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January 19 - 25, 2025

Jan

QCNR Grad Student Social Committee Meeting

Student Activities

Join us for our first social committee meeting to start planning our annual winter formal!

11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Jan

USU Spring STEM Career Fair

Fair/Festival

The USU STEM Career Fair is open to all majors but is targeted towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics majors. This event is a great opportunity for both local and national companies to recruit our amazing USU students and alumni for open roles. Industries represented include: Engineering, Healthcare, Construction, Environmental, Technology, Energy, Landscape Architecture, Consulting and Government.

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | TSC, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom | More Info

Jan

Candidate Presentation: ENVS Moab Faculty Candidate #2

Panel Discussion/Presentation

ENVS Moab Faculty Candidate #2 Presentation w/ Q&A

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Jan

WILD - Ecology Center Spring Seminar

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Peter Adler will be presenting a seminar titled, "Doing Deep Work in a World of Digital Distractions: A Discussion".

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Biology & Natural Resources building | More Info

Jan

Forestry Club Scrapbooking Social

Student Activities

Come to our annual Scrapbooking Night! We will provide Hot Chocolate and Cider and materials to fill out the Forestry Club Scrapbook, a tradition that goes back to the 1930's. This is your chance to be part of the USU Natural Resources legacy, and to have fun and yummy drinks with friends.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Jan

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Jan

Data Science Workshops with the Ecology Center

Workshop/Training

This is a free skill sharing program though the Ecology Center that lets grad students learn immediately applicable techniques from their peers. All students from all departments are welcome! Tell your friends! This semester, we are pleased to offer 5 new workshops in addition to our most popular classics. Please review the schedule below and sign up for the workshops that you would like to attend via the event URL.

Jan 16 - Data management with data.table - Michael Stemkovski
Jan 23 - Iteration with loops/apply - Dani Berger
Jan 30 - Writing custom functions - Michael Stemkovski
Feb 6 - Script organization with Rmarkdown - Annie Schiffer *
Feb 13 - Visualizations with ggplot - Soren Struckman
Feb 20 - Working with words using regex & stringr - Michael Stemkovski *
Feb 27 - Wrangling spatial data - Dani Berger
Mar 6 - Plotting maps - Maria Stahl
Mar 20 - Demystifying R model formulas - Michael Stemkovski
Mar 27 - Generalized linear mixed models - Kelvyn Bladen *
Apr 3 - Bayesian models with RStan/BRMS (NR 202) - Annie Schiffer *
Apr 10 - Machine learning methods - Kelvyn Bladen
Apr 17 - Working with databases using SQL - Soren Struckman *
* brand new workshop

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Jan

Watershed Science Spring Seminar: Climate Data for Climate Adaptation, with Andre Moraes

Conference/Seminar

Please join us for a Watershed Sciences seminar! Light refreshments provided.

Andre Moraes
USU Department of Watershed Sciences and Climate Adaptation Science

Thursday, January 23 @ 4:30pm in NR 105

"Climate Data for Climate Adaptation"

Andre Moraes is an environmental scientist who is passionate about using geospatial and remote sensing analysis in multidisciplinary environments to do stakeholder-driven research and assess, model, and identify solutions for environmental issues. Currently, Andre has focused his research, teaching, and outreach on Climate Data Analysis and Adaptation to Climate Change.

Other interests include the assessment and modeling of Soil and Water Conservation Practices, Pedometrics, and the monitoring of seasonal and long-term Land Cover and Water Demand Changes.

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Jan

Tune n' Wax Clinic with Aggie Rec

Recreation

Do your skis or board need some attention? Learn how to do a basic tune and wax! Price includes equipment, wax, P-Tex, and instruction.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Aggie Recreation Center (ARC) | More Info

Jan

Blind Hollow Yurt Backcountry Skiing/Boarding with Aggie Rec

Recreation

We are heading up to the Blind Hollow yurt to spend the weekend enjoying the Bear River backcountry. We will explore some of the fantastic riding terrain around Blind Hollow and spend the evenings around the fire in the comforts of the OP's yurt. Prior backcountry experience is recommended and participants must be expert/advanced riders (able to comfortably ride black diamond western resort terrain). Participants must also be in good physical condition and prepared for strenuous uphill hiking. Winter backcountry travel equipment(Alpine Touring, Telemark, Splitboard) is required and available to rent from the OP for a nominal fee. NO SNOWSHOES.

All Day | More Info

Jan

Leadership Forum: Jeff Reece - Spring 2025

Conference/Seminar

Join us for an engaging leadership forum featuring Jeff Reece, a dynamic professional and Huntsman School of Business alum, who thrived in two contrasting careers - one consulting, investment banking and private equity and one in international conservation. Hear from Jeff on his unique perspective from living in two opposing worlds. One world of perpetual growth fuel by extraction, consumption and waster and the other striving for ecological balance and social justice.

Reece is the co-founder of several organizations and initiatives that operate at the intersection of business and conservation. These include:

MarVivo Network: A blue carbon mangrove and marine conservation network within the Eastern Tropical Seascape, encompassing areas such as the Sea of Cortez and the Baja Peninsula.

InfiniteEARTH: A company specializing in developing and managing tropical conservation land banks, providing environmental offsets, and creating private-label corporate social responsibility (CSR) solutions for businesses worldwide.

EcoSmart Labs: A firm offering comprehensive solutions to help asset managers assess and address carbon risk.

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Huntsman Hall | More Info

Jan

LAEP Speaker Series: David Anderson, What Can Landscape Architecture Do for the Environment and Our Humanity

Lecture/Readings

About the Lecture How can we display genuine empathy, grace, and compassion toward ourselves and others – and the natural world around us? Humans are reliant on the environment for essential resources and services. In the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature, landscape architecture plays a unique and critical role that, through design, addresses the social needs, fundamental rights, and wellbeing of people, while stewarding care and renewal of ecological systems. Speaker Bio Dave is a Professional Practice Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (LAEP) at USU where he has teaching and Extension assignments. Dave leads instruction of the department’s Introduction to Landscape Architecture course, the largest of its kind in the U.S. with over 1,000 students taught annually. He teaches University Connections to incoming freshmen and has taught Foundations of Sustainable Systems, Land Planning for Residential Development, co-taught the Leadership in Planning and Design – a Capstone studio for LAEP seniors, and currently instructs the Analysis and Design I studio.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual | More Info

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