Campus and Community Briefs
SLC firm offers award for USU PR students
Richter7, a Salt Lake City-based public relations and advertising firm is offering its $1000 Public Relations Student of the Year award to a Utah college student.
According to a press release, applicants for the award must complete the junior level of their major’s coursework by May 2003, be part- or full-time students at an accredited four-year college or university in Utah, show exceptional ability in public relations through coursework, internships and/or extracurricular activities, and be pursuing a career in public relations or communications.
Applications are available for the world at www.richter7.com or from the communications department.
Applications must be completed and mailed to Richter7 by Feb. 14.
Logan City to hold neighborhood meeting
A neighborhood meeting is scheduled for Thursday at Ellis Elementary School, located at 348 W. 300 North in Logan.
The neighborhood meeting is to review the preliminary design of the northwest area park. Resident input is greatly needed and all are
welcome.
Faculty artwork on display at Utah State
Artwork from Utah State University faculty members Christopher Terry and Craig Law comprises some of the “Sabbatical Works” art display, now featured in the Tippetts Exhibition Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center.
According to a press release, an opening reception will be held on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., and the public is invited.
Terry will show a collection of works on paper and Law will present his photographic work. Work from both was created during their 2001-02 sabbaticals in Europe.
“Sabbatical leave gives professors time to focus on personal research and to renew and refresh their knowledge in a particular area,” Terry said. “This exhibit is our sabbatical report. Craig and I are returning to campus and sharing our work and experience with the community. We are grateful for the opportunity.”
Terry received a Fulbright grant to teach and conduct research in Essen, German. He and his family lived in Germany during the year. Terry is an art professor and joined the USU art department 14 years ago.
Law spent his time learning the digital realm of photography, he said. Eighty to 90 percent of his work in “Sabbatical Works” is digital prints. Law is known for his photographic project that documents rock art in Utah.
Hours for the Tippetts Exhibition Hall are 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. If the gallery is closed, contact the art office in FAC 122. “Sabbatical Works” is free and open to the public.
New issue arrives for Western American Lit.
The fall issue of Western American Literature has recently been published and addresses a wide variety of issues ranging from urban nature writing to linguistic analysis.
Louis Owens’ last essay is also featured in this issue.
According to a press release, the issue contains two essay reviews, and a book review section containing ten reviews. Among them are Glen Love’s discussion of Ann Ronald’s “GhostWest,” and Owen Grumbling’s examination of James Cahalan’s “Edward Abbey: A Life,” which earned Cahalan the Thomas J. Lyon Book Award at the Western Literature Association Conference in October 2002.
For more information about the Journal of Western American Literature or the Western Literature Association, contact Sabine Barcatta at 797-3858.