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Budget And Faculty Welfare Committee Minutes, December 8, 2009, Utah State University

Budget & Faculty Welfare Committee

• Responses to questions from President
• Regular budget updates

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, December 7, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education Report
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report
• EPC Items

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, December 7, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education Report - Francine Johnson
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report - Chelise Elwood
• EPC Items - Larry Smith

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, December 3, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 3, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Inactivate Course
• Delete Course

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change, Add Repeatable for Credit
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Delete Course

Department of Economics and Finance

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Number Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course
• Course Description, Add Dual List
• Title Change, Course Description Change, Add Dual List
• Title Change

Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Grade Mode Change

Department of Health, Physical Education …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, December 3, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Can Pastoral Linkages To Livestock Markets Be Sustained In Southern Ethiopia?, D. Layne Coppock, Getachew Gebru, Solomon Desta, Seyoum Tezera, Zewdu Edea

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

The PARIMA project has facilitated collective action, empowerment of women, and increased involvement in livestock marketing among pastoralists on the Borana Plateau since 2001. Fifty-nine collective-action groups formed by PARIMA and her partners have been recently merged into market-oriented cooperatives, consistent with government policy. We used focus groups and participatory appraisals to assess the extent that market linkages have been sustained since previously reported in 2006. The markets have been growing, but are volatile. Members report they need access to early warning and livestock market-information systems, as well as more capital, to promote trade. Export firms have imposed added conditions …

Disturbance Ecology And Vegetation Dynamics At Varying Spatial And Temporal Scales In Southern Rocky Mountain Engelmann Spruce Forests, Justin R. Derose

T.W. "Doc" Daniel Experimental Forest

No abstract provided.

Costs Of Implementing Collective Action And Capacity Building Among Pastoralists In Southern Ethiopia, D. Layne Coppock, Seyoum Tezera, Solomon Desta

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

Since 2000, the PARIMA project has implemented risk-management activities among semi-settled pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. The goal has been to improve human welfare via collective action and capacity building. Outcomes include progress in income generation, asset conservation, and livelihood diversification. Fifty-nine collective-action groups were created. Dominated by women, they included over 2,000 founding members and groups have recently merged to form 37 cooperatives, consistent with government policy. Creating sustainable impacts via collective action and capacity building requires many inputs. Taking raw, illiterate volunteers and transforming them into sustainable groups took up to three years, on average. Costs of implementing this …

Análisis LingüÍstico De La Escritura BilingüE (Español-Inglés) De Los Hablantes De Español Como Lengua Hereditaria En Los Estados Unidos, Maria Luisa Spicer-Ecalante

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

Tradicionalmente; los hablantes de español por herencia (Spanish Heritage Speakers) en los Estados Unidos aprenden español en casa o en su comunidad. Sin embargo; la mayoría no recibe instrucción formal académica en español. Por lo tanto; su escritura en español y en inglés muestra ciertas características lingüísticas relevantes. En esta investigación se analizan los textos persuasivos/argumentativos de estudiantes universitarios de los siguientes grupos: hablantes de español por herencia (HELH); estadounidenses que estudian español (EESL) y mexicanos hablantes nativos de español (HNE). Los resultados del análisis lingüístico y estadístico sugieren que hay diferencias notables en la manera en la que cada …

Student Characteristics, Pre-College, College, And Environmental Factors As Predictors Of Persisting In And Earning A Stem Degree: An Analysis Of Students Attending A Hispanic Serving Institution, Gloria Crisp, Amanda Taggart, Amaury Nora

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

This study examined the demographic, pre-college, environmental, and college factors that impact students’ interests in and decisions to earn a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree among students attending a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Results indicated that Hispanic students were well represented among STEM majors, and students’ decisions to declare a STEM major and earn a STEM degree were uniquely influenced by students’ gender, ethnicity, SAT math score, and high school percentile. Earning a STEM degree was related to students’ first-semester GPA and enrollment in mathematics and science “gatekeeper” courses. Findings indicate that HSIs may be an important point …

Eleven Years Of Parima Activities In North-Central Kenya: Impacts On Egerton University And Neighboring Communities, D. Layne Coppock, Abdillahi Aboud, Mark Mutinda, Stellamaris Muthoka

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

The PARIMA project was created to improve the well-being of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia via risk-management research, training, and outreach. The project began to collaborate with Egerton University’s Department of Natural Resources in 1998 and many joint activities were undertaken over the next 11 years. Among them were regional household research on pastoral risks and their management, a training program for Egerton teaching staff to obtain post-graduate degrees, facilitation of Egerton faculty and staff to attend professional meetings, and provision of computer hardware and software that led to the creation of a GIS teaching and …

Northern Utah Alfalfa Nutrient Survey 2008, J. Barnhill, G. Cardon, M. Pace, C. Israelsen, D. Miner, L. Greenhalgh, S. Banks, M. Shao, D. Rothlisberger, S. Olsen

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

Utah Boat Ownership And Boat Owner Management Preferences: Twelve Years Of Data, William Spain, Douglas Reiter, Steven W. Burr

All Current Publications

In 2006, researchers at Utah State University’s Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (IORT) conducted a telephone survey of a random sample of 397 registered boat owners in the state of Utah.

Chopping And Storing Quality Corn Silage, Clark Israelsen, James Barnhill, Linden Greenhalgh, Michael Pace, Jody Gale

All Current Publications

This publication explains proper harvesting and storage of corn silage as a quality forage.

