LOGAN, Utah, April 20 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Utah State University has named Katie Kamachi as director of Academic Advising for Statewide Campuses. Kamachi joins USU after earning her Ph.D. in Global Leadership & Change from Pepperdine University. Most recently, she was the Online Faculty & Student Success Manager at UNLV. In her new role, Kamachi will work with Mykel Beorchia, executive director of University and Exploratory Advising, a  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 19 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Utah State University has named Kandice Jeppsen as the director of Statewide Student Success & Strategic Initiatives. In this role, Jeppsen will oversee a variety of student success efforts for Statewide Campuses in coordination with the Utah State University systems of student services, technology and communication. "Statewide and USU will greatly benefit from Kandice's promotion," said Larry   more

LOGAN, Utah, April 21 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Utah State University has named Avery Edenfield as the Inaugural Director for the Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research. Edenfield was selected for the position after a search chaired by Vice Provost and Director for Global Engagement Janis Boettinger and including committee members Lili Yan, Amber Caron, Mario Suarez and Latrisha Fall. "I am delighted Dr. Avery Edenfield has agre  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 21 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lynnette Harris Leading a successful two-year veterinary medicine program while also transitioning it to a new DVM-granting college with new faculty and facilities is a demanding task. So too is leading a large and diverse academic department. Doing both well and simultaneously is impractical if not impossible. To keep important work moving forward in Utah State University's College of Agriculture and Applied  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 20 -- Utah State University issued the following news: With the vision to "engage every student in career education before graduation," the Career Design Center team is building more university-wide career education, employer engagement, experiential learning, and post-graduation career opportunities into the student experience. Leading this charge and finishing his first full semester as Career Design Center executive director is Kevin Schwemmin. "I am excited to lead the C  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 22 -- Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, R-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 21, 2022: Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford today celebrated a major milestone for mental and behavioral health services as the Interstate Counseling Compact is officially enacted in 10 states, including Maryland. Led by Lt. Governor Rutherford, the Counseling Compact would enable professional licensed counselors to practice across state lines to provide services in other compact sta  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 22 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox declared a state of emergency due to the dire drought conditions affecting the entire state. This declaration activates the Drought Response Committee and triggers increased monitoring and reporting. It also allows drought-affected communities, agricultural producers and others to report unmet needs and work toward solutions. "We've had a very volatile water year, and unfortunately, r  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 19 (TNSPol) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Kellianne Gammill Utah State University Libraries has been chosen as the first participant in the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)'s Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) Pilot Projects Initiative. The project is designed to help Federal Depository Libraries make government information more discoverable for the American public. "I'm honored that USU Libraries was selected as GPO's first partici  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 21 (TNSBook) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Allyson Myers After contributing to numerous academic journals, studies and articles throughout his career, USU Psychology professor Mike Twohig recently took his first foray into the world of popular publishing. Twohig is the co-author of "The Anxious Perfectionist," a self-help book based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that helps individuals recognize how perfectionism may be creating stress, anxiet  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 20 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected this spring in many areas in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and possibly other countries. This Eurasian strain is considered a foreign animal disease; however, detections began on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and have progressively swept across the Midwest into Western states. Unfortunately, it has recently been detected in Utah and is ve  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 22 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen Utah State University assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Nadia Kouraytem is a co-author of a recently published review exploring defects and anomalies found in 3D printed metals. The paper, entitled "Defects and anomalies in powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing," was published earlier this month in Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science- Scie  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 21 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert The world is a wickedly complex place, especially when people have a need to share limited resources. Herding communities in northern Namibia, for instance, are afflicted by poverty, drought and degraded landscapes. International groups want to help -- development agencies have made several attempts to improve conditions in these communities with outside investments, but without much success. Th  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 22 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory announced Thursday that it has been awarded a contract to build two space-based radios for NASA's Solar Cruiser mission. The contract was awarded by Solar Cruiser prime contractor Ball Aerospace, which is providing a small satellite. Solar Cruiser is a technology demonstration mission sponsored by the NASA Heliophysics Division's Solar Terrestrial Probes Program   more

PARKERSBURG, West Virginia, April 21 (TNStalk) -- West Virginia University Parkersburg campus issued the following news: West Virginia University at Parkersburg will hold its annual spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7, at 2 p.m., in the College Activities Center. West Virginia University President Dr. E. Gordon Gee will serve as the keynote speaker. Gee has been a leader in higher education for more than 30 years. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presid  more