Campus and community briefs
Seat belt check offered Thursday
The Bear River SAFE KIDS Coalition is now scheduling appointments for its April 8 car seat check.
The free car seat check will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Bear River Health Department, 655 E. 1300 North in Logan. Checks are done by appointment only.
During the checks, specialists will ensure that each seat is safe and hasn’t been recalled by the manufacturer. They will demonstrate the proper way to install the seats and how to adjust them for each child.
To schedule an appointment, call 792-6510.
West Nile conference scheduled Monday
The Bear River Health Department’s West Nile Virus Team will explain why there is so much concern about this disease, how it has spread, what the disease can do and what the health department is doing and steps each community and resident should take to reduce the number of cases in Cache, Rich and Box Elder counties this year.
The conference will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Bear River Health Department, 655 E. 1300 North Street.
Contest reception to be held Wednesday
A reception and reading of first-place entries in the Utah State University 2004 Creative Writing Contest is scheduled for Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Haight Alumni Center. Refreshments will be served at this free event, all are invited.
The annual publication of winning entries, “Sribendi,” produced by Melanie Abshire and contest intern Chelsi Lasater, will be available at the reading. Winning submissions will also be posted on http://websites.usu.edu/english/.
For more information, contact contest director Marina Hall at 797-3858 or mhall@english.usu.edu.
College ranked in top tier by magazine
The Utah State University College of Education and Human Services was ranked 38th in the top tier by U.S. News & World Report.
“The College of Education and Human Services continues to make impressive progress under the leadership of its dean, Gerry Giordano. The new rankings mark a major jump in its national reputation and are a testament to the research productivity of its gifted faculty,” said President Kermit L. Hall.
While Utah State has been ranked in the top tier for six consecutive years, this year’s ranking exceeded last year’s placement of 49th and may be credited to expanding doctoral programs and increased external research funding.
The university also received a fourth rank with regard to the amount of external research funding generated.
“The college, as the independent analysis of U.S. News reminds us, is one of Utah’s most valuable educational resources and one of Utah State University’s most distinguished academic units,” Hall said.
Wright Flyer show wins Parent’s award
Utah State University received honors from the Parents’ Choice Foundation in recognition of the History Channel production on the USU Wright Flyer project. The USU Wright Flyer was featured on The History Channel’s world premier special presentation of, “The Wright Challenge,” in December.
The production highlighted four teams from around the country to determine whether they had the “Wright stuff” when they took the challenge to build and fly replicas of the Wright Flyer to commemorate 100 years of flight.