The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies is a multidisciplinary outreach center in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Its purpose is to enhance the work of the university through public programs, research and program funding, visiting scholars, student scholarships, and other projects, with a particular emphasis on activities that increase our understanding of the Interior West, its land, history, and cultural groups.

Ongoing programs of the center include the Utah History Fair, the David and Beatrice Evans Biography and Handcart Awards, the Bennion Teachers' Workshop for the Perpetuation of Democratic Principles, the L.T. and J.T. Dee Visiting Scholars Program, the USU Faculty Fellowship, and several scholarships