Utah State University (USU) is a public land-grant university whose main campus is located in Logan,
Utah.
It was established in 1888, after Anthon H. Lund
introduced a bill for its creation. Originally known as the Agricultural College of Utah, its name was subsequently
changed to Utah State Agricultural College, and in 1957 it became Utah State University. USU
has 870 faculty, and over 23,000 students that were enrolled in autumn 2006. USU is accredited by
the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and has been ranked as one of the best universities in the American West.
USU has longstanding ties with the Department of Defense and
NASA, and conducts extensive aerospace research. USU sends more
experiments into space than any other university in the world, and has launched more student-run space experiments than any other
university worldwide.[citation needed] USU is classified institutionally under the 2005 revision of the
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher
Education as RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity), awarding at least 50 doctoral degrees per year across
at least 15 disciplines. It spends approximately $186 million annually for research.[citation needed]
Academics
Utah State University Wordmark
Old Main building at Utah State University
As Utah's land-grant university, USU conducts world-class research into many
agricultural and natural resource disciplines. USU
contains seven academic colleges and 47 individual departments, and offers degrees in more than 200 majors.
Beyond its Logan campus, Utah State's Extension community provides academic resources and support for the state as a whole,
including an excellent Continuing Education program. Created in 1907, Extension now
includes USU Regional Campuses at Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin, as well as USU Centers at
Moab, Ogden, Price,
and Salt Lake City. USU also operates Extension locations in each of Utah's 29
counties.
USU is well-known for its engineering program and Space Dynamics Laboratory
(SDL). The SDL is a world-famous research facility focusing on military and science applications. It frequently submits projects
to the Department of Defense and NASA.
According to the most recent National Science Foundation statistics, USU
ranked first among all universities in the U.S. in funding for aerospace research.
Other USU research centers include the Center for Persons with Disabilities, the USU Ecology Center, the Utah Agriculture
Experiment Station, and the Utah Water Research Laboratory. The Intermountain Herbarium, operated by the Department of Biology,
contains more than 245,000 specimens of native and introduced flora, fauna, and fungi from Utah and the American West. USU also
operates research facilities beyond its main campus in Logan, including the Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, north of Salt Lake City.
The College of Agriculture was the first college at Utah State University, organized with the university in 1888. The college
is world-known for Nutrition and Food Science research, as well as significant breakthroughs and world-wide outreach in plants
and soil science, animal science, bioveterinary science and economics. College researchers were instrumental in the creation of
the first cloned equines (horses), in a project collaboration with researchers at the University of Idaho. The college is also a leader in the international project to classify and
research the sheep genome. The departments of the College of Agriculture include the Plants, Soils and Climate Department, the
Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Science Department, the Nutrition and Food Science Department, the Agricultural Systems &
Technology Department, and the Economics Department, jointly managed with the College of Business.
The College of Natural Resources includes the departments of Watershed Sciences, Environment and Society, and Wildland
Resources. USU has been nationally prominent for decades in the sciences and management of forests, rangeland, wildlife, and
fisheries and watersheds. Many graduates of the College of Natural Resources have gone on to careers in the National Forest Service, National Park
Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. The College of Natural
Resources also operates the Quinney Library, with collections relevant for natural resources education, management, and
research.
In the Humanities, USU has longstanding strengths in the study of the American West. The university, through its departments of English and History, is the host
institution for the scholarly journals Western American Literature and the Western Historical Quarterly, the
official publications of the Western Literature Association and the Western History Association. The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, a Humanities
outreach center at USU, sponsors public events and research focusing on the cultures and history of the Interior West and larger
American West. University Special Collections and Archives, located in
Merrill-Cazier Library, has extensive archival holdings documenting the histories of Utah, the
Intermountain West, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as collections
pertaining to American folklore and the lives and works of western authors such as Jack
London and poet May Swenson, a Logan native.
USU has undertaken an ambitious plan to expand Arts programs and facilities in recent years
with the creation of the Caine School of the Arts, a division of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Performance facilities include the Kent Concert Hall and the Manon Caine Russell-Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall,[1] completed in 2006. The 400-seat Performance Hall, designed by
the architectural firm Sasaki Associates, has been praised as one of the best acoustic
performance spaces in the American West, and received an Honor Award from the Utah
Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The Nora Eccles
Harrison Museum of Art, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and opened
in 1982, contains one of the largest art collections in the Intermountain Region. Its
holdings include nationally-significant collections of ceramics, Native American art, and especially artworks produced in the
American West since 1945. Notable departments within the Caine School of the Arts
include Art, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Music, and Theatre Arts.
