Upcoming Events
USU Aviation Week - Career Day
Panel Discussion/Presentation
USU Aviation Technology Career Day and Conference is being held to help current aviation, students or students interested in aviation, network with airline representatives and other industry professionals and glean information on how to enter the exciting world of aviation!
USU Aviation Week - Maintenance and Sims
Panel Discussion/Presentation
USU Aviation Technology Aviation Week will be highlighting the program that started it all at USU: AVIATION MAINTENANCE! Tours of our aviation maintenance facility in the USU TECH Building including the only jet engine test cell based at a university in Utah and in the region.
In the Industrial Science Building we will have tours of our aircraft simulators students use to advance their training, and we'll have a drone simulator you can try as well.
USU Aviation Week - Airport Open House and Tours
Information/Orientation
USU Aviation Technology Aviation Week will conclude at the Logan/Cache Airport with our Open House. You will tour USU Flight training facilities, hangars, and the fixed-wing and rotary aircraft we use for training. Students and staff will be available for any questions you may have. This event is open to the public.
EcoLunch
Social/Networking
EcoLunch is a weekly lunch for grad students where we host activities, discussions, and workshops, often in the realm of ecology and natural resources. ALL QANR and Ecology-Center affiliated graduate students are invited to attend regardless of research interests. To find out each week's discussion topic, please reach out to Bailey.Holdaway@usu.edu We mostly meet in NR204, but location does occasionally change!
WILD 2450 & USU Wildland Fire Club S130 - Wildland Firefighter Training Field Exercise
Workshop/Training
Learn what it takes to become a Wildland Firefighter as part of the WILD 2450 - Wildland Fire Operations course. Field Exercise is part of the ongoing S130 - Wildland Firefighter Training. One does not need to be in the S130 training to participate in the field exercise. Held in conjunction with the USU Wildland Fire Club and a number of wildland fire agencies will be helping with the training.
Cache Valley Native Plants Potting
Student Activities
Come help SER pot Cache Valley native plants at the Cache Valley Native Plants Nursery! We will be meeting in the Natural Resources Atrium at 10:15am before making the ~30 minute drive to the nursery. Rides are available, however seating is limited. If you would like to meet us there by 11am, the address is 11583 N 2000 E Richmond UT 84333. Please bring your own water!
Geosciences Speaker Series: Student Research Updates
Conference/Seminar
USU Geosciences grad students will present on the research they are currently working on.
Plants, Soils & Climate Seminar
Conference/Seminar
PSC Graduate Seminar is held most Mondays from January to April. Weekly seminar will have different presenters, from graduate students to invited guest speakers.
MS Thesis Defense: Rocky Seeley
Conference/Seminar
MS Defense for Rocky Seeley Zoom Link: https://usu.zoom.us/j/84468430896?pwd=sxLaSbbxVrlzaitJXKooMPJ6YPzDIc.1
Plants, Soils & Climate Spring Showcase
Exhibition
Come support the undergraduate and graduate students in the PSC department as they present their research through an interactive poster session! Learn about exciting projects such as the genetic basis behind invasive aquatic weeds, ocean weather patterns that effect Utah's snowfall, water distribution in root zones for plants grown in space, and everything in between! Posters and presenters will be available for discussion in the main atrium of the Agricultural Science Building.
PSC Spring Showcase, Guest Speaker: Ben Conrad
Special Event
Department of Plants, Soils & Climate is hosting a Spring Showcase for students to present posters of their research. Ben Conrad, Director of Micrometeorology, Campbell Scientific is the guest speaker for this event. His presentation title is: "From Data to Decisions: Building a Career in a Changing Climate"
Climate Adaptation Science Spring Report Out '26
Conference/Seminar
Please join us for a joint showcase where graduate scholars from the Climate Adaptation Science Program (CAS) and undergraduate interns from the Climate Adaptation Internship Program (CAIP) will present their innovative research, applied projects, and community‑focused climate adaptation work.
Watershed Sciences Graduate Symposium
Special Event
The morning symposium provides an opportunity for our graduate students to present ideas about their thesis/dissertation research and to receive feedback regarding their plans. Your comments and insights are welcome and expected. We will hear from a good mix of MS and PhD students. Whether you are there to give feedback, support your fellow students, find out what everyone is working on, network, socialize, or are curious about grad school yourself, all are welcome! Refreshments, including donuts, pastries, fruit, coffee, and tea, will be provided and available starting at 8am. 2026 WATS Graduate Symposium Agenda 8:30: Introduction 8:40: Kayla Hancey, PhD (Teal) 9:00: Katia Quezada-Villa, MS (Atwood) 9:20: Leonce Ngirinshuti, PhD (Hawkins) 9:40: Anna Amidon, MS (Budy) 10:00: Lindsay Hansen, PhD (Budy) 10:20: Break 10:40: Sajad Koshnood, PhD (Moraes) 11:00: Wes Johnston, MS (Scamardo) 11:20: Bethany Blakey, MS (Scamardo) 11:40: Sophie Stiles, PhD (Belmont) 12:00: Phoebe Brown, MS (Walsworth) 12:20: Anna Shampain, PhD (Hotaling/Brahney)
EcoLunch
Social/Networking
EcoLunch is a weekly lunch for grad students where we host activities, discussions, and workshops, often in the realm of ecology and natural resources. ALL QANR and Ecology-Center affiliated graduate students are invited to attend regardless of research interests. To find out each week's discussion topic, please reach out to Bailey.Holdaway@usu.edu We mostly meet in NR204, but location does occasionally change!
