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Welding Student Wins Bronze Medal at WorldSkills

After training 60 to 90 hours a week, Jordan Packer became the most recent star in USU Eastern’s welding program. He faced off against competitors from 20 other countries and brought home the bronze medal in welding from the international WorldSkills 2022 competition and the Best of Nation Award from among the U.S. competitors in all events.

Veterinary Medicine is USU’s Newest College

USU’s former School of Veterinary Medicine is now the university’s newest college. Work is underway to transition the program to a four-year program that will grant doctor of veterinary medicine degrees and admit more students in the coming years.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack

U.S Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s 2022 Commencement address focused on resilience, defined by a belief and faith in something better and building the capacity to make it happen. He later spoke to CAAS graduates and faculty about some of the challenges and opportunities in agriculture.

Ram Chaudhari – Quest for Learning Brings Global Success

Alumnus Ram Chaudhari’s hard work and passion for learning took him from a small village north of Mumbai to boarding school and to graduate school at USU. The food scientist went on to work in industry and launched a company that became a world leader in developing nutrient systems.

Horses and Heroes

The late Robert Adams rode horses on his family’s ranch long before he piloted airplanes in Vietnam. Part of his legacy is the newly opened Robert A. Adams Equine-Human Science Arena where students learn and military veterans come to ride and heal some of the emotional scars of war.

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USU’s Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air just celebrated its first year with the release of a second report to Utah’s governor and policymakers. The institute is an interdisciplinary initiative designed by President Noelle Cockett that seeks to bring USU researchers focused on Utah’s natural resource challenges together with state, county, and city governments. The institute and the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences welcomed alumnus Brian Steed as the institute’s director and a member of the Department of Applied Economics’ faculty. More than a dozen CAAS faculty members contributed to the report, which is available to view online at ilwa.usu. edu.