Comments on: Education Week at BYU

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:31:02 +0000

Re church history, I note classes on the JS Papers (p. 28), classes on the “Prophet Joseph Smith and the Law” (p. 26), and classes on “The Visual Images of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Oliver Cowdery,” including one entitled “Alleged Photographs and New Artist Creations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Oliver Cowdery” (p. 37).

Re makeup and Daryl Hoole, I remember someone saying that J. Golden Kimball once said that “a little paint never hurt any old barn.” Hoole’s The Art of Homemaking is one of my favorite books.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:47 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Ray. So, is the CES just branding?

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:35:19 +0000

Margaret:

The correct response to the “How to Explain to your Teenager What They Saw When They Walked In On You after Education Week” is:

Jeez. Doesn’t anybody [bleep]ing knock any more?

Remember. Reprove betimes with sharpness.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:09:23 +0000

The summary of my FIL’s response:

“One of the BYU Continuing Education departments is responsible for Ed Week. However, EACH presenter must be cleared by Salt Lake; and each presenter must submit at least an outline, if not a full script, of their presentation(s).”

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:22:54 +0000

I am at Ed. Week right now. Attended a great class on how to teach teenagers to use and understand the scriptures, one on better utilizing faith in our lives, types and shadows of the atonement in the scriptures – love it! Don’t get many opportunities for in-depth classes. Looking forward to the rest of the week.

By: gst

gst — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:52:49 +0000

“That, and the menu bar that lets you click to get to CES programs, as well as Evening Classes, Conferences and Workshops, BSG, and other programs that are definitely not CES.”

CES is responsible for BSG? No wonder Languatron keeps harassing us.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:23:27 +0000

My FIL worked for Continuing Ed for years. I just sent him an e-mail.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:13:07 +0000

It is true that I have no inside knowledge, but the fact that the first link in comment #31 has a link for “Adult CES Programs Home” and the second link (the root of the first link) lists “Campus Education Week” under the “BYU CES Adult Programs” suggests to me that it is under their auspices. Could definitely be wrong though.

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:49:06 +0000

J., how do you figure? The only mention I see of CES is in a description of presenters — some BYU faculty, some CES people, etc. That, and the menu bar that lets you click to get to CES programs, as well as Evening Classes, Conferences and Workshops, BGS, and other programs that are definitely not CES. It would be a recent development to put EdWeek under CES, and certainly the presenters are by no means all CES. Financial planning, cooking demonstrations, gardening, real estate — not standard CES fare, but very typical of EdWeek.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:23:35 +0000

Ardis, I'm not so sure about the CES affiliation. The web address which you kindly furnished me (http://ce.byu.edu/ed/edweek/), shows it solidly under the auspices of CES (http://ce.byu.edu/ed/). CES doesn't have any tie with BYU, which is perhaps why it appears to be in conjunction with the continuing education arm the University.