This Issue At-A-Glance

• Faculty Focus - Marlene Israelson, RD, MS, Academic Advisor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nutrition , Dietetics, and Food Sciences Department

• Faculty Focus - Tyler J. Bowles, Professor and Head, Department of Economics and Finance, Huntsman School of Business

• English 2010 Students Learn through Service

• Elementary School Paraprofessionals Earn Degrees in New Program by the School of Teacher Education and Leadership

•Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Transitions from Prescriptive Advising to Mentor Advising

• Kappa Delta Sorority Aims for an All-Chapter GPA of 3.0 or Higher

•A Beacon for Student Veterans

•University Advising – Taking Advising to New Heights

•Student Looks to Moab Center for Chance to Teach and Inspire Students like Himself

• Uintah Basin Faculty Recruitment and Retention Scholarship

Faculty Focus - Marlene Israelson, RD, MS, Academic Advisor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nutrition , Dietetics, and Food Sciences Department

During a recent conversation, a good friend asked what I enjoy most about my role as an advisor and teacher at Utah State University.  Read more...

Faculty Focus - Tyler J. Bowles, Professor and Head, Department of Economics and Finance, Huntsman School of Business

As a result of teaching large classes of primarily freshman students for more than twenty years, I have had the good fortune of interacting with 15,000 to 20,000 students thus far in my teaching career.  Read more...

English 2010 Students Learn through Service

Susan Andersen, lecturer in the English Department and Assistant Director of the Writing Center, has been using service-learning in her English 2010 and Connections classes for three years. She is part of a group of dedicated English faculty members whose service-learning assignments have given some 3,000 students the opportunity to engage in tens of thousands of hours of service-related learning since 2005. Read more...

Elementary School Paraprofessionals Earn Degrees in New Program by the School of Teacher Education and Leadership

The Elementary Teacher Education Program for Paraprofessionals is designed to allow the untapped teaching resource of elementary school paraprofessionals, individuals already working in classrooms aiding teachers, the chance to earn their bachelor’s degree in elementary education while continuing to work.  Read more...

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Transitions from Prescriptive Advising to Mentor Advising

The first week of school often resembles the triage scenes on M*A*S*H*.  The advising office is crammed with students having a multitude of issues of different intensities demanding help.  The advisor’s task is to determine how to best use their time and resources to serve the largest population of students in the most efficient manner.     Read more...

Kappa Delta Sorority Aims for an All-Chapter GPA of 3.0 or Higher

Academic Excellence is a part of Kappa Delta’s core values.  Our open motto is, “Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful, and highest.”  We have, in turn, used our motto to inspire women to excel academically.  Kappa Delta chooses not to lower its standards, but instead inspires its members to rise to meet them.   Read more...

A Beacon for Student Veterans

“I got lost on the way to college” is a favorite response to the question that invariably is asked of Jacob Scharton, a student veteran: “Why did you join the military?” While getting lost on the way to college isn’t always the reason for military service, getting lost once you get there is a possibility for some veterans.  Read more...

University Advising - Taking Advising to New Heights

The University Advising Center remains steadfast in its commitment to providing the most effective advising for students who have not yet chosen a major or who are working toward matriculating into a desired major.   Read more...

Student Looks to Moab Center for Chance to Teach and Inspire Students like Himself

As a child, John Johnson of La Sal, Utah wasn’t really interested in learning. He was a kid with a real chip on his shoulder—always angry at life, not worried about the future.    Read more...

Uintah Basin Faculty Recruitment and Retention Scholarship

Prior to Fall semester, the Uintah Basin Scholarship Committee, supported by Dean Wes Holley, implemented a new recruitment/retention scholarship to new students attending the Uintah Basin campus. These $500.00 scholarships were awarded by Uintah Basin faculty members to new, transfer, or returning (absence of one year) students who had not been awarded other scholarships.   Read more...

Retention is a campus-wide effort.Twice a year this newsletter will provide you with information about current initiatives focusing on student success, which are in place throughout the Utah State University system.