Show -M Vlv‘S I11 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 20 2003 — C5 Robins Award recipients honored at Utah State By U8U Media RelaUona Year Award A group of Utah State students and faculty representing various areas in the College of Hngi- Utah State University illuminated Old Main’s “A” in bhie lights to netting built the 1905 replica of the honor all award recipients from the Wright brothers’ plane to honor the 100th anniversary of powered flight 46th annual Robins Awards Dave Awards Robins Widauf and Charles Larsen are the most The coveted of all Utah State honors and ' two indusbial technology and educa-tion professors from Utah State are named after William E Robins Robins served as the Utah State stu-thought it would be both an interest-dent body president in 1949 and had mg challenge and a fun endeavor to build a replica of the Wright broth- an ability to project his own vision ers’ aircraft Doctoral student Nick and make it the vision of the Utah State Campus The awards memorial- - Alley Ogden who headed up the ize Robins who died along with his " design team of 10 mechanical engi- wife in a plane crash in 1934 netting seniors said the thousands of design hours put into this project The featured award of the evening have paid off as a the Bill Robins Memorial Award went to Justin R Hamilton The opportunity The aircraft was unveiled last August to a crowd of award is presented to the student 10000 people at the Logan-Cacwho represents the best of what has and offer to to someone airport youth The Organization of the Year who has excelled academically dis-played outstanding leadership ability Award went to the Special Olympics Invitational organizers for demon- and shown dedication to Utah State has served as president of Hamilton strating excellence within their orga- nization and for service to Utah the President’s Leadership Council State The 2002-0- 3 Special Olympics and has been a member of the Stu-Invitational Committee returned the dent Alumni Association Executive Board for two consecutive years He Special Olympics Spring Invitational to Utah State after a two-ye- ar has volunteered with the Red Cross absence The committee organized a as a Youth Ambassador and with fall swim meet which served about Habitat for Humanity He has 120 individuals including athletes worked with Nuestro Futuro an after-schoand their families with the help of program for Latino youth and is a member of Sigma Chi 35 volunteers accumulating more than 300 hours of service They also Fraternity He has also held numer-ous ASUSU leadership positions organized a fall invitational where more than 500 people attended and Hamilton owns Cafd Sabor a local Latino bistro and plans to pursue a again more than 350 volunteers law degree and a master’s degree in helped with an unbelievable 1300 hours of dedicated service business administration Winning 'folent of the Year was Taking home the Val R Chris- tensen Service Award was Alpha Chi Alessandra Volpi This award goes to an individual who demonstrates an Omega sorority The award was established in honor of Val R Chris- outstanding mental endowment or tensen’s outstanding lifetime contri- superior capacity in the field of music dance art or drama Volpi is bution to volunteerism and is recognized in the United States as presented to a student or organiza- tion whose volunteer service has had well as in Europe as one of the most a significant impact on Utah State accomplished pianists of her time She has won a myriad of awards and and the community The sorority her accomplishments have taken her State the Utah supported University to perform in Italy Scotland Women’s Center and assembled and distributed red zone kits as well as Budapest and all over the United States raised $3000-$400- 0 for the center The Female Athlete of the Year during its annual Homecoming week Dollar Days The women also assem- - award went to Brigid Turner and Jose Fuentes received the Male Ath- bled relief packages for troops in collected and mm than lete of the Year The winners demon- Afghanistan strate exceptional qualities of athletic 300 cans of food during a food drive skill sportsmanship anddetermina- The Utah State Wright Flyer tion that brings recognition to Utah received the Achievement of the once-in-a-lifeti- he ol State In 1999 Turner led the Utah State soccer team in goals and wfi West second named to the team for her efforts She has 32 goals in her career at Utah State and is a all-B- ig academic three-tim-e all-B- ig - West honoree Puentes finished his career in Utah State football as the top pass- er in school history He leaves Utah State with nearly 20 school records including such notable marks as career passing yards season passing yards career touchdown passes and season touchdown passes Fuentes played at a started in 31 consecutive games at Utah State Aleksey E Kuznetsov took home the Graduate Research Assistant Award for showing superior research capability and academic excellence Kuznetsov is pursuing a doctorate in physical chemistry in die College of Science Since coming to Utah State Kuznetsov has published 12 articles in national and international journals and has presented research at two international meetings The Graduate Teaching Assistant Award went to Mary Ellen Green- wood a teaching assistant in the English department of the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sci- - ences for showing superior teaching ability and academic excellence Greenwood teaches English 1010 the beginning writing class In addi- tion to her teaching responsibilities Greenwood is the assistant director of writing for all EnglishlOlO cours- es where she helps train supervise and mentor graduate instructors who teach the course The Professional Advisor of the Year went to Jana Kay Lunstad for providing students with outstanding academic advising Lundstad has served as an academic advisor in the department of English for the past three and a half years and currently works with more than 400 students Lundstad serves as the undergraduate advisor for English and American Studies majors and is an instructor for English 1110 the orientation course for English majors Taking home the Faculty Advisor of the Year was Chris Luecke facul- ty member and department