Ag Communications Alumnus wins National Association of Farm Broadcasting Horizon Award.
Congratulations to Corryn La Rue, an ag communications and broadcast journalism alumnus, for winning the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Horizon Award! La Rue graduated from Utah State University in 2019 with a bachelor’s in Ag Communications a...
Sigma Alpha: Cultivating Leadership and Community in Agriculture at USU’s Newest Sorority
The agricultural sorority, Sigma Alpha, has finally made its way into Utah, with a chapter being founded at Utah State University this last year. Sigma Alpha is a professional agricultural sorority that focuses on scholarship, leadership, service, and pro...
USU Ag Communications and Journalism student wins Emmy Award as assistant producer of news project
Morgan Perkins, a senior ag communications and journalism student at Utah State University, recently received an Emmy from the Society of Professional Journalism as part of a class project.
USU MANRRS member now serving as a National Ambassador
Congratulations to Julia Edwards on being selected as a national ambassador for the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) organization. The MANRRS Organization is a national club-based organization that focuses on pro...
Lacee Boschetto to present at AAFCS
Lacee Boschetto was selected to present at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Leadership Academy. Boschetto was one of nine new AAFCS professionals chosen from across the U.S. to participate in the leadership academy in Balti...
Progressive Publishing Welcomes Editorial Intern Allyson Dalton
Progressive Publishing hired Allyson Dalton (formerly King) as a summer editorial intern for Progressive Cattle. In this position, she will be writing news articles and feature stories, assisting with social media and receiving a first-hand look at the Pr...
Fashion Studies – Institutional Certificate of Proficiency
The Fashion Studies Institutional Certificate of Proficiency will introduce students to the apparel and fashion industry through textile science, apparel construction, sustainability, and product development. Students will be able to learn design and deve...
Global Agriculture, Leadership, and Education Institutional Certificate of Proficiency
The Global Agriculture, Leadership, and Education institutional certificate of proficiency will provide students with formal instruction in global agricultural concepts, leadership, and education and provides opportunities for practical experiences.
USU Faculty Members Honored by and Leading the AAAE
Professor Rebecca Lawver, head of Utah State University’s Department Head of Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education, has been elected president of the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE), and will lead the organization through May ...
Degree Programs Realigned to Create New Department at Utah State University
To better serve the faculty and rapidly growing number of students enrolled in USU’s College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Dean Ken White this week announced changes in the structure of some departments and programs in the college.
Gary Straquadine Retires After Career That Shaped Agricultural, Technical Education in Utah
On the path to retirement you collect mental sound bites, numbers and snapshots of your life. Some of them you keep, others end up in the landfill of nostalgia. There are all the places you have lived, awards, the number of students you’ve taught and sign...
Teacher Educator Gary Straquadine Receives Utah FFA's Distinguished Service Award
American historian Henry B. Adams said, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." In that context, Professor Gary Straquadine’s work has and will continue to influence people for generations.
USU Agricultural Education Faculty Honored for Efforts in Career and Technical Education
At its Mid-Winter Conference, the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education acknowledged Utah State University’s excellence in preparing outstanding teachers who provide their students with tools and opportunities to develop important technical ...
No Such Thing as Accidents: Rebecca Lawver's Inaugural Professor Lecture
Though she didn’t know it as she grew up playing in those fields of corn, one day she would be teaching the children of those farmers about how to be effective leaders, teammates and business leaders.
Improving Your Chili Game
“So, you are here to get all the secrets?” Michael Pate, an associate professor of agricultural systems technology, sits at his desk, a guarded smile on his face.
Utah State Agricultural Communication Students Earn Awards at Ag Media Summit
Three students from the Utah State Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (Utah State ACT) chapter attended the Ag Media Summit in Kansas City, Mo., where the chapter and some individual members received awards from the National Agricultural Communicators...
Michael Pate Leads International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health
The word “agriculture” usually brings to mind crops and animals, but it’s the people working in agriculture who feed the world.
National Graduate Student Teaching Award Presented to ASTE's Michelle Burrows
The Department of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education (ASTE) is pleased to announce that lecturer Michelle Burrows has been named a recipient of the NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award.
First Graduates from ASTE Department’s Doctoral Program
The Department of Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education is marked a milestone this spring with the first three graduates – Paul Hill, Michelle Burrows, and Julie Lamarra — from the career and technical education (CTE) doctoral program.
The National Center for Agricultural Literacy is Creating a Certificate Program for Teachers
Though agriculture is central to life, puts science and other STEM subjects into practice, and is tied to economics, business and social sciences, Americans get little formal education about it...
Tyson Sorensen Honored with USDA Early-Career Teaching Award
Tyson Sorensen, an assistant professor of agricultural education, was one of just three educators in the country recently recognized with an early-career teaching award from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Abby L. Marlatt First Faculty for Domestic Sciences
Abby L. Marlatt was on the first faculty of the Utah Agricultural College (UAC) and fostered study of the Domestic Sciences in a single, barely equipped room in the basement of the Main Building.
Honors for USU Agricultural Education at Regional Conference
A corps of USU agricultural education students and faculty recently attended the Western Region Conference of AAAE in Anchorage, Alaska, and brought home top honors for their research.
USU's School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education is Divided and Growing
Under the new administrative structure, Lawver will oversee programs that train future secondary school teachers of family and consumer sciences, technology and engineering, agriculture, and business education.
Exploring Space: It Takes More Than Rocket Science
When Ray Wheeler arrived in Utah to do graduate work in plant ecology, he had a fascination with plants, a love of science and discovery, and no aspirations to be part of the U.S. space program. But that changed when he was introduced the NASA space resea...