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Show MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1999 suu UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS H EWS . President Steven D. Bennion Ground is broken for new SUU PE Building Figuratlve formal groundbreaking for a new 120,000 square foot Southern Utah University physical education building was held during public ceremonies June 23 at the site of the projed. Literal groundbreaking activity by crews from Hogan and Associates Construction of Salt Lake City is expected to be well under way in less than a week for the $17.25 million facility. The building is scheduled for completion by Jan. 1, 2001 . "The breadth of Hogan and Associates' experience in building quality facilities is most impressive," Steven D. Bennion, SUU president, said in announcing the selection of the general contracting firm by the Utah State Division of Facilities and Construction Management. "And their most extensive experience has been in building schools and recreational facilities. We are excited to move ahead with this long awaited projecC Among recent Hogan and Associates projects are Northridge High School in Davis County, Fremont High School in Weber County, and Star Valley High School in Wyoming. Recreation facilities built by the firm include the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo and the Oquirrh Park Fitness Center in Kearns. Hogan also built the Questar General Office Building in Salt Lake City, the Las Vegas Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Brigham Young University Howard R. Hunter t,aw Library addition. Architects for the SUU PE facility are from-the FFKR firm in Salt Lake City. FFKR has designed several other projects on the SUU campus including the Randall L. Jones Theatre, the Centrum , the Gerald R. Sherratt Library, and the major remodeling of what is now the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center. Included in the plans for the new physical education building ar~ classrooms, a lecture hall, exercise physiology labs, a computer lab, weight room , Olympic-size swimming pool, a large gymnasium with three side-by-side basketball courts, several racquetball courts, and a suspended indoor track. "This university has an excellent reputation in the preparation and training of substantial numbers of physical edu9ation teachers and coaches who serve throughout Utah and in other states," Bennion said. "Improved facilities will help us maintain the quality of our graduates." "The timetable for this project calls for a serious construction schedule," Frank McMenimen, a OFCM architect, said. "The general contractor has indicated a desire to complete excavation, footings, and foundations before winter weather sets in. It is also planned to complete as much masonry as possible before winter. We should see considerable activity on site almost immediately." PAGE3 Creative Writing Workshop set David Lee, Utah's poet laureate and head of Four award-winning presenters will offer training SUU's language and literature department, is the in how to write and how to teach writing during a workshop director. Sessions are being co· five-day Creative Writing Conference to be hosted sponsored by the Utah Arts Council. The workshop by Southern Utah University. is designed to teach beginning and advanced Instruction in writing poetry, personal essays, writers, English teachers, and college students the creative non-fiction , and ficlion, will be offered techniques of writing and understanding written during the July 26-30 conference. Methods of teaching creative writing will also be presented. All - works. "We have some classes will be outstanding taught at the presenters who will university's participate with us Mountain Leaming this year," Nyman Center located 11 said. "Each will offer miles east of Cedar instruction and City on Utah insights in a Highway 14. specialty area Presenters at the where he or she conference will has considerable include Bill Holm , a experience and faculty member at expertise. The Soothwest State format of the (Minnesota} workshop calls for University; Jeff· classes each day in Metcalf, co-founder five subject areas. of the Sawtooth Participants may Writers Conference choose up to three in Stanley, Idaho; of the five Peggy Shumaker, specialties. Both who teaches in the theory and 'hands master of fine arts on· sessions will be program at the included." University of Alaska Holm, a regular Fairbanks; and guest on public Robert Hodgson broadcasting's Va.n Wagoner, a Prairie Home fiction writer whose Companion, has first novel will be published several out in June. books. Metcalf is an Registration may SUU's David Lee oversees the Crea ive Writing Workshop. award winning be completed in English and journalism teacher in Salt Lake City advance at the Division of Continuing Education whose fiction and non-fiction have appeared in offices in the Hunter Conference Center, at the ·numerous national and local magazines. SUU Registrar's office in the Sharwan Smith Shumaker,-winner of a National Endowment for Center, or at the Mountain Center at 8 a.m. the first day of the workshop. Cost for the workshop is $195 the Arts poetry fellowship , is serving this year as · distinguished visiting poet in residence at Bucknell whether it is taken with or without university credit. University. Van Wagoner's first novel, "Dancing A $50 deposit will reserve a spot at the Naked," was awarded the Utah Arts Council's conference. Information regarding credit or the publication prize; his stories have appeared in depost js available by contacting C. David Nyman, literary periodicals and anthologies and have won director of SUU's summer school program (586various awards. 1995). Reading Conference slated laboratory school there; 0 . Ray Reutzel, provost "Literacy for the Twerity-First Century" is the at SUU and editor of a national journal of the tt:ieme for a two-day reading conference College Reading Association; Michael 0 . Tunnel , scheduled July 8-9 at Southern Utah University's children's author and professor of teacher ·Hunter Conference Center. education at Brigham Young University; and "This is a conference that will bring together Olene S. Walker, Utah lieutenant governor and . people who·are willing to share a wealth of advocate for literacy programs. reading expertise and experience," Gayle Anyone wishing to attend the conference is Garrett, director of the SUU College of Education encouraged to pre-register with Readfng Clinic and conference Garrett 586-7814 or at the SUU director, said. "Our goal is to improve Two-day meet Registrar's Office in the Sharwan . reading and language arts programs is set for July Smith Center 586-7715. Registration and subsequently to improve literacy may also be completed from 7:45and lives." 8-9 here and 8 :30 a.m. July 8 at the conference The conference is planned to be will deal with center. valuable to pre-service and inCost of the conference varies service teachers, administrators , improvement depending on whether a student is teachers' aids, media personnel, and of reading taking the course for no credit ($40), · resource teachers, Garrett said. is taking the conference for Four major presenters are education. undergraduate or graduate credit scheduled to give addresses, and a ($120), or is taking the class as part number of additional specialists in reading, language arts, and special education will of a master's degree program ($130). Regular · summer school $tudents may attend the direct a rarge number of smaller workshop conference sessions for a $65 additional settings. Exhibits and displays of new reading laboratory fee. programs and strategies are also planned. An author's Award Luncheon for Or. Tunnel is The four scheduled plenary session speakers scheduled July 8. Cost of that luncheon is are Nancy Palette, professor emeritus at $10.50. Lindenwood College and former director of the . •\. |