Activities and Events

March 13-USU Career Fair, TSC, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. -Families First opening social, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m., Come be a part of the newest club on campus-“The Day I Became a Woman” Widtsoe 007, 7:00 p.m. Women’s History month film series.- The Egyptians’ Quest for Immortality, free public lecture by David Lancy, Main, Room 115, 7:30 p.m. Learn about Dr. Lancy’s upcoming tour to Egypt.

March 14- First annual Women in Business Seminar, ECC. Registration 7:30 a.m., presentations begin 8:30 a.m. Registration 797-2279 or www.partnersusu.org

March 15-Intermountain paper and poster symposium, March 15, 9:00 a.m. ECC. Graduate research prsentation from the Intermountain Region-Congressman Jim Hansen will speak in the TSC Sunburst Lounge, 7:00 p.m.. Everyone invited

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•A Slimmer you at USU, a nutrition and weight management course focusing on lifestyle changes and eating habits. March 13, 20, 27 and April 3. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Register 797-8080, $10 for registration before March 8. • Any and all students interested in participating in Army ROTC for next fall, Scholarship Applications, Adventure Training and Leadership Training visit our booth at the Career Fair, March 13, USU TSC or contact 1LT Ryan King 797-3637. • IWA Sisterhood week. Institute Lounge. Various activities. March 11 through 14 •Bike maintenance classes beginning March 14. General bike maintenance for $15. Overhaul class for $50. Call ORC for details. 797-3264@@Spots available for the USU Study Abroad Program to COSTA RICA! Deadline extended March 15 to fill these spots! This is a 4-week Spanish Language Program in Costa Rica beginning May 6 and NO SPANISH BACKGROUND IS NEEDED! Pick up an application or get Info: Study Abroad Office, TSC 313, 797-0601/1253 or www.usu.edu/stdyabrd/ • Comedy Night – March 15, 7 p.m. , Institute Gym. Dinner catered and Dance – $7 w/Institute ID $10 W/O@@ The Departments of History and Theatre Arts, and the British and Commonwealth Studies program present Dr. Christopher Pelling of University College, Oxford, speaking on “Julius Caesar: Plutarch to Shakespeare” March 18, 11:30 a.m., M115. The public is welcome.@@ “The Serpent of Old Nile: Cleopatra?”, Professor Christopher Pelling, from University College, Oxford, a look at Cleopatra VII, the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt. March 19, noon -1:15 p.m., SciTech 120.@@Get your Tickets for RHSA “I Do or Die” by Brandon Stauffer, Murder Mystery, March 21, 7 p.m. TSC Ballroom. Tickets $76 or 2 for $10. @@Rhetoric Associates program accepting applications for 2002-2003 academic year. Outstanding undergraduate writers to assist faculty and students. Applicants apply online: www.hass.usu.edu/~rhetoric, by March 25. Those selected must be interviewed and pre-register for fall early in April. RAs work with specific classes — often in their majors about 90 hours over the term, and earn $550 per term.@@ Bridgerland Audubon Society March 14th. Speaker Dr. Val Grant. “Bats and the Axis of Evil”; you’ll never forget Antrozus ashcroftii, the pallid one. Logan City Meeting Room, 255 North Main at 7:00 PM. All are welcome. •ARMY ROTC Cadets will attend and compete at Operation Wasatch Thunder to be held at Camp Williams, UT. March 22-24 against the University of Utah, BYU and Weber State University. All cadets and interested students are invited to attend and participate in many events to include: Tactical Paint Ball, Rappelling, Weapons Training, Obstacle Courses and Helicopter Rides. @@Wilderness First Responder, May 7 – 16. Course and exam required for two year SOLO Wilderness First Responder certification and two year Adult CPR certification. Register Maggon 797-9801 or ECC 103.@@2002/03 reentry financial assistance from the Women’s Center. Must be Undergraduate reentry women and men with a five-year gap in education and a minimum 2.5 GPA. Check out the Tuition waivers. Eligibility 3.0 GPA, enrolled 12 semester hours, Utah resident and undergraduate reentry women and men with a five year or more gap in schooling. TSC 310 or 797-1728 •Stephanie Osborne Scholarship application available Women’s Center TSC, Room 310. Undergraduate single senior women 24 yrs. of age or younger and will graduate Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, 2.5+ GPA and enrolled for a minimum of 6 hrs. •Plan ahead for the Student Showcase April 18. The showcase is an opportunity for undergraduate research grant recipients, English essay winner and students whose departments require public presentations of senior project. Nominate students to participate by contacting Vic Provost Joyce Kinkead, joyce@cahmp.usu.edu or Stephanie Chambers, sjchambers@cc.usu.edu • Photography and Watercolor workshops, June 3 through 7, 2002. Learn to use a digital camera, a regular 35 mm camera or watercolor’s to create pieces that display your own personal creativity. To register contact Maggon Osmond at 797-9801 or stop by ECC, Room 103. •Dupont Endowed scholarship for women and minorities in Civil and Environmental Engineering applications available TSC, Room 310. Undergraduate women in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate American minority men in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate women in engineering. •Graduate Reentry women scholarship applications available Women’s Center. Criteria: 5 year gap between undergraduate degree and entering graduate school. Must be matriculated graduate student accepted in a department 3.0+ GPA and enrolled for a minimum of 6 hrs. • Applications for the “Empowering Women Benefit Scholarship” are due March 1. Applications are available at the USU Women’s Center. Any Cache Valley woman with a five or more year gap in her education is eligible to apply. •Wilderness First Responder, May 7 through 16, 2001. Upon successful completion of practical and written exams you will receive a two year SOLO Wilderness First Responder certification and a two year American Heart Association Adult Heartsaver CPR certification. To register, contact Kellie at 797-7553 or stop by ECC, Room 103.