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Show MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1000 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS MEWS Woolf to receive award ~ '"'!W]:k> ~~ SUU ~~@n~ ts receive . . I 0% off all_regulaTI Griced items in the store;~-20o/o off all snowshoe and cross country ski rentals. r. w. D , 925 S. Main (Albertson's Shopping Center) moun1n1n SPORTS ~ugene T Woolf. professor emeritus of English and philosophy at SUU will receive the Utah Humanities Council's 2000 Albert J. Colton Research Fellowship it was announced this week. The Colton Fellowship is awarded annually to support research projects of a national scope. "This is a prestigious award which is well-deserved in light of the magnitude and demonstrated quality of Dr. Woolfs work." SUU President Steven D. Bennion said. "The university offers its congratulations.· Woolfs fellowship is a result of his current worl< on the third installment of a series entitled Great Minds Revisited. The series is intended to £ugen , review the lives and e ideas of selected premier thinkers of mankind. The third installment is an in-depth look at the life of the 18th century writer and philosopher Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire). Previous installments are a volume on the Egyption-born Roman philosopher Plotinus and a treatise on the life and philosophy of Desiderius Erasmus, a lesser-known Dutch Renaissance philosopher and scholar. Woolf also wrote The Odyssey of the Mind, which treats the lives of 12 great minds who are saluted in SUU's Centurium monument. 586-4949 "I am attempting to retrace the steps to our genetic cultural roots and branches with this series," Woolf said. · 1want to revive an interest in those individuals whose ideas t:lave served as focal points for whole generations. These people have been selected because they continue to influence our beliefs into .,.. .:z,--.~ the third millennium.· The fellowship includes a stipend intended to enable recipients to complete research on a project now under way. Fellowships are made possible annually through endowment funds established in memory of Albert J. Colton, a former Utah Humanities Council board member. "The books are being written to improve readers' understanding of these individuals and of the legacy that connect them to our time,· Woolf said. Woolf has been under continuous contract with SUU since 1953 in a variety of positions, including dean of one of the university's colleges. He also served for a period as associate commissioner of higher education for academic affairs in the Utah State System of Higher Education. Currently he is director of the Grace Adams Tanner Center for Human Values at SUU. Sales Terms: • Cash I Checks • Visa/MC • American Express 923 SOUTH MAIN CEDAR CITY, UT Monday through Wednesday Noon - 8 P.M. |