BackBurner – Oct. 8, 2008

Wednesday 10/8/08

   College of Natural Resources Week
Celebration Week Utah State University Campus

All Day
   Partners in Business Customer Service & Marketing Seminar
Presentation/Speeches Eccles Conference Center

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Outdoor Expo.  Rock climbing, fun and more.  Navajo Tacos $4
Quad

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   Skyroom Gallery – Carving Artists Exhibition
Exhibit Taggart Student Center

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
   Financial Planning for Women
Workshop Taggart Student Center

12:30 p.m.
   Brandon Schrand
Lecture & Readings Haight Alumni Center

4 p.m.to 5 p.m.
   Chem/Biochem Seminar:
Seminar/Symposium Utah State University Campus

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
   Financial Planning for Women
Workshop Family Life Center

7:30 p.m.
   USU Symphony Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment Chase Fine Arts Center, Kent Concert Hall

Thursday 10/9/08

   College of Natural Resources Week
Celebration Week Utah State University Campus

All Day
   Tuition Freedom Day
Special Event Utah State University Campus

All Day
   Partners in Business Customer Service & Marketing Seminar
Presentation/Speeches Eccles Conference Center

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   Skyroom Gallery – Carving Artists Exhibition
Exhibit Taggart Student Center

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
   How to Develop a USU Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
Workshop Taggart Student Center

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
   ASLA Seminar Series
Seminar/Symposium

4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
   Interpreting @ Mount Logan Middle School
Student Activities

4 p.m.
   Interpreting @ Mount Logan Middle School
Student Activities

6:30 p.m.
   Reduce, Reuse & Rock Concert
Student Activities TSC, Auditorium

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
   The Annual Reduce Reuse and Rock Concert
Fundraiser TSC, Auditorium

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
   USU’s Barack Obama Club Meeting
Meeting TSC, HUB

7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
   The Fry Street Quartet & Robert Winter
Arts & Entertainment The Performance Hall

8 p.m.
   USU Women’s Volleyball @ Idaho
Athletics

Friday 10/10/08

   College of Natural Resources Week
Celebration Week Utah State University Campus

All Day
   Car-Free Fridays
Special Event

All Day
   Tuition Freedom Day
Special Event Utah State University Campus

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   Major Fair
Fair/Festival TSC, International Lounge

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   Skyroom Gallery – Carving Artists Exhibition
Exhibit Taggart Student Center

3 p.m.
   USU Women’s Soccer vs Idaho
Athletics

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
   TEAL Second Friday Film Series
Special Event

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
   Invisible Children Screening and Pool Party
Student Activities

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
   Poe in the Dark
Student Activities Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium

7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
   The Fry Street Quartet & Robert Winter
Arts & Entertainment The Performance Hall

8:30 p.m.
   Golden Ticket Campus Cleanup
Student Activities Natural Resources Building

MORE STUFF

Aggie Veterans meeting every Monday from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the HUB.  Chat, enjoy a free beverage and just relax Meet in the Northeast corner of the HUB. Come hang out with other Veterans.

Community Service Project. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. approx. Working with Logan City Environmental Dept. to assemble Green Waste Cans and Recycling bins. Followed by lunch & Aggie ice cream.

Golden Ticket Campus Clean up. Clean up is all morning, find bags at stations on campus (Quad area, TSC Patio, NR Patio & Fine Arts). NR Patio @ 12:30pm for Aggie Ice cream, Prizes for Golden Tickets, and sorting garbage into recycling bins, etc.

Earth Rhythms, October 10, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Stokes Nature Center welcomes preschoolers.  Costs are $3.50 call 435-755-3239 or visit www.logannature.org. SNC is located one mile into Logan Canyon, one mile east of Logan, Utah, on HWY 89.

Reduce, Reuse, and Rock at 6:30 pm on Thursday October 9th in the TSC auditorium. Dah, Julia Mecham, Tanner Lex Jones, and Viewers Like You will be playing. Tickets are $2, sold at the door. The proceeds go to the USU Recycling club, Cycling Club and will be used to expand the recycling and cycling efforts around campus.

