January 9 Come and see a sampling of talent from the students at Southern Utah University. Students from the Music, Theatre and Dance Departments, Ballroom Dance Company, Acclamation, Forensics Team, ROTC, Power 91, Athletic Department, and Bagpipe Band will share their talents and skills with the campus and community to kick off this semester's Convocation Series.
January 16 Mr. Barrows' powerful one-man show tells the evolution of the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King's place in it. The show required six years of research and is a combination of anecdotes, traditional history, obscure facts, and colorful characterizations. Mr. Barrows, has been performing the original play since 1988. He has appeared at colleges and educational institutions, churches, libraries, and museums across the United States.
Bryan H. Barrows III - Prairie View A&M University's Director of Community Affairs
January 24 Attorney Ken Wallentine is the Administrative Counsel for the Utah Department of Public Safety, Peace Officer Standards and Training Division, directing legal instruction, curriculum development and instructor development for Utah's eight police academies. Wallentine was a charter member of the Salt Lake City Police Department Disciplinary Review Board and is former General Counsel to the NAACP, Salt Lake City Branch. He teaches trial skills for the National Highway Traffic Safety Institute and the Utah Prosecution Council and has been a featured lecturer for many college and civic groups.
Ken Wallentine - Attorney & Training Coordinator, Utah Peace Officer Standards & Training
January 31 "The Impact of Abstinence" James Gottry will visit the SUU campus representing the A.C. Green Youth Foundation. The Foundation is committed to helping American Youth develop to their fullest potential, and Gottry works to help establish programs that educate youth about sexual abstinence and other social issues. He has appeared on MSNBC and co-produced "It Ain't Worth It: The Interview," featuring NBA iron man, AC Green. Gottry is a public relations graduate of Northern Arizona University. James Gottry - Director of Programs & Services, AC Green Youth Foundation
February 7 This program will focus on African-American history and will help launch numerous other campus activities during Black History Month at Southern Utah University. In 1926, Carter Woodson, son of former slaves, established "Negro History Week" which is now called Black History Month in the United States.
February 14 "The Spirit of America" The American Folk Ballet is a 20-member professional dance troupe (accompanied by singing and narration) dedicated to presenting the heritage of the American spirit. Founded by Burch Mann in California, the company moved to Cedar City in 1982. Artistic Director Gwen Grimes has assumed leadership of the Ballet since the death of Ms. Mann in 1996. The American Folk Ballet will appear at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City on Thursday, February 19, 2002 as part of the Winter Olympic festivities. American Folk Ballet
February 28 "Spread Your Wings" At the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, Nikki Stone became America's first-ever Olympic champion in the sport of inverted aerials. Less than two years earlier, a chronic injury almost took her out of the sport. Her tenacity in recovery led to 35 World Cup podiums, eleven World Cup titles, four national titles and two Overall World Grand Prix titles. Nikki is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Nikki Stone - Olympic Gold Medalist, Freestyle Aerial Skiing, Nagano, Japan, 1998
March 7 "Celebrating Our Roots" KeAloha is a graduate of Brigham Young University and is currently employed with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. At the "Miss Indian World" pageant, she was selected from a group of twenty-four contestants representing tribes throughout the nation. During the competition, KeAloha received trophies for the best public speaker and best interview in addition to being crowned Miss Indian World. KeAloha is the first Miss Indian World to represent the Hawaiian Islands, where she was raised and lived with her paternal family. KeAloha Mae Cody Alo - Miss Indian World
March 14 "You Can Be a Superhero" Cohen keeps audiences across the planet, in a variety of venues, on the edge of their seats as he interacts with them through comedy, magic, prizes, multimedia visuals and amazing stories told. He will teach his listeners how to turn fear into power and how to reveal their own unique powers, turning them into superpowers. Based on the theory of multiple intelligences, Cohen leads people through a process of vision, or even re-affirmation, revealing each person's greatest strengths and abilities. Gary Cohen - International Motivational Speaker Also, at 3:00 pm on this same day, Gary will ofer his popular "Better Grades in Less Time" workshop in the Sharwan Smith Theatre. This seminar focuses on improving reading speed and comprehension as well as enhancing memory. Everyone is welcome to attend.
March 21 Utah's Poet Laureate, David Lee, has won the attention and hearts of thousands through his keen observations of life and related inspirational writings. At the convocation, Professor Lee will share some of his newer works and explain the genesis of his passion for poetry. When asked to describe himself, Lee responds, "David Lee lives quietly in St. George and/or Pine Valley, Utah with Jan, Jon and JoDee, where he scribbles and wanders country roads and trails, all at about the same rat and pace." Dr. David Lee - SUU English Professor and Utah Poet Laureate
March 28 "A Celebration of Dance" Steinberg, who will serve as an artist-in-residence on the SUU campus during spring semester 2002, has been nationally acclaimed as "one of our great modern dancers." Born and trained in New York City at the High School of Performing Arts and The Julliard School, Risa served on the faculty at Julliard and has taught extensively throughout Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East and the Far East. Her solo appearances help audiences trace the roots of modern dance. As the Washington Post observed, "Risa Steinberg is an uncommon dancer; she moves with one eye focused clearly on the past while the other gazes fearlessly into the future." Risa Steinberg - Internationally known modern dance soloist and teacher
April 4 A group of Drepung Loselin monks will perform sacred music and dance designed to promote world healing. The famed multiphonic singers of Tibet's greatest monastery have performed their transporting sacred music and sacred dance to full houses in many of this country's great performance halls, helping Americans discover the rich heritage and traditions of a distant land. Topics addressed in their performances include such titles as "Serving the Ego Syndrome," "Purifying the Universe" and "The Auspicious Song for World Peace." Major newspapers in the U.S. have described the work of the monks as, "absolutely overwhelming" and observed that "their music and dance invoke sacred ecstasy." Tibetan Monks - from the Drepung Loseling Monastery
April 11 Sylvia Earle is a National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence and internationally-known champion for ocean conservation. She has logged some 6,000 hours underwater, and served as chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Her numerous publications range from scholarly articles to general-interest pieces. Among Dr. Earle's articles are six articles for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine and her recently published book, Wild Ocean: America's Parks Under the Sea. Earl holds numerous diving records (including the deepest untethered dive - 1,000 meters) and has been named as one of the "Heroes for the Planet" by the Ford Motor Company. She was dubbed "Her Deepness" by the New York Times. Dr. Sylvia Earl - Marine Biologist with the National Geographic Society
April 18 Steve Hein has survived numerous traumatic situations in his life including divorces and a self-imposed separation from all of his extended family. Seeking to lower the incidence of child and teen abuse, particularly emotional abuse, Hein established the EQ institute with offices in Australia and Canada. Society has in general undervalued the role of emotions and emotional processing for generations, much to the detriment of humanity. Initially inspired by Dan Goleman's book, Emotional Intelligence, Hein will present his views and observations about the importance of helping groom emotional maturity in self and others. Steve Hein - Founder of EQ Institute
April 25 "The Meaning of Sports in American Society" Professor Gerlach has had a lifelong interest in sport and sport history. He earned a Ph.D. in history at Rutgers University in 1968 and is a senior member of the history faculty and NCAA faculty athletics representative at the University of Utah. He is the author of numerous journal articles, many of them dealing with sport history, and has authored The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires. Gerlach teaches several popular courses including "Perspectives on Sport and American Society" and "Sport in American History." He stresses that recreational sports are not unique to our lifetime, but have been important components in the evolution of America. Dr. Larry R. Gerlach - Professor of History, University of Utah
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