Campus and community briefs
Cheap lunch offered every month at USU
The Latter-day Saint Student Association will be providing Lunch for the Bunch on Tuesday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Logan LDS Institute gym, located west of the Taggart Student Center.
All Utah State University students are invited to attend the monthly lunch, which has been a tradition for more than a decade. Students can get food, like the walking tacos planned for Tuesday, and a beverage for $1.
According to a media release, Gary Bennett, former LDSSA Campus Relations adviser, said Lunch for the Bunch was organized to help financially burdened students.
“Because it’s not designed to make a profit, the Campus Relations Committee rarely breaks even. In fact, there [have] even been a few times when the committee has taken a loss,” he said, according to the release.
Caryn Bingham, LDSSA Campus Relations vice president, said the organization’s goal is to serve at least 500 USU students at each lunch, according to the news release.
Campus presidents meet, give recognition
The presidents of Utah colleges and universities gathered April 1 at the Delta Center to recognize one student and one faculty member from each institution.
According to a news release, the recognized were awarded for their efforts in service learning.
At the end of the recognition, each campus president signed the 2003 Utah Campus Compact Charter, recommitting to leading a campus that promotes public service, civic engagement, and community research and scholarship, according to the release.
UCC Executive Director Linda Dunn said, “The Utah Campus Compact is a coalition of over 850 college and university presidents across the country who are committed to service learning,” according to the release.
Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller received a special award for his civic contributions. Political leaders, like Lt. Gov. Olene Walker and Utah Sen. Karen Hale, were on hand to participate in workshops and panel discussions, according to the news release.
Festival to bring space to campus Saturday
The Blue Moon Festival, a celebration of space exploration, is set for Saturday, from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Ballroom and Sunburst Lounge of the Taggart Student Center.
Former astronaut and Sen. Jake Garn will speak, and there will be a showing of “Apollo 13,” the 1999 movie, according to a news release.
Activity booths sponsored by various Utah State University space-related programs will be set up throughout the Sunburst Lounge.
Garn will speak about his experiences in space and will show footage of his experiences, according to the release. His talk is titled, “Reaching for the Stars.”
The event was planned to bring a knowledge of space to the community and to honor the recent loss of the Columbia and the people who were in it, according to the release.
The festival costs $5. All proceeds go to the College of Engineering to provide scholarships for future aerospace students, the press release noted.
Engineering college gets new professor
The Utah State University College of Engineering is expanding in the electrical and computer engineering department thanks to three recent additions to the staff.
The search for the most qualified electrical and computer engineers to fill assistant professor positions was complete when Annette Bunker, George Liang and Michael Tompkins accepted positions with the department. The three were selected from nearly 150 candidates, according to a news release.
All three candidates are well-rounded and fully qualified, Hinton said in the release.