Activites and Events

March 20-Family Life Alumni Forum, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Family Life, Caine room -ORC Cross-country trip in Green canyon, 12:45 p.m.

March 21-Brown Bag luncheon, Dr. Nancy Thompson speaking on women’s awareness, noon – 1:00 p.m., Rich Hall@@RHSA “I Do or Die” by Brandon Stauffer, Murder Mystery, 7 p.m. TSC Ballroom. Tickets $76 or 2 for $10.

March 22-Fashion show, 12:30 Sunburst Lounge, Free. and 7:30 p.m. Sunburst Lounge, $3.-Erica Whittlinger, CEO Whittlinger Capital Management, 1:30 p.m. Walnut room.-5k Fun Run, Romney Stadium, 3:00 p.m. Free Great Harvest bread and water bottles-Steppin’ over cultural boundaries Step Show, , 8 p.m.Fieldhouse

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@@All majors wanted! Excellent work study jobs available. USU America Reads is interviewing now for 20 reading tutor positions. Contact Academic Resource Center 797-4027 or carolr@cc.usu.edu.@@Spanish club Fiesta March 20, 7 p.m., Old Main 201. Bring your favorite food from a Spanish speaking country. Everyone is invited!@@March Fest 2000, Battle of the Bands March 20, 9 p.m. Fieldhouse. $1 admission or free with can of food. Proceeds donated to the food pantry. Featuring Chord-u-roy, nobody special, Jerry, Lokcalgrown, and Jason Robey. Free Apple Beer. •USU Social Work Students and American Red Cross will be accepting donations or school supplies March 20, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. TSC first floor. School supplies will to children in disaster or depress areas in the US and abroad.@@Want to learn Spanish? Now is the time and Mexico is the place! Classes are available for Beginners to Advanced Speakers! Choose from 8 locations, while learning or improving a beautiful language! New classes available in English: International Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Math and more! Come learn about the possibilities at our Information Session–Today 2:30 p.m. University Inn 511. Info contact: USU Study Abroad, TSC 313, 797-0601/1253 or www.usu.edu/stdyabrd • Forum of dental schools. March 21, 6:30 p.m. All interested in dental school. Refreshments will also be served.@@Annual step show hosted by Psi Sigma Phi and Theta Nu Xi will be on March 22, 8 p.m. in the Fieldhouse.@@Free movie “The Hiding Place” based on the #1 book of the semester. March 25, 7:30 p.m. TSC Auditorium.Info. Crystal 787-6213@@Movie and Dessert. Monsters, Inc. March 23 7:00 p.m. Institute We will be having treats and the movies. Please come and bring your family. Institute Married Student Association. It is free. • AED officer elections for next year. Help with leadership, work with great people, and direct an important cause. Sign up in BNR, Room 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.@@Utah Speaker of the House Martin Stephens is coming to USU to speak on the importance of the family on March 26 12:30 TSC Sunburst Lounge. • 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 Vice 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.