CEHS week raises awareness for USU’s largest college

The College of Education and Human Services hosted their annual CEHS week from Nov. 6 – 10. Free activities ranged from a Veteran’s Day BBQ to a Just Dance night to bring the community together.  

Chloe Richmond, CEHS senator for USUSA, said  she didn’t realize she was a part of CEHS during her first couple of years as a kinesiology major.  

“We have a massive college — the biggest college on campus,” Richmond said. “Education is one half and the other is human services, which encompasses a lot of different degrees.” 

CEHS week promoted the college’s values of educational and service outreach, and functioned to raise awareness for the college in general. 

“I feel like we aren’t a college that’s really talked about within the student body,” Richmond said. “One of my goals for the year is to really instill some CEHS pride in our students.” 

The week kicked off with a tailgate dinner themed ‘after school lunch’ to tie in the education aspects of the college. 

Students fill their plates with free food in the TSC on Nov. 10.

Sophie Lindsey, a CEHS council member, said the tailgate was a great way to startintroduce the week. 

“We had elementary school recess games, and we had elementary school lunch items,” Lindsey said, “It was super fun.” 

The next day served to highlight human services with a flu shot clinic. 

One of Richmond’s favorite activities was the Pep-Talk Paint night. Students were invited to paint vinyl records while listening to Greg Madden, a professor in the psychology department.  

“We heard Dr. Madden speak about his new class about creating happiness in our lives,” Richmond said. “I thought that was really cool, because I just don’t know many universities that have a class that is all about how to have happiness in your life.” 

Madden’s class, “How to Cultivate Happiness,” will be available in the Spring 2024 semester.  

Lindsey said one of her favorite activities was the escape room. 

“I think a lot of different people came out to that,” Lindsey said. “It was super cool and right on our campus for free.” 

According to Richmond, the escape room was crafted by a psychology advisor in the college. 

“They came up with so many different moving pieces to make it a successful escape room,” Richmond said. “We had tons of groups who couldn’t solve it.” 

The final activities of the week were a Boogie and Game Night, which featured Just Dance and Mario Kart, and the Veteran’s Day BBQ.  

Richmond said she enjoyed watching the different committees and faculty come together to help make the week a success. 

“I just think that it was so cool to see the admin or employees put so much time into creating something to benefit students,” Richmond said. 

Lindsey was part of the CEHS council’s scholarship committee, which put together the the final activities of the week including a Boogie and Game Night, which featured Just Dance,  Mario Kart and the Veteran’s Day BBQ. Veteran’s Day BBQ. She said experiencing the other team’s events was very engaging.

“It was fun to see how we could have like the week come all together, even though we weren’t all in charge of every aspect of it,” Lindsey said. 

As the week came to a close, Richmond said the events brought more recognition for CEHS. 

“It just helped highlight some different areas in our college,” Richmond said. “It was a good way to bring students together to celebrate our college.” 

According to Lindsey, the diversity of the different activities helped bring more people in to participate.  

“It’s been cool to see how we’ve tried to create events that tailor to different people,” Lindsey said. “Things that could be interesting to anyone in the college to help them feel welcomed and seen.” 

For more information about CEHS programs, degrees, or events, visitcehs.usu.edu https://cehs.usu.edu.