Campus and community briefs
Names needed for friendship contest
Women nationwide will celebrate the fifth annual National Women’s Friendship Day on Sunday, Sept. 21.
Created by Kappa Delta sorority for women everywhere, this day provides an opportunity for women to recognize those friends who play important roles in their lives.
“We all get busy in our everyday lives and forget to thank those who are important to us. National Women’s Friendship Day offers us a chance to stop for a minute and give thanks for our friends,” said Melanie Schild, executive director of Kappa Delta.
Florene Mendel of Reedley, Calif. was chosen winner of the 2003 “Best Woman Friend” contest. Entries for the 2004 contest are now being accepted.
To nominate a friend, write an essay of 500 words maximum, telling why your friend should be named “Best Woman Friend.” Mail your entry no later than May 30, 2004, to: National Woman’s Friendship Day, c/o Kappa Delta Sorority, 3205 Players Lane, Memphis, TN 38125. Remember to include your name, address and phone number.
Photos are also gladly accepted but cannot be returned. The winner of the contest will receive $1,000 donated to the nonprofit women’s organization of her choice.
Ceramic art exhibit opens at USU museum
“Clay West: 2003 Intermountain Invitational,” opening Sept. 19 at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University, presents contemporary work by ceramic artists who teach at universities and colleges in the Intermountain West. This region includes Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming.
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. (This reception is included in the Alliance for the Varied Art’s Gallery Walk the same evening from 6 until 9 p.m.)
“Clay West,” in the museum’s Upper Gallery, features work by more than 40 artists, who submitted one or two works. The array of forms is astonishing, from traditional vessels made with a modern twist, to wall-mounted reliefs and large-scale floor sculpture, said museum director Victoria Rowe. This exhibition reveals the varieties of clay and the wide-ranging techniques used in ceramics.
This exhibition, which remains open through Dec. 6, is organized by the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art and the Utah State University ceramics program in the department of art. Sponsors of the exhibition are Janet Q. Lawson and Frederick Q. Lawson.
The museum is located on the USU campus at 650 N. 1100 East, in Logan. Contact the museum by telephone at (435) 797-0163 or by fax at (435) 797-3423. Information about the museum and its exhibits is available at the Web site at www.artmuseum.usu.edu.
Admission is free. For more information or to schedule a tour of the museum, please call (435) 797-0165. The museum is completely accessible to persons with disabilities.
Austrian to speak on study abroad
Utah State University students who are interested in studying abroad have an opportunity to meet a representative of the University of Innsbruck to explore those options, especially in the American studies program.
Professor Gudrun Grabher, director of the American studies department at the University of Innsbruck, will be on campus Tuesday, Sept. 16, to meet students who are interested in participating in the study abroad exchange. Students interested in meeting with professor Grabher can arrange a time by phoning Jana Kay Lundstad at 797-3856.
USU has offered an exchange program with the University of Innsbruck since the spring of 2000. The program was created for the initial purpose of enabling American studies graduate students at both universities to pursue their degree programs abroad. Such an exchange enables USU students to enhance their understanding of American culture by seeing the way another nation teaches, interprets and defines America.