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Show THE CAMPUS THE UNIVERSITY JOUR AL• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1995 Girls State Multicultural education im rovement sought here f wraps up Utah Girl State attracted nearly 400 girl from aero the state to Southern Utah Univer ity earher th.is month for training and activities related to local and tate government and p l1tics. During th week of activitie pan orcd by the Utah American Legi n Auxiliary, the girl wbo arc entering their eai r y ar of high chool divided into mythical political part1e · .rnd formed the government tructurc and citizenry of a state, four countic , and 14 citie and function in their roles a citizen and leader of th variou entities. Panicipant were elected from theu high school and communitie throu_gh election proce se by local Auxiliary po t . Activitie arc directed by members of the American Legion AuxHiary from the variou po t in the tat . SUU ha ho ted Girl State for more than 20 years. "The girl gain a wonderful under tanding of the workings of overnment, plus practical experi nee organizing party convention and enacting legislation," Jane Comp, a sistant dir etor f VU confer nee rvicc , explain . "Adult leader a si t in the training and upervi ion." Several elected and appoin ted city, county, and tate elected and appointed o1ficials spoke to the Girl tat ci tizen ; and que tion and answer es ion alJowed th participatin girl t addre actual government official with individual cone rn . Improving the abHity of teacher in southern Utah and Nevada to work with students from minority cultur j the goal of a project now under way by Dr. Max Ferguson, associate profe or of teacher education at Southern Utah University. "We are finding that, nationwide, nonmmonty univer ity faculty members and public chool tcachcr are av itUng i ues about race and diver 1ty becau e they do not feel confident nor comfortable with tho c top1cs," Fcrgu on explains. "We arc al o finding that in thi region thes ame people arc eagerly sc king ways to compreh nd the nature of multicultural cla room . "Demographer arc prcdi tmg tha by the year 2020 students of color will make up 46 p rcent of the nation' chool population. Until recently, however, parent and teacher in rural areas have not percc1ved the need for multicultural ,,ducation, but that condition i changmg "From these te ted ideas, a book will be developed and di tributcd at a 'multicultural conference' cheduled on the VU campu Aug. 14-15. Book will be available to schooi djgtncts and other inter tcd partie a supplie pcanit" Fcrgu on said. "The conference wiU al o Con cqucntly, Fergu on ha obtained a Utah Human1ti Council grant, a Nevada Humanitie C mnuttee grant, and the SUV Faculty Development Grant t address the issue. His plan i to field te t idea for teaching in a multicultural la sro m by performing model humaniue les ans in fifte n public schools. include a humanitie seminar with the general theme integrating multiculturali m in all academic are.i and at all lcv ls, kindergarten through graduate school." National auth ritie on topic related to cultural educati n will be uw1tcd to participate, and a number of work hop and break out c. ion are planned t p nrut more individualized di cu 10n. The conference will be open t the public, but 1t 1 pccificall intc·ndcd for tudcn ma1oring in <lucation, practicing teacher and th• faculty at SUU. To a degree, VU already divcrsifie the xpericnc of 1t ducation tud n through a required ficld-ba cd " block practicum." In hJt racucum, ·tuucnt mu t ravel to uch areas a Salt Lake City; La Vega , Nev.; Phoenix, Artz.; Lo Angele., Calif. 