Upcoming Events

October 2020

Oct

CHaSS Banking Panel

Special Event

Please join us on Friday, October 2 for a special alumni presentation at 12:30pm MST. If you’re a CHaSS major who’s never considered a career in banking, perhaps you should. CHaSS Alumni go on to enjoy any number of careers in a variety of industries. And yes, that includes banking and finance!

This virtual event will feature Justin Barnes (BA Law & Constitutional Studies ’14), Megan Goettsche (MHR ’18, BS Communication Studies ’14), and Tabitha Perkins (BS Social Work ’07). As a Bank Secrecy Act Risk Analyst for Finwise Bank, Justin is experienced in anti-money laundering, fraud, and risk analysis. Megan works as a Human Resource Partner at Zions Bancorporation where she supports Risk and Corporate Credit. She is an experienced Assistant Vice President skilled in relationship management, employee relations, and leadership development. Tabitha has worked for Zions Bank for the last decade and serves as a Vice President of Business Development in their Private Banking Department. She is responsible for gathering data to be used in the selling process, participating in community organizations and activities, and assisting clients in exploring investment & banking options.

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

CHaSS Pre-Law Series: Mat Roundy (Poli Sci '16), Clerk, Utah's First Judicial Court

Special Event

On Tuesday, October 6 the CHaSS Pre-Law Alumni Series will focus on Lessons from Law School. Please join us for a conversation on Zoom with Mat Roundy, a judicial clerk for the First Judicial District of Utah. Mat majored in Political Science at Utah State University before going on to the University of Oregon School of Law. Mat’s interest in the legal field began as an undergraduate who participated in IOGP’s internship program. He has since clerked for the Civil Litigation Division of the Oregon Department of Justice and served as an extern for the Honorable Ann Aiken of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

Join us as we explore various opportunities and aspects of the legal profession. All USU students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Interested attendees can register now and ask questions during the live Q&A!

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

Around the World Wednesdays: Africa

Special Event

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHaSS) is teaming up with the Institute of Government and Politics to bring you Around the World Wednesdays –a series of conversations with Utah State University alumni working internationally.

Join us each month as we virtually visit a different region to learn the ins and outs of finding opportunities abroad, navigating a new culture, and exploring professional environments beyond our borders.

On Wednesday, October 14th, our panel will discuss working in the Africa. Ann Norman (History '99), General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Pioneer Energy, and Gabrielle Gay (Economics ’07), Chief Operating Officer of Ensign College in Ghana, will share their experiences helping to meet the energy and healthcare needs of African countries.

Co-host Dr. Shannon Peterson is also available to share opportunities for current USU students interested in interning abroad.

Join the conversation on Zoom at 12:30pm MST: https://usu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lWy0BhZWTcWgly569oyyKA

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

A Philosophy Club Talk by Larry Udell, "Some Rawlsian Notes on Universal Basic Income"

Lecture/Readings

In this talk, Dr. Udell will discuss the merits and shortcomings of Universal Basic Income.

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

Alumni Lunch Series: Digital Take-Out with Brad Plothow (BS Print Journalism)

Social/Networking

The CHaSS Alumni Lunch Series has gone online! Join us for Digital Take-Out as we discuss careers with esteemed alumni. Listen in and participate by asking questions during the live event on Zoom.

On Thursday, October 22, we'll feature Brad Plothow (BS Print Journalism) talking to us about trends. He currently leads corporate marketing, product marketing, channel marketing, content and communications, and design at Womply. A keen observer and frequent reporter on market trends, Brad will tell us how he and his team support revenue growth, communicate the value of Womply’s products, and have worked to build the brand into a household name. As a PR strategist at Method, his clients included some of Utah's biggest names in tech like Qualtrics, Pluralsight, and Instructure. Come learn more about careers in marketing and communications and how both the expected and unexpected events of 2020 have impacted this industry.

Listen in and participate by asking questions during the live virtual event on October 22 at 11am!

https://usu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IzG55WBiTVSijZhbUe75yw

11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

“Challenging Expertise: When Specialization Meets Democracy” by Dr. Jamie Watson

Conference/Seminar

Expertise is a problem for democracy. Democratic processes give every view equal weight, but experts tell us that their views are better than others. Democratic processes presume individuals are the best judge of their own interests, but experts tell us that we often act against our own interests. Can we resolve this tension and save both democracy and expertise? I will explain three ways that philosophers and political theorists suggest we should understand the relationship between expert and non-expert citizens. Then I will describe some features of expertise that may point to a new solution to problem of expertise for democracy.

Click here to register:

https://usu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYld-6grj4jH9I16EmnkHc0SFD_tZk-dRQA

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

CHaSS Alumni Presentation: Maj Joe Phippen (Speech Comm '09)

Special Event

Join us on Tuesday, October 27 for a discussion with CHaSS alum, Major Joe Phippen. Major Phippen graduated with a BA in Speech Communication from Utah State University in 2009 before joining the US Marines. His military career has seen deployments to Afghanistan, Korea, and the Western Pacific. He currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for Operations with the United Nations Command in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Major Phippen will share how his undergraduate experience has impacted his military career during an informal and open discussion with current students. Participants are thus encouraged to come with questions to this virtual event.

This CHaSS Alumni presentation will be held on Skype (no account needed). Register now on Handshake to receive the link to join us on October 27: https://usu.joinhandshake.com/events/607345

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Oct

“Gamification and Value Capture” by Dr. Thi Ngyuen

Conference/Seminar

Value capture occurs when an agent’s values are rich and subtle; they enter a social environment that presents simplified — typically quantified — versions of those values; and those simplified articulations come to dominate their practical reasoning. Examples include becoming motivated by FitBit’s step counts, Twitter Likes and Retweets, citation rates, ranked lists of best schools, and Grade Point Averages. Value capture poses several threats. First, it threatens to change the goals of our activities, in a way that often threatens to undermine the value of those activities. Second, in value capture, we take a central component of our autonomy — our ongoing deliberation over the exact articulation of our values — and we outsource it. That outsourcing cuts off one of the key benefits to personal deliberation. In value capture, we no longer adjust our values and their articulations in light of own rich experience of the world. Our values should be carefully tailored to our particular selves, but in value capture, we buy our values off the rack.

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

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