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USU Ag students recently built extra-large chicken coops as part of their Ag Structures class project and installed the coops at Utah Refugee Goats' Salt Lake City farm.

Refugee communities in Utah are being supplied with farm-fresh eggs and poultry thanks to a collaborative effort between Utah State University and Utah Refugee Goats.

The project is part of a meat science unit with a “farm-to-fork” philosophy. For many students, it is the final step in learning how animals are raised before the product reaches the consumer. In a world where remote work and delivery services make it pos...

The National FFA Organization recently added four new leaders to the National FFA Board of Directors. The board members support the National FFA Organization by providing direction and policy, comprising 13 members from diverse agricultural and industry b...

Students in Melissa Clark’s Advanced Apparel Studies course installed the new exhibit, which highlights more than a century of Aggie fashion. The installation features 19 garments: 10 historic pieces and nine modern designs outfitted on dress forms assemb...

Loud budgeting is being open and vocal about your financial goals and spending limits, particularly in social situations where there might be pressure to overspend. The core idea is to normalize conversations about money and reduce the shame associated wi...

For Sarah McBride, a Family and Consumer Sciences Education major from Plain City, Utah, teaching goes beyond classroom lessons — it’s about giving students the tools they need for real life.

Math class and SAT prep can be a drag, but not every class needs to be deskbound. At a high school in Clinton, Missouri, students break up their day with hands-on projects in Hannah Lloyd’s woodshop and engineering classes, where creativity, curiosity and...

When Jeremy Case decided to leave his home in Twin Falls, Idaho, for Utah State University, his plan was to major in molecular biology. Now he’s graduating as the College of Agriculture Applied Sciences’ Class of 2025 valedictorian with a bachelor’s degre...

As a senior at Utah State University studying agricultural communications, Kaitlyn Lunt hopes to pursue a career in marketing or public relations in the agricultural industry after graduating in the spring.

The program prepares teachers to incorporate key elements of agricultural literacy into core subjects including science, social studies, economics and history in grades K-12. It also helps teachers understand emerging trends in precision and sustainable a...

Addison Stoddard thrives on connection and curiosity—traits that have shaped both her academic path and career aspirations. A double major in agricultural communications and journalism, she’s set to graduate this spring with plans to stay in Utah and purs...

Assistant Professor Lacee Boschetto leads the Family and Consumer Sciences Education program with a philosophy that reflects her passion for teaching: "Make it Known. Make it Real. Make it Matter."

Congratulations to Corryn La Rue, an ag communications and broadcast journalism alumnus, for winning the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Horizon Award! La Rue graduated from Utah State University in 2019 with a bachelor’s in Ag Communications a...

The agricultural sorority, Sigma Alpha, has finally made its way into Utah, with a chapter being founded at Utah State University this last year. Sigma Alpha is a professional agricultural sorority that focuses on scholarship, leadership, service, and pro...

Morgan Perkins, a senior ag communications and journalism student at Utah State University, recently received an Emmy from the Society of Professional Journalism as part of a class project.

Lacee Boschetto was selected to present at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Leadership Academy. Boschetto was one of nine new AAFCS professionals chosen from across the U.S. to participate in the leadership academy in Balti...

Progressive Publishing hired Allyson Dalton (formerly King) as a summer editorial intern for Progressive Cattle. In this position, she will be writing news articles and feature stories, assisting with social media and receiving a first-hand look at the Pr...

The Fashion Studies Institutional Certificate of Proficiency will introduce students to the apparel and fashion industry through textile science, apparel construction, sustainability, and product development. Students will be able to learn design and deve...

The Global Agriculture, Leadership, and Education institutional certificate of proficiency will provide students with formal instruction in global agricultural concepts, leadership, and education and provides opportunities for practical experiences.

Professor Rebecca Lawver, head of Utah State University’s Department Head of Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education, has been elected president of the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE), and will lead the organization through May ...

On the path to retirement you collect mental sound bites, numbers and snapshots of your life. Some of them you keep, others end up in the landfill of nostalgia. There are all the places you have lived, awards, the number of students you’ve taught and sign...

American historian Henry B. Adams said, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." In that context, Professor Gary Straquadine’s work has and will continue to influence people for generations.

At its Mid-Winter Conference, the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education acknowledged Utah State University’s excellence in preparing outstanding teachers who provide their students with tools and opportunities to develop important technical ...

Though she didn’t know it as she grew up playing in those fields of corn, one day she would be teaching the children of those farmers about how to be effective leaders, teammates and business leaders.

“So, you are here to get all the secrets?” Michael Pate, an associate professor of agricultural systems technology, sits at his desk, a guarded smile on his face.

Three students from the Utah State Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (Utah State ACT) chapter attended the Ag Media Summit in Kansas City, Mo., where the chapter and some individual members received awards from the National Agricultural Communicators...

The word “agriculture” usually brings to mind crops and animals, but it’s the people working in agriculture who feed the world.

The Department of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education (ASTE) is pleased to announce that lecturer Michelle Burrows has been named a recipient of the NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award.

The Department of Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education is marked a milestone this spring with the first three graduates – Paul Hill, Michelle Burrows, and Julie Lamarra — from the career and technical education (CTE) doctoral program.

Though agriculture is central to life, puts science and other STEM subjects into practice, and is tied to economics, business and social sciences, Americans get little formal education about it...

Tyson Sorensen, an assistant professor of agricultural education, was one of just three educators in the country recently recognized with an early-career teaching award from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Abby L. Marlatt was on the first faculty of the Utah Agricultural College (UAC) and fostered study of the Domestic Sciences in a single, barely equipped room in the basement of the Main Building.

A corps of USU agricultural education students and faculty recently attended the Western Region Conference of AAAE in Anchorage, Alaska, and brought home top honors for their research.

Under the new administrative structure, Lawver will oversee programs that train future secondary school teachers of family and consumer sciences, technology and engineering, agriculture, and business education.

When Ray Wheeler arrived in Utah to do graduate work in plant ecology, he had a fascination with plants, a love of science and discovery, and no aspirations to be part of the U.S. space program. But that changed when he was introduced the NASA space resea...