Art, indigenous business launchpads, and rural university development with Bayley Hedglin (Associate Director of Development for Utah State University) in Blanding, Utah
About this episode
Dax Jacobson interviews Bayley Hedglin about her role in rural economic development at Utah State University in Blanding, Utah.
I’m currently learning more about San Juan County, Utah and I’m focusing on the town of Blanding. In this episode I chat with Bayley Hedglin (Associate Director of Development for Utah State University). I wanted to chat with Bayley to learn more about her background in rural economic development and her unique role as a university development director living in a rural community doing development work for rural extension campuses for a land grant university. Bayley shares her background stor...
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