BackBurner – Nov. 5, 2008

Wednesday 11/5/08

8 a.m.
   Mitten Tree
Special Event

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
   Non-Traditional Student Week
Celebration Week Taggart Student Center

12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
   Brown Bag – Small Steps to Health & Wealth
Special Event Taggart Student Center

5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
   Kitchen Kan Do Cooking Classes
Information/Orientation

5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
   USU College Republicans take down compaigning signs party
Meeting Old Main

7 p.m.
   GO – How Far Would You?
Arts & Entertainment TSC, Auditorium

7:30 p.m.
   Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Carmina Burana & Concerto Barocco
Arts & Entertainment Ellen Eccles Theater

7:30 p.m.
   Jazz Combos
Arts & Entertainment The Performance Hall

Thursday 11/6/08

8 a.m.
   Mitten Tree
Special Event

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
   Non-Traditional Student Week
Celebration Week Taggart Student Center

All Day
   Mitten Tree
Special Event

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

2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
   Dragon Naturally Speaking Demonstration and Training
Workshop Merrill-Cazier Library

3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
   Tech Expo
Fair/Festival TSC, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom

4:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m.
   CIL Short Course
Student Activities

4:30 p.m.
   Movie Showing – The Agronomist
Arts & Entertainment Old Main

5:30 p.m.
   Kurt Weiser Artist Lecture & Reception
Arts & Entertainment Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
   8th Annual Printmaking Sale
Arts & Entertainment

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
   Mark Doty
Lecture & Readings Haight Alumni Center

7 p.m.
   Mark Doty – Caine Visitng Artist
Lecture & Readings Haight Alumni Center

7 p.m.
   USU Women’s Volleyball vs San Jose State
Athletics Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

Friday 11/7/08

All Day
   Car-Free Fridays
Special Event

8 a.m.
   Mitten Tree
Special Event

10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
   8th Annual Printmaking Sale
Arts & Entertainment

All Day
   Mitten Tree
Special Event

12:05 p.m. to 7 p.m.
   Non-Traditional Student Week
Celebration Week Taggart Student Center

2 p.m.
   Mark Doty – Poetry Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion Haight Alumni Center

7 p.m.
   USU Women’s Basketball vs. Dixie State
Athletics Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Art exhibit “Local Grown” by Andrew William
Caffe Ibis  light refreshments and live music

7:30 p.m.
   USU Chamber Singers
Arts & Entertainment The Performance Hall

MORE STUFF

Iva Bale Benefit Sale Proceeds Fund Funeral Expenses Saturday Nov. 8th Arkana Salon 320 N. 100 E. Logan 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. To donate, purchase raffle tickets, or for information call (435) 764-6385

Abstracts for the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research are due Nov. 14. Information at http://www.westminstercollege.edu/ucur/.

Mountain Crest HS Drama presents “Singing in the Rain” November 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15 at 7 p.m. in the MCHS Auditorium. Tickets are $7 Adults, $5 HS Students & Senior Citizens, $3 Children 4-11 years, $4 Groups of 10 and over.  Tickets are available at Lee’s in Logan, Ridleys in Hyrum, Macey’s in Providence and at the school

Warren Miller Deep powder. Huge airs. World-class cinematography. Itʼs all part of Warren Miller’s Children of Winter.  Tickets sold at the ORC!  $14 in Advance/$17 at the Door

Please remember that Aggie Passports are due in TSC 314 by November 24th.  Qualifying events  and prizes are listed each week at www.usu.edu/passport.   Any questions call 797-1132.

Study Abroad Photo Contest: Open to all current USU students who participated in a USU Study Abroad Program from Spring 2007 – Fall 2008. More information at www.usu.edu/studyabroad.  Entries are due November 10.
 
Summer ’09 Design and Architechture.  Applications for the Summer 2009  Study Abroad, Design and Architecture Program are due November 10.  You can download an application on our website at www.usu.edu/studyabroad.  For more information visit us in TSC 313 or at www.usu.edu/studyabroad.

