Upcoming Events

Friday, February 26

Feb

Paper & Clay

Exhibition

Paper & Clay is a national juried BFA & MFA exhibition open to all BFA & MFA printmaking and ceramic students from across the country. This year’s exhibition showcases 53 exceptional contemporary student works from 22 various academic institutions.

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

Feb

Gallery East - USU Eastern Art Faculty Exhibit

Arts/Entertainment

Four Utah State University Eastern art instructors have paintings, photographs and sculpture on display in this month’s Gallery East exhibit. The exhibit runs from Feb. 1 - 26, 2021

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | More Info

Feb

The World's Principled Leaders Series: Kenny Imafidon

Panel Discussion/Presentation | Focused Friday

Years ago, Kenny Imafidon found himself arrested and charged for a murder he didn't commit. After he was eventually acquitted, he was driven to change his story and change the world for the better. Now Kenny travels the globe, reminding individuals and organizations to never lose hope and live in a place of gratitude. His work in research and politics has named him one of 100 young leaders across the globe making a social impact to transform our world.

Watch live on the Huntsman YouTube Channel.

9:30 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb

Water/Ways

Exhibition | Agriculture and Natural Resources

December 19, 2020 – March 27, 2021
Fridays - Sundays, 10AM to 4PM
Admission complimentary, thanks to our sponsors

Our world is made of water and so are we. Water/Ways, an exhibition from Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, takes a deep look at this essential component of life on our planet, which powers the environment’s engine, impacts climate and helps shape and sculpt the landscape.

Water/Ways is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Utah Humanities council, and was adapted from an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsqGa6yIy4g&feature=emb_logo

10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Swaner EcoCenter | More Info

Feb

Barns, Cows, Tractors, Horses, Hay, and Farmers

Exhibition

Farming and agriculture, the activities that feed us, are not usually the focus of landscape and outdoor paintings. However, artists constantly find bucolic, farming, and pastoral scenes an intriguing mix of nature and humanity. Celebrating agriculture through art, Barns, Cows, Tractors, Horses, Hay, and Farmers focuses on paintings, prints, and sculpture from the collection. Instead of depicting landscape devoid of human presence, these works of art reflect the imprint of humanity on the land in many different ways. A timeline of USU agricultural milestones will accompany the exhibition.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | More Info

Feb

Three Depression-Era Photographers In Utah

Exhibition

Dorothea Lange (b. New Jersey, 1895 –d. San Francisco, 1965), Russell Lee (b. Ottawa, Illinois 1903–d. Austin, Texas 1986), and Arthur Rothstein (b. 1915, New York –d. 1985, New Rochelle, New York) are the three photographers who were hired by the Farm Security Administration to document rural Utah in the late 1930s. The portraits of agricultural workers and their families, and the land that they worked, provide a unique picture of Utah’s rural past. Lange, Lee, and Rothstein, all well-known photographers when they were hired for this project, took their photographs in rural towns and counties in Utah and these photographs include imagery of Box Elder and Cache Counties as well as Escalante, Santa Clara, Washington, and Widtsoe, Utah. The exhibition is comprised of 34 photographs by Lange, Lee, and Rothstein from the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art collection.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | More Info

Feb

American Farmer

Exhibition

American Farmer celebrates the living spirit of our heartland through the faces and voices of the people who keep it alive. Featuring 45 color and black and white portraits in addition to interviews with farmers from across the United States, American Farmer tells the inspiring stores of the stewards of this land. When photographer Paul Mobley set out to capture the soul of our country’s farm communities, he encountered an enduring rural culture that remains rooted in the principles of tradition, family, integrity, and hard work. Crisscrossing the country from Alaska to Florida, Mobley’s photographs show the geographic and cultural diversity of the American farmer. His photographs are accompanied by anecdotes and memories of their subjects. American Farmer is a traveling exhibition organized by Exhibits USA.

