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April 24, 2007
Yeltsin had effect on Utah
Boris Yeltsin's effect on Utah was more direct than one might think.
Take the Russian literature class at the University of Utah, for example. Six students were enrolled during spring term in 1993. That fall, enrollment jumped to 24 and currently hovers around 30.
"Those numbers are unlike numbers for any upper-division Russian literature class anywhere in the country, said Jane Hacking, assistant professor of Russian and linguistics. "We are the envy of many of our colleagues around the country."
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, who, as an elementary-age student, was grateful that the library was strategically located across the street from the Thomas Judd general store, returned to his native city of St. George Monday to dedicate a newly constructed Washington County Library.
Introduced by Douglas Alder, chairman of the Washington County library board, as one who learned to love books, Elder Holland of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve "rhapsodized" about childhood memories.
A fund-raising arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that supports higher education and humanitarian aid is getting new digs in Provo.
LDS Philanthropies is an organization within the church that is charged with encouraging and facilitating donations to church-sponsored higher education institutions, Humanitarian Services and the Perpetual Education Fund, which provides low-interest loans to students around the world for college and other advanced training.
USU prof breaks new ground in the study of Mormonism
Philip Barlow, a Harvard-trained professor of theology and American religious history, has been named the country's first full-time professor of Mormon studies at a secular university.
After a nationwide search, Utah State University chose Barlow for the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture, a significant addition to the school's burgeoning department of religious studies.
LDS-based Liahona Academy puts God back into school
Initially, the differences between Liahona Academy in Pleasant Grove, the state's only LDS-based high school, and other schools around the state are subtle.
There are the usual educational posters and decorations on the walls. But there are also LDS hymnals under some of the desks, and the books on the teacher's desk include "The Sermons and Writings of President Ezra Taft Benson." There are pictures of the second coming of Jesus Christ. In the men's restroom, 22 books on LDS Church history, as well as state and national history and a pile of LDS Church magazines are stacked on the toilet lid.
