December 12, 2003 Highlights
New
Vice President Named at Utah State University
  Utah
State University President Kermit L. Hall announced today the
appointment of a former vice president of manufacturing for
Schreiber Foods, Inc., as the new vice president for Finance
and Business.
Ron Godfrey, of North Logan, will assume his new responsibilities
beginning January. He replaces Fred R. Hunsaker, who retires
the end of the month.
"Ron Godfrey brings a history of financial and administrative
success in the private sector - success that underscores his
appreciation for being entrepreneurial, focused and able to
work successfully with a broad range of people," Hall said.
"We were looking for a person who would bring innovation,
discipline and determination to the new office of Vice President
for Finance and Business and I have no doubt that he will deliver
in all these areas. I'm also pleased to find talent close to
home."
Godfrey, who graduated from Utah State with a bachelor's in
English in 1974 and a master's in business degree in 1976, said
that since his childhood days he has always felt "an unequivocal
loyalty" to Utah State. "I'm excited to help the university
and I will do all I can to make Utah State successful."
He noted that the past three years have been tremendously challenging
for the university with the "pull down effect" that
first struck the private sector and then moved into the public
sector with the decline in the stock market and the economy.
He said his early focus will be on working with the legislature
and alumni to help deal with faculty and staff compensation
issues. He said Utah State University is fortunate to be located
where it is in such a great community and that he will emphasize
partnership building between Logan City and the university.
Most of Godfrey's career has been spent with Schreiber Foods,
the world's largest food service cheese company and the second
largest retail cheese company in the United States with total
annual sales of $1.4 billion.
During the 23 years with this company, he worked as plant manager
of total operations at locations in Pennsylvania, Missouri and
Utah. The final six years of his career at Schreibers were as
vice president of manufacturing in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where
he was responsible for six manufacturing plants and all business
functions at each facility, in addition to three distribution
centers.
After leaving Schreiber Foods and arriving in Logan in 2000,
he worked for Merrill Lynch. He then started a new office in
Logan for Smith Barney. During the past three years, he has
taught business classes as an adjunct professor in the management
and human resource department in the College of Business at
Utah State. He has also advised 150-200 students while in the
college.
"I pay attention to details and do things right the first
time," he said in his letter to the search committee. "I
am dedicated to hard work as a leader, mentor and teacher to
help others buy into process and culture ... I will work tirelessly
to achieve new levels of success and prosperity at Utah State
University and will do everything in my power to support the
ten goals of the university."
He has served on the board of directors for local divisions
of The American Red Cross and Hospice; Chamber of Commerce board
of directors, Logan; and member of the North Logan City Council.
He is married to Marie, and they are the parents of six children.
Sociology
Professor Receives National Recognition
 E.
(Eddy) Helen Berry, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology
for Utah State, is the winner of the 2003 Rural Sociological
Society's (RSS) Award for Excellence in Instruction. The award
recognizes outstanding rural-oriented teaching by RSS members.
"Berry’s primary instructional assignments involve
undergraduate and graduate courses in social statistics and
demography," said Richard Krannich, Sociology, Social Work
and Anthropology department head. "In all of these courses
she draws from her research interests in the dynamics of rural
population change to expose students to content and principles
related to the field of rural sociology."
Berry, a professor at Utah State since 1984, teaches students
from numerous disciplines, and many of them, such as former
student Jeffrey Wulfhorst, said her patience and dedication
helped them master difficult statistical concepts and ideas,
both in and out of the classroom.
"Dr. Berry has multiple pedagogical styles that she can
play like cards in order to capture different learning styles,
preferences and concerns among relatively diverse groups of
students," Wulfhorst said.
Berry said she is honored to receive the award.
"At Utah State, we do it all, and we do it all well,"
Berry said. "In other words, students get a huge bang-for-their-buck
here."
Special Education Extension Director
Receives Golden Mouse Award
 Rhonda
Melove is the recipient of this year's Golden Mouse Award, an
honor recognizing those who have integrated technology into
teaching and learning in innovative ways.
Menlove, extension director for the department of special education
and rehabilitation, developed the electronic syllabus used in
the department of special education and rehabilitation, which
is used by the department's advisors in extension. She also
led the development of a video desktop course in the department
and in university extension.
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