ENVS Graduate Student Pre-Project Research Symposium
Panel Discussion/Presentation
ENVS Graduate Student Pre-Project Research Symposium
LAEP Speaker Series: Nick Jabs, Beyond Projects: Practice, Research, and Leadership in the Public Realms
Lecture/Readings
About the Lecture: In this lecture, I’ll share how different modes of practice — design, research, and leadership — intersect and evolve through my own personal journey in the public realm. Together, these stories illustrate how the public realm is shaped not only by projects, but also by the systems, communities, and institutions that support them.
The Art of Fashion
Arts/Entertainment
Students in FCSE 3040, Advanced Clothing Studies will be showcasing their art inspired half-scale apparel designs at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
“To Trick a Raven: Exploring the Efficacy of Avicide Application in the Great Basin”
Conference/Seminar
M.S. Ecology Thesis Defense
Plants, Soils & Climate Graduate Student Seminar
Conference/Seminar
PSC Graduate Seminar is held most Mondays from January to April. Weekly seminar will have different presenters, from graduate students to invited guest speakers.
ENVS Colloquium Series Spring 26
Panel Discussion/Presentation
Dr. Johny Arteaga Guarumo, ENVS Postdoctoral Scholar "Controls of Soil Carbon Stocks Across Drylands Systems Revealed by Interpretable Machine Learning"
Ecology Center Seminar with Dr. Paul Koch
Conference/Seminar
Dr. Koch will be presenting two seminars. Please note that the Wednesday seminar will take place at 12:30 PM in ENGR 101, while the Thursday seminar will remain in BNR 102 at 4 PM. Wednesday, 4/15: "Body building in extant and extinct mammals – the role of the gut microbiome in protein metabolism." Thursday, 4/16: "What fossils tell us about the planet today – using the past to plan for the future." About Dr. Koch: I am a paleobiologist who explores questions about extinction and evolution in vertebrates, often using forensic chemistry to assess the ecology and physiology of individual organisms, extant or extinct. Earlier in my career, I focused on the extinction of megafauna at the end of the last ice age and the pulse of evolutionary and ecological change triggered by early Cenozoic global warming. Of late, I’ve focused on gleaning information useful for conservation from fossils of extant species and the extinct megafauna they interacted with them. This work also includes study of the role of the gut microbiome in animal nutrition.
Fish Ecology, Conservation, and Management: Student Poster Session.
Special Event
Please join us in the NR Atrium on Thursday, April 16th from 10:30 am to noon for the WATS 3100: Fish Ecology, Conservation, and Management Student Poster Session. Students will be presenting on different pressing issues in fisheries management and conservation from around the globe.
Ecology Center Seminar with Dr. Paul Koch
Conference/Seminar
Dr. Koch will be presenting two seminars. Please note that the Wednesday seminar will take place at 12:30 PM in ENGR 101, while the Thursday seminar will remain in BNR 102 at 4 PM. Wednesday, 4/15: "Body building in extant and extinct mammals – the role of the gut microbiome in protein metabolism." Thursday, 4/16: "What fossils tell us about the planet today – using the past to plan for the future." About Dr. Koch: I am a paleobiologist who explores questions about extinction and evolution in vertebrates, often using forensic chemistry to assess the ecology and physiology of individual organisms, extant or extinct. Earlier in my career, I focused on the extinction of megafauna at the end of the last ice age and the pulse of evolutionary and ecological change triggered by early Cenozoic global warming. Of late, I’ve focused on gleaning information useful for conservation from fossils of extant species and the extinct megafauna they interacted with them. This work also includes study of the role of the gut microbiome in animal nutrition.
Abigail Schmidt MS Defense Seminar
Conference/Seminar
MS Defense Seminar
Wuda Ogwa Spring Planting Days
Special Event
Volunteer with Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and partners to plant willows, cottonwoods and other native plants at the Wuda Ogwa restoration site
EcoLunch
Social/Networking
EcoLunch is a weekly lunch for grad students where we host activities, discussions, and workshops, often in the realm of ecology and natural resources. ALL QANR and Ecology-Center affiliated graduate students are invited to attend regardless of research interests. To find out each week's discussion topic, please reach out to Bailey.Holdaway@usu.edu We mostly meet in NR204, but location does occasionally change!
