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Utah State University (USU) is a public university located in Logan, Utah. Founded in 1888 as the Agricultural College of Utah, USU serves as a land-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The university is divided into eight colleges at its Logan campus and administers five regional campuses (Brigham City, Price, San Juan, Tooele, and Uintah Basin). The University offers 176 bachelor's degrees, 97 master's degrees, and 38 doctoral degrees available at the Logan campus, regional campuses, online, as well as several education centers and offices throughout Utah.

USU enrolled more than 25,000 students in 2011, making it the third largest university in Utah.

Founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college, the university now offers 176 bachelor's degrees, 97 master's degrees, and 38 doctoral degrees. It is organized into eight colleges at its Logan campus and administers five regional campuses (Brigham City, Tooele, Uintah Basin, Price and San Juan), as well as several education centers and offices throughout Utah.

USU's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Utah State Aggies. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference.

Alumni

Notable Alumni

Harry Reid BS '61, U.S. Senator, D-NV

Chris Cooley 2-time NFL Pro Bowl tight end

Notable Professors

Stephen Covey Author, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Craig Jessop BS '73, Mormon Tabernacle Choir Music Director (1999-2008)

Rainer Maria Latzke, German artist

Main articles: List of Utah State University alumni, presidents, and faculty

Utah State University has more than 110,000 alumni throughout the United States and in more than 100 other nations.

Particularly notable alumni include Harry Reid, current U.S. Senate Majority Leader; May Swenson, poet; Merlin Olsen, pro football hall-of-famer, actor, and TV personality; Rick Bass, writer and environmental activist; Charlie Denson, President of Nike Brand; Chris Cooley, pro-football tight-end for the Washington Redskins; and Mary L. Cleave, NASA astronaut.

USU System

USU Moab

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USU Eastern

Utah State University College of Eastern Utah (USU Eastern) is a branch junior college within the USU system located in Price, Utah and a satellite campus in Blanding, Utah. USU Eastern joined the USU system in July of 2010, however USU offered RCDE courses on the campus before the merger. USU Eastern offers more than 60 Associate and Certificate programs. USU RCDE continues to offer Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees on site. USU Eastern has just over 2,000 students and has seen a decrease in enrollment for 2010 and 2011.

Main Article

USU's flagship and main campus is located in Logan, however nearly half of enrollment occurs through Regional Campuses and Distance Education (RCDE). Cooperative Extension is a non-formal education program. RCDE and Cooperative Extension work throughout Utah at a number of education centers and regional campuses.

Utah State University Uintah Basin Regional Campus is a part of the Utah State University (USU) Regional Campuses and Distance Education system located in Roosevelt, Utah with an additional campus in Vernal. USU-Uintah Basin offers 5 Associate, 20 Bachelor and 16 Masters degrees as well as certificate programs and a Doctor of Education program.

Roosevelt Campus

USU opened the Uintah Basin campus in Roosevelt after funding was secured by the Utah State Legislature in 1967. The campus grew with the addition of concurrent enrollment courses. In 1989, the Roosevelt campus added a 25,000 sq. foot administrative and educational building, funding for which was supported by the City of Roosevelt, Duchesne and Uintah Counties. The building's design is similar to that of an LDS Church and is commonly referred to as "The Church". In 1993, First Security Bank donated an administrative building, now referred to as "The Bank".

In 2001, the Roosevelt site opened up "The Barn", a $5 million dollar building which houses classrooms, computer labs, student services, and a gymnasium.

Vernal Campus

USU Uintah Basin in Vernal began in high school classrooms, teaching courses at night. In 1991, USU purchased a 40,000-square-foot building which doubled the classroom space.

In 2010, USU opened the Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center in Vernal, a 70,000 square-foot research hub with classrooms, teaching labs, and student services. Named after Marc and Debbie Bingham, who provided $15 million for the project, the Center will house offices for the USU Research Foundation's Energy Dynamics Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, and USTAR.

Delivery

As a Regional Campus within the USU System, there are four options for course delivery:
Online
Students take courses online at their own pace during the traditional semester schedule. Assignments, discussion, and other communication take place online. Classes do not meet on a regular basis. Bachelor's degrees available online include agribusiness, family life studies, and psychology. Master's Degrees available online include English and instructional technology.
Hybrid
Courses are delivered in an online format using online video communication software such as Adobe Connect (Breeze) or Wimba. While the courses are delivered online students are usually required to participate in hybrid classes at set times. This allows for streaming video and live chat with other students and the instructor in real-time. Hybrid Bachelor's degrees available include Elementary Education and Family, Consumer, & Human Development. Hybrid Master's degrees include Engineering and Rehabilitation Counseling.
Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC)
IVC courses are interactive classes taught in a classroom and broadcast to various locations throughout the state of Utah. Additional classrooms are able to watch video in real-time of the instructor as he or she teaches. Through microphones and camera systems, students in remote sites are able to ask and answer questions and make comments that the instructor is able to answer for all students. Most degrees available through RCDE are taught using IVC.
Face-to-Face
These are in-class, traditional higher education courses. Students attend classes and are taught by instructors in person.