Thursday, Nov. 6, 4:30 PM, Main 304, Human Rights Club will be showing The Agronomist, “a fiercely heartbreaking film about the assassinated Haitian activist Jean Dominigue”  hraft.org

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 12:30 PM, ENGR 101, Human Rights Club features, Patricio Ortiz presents, “Observing Human Rights: Haiti Before and After a Military Dictatorship .”  He will share experiences from a human rights mission in Haiti.  hraft.org

Donate NEW winter gear to Bear River Preschool & Head Start, Centro de la Familia, and Child & Family Support Services.  This event will begin Nov. 3 and go till Dec. 1.   You may drop off your new items many places in Cache Valley.  If you have any questions please contact the Women’s Center at 797-1728.

Change for Common Ground will be on the patio outside the TSC on Thursday November 6 from 10am-2pm, and we would love to get you involved with this awesome organization! Questions: volunteer@cgadventures.org.
Holiday Cards With A Cause fundraiser.  100% of proceeds go to Common Ground. Custom imprinting is available. Call 435.713.0288 or visit www.cgadventures.org to order your cards today.
Join Common Ground Outdoor Adventures for a service project on November 10,  a day at the Hot Springs on November 12th, or an autumn themed art project on November 13th. Call 713-0288 for more information or to sign-up.

AED Prehealth Honor Society-FREE PIZZA!!! & Guest Speaker Social w/ Dr. Jim Davis, M.D -Wed, Nov. 5th starting at 7 p.m in Natural Resources (NR)105. Please RSVP by emailing aed@aggiemail.usu.edu

Dragon Naturally Speaking Workshop Nov. 5, 2:30-3:30 p.m. and Nov. 6, 2 to 3 p.m. in the ATLC (Merrill-Cazier Library Rm 143)

PEA November Brown Bag Small Steps to Heath and Wealth with Dr. Jean Lown Wednesday, Nov. 5, TSC Colony Room at 12 p.m.

Business Study Abroad: Study Abroad in South America or Asia this summer and take classes required for a business major or minor.  Applications due November 14th.  Questions? E-mail us at goglobal@usu.edu or visit us in BUS 309.

Drawing classes ages 7 to 14 Fridays starting Oct. 17 3:30 to 5 p.m.  4 Week units (ongoing) $40 You can join anytime.  Emily Wilson (801) 376-4172 or emilyart.hawkins@hotmail.com

The Reentry Student Center is starting a COUPON SWAP!  Bring us your Sunday coupons (after you clip the ones YOU want) and we will clip them and sort them for the students!  Pick up your coupons at the Reentry Student Center between 8:30 and 4:30 Monday – Friday, TSC 315.

O.A. (Overeaters Anonymous) Meetings each Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at St. Johns Episcopal Church 85 East 100 North.  For questions or additional information call Rebecca at (435) 750-6292

The requirements are a B+ or higher in the class they’d like to tutor in. To register as a private tutor check out the Tutor Advertiser at the following website, www.usu.edu/arc, and click on “Tutoring.” Or visit the Academic Resource Center (TSC 305).

The Reentry Student Center will be sponsoring our first annual Non-Traditional Student Week, November 5 thru 7 2008. Non-Traditional Student Week is a national celebration of our returning students.  Come by the Reentry Student Center in the TSC, Room 315, for refreshments, daily drawings for bookstore gift certificates, and to meet other non-traditional students. 
 
USU offers free biotech symposium for teachers.  November 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Deadline for registration is Oct. 28th.  Participants may either register online at www.biosystems.usu.edu/education/high_school/symposium/ or by calling USU’s Center for Integrated BioSystems.

SKI and SNOWBOARDING MOVIE. Free lift ticket to the “Canyon’s” ($79 Value) and subscription to “skiing” magazine for all paid attendees at warren millers “Children of Winter” Kent Concert Hall 8 p.m. Nov. 5th and 6th. Advance tickets $14.00 and $17.00 at the door-advance tickets at Al’s, USU ticket office, USU outdoor Recreation Center

Local Produce available at the USU Teaching Greenhouse at 1400 N. 800 E.  Monday thru Friday 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. berries, squash, tomatoes, ect.

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.

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.

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

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.