Rankings
- Utah State University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and has been consistently ranked
as one of the best universities in the west.
- Utah State University's College of Education and Human Services is ranked among the Top 50 in the U.S.
- The Business School is one of the oldest in the country, established in 1896.
- USU was ranked as the 6 th Best Value in the nation for public education by Consumer Digest.
- Utah's Carnegie Teacher of the Year has been awarded to USU faculty six of the last eight years.
- Black Enterprise's Ranking of the best colleges for African Americans has noted Utah State University as one of the top
choices.
- Since 1987 Utah State University ranks first on a per-capita basis for its work in international development.
- The U.S. Department of Defense lists USU as 6th largest university contractor; National Science Foundation ranks USU 61st
among all universities for grants.
- Engineering Education journal lists USU as #1 in the nation for research funds generated per faculty member
- According to the most recent National Science Foundation statistics,
Utah State University ranked first among all universities in the U.S. in funding for aerospace research.
- Utah State University's College of Education and Human Services has been ranked 26th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, and ranks 3rd nationally in research funding. The college
contains a wide range of disciplines beyond teacher education, including departments in the fields of Communicative Disorders and
Deaf Education, Elementary Education, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Instructional Technology, Psychology, Secondary
Education, and Special Education and Rehabilitation.
- Washington Monthly ranks Utah State University in the top 25 public colleges in the nation and among the top 50 public or
private universities in America.
Space Research
- The Floating Potential Measurement Unit, designed and built by Utah State's Space Dynamics Laboratory, will gauge electrical
charges that build up on the outside of the orbiting station. It will also measure the space environment to help scientists
better understand how the charges accumulate. The Utah State University-built instrument is going to be installed on the outside
of the International Space Station.[1]
- The Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) program is part of NASA's New Millennium Program, which has
its roots in only 6 six universities, one of the first being Utah State University. GIFTS is the first step toward incorporating
technological breakthroughs into the next generation of operational weather observing systems. GIFTS will include advanced
technologies in imaging spectrometry, active cooling, fast data processing, pointing and control, radiation protection, and
lightweight materials. Testing and validation of the technological breakthroughs need to be conducted in space. The space
demonstration will use GIFTS' new techniques to gather water vapor, temperature, and cloud data. At the same time, measurements
will be taken on the ground and from aircraft (for comparison) to confirm the accuracy of GIFTS measurements. [2]
- Lada, a "space age pot holder", allows astronauts to create gardens in space giving them food providing much needed
nutrition. The chamber waters, measures, and even photographs the plant inside. The technology was developed between 1999 and
2001 at the Space Dynamics Lab (SDL) with Gail Bingham serving as project manager. Utah State's SDL has built four units, one of
which is currently aboard the International Space Station and was launched
in September 2002. Lada can be used as a plant incubator used to transfer plants from the astronaut's habitat into other soils,
including those of the environments astronauts will one day visit.[3]
Science Breakthroughs
- In 2005, a Utah State University researcher discovered aromaticity, a property in chemistry that was initially thought to
occur only in organic material. Researcher Alexander Boldyrev, along with his colleague Lai-Sheng Wang, a professor at Washington
State University and a researcher at the Pacific Northwest Lab, made a breakthrough by discovering aromaticity in inorganic
material such as metals. Today, Boldyrev and Wang have made another breakthrough and discovered antiaromaticity, a property that
makes materials weak. The study, "All-Metal Antiaromatic Molecule," is featured in the April 24 issue of "Science" magazine.
Boldyrev's new findings dealing with antiaromaticity will help chemists understand why certain materials are weaker than others
and why they are very reactive to foreign substances. The research gives Boldyrev, an associate professor in the chemistry and
biochemistry department, a conceptual breakthrough in understanding chemical bonding in metal clusters. [4]
- Dr. Robert Gillies, faculty member in the aquatic, watershed and earth resources department, and his co-author Nathaniel A.
