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J-COM Professor is Recognized for Campus-wide Service

Cathy Bullock, a faculty member from USU's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been recognized for her service to USU.

News flash! Cathy Bullock, associate professor of the Department of Journalism and Communication, has been recognized for the priority she places on service. Actually, that’s not news to those individuals she’s touched over the years. Bullock “embodies the notion of a teacher-scholar-servant,” explained Tammy Proctor, department director.

Bullock, who last fall received the Ed Glatfelter Faculty Service Award from the College of Humanities and Social Services, has now been named recipient of the Utah State University’s Faculty Service Award.

Bullock herself is “honored and surprised” by the recognition, she said. The award was presented at the April 21 Robins Awards, a student-run annual tradition of the USU Student Association that it describes as the “most coveted of all Utah State honors.”

Millie Tullis, a graduate student in the Department of English, earned the Peak Prize for the Undergraduate Researcher of the Year.

Bullock is active in efforts to prevent domestic violence, having served on the Utah Domestic Violence Council and on a community action board for a local domestic violence shelter. At the university, her service and good cheer extend to young journalists and scholars, as well as to faculty colleagues, many of whom she mentors and helps sort out the “thorny questions,” according to Proctor. This type of “hidden service is part of what makes her special,” she added.

Also noticeable is her university-wide service. She is adviser to Aggie BluePrint, a student-published magazine, and serves on the university-wide Student Conduct Hearing Board, the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee and the Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. (“A committee on committees,” she smiles. “That always makes me laugh.”)

And perhaps she is best known to members of the community as the director of the popular Westminster Bell Choir and the Belles of Westminster.

Bullock is taking a sabbatical leave during the next academic year, during which she will join Stephen Reiher, USU professional practice assistant professor in public relations, in his efforts to promote the Men’s Anti-violence Network of Utah (MAN). Bullock will be gathering data on the views of Utah men toward such violence, with the goal of using the research to further MAN’s expansion and assist in its legislative efforts.

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Writer and contact: Janelle Hyatt, 435-797-0289, Janelle.hyatt@usu.edu


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