Reason For Action
AIM Statement
Foster a scholarly research environment that leverages core strengths while expanding emerging priorities of strategic importance. Addressing challenges to identify innovative solutions that will advance Utah and the nation.
Advance a dynamic institutional portfolio that aligns research investments, growth in graduate programs, and external partnerships toward high-impact outcomes where USU demonstrates distinctive strengths.
Key Requirements
Solutions must include:
- Research portfolio that informs impactful solutions to advance Utah and beyond
- Portfolio concentration primarily leverages existing strengths
- Research-based graduate program growth
- Investment decisions must be transparent and strategically justified
- Institutional partnerships with peer institutions must be intentional and visible
- Evaluate return on research investment (funding leverage, partnerships, workforce pipeline, economic contribution)
- Define how the research portfolio extends beyond Logan, including Extension and Statewide Campuses
Meet the Team
Executive Sponsors
Lisa Berreau
Vice President for Research
David Jones
Dean – College of Engineering
Facilitators
- Design Summit Facilitator: Nicole Schrubb, Executive Director of Talent Management and Organizational Effectiveness
- Design Events Facilitator: TBD
Team
| Name | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Brooke Osborne | Assistant Professor - Environment & Society | Moab |
| Chris Fox | Associate Dean & Professor - Engineering | Logan |
| Derek McLean | Dean - Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | Logan |
| Devin Hansen | Chief Research Compliance Officer | Logan |
| Julia Gossard | Associate Dean for Faculty Success & Professor - Arts & Sciences | Logan |
| Justin Jones | Associate Professor - Biology | Logan |
| Larissa Yocom | Utah Forest Restoration Institute Director | Logan |
| Mirella Meyer-Fica | Associate Professor - Veterinary Medicine | Logan |
| Paul Hill | Extension - Director of Washington County Operations | Washington County |
| Shawn Whiteman | Associate Dean For Research & Innovation & Professor - Education | Logan |