Show USHJ flnncttdPE'sr ipi?©5eoQn)i?c to discover more first-tai- d what they are three professors from the history and geography department have traveled avtfious parts of the globe Their travels should supply them with an etjundance of knowledge about the lands and cultures they teach about here within the confines of the history and and geography department department head Ross Peterson says USU students taking history and geography courses from the professors winter and spring quarter should reap the benefits Dr R Edward Glatfelter is an associate professor of history and he information about teaching USU students s spending fall quarter traveling ttroughout China As a campus representative for the American Urwersittes Field Staff Glatfelter spent ttte first half of the quarter sail-nfrom Seattle to Japan and then on to Taiwan aboard and China the oceanliner a Fulbright lectureship The Fulbright series is a teacher exchange program that brings 1 00 foreign instuctors to the US and sends a number of U S teachers abroad each year g © gHefcotootolOmr7' "It s a real honor to be selected for a Fulbright lectureship" Peterson comments "and I think it reflects the number of quality people we have in the history and aennmnhu Honor g While Glatfelter taught traveling American students aspects of Asian civilization “Currently Glatfelter is touring getting to know its people and culture even better" Peterson says China knowledge he gains there be great for the Asian civilization classes he teaches" “The Also abroad is associate history Paul Ganster He's American teaching Costa Rica at the de Costa Rica as part of The third professor from the history and geography department curondy abroad is geography professor Derrick Thom Thom is doing technical resewch and mapping in MaS which is located in French speaking West Africa He's working as part of USA intems&orte development in conjunction with the Department of State Thom's work wil be used by the Africans for future land redamation “This is Thom's fourth trip to Africa in the past five years that I've been department head” Peterson mentions "He’s recognized as one of the leading authorities on Africa “ he is very familiar with its Imd md people In fact he recently was in Kenya for a year and a half" “ Peterson says he's honored ttwt so many of the educators in the Nstory and geography department have been chosen to go abroad and educate people in foreign lands In fact Peterson himself traveled to New Zealand in 1 978-7- 9 to teach and to gain more knowledge of the culture there "Educators have to be resly sharp" Peterson says “and they really have to stay on top of things Traveling abroad is one of the best ways that history and geognvhy can keep up with chtngng nations and their peoples Peteraon pro-fesso- rs history in Umversidad ment They don't choose just anyone” first-han- d should professor — says The world at your fincartips History mnd Cooyrmphy Wlmtor i Credit 3 5 5 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 ProfrRitrg- Ganster Ellsworth Cole O'Connor Peterson Hutton Jones Glatfelter Alder Lye Cole Glatfelter Nicholls O’Connor Milner Ellsworth Ganster Jones Wilson Team Nicholls ‘I Say! Have you thought about any Cole Milner Literature classes Winter quarter!” £(114217 £(114287 ' World Literature from 1650 to present Intro to the Works of Shakespeare £(114345 Horaon Literature (214444 American Poetry £(24 478 The British Dovcl £(24 563 Seventeenth English £224 566- The VictorianCentury Period - Craig Thom Gertach Gcriach Hansen-Bristo- w Literature - Gcriach Thom Thom Craig Hansen-Bristo- Craig Gcriach Craig |