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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/archives prior to Sept 2002/
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