Upcoming Events

Thursday, April 6

Apr

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Hamish Jackson & Andrew McAllister

Arts/Entertainment

Reception on April 6 from 5-7PM

Hamish Jackson:
Tea Time with the Devil began with the hypothesis that I could create a diverse palette of glazes from one local material. I chose to base my experiments on a granite from Devil’s Playground in western Utah. I collected its bones, hauled them back to USU and crushed them into powder. Each glaze contains at least 50% of the Devil’s granite.This palette resulted from much trial and error — mostly error. Between 2020 and 2023, I ran thousands of glaze tests to formulate and hone these surfaces.

Why this place and material?
The wild landscape of Devil’s Playground captured my imagination and made me want to keep returning. I am truly grateful to this landscape and its rocks. The granite contains a high percentage of silica, as well as some feldspar and mica. Once powdered, it melts into a celadon glaze without adulteration. This was a good starting point: a blank (albeit grey) canvas for experiments.

Why tea wares?
As an Englishman and a walking stereotype, I love tea. Tea brings people together. By sharing tea, we make time to stop, reflect and connect. I am fascinated by the world’s diverse tea traditions and their accompanying ceramic tools. Tea Time with the Devil is inspired by the distinct tea traditions of England, Japan, China, and the American South.

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries | More Info

Apr

USU Blanding STEAM Expo

Fair/Festival

Experience Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics in exciting new ways! Targeted to 5th through 12th grades.

9:00 am - 2:00 pm | Utah State University Blanding Campus | More Info

Apr

USU and U with Dr. Rick Woodford

Arts/Entertainment

Tune into USU and U this week as we hear from Dr. Rick Woodford from Uintah County District!

9:00 am - 9:30 am | More Info

Apr

Signature Speaker

Cultural

Join us for our bi-annual signature speaker event where the Latinx Cultural Center invites an outstanding Latinx leader in the community to network with students and speak on their professional and personal experience. This year, Yudi Lewis, who was recently appointed as the director of the Office of Hispanic-Serving Institution Initiatives at Weber State University, will speak. With a solid track record of Latino recruitment and retention, Lewis aims to position Hispanic and Latino students strategically, helping them transition from high school to college, and subsequently into their desired fields. This event will be split into a networking session earlier in the day in the LCC, and a formal gathering where Yudi will provide a presentation.

10:00 am - 7:00 pm | Taggart Student Center | More Info

Apr

Trainer Series: Co-Designing Your Roadmap to Inclusive Excellence

Workshop/Training

Learning Objectives: •Build common language and identify historical context and legal precedent in the higher education landscape •Articulate USHE’s Equity Lens Framework and USU’s Roadmap for Inclusive Excellence •Introduce and practice key strategies to build an inclusive excellence plan – relating it to roles and units

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | More Info

Apr

Putting artificial intelligence (AI) to work in the classroom to improve student outcomes

Workshop/Training

Generative AI can be useful in creative contexts to reduce production time and improve student work. In this workshop, Dr. Ben George from the LAEP department will share ideas for incorporating these tools into course assignments and show how AI image generation tools, such as Dall-E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, have been used to help students create assets for design renderings.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Apr

Contra-Power Dynamics; Crafting a Toolbox (Uintah Basin)

Workshop/Training | Sparkshops

Participants of this Spark Shop will describe and discuss contra power dynamics in the classroom. Then, they will work together to craft a resource toolkit and further discuss how to best show up for each other when contra-power harassment or bias incidents occur.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Apr

WATS Spring Seminar - Sara Yeo - The Science of Communication

Conference/Seminar

A Seminar presented by Sara Yeo, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Utah

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

Apr

Communitas Lecture Series: Dan Hicks

Arts/Entertainment

Dan Hicks FSA, MCIfA (born 1972) is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. Dan works on the material and visual culture of the human past, up to and including the modern, colonial, contemporary and digital world, and on the history of Archaeology, Anthropology Art, and Architecture. His curatorial work has ranged widely, and most recently included the co-curated exhibition and book Lande: the Calais “Jungle” and Beyond in 2019.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall | More Info

Apr

'Sisters Rising' Film Screening

Special Event

SISTERS RISING is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against Indigenous women in the United States.

This event is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Utah State University Blanding Campus | More Info

Apr

Future of the Great Salt Lake: Discussion and Q&A

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Presenters: Dr. Brian Steed, Executive Director of the Institute for Land, Water, and Air, and Dr. Patrick Belmont from the College of Natural Resources. FREE PIZZA

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | David B. Haight Center | More Info

Apr

Tanner Talk: Dr. Susan Stryker,Transgender History (LGBTQIA+ Health & History Series)

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Save the Date! Dr. Susan Stryker will present a public lecture on the history of transgender people in the United States, with particular material drawn from her foundational text, Transgender History (2008) as well as her forthcoming book, Changing Gender: Memoir, History, Manifesto.

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Apr

Utah Symphony: Florence Price Concerto

Arts/Entertainment

Discover groundbreaking African American composer Florence Price’s exquisite and romantic Piano Concerto—unearthed in recent years and championed by Michelle Cann, who gave its New York Philharmonic premiere and has since introduced it to audiences across the country. Then, hear how Shostakovich broke barriers with his Symphony No. 10, when he was finally free to express his unrestrained response to Stalin’s regime in an impassioned outpouring.

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall | More Info

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