All Day | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | More Info

Feb

The World's Principled Leaders Series: Okendo Lewis-Gayle

Panel Discussion/Presentation | Focused Friday

Okendo Lewis-Gayle is founder of Harambeans, who in his words, "are ordinary people doing extraordinary things. At the core they are just young African innovators who are scaling social and business ventures across the length and breadth of Africa." Join in Okendo's contagious enthusiasm as he explains how he is directing global investors to the next generation of high-growth African entrepreneurs to build Africa's future.

Watch live on the Huntsman YouTube Channel.

10:20 am - 10:50 am | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb

Pinewood Derby

Student Activities

The Pinewood Derby is an annual event for students and community members to compete in a Pinewood Derby style race. The cars made will be based on the traditional pinewood derby car but can be modified base on which class is entered. There are two classes: gravity and open. Gravity class races the cars using only the power of gravity. Open class races the cars using any method, such as fans, or motors. This event challenges people to be creative in creating a car that will be the fastest.

10:20 am - 11:30 am | More Info

Feb

Fat is Not a Bad Word

Cultural

It’s time to change the way we use the word fat and dismantle the stigma we’ve associated with it. It’s time to stop pausing before we say ‘fat’ and stop shaming people for being fat. Join us as we kick off our Fat Acceptance Fridays program. Stop by our office from 11:00am-3:00pm for free grab bags filled with fat acceptance information, body-positive goodies, and our favorite Inclusion Center swag.

11:00 am - 3:00 pm | Taggart Student Center | More Info

Feb

Baseball - Masks Required

Sports

Come out to the College Fields and support the Eagles as they take on Dawson Community College
Masks required and all USU & State mandates will be observed

Keep up on all USU Eastern Athletics at https://www.facebook.com/UtahStateEasternAthletics

12:00 pm - 7:00 pm | More Info

Feb

3D Bridge Competition

Student Activities

Let's see who can design the best bridge. We will be 3D printing bridges and testing for the best strength-to-weight ratio. Bridges must span over an 8" gap. The bridge must fit in a 3"x3"x10" box and weigh under 100g. The Bridge can only be made of ABS plastic. We can provide ABS material for one bridge. If you want us to print your bridge, send your .stl files to usu.sampe@gmail.com by Wednesday, Feb. 24 @12pm. For more information and/or questions send an email to usu.sampe@gmail.com

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | More Info

Feb

Cardboard Boat Races

Student Activities

Cardboard boat races is an event where you can make a boat just out of cardboard and duct tape and race it across the HPER pool. This year we are having people race it on their own and videotaping their run. Then at the end of the week, E-council will compile the videos and you can watch the race unfold in real-time!

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | More Info

Feb

USU SIAM High Stakes Rock! Paper! Scissors!

Student Activities

Come join USU SIAM for a rock paper scissors tournament of the ages! Win up to $100 to the Campus Store! Runner's up get $50 and semifinalists get $25! For more information on rules and the club check us out at: Facebook (@USUSIAM)
Instagram (@usu_siam)

Zoom Meeting ID: 892 4512 1060
Passcode: 052940

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb

Big Bands

Arts/Entertainment

The USU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Greg Wheeler, will perform four selections based on four completely different style of jazz. Bob Mintzer's rock-shuffle selection entitled "Mr. Funkâ" will open the show. Thereafter the band will lay back with a memorable Nestico/Basie based tune by Jim Martin entitled "The Count Is In." A powerful arrangement of Mambo Inn provides terrific jazz dissonance throughout this arrangement by Michael Mossman featuring many of the band members. The Jazz Ensemble will close the set with a classic from Super Mario 64 entitled "Bob-Omb Battlefield."

The USU Jazz Orchestra will close out the show with four selections of their own, including Bob Mintzer's tribute to the gateway through which so many immigrants came to America, Ellis Island. Michael Brecker's funky and soulful "Renaissance Man" follows, arranged by our very own jazz piano professor, Ryan Conger. Don Dimick's very Basie-esque "Tone Poem" will feature the trumpet stylings of Nik Clark, and to close, the entire saxophone feature steps out on the Maynard Ferguson Bebop Nouveau Band classic, "Cruisin' for a Bluesin."

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall | More Info

Feb