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Events On and Around Campus 1/09-1/15

Monday 01/09

Free Math and Statistics Tutoring

8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Free drop-in tutoring is provided for Math 0900-2250/2270/2280 and Statistics 1040, 2000, 3000, in the Taggart Student Center Room 225A and Lundstrom Student Living Center. Click the URL below for the schedule.

Poster Exhibition: Disability History

January 9^th- Jan. 23^rd

8:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

Merrill-Cazier Library

Free

The exhibit includes panels that outline the history of disability and advocacy. This walk through 3000 years of the human condition is remarkably detailed. It’s sometimes shocking, sometimes poignant, and always informative.

Auditions for Singers and Instrumentalists for Out of the Blue

4:00p.m.-8:00p.m.

AUDITIONS FOR SINGERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS Out of the Blue Looking for 8 SINGER/DANCERS and 9 INTRUMENTALISTS for a touring ensemble Any USU Student is Welcome to Audition! Scholarships will be rewarded for all who make it! Auditions for singers; Performance Hall 4-7 pm on January 9,and 4-7 pm on January 10. To get an audition time email aggiesoutoftheblue@gmail.com Singers; prepare a full song. Looking for vocal diversity. Pop, Country, Jazz, Broadway Belt, R&B, Rock, or Classical. Bring a “minus track” of your song. (MP3 file or CD) Auditions for Instrumentalist; Performance Hall 7-8 pm on January 9, and 7-8 pm January 10. Be prepared to stay the full hour. Instrumentalists; Seeking Keyboard, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Trumpet, Trombone, Reeds. Rhythm Section players, be ready to sight read in combo with other players. Horns will be given a "jazz standard" to prepare and play. Any Questions contact Lee Daily at aggiesoutoftheblue@gmail.com

Gymnastics vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire

7:00p.m.

Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

Gymnastics vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire

True Aggie Night

11:45p.m.-1:00a.m.

Quad

Whenever the full moon arrives, so does Student Alumni and True Aggie Night! Be at the 'A' just before midnight. Wear your SAA shirt and get a "fast pass" to the front of the line. To become a True Aggie, you must kiss someone who already is one. Everyone come!

USU Choir Auditions

All Day

Come audition for the USU Choir. Email michael.huff@usu.edu for your audition appointment.

Two Events Examine Disability and Human Rights

The Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University continues its 40^th Anniversary Celebration with a look at disability and human rights. Two events will examine the place of disability and advocacy in history.

The Exhibit, January 9-27

An exhibit on the history of disability and advocacy in the western world will be available in Special Collections at the Merrill-Cazier Library.
It includes panels that outline the history of disability and advocacy. This walk through 3000 years of the human condition is remarkably detailed. It’s sometimes shocking, sometimes poignant, and always informative.

For example, it reveals a dark side to the Greek tradition that revered perfection in the human body: Aristotle also recommended that there should be a law “to prevent the rearing of deformed children.” In his Politics, Aristotle wrote, “As to the exposure and rearing of children, let there be a law that no deformed child shall live.”

Art for Martin Luther King Jr. Vigil

Photo Courtesy of The National Archives

USU students,faculty and staff are invited to create art work that shares reflections of  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for this year's annual vigil, "Remembering his legacy..." Possible art pieces include but are not limited to poetry, drawings, paintings, sculptures, etc.

The Black Student Union will display these art pieces on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Vigil, which will be at 5 p.m. in the TSC Ballroom.

"This is a great opportunity to illustrate your talents as well as impact those around you," said Ami Meite, president of USU's Black Student Union.

The art pieces can be deposited at the Access and Diversity Center located in the TSC. Participants are asked to pick up their Art pieces after the event has ended. To ensure that every piece is returned to the rightful owner, each piece is tagged and the owner will receive a matching tag as well.

"We hope everyone can participate in this meaningful event, even if it is just by attending," said Meite.

For more information contact Ami Meite, aminata.meite@aggiemail.usu.edu.

