Campus and community briefs
FFA helps with national event
Members of the Utah State University Collegiate Future Farmers of America recently served as officials at the 2003 National FFA Meats Technology and Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE).
The competition was held during the 2003 National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky. As a member of the meats technology and evaluation CDE committee, USU Collegiate FFA assisted with the monitoring of activities, evaluation of students’ abilities and knowledge, as well as operating of the annual awards banquet.
USU students at the event were Wyatt Gardiner, Rebecca Gardiner, Chad Warnick, Traci Warnick, Melonie Adams, Jessica Weston, Jordon Hansen and Brett Robertson.
FFA is a national organization of 464,267 members preparing for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture with 7,194 local chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Dance act to perform at USU
The Associated Students of Utah State University Performing Arts Series is proud to present Hubbard Street 2, a company of six dancers that perform a diverse repertoire of works by some of the nation’s most promising choreographers Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall.
The company is an integral component of the main company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s “Education & Community Programs,” which, through multi-layered activities, exposes students to dance, works with teachers to integrate dance and movement into the curriculum and partners with other Chicago arts organizations on interdisciplinary collaborations.
Tickets are $3 with USU ID and $10 for general admission and are available at the USU Ticket Office or at the door.
Students asked to vote in contest
The Study Abroad office is sponsoring an International Photo Contest in celebration of International Education Week, Nov. 17 through 21. All students are encouraged to vote on pictures submitted on the theme, “A World with a View.”
There will be two categories, “people” and “places.” The pictures were taken during the student’s study abroad experience.
Each person that votes will be entered in a drawing for prizes.
Votes in the contest can be cast Nov. 17 to 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Juniper Lounge in front of the Taggart Student Center Auditorium.
Soil students bring home trophy
Utah State University brought home the traveling trophy for top honors at the Northwest Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest, hosted by Oregon State University.
Utah State team members all performed well in the individual scoring events. Jedd Bodily had the second-highest individual score, followed by Alex Stum in third place, Emily Brown in fourth place and Shawn Nakamoto in seventh place.
Contestants describe, interpret and classify soils and associated landscapes at four sites. They analyze soil morphology (texture, color, structure and redoximorphic features) to a depth of five feet; measure slope gradient; identify soil parents material and landform; interpret soil behavior and classify the soil according to U.S. Soil Taxonomy – all in less than an hour.
This is the first time USU has won the regional contest since the soil judging program was started in 1993 by associate professor of soil science Janis Boettinger. The team is now eligible to compete in the National Soil Judging Contest in Illinois next spring.