Campus and community briefs
Jazz Stampede to tour Logan
The first annual Logan Jazz Stampede will be held Saturday, Oct. 11, in conjunction with Utah State University Homecoming activities. Events begin with live jazz and free Aggie Ice Cream on the sidewalk in front of the Emporium/Coppermill building and will continue through the afternoon and evening. No ticket is required for the following featured jazz artists and combos: The Lightwood Duo at 3 p.m. in the Caffe Ibis, The Rock Bottom Blues Revue at 3:30 p.m. on the sidewalk in front of the Caine Lyric Theatre, William Pollett at 4 p.m. at Chapter Two Books, The Jackson Evans Quartet at 4 p.m. at The White Owl and The Valley Dance Ensemble (African Dance) at 5 p.m. on the sidewalk in front of the Ellen Eccles Theatre.
In the historic Caine Lyric Theatre at 7 p.m., special guests Nivison, Taylor and Wright, followed by The Joe McQueen All-Stars featuring Larry Smith, will perform. Tickets are $10 at the door, at Chapter Two Books and at the USU ticket offices.
College of business names CEO Center (w/mug)
This fall the College of Business incorporated its undergraduate advising, graduate advising and internship offices into a student-friendly environment located on the third floor of the building. The college named the new, multi-functional department that serves as a one-stop information center for students: the Career and Education Opportunities (CEO) Center. The name was officially unveiled at last week’s Partners in Business luncheon.
Last week the college conducted an awareness campaign and invited students to submit names for the center. Everyone who entered the contest received a coupon for free Aggie Ice Cream. The new name, CEO Center, was selected out of over 150 entries. The winner, Stuart Fillmore, won a Palm M130. Fillmore is a junior majoring in accounting. After graduation, he plans to pursue an MBA while serving in the Air Force.
Building dedication slated for Oct. 16
Utah Lt. Gov. Olene Walker is a featured speaker for the dedication of Utah State University’s new engineering building Thursday at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the building’s atrium. Tours of the new four-story, 105,000 square-foot teaching facility are scheduled.
The next phase of the Engineering for the Future Campaign is a remodeling of the old building’s lab wing to upgrade it into the major research facility on campus. To complete funding for the entire $35 million project (including furnishings), the College of Engineering must raise an additional $6 million, said Scott Hinton, dean for the College of Engineering. A major and greatly appreciated boost came from 1960s USU graduate David Sant and his wife, Diann, of Saratoga, Calif. The Sants will match all gifts, dollar for dollar, up to $1 million.
Clone to make first visit to Utah State
Utah Pioneer, the second of an identical trio of cloned mules, and the second cloned member of the equine family in the world, will visit Utah State University on Saturday to meet guests at the eighth annual Utah Ag Products Barbecue at the Ralph Maughan Track and Field Stadium from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Utah Pioneer and his surrogate mother, Idaho Rose, will greet visitors along with USU animal science professor Ken White and members of his research group, who will discuss their work and answer questions about the cloned mules. The mules were cloned in a collaborative research project pairing experts at USU and the University of Idaho.
The Ag Day Barbecue raises scholarship money for the College of Agriculture and features foods produced in Utah. Tickets for the barbecue and mule visit are $7 per person, $5 for children 11 and under, and free for children under 5, and are available at the USU Ticket Office and at the gate.