1 and the a ajo Re crvat1on m Arizona and cw Mexico to teach thre · week in multicultural public . chool cla room . "While the bl ck practicum provi<l e ·cellent experience , 1t is nut as trong a we would hkc 111 pr vi<ling the humamu on tent n cc· ary or t achcr t comprehend working wah ativc American culture ," Fcrgu on point. out. " cie y xp ct teach ·r co er at a cla ro m whcr aU culture participat equally, but current tramm does not ully prepare them for th ta k." SU engages in experimental nurse training Yoko T u e i the hie£ nur eat the Tajimi Prefectural Ho pital in Tajimi, Japan, but he is seeking additional nur ing in igbt through an experimental program being hosted by SUU. "This is a Hr t-ever experiment f r us," Wes Smith, pecial project manag r in the divi ion of continuing education, explains. "W have the ability to help inter ted Japanc e students with language and culture training through an English Language Study Center located on campus. We also have a cooperative nUising program which qualifie graduates to write for register d nur i ng certificati n . Thi can become a good way to expo SUU to tud nts from Japan." Tsug i excit d about what the program can m ean for her. "There are difference in nur ing in Japan and in the United States," be says. " An exchange of ideas is important in the nursin world. In the end, it i th p ople who w e treat who wilJ benefit mo t." · The program i part of a sister state- prefecture relationship betwe n Utah and the ifu Prefecture Jocat din the central part f Hon hu Island. Tsuge will pend full time during the ummer in the Engli h Language Study Center (ELSC) program at SUU. Additional EL C training will continu • throu h the regular academic year. Be inning thi fall, he will participate in the sec nd-ycar curriculum of the cooperative Weber State Univer ity-SUUDixie College nursing program. " We especially want to Her Yoko linical ob ervation at variou ite , and we want to expo e her to our training for nur , " Donna Lister, an in tructor in the linica1 nursin program, explain . Other maj r participants in the experimental program are Ma ayuki Ono, a joint representative of the Gifu Prefectura] Government and th Utah D epartment of Community and Economic Dev lopment, and Gordon Clark, ELSC director. Yoko Tsuge Internet introduction offered at SUU STAFF AND DESK PHONE NUi\\BERS: Editor lflmt to th• F.dltor lllld AllJDJIK Editor Camptn Editor Comuhi~ po,u Ediu,... l\u in• AAl•tt1 i "t.iu er ,'\mU)lrl ruhh h..-J M,md.lys from lllJIC l'l tlu-uui:h All,(11"- 7 1c1nr1 for 1he Julr 2.4 boluby, wh, h w11l l>o rubh~h,:J Julr 1.SI lt I a puhl1utton of . ou,hm, u..h The I /m•·rr 11v fmmwl. 1995 ,ummtr nl1110 Umvc ..11y , .. department 11( ,um111unu;at1on. Olf1•• Ofhcc 4111J the SUU 1ui.lrn1 ,..,, .,r Summrr haol, the u1Jcn1 Ac:1tv111c j ~uon Uninnlt,- ]oornal: O!ftee:< tn SUU T cdtnok"f!nl Bw1Jtng Clli M~ll .u SUV lku 9384, Ca1u Oty, Ulm 84 FAX (801)586-5487. E-matl ~ jowna)&mudu OPRINlrJ) o 1111"1o RICYCt.EO PAPEJt rt.EA ~t 1t£CYct£ nm corv An introduction to u ing th Intern t will be offered at Southern Utah Univer ity during three Thur day evening b ginning June 22 and ending July 13. The cla will be taught from 6-9 p.m. in ro m 20 of the Oboe Leavitt Busines Building. Tho c wi h.ing to enroll should contact the SUU Divi ion f Continuin Education at 801-5861994. The fee f r the ur e i 50. Included m the cou e outline i in truction on the use of Netscape, World Wide Web, FTP earchcs, E-Mail, Gopher, and other information r UICCS. The cour e will be taught by J.P. Hendnck of the Divi ion of Continumg Education. "The Int met is the gate t a wid variety f crvices and information and i on the cutting edge of the t cbnological revolution," Hendrick ays. "It put you right on the inf nnati n highway," he ay . " You can accomplish a great many thing on the Internet, from endin mail to ordering pizza, from gettin sports r ult and stock information to tracking a Fed.Ex package. Shopping, re ea.rch f r cla c ... anything." The class will be held in the Bu incs computer lab, equipp with O computer , mostly IBM clone and Pentium. The first half of each ev mng will d al wtth in truction on the tool of the Internet, while the second half will be a lab where tudent he able to u e whatever they'v learned, ac ording to Hendricks. Also, information wilJ b provided on how to get acce s a p rsonal account for the Internet, and suggestions on quipment and oftware need. |