Wuda Ogwa Spring Planting Days
Special Event
Volunteer with Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and partners to plant willows, cottonwoods and other native plants at the Wuda Ogwa restoration site
Hangar Hop 2026 USU Flying Aggies
Arts/Entertainment
1940's themed big band swing dance! Come have fun in an actual aircraft hangar. Live music, 1940s dress encouraged! The USU Flight Team hosts the annual premiere fundraiser on Saturday, April 18th from 7:00-10:30 p.m. The aircraft hangar will be transformed into a 1940's USO style Hangar Hop with live music provided by the Cache Community Big Band, huge 60' parachute hanging from the ceiling and a vintage aircraft to take your dance photos. The USU Big Band Swing Dance club will provide dance instruction at 7 p.m and their demo dance team has been invited to give a demonstration. This is a wonderful event to help our USU Flying Aggies raise funds to train and travel to their annual Flight Team Regional competition. The cost for the dance is only $15 per person. Dance lessons, photo opportunities in historic aircraft, and refreshments are provided.
Plan A MS Defense: Jared Young
Conference/Seminar
Jared Young MS Defense:
Title: Developing a New UAS Method for Estimating Heat Exposure on Western US Trails
QANR Graduate Student Dean Town Hall
Social/Networking
QANR graduate students are invited to attend our Town Hall with Interim Dean Cardon and Associate Deans. Students may submit questions ahead of time by reaching out to Bailey.Holdaway@usu.edu
ENVS Colloquium Series Spring 26
Panel Discussion/Presentation
Presentations by ENVS PhD Students: Patrick Kelly, ABD - "The Willing and Compelled: How Power and Place Shape Human-Bison Coexistence in Poland and the United States." - Sarah Koenigsberg - "Pond Rules: An Ethnographic of Beaver Rewilding and Riverscape Restoration Through the Lenses of Critical Physical Geography, Multispecies Justice, and the Rhetorical Ecologies of Multi-Model Storytelling."
"Wildfire and Fuel Treatments in Utah: A Management-Focused Guide and Ecological Outcomes from an Oak-Maple Case Study"
Conference/Seminar
MS Ecology Thesis Defense: Annie Prescott
Utah State University Climate Connect
Special Event
Climate Connect is an open invitation to participate, contribute, and take action alongside the next generation of climate adaptation leaders. This showcase invites local residents, partners, and organizations to learn about ongoing climate challenges and opportunities in our region—and to join students in shaping collaborative, community‑driven solutions. Graduate scholars from the Climate Adaptation Sciences program and undergraduate interns from the Climate Adaptation Internship Program will share the projects, insights, and climate adaptation work they have developed throughout the year.
EcoLunch
Social/Networking
EcoLunch is a weekly lunch for grad students where we host activities, discussions, and workshops, often in the realm of ecology and natural resources. ALL QANR and Ecology-Center affiliated graduate students are invited to attend regardless of research interests. To find out each week's discussion topic, please reach out to Bailey.Holdaway@usu.edu We mostly meet in NR204, but location does occasionally change!
Seminar Defense Sharon Montecino
Conference/Seminar
MS in Ecology, thesis defense
Senior Exhibit 2026
Exhibition
Join Seniors from the Outdoor Product Design & Development program for an open house as they present their final projects to the general public, friends/family, and industry! See what our design, development, and product management students have been creating to shape the future of sport / outdoor apparel, gear, footwear, and equipment! When: April 24, 2026 | 1 - 4pm (MT) Where: TSC Sunburst Lounge | Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Kipling Klimas' Ph.D Defense seminar
Conference/Seminar
Kipling Klimas' Ph.D Defense seminar
Jennifer Courtwright PhD Defense - Assessing ecological integrity of streams across the western U.S.
Conference/Seminar
Maintaining and restoring the ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems is both legally mandated by the Clean Water Act and a management goal of diverse natural resource management agencies. Historically, most ecological assessments of aquatic ecosystems have focused on determining whether individual water bodies are supporting desired aquatic life conditions. However, agencies also have to report to Congress on overall status and trends in ecological condition across all streams within their jurisdiction. Ideally, assessments of ecological integrity would be both precise enough to inform site-specific management decisions and also be readily scaled up to accurately characterize watershed-, regional-, and national-scale conditions. My dissertation research improves the range of naturally occurring environmental settings to which indices of biological, chemical, and physical condition apply and scales up reach-level assessments of ecological integrity to regional and national scales in the western US.
Tyler Williams MS Defense Seminar
Conference/Seminar
MS Defense Seminar
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Graduate Degrees Convocation
Ceremony/Awards/Celebration
At the college convocation, graduates will be recognized individually by name. Graduates will walk across the stage as their name is read and receive their diploma cover, as well as have a professional photo taken.
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Undergraduate Degrees Convocation
Ceremony/Awards/Celebration
At the college convocation, graduates will be recognized individually by name. Graduates will walk across the stage as their name is read and receive their diploma cover, as well as have a professional photo taken.
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