BYU

Nursing professor named to leadership post

The American Holistic Nurses Association elected Glenda Christiaens its new education coordinator, starting in June 2008. She is an associate professor of nursing at BYU.

BYU Honors Eight With Emeriti Awards

Brigham Young University's Emeriti Alumni Association has honored some of its distinguished alumni and educators. The honors reflect professional, personal and community contributions of teachers from the class of 1968 or earlier. Honorees include: Rulon G. Craven, of Centerville; Roger DeMordaunt, of Idaho Falls, Idaho ; B. Keith Duffin, of Salt Lake City; Marilyn Winterton Edmunds, of Beijing, PRC; D. Wilson Hales, of Ogden; Phyllis Smart Olsen, of Provo; Blaine R. Porter, of Provo; and Karl N. Snow, Jr., of Provo. Emeriti alumni are those graduates from 40 years ago or earlier. The class of 1968 was inducted this year into the BYU Emeriti Alumni Association.

New research shows that summer of 1847 was one of toughest

A Brigham Young University geographer studying timbers from the Salt Lake Tabernacle found the trees' tale of hardships. Analysis of the width of the rings in the wood shows that a severe drought began in the years before the first Mormon wagon trains rolled into the Salt Lake Valley the summer of 1847.

BYU professor Matthew Bekker's findings are published in the current issue of the academic journal Tree-ring Research.

During the recent renovation of the Tabernacle, Bekker sampled timbers on the building's west end, underneath the stage that supports seating for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the widely-recognized organ. Tree rings that grew in 1846 were much narrower than would be expected with a normal year's rainfall, ranking as the sixth narrowest of the 162 years studied. The pioneers' first two years of settlement saw little relief with 1847 and 1848 ranked as the 10th and 16th driest seasons in the period.

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THROUGH FRIDAY

EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS: In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Women's Services and Resources will be giving away bracelets that urge participants to "Be Comfortable in Your Genes." The bracelets will be given out at a booth in the student center. There will also be a discussion panel of eating disorder survivors at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday as well as an "Intuitive Eating" workshop on Thursday at 11:00 a.m.

TODAY

FORUM: Distinguished Faculty Lecturer to speak. Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and professor of mathematics, Kening Lu, will give a forum titled "Can Calculus Carry Nerve Signals?" at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY

GRADUATION FAIR: The BYU Bookstore and the BYU Alumni Association are sponsoring a graduation fair on the upper level of the BYU Bookstore where students can take care of everything from cap and gown orders to buying BYU memorabilia.

TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY

INTERNATIONAL CINEMA: The International Cinema in 250 Spencer W. Kimball Tower will feature "Head Wynn," "The God of Cookery," "Il Mare" and "The Lake House." All shows are free. For showtimes, see ic.byu.edu or call 422-5751. Foreign language films are shown with subtitles.

WEDNESDAY

BYU IDOL: BYU Idol begins again in the Varsity Theatre at 7 p.m. Slots fill up fast, so those who are interested in performing should contact the Student Activities Board at 422-3122.

LECTURE: The European Culture Lecture Series will feature "The Cultural Construction of National Identities in Europe" by Anne-Marie Thiesse of the Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques, Paris, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

THURSDAY

PANEL : As part of Black History Month at BYU, a multicultural panel of BYU students will discuss ways to foster unity, understanding and cultural appreciation on campus under the theme "Unified by Our Diversity" at 11 a.m. in 3380 WSC.

COLLOQUIUM: The Women's Studies Colloquium will host Niwako Yamawaki, assistant professor of psychology, who will present her research on "The Effects of Ambivalent Sexism on College Students' Teacher Evaluations" in 4186 Joseph F. Smith Building at noon. The lecture is open to everyone.

LECTURE: At 2 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium, social work professor Gordon Limb will present "A Bright Future: Strengthening American Indians' Fragile Families."

MOVIE SHOWING: In the Wilkinson Student Center's Varsity Theater, the movie "Amazing Grace," a true story of a man's long crusade to end the slave trade in England, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. as part of Black History Month. Tickets can be purchased for $1.50 at the WSC Info Desk.

UVSC

ACULIS CEO appointed as pres. of UVSC board

ACULIS CEO James Stone will preside over Utah Valley State College's Computer Science Industrial Advisory Board. As President of the Computer Science Industrial Advisory Board, Stone will be assisting with the ongoing development of the computer science program and software engineering program at UVSC, with duties including developing program objectives, program outcomes, curriculum review and development.

Senior project to illustrate the dangers of drug use

UVSC art and visual communications student Josh Mendenhall, of Saratoga Springs, will present his senior project March 3-7.The project will take place at Olympus High School in Salt Lake City and will focus on the dangers of drug use.

Mendenhall will construct five portraits of teenagers 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide by pushing colored plastic cups through the openings in a chain-link fence.At the end of the five-day drug-awareness week, two of the portraits will change into skulls to illustrate that there are two drug-related deaths every hour.

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TODAY

LECTURE: Julin Cardona, a photojournalist from Jurez, Mexico, will speak in the Ragan Theater at 1 p.m. He has spent more than a decade documenting the social upheaval on Mexico's border, photographing scenes of violence and poverty. He's also documented the wide-spread immigration of Mexicans to the United States and provided photographs for the book "Exodus," a project for which he worked closely with award-winning author and journalist Charles Bowden. Cardona will show some of the photos used in "Exodus" and discuss them before giving the audience a chance to ask him questions regarding his work and the situation in his home country.

SHOW: Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" will be preformed at 7 p.m. in the Ragan Theater. Tickets are $10, $7 with UV ID. All proceeds will be donated to the Center for Women and Children in Crisis of Provo.

DATING HELP: David Coleman, known as "America's Real Life Hitch" will be in the UVSC Ballroom at 7 p.m. Tickets are $3 and available at Campus Connection or at the door. There also will be free speed dating at 6:00 p.m. in SC 206c to get the night started. To reserve a seat please RSVP to getalife@uvsc.edu.

FRIDAY

CONFERENCE: Undergraduate students from across Utah will go to UVSC for the second annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sorensen Student Center from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.