Simple Cooling Method Improves The Quality Of Marketed Camel Milk In Northern Kenya, D. Layne Coppock, A. O. Adongo, F. Wayua, I. J. Sagalla, H. K. Walaga, C. Amboga

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

Milk marketing is important for many pastoralists to generate income, especially poor households with little else to sell. Milk is accumulated at pastoral settlements and transported to local markets on foot, by pack animals, or in vehicles. Despite challenges of heat and long-distance travel, pastoralists or traders do not attempt to cool marketed milk and possibly reduce risk of spoilage. Milk spoilage is an important problem that limits urban consumer demand. Our research objective was to determine effects of water-soaked hemp (burlap), wrapped around plastic jerry cans, on reducing milk temperature and enhancing quality of marketed camel milk, a key …

Climate Change Impacts On Water Resources Of The Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia, U. Kim, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi, V. U. Smakhtin

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Climate change affects water resources availability of international river basins that are vulnerable to runoff variability of upstream countries especially with increasing water demands. The upper Blue Nile River Basin is a good example because its downstream countries, Sudan and Egypt, depend solely on Nile waters for their economic development. In this study, the impacts of climate change on both hydrology and water resources operations were analyzed using the outcomes of six different general circulation models (GCMs) for the 2050s. The outcomes of these six GCMs were weighted to provide average future changes. Hydrologic sensitivity, flow statistics, a drought index, …

Outdoor Recreation Participation And Availability Across Utah’S Seven Planning Districts, Douglas Reiter, Steven Burr

All Current Publications

In order to be eligible to receive matching grant funding for outdoor recreation improvements and development from the federal government through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, each state is required to produce a State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) every five years.

Bear River Oneida Narrows Recreation Use And Preference Study, Douglas Reiter

All Current Publications

As part of the study necessary for consideration of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing of the Twin Lakes Canal Company’s proposed Bear River Narrows Dam, Utah State University researchers collected data pertaining to existing recreational use and use patterns, and potential impacts of the proposed dam on recreational use.

Harvesting Corn Silage By Plant Moisture, James Barnhill, Linden Greenhalgh, Clark Israelsen, Michael Pace, Jody Gale

All Current Publications

This publication discusses the appropriate moisture level for ensiling corn silage as a forage.

Bed Bugs: For Homeowners, Ryan S. Davis, Erin W. Hodgson, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

All Current Publications

Bed bugs are notorious around the world for their impact on humans and have been recognized as important pests for hundreds of years. Infestations were common before World War II, but heavy insecticide use eliminated most bed bugs in North America for almost 30 years.

Bed Bugs: For Pest Control Operators, Ryan S. Davis

All Current Publications

Over the past decade reports of bed bug infestations (Cimicidae: Cimex lectularius) throughout North America and abroad have been on the rise. Accordingly, bed bug submissions to the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab have also been increasing.

Usu Faculty Senate Minutes, November 30, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• University Business - President Stan Albrecht, Chief of Staff Sydney Peterson
• Faculty Evaluation Committee Report - Greg Podgorski
• Consent Agenda Items - Spencer Lee
• PRPC Code Changes Section 401.3 & 401.4, First Reading - John Engler
• Recommendation to form an Ad Hoc Committee to review university reports of non-adherence to the Faculty Code - Ed Heath

Subcutaneous Administration Of Tc007 Reduces Disease Severity In An Animal Model Of Sma, Virginia B. Mattis, Marina Y. Fosso, Cheng-Wei Tom Chang, Christian L. Lorson

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Background Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of infantile death. It is caused by the loss of functional Survival Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1). There is a nearly identical copy gene, SMN2, but it is unable to rescue from disease due to an alternative splicing event that excises a necessary exon (exon 7) from the majority of SMN2-derived transcripts. While SMNΔ7 protein has severely reduced functionality, the exon 7 sequences may not be specifically required for all activities. Therefore, aminoglycoside antibiotics previously shown to suppress stop codon recognition and promote translation read-through have been examined to increase the …

Faculty Senate Agenda, November 30, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Faculty Evaluation Committee Report
• Athletic Council Report
• ASUSU Report
• Retention and Student Success Report
• EPC Items
• PRPC Code changes Section 401.3 & .4 – Composition and Authority of the Faculty (Partial changes) - First Reading
• Faculty involvement in President’s evaluation of administrators (Refer to Code Section 104.3.6(3) on Human Resources Webpage)
• Recommendation to form an Ad Hoc Committee to review university reports of non-adherence to the Faculty Code

Faculty Diversity, Development, And Equity Committee Minutes, November 18, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Diversity, Development, and Equity Committee

• Minutes vote
• Attending
• Excused

General Education Subcommittee Minutes, November 17, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Course Approval

Syllabi Approval

Other Business

• Enrollment Report
• CIL Faculty Survey

Next Meeting

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, November 16, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• University Business
• Announcements
• Information Items
• New Business

Also contains Faculty Senate Executive Committee minutes from October 19, 2009, the University Retention Report to Faculty Senate executive summary from November 2, 2009, a report from the Educational Policies Committee from November 5, 2009, and a policy manual for faculty Number 401.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, November 16, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• ASUSU Report
• Retention and Student Success Report
• EPC Items
• PRPC Code changes Section 401-Composition and Authority of the Faculty(partial changes)
• Clarify the involvement of faculty in President’s evaluation of administrators
• Clarify the involvement of faculty input at Department/College level for budget conversations
• Procedures to deal with non adherence to the Faculty Code

Regional Assessment Of Aspen Change And Spatial Variability On Decadal Time Scales, Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey

Aspen Bibliography

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is commonly believed to be declining throughout western North America. Using a historical vegetation map and Landsat TM5 imagery, this study detects changes in regional aspen cover over two different time periods of 85 and 18 years and examines aspen change patterns with biophysical variables in the Targhee National Forest of eastern Idaho, USA. A subpixel classification approach was successfully used to classify aspen. The results indicate greater spatial variability in regional aspen change patterns than indicated by local-scale studies. The observed spatial variability appears to be an inherent pattern in regional aspen dynamics, …