Upcoming Events

April 6 - 12, 2025

Apr

The Community Table "International Friends Program"

Cultural

We are pleased to invite you to an event focused on the International Friendship Program, an initiative designed to foster meaningful connections between international students at Utah State University and the Cache Valley community. This event will provide valuable insights into how we can effectively bridge cultures and cultivate enduring friendships. Whether you’re a local family or a community member interested in getting involved, this is an excellent opportunity to learn and engage with others. We look forward to collaborating with you to strengthen our community ties!

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Taggart Student Center | More Info

Apr

Ecology Center Seminar #1 with Dr. Kay Holekamp

Conference/Seminar

The Ecology Center is excited to announce our final seminar speaker for the Spring ’25 semester: Dr. Kay Holekamp, from the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University. Dr. Holekamp will be presenting two seminars—both will be held from 4-5 PM in BNR 102: Wednesday, 4/9: "Management regime affects the behavior and abundance of African carnivores." Thursday, 4/10: "Selective forces shaping the evolution of intelligence." From Dr. Holekamp: “Research in my laboratory focuses on mammalian behavioral development, its physiological substrates, the socio-ecological forces shaping it, and its evolution. My students and I are currently investigating how social, ecological, and endocrine variables interact during an individual's early development development to influence its subsequent behavior, survival and reproductive success as an adult.”

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Biology & Natural Resources building | More Info

Apr

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

Apr

Ecology Center Seminar #2 with Dr. Kay Holekamp

Conference/Seminar

LOCATION CHANGED TO NR 105

The Ecology Center is excited to announce our final seminar speaker for the Spring ’25 semester: Dr. Kay Holekamp, from the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University.

Dr. Holekamp will be presenting two seminars—both will be held from 4-5 PM in BNR 102:
Wednesday, 4/9: "Management regime affects the behavior and abundance of African carnivores."
Thursday, 4/10: "Selective forces shaping the evolution of intelligence."

From Dr. Holekamp:
“Research in my laboratory focuses on mammalian behavioral development, its physiological substrates, the socio-ecological forces shaping it, and its evolution. My students and I are currently investigating how social, ecological, and endocrine variables interact during an individual's early development development to influence its subsequent behavior, survival and reproductive success as an adult.”

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

Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Todd Mead, What is this Beautiful Place?

Lecture/Readings

Speaker Bio: Originally from Wisconsin, Todd has lived and worked in Colorado and California for over forty years. Early life in a small town on the Wolf River introduced him to the experience of nature as a playground, as an escape, and as series of evolving places. Spurred by observations of human caused environmental degradation, Todd found landscape architecture as means of melding ecological reparation with art, while studying geology and native plant community restoration in the midwest. Drawn to wilder environments, Todd moved west immediately after undergraduate school, eventually joining Civitas and remaining there for more than twenty years. Emerging opportunities for change lead him to join Peter Walker Partners (PWP) in Berkeley, and later the Office of Cheryl Barton (O|CB) in San Francisco. Now with SCAPE in their San Francisco office, he applies decades of experience in a collaborative team-focused approach, blending critical design thinking with problem-solving and mentoring. His project experience varies in scale, complexity, and budget—including urban parks and gardens; educational, medical, and corporate campuses; waterfronts; and urban infill redevelopments.

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

Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Todd Mead, What is this Beautiful Place?

Lecture/Readings

Speaker Bio Originally from Wisconsin, Todd has lived and worked in Colorado and California for over forty years. Early life in a small town on the Wolf River introduced him to the experience of nature as a playground, as an escape, and as series of evolving places. Spurred by observations of human caused environmental degradation, Todd found landscape architecture as means of melding ecological reparation with art, while studying geology and native plant community restoration in the midwest. Drawn to wilder environments, Todd moved west immediately after undergraduate school, eventually joining Civitas and remaining there for more than twenty years. Emerging opportunities for change lead him to join Peter Walker Partners (PWP) in Berkeley, and later the Office of Cheryl Barton (O|CB) in San Francisco. Now with SCAPE in their San Francisco office, he applies decades of experience in a collaborative team-focused approach, blending critical design thinking with problem-solving and mentoring. His project experience varies in scale, complexity, and budget—including urban parks and gardens; educational, medical, and corporate campuses; waterfronts; and urban infill redevelopments.

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

Apr

USU Wildland Fire Club - S130 - Firefighter Training Field Exercise

Workshop/Training

Learn what it takes to become a Wildland Firefighter at the USU Ecological Center. 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.

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

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