Tooele Student Enrollment by Delivery Method

Delivery Method	Enrollment
Online	258(20%)
Face-To-Face	411(31%)
IVC	636(49%)

Aggie Ice Cream

Starting out in Old Main, USU has had a creamery since it's founding in 1888. Studying studying dairying and domestic arts applied to learn how to make both ice cream and cheeses. In 1921, Gustav Wilster began working with the College of Agriculture and by 1922 students were studying dairy technology, fluid milk processing, ice cream manufacture, dairy engineering, cheese manufacture, buttermaking, inspecting dairy facilities, and dairy product judging. Wilster's students would go on to create Caspers Ice Cream, Farrs Ice Cream, and Snelgroves Ice Cream. In 1975, the Nutrition and Food Sciences building was built and is where Aggie Ice Cream is housed today. Aggie Ice Cream receives it's milk from the Caine Dairy Research and Teaching Center located near the Wellsville Mountains.

21st Century

After the 2008 economic crisis, USU began seeing budget cuts from the Utah State Legislature. During the 2011 session of the legislature cut $4 million with a total of $24.2 million in on-going cuts and $9.9 million in one-time cuts since 2008. During that time, enrollment at the University has continued to climb with 5% growth in 2010 and 8.3% growth in 2009. A growing number of students are domestic-minority students, which grew 11.5% in 2011.

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Utah State University

USU-Brigham

Current Page

Utah State University Brigham City Regional Campus is a part of the Utah State University Regional Campuses and Distance Education system located in Brigham City, Utah offering a number of Associate, Bachelor and Maters degrees as well as certificate programs.

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Utah State University Brigham City is part of the Utah State University Regional Campus and Distance Education system. Located in Brigham City, Utah, USU-Brigham City offers a number of Associate, Bachelor and Masters degrees as well as certificate programs. The campus opened in the Box Elder County Courthouse in 1984. In 1991, the campus moved to a store-front in an abandoned strip mall. After undergoing several renovations and expansions, the 120,000 square foot building now offers a bookstore, child care center, laboratories, and student lounge.

Information was added to the USU-BC wiki Jhunt47 (talk) 17:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

In December of 2010, the Utah State Board of Regents approved the purchase of property to expand the campus. 40-acres are being offered to Utah State University of the former, and dilapidated, Intermountain Indian School.

Information was added to the USU-BC wiki Jhunt47 (talk) 17:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

<<From USU--Brigham City website>> Utah State University Brigham City started operating in the Box Elder County Courthouse in 1984. For the following two years, classes were offered at the courthouse via the Utah State University Com-Net delivery system and face-to-face classes were offered in rooms rented from the Box Elder School District. In 1985, a turn-of-the-century home (located at 23 South 200 East) was rented from Box Elder School District and the Com-Net system was expanded and moved into the old home. The living room became a computer lab, one bedroom an office, and other bedrooms became Com-Net classrooms. In 1991, a store-front in an abandoned strip mall was rented and remodeled for use as classrooms for both Com-Net classes and face-to-face classes.

Student enrollment and degree offerings continued to expand over the next five years. In 1996 State Representative Rob Bishop, from Brigham City, spearheaded a campaign to appropriate money to expand the Utah State University Brigham City campus. The entire strip mall was purchased and 15,000 square feet of space was renovated for use by Utah State University Brigham City campus.

Utah State University Brigham City continued to grow and in 2002 seven thousand square feet of additional space was renovated for university use. In 2005, a 17,000 square-foot renovation began which created eight new state-of-the-art classrooms, a child care center, bookstore, break room, student lounge, and exercise facility.

In 2008, a 12,000 square-foot expansion began which was completed in early 2009. This new expansion added a one-stop student services center, and five laboratories – anatomy, engineering, science, anthropology, and child development. The expansion also included one classroom, materials library, laboratory preparation unit, and a warming kitchen.

The timelines to the right are organized in reverse chronological order so the most recent events will occur at the beginning as Utah State University Brigham City continues to grow and develop.

USU-Tooele

Current Info

Utah State University Tooele Regional Campus is a part of the Utah State University Regional Campuses and Distance Education system located in Tooele, Utah offering a number of Associate, Bachelor and Masters degrees as well as certificate programs and a Doctor of Education program.

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Utah State University Tooele Regional Campus is a part of the USU Regional Campuses and Distance Education system located in Tooele, Utah offering a number of Associate, Bachelor, Masters, and one Doctorate program in addition to several certificate programs. The campus offers 7 full-time faculty members in addition to the several adjunct professors who collectively teach more than 300 classes.

USU-Tooele strives to promote higher education for residents of small communities in the area such as Grantsville, Erda, Dugway, Stansbury, and Wendover. The campus offers academic advising, free tutoring, and a full service bookstore.

<<From USU-Tooele Website>> Utah State University Tooele Regional Campus's primary goal is to provide high quality education and outreach for Tooele County residents. We have 7 full-time faculty members and numerous adjunct professors to lead student-centered academic programs that enhance the lives of community members and respond to the needs of Tooele County residents and business.

We have grown for the past 25 years and now offer more than 35 degrees and 300 courses to students. To meet the needs of all of Tooele County residents and their educational goals, our programs range from associate degrees to doctoral degrees and can be accomplished by part or full time study.

USU Tooele also strives to promote higher education as an accessible and attainable goal for residents of small communities, such as Tooele, Grantsville, Erda, Dugway, Stansbury, and Wendover. We want residents to get excited about the opportunities they have in their communities for higher education. We provide students with everything they need to succeed while pursuing their education, including academic advisement, free tutoring, a full service bookstore and scholarships.