Campus and community briefs
ROTC sponsors free breakfast
Air Force ROTC is offering a free pancake breakfast Friday, Sept. 19, celebrating the United States Air Force’s 56th birthday. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the Quad. All are welcome to enjoy pancakes, hash-browns, scrambled eggs and juice.
Calling all chefs for chili cookoff
The Ag Council in the College of Agriculture is inviting all student chefs (or at least those who think they can cook) to participate in the annual Ag Week Chili Cookoff. This fun and tasty affair will be held Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon, as a part of Agriculture Day on the Quad.
Students are encouraged to bring the best chili recipes and vie for a number of fun prizes, said Jordan Hansen of the Ag Council.
Registration for this event is free. Registration forms can be found in the Student Activities office in the Taggart Student Center, Room 326. Once registered, students only need to show up on the 24th with their recipe, ingredients and cookware, Hansen said. Stoves and aprons are being provided by Camp Chef, and prizes will be awarded to the winners after judging from a slew of celebrity judges. Samples will be available for everyone to try.
For more information about the Ag Council’s Ag Week Chili Cookoff, call 797-2267, or get a registration form.
Literary journal issue features prof.’s review
The Summer 2003 issue of “Western American Literature” is now available. It features essays that address a wide range of subjects in Western American literary criticism.
“Western American Literature” is the official publication of the Western Literature Association. The department of English at Utah State University has housed the journal since 1975. Thomas J. Lyon served as editor of the journal until his retirement in 1997, when Melody Graulich assumed editorship.
This issue includes a review by Utah State English department instructor Rachel Rich on “Mary Hallock Foote: Author-Illustrator of the West” by Darlis A. Miller and “Reading A Victorian Gentlewoman in the Far West: The Reminiscences of Mary Hallock Foote” by Christine Hull Smith. The book review section provides an excellent venue for readers to become familiar with recent publications in the field of Western American literature.
For more information about “Western American Literature” or the Western Literature Association, contact Sabine Barcatta at 797-1603.
Prof. earns online instruction award
Even after 37 years on the Utah State University department of English faculty, emeritus professor Ted Andra still loves teaching.
This passion has earned Andra recognition by both students and colleagues; he recently earned the Online Instructor of the Year presented by USU’s Distance Education program. Selected from a pool of 100 nominees, Andra was singled out not only for his outstanding attention to students, but for the Web design of his class.
Though most of his career was spent teaching in traditional face-to-face classrooms, Andra began his online instruction six years ago. The most enjoyable aspect for Andra is interacting with students from around the nation and the world, he said.
Andra, who earned his doctorate in British literature from the University of Oregon, has taught classes in medieval literature and 19th century British literature. In recent years he has also added technical writing to his pedagogical repertoire.
“I’ve found that online, students often feel more comfortable expressing themselves,” he said.
And he enjoys the freedom online teaching allows him as well. “I just returned from a family trip to Alaska,” he said. “Online instruction is tremendously flexible for teachers and students alike.”