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Summer Citizens 2016 YEARS 40 1976–2016 Discover | Engage | Celebrate SUMMERCITIZENS.USU.EDU 800.538.2663 OR 435.797.2028 Chamber of Commerce 2015 Outstanding Economic Impact Award PROGRAM INFORMATION WHAT IS A SUMMER CITIZEN 02 CARD BENEFITS 03 COMMUNITY INFO 04-05 ORIENTATION INFO 06 CAMPUS MAP 07 COMMON QUESTIONS 08-09 BECOME A 2015 SUMMER CITIZEN HOUSING 10-16 COURSES 17-35 Culture and Religion 32-33 Entertainment and Arts 22-24 Environmental 33 Health and Fitness 18-21 History and World Events 28-31 Technology 25-27 Travel Adventure Tours 34-35 REGISTRATION INFORMATION 36 CANCELLATION POLICY 37 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 38 SPONSORS 39-41 LOGAN MAP 42 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAM INFORMATION AT-A-GLANCE Back Cover TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 WHAT IS A SUMMER CITIZEN? Become a lifelong learner! Discover, Engage & Celebrate your summer by registering to participate in the many courses offered during the summer semester at Utah State University. This year Utah State University commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Summer Citizens Program. While most students are getting a break from classes during the summer months, more than 700 senior citizens go back PROGRAM INFORMATION to school at Utah State University where they enroll in the Summer Citizens Program. The Summer Citizens Program students are offered diverse course subjects without the challenge of receiving credit, homework, or grades. The wide range of stimulating topics are categorized by the following topics: Culture & Religion Entertainment & The Arts Environmental & Natural Resources Health & Fitness History & World Events Technology Travel Adventures Course titles and descriptions are located on pages 17 - 33 in the program book, featured At-A-Glance on the back cover, and listed on the web site: summercitizens.usu.edu. Course Info page. All courses are instructed by university professors, local experts and summer citizens with special backgrounds and qualifications. Classes have a modest registration fee, but are rich in substance. For those more interested in sight seeing, they won’t want to miss out on registering for the guided bus tours to explore and experience our northern Utah. This area has an abundant history that we can’t wait to share. Check out the wonderful guided bus tours listed on pages 34 - 35. “Summer 2013 was our first summer in Logan. We were amazed at how many activities were available to us. The town is so friendly with a rich history. We’ll be back.” - Kathleen Neffenger 3 Look at the Many Benefits Available to You With PROGRAM INFORMATION THE SUMMER CITIZENS CARD LIFELONG – LEARNING & FUN LIBRARY PRIVILEGES on CAMPUS on & off CAMPUS · Check-out Books · Recreation & Fitness Classes · Electronic Media · Free Health Clinics TECHNOLOGY on CAMPUS · Educational Courses · Guided Bus Tours · Open access labs · Free Coordinated USU Department Tours · IT Service Desk assistance - Valued at $40 per hr (on & off campus) · Skilled Techs on-site · Free Performances - (Alumni Band, Imperial Glee EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY DISCOUNTS Club & Cool Classics) · Coupon Book with Great Savings · Numerous Club Activities (golf, hiking, tennis, · 2 Merchant Fair Expos camera, cards, pickleball) · Dozens of local businesses · Free Luncheon - End of Summer Celebration · Opera/Theater · Skyroom Restaurant - BOGO · Free Cup of Famous Aggie Ice Cream · Free T-Shirt with on-line registration PARKING PASS on CAMPUS · USU Big Blue Parking Terrace - 4 hrs per day · Near Student Center, HPER & Field House recreation. · Unlimited daytime parking in Black, Grey, Yellow and Blue lots. · Optional $10 upgrade permit to include Orange & Green lots · Handicap permit required to park in dedicated handicap stalls for any parking lot on campus · $1 per day – friends & family visitor parking Snow Hall & Merrill Hall AGGIE EXPRESS ACCOUNT on CAMPUS · ID Card serves as a debit card · 10% Off at Most Dining Locations on Campus · Copy Center – Taggart Student Center DISCOUNT AND BENEFITS VALUED AT OVER $600 This card is required to take advantage of all features listed below and must be presented at all program activities. 4 ENJOY YOUR SUMMER Check out our website for area info and a calendar of events. We look forward IN LOGAN! to meeting you! We can’t wait to introduce you www.visitloganutah.com 199 N. Main St, Logan, UT to our charming community. 