June 25, 2004 Highlights
Cache
County Planning Process has Familiar Look
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Craig Petersen is Utah State's director in the office of Analysis,
Assessment and Accreditation and a professor in the economics
department.
In his public life, Petersen is also the chair of the Cache
County Council. In that capacity he has authored an article
that details the county's new planning process, a planning process
that is a modified version of one used at Utah State University.
The county used this new plan last year, and Petersen reports
that it will be used again this year. Read more about the county's
process in Petersen's article.
Two-Day
Symposium Spotlights Prestigious Utah Poet
 Utah's
literary lion, May Swenson, earned her bachelor's degree from
the Utah State Agricultural College in 1934 and received more
than 20 awards for her written work. Her poems have been characterized
by critics as being abundant in energy with an extraordinary
intercourse between the natural and the intellectual worlds.
For two days, June 10-12, more than 40 Summer Citizens, community
members and Utah State students had the opportunity to hear
from 10 creative, intuitive speakers, discussing the life and
work of Swenson at the May Swenson Symposium. College of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences Dean Gary Kiger welcomed the group.
Symposium speakers included Swenson's brother, Paul, a 1960
Utah State journalism graduate and current professor at Utah
Valley State College, and Rozanne Knudson, renowned author and
executor, editor and publisher of Swenson's literary estate.
Joyce Kinkead, Utah State vice provost for Undergraduate Studies
and Research, said at the symposium's opening forum that Swenson
represents northern Utah on the literary map of Utah, along
with Bernard DeVoto, Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey.
"She truly is a literary lion," Kinkead said.
Journalism
and Communication Program Highlighted in Media Magazine
 Utah
State University's department of journalism and communication
was highlighted in the April/May issue of American Journalism
Review in a piece by AJR editorial assistant Melissa Cirillo.
The article, Those Who Do, Teach, profiled a unique
partnership between the department and The Salt Lake Tribune.
In a nutshell, the program, established by then-editor Jay
Shelledy, allows working Tribune journalists paid sabbaticals
to teach a semester at Utah State. The program allows journalism
schools to save money through teaching partnerships with area
newspapers and provides students contact with working professionals.
"This is the first time I've seen this level of financial
commitment," Department Head Ted Pease said in the AJR
piece.
Read the entire article in the AJR archives.
According to its Web site, the American Journalism Review
is a national magazine that covers all aspects of print, television,
radio and online media. The magazine, which is published 10
times a year, examines how the media cover specific stories
and broader coverage trends. AJR analyzes ethical dilemmas in
the field and monitors the impact of technology on how journalism
is practiced and on the final product. The magazine is owned
by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University
of Maryland.
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