Brunsell are second-place recipients of the 2003 Leica Geosystems Award for Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing. Their paper
is titled "Incorporating Surface Emissivity into a Thermal Atmospheric Correction." (Published in PE&RS; 68-12
pp.1263-1269)
- A team of Utah State University researchers and University of Idaho researchers have been the first in the world to
successfully clone an equine. The baby mule, Idaho Gem, was born May 4, 2003. It is the first
clone of a hybrid animal. A mule results from a cross between a female horse, a mare, and a male donkey, a jack. As hybrids,
mules are sterile, except in extremely rare cases. As scientifically and commercially significant as their accomplishment is for
the horse industry, the project provides a new animal model, the horse, to advance understanding of human cancer. Woods believes
the breakthrough understanding of cellular biology necessary for horse cloning to proceed may offer new insights into cancer
development in humans. [5]
- Research is being done at Utah State University that shows that plants may be performing computations in unison to solve
problems with the plant. If successful, this will be the first research done that shows the reality of natural computation in
living systems. The biological data collected is being translated to make a mathematical model to mimic the patterns and behavior
of the patches on the leaf created by the opening and closing of the stomata. The research could
have an impact not just on plants, but in the study of many other biological systems as well. Emergent computation, which is what
the plant does when the stomata communicate with each other could be a new way in biology for studying how cells interact with
one another in the absence of a neural network.
- Utah State University professor of chemistry and biochemistry Lance Seefeldt is currently conducting research on algae and
plans to produce an algae-biodiesel that is cost-competitive by 2009. Algae, plainly referred to as pond scum, can produce up to
10,000 gallons of oil per acre and can be grown virtually anywhere. Seefeldt, along with several fellow USU professors, formed
the Biofuels Program to develop new and emerging technologies that will produce methane, biodiesel, hydrogen and alcohols from
renewable, carbon-dioxide-neutral energy sources, such as consumer and agricultural waste and sunlight. [6]
- Along with Stanford University, Unidad de Suelos y Riegos, and Northwest Watershed Research Center USDA-ARS, Utah State
University is studying the application of electromagnetic induction sensors for mapping the subsurface in small watersheds. The
development of an integrated approach to characterizing small watersheds is crucial to understanding the complex links and
feedback mechanisms within them. High spatial resolution soil texture data is well correlated to soil hydraulic properties. We
present preliminary work using electromagnetic induction (EMI) to map subsurface properties in small watersheds. In this work we
used both the Geonics EM-38 and the Dualem EMI sensors which were integrated with a GPS receiver and handheld computer to obtain
geo-referenced bulk electrical conductivity (ECa) measurements. In the vertical orientation the sensors respond to the ECa of the
top meter of soil. The ECa depends on the solution EC, soil water content, clay / rock content and soil depth. Data obtained from
EMI in the form of ECa maps, can provide supplementary information for assessing flow pathways and locating monitoring
instrumentation without soil-specific calibration. With ECa calibration, soil texture maps can be generated. This work may be
more suited to semi-arid climates where seasonal wet and dry periods can be exploited in data analysis. Current work is looking
at methods of developing the best survey and calibration methodology to interpret the measured ECa response for hydrological
application. [7]
NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race
Utah State University captured victory in the college division of NASA's 12th annual "Great Moonbuggy Race". They created a
moonbuggy with a super-light weight aluminum design which granted them victory in only the second year of being in the
competition. Utah State topped 28 other college and university teams from 14 states, Germany and Puerto Rico with a winning time
of 3 minutes and 59 seconds. Vehicles powered by two-team members -- one male and one female -- raced one at a time over a
half-mile obstacle course of simulated moonscape terrain at Huntsville's U.S. Space & Rocket Center. In addition to the first
place honor, the Utah State team earned a cash award and a trophy-replica of the original lunar roving vehicle.[8]
Atmospheric LIDAR Observatory
On clear nights one could see a mysterious green beam of light shooting from the Utah State University campus in Logan. The
beam is called LIDAR, which stands for "LIght Detection and Ranging". It is like radar except it uses light and it comes from
Utah State's own Atmospheric LIDAR Observatory. The observatory, part of the Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, is in
Utah State's Science and Engineering Research building. The LIDAR is also supported by the National Science Foundation. The LIDAR
is used in Utah State's study and categorization of atmospheric dynamics. In order to get better data, the observatory is
building a bigger telescope. The new lab will be on the third floor of the SER building. When the new system is finished, lenses
will be used to send the green beam in other directions besides straight up. The new LIDAR system
will be able to measure wind and temperature in the mesosphere.