head of the department of aquatic watershed and earth resources in the College of Natural Resources Despite the demands of his position Luecke advises and mentors a large percent-first-ye- ar age of students in his department and the department of forest range and wildlife sciences He involves sever- al undergraduate students in his research program each year and many of them have presented research at a national level Edwin Stafford a professor in the department of marketing in the Col- lege of Business received the award for Professor of the Year Stafford gives students a relevant hands-o- n learning experience provides stu- dents with the tools to learn incorpo- rates real world perspectives on globalization social issues and cur-rent events and engages in educa-tional outreach The Scholar of the Year is Jeffrey Leek This award is given to some- one who has demonstrated outstand- ing knowledge and skill in a particular field and has made a sin- gular contribution in research appli- cation and determination to succeed Leek part of the Utah State Honors Program is a mathematics and statis- tics major in the College of Science with a 40 grade point average He for his classes so that they can see how the lessons leaned in the class- room apply to what they will be doing in their occupation He has also been the recipient of the innova tion award from the Utah Parks and Recreation Association Medlir Mema is Utah State’s Man of the Yeqr and Theresa Foxley is Utah State’s Woman of the Year Mema and Foxley were chosen for making exceptional contributions the university during the past year and for exemplifying traits that set them above other classmates Mema a political science major in the Col- lege of HASS is a member of the Golden Key Honor Society the National Dean's List as well as pres-ident of Pi Sigma Alpha a political science honor society He has served internships at the Middle East Policy Council in Washington DC in a law firm in Cincinnati and another for a marketing firm in Atlanta Mema is also involved in College Democrats and is an ambassador in the Intema- tional Student Association Mema has accomplished all of this while maintaining a 39 grade point aver- age his senior year with 22 credit hours and two e jobs He has also studied five languages Foxley is an active member of the Chi Omega Sorority and serves as chapter treasurer and as the academic vice president for the Greek Council Foxley has maintained a 40 grade point average consistently stayed on the Dean’s List and has received the served as the ASUSU Science Sena- - tor for the past year and has been a strong student advocate developed a student newsletter initiated a Sci- ence Ambassadors program and worked with university administra- tors to create theme housing for biol- ogy and computer science majors Leek has been a tutor and grader in the math and statistics department and an emergency room volunteerSpanish translator at Logan Regional Hospital He has been accepted as a teaching assistant at Harvard University in the depart- ment of biostatistics and received the National Research Service Award a grant affiliated with the National Cancer Institute Frank White retiring professor in the health physical education and recreation department received the Gerald R Sherratt Award This spe- cial award goes to that individual of the university administration or staff who has displayed superior leader- ship skills and abilities as well as unsurpassed dedication and service to students In 1998 White designed and built the ropes course for Utah State which has been used in many classes and organizations to promote teamwork and leadership skills He has personally funded camping trips part-tim- Presidential Scholarship as well as the Robert C Byrd Scholarship Her desire to be involved in political sci- ence has given her the opportunity to experience working with senators V and congressmen in Washington DC as an intern for Congressman Cannon ’ During the holiday break Foxley traveled to Koussanar Senegal where she immersed herself in a humanitarian and medical mission which encompassed teaching English and basic hygiene to local elemen- tary-age- d ’ Crossword solution students The Robins Awards were orga- nized this year by Tiffany Evans Utah State director of student activi- ties and Utah State Organizations and Traditions vice president David Osmond More than 100 nominations are received every year for the Robins Awards k Mb -- V ' I ’ ORGAN CONCERT ana workshop Featuring ORGANIST WORKSHOP sponsoredby Logan Gty Environmental Division 10:00am EVERYONE WELCOME! 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Workshop Topics: Bear River Celebration Thinking Differently Basic Console Information Come join us for the Bear River Celebration on April 26 2003 This is a FREE event for the public and all are welcome to join This event will include: Description of Organ Voices Role of Blended Organ ’ ORGAN CONCERT 7:00pm RICHARD D JAEGGI Come join in the fun at this educational event about the Bear River water conservation and other Environmental issues This Free event will be held at the American West Heritage Center on April 26 9:00-4:0- 0 Richard D Jaeggi is a graduate of the College Conservatory of Music University ofCindnatti He holds a bachelors degree in organ performance and has done post graduate work at United Seminary in Dayton Ohio pm questions about the Bear River Celebration please call USU or contact us the Cache Valley Clean Team pension at 797-25- This will be a GREAT EVENING w 80 716-979- ' 2 event is sponsored by USU Extension the Conservation Districts Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education American West Heritage The Natural Resources Center Conservation Service and Logan City This Environmental Division Don't Miss It! Refreshments will be served! Please RSVP by Monday April 21st V 71753 wwwcvcleanteamorg V 4 t Conclusion i Interactive booths Games for the kids Food And a variety of speakers from Orchestral Colors in Worship using MIDI in Live Performance Blended WorshipBlended Organ 1940 North Main N Logan ' 752-751- 0 Works by JS Bach Langlais and Vieme Many will be hymn based and will toudi on the theme of God’s Earth in note of the 22nd being Earth Day Chronicler III j i |