June 27, 2003 Announcements
Kermit
Hall Featured on PBS
 President
Kermit L. Hall was featured on the PBS broadcast of The
News Hour with Jim Lehrer. President Hall appeared on Monday
night's (June 23) program that included a lengthy report summarizing
the Supreme Count's ruling on two affirmative action university
admission cases.
The Supreme Court upheld a limited use of race in university
admissions. During the broadcast Spencer Michels provided background
on the cases. Jim Lehrer discussed the decisions with Jan Crawford
Greenburg, Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune.
Next, Margaret Warner followed up with reactions from four
university presidents: Mary Sue Coleman of the University of
Michigan; Larry Faulkner of the University of Texas; Daniel
Mark Fogel of the University of Vermont; and Kermit Hall of
Utah State University.
News Hour is broadcast locally on KUED Channel 7.
Utah
Writing Project Helps Teachers Improve Writing Instruction for
a 25th Year
The Logan based Utah Writing Project, a site of the National
Writing Project,
has offered award-winning programs for elementary and secondary
teachers for 25 years, and the programs continue this summer.
The Utah Writing Project's silver anniversary summer program
includes introductory workshops that focus on practical, classroom
tested ideas, exploration of modern writing instruction through
invitational institutes and an advanced nature writing and leadership
camp.
"The programs have given me a level of professionalism
not available in other teacher training experiences," said
Richard Harmston, participant in the first Utah Writing Project
summer institute in 1979 and the 2003 co-director of the St.
George Institute.
The effective instruction received through the program improves
a teacher's knowledge of writing and, in turn, increases the
abilities of the students they teach, Harmston said.
"The Utah Writing Project has greatly expanded the strategies
available to me for writing instruction and has encouraged me
to create new approaches and materials," said Harmston.
"In short, it has helped me stay intellectually curious
about learning and written language acquisition."
Every year more teachers participate in the Utah Writing Project
summer programs, and many participants eventually become instructors.
"All of the teachers who are leading this summer's work,
whether in St. George or Logan or Salt Lake City, have great
stories to tell about their experiences with the program,"
said Bill Strong, Utah Writing Project director and professor
of English education at Utah State University.
"Teachers do not come away with a set of lesson plans
and work sheets but with a new view of themselves as teachers,"
said Margaret Rostkowski, a past Utah Writing Project participant
and presenter.
On July 3, teachers participating in this summer's Logan Invitational
will come together and read one of their writings from a published
anthology of their work. "This allows them to celebrate
the accomplishments and growth they have experienced over the
summer," said Strong.
In addition to the summer teacher training in June and July,
the Utah Writing Project will conduct two nature writing camps
for 60 minority fourth-graders in August. Strong also manages
Saturday workshops and in-service activities for teachers during
the academic year.
Alumni
Band’s Second Concert Fills Kent Concert Hall with Music
Utah State University's summer Alumni Band creates
an old-fashioned park band experience during a second concert
June 29 at 7 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine
Arts Center at Utah State.
"This concert has a program of past audience favorites,"
said Nicholas Morrison, director of the band. "The program
has standard band repertoire and great selections from the musical
The King and I. This concert is definitely a crowd
pleaser."
Other highlights include Alfred Reed’s A Festival
Prelude, written originally for band and arranged for orchestra,
and Frank Tichelli's Shenandoah.
The alumni band welcomes all families, including children,
to the concert.
"The music is fun and introduces children to music that
is different than what they hear on the radio," said Morrison.
More alumni band music can be heard Thursday, July 3, during
the Romney Stadium fireworks performance. On July 6 the band
will perform at the Old Main Hill Amphitheater at 7 p.m. With
the exception of the July 3 performance, all concerts are free.
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