GEGA Program
GEGA stands for the (ab initio) Gradient Embedded Genetic Algorithm, a program for finding the
global minima of clusters. The Author is Anastassia Alexandrova (later moved to Yale
University). GEGA employs geometry-cuts for the Genetic Algorithm procedure, ab initio level of computation for geometry
optimization and vibrational frequency analysis (GEGA works with local minima only), and a specific mutational procedure based on
the so called "kick technique".
Environmentalism at Utah State
As a major university in the American West, Utah State University students and faculty are concerned with the environment both
locally and globally. In reaction to massive oil spills by Exxon Valdez in particular, and
the EPA's creation of the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure plan (SPCC), USU has
created an SPCC with a detailed map of locations, oil types, quantities and containment specifications. They have mapped all
possible outfalls from oil storage locations that may impact the waters of the United States. They have developed a plan that
utilized engineering controls and emergency spill response to stop all unplanned releases.
Among other things, Utah State University's Environmental Health & Safety Resource Center provides training or resources
in dealing with biotoxins such as Anthrax, extensive battery recycling, hazardous waste, mercury
thermometer replacement, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), and much more pertaining to radiation, waste, chemicals, biological, and
maintenance. [9]
Humanitarian Efforts in Africa
The Pastoral Risk Management Project (PARIMA), led by Utah State University and federally funded since 1997, is a consortium
of university collaborators from the United States and Kenya, as well as an extensive network of partnerships with East African
public and private entities. Coordinated by Layne Coppock, principal investigator and associate professor in the College of
Natural Resources’ Department of Environment and Society, the team’s major focus is helping southern Ethiopia’s poor rural
households, most of which depend on herding for sustenance, diversify their livelihoods. In addition, the project seeks to
bolster residents’ economic security by linking them with livestock export markets.
PARIMA has developed a successful model to facilitate collective action by 60 women’s groups, which now boast more than 2,000
members in southern Ethiopia. The groups provide peer mentoring, instruction and support in helping members develop
income-generating ventures to supplement their families’ traditional earning sources. Through the PARIMA groups, women are
pooling resources and learning how to set up their own viable cottage businesses. Women participating in the groups have saved
significant amounts of money, greatly improved how their households are run, are sending their sons and daughters to school and
are creatively engaged in the marketplace.[10]
PARIMA was recently honored by the Oromia State Government, Ethiopia’s largest regional state, for “providing outstanding
service to pastoral people.
Humanitarian Efforts in Thailand
Utah State University has also made a powerful alliance with Thailand. Utah State University
led the way for reform in the area with consultants led by engineering dean Bruce Bishop and sociologist Yun Kim, whose
five-year, $10-million contract was funded in part by a low-interest loan from the Asian
Development Bank. Utah State University was seen as a natural choice in part of its historic land-grant mission, but also
because of its international stature dating to the early 1950s when the Marshall Plan for war-shocked Europe extended the
technological expertise of Utah State University and four other American universities to Latin America and the Middle East. USU's
practical experience at home and abroad bolstered the courage of the government agency held accountable, the Department of Skill
Development (DSD) in Thailand's Ministry of Labor. Its marching orders were to modernize the country's vocational training and
triple the number of students served by the department's regional institutes and provincial centers. Two groups were targeted:
minimum wage earners whose opportunities for advancement are limited by their lack of technical training, and disadvantaged rural
people such as farmers, women and uneducated youth.
Before tackling these ambitious goals, however, DSD instructors and career counselors had to have their skills updated and
their equipment replaced, by no means an inexpensive proposition. Like other countries lining up for the just deserts of the
global economy, Thailand didn't have enough resources for the kind of public support system Americans take for granted. The DSD
wants to change that. The knowledge of instructors is frozen in the time of their on-the-job training with former employers, and
their sincerity cannot compensate for the lack of formal teacher training that Utah State University's College of Education and
its peers have provided this country for decades. And equipment for demonstrating the latest welding and auto repair techniques
has outlived the availability of replacement parts. [11]
Athletics
USU's sports teams are known as the Aggies. Recently, the men's basketball team, under coach Stew Morrill, has become known as a
nationally respected program, with several trips to the NCAA
Men's Division I Basketball Championship. USU's men's basketball team has had one of the most successful programs in the
country since 2000, winning at least 23 games in each season and appearing in the NCAA tournament numerous times. The
football program, which has a rich history (Merlin
Olsen an alumnus), has struggled lately, following an ill-fated two-year stint as an independent program and two more
years in the geographically distant Sun Belt Conference. Following the decision of
the Big West Conference to stop sponsoring football in 2001, USU's other teams
remained in that conference until the school was finally invited to join the Western Athletic Conference (AKA the WAC) (a long-sought goal) in 2005.
