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By Phil Scoville, June 6, 2009 4:01 pm

BYU’s top recruit that just signed with them a few days ago. I heard alot about this guy on the radio but didn’t know much more. Here is a highlight reel of his 2008 season. You can also find some on his 2007 season. I’m excited. He’s going to be a nice addition to the BYU QB tradition.

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By Phil Scoville, March 14, 2009 1:00 pm

I just received this in the mail yesterday. I submitted this in 2006 when I first started the MFT program at BYU. I was asked to submit this to the newsletter and then the Newsletter Editors and Board Presidents have changed. It is now in publication form.

It is in part related to my dissertation. Please feel free to read it from the UAMFT.org site.

Read the Newsletter.

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By Phil Scoville, November 18, 2008 1:05 am

After I returned home from my trip to Little Rock to present the results from a research project I was involved with over the last year at the 70th Annual National Conference on Family Relations (NCFR), I found out that the journal article that had been accepted for publication was finally in print. It was from one of my elective courses but also a really pragmatic and efficient method to work together in a group and complete a journal article ready for publication and also to present the research at a National Conference.

We had a great time presenting in Little Rock. I enjoyed the Clinton Presidential Library; even if I don’t agree with his political or moral views, he did a lot for the country.

The take home message is that companies that allow their employees flexible work arrangments have employees that are generally healthier, happier in life and marriages, and more satisfied and loyal to their jobs. This suggests that the benefits are not only to those that actually use the workplace flexibility, but also all the rest of the employees that don’t use it, just by the perception of their being workplace flexibilty.

Toward the bottom of the linked page you’ll see the journal article. For convenience, I’ve included a PDF of the journal article for your reading pleasure. (Perceived Versus Workplace Flexibility.)

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By Phil Scoville, November 1, 2008 10:14 pm

Martin Luther King Memorial at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. This is the National Civil Rights Museum.

I went to the museum this afternoon after the conference sessions I was required to go see. No pictures could be taken within the museum; thus my pictures of just of the outside of the museum.

We only had a 30 minute window to go see through the many exhibits of which I was sad to have to rush through but it only opened at 1pm tomorrow afternoon and we need to leave for Nashville tomorrow to catch our flight.

My favorite part of the self-guided tour was to see the bus replica on which Rosa Park’s refused to give up her seat to a white man that eventually had her arrested for disobeying the law (at least for the time). I didn’t know that she and Dr. King were associates. I don’t know if they were before or after her arrest.

I also found it interesting how much distance Dr. Martin Luther King went to publish his message of non-violence and peace throughout the South. He graduated with his PhD from Boston University at age 26 in philosophy and theology. There were sit-ins and protests throughout the South – from Birmingham, AL to Memphis, TN to Washington, DC. I’ve always assumed that he did this much work but I just haven’t studied it. Seeing the jail cells and the hard work, Dr. King’s suffering for an important cause reminds me of the suffering and pain that the LDS Saints experienced when they were in first starting in the 1800′s in Missouri and across the uncivilized territory toward the desert now known as Utah.

A couple of other items that struck me while in the museum. Dr. King was shot in the face by a bullet that went through his right cheek and then his jaw. It then hit his spinal cord and got lodged in his shoulder. Jesse Jackson was near him when he got shot standing on the balcony. He was in room 306 in the Lorraine Motel. Apparently this was a room that he stayed at often when he was in Memphis.

I was also particularly touched by a transcript provided of a conversation between Dr. King and his wife, Coretta King, while Dr. King was in prison. He inquired about the kids. They were courteous and kind to each other. There was much love, care, and appreciation.

Dr. King was an example to all of us about keeping his ideals high and speaking out for those things that need to be addressed. He was open, honest, and non-violent in his efforts to address serious problems such as labor and wages problems.

You can read more about his life on wikipedia.