Events and activities for Feb. 12

Monday, February 12-Family Finance Club Opening Social, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. FL, Room 318-“USU’s Involvement in the Arab American University in Jenin”, College of Agriculture seminar , 3 p.m. AgSci, Room 202.

Tuesday, February 13-Film “Glory” sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta and BSU and hosted by Dr. Ritterhouse. Widstoe, Room 007, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 14-Black History Month Fashion Show, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Sunburst Lounge

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•NREPP Seminar, Speaker: G. Mathias Kondolf, U of CA, Berkeley, Title: “The History and Future of the San Francisco Bay – Delta Watershed” Feb. 12, 7 p.m. NR, Room 105@@The Listening Post, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Feb. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hub.•Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Feb. 13 – 23. Weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tippets Art Gallery, FAC,•Come to the Alumni House for an afternoon High Tea provided by the USU Alumni Association, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. by Feb. 12 to Louise Young 797-2523 or Echo Stocks (435) 797-2055. A $5 donation is appreciated for the Alumni scholarship fund. Everyone is welcome.@@Plant Science Club’s Annual Valentine’s Day Flower Sale, Feb. 13 and 14. TSC Basement, All Day. •Grace Huerta will present a W6RI brown bag on Feb. 13, noon. Her topic is “A Chicana’s Perspective of Academia, Community Outreach, and Mom’s Social Construction of the Tamale” Center Colony TSC. •Steven Daniels, Director of Western Rural Development Center, talks about outreach. Feb. 13, noon, Main, Room 338•Free Date Night. Valentine’s Eve. Make the most of your relationship. Come to the Dating and Premarital Enhancement group. Sponsored by the Family Life Center. Feb. 13, 2001, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Family Life Center, Call 797-7430 to register. •College Republicans will be meeting, Feb. 13, 8 p.m., TSC, Room 335. Anyone interested is welcome. Questions e-mail usurepublicans@hotmail.com•I Love a Challenge – Battle of the Sexes competition, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Merrill Hall, 2nd floor lounge.•I love you for you – working thorough differences in relationships through communication. A panel discussion, Feb. 15, 8:00 p.m. Merrill Hall 2nd floor. @@The Lifetime Learning Center is looking for basic skills volunteer teachers. Info. Virginia Ratliff 752-8621 or Lifetime Learning Center, Emporium basement (downtown Logan)•Write a note, get a vote. USU needs you to write your local representatives. Free materials at table in TSC 1st floor.•Mortar board, a highly acclaimed and recognized national honor society is accepting application through Feb. 15. Qualifications: Current Junior or Senior not graduating this year. GPA 3.0 or above. Pick up application TSC 326. •USU Women’s Center Advisory Board is seeking nomination for “Women over 65 Achievement Awards.” Women eligible for recognition must reside in Cache Valley, be 65 years of age or older, and have made outstanding contributions to the advancement and equality of life for women on a local, state or national level. Guidelines are available USU Women’s Center, TSC, Room 310.@@2001/2002 Dupont scholarship applications are available from USU Women’s Center, TSC, Room 310. Criteria: Undergraduate women or undergraduate American minority men in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate women in engineering. Deadline March 9. Info 797-1728. •Applications are available for Leadership Exploration Resource Center Scholarships for 2001-2002. Information TSC, Room 326 or e-mail krawlins@admissions.usu.edu. •The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies is accepting applications for their Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship is designed to support and recognize an individual faculty member or faculty team in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences for the completion of a pedagogic, scholarly or creative project that will expand our understanding or appreciation of the American Mountain West. For more information, contact the Mountain West Center at 797-3630 or mwc@cc.usu.edu •Applications are now available for membership in the USU chapter of PINNACLE, the national reentry honor society. Must be 26 years of age or older, be a junior or senior, have had a 5 year or more gap, at some point, in their education, have a 3.0 overall USU GPA, be involved in campus and or community activities, and be required to pay a $20 one-time national membership fee. For info. TSC, Room 310 or call 797-1728 or e-mail reentrycen@admissions.usu.edu •Applications for 2001/2002 Classified Employee scholarships are available Jan. 3 through April 25 at the following locations: Merrill Library, Room 115, TSC Information desk, Physical Plant, Room 110, or call Paula Baker 7-0668. •Cache Democrats Annual Jefferson/Jackson Dinner. Feb. 24, at 6:00 p.m., Copper Mill Ballroom, 55 North Main, Door Prizes, Auction, Raffle, Dinner, 27.50 per personBuy tickets at the door or contact: Dell Johnson 245-6454, Wendall Sullivan 245-4047. Julie Pitcher 563-6698 Gina Wickwar 753-5156@@Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing and the USDA are starting a self-help housing program in Cache Valley. This program allows qualified families to use sweat equity to build a significant portion of their home, decreasing the coast of the home by up to 25 percent with no down payment required. There will be an orientation meeting, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. in USU Credit Union, 198 North Main. If unable to attend Call 752-7242