| Show You can get there from here via physics department It is a part of the mythology of Physic that physicists can betdo anything and can do it take whether you Now ter this as mild exaggeration or should be plain fact you aware that individuals and and groups of both graduate and students undergraduate in many faculty are engaged challenging adventures in Physics on this campus They are exploring nuclear structure atomic and molecular structure fundamental formulations of the theories of electricity and magnetism the relativity of Einstein die role and nature and of phenomena on the surfaces of electric conductors and a very wide range of studies of the earth’s atmosphere ionosphere and magnetosphere and how these are related Among the instruments they use are the Chatanika incoherent scatter radar located near Fairbanks Alaska The Meson facility at Los Alamos New Mexico the Urge vacuum chamber at the Johnson Space Center in well as Houston Texas as sophisticated optical spectrometers linear accelerators and measer clocks located on the USU campus They are designing special instruments to fly in the space shuttle and on various rocket probes be utilizing They are or will of from data many the data gathering satellites induding G EOS--1 and GEOS-- 2 The Atmospheric Explorer the ATS--6 geostationary satellite a ‘ scans A which ISEE-the wide range of magnetosphenc locations and the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite A wide assortment of computer facilities and computer based communications as used in these endeavors and a great amount of time goes into theoretical effort to understand the data obtained If you are interested in any of these activities or understandings please inquire at the Physics Department Office in the Engineering Building on the east side of the campus Secondary education Teacher training can prepare of Secondary A you enter the Department the bottom floor m on housed office Education notice a sign the Education Building you beckons that board bulletin the posted on student o prepare o bright enthusiastic or high school the teaching field as junior high Saunders Walter Dr to teachers According for Secondary Education this bead department a challengis an excellent time to embark upon in teacher training adventure four-yeing Because of Utah’s unparalleled population a severe shortage growth Utah will be facing it is of teachers in this decade therefore this crucial to begin training more teacher thousand Nine needs the coming year to meet additional students were enrolled in Utah 15000 new phlir schools last fall this year students are expected and by 1990 Utah ifhnnl should see an increase of over 225000 students By conservative estimates this means Utah will need 9500 new teachers by the end erf this decade “The Department of Secondary Education is equipped to meet the need for d teachers because it offers more an excellent teacher education program and is staffed by a highly skilled and motivated faculty” said Saunders Students who begin the secondary education program choose the major and minor subjects that they intend to teach from a Urge list of possibilities There are 17 approved teaching majors 21 teaching minors and 14 composite teaching majors In addition to specializing in better-traine- future bright you for wide-ope- n field these subject areas students will complete block of professional education course where they will learn how to teach (ho tub jects The professional education course atd in secondary education is characterized by students gaming extensive practical rspmoo and video Uboratocy through tiwties Field experience in the public ichool — observing experienced trachm tearing individual students and performing am lessons — are emphasized During one quarto of the senior year students will student tad in the public schools on a full time bant a practice the skill they have acquired Studem completing the tear her education program i ram a B S degree and certificate u secoafat education Utah State University has an excellent pin ment record in the education field Accorfag to Dr Izar Martinez associate dean of (he College of Education 81 percent of gradum seeking teaching positions signed contract! academic school districts for the 1980-8jot USU's placement rate is significantly higher than the 62 percent placement rate for die a of Utah as a whole and the nationwide taeaf 51 percent Currently employment markets in mmj fields are very tight Students interested a teaching but majoring in ocher departments might consider completing the certificataa po I gTam in secondary education to augment career options role-playin- g 1 Take it from Jim Bridger Jed Smith — history is helpful The spring of 1826 found me there with Sony tape player in hand to do my greatest interview I was in Cache (Willow) Valley at the spring rendezvous of the fur trappers My assignment: take to the freshmen of Utah State University an account of how two USU graduates felt about the History and Geography departments The two men I was to interview were Jim Bridger and Jedadiah Smith famed mountain men explorers and recent history and geography graduates The interview had an auspicious beginning Reporter: Gentlemen my readers wish to know why it is you have taken up the vocation that you have chosen Bridger I’d have to say it was because Depart- of the History and Geography ment at Utah State University Smith: Ya know Pilgrim Jim’s right If it hadn’t had been for that bunch on the third floor of Old Main why I might have ended up a computer programmer or a stock broker on Wall Street Instead those boys up there got me real interested in the lay of the land of these pans and how that land supporu life both animal and human Bridger: Why did you know that right here where we’re standin used to be under water? That's right A big lake used to cover this whole region All that's left is Bear Lake some little rivers and those bench marks you see up that canyon Reporter: But how does the history help you out here? Bridger: Son history is the past History is things that have taken pi we already From people and events of the past we have learned methods of trapping We’ve learned of different parts of this country where to go for beaver We’ve learned which Indiw tribes are at peace and where we might figure on losin’ our topknots Smith: History is a whole mess of useful information that helps us from nuking mistakes Kind of leu us into the future from knowin about the past Reporter Could you please tell me a bit about the staff in the History and Geography Department? Beydger: Nicer bunch you couldn’t find anywhere and as diversified in their interesu as me and a city preacher Why it’s possible to bury your head in all different facets of American History not to mention the rest of the world They even have a female teacher in that department that was voted the be female teacher of the year And k weren’t cause she is the only one either Smdh: That s right And that group in the Geography Department have got themselves a new lady teacher too And such a wild bunch Brtdger: Probably the be thing about thoae two departments is the they show for the subject Why when they start to talkin about hugs they get a light about their eye glow about their Ikes that is a pwely remarkable thing to witness It n ju about hypnotise you sometimes Smrtk It sure is a wonderful thing in this day and age to see some pesyfc that really enjoy their work Y bm come to think of it nearly ail thr it of the courses at that university t bound to the History and Gcognyh Department In all the other count (he facts that are taught and d things that are learned are bulk m the pa and the pa is hutary Maybe I ought to have that pa m my gravewone What do you tkk Jim? Bndger: Well founds all right to can see it now here lies Jed SA mountain man explorer and historian Reporter Gentlemen The Cn£$ll3hQrc£® The Creative Circle wants to give you a chance to turn your needlework hobby into a money earning business you are wdf amazing individuals and I want thank you for talking with me Smith Anytime Pilgrim Ju sure you let them freshmen katw h if they want to know any mot tn--old Jim and me all they got ttk take one of them history daet rtd our world will become theirs aad 8 they’ll understand what we been talkin about ta addltion Th Creative Circle offers you free ”lccraft kits for hostessing a needlework you in stitches ! |
