Campus and community briefs
Applications for Sub for Santa available
Applications are now available for the Cache County Sub for Santa program. Sub for Santa is a community-based, non-profit organization that provides Christmas gifts for children in needy families.
If you need help this holiday season or you know a family that needs help, pick up an application today. Federal poverty guidelines are used to determine eligibility. Applications are available at public libraries throughout Cache Valley, the Health Department, both Workforce Services locations and Somebody’s Attic.
The deadline for applications is Dec. 8. Call 752-6315 for more information.
Se habla español de la 1 hasta 6 por la noche los lunes a viernes.
Hall’s JFK speech to be rebroadcast Friday
Utah State University President Kermit L. Hall, one of five Americans appointed by the White House to the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, spoke during the 40th anniversary of the assassination at The National Archives and The National Press Club on Nov. 14.
The title of Hall’s speech, “Open Secrets: The Kennedy Assassination 40 Years Later,” offered his insight into the roles the CIA and FBI played in the investigation. Hall’s speech will be rebroadcast on Friday, Nov. 21 at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Utah Public Radio (89.5 FM in Cache Valley). For more details, visit www.upr.org.
History Channel to feature Wright Flyer
The Utah State University Wright Flyer will be featured on the History Channel’s two-hour special, “The Wright Challenge” Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. MST. Details on the show can be seen at www.historychannel.com/
wright/teams.html.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight, USU mechanical and aerospace engineering students and aviation technology students, with assistance from the university’s College of Engineering and Space Dynamics Laboratory, have designed and built a futuristic flying replica of the Wright Flyer using space-age materials.
On July 5, 2003, the USU Wright Flyer became the first and only flyer to fly over Huffman Prairie Flying Field since the Wright Brothers.
The USU Wright Flyer will also be featured on Tech TV Dec. 17. More information on the flyer can be found at www.usuwrightflyer.org.
Donations needed for the Mitten Tree
To warm hands, feet and hearts, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to give to the Mitten Tree sponsored by the Utah State University Women’s Center Advisory Board.
Donations of new mittens, hats, scarves and socks for Cache Valley infants and children are welcomed. Items may be delivered through Dec. 9 to the USU Women’s Center, Taggart Student Center, Room 310 or Carousel Square. Call 797-1728 for other locations.
Book published on writing center theory
Joyce Kinkead, vice provost for Undergraduate Studies and Research, teamed up with Michael Pemberton, an associate professor of writing and linguistics at Georgia Southern University, to compile a major volume of essays on the signal issues of scholarship that have established the writing center field and that the field must successfully address in the coming decade.
“‘The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship’ uses the past as a springboard to make a major contribution to writing center scholarship,” said Michael Spooner, director of Utah State University Press, which published the collection. “But it looks to the future.
“It belongs on the bookshelf of every writing center and will be used with graduate students and in tutor-training seminars for years to come,” Spooner said.