Activities and Events

March 18-Terry Anderson will speak, noon TSC Ballroom. Anderson, a journalist, was kidnapped in Beirut and held hostage for seven years.-Dr. Christopher Pelling of University College, Oxford, speaking on “Julius Caesar: Plutarch to Shakespeare” 11:30 a.m., Main, Room 115.-Family Life week, Monsters Inc, a pillow movie, 7 p.m. Kent Concert Hall-“Women of Note A Choral Perspective.” USU Choirs, 7:30 p.m., FAC, Kent Concert. General Admission, $5, students w/ID Free

March 19-Family Life Feud, noon, HUB. -“The Serpent of Old Nile: Cleopatra?” Professor Christopher Pelling, University College, Oxford, noon – 1:15 p.m., Sci-Tech 120.-STAB sponsoring comedian Jon Reep, 9 p.m. Ballroom

March 20-Family Life Alumni Forum, 11:00 – 2:00 p.m., Family Life, Caine room

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@@NREPP Video Presentation: “Earth on the Edge”, Sci-Tech Library. Two Showings: March 19, 7:00 p.m. and March 21, 1:00 p.m.@@USU Social Work Students and American Red Cross will be accepting donations or school supplies March 20, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. TSC 1st floor. School supplies will to children in disaster or depress areas in the US and abroad. •Family Life Week March 18 through 22 Alumni Form, March 20, Family Life Caine room, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Family Life week Club service projects and free Aggie Ice Cream 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.@@Steppin’ over cultural boundries Step Show, March 22, 8 p.m.USU Fieldhouse •ORC Drumming workshops with Fred Simpson, March 13 through April 17, Congolese 6 to 7:30 p.m., West African, 8 to 9:30 p.m., Fee $59.@@ All interested in dental school March 21 at 6:30 p.m. there willbe a forum of dental schools. Refreshments will also be served. •Get your Tickets for RHSA “I Do or Die” by Brandon Stauffer, Murder Mystery, March 21, 7 p.m. TSC Ballroom. Tickets $76 or 2 for $10. @@ AED officer elections for next year. Help with leadership,work with great people, and direct an important cause. Sign up in BNR 101, March 25. Elections will run March 27 and a five minute speech is required. •Rhetoric Associates program accepting applications for 2002-2003 academic year. Outstanding undergraduate writers to assist faculty and students. Applicants apply online: www.hass.usu.edu/~rhetoric, by March 25. Those selected must be interviewed and pre-register for fall early in April. RAs work with specific classes – often in their majors about 90 hours over the term, and earn $550 per term.@@ Miss Cache Valley 2002 Scholarship Program, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Ellen Eccles Theatre, •Multi-lingual performance of Handel’s Messiah, March 30 and 31, 7 p.m. Kent Concert Hall. Performed in English, Spanish, and American Sign language. Free. •Wilderness First Responder, May 7 through 16. Course and exam required for two year SOLO Wilderness First Responder certification and two year Adult CPR certification. Register Maggon 797-9801 or ECC, Room 103. •2002/03 reentry financial assistance from the Women’s Center. Must be Undergraduate reentry women and men with a five-year gap in education and a minimum 2.5 GPA. Check out the Tuition waivers. Eligibility 3.0 GPA, enrolled 12 semester hours, Utah resident and undergraduate reentry women and men with a five year or more gap in schooling. TSC, Room 310 or 797-1728 •Stephanie Osborne Scholarship application available Women’s Center TSC, Room 310. Undergraduate single senior women 24 yrs. of age or younger and will graduate Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, 2.5+ GPA and enrolled for a minimum of 6 hrs. •2002 Faculty Fellowship applications being accepted by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. This fellowship is designed to support & recognize and individual faculty member or team in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences for the completion of a pedagogic, scholarly or creative project that will expand our understanding of the American Mountain West. Info. 797-3630 or mwc@cc.usu.edu •The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies is accepting applications for the 2002 Faculty Fellowship. This is a $6,000 award designed to support and recognize an individual faculty member or faculty team in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences for the completion of a pedagogic, scholarly or creative project that will expand the understanding and appreciation of the American Mountain West. For more information contact the MWC 797-3630 or mwc@cc.usu.edu •Plan ahead for the Student Showcase April 18. The showcase is an opportunity for undergraduate research grant recipients, English essay winner and students whose departments require public presentations of senior project. Nominate students to participate by contacting Vic Provost Joyce Kinkead, joyce@cahmp.usu.edu or Stephanie Chambers, sjchambers@cc.usu.edu •Dupont Endowed scholarship for women and minorities in Civil and Environmental Engineering applications available TSC, Room 310. Undergraduate women in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate American minority men in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate women in engineering. •Graduate Reentry women scholarship applications available Women’s Center. Criteria: 5 year gap between undergraduate degree and entering graduate school. Must be matriculated graduate student accepted in a department 3.0+ GPA and enrolled for a minimum of 6 hrs. • Photography and Watercolor workshops, June 3 through 7, 2002. Learn to use a digital camera, a regular 35 mm camera or watercolor’s to create pieces that display your own personal creativity. To register contact Maggon Osmond at 797-9801 or stop by ECC, Room 103.