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Show Journal A P AC E EDITOR 7 L Monday, August 28, 2006 "s A rock formation in San Rafael provides fun for Maymester Gone Wild participants. The group traveled across Utah in a van for one week. Students found inspiration in their adventures while studying creative writing. Hollie Smith, 586-199- 2 4 A river in Venice, Italy proves to be impressive scenery for students who study abroad. Students who studied business and communication in Austria went to seven countries in seven weeks. SUU students find unique education in summer experiences By HOLLIE SMITH hsmithsuujournal com Summertime proved to be more than a break from the daily grind for some students who had the chance to become immersed m foreign culture or find inspiration from life on the road students took the opportunity to Twenty-fou- r further their education while traveling across the state and acioss the world this summer Jenmfer Belhston, a semor communication major from Hyde Park, was one of four SUU students who studied creative writing while on the Maymester road trip with assistant professor of English Todd Petersen and Honors program adviser Matt Nickerson We basically wentfiointhe western side of Utah to the eastern side and back, Belhston said The trip was five days of driving in a 15 passenger van and excluded showers, luxuries or a specific plan Every morning we would get up and look at the atlas and decide where w'e wanted to go that day, she said Belhston said one of the highlights of the experience was trying to find a pi ace to camp on the last day of the trip On the advice of a gas station clerk, the ciew took a left turn onto a dnt road at mile markei 70 and searched for a campground We ended up camping at a sand We weie m the dune, she said middle of absolutely nowhere It communication theatre or language and culture Jenm Orton a semor communication major from Cedar City went to study commum cation in Austria It was such an amazing she said It experience, really was a once in a lifetime was opportunity The trip turned out to be moie faking part m study abroad all than just a crash couise in outdooi influenced her decision to survival, it was a change her minor and helped her learning experience tor everyone really know what she wanted to involved do with her life, she said It w'as so interdisciplinary she Orton and the other students said We had a creative writing who went to Austria traveled to teacher but we were also learning seven different countries while single about the wuldemess humanities, studying The best part was learning history archaeology and geology Alla Paroiatnikova another culture It is leally like living a class by living it, travel Statewide wasn't she said I think understanding adventurous enough for some w ho another culture will even help decided to cross an ocean to find the experience r Alla Paroiatmkova, director of international they w'ere looking for Twenty students got a cross cultural education programs said people need to be aware of how by going to Austria or London to study business things work all o er the world because the working "People need to be aware of how things work over the world because the work g force has become one global entity." force has become one single global entity We are not just particles m this big world, Paroiatmkova said We are diops in an ocean and cannot be separated The communication and business program in Austria was really an innovation in international education Paroiatmkova said The innovativeness of the piogram is that our partner university didnt charge anything for tuition, she said Its a very new and exciting program Paroiatmkova wall be presenting the results of this new program at the 18th Annual Conference for the European Association of International Education m Basel, Switzerland, Sept 13 16 The study abroad program will be offering two new options for international study this upcoming year, a language and culture piogram m Mexico and one m France To learn more about study abroad, sti.lents can attend the study abroad fair Sept 6 from 10 am to 2pm in the Living Room or visit http w ww suu eduCEDstudyabroad Maymester Gone Wild information can be found at http w'ww suu eduhonors SUUSA provides food, fun By SAMANTHA ARNOLD BFN DRAPER 'NIVERSITY JOURNAL Thor, the Southern Utah University mascot, prepares to repel from the rafters of the Centrum Arena during the freshman kickoff assembly Friday. The assembly also included performances from the Waukeenyans and Acclamation. sarnoldsuujournal com Welcome Week continues today with more activities sponsored by SUUSA to welcome new and returning students Today there will be a barbecue complete with live music from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m on the Lower Quad The welcome back dance will take place tonight fiom 9 pm until midnight in the Sliai wan Smith Center Rotunda Oil Tuesday there will be ail ice cieam extravaganza on the Lower Quad from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m There will also be dinner on Tuesday at 6 30 p m followed by a comedian at 7 p m in the Balli oom Free concessions such as sandy candy, snow cones cotton candy and popcorn will be available on Wednesday from 1130 am to 1 30 p in at the Lower Quad The Club bait and dinner will take place that evening at 8 p m on the Multipurpose Lawn followed by a movie at 9 p m On Thuisday, students can have dinner and speak to with diffeient ieligious leaders from the aiea on the Multipurpose Lawn fiom , 5pm ... BEN DRAPER ,.aA MNIvERSU ' JOURNAL Steve Kiissel speaks to new students about the upcoming year and the opportunities available at SUU at the freshman kickoff assembly. The assembly was part of Welcome Week festivities which will take place on campus all week. SUUSA to 8 p m Juh Jensen, a juiuor elementary education major from Cedar City, is excited to attend many of the welcome week activities She said she looks forward to running into old friends she has not seen m a while, as well as meeting new people at the events Caytee Cox, involvement vice president, who has had a hand m organizing the Welcome Week activities and events, said much planmng has been done to ensure this Welcome Week will be a success Cox said she hopes this years Welcome Week will be even more successful than years previous years The person wao spearheaded the project, Activities Vice President Jessica Burr, along with the lesi of the people who planned and put together the events for the wcHc, worked hard to not just upeat the activities done in years past Cox said They wanted to plan some things that were new and different for the students so they could be more mvolved and active with the e ents, she said Neal Cox dean of students said he looks at Welcome Week as an opportunity to launch the new freshmen students into the college life Fie hopes that in doing so, Welcome Week will accomplish good things by meeting the needs of the new freshmen He also said he hopes some of the events during Welcome Week will appeal to the needs of the non traditional students by encouraging them to come with their families to activities they can enjoy as well This years Welcome Week will be more successful than previous years because of the laige amounts of energy and preparation that have been put into this project by the student leadeis, as well as the support that has been received from all the other students involved, he said If students would like more information about the activities going on during Welcome Week they can go to the student government offices located on the second floor of the Sharwan Smith Center Rotunda 6 or call (435) 865-833- |