Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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This i the century o( discovery R»-•earth is the prate of discovery, and the excitement of new horitooe u an Inimrilraur personal reward for ibe researcher. Curiosity is the mod-satins force- Research Is, therefore, the nidus oi tlie srholsrty. creative •pint that pcrmc.itrs a mature uni versify. Alms st even firfd of thcoghr is exploding with new concept! and increased knowledge. licld. are merg-itia ihrcoirfi the conception of unify ini: principles. I (tab State 1 iuversity hai u primary mpunUlvility lor verifying ami enlarging human knowledjjc. The winnowing and evaluation of facts it j •rep toward new innght into the iunite of tlie world and t» «n ln.fi s-|vmaWc part of hotli education and research. Since reaeatvh resides ,ui tin- forefronts ol knowledge, an active research pri-gram among tacuity and undent i nor only vttalijcs teach Inc. II Guarantees to the student tliat tlie suh|cct matter bet ok taught Is fully contemporary, A significant I storage availalslr (or USU studenes Is participation In viral research pns-gram searching for new miths Kescareh 11 significant only when ir is creative and new. There l« mil a piece lor the lone pioneer; hut most distinctive research si the product of u group and chaHenpei cath member through discussion, crillciim ami mutual auiitance. In Its struggle toward excelleiscc I rah State I fltfvmlty is. therefore, ecmcentratlng Us revcarch and graduate ellorts in a lew major areas. Inclitdcsl are basic science, ecology, molecular biology, electro-magnetic radiation, land anti water, food science, and studies probing the basic dementi of learning The foremost topxiubilitv id UnP venity research coincides with the first responsibility of the university itself; to seek truth — tnith In the sense of what emetics from the critical application id the best methods of exploration that are available. The Other of the dual rrtfuntihilitu-i of a university is to diMeminare this truth through ed oca tic out processes. Thin, both revcarch and reaching arc essential to a university seeking to fulfill Its responsibilities to society.

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Settlor. the companion ni the l.'oi-vntUy'i pn'cremi in teaching and research, twtdin tht mtlucncc ol the institution far beyond the hounds ol the campus tr nearly cs-ery family in tlx state and to people half-way -inHind the world. Tlie largest sendee arm til the Unl-vcrifty It the Uxtcttiion Srrvice , a irate-wide organiratloo which pto videi Utah’ eitbrtn with needed prsnirams In continuing education and cvmperative extension. Extension's activities cose Utah and are prrpurrd to oiler complete programs to horh urban and tural Interest and in tlnxM anv held. The externnr stall ol county or area jsjmts, tht-trict directors. program leaden and nsbjcct matter iptvialtsti, hnng the n tal moorcea of the University to bear on I rah’i problems I’nmanly uimed at helps og 1‘tah'i people through pnigram designed to otvtrume ptohlems and impnroe living condition!, Extension activities range lorn otpmircd ctfom for tt.nc beautification to trainmu program drtsgfsed to prepare Utah's eitirenry for coping with possible etirmy attack or natural disasters. A hail extension role long tewv nirrsl in the crate has Keen tlur of helping fatmers untl tanchm idrn lily their problems through rrssMich findings ol thr I Inisersity. I I tot) State extension ssotkers have pro sided the spark that has tesoltod III the dcstlopiiwnt and fnanh of fatm organisations and virtually every ctv ivpcrutive ui the state. Beside oonducnng numerous short ouns, workshop . demonsltationt. touts, cpttrsponilence study esiurx-classes with and without credit. U.S.I.V Extc«si.so Services chuntvl siul information t« consumer and producers via newspapers, raJfc ami television. The 1 Jniseruty' services also include programs in South America where I I.S.Ipersonnel are providing ad stsoev assistance through federal con tracts and by so doing prom.Ming in creased unJentondlng among men. an arrangement in thck-M traditions of the land grant university