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Show Page 3 StatesmanCampus News Friday, April 24, 2009 Associate dean awarded for work with water quality Briefs Campus & Community ByJACIEFASSELIN staff writer During the annual Utah Water Environmental Association meeting in St. George April 1, Utah States Nancy Mesner received the Calvin K. Sudweeks Water Quality Award. Mesner is the associate dean of the College of Natural Resources. She also serves as program leader for USU Natural Resources Extension. For her work through . Extension, Mesner was recognized by the Utah Division of Water Quality. V Some of her work included developing a youth education program. Mesner said her program originally targeted ninth graders by correlating with earth systems science core curriculum. The program was later adapted for use throughout grades K-12. "We build a lot of it around stream monitoring. We hope that engages (students) for the rest of their lives," she said. The program also works to educate teachers how to present water quality materials, Mesner said. Mesner hopes her program will let kids in grades K-12 experience some aspect of rivers or lakes and riparian areas. Furthermore, she said she hopes this experience will encourage kids to care about the use and treatment of watersheds. To be successful in achieving goals for the watershed, one must partner well, find common goals, funding and the energy to make those goals happen, Mesner said. Extension works with many different agencies including Jl See WATER, page 10 Two students are awarded fellowships NANCY MESNER, ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF N A T U R A L RESOURCES gives a training course called Streamside Science to high school teachers, educating them to teach the science to their own pupils. Mesner received the Calvin K. Sudweeks Water Quality Award. photo courtesy of NANCY MESNER Mother (Earth) Day The Utah Humanities Council (UHC) recently awarded two fellowships - one to an undergraduate student and one to a graduate student - to support research in the humanities. Each student fellowship provides a cash award of $500. Unlike their peers in the sciences, students in the humanities have typically been disadvantage^ by a lack of financial support to do research. Trenton Olsen, an undergraduate student in English, received a UHC fellowship for his project that compares the poetry of contemporary Irish poet Seamus Heaney to the famous Romantic writer William Wordsworth. Christopher Blythe was awarded a student fellowship for his work on the organizational diversity among Mormon Fundamentalist sects. USU student to represent Utah at Student Congress Samantha Coombs, a political science major at USU, will represent Utah in the second annual Henry Clay Student Congress to take place in Lexington, Ky., in June. The program is a five-day course designed to further educate students in the field of statesmanship, diplomacy and networking. To be a part of the Henry Clay Student Congress, a student must be nominated by their college or university, and then chosen by the state's senior U.S. senator. This year, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, requested that a student from Utah State serve as the representative for Utah at this year's student congress, said Cindy Nielsen, Political Science internship coordinator at USU. "There have been many Utah State students over the past years who've served internships in various places that have done a wonderful job. These opportunities are arranged through the Political Science Department." Nielsen said. "I'm sure Samantha Coombs will be a great representative for Utah State, and Utah as a whole. Her professors consider this to be a great choice because she is so talented and articulate." ABOVE, JAYNAN CHANCELLOR, the African dance class instructor, and Dawii, a traditional West African drum group play on the Quad for Earth Day. CAMERON PETERSON photo. To celebrate Earth Day, Student Services hosted the Earth Day Extravaganza on the Quad. Students were encouraged to participate in activities and learn how to make USU a green campus. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo •• i • '4 •J ? -.' f. ' - s 4*,.,, • Sale: Artworks being put to good use O continued from page 1 Park: Sign and Cache orchestra performs at USU plaque honor The Cache Chamber agriculture Orchestra performs Sunday. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in senior lecturer April the Kent Concert Hall of [J continuedfrom page 1 T H E CERAMICS GUILD IS SELLING THEIR W O R K throughout the weekend in order to provide machines and equipment for USU's program. CODY GOCHNOUR photo The pieces vary in shape, size and color, but most of them are functional, said Matt Conlon, junior in ceramics. Each piece has been shaped, glazed and fired, he said. "A pretty famous saying in ceramics is 'Each piece takes five minutes and 25 years,'" he said. Conlon has been making pottery for more than eight years and had a few dozen pieces in this year's show, he said. Alix Brodeur said she likes seeing other people get excited about pottery because it is so important in her life. It is a great time to buy gifts with Mother's Day and the wedding season approaching, she said. Brodeur is a transfer student from Massachusetts and said she came to Utah State because it has such a strong ceramics program. The show opened Thursday night and will continue Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts building, room 121. It is open to the public. -seth.bracken@aggiemail.usu.edu new park. Part of Aston's plans for the park is to build a pavilion and a barbecue area. It will be especially beneficial for those students enrolled in Aston's landscape construction class, with the park serving as a good construction project. "It's going to be an ongoing development. When it's finished, I doubt it will ever be finished, the park will give students practical experience on a small, residential scale," Roper said. Roper said Aston's living legacy of caring for the students he works with will continue with the park. "Craig is richly deserving of the honor. He has been extremely dedicated to students and the department," he said. -beck.turner@aggiemail.usu. edu the Chase Fine Arts Center. There is no cost to attend the concert. Featured soloist Konlin Shen is a 16-year-old senior at Logan High School. He began studying violin at age 5, and currently studies with Mark Emile. In addition to soloing with the Logan High Orchestra three times, Konlin serves as concert master for the Logan High Chamber Orchestra. He has received numerous awards at both state and national levels. This is his second i performance with the Cache Chamber Orchestra. Emile will conduct the orchestra1 for Konlin's performance of the third and fourth movements of the "Scottish Fantasy" for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch. • IMCompiled from staff and media reports |