Aggies cheering on their basketball team at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
Before the beginning of its decline in 1998, the football program had experienced some successes, including Big West Conference championships in 1993 and 1997. In 1993, the team earned a trip to the
Las Vegas Bowl, where they defeated Ball State
University. In 1997, the team lost to the University of Cincinnati in
the Humanitarian Bowl.
In recent times, the men's basketball team has won invitations to the NCAA tournament in 1998 (under coach Larry Eustachy), 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006 (all under Morrill). Prior to 2006, all of these
invitations were a result of winning the Big West Conference tournament. In 2006, the Aggies received an at-large bid to the
tournament, after finishing second place in their first season in the Western Athletic Conference and losing in overtime of the
WAC tournament championship game to Nevada-Reno. Despite a stellar season in 2003–2004 and a national top-25 ranking toward the
end of the season, the Aggies did not receive an at-large tournament bid after being upset in the conference tournament. This was
the most notorious snub in that year's tournament, and earned the derision of head coach Morrill, as the Aggies held a 25-3
record and were nationally ranked in the top-25. A highlight was a first-round victory against fifth-seeded Ohio State University in 2001.
Of women's sports at USU, gymnastics has probably been most successful, and the school
also sponsors women's softball and volleyball. Women's
basketball returned in 2003 after a fifteen-year absence. At the time, USU was the only Division I program that did not have
women's basketball besides the mostly male Virginia Military Institute and
The Citadel. The women's team has not yet produced a winning season.
The most used sports venue is the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, where basketball,
volleyball, and gymnastics events are held. Its reputation as a tomb for visiting men's teams (as of Summer 2005, USU has only
lost eight games there since the 1997–98 season), and its loud, rambunctious atmosphere have contributed to difficulties
assembling a nonconference schedule.
The football team plays in Romney Stadium, slightly north and west of the main campus.
The stadium had natural grass until 2004, when artificial turf was installed.
As of the 2005-2006 season, the Aggies compete in the Western Athletic Conference.
USU All-Century football team
Offense
WR — Kendal Smith (1985-88)... Third team All-America (1988)/BWC Offensive Player of the Year (1988).
OT — Dave Kragthorpe (1951 -54)... Two-time all-Skyline Eight Conference.
OG — Jim Hough (1974-77)... 2nd team AP All-America (1977)/9 years in
NFL.
OC — Ralph Maughan (1941 -42,46-47)... Three-time all-Mountain States Conf.
OG — Dave Kuresa (1981-84)... Three-time all-Pacific Coast Conference.
OT — Len Rohde (1957-59)... Two-time all-Skyline Eight/15-year NFL career.
TE — Norvel "Nog" Hansen (1946-49)... A three-sport lettermen.
WR — Tom Forzani (1970-72)... Was USU receiving leader at end of his career.
QB — Eric Hipple (1976-79)... All-Pacific Coast/10-year NFL career.
RB — Louie Giammona (1973-75)... Led NCAA in rushing (1974) and all-purpose yards (1974,
75).
RB — Kent Ryan (1934-36)... First-team All-American (1936).
PK — Willie Beecher (1981 -84)... Made 36 field goals and was 64-64 in PAT.
Defense
DL — Merlin Olsen (1959-61)... Two-time All-American/Outland Trophy(1961).
DL — Rulon Jones (1976-79)... First-team All-American (1979).
DL — Lionel Aldridge (1960-62)... Hon. Men. All-American (1962)/NFL 11 years.
DL — Greg Kragen (1980-83)... One Pro Bowl, three Super Bowls in NFL
DL — Phil Olsen (1967-69)... All-American (1969), HM All-America (1968)/first round draft
pick/ 9 NFL seasons
LB — Al Smith (1984-86)... BWC Defensive Player of the Year (1986)/Two-time honorable mention
All-America
LB — LaVell Edwards (1949-51)... All-Mountain States (1950).
LB — Hal Garner (1980-84)... Two-time all-PCAA/NFL third-round draft pick.
