. Jones Theatre. Monica Jones is enjoying her fourth year with the Festival, as Lady Macbeth, Perdita in The Winters Tale, and Toinette in Molieres The Imaginary Invalid in the Randall Theatre. The Winters Tale rounds out the Shakspearean trio. Less familiar to Festival audiences than its companions, The Winters Tale begins with the feigned death of a queen and real abandonment of an infant, and ends 16 years later with reconciliation and ill-wi- nd earth-creatur- ill-fat- ed one-ma- n The monster Caliban (Richard Pelzman) and Trinculo the jester (Barry Wallace) cavort on the stage of The Tempest. d forgiveness. Barry Kraft portrays the father to King Leontes, Perdita, Monica Bells third repertory for the season. Amy Thone is the wronged Queen Hermoine hot-heade- and Laurie Birmingham her faithful companion Paulina. The popular Renaissance Feaste also premieres Thursday night. As the openiong Feaste usually entertains a capacity audience, a second Feaste is scheduled for Friday to accommoclate the expected crowds. The event continues twice weekly throughout the season. Before each performance, traditional Greenshow activities set the mood for the particular play. Cavaliers from the era of James I of England evoke bravado for The Tempest, jesting from a medieval court look back to the time of Macbeth, and from Bohemia prepare spectators for the distant strangeness of The Winters Tale. The new Randall L. Jones Theatre expands the repertory to include classics of world drama, this year Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie, Molieres The Imaginary Invalid and Nothing Like the Sun, a new play by Doug Christensen starring Patrick Page. The Utah Shakespearean Festival now presents a total of 18 theatrical performances per week, as well as two Renaissance Feastes, two Royal Teas, seven literary seminars, she production seminars and five backstage tours. Tickets remain available for most performances throughout the summer. For ticket information, please call the Festival Box Office, (801) 8 between 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. sea-farin- g folk-danci- ng 586-787- Jewelry and lapidary classes offered Students of all ages can learn the ancient art of jewelry making and lapidary work by enrolling in Education 394 or 592, both offered this summer at Southern Utah State. Jewelry and Lapidary Making is designed to help students develop skills in cutting and polishing techniques of book ends along with the proper care and use of tools and machines. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 17 to 21, students will learn ideas and methods for cutting stones (cabochons), setting of both cabs and faceted gems, fabricating jewelry (soldering) from sheet and wire silver, making casting molds from wax, different casting methods and jewelry finishing. Faceting demonstrations will be given by faceting specialist Jerry Barker. Ideas and methods for the combination of various materials such as woods, metals and stones will be covered by class instructor Steve Taylor, SUSC industrial education professor. Having taught Jewelry and Lapidary Making for 22 years, Taylor promotes the class as a means of student networking with other students interested in the jewelry and lapidary fields. Registration information is available through the Southern Utah State Registrars Office at (801) For information regarding campus housing, contact the SUSC Resident Living Office at (801) 586-771- 5. 586-796- 6. |