April 9, 2003 Announcements
Utah State Water
Initiative Task Force Presents Report to Administration
The Water Initiative Task Force, chaired by professor David
G. Tarboton, presented its report to university administrators
this week.
 The
task force, established by President Hall, includes representatives
from the university’s six colleges involved in water-related
activities (Agriculture, Business, Engineering, HASS, Natural
Resources and Science) and from many academic departments, programs
and units.
The report's executive summary begins, "Utah State University
has diverse strengths in water sciences, engineering and policy
with existing programs in six colleges. Utah State University
President Kermit Hall appointed the Water Initiative Task Force
and charged us with recommending ways to strengthen water programs
at USU that take advantage of this existing diversity and breadth
of faculty expertise."
In the report, the task force recommended the creation of an
administrative unit at Utah State that provides an overarching
umbrella for the interdisciplinary study of and research in
water sciences at the university. This proposed unit would coordinate
specific actions, including Water Science Synthesis Activities,
an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Integrative Water Sciences,
an Experimental Watershed Initiative and General Water Coordination
Activities.
To read the report in its entirety, click on the link below.
The report is in PDF format. (To download the free Adobe Acrobat
Reader, click here.)
Water
Initiative Task Force Report
utah
state today/archives/April
2003/
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