For week ended June 27, 1999 Posted 26 Jun 1999

USU Journalism Program gets LDS Foundation Grant

Summarized by Kent Larsen

USU Journalism Program gets LDS Foundation Grant
Deseret News 21Jun99 C8
SU Journalism Program gets LDS Foundation Grant

LOGAN, UTAH -- The Utah State University department of communication has reccieved an $8,000 grant from the LDS Church Foundation. The grant will be used by the department for computer equipment which will further hands-on instruction.

The grant was accompanied by a cover letter from Deseret News publisher Wm. James Mortimer, a 1954 USU graduate, who praised the department's work. The LDS Church Foundation is a charitable foundation that obtains its funds from the profit-making enterprises of the LDS Church, which include the Deseret News.