What's going on around campus? 12/5-12/11

Tips from the A-Team

Take breaks during studying!

As you study for your finals, remember to take a few breaks and enjoy some of the holiday activities on campus.  While finals can be a stressful time, remember the big picture.  You are here to learn and grow as a person.  Sometimes a hectic finals week can be the wake-up call you need to study more next semester.

Football Is Going Bowling

Aggie Tailgate Party Saturday, December 17, 2011 Tailgate Party 1-3 pm • Kick-off 3:30 pm The Aggies are going bowling! Come cheer on the Aggies in Boise Idaho before they take on the best the MAC has to offer in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Join the USU Alumni Association before the the game for food, fun, and entertainment to get you in the spirit. More information to come shortly. Time: 1-3 pm Location: Bronco Stadium Cost: TBD RSVP: TBD Be sure to reserve your hotel room* and buy game tickets. *Special Aggie Football rate of $69 per room at the Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn, and Fairfield Inn in Boise, ID with discount code: "AGGIES!!".

Around Campus 11/28-12/4

The arches of Old Main's east entrance.

Tips from the A-Team

Study Groups Be aware of any comprehensive finals in your future, and start a study group now.  Ask around in your class and you will easily find a few other students willing to get a start on studying.  You might even announce a study group in front of the class, which can impress your professor.  Optimal study locations for groups include the second floor of the Merrill-Cazier Library, lobbies of any on-campus residence hall, and the “fish bowl” study rooms on each floor of the new library (the rooms have large windows).  The rooms have white boards and big tables to accommodate study groups.  Some rooms even have a computer and large screen.  Study rooms are extremely popular, so reserve them in advance at http://library.usu.edu/main/group_study_rooms/.

Monday 11/28

Free Math and Statistics Tutoring

8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

On and Around Campus 11/21 - 11/27

Monday 11/21

Free Math and Statistics Tutoring

8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Free drop-in tutoring is provided for Math 0900-2250/2270/2280 and Statistics 1040, 2000, 3000, in the Taggart Student Center Room 225A and Lundstrom Student Living Center. Click the URL below for the schedule.

Ka-pow! Graphic Novel Exhibition

October 24^th- December 10th

The Merrill-Cazier Library is presenting Ka-pow! Graphic Novels, an exhibition on graphic novels used in academia. It will be shown in the atrium of the Merrill-Cazier Library from Oct. 24 through Dec. 10. A formal opening reception is Thursday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. in room 101 of the Library where several USU professors will discuss the use of graphic novels in their current classroom curriculum.

Snow By Morning

Some for everyone,
plenty, and more coming-

fresh, dainty, airily arriving
everywhere at once,

transparent at first,
each faint slice-
slow, soundlessly tumbling;

then quickly, thickly. a gracious fleece
will spread like youth, like wheat,
over the city.

Each building will be a hill,
all sharps made round-

dark, worn, noisy narrows made still
wide, flat, clean spaces;

streets will be fields,
cars fumbling sheep;

a deep, bright harvest will be seeded
in a night.

By morning we'll be children
feeding on manna,
a new loaf on every doorsill.


May Swenson
Alumna '34

Jim Cangelosi Named Utah's 2011 Carnegie Professor of the Year

Jim Cangelosi is Utah's 2011 Carnegie Professor of the Year.

According to Utah State University professor Jim Cangelosi, most people have fallen prey to a common ruse.

“Their experiences with textbook-driven ‘school math’ have left them with the impression mathematics is a robotic activity with either ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers,” says Cangelosi, who joined the faculty of USU’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics in 1982. “‘I’m no good at math’ is a common refrain — thus, it’s a joyous challenge for me to immerse students in the culture of authentic mathematics and rock their world.”

Recognized for his dedication to students and contributions to the field of math education, Cangelosi was named a 2011 Carnegie Professor of the Year. One of 31 professors from across the nation selected for this year’s prestigious honor, the Louisiana native’s award was announced at a Nov. 17 ceremony in Washington, D.C.