DB — Patrick "Doc" Alien (1980-83)... All-Big West/Six years in NFL.
DB — Donnie Henderson (1978-79)... All-Big West/NFL assistant coach.
DB — Chuck Detwiler (1966-68)... Four-year NFL career.
P — Guy McClure (1978-81)... yards ( m) career punting average.
Trivia / Misc. Facts
- Utah State University faculty played a key role in advising Iran on water, soils, and crop management.
- Utah State University was the leading body that administered President Truman's Point IV in Iran and helped participate in
Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon.
- Utah State University's Water Research Lab, established in 1965, is one of the largest hydraulic research laboratories of its
kind in the U.S.
- Since 1987 Utah State University ranks first on a per-capita basis for its work in international development.
- Utah State University students were the first to take part in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held at
Red Cross HQ in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Utah State University students have held live teleconferences with astronauts while they were in orbit on multiple
occasions.
- Utah State University once held the world record for most people simultaneously kissing.
- The Home Economics/Commons Building (now called Family Life Building) was the most elaborate of the federally funded projects
built during the Great Depression, completed in 1935 with Public Works Administration (PWA).
- To counter increased enrollments brought about by the influx of military trainees on campus during World War I, the federal government appropriated funds for constructing barracks on campus. The permanent
brick buildings have since been renovated and transformed into the Ray B. West, Geology, and Animal Science buildings.
- After World War II, Utah State's ROTC program became one of the premiere programs in
the nation. In 1948, the program had 2,200 cadets enrolled. That same year, Utah State was granted more than 700 slots for
commissioning officers. No other school in the nation, except West Point,
commissioned as many officers as Utah State.
- Utah State manufactures a college ice cream known as Aggie Ice Cream, which is sold in 26 flavors. Also, the ice cream is
sold internationally and was the first ice cream to be flown on a shuttle mission to space.
Media
Two primary print outlets serve the USU student body: (1) The Utah Statesman is sponsored by the university and is
published three times per week. The Statesman won best non-daily student paper for region nine in the SPJ awards last year. (2)
The Hard News Cafe news website is operated by USU's Department of Journalism and Communications and has won numerous
awards for its student reporting, partially because it is often the only entrant in the categories in which it wins.
Utah Public Radio is heard on KUSU (91.5 FM) and KUSR (89.5 FM) in Logan, and throughout Utah on a system of 26 translators.
UPR "broadcasts a mix of information, public affairs, and fine arts programming." KUSU is a National Public Radio member station, and an affiliate of Public Radio International.
Aggie Television (ATV) is a cable service lineup of approximately 110 channels offered free of charge to all on-campus
residents. ATV produces Crossroads, a bulletin/announcement channel; and Aggie Advantage, providing local and student video
programming. .
Speech and debate
Due to budget constraints, Utah State hasn't had a funded debate team since the late 80's. Utah State University participated
in the final conference tournament held at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., the team debated against 25 other
universities. The team won 38 trophies and Northwest Forensic Conference Championship. In debate, the team took first, second,
third and fourth place. In informative speaking they scored first, second, third, fourth and fifth. In persuasive speaking,
first, second, third, and sixth place were won. And in impromptu speaking and after dinner they scored first and second place in
both events. Along with those awards they also received the Quality Team Award, presented to the team with the highest number of
points per student entry.[12]
Colleges and departments
USU has seven colleges, each is shown here with its respective departments:
Agriculture
- Agricultural Systems Technology and Education
- Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences
- Economics
- Nutrition and Food Sciences
- Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology
Business
- Accountancy, School of
- Business Administration
- Management Information Systems
- Economics
- Management and Human Resources
Education and Human Services
- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
- Elementary Education
- Family, Consumer and Human Development
- Health, Physical Education and Recreation
- Instructional Technology
- Psychology
- Secondary Education
- Special Education and Rehabilitation
Engineering
- Biological and Irrigation
- Civil and Environmental
- Electrical and Computer
- Engineering and Technology Education
- Mechanical and Aerospace
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)
- Army ROTC (Military Science)
- Art
- English
- History
- Intensive English Language Institute
- Interior Design Program
- Journalism and Communications
- Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
- Languages, Philosophy and Speech Communication
- Music
- Political Science
- Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
- Theatre Arts
Natural Resources
- Watershed Sciences
- Environment and Society
- Wildland Resources
Science
- Biology
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Computer Science
- Geology
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Physics
C.E.H.S. 12th Diversity Awards
- Charles W. Gay, associate vice president for University Extension and associate director for Cooperative Education, honored
in the category of administrator. Gay was recognized for his efforts in bringing educational opportunities to the Latino
community, as he worked closely with the Mexican Consulate to develop satellite-delivered programming from Mexico City to Utah
and then throughout the United States.
