Your April 2020 College of Science Student Newsletter
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Register for Summer and Fall Semesters,
Minigrant Application Extended Deadline, Apply for Science Council
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A Message from Dean Maura Hagan
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Dear College of Science Students,
While the COVID-19 pandemic will eventually subside and we will return to life as we know and love it, these remain trying and unprecedented times.
Thank you for your resilience as we adapt to rapidly changing circumstances and for your laudable efforts in continuing to study, teach, conduct research, keep operations running smoothly and supporting each other. I am grateful for your sacrifices and your apt response to challenging conditions.
Please continue to stay in touch with our college’s email updates and university updates at
usu.edu/covid-19. We’re all in this together and we’ll get through it together.
I wish you all the best and, because of you,
I’m proud to be an Aggie!
Maura E. Hagan
Dean, College of Science
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Summer 2020 Registration
Registration for Summer Semester 2020 began on April 1. Summer classes for the first 7-week session and the 14-week session will be delivered online or remotely. The second 7-week session (beginning June 22) may have face-to-face courses depending upon how the COVID-19 situation unfolds. If needed, these face-to-face courses will be transitioned to remote delivery prior to the beginning of the second 7-week session.
Fall 2020 Registration
Registration for
Fall Semester 2020 begins on April 6 with the fall schedule proceeding as originally planned before COVID-19 restrictions were put in place.
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The Student Research Symposium is Virtual!
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This year’s Student Research Symposium will be held April 8-9, but instead of being held face-to-face in the Merrill-Cazier Library, the event will be hosted on LinkedIn. Because this is now a virtual conference, some things are going to be different from an in-person event:
- Audience: Typically, the audience for SRS is just your fellow attendees and the faculty and student judges (along with some very supportive classmates, peers, and family members). We’re very excited about the opportunity that a virtual session provides for being able to share your research with a wider audience of your connections, your peers’ connections, and others in your field.
- Presentations: For those of you who are using SRS to prepare to present at a conference, are using a presentation from a previous conference, or are fulfilling a class requirement, you can still share your traditional poster and oral presentations online. But, if you’re starting your SRS presentation from scratch, we are giving you the opportunity to use different formats that work better for online sharing.
- Q&A and feedback: In addition to our feedback forms, our judges will use public commenting and private direct messages to ask you about your research and give you immediate online feedback on your presentation.
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Minigrant Deadline Extended
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The college is awarding ten minigrants to undergraduate researchers. The award period will be for one semester: Summer 2020, Fall 2020, or Spring 2021. Awardees will receive a College of Science stipend of $750 plus department-matched funds of $250 for a total of $1000.
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Above: USU undergraduates, from left, Matthew Hogan, Physics; Andrew Kjar, Biological Engineering; and Jenny R. Whiteley, Physics are 2020 Goldwater Scholars.
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Two Physic Majors Among USU's 2020 Goldwater Scholars
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Utah State University students Matthew Hogan, Andrew Kjar and Jenny R. Whiteley were named 2020 Goldwater Scholars in a prestigious national competition that recognizes outstanding achievements in science and mathematics.
The awards were announced March 27 by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which administers the program. The Aggies are among 396 awardees selected this year, from more than 1,300 nominees representing 461 institutions.
With this year’s award recipients, USU boasts 34 Goldwater Scholars and 16 honorable mention recipients since 1998; numbers that rival the nation’s top universities.
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Above - The 2019-2020 Science Council during Science Week's Fear Factor event in the TSC.
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Apply for Science Council 2020-21
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Hello College of Science!
I hope you are all doing well! Despite all the craziness, exciting things are happening in the fall. The 2020-2021 Science Council is now looking for applications, and we want everyone interested to apply. The Science Council is a great way to gain leadership experience, work with administrators to help determine which events the college will host, and meet new friends. As a bonus, it looks great on resumes for all types of applications.
We encourage you to look into it and give it a try. The applications will be available through Monday, April 13th, and the final decisions will be emailed to you by Friday, April 17th. Please use the survey link below to apply. We look forward to working with you to make a difference at USU!
Sincerely,
Noah Braeger
USUSA Science Senator-Elect
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