Show Tbe Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 30 1986-- 19 Still known for its ag research USU is expanding its vision to include space studies By Kristi Glissmeyer staff writer Utah State University has grown from a college rooted in agriculture to a university reaching for the stars To chart the change one need only trace the evolution of the name Utah's land grant university founded in 1888 was known as the Agricultural College of Utah Later it was called Utah State Agricultural College The Utah Legislature designated an official name change to Utah State University in 1957 Mori recently USU's involvement in significant space research prompted one official of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to peg the institution: “Utah Space University” From agricultural college to space university the institution born in the land has stretched to the upper atmosphere But USU hasn't forgotton its roots according to Glen L Taggart USU president from 1968-7- 9 "There is has been and needs to be a change The university as a whole is trying to serve a broader base" Taggart said Through that attempt agriculture also benefits he said USU Provost Peter Wagner agrees What has happened is that space has been added and nothing has been taken away from agriculture he said “The traditional functions of agriculture and engineering simply have been augmented and a huge area of augmentation has come in space sciences” Wagner said The present USU research even shows an overlap in agriculture and space sciences he said as seen in a research project in the plant science department which deals with growing plants in space USU was a byproduct of the Morrill Act signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 providing grants of land to each state for support of at least one college in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes As a land grant university Utah State has a network of extension faculty members to bring the results of research and other new information to people in the state The concept has been especially helpful to farmers ranchers and others involved in Utah's agriculture industry There is a USU extension office in almost every county plus two continuing education centers in Moab and Roosevelt USU also offers an international extension program Taggart believes the shift in USU’s focus from agriculture college to space university is not downgrading agriculture but is building upon what the university has done in agriculture to produce success in other areas “Significant concerns are being expressed as to whether or not the land grant universities are losing their sense of mission — their drive for public service" said Taggart Central to these concerns is the tendency of university and administrators to internalize and perform so as to Srofessors their prestige and in doing so lose sight of their obligation to contribute to the welfare of the larger society he extend to the community is greater than ever before he said “The extension areas must qualify themselves to interpret these research findings then develop the wherewithal to extend them to communities" Taggart said “Extension should not be an appendage of the university It is at the heart of any land grant institution's mission" he said Outreach or extension programs tying agriculture to university research have been extremely effective Taggart said The same needs to be done with industry and urban-user- s of research An example of USU’s extension of the land-graphilosophy is the construction of the USU Research and Technology Park It will exist as an interface between the university and industry according to USU President Stanford Casier who dedicated the park in late 198$ Ideas that are developed at the university through research efforts will go on to be developed into commercial products to benefit the larger society Cazier said Closer ties to the private sector will help to ensure that university research is relevant to industry’s needs The univeristy has expanded its outreach program to serve innovative technology he said The list of USU’s space research accomplishments is a long one USU’s total awards in the past three years to the Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences (CASS) was 865 million for the Center for Space Engineering (CSE) it was 8281 million Wagner nt up-io-d- said d Space science research covers everything from the Get Away Special program which allows student experiments a place on the space shuttle to upper atmospheric research including basic research for the US Strategic Defease Initiative l pe awarded USU The center (formerly the Space Dynamics Laboratory) received the largest single percentage of total research centers in contract monies awarded 11 student-focuse- 1984-8- 5 space research Though USU is nationally known as a university it does not mean agriculture and extension have been forgotten Wagner said In 1984-8- 5 the Agricultural Experiment Station claimed 32 8 percent of the total outstanding research proposals the largest percentage of the 11 research centers Agriculture at USU is also getting a boost through new monies going into the biotechnology program USU requested 91 million to fund the biotechnology program but the Legislature allocated only 8250000 to begin the project Biotechnology research will include genetic alterations to build resistance in plants and animals according to Bartell Jensen USU research vice president “A lot of the applied biotechnolgy work done across the nation is not specific to Utah needs” Jensen said The USU project is a chance to pick up on something not being done elsewhere in the state he said top-not- ch r EH! 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