Campus and Community Briefs
Homecoming dance here soon
The annual Homecoming dance will take place on Friday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets bought in advance are $20 per couple and are available at the Taggart Student Center Ticket Office. Those bought at the door are $25 per couple.
The dance, which will take place in the student center will feature several live bands and many styles of different music.
Inn manager wins statewide award
University Inn’s front desk manager, Stephanie Pettingill, received the 2002 Outstanding Manager of the Year Award from the Utah Hotel and Lodging Association. After being chosen from among six Stars of the Industry finalists in the Outstanding Manager category, Pettingill was honored at a presentation held at the Provo Marriott.
Pettingill received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah in English, and serves as the Women in Business scholarship committee chairperson.
Ice Center awards Convergys Corp.
The Eccles Ice Center has announced a new, monthly program which will regularly recognize Cache Valley businesses in the “Partner of the Month” award. Selection of the winning business is based on a requirement that the business employ a minimum of 50 people and has offered assistance to the newly-built Eccles Ice Arena.
The October Partner of the Month is Convergys Corporation, which became a founding donor of the Eccles Ice Center in 1999, and still continues its support of the center in many ways.
USU student goes international
Ionio Andrus, a mechanical and aerospace engineering senior, has been chosen as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) undergraduate representative to the International Astronautical Federation Congress.
Andrus submitted a paper to the AIAA based on research he performed while working at the Space Dynamics Laboratory at USU, entitled “Numerically determining families of orbits for non-spherical bodies, or how to circle a banana.”
The AIAA established the awards for students who are pursuing masters degrees in aeronautics and astronautics to showcase their work, in hopes of identifying talented students, as well as motivating other students to seek advanced degrees. The award enables an outstanding undergraduate, such as Andrus, to present at the conference to be held in Houston, Oct. 9 to 19.
Tau Beta Pi gets conference in SLC
Three Utah State University students, along with two U of U and BYU students, presented and won a bid to have the 2005 Convention of Tau Beta Pi hosted by the Utah chapter in Salt Lake City.
Senior engineering students J. David Saunders, Kyle Barton, and Micah Schnicker of USU made their presentation at the 2002 convention earlier in October.
Tau Beta Pi is an engineering honor society founded in 1885, with the goal of recognizing students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character.