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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY ® ® UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Founded: March 8, 1888 President (16th): Noelle E. Cockett (Jan. 1, 2017-present) Type: Land-grant, public research university Mission Statement: The mission of Utah State University is to be one of the nation’s premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities by fostering the principle that academics come first, by cultivating diversity of thought and culture and by serving the public through learning, discovery and engagement. Location/Profile: Logan, Utah Population: Logan - 48,565 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Cache County - 114,181 Elevation: 4,778 feet (Logan Campus) Enrollment : Average summer highs: 85 degrees Total Headcount Enrollment (Fall 2016): 28,118* Average winter highs: 34 degrees *Includes USU Regional Campuses and Distance Education: 14,187 Free public transportation for Logan campus, Logan City, Cache Valley and USU Eastern: 1,968 81 miles northeast of Salt Lake City 5 hours south of Yellowstone National Park Gender: 1-hour drive to four ski resorts Male: 13,086 2-minute drive to Logan Canyon Female: 15,032 Number of steps to the top of Old Main Hill: 124 Student Representation: Campus Size: All 29 counties in Utah Main campus: 400 acres All 50 states Statewide: 7,000 (does not include USU Eastern) 83 countries Regional Campuses, Distance Education and Extension: Ages: Regional Campuses: 3 (Brigham City, Tooele, Uintah Basin) Average undergraduate age: 22.3 Comprehensive Community College: 1 (USU Eastern with campuses Average graduate age: 33.8 in Price and Blanding) Extension Offices: In 28 of 29 Utah counties and at the Ogden Botan- Academics: ical Center, Thanksgiving Point, and Utah Botanical Center Undergraduate degrees: 159 Undergraduate minors: 105 Workforce: Graduate degrees: 155 Faculty members:788 Student/faculty ratio: 22.1 to 1 Full-time support staff: 1,569 Average undergraduate class size: 20-29 students Faculty who teach undergraduates: 49.7% Faculty holding doctorate or terminal degrees: 76% Faculty who worked with undergraduates on a research project in the past two years: 63.5% Study abroad opportunities: 150 in 40 countries Students who study abroad each year: 76% Colleges: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Caine College of the Arts Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services College of Engineering College of Humanities and Social Sciences S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources College of Science Most Popular Declared Majors: Economics; Psychology; Communicative Disorders and Deaf Ed- ucation; Mechanical Engineering; Elementary Education; Human Movement Science; Biology; Business Administration 156 2017-18 UTAH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL - 20 NCAA TOURNAMENTS - 9 NIT APPEARANCES PRESIDENT NOELLE E. COCKETT ® ® Science (ASAS), the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and NOELLE E. COCKETT Technology (2004 and 2015) and one of USU’s top honors, the D. UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Wynne Thorne Research Award. QUICK FACTS Montana State, 1980 • First Year After receiving her master’s and doctorate in animal breeding and genetics from Oregon State University in 1983 and 1985, Noelle E. Cockett was appointed as Utah respectively, Cockett spent five years as a research geneticist at State University’s 16th President in October the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research 2016, beginning her official tenure in January Service U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska. 2017. She is USU’s first female president and She joined Utah State University in 1990 as a researcher and assistant the only female president with Utah’s higher professor in the Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary education system. Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. Since becoming president, Cockett has worked to improve the Cockett, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Montana OUTLOOK mission and vision of the university. The dedicated and award- State in animal science in 1980, grew up on a beef cattle ranch winning faculty at USU are scholar-educators who have shared a in eastern Montana and is married to John Cockett, Director of commitment to teaching excellence and rigorous research to help Technology in USU’s Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and students succeed. In March 2017, Jake Christensen and Thomas Hill Human Services. Noelle and John have two children, Dylan and were named 2017 Goldwater Scholars, and fellow undergraduate Chantelle. A. J. Walters, received an honorable mention, in the prestigious national competition that recognizes outstanding achievements in science and mathematics. Cockett has also been working to AGGIE BIOS improve the facilities students enjoy as part of their