Campus and Community Briefs
Students healing after collision
Three Utah State University students are undergoing therapy after being injured in a car accident last Sunday.
Suzanne Johnson, a staff assistant for Multicultural Student Services, said Markean Neal is in the shock trauma unit at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
“She is improving, but improving slowly,” she said.
Candace Mayweather has undergone surgery to put a screw in her hip.
Julie James is at the University of Utah medical center and will undergo her third foot surgery Wednesday.
All three girls have had to withdraw from school fall semester, but plan to return in the spring, Johnson said.
It is important students know alcohol was found to be unconnected with the accident, she said. No traces of alcohol were found in Neal when she was checked at the hospital.
Writing competition submissions due
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Bridgerland Literacy will be sponsoring a valley-wide writing competition with the theme of “Journey Through Literacy.”
In hopes that participants will reflect on the experiences they have had because of reading, the goal is to recognize the power of literacy and celebrate the gift of reading.
An essay up to 750 words or a poetry up to 30 written lines will be the two categories for the writing competition. For competition participation, the entry should be submitted, along with a coversheet containing the name, address and phone number.
The winning entry in each category will be published in The Herald Journal, wih the top three entries in each category being read at a 15-year celebration event October 26. For more information, call 716-9141.
Agriculture seminar to be held Tuesday
The College of Agriculture will be hosting a seminar at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Eccles Conference Center, Room 205.
Keynote speaker will be Dr. Anthony L. Rometto III, director of the NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center at Iowa State University. The seminar will address the “space food challenge,” which includes topics such as developing new food products, food-processing equipment, packaging systems, waste management systems, and extending the shelf life of foods.
For more information on Dr. Pometto’s seminar, contact Don McMahon at djm@cc.usu.edu or Bruce Bugbee at bugbee@cc.usu.edu.
Native Americans to host cookout
The Native American Student Council will be hosting an Indian taco cookout Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Taggart Student Center Patio. The cost will be $3, which will be fundraising for the annual pow-wow event in March. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Workshop to teach about petroglyphs
The department of English will host the annual Petroglyph Up the Canyon Writers Workshop, which will feature authors Mary Clearman Blew and Ralph Black.
The event, which will be held Oct. 3 to 6 on the USU campus and at the USU Forestry Station, is being sponsored by the nature-writing journal, Petroglyph, the American Studies Program, the Outdoor Recreation Center, and the department of English.
Participants will explore and enhance their relationship to nature and to writingby experiencing writing sessions, through hikes, workshops, and group discussions.
To register for the workshop, call USU conference services at 1-800-538-2663 or 797-0423. Contact Jana Kay Lundstad at 797-3856 for more
information.