April 25, 2003 Announcements
Utah
State Blue Light Honors Outstanding Achievements
 To
demonstrate pride in the many accomplishments of Utah State
University faculty, staff and students, the Aggie Blue Pride
Light will be turned on Monday, April 28 and the Carillon Bells
will ring at 1:10 p.m. in the afternoon. Every four months the
university designates a Blue Pride Light Night to recognize
individuals for their outstanding achievements.
Honorees this quarter are Utah State mechanical and aerospace
engineering department head J. Clair Batty; retired professor
of English Kenneth W. Brewer; anthropology student Jennifer
Cummings; associate vice president for Extension Charles W.
Gay; and industrial technology and education professor Edward
M. Reeve.
Batty was named the 2003 "Engineer Educator of the Year"
by the Utah Engineers Council. He began teaching at Utah State
in 1963 and, except for two years as a NSF Faculty Fellow at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been with Utah
State engineering faculty his entire career. Batty is also one
of the Space Dynamics Laboratory's senior thermal engineers.
He plans to retire this summer.
Brewer, a professor emeritus of English at Utah State, was appointed
Utah poet laureate by Gov. Mike Leavitt in January. Brewer will
serve as poet laureate for five years and is a member of the
board of the Utah Arts Council. He has published hundreds of
poems in the United States and Canada and is currently working
on a videotape archive of contemporary Utah writers.
Cummings was selected to participate in a National Science
Foundation Summer Fellowship in Biocultural Anthropology. She
will spend her summer at Notre Dame conducting research, participating
in a field trip program visiting numerous museums and research
institutions, and will attend a lecture program discussing biological
anthropology, history, archaeology, classics, theology and Near
Eastern studies.
Gay received the Regional International Service Award from Epsilon
Sigma Phi, the Extension professional society. He was the first
range Extension specialist at New Mexico State University and
developed the first range management program for 4-H students
in New Mexico before coming to Utah State in 1883. He has served
as a consultant to many Extension operations including projects
in South America, Argentina, Morocco and France.
Reeve, an industrial technology and education professor, was
named a 2003-04 ACE Fellow. Reeve will work with a college or
university president and other senior officers at a host institution
next year to enhance his leadership skills and prepare him to
address issues of concern to the higher education committee.
He will join a group of 38 college and university senior faculty
members from around the country. Reeve came to Utah State after
receiving his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in industrial
technology education from Ohio State University.
The Aggie Blue Pride Light atop Old Main lights the Cache Valley
night sky as a symbol of Aggie tradition, heritage and pride.
The outstanding professors, staff and students honored are a
part of this heritage and contribute to the high quality of
Utah State.
Utah
State to Break Ground for New Library
 The
intellectual center of Utah State University will take a giant
step northeast with the construction of a new library to replace
the old Merrill Library. The groundbreaking ceremony for the
library is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 1, on the
northeast side of the Stanford Cazier Science and Technology
Library, where the new library will be built. Parking is available
at the Parking Terrace on 850 East 700 North.
The new building will connect to the existing Cazier Science
and Technology Library, which is closer to the physical epicenter
of campus. The combined libraries will have 300,000 square feet
in capacity. After existing collections are safely installed
in the new structure, the Merrill Library will be razed and
returned to green space.
The $40 million in bonding needed for construction was approved
by the legislature during the 2003 session. The library had
topped the state capital facility list for two years. It was
a priority for the university for much longer than that because
of safety concerns about the Merrill Library, which was built
in 1930 and remodeled several times in the 1960s.
The new library should be completed in time for fall 2005 semester
classes to begin.
It will be a technology-rich gathering place for all, reflecting
the way students learn and access information today, said Linda
Wolcott, Utah State's vice provost for libraries and instructional
support.
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