1-435-755-1890 (Located in the historic Cache County Courthouse) AREA INFORMATION Downtown Logan is only a Cache Valley’s dramatic landscape Welcome to our rich cultural 5-minute drive from outdoor represents the rugged struggle to tapestry of performing and fine arts, adventure and beauty in the settle the American West. It’s the nurtured and thriving since 1856. Wasatch-Cache National Forest. ancestral home of the Northwest Logan was so artsy that in the early Band of the Shoshone, mountain 1900s it was known as the Athens of Beautiful Logan Canyon National men roamed and traded furs here in the West. Scenic Byway is a 41-mile the 1820s, and Mormon pioneers spectacular drive past limestone settled the area in the 1850s. Take in a wide variety of fantastic cliffs, the Logan River, and forested talent at our free Noon Music canopies to the turquoise-blue Stop in at the American West Concerts at the historic Tabernacle waters of Bear Lake. Heritage Center, a 160-acre living Monday through Friday. Concerts history center and experience the last about 45 minutes. The dramatic canyon provides great history of the Old West. fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, Depending on the day, you’ll visit The Center for the Arts is home canoeing, biking, geocaching, with Native Americans, mountain of the stunning 1923 Ellen Eccles horseback riding, and bird- men, farmers, and pioneers. Theatre, which hosts local, regional, watching. Don’t miss Tony Grove Museum open year-round; living and nationally touring productions, Lake, a glacial lake surrounded by history open seasonally. and the beautifully restored 1878 wildflowers and a likely spot to spy www.awhc.org Thatcher-Young Mansion, now an a moose. art gallery with rotating exhibits. www.logancanyon.org www.centerforthearts.us “Logan is our ‘home away from home’” CALENDAR OF EVENTS 5 Noon Music at the Tabernacle Cache Valley Cruise-In Spirit of 47 Pioneer Jubilee First of May – Mid-August June 30th – July 2nd @ American West Heritage Center Old Ephraim’s Mountain Freedom Fire Celebration July 23rd AREA INFORMATION Man Rendezvous July 2nd Bear Lake Raspberry Days Memorial Day weekend Lewiston’s 4th of July August 4th – August 6th Cache Valley Storytelling Festival July 2nd & 3rd Preston Famous Night Rodeo June 9th – 11th Hyrum Star Spangled Week July 30th – August 1st Summerfest Arts Faire July 3rd (Patriotic Program) Cache County Fair & Rodeo June 16th - 18th July 4th (Parade & Fireworks) August 11th – 13th Art on the Lawn Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre June 25th July 6th – August 6th Lyric Repertory Theatre Pioneer Day Celebration – Logan City June 9 - August 11 July 23rd Stroll on the beautiful campus The internationally renowned Utah RESTAURANTS – Logan has more of Utah State University, a major Festival Opera and Musical Theatre than 70 restaurants to choose from, research university founded as an takes the Ellen Eccles Theatre stage including many unique restaurants agricultural college in 1888. Old to perform operas and Broadway with their own specialties as well as Main is an architectural icon and shows along with concerts, various national food chains. the A on top stands for the Aggies, classes, backstage tours, and more. the USU mascot. Hundreds of performers from the SHOPPING – We’ve got the chains www.usu.edu nation’s greatest stages showcase a you’re used to like Walmart and month of spectacular performances. Walgreens, a mall with more than Take a walking tour of historic Don’t miss Man of LaMancha, How 40 stores, and unique shops in the downtown Logan, where you’ll find to Succeed in Business, La Bohème, historic downtown area. We have great examples of early Mormon and Carousel. Kohl’s & Herbergers, but no stores pioneer architecture, including the www.utahfestival.org or higher end than that. There are temple and tabernacle, the 1923 435-750-0300 ext. 3 plenty of grocery stores too. Ellen Eccles Theatre, the 1914 Bluebird Café (the oldest restaurant The Caine-Lyric Theatre opened CHURCHES – More than two in the state), impressive turn-of- in 1913 and is home to the Lyric dozen religious denominations the-century homes and churches, Repertory Company, one of the welcome visitors to worship. Yes, and the beautifully restored Cache true remaining repertory companies we do have lots of Mormons here, County Courthouse, home of the in the nation. Each summer the but don’t worry, they’re not out to Cache Valley Visitors Bureau. talented actors and actresses light up get you. You’ll notice quiet Sundays the stage with 4-6 productions and with not a lot of businesses open offer a charming view of America’s and larger families than you are theatre past. probably used to seeing. 435-797-8022 6 MARK YOUR CALENDARS THE PLACE TO BE THURSDAY, JUNE 2 | 2:00 pm TAGGART STUDENT CENTER BALLROOM OPENING ORIENTATION & MERCHANT FAIR Be sure to attend the Summer Citizens Program Orientation. The first orientation in June is open to all and PROGRAM INFORMATION will familiarize you with the Summer Citizens Program, USU campus and current happenings. Also, come to meet other Summer Citizens. This will be a great place to learn about the many benefits a Summer Citizens Card has and what this card will give you. Visit with our community sponsors and learn more about local business offerings at the orientation. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 | 6:00 pm TAGGART STUDENT CENTER BALLROOM 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER & DANCE Celebrate this landmark anniversary with the Larry Smith Orchestra and a wonderful evening of dinner and dance.