Campus News Briefs
Winds concert postponed
A concert planned by the Logan Canyon Winds, Utah State University’s faculty wind quintet, has been postponed temporarily due to illness and schedule conflicts.
The March 17 concert will be rescheduled for a later date.
Business woman seminar held
Utah State University’s Women in Business Seminar will be held Thursday in the Eccles Conference Center.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and presentations begin at 8:30 a.m.
Accomplished professional and business leaders from across the country will address issues which impact women and areas they influence.
Some of the subjects to be explored are: Career planning and development, the impact of role models, thriving in a high-tech world, starting a personal business and managing a successful business while raising a family.
The seminar is sponsored by the Partners in Business program which is the only student-run management education program in the United States.
For more information call 797-2279 or 1-800-472-9965. Information is also at www.partnersusu.org.
Annual diversity conference to be held at USU
Educators and community members are invited to attend the Educators for Diversity Annual Conference at Utah State University Friday and Saturday to celebrate diversity and learn how to enhance diversity in schools.
“Let’s get smarter about living and learning together in our wonderfully diverse communities,” said Martha Whitaker, conference director.
Keynote speakers for the two-day event include Sandra Buendia and Norma Gonzalez.
Buendia is the alternative language director in the Salt Lake City district. She has spent 14 of her 16 years in education dedicated to Spanish bilingual classrooms. Currently her department provides professional development, translating/interpreting services, refugee tutoring, language proficiency assessment and program evaluation and support for schools.
Gonzalez is a professor of bilingual education and socio-linguistics at the University of Utah. She co-edited the text Classroom Diversity: Connecting Curriculum to Students’ Lives and previously served as an associate research professor in anthropology and education as well as in language socialization and borderline household analysis.
Community members and educators from kindergarden through 12th grade and higher education settings are encouraged to attend. Fees for the conference are $30 for educators of all grades and above (licensure credit included), and $15 for full-time university students. Interested community members may attend free (limited to space available).
Utah State Office of Education (USOE) relicensure points are available for certified teachers who attend the conference.
For more information, call Julie at 797-0043.
Pyle to read from recent publications
Utah State University visiting professor and author Robert Michael Pyle will read from his recent works Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium followed by a book signing and light refreshments.
The event, made possible by a generous grant from the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation, is free and open to the public.
Pyle, who received his doctorate from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, has worked as an assistant curator at Yale’s Peabody Museum, a butterfly conservation consultant for Papua New Guinea, a northwest land steward for The Nature Conservancy and has taught several writing workshops around the country.
For more information about the symposium, call 797-3363, or visit the Web at www.hass.usu.edu/tanner. The symposium is free and the public is invited.