- Martha Whitaker, an associate professor in the elementary education department, received an award in the faculty category.
Whitaker developed and maintained Educators for Diversity, which draws more than 700 educators and experts to conferences
throughout Utah to discuss ways to better meet the needs of diverse students.
- Jimmie Grutzmacher, a human resources specialist for USU Facilities, received the staff award. Grutzmacher worked extensively
with the Utah State University office of Human Resources in presenting English as a Second Language classes. She was instrumental
in developing, implementing and tracking a compact plan strategy to enhance diversity within facilities. Her efforts have
resulted in increased hiring of women and minorities.
- Rebecca Nudd, a bachelor of arts recipient in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the student award for her organization
of the Interfaith Service Club. With the help of representatives from different religious organizations throughout Cache Valley,
Interfaith has provided service to Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, Hospice and others.
- Cameron Cuch, a Ute Tribe education director now working with USU's Uintah Basin Campus, received the community award. Cuch
will be the first recipient ever to win this category from outside Cache Valley. He is the Ute tribe education director and
receives the award for his work within the Native American community and associated work with the Uintah Basin campuses and Utah
State.[13]
Notable alumni
Sports
- Kent Baer, coach and defensive coordinator at many colleges/universities.
- Jay Don Blake, professional golfer and PGA Tour
winner.
- Anthony Calvillo, CFL player,
quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes.
- Chris Cooley, NFL player, tight end
of the Washington Redskins.
- Kevin Curtis, NFL player, wide
receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Lavell Edwards, former football coach at Brigham Young University
- Cornell Green, NFL player, defensive
back for the Dallas Cowboys
- Eric Hipple, former NFL quarterback for the Detroit
Lions
- Merlin Olsen, NFL Hall of Fame
player
- Phil Olsen, All-American, NFL Player
- Chris Stallworth, Af2 Football player
- Kyle Fiat, professional Lacrosse player, Philadelphia
Wings
- Tom Forzani - Former Wide Receiver for CFL team Calgary Stampeders
- Len Rohde - Former Tackle for the San Francisco
49ers
- Rulon Jones - Former Defensive Lineman for the Denver
Broncos
- Lionel Aldridge - Former Defensive End for the New York Giants
- Greg Kragen - Former Defensive Tackle for the Denver
Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Carolina Panthers
- Phil Olsen - Former Center and Defensive Tackle for the Boston Patriots (IR), Los Angeles Rams (now St. Louis
Rams), Denver Broncos, and the Buffalo Bills
(IR)
- Donnie Henderson - Former Defensive Coordinator for the New York Jets and Detroit Lions
Government
Activism
Business
- Charlie Denson, Current President of Nike Brand.
- James H. Quigley, Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
- Gary Stevenson, Co-founder of ICON Health and Fitness.
- Scott Watterson, Co-founder of ICON Health and Fitness.
- Steve Mothershell, President and CEO of SCM Corporate Group
- Mark Holland, CEO of Intermountain Staffing
- Doran Barton, President of Iodynamics LLC
- Norzafri Mohamed Nor, CEO of Eralogika Pvt Ltd
- Jason Lindsey, COO and President of Overstock.com
Science & Education
- Niranjan R. Gandhi, world-renowned biotechnologist and food scientist, and owner of Jeneil
Biotech, Inc.
- Cyril Ku, Professor at William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Mary L. Cleave, NASA Astronaut.
- Brandon Patrick Lowham, current Chair of The University of Southern Mississippi College of Health Ambassadors
- Shanil Keshwani, Medical Technologist.
- Archimedes Plutonium, ( 1979 Masters, Ludwig van Ludvig), science -- Atom
Totality theory
Literature
- Bill Ransom, science fiction writer.
Art
- Kevin Wasden, science fiction and fantasy artist and illustrator.
Religion
Infamous
Notes
- ^ USU.edu: Wanlass Performance Hall: Chamber-Music Heaven. Retrieved on March 6, 2006.
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