U.S.  ECONOMIC DEMISE Wondering what is happening to our economy? Will this ship really sink? Listen to the experts:  Dr. Tyler Bowles, Dr. Chris Fawson Wednesday, Oct. 8 ENGR 108 4:30pm

Religion in Life Friday, October 10 at 11:30, Marlin K. Jensen.  He is the Executive Director of the Church History Department and a former member of the Presidency of the Seventy.  Lunch for a buck will follow at 12:20 p.m. Also this friday: Gentlemen, snatch a date for the Guy’s Choice Formal Dance sponsored by the IMA.  It will go from 8 to 11 pm in the Institute Cultural Hall.  Refreshments will be served, and a movie will also be shown in the study lounge.

Are you interested in Medical School? The United States Military Medical School Representative, Dr. Calloway, Associate Dean for Recruitment will be holding a presentation today in University Inn Room 507 at 9 am.  Following the hour long presentation, Dr. Calloway will be holding Q&A from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for students who are interested. Full Medical school scholarships are available.

The new School of Teacher Education and Leadership hosts a monthly film series, presenting films we find particularly interesting.  Our next film is Friday, Oct 10th at 6 p.m. in the  Education Building Auditorium, Room 131.   The film is, Flock of Dodos:  The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus. Students and community members are invited to attend. There is no charge.  

Odyssey Dance Theatre is looking for dancers for Thriller to be performed at Utah State University’s Kent Concert Hall, October 17, 18 and 20, 2008. Auditions held Theatre Stage, Kent Concert Hall, Utah State University Monday, October 13, 2008 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ages 14 and up  Thriller (Youth Cast) Dancers should have at least a double pirouette and strong jazz technique and must be available for all rehearsals and performances.  Contact Annie Van Alstyne, avanalstyne@odysseydance.com.

Employees: Need some help meeting your fitness goals?  Free Fitness Assessments and then free personal training.  We are offering fitness assessments every thursday from 12 to 4 p.m. Call or e-mail Dayna for an apt. at: dayna.barrett@usu.edu or 435-797-8519

Come to the 10th annual “Plant a Pink Tulip” event in tribute to those whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. The event will be held October 11th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Logan River Golf Course 5th Hole (550W 1000S).

The USU Women’s Center is holding its annual Clothesline Project on October 13th and October 14th in the TSC International Lounge, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Clothesline Project is a visual display of t-shirts designed by women who have been abused. Shirt designing may be arranged by contacting the Women’s Center at (435) 797-1728. Confidentiality will be respected.

Run for you life.  Striding for a Healthy Lifestyle 5K Fun Run will be held on Saturday October 11th, 2008 on the USU Campus.  This race will benefit the Hurricane Victims through the Red Cross.  All profits will be donated to this organization.  Race day sign-in/registration will begin at 9 a.m. on the Quad with the race beginning at 10 a.m.  The cost for pre-registration is $10 or $8 with a student ID, and $15 the day of the race. Registration includes a race T-shirt. If you are interested in running aed@aggiemail.usu.edu to get a registration form. 

Join the USU Student Organization that promotes and encourages government relations with Utah State University. For information please call 797-1727. Volunteers will be needed for Civic Awareness Week, Voter Registration, Congressional Debates, Lobbying, Rock The Vote, and other activities.

Hospice Volunteers Touch Lives & Lift Spirits join the CNS hospice team and “Make a Difference” in the community.  Volunteers visit patients weekly providing needed support, sharing life stories, etc.  Call 752-3355, to begin your life enriching experience.

Drop-In Math and Stats tutoring hours. Math 0900 – 2250 are M-F 8:30a.m. to 5 p.m. in the TSC 225A.  Stats 1040 – 3000 are M/W 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m. & 3:00 to 5:00p.m.; T/Th 12:00 to 2:00p.m.; F 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. & 2:00 to 4:00p.m. in the TSC 225A.

Jazzercise Joins the New Fitness Passport.  It includes: Jazzercise, yoga, Pilates, turbo, Piyo, TurboKick, spinning, water aerobics and boot camp classes. Your passport allows you into ANY CLASS, ANY TIME, ANY DAY.   Fitness Passports are available for purchase at the HPER, pool cage or the Fieldhouse.  USU Students and spouses pay $20, USU employees and spouses pay $79, and community members pay $99.