Upcoming Events

April 2022

Apr

Bagels with Hillel for Utah

Cultural | Inclusive Excellence

Hillel for Utah, a Jewish student group from SLC is coming to USU. We'll be having bagels, socializing, hearing from Hillel for Utah, and learning how to make USU a better environment for Jewish students.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Taggart Student Center | More Info

Apr

Hillel for Utah Bagel Event

Cultural | Inclusive Excellence

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Taggart Student Center | More Info

Apr

GUEST SPEAKER: Executive editor of the Salt Lake Tribune

Lecture/Readings

Lauren Gustus, executive editor of The Salt Lake Tribune, will speak to Del Jones’ media ethics class Wednesday at 5:15 pm about the move to nonprofit news, open meeting rules, and the Utah House of Representatives attempt to fence off the press to questions after hearings. The Tribune is the only major metro to transition to a nonprofit and wants to be a successful model for sustainable local news.  Gustus previously worked for McClatchy as West Region Editor, overseeing 10 news organizations in Idaho, Washington and California, including the company’s flagship, The Sacramento Bee.

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm | More Info

Apr

CHaSS visit with Kevin White from Visa

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Logan native Kevin White earned his bachelor's degree from Utah State University in 1991, having double majored in JCOM and Spanish. Since then he has had a wide-ranging career with a variety of tech companies in Salt Lake and Utah Counties and currently serves as Director of Global Sales Development at Visa International in Lehi. Visa provides small companies around the world with a variety of services (including but not limited to payments). Their business is booming, and Kevin is very interested in raising awareness of opportunities for our students at his company. Kevin understands that many of our students would see a job ad at a financial institution and assume that it’s not for them – this assumption would be FALSE. Join us for an information session with Kevin for students, faculty, and staff this Friday, April 8th, at 1:00PM in the David B. Haight Alumni Center (food and beverages provided). While this will be a low-key opportunity to socialize and learn more about career options for CHaSS students, it could open the doors to real possibilities for graduates.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | David B. Haight Center | More Info

Apr

Ludi Romani: Classics Alumni Roundtable

Social/Networking

Friday, April 8 at 2 pm in Dean’s Conference Room (MAIN 338), the USU Classics Program will host an alumni roundtable where you can meet former USU Classics students and learn about how they have used their training in ancient studies during their post-undergraduate careers. They have gone on to work in the fields of language instruction, history, physics, computer programming and, of course, classics, among many other disciplines. Please join us for an hour of lively discussion about how you can use your classics training to pursue your professional goals and dreams. Light refreshments will be served.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Old Main | More Info

Apr

USU Bringing War Home Oral History & Roadshow

Cultural

Many of us are familiar with the material remains of war, whether we have direct experience with the battlefield or not. Some of these objects are personal, a way for veterans to preserve their experiences. Often, objects collected by relatives who have participated in the wars of the 20th and 21stcenturies linger on as memorials that help families tell the stories of how their beloved fathers, grandfathers, mothers and grandmothers, cousins, and siblings contributed to the larger history of war. The “Bringing War Home” project aims to enable our diverse community, military and civilian alike, to share their wartime objects and the stories that surround them. Working with community partners, we are preparing to host three full-day roadshows, where we invite the community to share family stories and to bring wartime objects for us to photograph and preserve in a digital archive (an online website where others can view and learn about these objects and their stories). One of our main goals is to create opportunities to engage veterans, military families, students, and communities in ongoing conversations on how objects can help us understand modern war.

10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center | More Info

Apr

Working at the Intersections: Critical Race Scholarship and Pedagogy Today

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Join USU's Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research and the USU Libraries for a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Christy Glass. This is the final event in the "Intersections on Inclusion" series for the 2021-2022 academic year. Recent conversations in Utah and nationwide highlight the debate and division surrounding Critical Race Theory (CRT) in education. The purpose of this event is to celebrate the ways CRT informs and deepens our teaching, research, and community engagement in higher education. Panelists will explore how they use CRT in the classroom and in their research, and discuss how doing so advances USU’s mission of “cultivating diversity of thought and culture" and “serving the public through learning, discovery, and engagement.” Join us for an engaging—and celebratory—discussion that will reenergize our shared purpose in this work and build connections across our university. This event will take place in a Zoom webinar format and will be live captioned. If you have additional accessibility needs or questions about the event, please contact Rachel.Wishkoski@usu.edu.

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | More Info

Apr

USU Community Iftar

Cultural | Inclusive Excellence

The Interfaith Initiative at USU is inviting all Aggies (students, staff, and faculty, along with their families), to attend USU's First Annual Ramadan Community Iftar that will be hosted on Thursday, April 14th, 2022. Join us as we come together to share a space, a meal, a few stories, and parts of our hearts in celebration of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Our night will include delicious halal food, cultural enrichment, and opportunities to connect with Aggies from different faiths and backgrounds. As charity is a big part of observing Ramadan, donations will be collected on behalf of Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection (CRIC). They can be made online directly through CRIC donation website, or in cash during the event. Additional information: Arrangement for offering Maghrib prayer will be made Children of any age are welcome - and will have their own fun menu! Dietary accommodations can be arranged - please indicate your need when registering

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | TSC, Skyroom Restaurant | More Info

Apr

Dividing Paradise: Guest Speaker Dr. Jennifer Sherman

Lecture/Readings

Please join us on Friday, April 15th at 10:30 in Old Main room 338 to hear Dr. Jennifer Sherman discuss her work related to rural inequality, the American Dream, and her new book Dividing Paradise. Sponsored by CANRI, Intersections, CHaSS Tanner Talks, and the Intermountain West Center

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Old Main | More Info

Apr

Dividing Paradise: Guest Speaker Dr. Jennifer Sherman

Lecture/Readings

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Old Main | More Info

Apr

CHaSS JCOM alumni panel + pizza

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Join us for a panel of JCOM alumni and pizza on Monday, April 18 in LIB 101! Panelists will include Erin Cox ‘18, Fox13 News Reporter; Kellianne Gammill ‘19, USU Libraries Marketing Assistant; and Pono Suganuma ‘18, Bennet Group Strategic Communications Senior Account Manager. Join the conversation as these alumni from the Journalism & Communications program share their experiences and answer your questions about the college-to-career transition. While this event will be held in conjunction with Candi Carter Olson's class, all USU students, faculty, and staff are welcome but space is limited. Let us know you're coming. Register now on Handshake: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1027127/share_preview

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Apr