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Show TheUtahStatesman Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 Page 19 ! s u Pl Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman includes A-Plus! Magazine, an Orientation Issue, a look at departments and services at USU. The following information is also orientation information for your consideration. Please read this and your A-Plus! Magazine and learn more about USU! What can AAEO do for you? s! u l P UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Imagine yourself in Plants, Soils and Climate Imagine that the world can be a better place because of what you can do! The Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate integrates biological sciences, physical sciences, and design sciences to Plants, Soils sustain and enhance & Climate urban, agricultural, and natural ecosystems: the places where we live and work. Residential Landscape Design and Construction Imagine yourself designing and building beautiful spaces where people can enjoy relaxing, recreating, or working. These aren’t large spaces such as city parks or entire subdivisions, but rather the small intimate spaces that people have in their own backyards. Our Residential Landscape Design and Construction major will teach you not only how to design attractive and functional outdoor spaces, but how to construct and manage them as well. Our students learn hand drawing and computer aided design. Graduates should be able to “hang a shingle” and be in business. Environmental Soil and Water Science Imagine yourself helping planners, land managers, and farmers make the best use of our valuable soil and water resources. The production of food and fiber depends upon soil to supply water and nutrients for plant growth. s! u l P The seasonally dry Intermountain West presents unique challenges for enhancing the quantity and quality of soil and water to support a diversity of land uses -- agriculture, forestry, grazing, recreation, energy, and urban development. Graduates with this BS major often work for federal agencies such as USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Service, or Agricultural Research Service; USDI Bureau of Land Management; state departments of food, agriculture, water, and natural resources; local conservation districts; or private environmental and agricultural firms. We also offer a minor in Soil Science. Plant Sciences Imagine yourself growing flowers, turfgrass, fruits, vegetables, or agronomic crops such as alfalfa, wheat, or barley. Further, imagine yourself producing these crops in an environmentally sustainable way. Plants make the world a better place. We depend on plants for food. Flowers and turfgrass make the world more aesthetically pleasing. People who know how to grow plants well are in high demand. Plant science graduates find employment in many different places. Many work in the landscape industry in installation and maintenance or for governmental agencies such as cities and school districts. Others work on golf courses. Some graduates find employment in nurseries or in retail garden centers. Still others work for themselves as growers or as agricultural consultants. Crop science graduates may find work as field men or agronomists for agricultural industries or cooperatives. Climate Imagine yourself explaining the causes and solutions to global climate change. The climate affects much of what we do and how we live our lives. Climate is considerably more than just the weather forecast for the next day or two. Climate is the larger view of long term trends and the implications of climate on how we work and recreate. Climate has huge effects on agriculture and how we will produce our food and fiber in the future. We offer classes in climate science and, beginning Spring 2010, a minor in Climate Change and Energy. Graduate studies Imagine yourself digging even deeper into the mysteries of how plants grow, how soil supports humankind, how to use water more efficiently, or how climate interacts with plants, soils, and humans. Study in PSC majors and minors can advance students to graduate school at Utah State University or at other leading universities in North America. We enjoy high placement rates in competitive graduate programs. If you enjoy science and would like to be an effective steward of the Earth, then Plants, Soils, and Climate may be the place for you. Take a few minutes to explore these and other opportunities in the PSC department. For more information about what we have to offer see our website www.psc.usu.edu or contact us by e-mail psc@usu.edu or come see us in Room 322 Ag Science. Rewards Checking Will Have You Dancing In the Rain! 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An important part of the vision and mission of Utah State University is Affirmative to provide students with an academic, work, recreational and social environAction ment that is free of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy related issues), national origin, age, disability or an individual’s status as a veteran. In addition, USU policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation for employees in all aspects of employment and for students in academic programs. The AA/EO Office provides training, discussion, advice, assistance, compliance and enforcement of many laws and regulations which specifically impact USU students. Some of them include: Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 (prohibits discrimination and/or harassment against students on the basis of sex – which includes sexual harassment); Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (prohibits discrimination and/or harassment on the basis of race, color and national origin); Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (prohibits discrimination based on age); and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990 (as amended in 2008) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (both prohibit discrimination based on disabilities). These laws require USU to make reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. When students are employed at USU, they are also protected by the following laws: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (prohibits discrimination in all aspects of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin and also includes sexual harassment and pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions); Equal Pay Act of 1963 (requires the same pay for men and women doing substantially equal work and requiring substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions); Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of age [40 or over]); Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (as amended in 2008) (prohibits discrimination and harassment in employment on the basis of disabilities and requires USU to make reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities). Section 503 also requires federal contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified persons with disabilities; Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) of 2002 (prohibits discrimination and harassment and requires affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified disabled veterans and any other veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized); The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994 (protects civilian job rights and benefits of Reservists and members of the National Guard while they serve on active duty); and Executive Order 11246 as amended (provides affirmative action guidelines in employment as well as prohibitions against discrimination and harassment based on race, color, gender, religion and national origin) The above laws, as well as USU Policy, provide protection to individuals by making it unlawful to retaliate against an individual for opposing practices which discriminate based on a protected category or for filing a charge of discrimination, testifying or participating in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation relating to a protected category. If you feel you have been the victim of discrimination and/or harassment, want information on the subjects or just need to talk and receive guidance on options available to you, please contact the AA/EO Office. You may call us at 435-797-1266 or contact us through our web site at http:// www.usu.edu/aaeo/index.html. At our web site, you will also find information about our training and complete information regarding our policies and the laws listed within this article. We are located in Room 118 of the Military Science Building. Our entrance is located at the south end of the building, just west of the Big Blue Parking Terrace. The following individuals are here to assist you: Dave Ottley, Director and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator; Stacy Louck Sturgeon, AA/EO Specialist; and Carolyn Whelan, Staff Assistant. 2 Liters of Pop for 88 cents!! limit of 2 liters expires August 28 Buy 2 candy bars & get 1 FREE expires August 28 |