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Show Page 18 StatesmanCampus News Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 USU names new executive director of Brighacm City Regional Campus qualified applicant pool for this position," said Ronda Menlove, vice provost of Regional Campuses and Distance Education. "We are pleased to have someone of his caliber selected to be dean of the Brigham City campus." Lee said he is excited to provide students with access to a highquality education in Brigham City. He said he wants to add to the 33 degrees already offered through the Brigham City Regional Campus and maintain the impressive growth the campus has seen, including possible expansion. "This is a challenging and exciting position that comes at a time of tremendous growth for the Brigham City campus," Lee said. "I welcome the opportunity to act as a bridge between the BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS Thomas R. Lee has been named dean and executive director of Utah State University's Brigham City Regional Campus. Lee is currently the head of the family, consumer and human development department at Utah State. Lee is no stranger to the distance education system. As department head, he has been involved in developing a distance-delivered master's degree in family and human development and a new online bachelor's degree in family life studies. "Dr. Tom Lee's track record of innovation in distance education helped him rise to the top of the highly competitive and main campus and regional campus, and between the regional campus and the community, to help meet the needs of local residents." Lee completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Utah. He earned a master's degree in family and human development from USU. After completing a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, he came to USU in 1982 as an assistant professor and Extension specialist. He worked in Cooperative Extension for 20 years as a family life specialist prior to becoming department head seven years ago. Grant: Sheep genome project will also aid research of other species I continued from page 1 10 to the ninth power bases in every single cell, so it takes manpower from all the labs to isolate mutations and match the ends of the sequences to the beginnings of others. Five undergraduate students and a few post-doctorate and graduate students are studying parasite resistance in the biotechnology lab, put in 10-15 hours a week as lab technicians. "It is really a joint effort to get this done," Cockett said. "It's really amazing to work with people in other countries, especially because someone can be working on it 24 hours a day, and with e-mail we have instantaneous cornmunication." She said it took about two and a half years to work on the concept for her nearly million-dollar grant, which was finally written in June 2009. She expects the genome to be mapped in about six months and will take another year to assemble all of the pieces. She said it's not just her USDA grant that will fund the work but several smaller grants over time. "This grant is helping all sheep researchers to be able to compare back to a point of reference," she said, but it will aid researchers with other species as well. "It's about differences and similarities in genetics and environment," she said. "These are tools that help people identify those. It all starts with DNA and ordering that will help us predict what genes produce, and how they work in the body." — chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu ALMOST $1 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY will be used to map the sheep genome. It took grant recipient and Dean of the College of Agriculture Noelle Cockett two and a half years to work on the concept for this project. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo STORE HOURS: Mon.-Sat. 6:00 AM - Midnight, r1 www.leesmarketplace.com Sunday Visit our red box'L for your favorite new releases. Just $1 per day ! Logan 555 E.1400 N. (435) 755-5100 Pharmacy (435) 750-0258 Smithfield 850 S. Main • (435) 563-6251 Pharmacy (435) 563-6201 MARKETPLACE We are located in the University Shopping Center s1 pVDs'I 1200 North Prices Effective Nov. 30th - Dec. 5th, 2009 1000 North Premium Gold Pineapple 5-10.25 oz. Value Menu Select Varieties Banquet Dinners Soli sb. ry , TER FAMILY Western Family 18 oz. Corn Flakes „d o', '1/11 "hie. C0111-Fltie5 5 lb. Box Fresh Juicy Clementines Crisp Cauliflower Clover Club 10 oz. Asst. Potato Chips Bolthouse Farms 2 lb. Bag Baby-Cut Carrots 2 Liter Bottles Pepsi Products BEEF Flavor 3 for POWERade 32 oz. Asst. Sports Drinks 80% Lean Ground Beef estern Family 5.6-8.25 oz. Asst. Skillet Meals lb. Sold In a 2 lb. Chub at $3.38 ea. Bakery Fresh 48 oz. Smoothies or 64 oz. Asst. Sunny D Hunt's 4 pk. 3.5 oz. Pudding or Juicy Gels Asst. Snack Pack 10.5 inch Original Tony's Pizza $2 00 French Bread 'O." Stephen's 16 oz. Don Julio 10 oz. Asst. 33 Hot Cocoa Tortilla Chips YIL.7 iks 111,..1 11 10 - MILE CHOCOLA TE |