Summer/Fall
2020
CultivateThe Magazine of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Healthcare Professionals for Utah’s Rural Communities
USU’s statewide campuses offer programs to fill the demand for healthcare practitioners with a range of training, including medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, emergency medical technicians, medical laboratory technicians, pharmacy technicians, phlebotomists, and surgical technicians. The programs are part of the Department of Aviation and Technical Education’s focus on teaching skills that are needed in communities throughout the state and region.
In This Issue
USU Aviation Makes Adjustments for COVID-19 and is Back in the Air
In order to get students back up in the air and progressing with their required flight hours, the program administrators and instructors worked with USU Risk Management and the President’s Office
Heloisa Rutigliano is USU’s Teacher of the Year
Heloisa Rutigliano discovered her passion for teaching as a graduate teaching assistant. Now this outstanding assistant professor in USU's School of Veterinary Medicine has been recognized as the university's teacher of the year.
Serving Students, Animal Owners, and Utah Veterinarians
Two Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory leaders and USU School of Veterinary Medicine faculty members were honored by the Utah Veterinary Medical Association. Jane Kelly was chosen as the president-elect of the UVMA and Thomas Baldwin was named the Utah Veterinarian of the Year.
The Last Word - Our Food Systems and Covid-19
Utah State University’s Hunger Solutions Institute, and combined efforts of donors and volunteers, managed to pull off “miracles” to help struggling Utahns on both ends of the food supply chain.
Aggie Chocolate Factory+Outdoor Product Design+Beaver Mountain = A Sweet Collaboration
In what may seem an unlikely pairing, the Aggie Chocolate Factory and the Outdoor Product Design and Development (OPDD) program worked with Beaver Mountain Ski Resort to produce the Beaver Bar.
Professor A.A. Heravi Atrium Dedication
A space has been named to honor Professor A.A. Heravi, a pioneer of scientific farming in Iran. The atrium’s naming recognizes just one of the many generous gifts alumnus Mehdi Heravi has given across many programs and departments at Utah State University.
The Aggie Creamery and Aggie Chocolate Factory are Best of State
Aggie Ice Cream and cheeses from the Aggie Creamery and artisan chocolate produced at the Aggie Chocolate Factory are delicious and named "Best in State.More In This Issue
A Farmer’s Wife and Remarkable Life
Flora was a busy and popular student at the Utah Agricultural College. She was an excellent tennis player and president of the Girls Athletic Club. She was involved in theater and student government and was easy to spot around town and on campus because she had her own car.
USU/UofU Team Wins 2021 Utah Real Estate Challenge
Following many weeks of creative collaboration and countless hours of work in the design studio, three LAEP students and their two teammates at the U of U were recently named winners of the 2021 Utah Real Estate Challenge and claimed the contest’s $20,000 grand prize.
Past Issue Articles
Learning to Live Your Best Life: Celebrating a Century of Family and Consumer Sciences Education
2019 marked the year that Utah State University has been preparing future secondary school teachers to teach important skills for daily living for 100 years.
James Thomas - 2019 Alumni Hall of Honor
Jim Thomas makes you simultaneously want to be a better person and feel bad about yourself. “I retired 18 years ago, but continue to work and represent Utah State University in various countries.”
The Last Word - Inclusion by Design
Most of the time people think disability is a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. In other words, disability is a condition that limits a person…. which is wrong.
Inspired and Inspiring: Helen Lower Simmons
Many students arrive at college uncertain about their education goals and career plans. Miss Helen Lower wasn’t one of them. “I decided in the seventh grade that I wanted to be a home economics teacher and my inspiration was Anna Lou Rees,” she said.
Alumni Paths from Nutrition to Medical Careers
Many alumni of Utah State University’s nutrition science program are pursuing medical careers and finding they stand out among the students competing for the limited number of slots available annually at medical and dental schools.
Aviation Program Takes Flight in Price, Utah
Utah State University pilots-in-training are once again flying over the desert landscape of the San Rafael Swell in southeastern Utah as the aviation program manages rapid growth. USU Eastern has smaller class sizes, less air traffic, and lower tuition.
Figure it Out & Get it Done - Philip and Janice Lundell Scholarship
Eleven is an awkward age for most boys. For Phillip Lundell it was the age he lost his right arm and right lung in a hunting accident. He was close to death in a hospital for nearly a year; then came the hard part.
USU Toxicology Student Takes American Society for Nutrition Top Awards
a Utah State University toxicology doctoral candidate, shows that when it comes to developing some cancers, you are what you eat and so are your great-grandchildren.