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Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, November 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Provost’s Office

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Agriculture Systems and Technology

• New Course
• Prefix Change, Title Change, Course Description Change
• Prefix Change
• Prefix Change, Title Change
• Prefix Change, Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Add Multiple List, Course Description Change
• Add Multiple List
• Add Multiple List, Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Multiple List Change

Department of Art and Design

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Music

• New Course
• Delete Course

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Removal of University Studies Designation

Department …

Tremblings, November 2013, Western Aspen Alliance

Tremblings

Does Aspen Need Fire?

Douglas Shinneman

It is commonly accepted that aspen needs fire or other stand- replacing disturbance to persist on many landscapes. The prevailing aspen-fire model, in a nutshell, could be stated as follows: After fire, aspen resprouts vigorously, often forming even-aged stands that dominate for decades, as long as browsing animals or other factors don’t impede regeneration. Historically, periodic fire created cycles of aspen and conifer dominance, and produced shifting mosaics of different forest types across landscapes. Too long without fire (e.g., due to fire suppression and moist climate), and conifers extend their dominance, as aging and …

Community-Level Response To Habitat Structure Manipulations: An Experimental Case Study In A Tropical Ecosystem, Emily A. Kalnicky, Karen H. Beard, Mark W. Brunson

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Across the globe, environmental change is resulting in novel ecosystems that have altered habitat structure and functioning. Research is needed to understand how changes in habitat structure in these new ecosystems impact community interactions, especially when these manipulations are being proposed to reduce invasive species. We conducted an experiment in Hawaii to determine how changes in habitat structure, represented by leaf litter and understory vegetation, affect the abundance of an invasive generalist predator, the coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and its potential prey (invertebrates). This study consisted of four treatments: two vegetation treatments (50% and 100% removal of vegetation with diameter …

Cognitive Apprenticeship And The Supervision Of Science And Engineering Research Assistants, Michelle A. Maher, Joanna A. Gilmore, David F. Feldon, Telesia E. Davis

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

We explore and critically reflect on the process of science and engineering research assistant skill development both within laboratory-based research teams and, when no team is present, whithin the faculty supervisor-research assistant interactions. Using a performance-based measure of research skill development, we identify research assistants who, over the course of an academic year of service as a researcher, markedly developed, modestly developed, or failed to develop their research skills. Interviews with these research assistants and their faculty supervisors, seen through the lens of cognitive apprenticeship, provide insight into this variation. We found that within the contours of supervisory relationships and …

Equine Viral Arteritis (Eva), Dirk K. Vanderwall, Kerry A. Rood, Bruce L. King

All Current Publications

Equine viral arteritis (EVA) is a serious viral disease of horses that can affect the respiratory system and/or the reproductive system. Its importance to the U.S. equine industry was highlighted during a 2006 breeding industry outbreak that was associated with venereal spread of the virus in semen. This fact sheet provides background information of EVA, including prevention and control.

Training Livestock To Avoid Specific Forage, Beth Burritt, Morgan Doran, Matt Stevenson

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides the basics of aversion training for livestock.

The Utah Statesman, October 31, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, October 29, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, October 17, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, October 15, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Professor Craig Johnson Interview Transcription, Craig Johnson

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 75th Anniversary

No abstract provided.

Diffuse Migratory Connectivity In Two Species Of Shrubland Birds: Evidence From Stable Isotopes, Steven T. Knick, Matthias Leu, John T. Rotenberry, Steven E. Hanser, Kurt A. Fesenmyer

Articles

Connecting seasonal ranges of migratory birds is important for understanding the annual template of stressors that influence their populations. Brewer’s sparrows (Spizella breweri) and sagebrush sparrows (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) share similar sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats for breeding but have different population trends that might be related to winter location. To link breeding and winter ranges, we created isoscapes of deuterium [stable isotope ratio (δ) of deuterium; δ ²H] and nitrogen (δ ¹⁵N) for each species modeled from isotope ratios measured in feathers of 264 Brewer’s and 82 sagebrush sparrows and environmental …

The Utah Statesman, October 10, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, October 8, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 7, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Annual Report – Larry Smith
• Libraries Advisory Council Report – Jennifer Duncan
• Parking Committee Report – James Nye
• Honors Program Report – Nick Morrison
• EPC Items for September 2013 – Larry Smith
• Recent proposed changes to the Honors Program - Noelle Cockett
• Code Section 406 - Task Force update on proposed revisions - Vince Wickwar
• Disposition of Unfinished Business Items - Yanghee Kim
• PRPC Section 402, Language changes for RCDE, USU Eastern and Elimination of GSS (Second Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski
• PRPC Section 402.12.7 FEC wording on what follows “decide university awards” (First Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

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

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

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

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course

Department of Music

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course

Department of Music

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change,Course Description Change

Department of Engineering …

Neighborhoods Have Little Effect On Fungal Attack Or Insect Predation Of Developing Seeds In A Grassland Biodiversity Experiment, Noelle G. Beckman, Ray Dybzinski, G. David Tilman

Biology Faculty Publications

Numerous observational studies have documented conspecific negative density-dependence that is consistent with the Janzen–Connell Hypothesis (JCH) of diversity maintenance. However, there have been few experimental tests of a central prediction of the JCH: that removing host-specific enemies should lead to greater increases in per capita recruitment in areas of higher host density or lower relative phylogenetic diversity. Using spatially randomized plots of high and low host biomass in a temperate grassland biodiversity experiment, we treated developing seedheads of six prairie perennials to factorial applications of fungicide and insecticide. We measured predispersal seed production, seed viability, and seedling biomass. Results were …

Utah State Magazine, Fall 2013, Utah State University

Utah State Magazine

The quarterly magazine for friends and alumni of Utah State University.

The Utah Statesman, October 1, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

A Clinical Interview For Assessing Student Learning In A University-Level Craft Technology Course, Victor R. Lee, Deborah A. Fields

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This paper describes the design and development of a clinical interview protocol, the “Interactive Toy Interview” (ITI), that was used to assess prior knowledge and resultant learning among undergraduate students enrolled in a new, university-level “Craft Technologies” course. This new course involved several weeks of project work with electronic textiles and soft circuits. The ITI draws on prior work assessing learning with e-textiles, such as circuit diagram drawing tasks and ‘debuggems’, but it is based on use of existing commercial toys and objects. We present excerpts from interviews with a student who reported no prior background with sewing, circuitry, or …

Consequences Of Seed Dispersal For Plant Recruitment In Tropical Forests: Interactions Within The Seedscape, Noelle G. Beckman, Haldre S. Rogers

Biology Faculty Publications

Seed dispersal sets the stage for the suite of biotic and abiotic interactions that determine the fate of individual seeds. In this review, we first focus on how dispersal influences the 'seedscape', or the combination of abiotic and biotic factors that affect the probability of recruitment once a seed has reached its final location. We review recent papers that examine the effect of different dispersal vectors on (1) the quality of the habitat in which a seed lands; (2) the distance seeds are dispersed from the parent tree; and (3) the density and composition of plant s within the neighborhood …

Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 2: Feeding, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides information for small scale hobbiests about feeding young calves, including liquid feeding, calf starter, and hay.

Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 3: Calf Scours, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides information on dealing with calf scours for the small scale hobbiest, including treatment and prevention.

Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 1: New Born Calf, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides tips to small scale hobbiests about caring for a new born calf.

Wildflowers & Other Herbaceous Plants Of Utah Rangelands, Mindy Pratt, Chad Reid, Roger Banner, James Bowns

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, September 26, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, September 24, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.