February 20, 2004 Highlights
Tier
II Tuition Discussed
 Interested
Utah State students, faculty and staff listened as President
Hall presented information on the Tier II tuition increase.
President Hall reminded the audience that Utah State is keeping
its word to students made three years ago, and has only increased
Tier II tuition by 15 percent during the last three years.
"Tier II funds are generated here on our campus and that
is money that stays on our campus," said President Hall.
The $1.8 million in funds generated from the money will be used
for hiring more faculty, hiring more academic advisors and counselors,
adding more classes in bottleneck subjects and strengthening
the libraries.
To see the specifics on the proposed use of Tier II tuition
funds for 2004-05, and the Tier II tuition increases for continuing
and incoming students, click here.
Biological
and Irrigation Engineering Graduate Students Win Scholarship
The Biological and Irrigation Engineering Department at Utah
State has good reason to be proud of its graduate students.
Yanna Liang and Frank Olsen were recently awarded $1,000 scholarships
by the Air and Waste Management Association.
 Liang,
a doctoral student, and Olsen, a master's student, were given
the competitive scholarships based on regional and national
competitions for research they had both conducted.
"I am proud of the excellent students in our department,"
said Ron Sims, department head for biological and irrigation
engineering.
Fry
Street Quartet Featured in NEA Annual Report
 The
National Endowment for the Arts released its annual report for
the previous year (2002) last December. Included in that report
was a highlight of the Fry Street Quartet, the faculty string
quartet now in residence at Utah State University. The quartet
was recognized for its participation in NEA's Chamber Music
Rural Residencies Program. A photograph of quartet member Rebecca
McFaul working with a child illustrated the section of the report.
"As a featured participant in this report, the Fry Street
Quartet's image highlights the best artistic achievements in
this country," NEA Chair Dana Gioia said in a letter to
members of the quartet. "The text of our report tells the
story of these achievements, but it is the pictures that best
capture and reflect the crucial role the arts play in American
lives.
"As we celebrate the success of the Arts Endowment, we
know that this success depends on groups like yours as active
contributors to the thriving arts community in the United States.
We are grateful for your participation."
The Chamber Music Rural Residencies program was created in
1992 through a partnership between the Arts Endowment and Chamber
Music America to provide access to classical chamber music to
underserved communities. The program is also supported by the
Helen F. Whitaker Fund and JPMorgan Chase. Chamber ensembles
are placed in selected rural communities for several months,
performing, teaching and providing a range of community-based
activities.
The Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, North Carolina, hosted
the Fry Street Quartet during a three-year residency in the
community as part of the Chamber Music Rural Residencies program.
"The residency clearly paid off for the quartet,"
NEA's annual report said. "Over the three-year period,
the quartet developed and honed its sound, winning first prize
in two national competitions. Following the completion of its
three-year residency in May 2002, the quartet was sponsored
by Carnegie Hall and the U.S. Department of State to participate
in a concert tour of the Balkan states as ambassadors of the
Carnegie Fellows Program. ... In September 2002, they became
the Faculty String Quartet in Residence at Utah State University."
To see a copy of NEA's 2002 Annual Report, click
here.
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