Campus News Brief
Students can test skills at spelling bee
A spelling bee is being held today in the Sunburst Lounge of the Taggart Student Center from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Students can sign up for the spelling spelling bee from noon to 12:30 p.m. The grand prize will be a computer. Associated Students of Utah State University encourage all students to participate or attend. Disability program awarded grant Utah State University’s Utah Assistive Technology Foundation (UTAF), located at the Center for Persons with Disabilities received the grant from the United States Department of Education to operate an interest-free loan program. The program will allow people with disabilities to purchase assistive technology devices such as hearing aids, Braille equipment, wheelchairs and speech recognition devices. Only 14 grants were awarded nationally. This funding will benefit more than 130 children and adults with disabilities.
More flu shots being ordered Logan Regional Hospital is currently out of flu shots. The hospital is in the process of ordering more, but urges people to check with primary care physicians or the Bear River Health Department for more information.
Fall Jam Dance to be held Friday
The Fall Jam dance will be held in the Fieldhouse Friday at 10 p.m. The Black Student Union and Psi Sigma Phi are sponsoring the dance and admission is $3.
Author to speak at Tabernacle Friday
Roger K. Young, author of the books As a Thief in the Night, When Ye Shall see all These Things, And There Shall be Signs, Behold the Fig Tree and most recently Zion, the Holy City of New Jerusalem will speak at the Logan LDS Tabernacle on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. His two-part seminar is entitled Current and Future Events as Described by Scripture and Prophecy. Young will discuss the significance of the attack on the World Trade Center relating to scripture, whether the United States’ involvement in Afghanistan and the Middle East fulfills prophecy and other significant events prophesied to happen in the near future. Young is a Dixie College graduate and worked as a high school teacher and a senior executive in the oil and gas industry.Lecture to address careers in arts A lecture on the history of community arts councils will be held in the Eccles Conference Center, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. The lecture, given by Maryo Gard Ewell, is part of a conference on public sector careers in the arts and humanities sponsored by Utah State University’s Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. Ewell is the recipient of the Selina Roberts Ottum Award, an award that acknowledges leadership in community arts development. Ewell’s lecture will be followed by a workshop on public sector careers in the arts and humanities, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the ECC. Speakers from various agencies and disciplines will discuss their work and how to prepare for careers in such areas as public history, arts councils, state parks, archives and museums. Registration and information are available by calling 797-3630.
Compiled by Statesman staff