education. In April, she was proud to be a part of the ground-breaking for the new Life Sciences building on the Logan campus that will benefit students in more than 30 majors taking foundational biology classroom and lab courses housed in the new facility. As always, friends, alumni and donors of the university contribute to the livelihood of USU. In early May 2017, the university announced a major expansion of the highly selective Huntsman Scholar Program and the launch of the Center of Growth and Opportunity thanks to COACHES a joint $50 million gift to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business from the Huntsman Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation. The joint gift is the largest in the school’s history and enables the university to continue fostering innovative research and teaching to improve lives and communities. Prior to being named Utah State’s President, Cockett was serving as Executive Vice President and Provost at USU and has held that position since 2013. Prior to that, she served USU as Vice President OPPONENTS for Extension from 2006 to 2013; Dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences from 2002 to 2013; and Director of the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station from 2009 to 2013. Cockett has built a distinguished career in sheep genomics research, maintaining an active research program even while serving in various leadership positions at Utah State University. Her UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2017-18) research program has centered on the identification of genetic Noelle E. Cockett, President SEASON REVIEW markers associated with economically important traits in sheep, Larry Smith, Interim Provost as well as the development of resources that advance research Neil N. Abercrombie, Vice President, Government Relations on the sheep genome. Cockett and her colleagues published an Douglas D. Anderson, Dean, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business article describing the sheep genome sequence in Science in 2014. Jodi Bailey, Chief Audit Executive Her current project focuses on the identification of genetic regions Bradford R. Cole, Dean, Libraries associated with entropion in newborn lambs. Cockett has served David T. Cowley, Vice President for Business & Finance as the United States coordinator for sheep genome mapping since Beth E. Foley, Dean, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services 1993 and is an active member of the International Sheep Genomics Maura E. Hagan, Dean, College of Science Consortium. John H. Hartwell, Vice President and Director of Athletics Eric S. Hawley, Chief Information Officer As an active researcher, Cockett has received many awards RECORDS and accolades throughout her career including a Young Scientist H. Scott Hinton, President, USU Research Foundation Award from the Western Section of the American Society of Animal Craig D. Jessop, Dean, Caine College of the Arts Jagath Kaluarachchi, Interim Dean, College of Engineering Kimberly Lott, President, Faculty Senate UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2017-18) Chris Luecke, Dean, S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources Mr. Jody K. Burnett, Chairman, Salt Lake City Mica McKinney, General Counsel Mr. Mark K. Holland, Vice Chairman, North Salt Lake City Mark R. McLellan, Vice President for Research; Dean, School of Graduate Studies Mr. Kent K. Alder, Member, Logan James D. Morales, Vice President for Student Services Mr. David G. Butterfield, Member, Logan Joe Peterson, Chancellor, College of Eastern Utah UNIVERSITY Mr. John Y. Ferry, Member, Corinne Sydney M. Peterson, Chief of Staff, Secretary to the Board of Trustees Mrs. Karen H. Huntsman, Member, Salt Lake City Michael Torrens, Director of Analysis, Assessment & Accreditation Mrs. Crystal C. Maggelet, Member, Salt Lake City Tim Vitale, Director, Public Relations & Marketing Mr. J. Scott Nixon, Member, Kaysville Robert, W. Wagner, Vice President for Academic & Instructional Services Mr. Frank Peczuh, Jr., Member, Price Joseph P. Ward, Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences Mr. Michael Scott Peters, Member, Logan Kenneth L. White, Vice President for Extension and Agriculture; Mr. Clark L. Whitworth, Member, Centerville Dean, College of Agriculture & Applied Sciences 2017-18 UTAH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL - 20 NCAA TOURNAMENTS - 9 NIT APPEARANCES 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS - 8 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS - #AGGIESALLTHEWAY 157 VP/AD JOHN HARTWELL ® ® Even more impressive is Utah State’s continued successes by its JOHN HARTWELL student-athletes in the classroom as they have an 89 percent graduation VICE PRESIDENT / ATHLETICS DIRECTOR success rate, which is the highest in the Mountain West, and a cumulative Citadel, 1987 • Third Year 3.196 grade-point average. During the 2016-17 academic year, USU had 148 student-athletes