Armistice Day Week Events & Exhibits

Events

 

Entire Month of October

  • Community Reading of Willa Cather’s My Antonia, a 1918 Novel
    Logan Library, 255 N. Main, Logan

 

Wednesday, October 17

  • Presentation and Discussion: My Antonia: Willa Cather’s Timeless Novel
    Dr. Steve Shively, English Department, USU
    Logan Library, Lake Bonneville Room, 255 N. Main, Logan
    7:00pm

 

Thursday, October 25

  • Talk: Make Do and Mend: Fashion in the Context of Conflict
    Professor Nancy Hills, Theatre Department, USU
    Logan Library, Lake Bonneville Room, 255 N. Main, Logan
    7:00pm

 

Week of October 29

  • Unveiling of “Doughboy” Statue, USU Army ROTC
    USU Military Science Building
    Exact Date and Time to be determined

 

Tuesday, October 30

  • Talk: "Schooled in War: The Great War and the transformation of Utah Agricultural College."
    In connection with the centennial celebration of the end of World War I, this presentation will look back at how the "war to end all wars" impacted Utah through the lens of the UAC and Cache Valley. While enlistment frenzies drained the campus of men and left female students preparing to form a "Legion of Death" in case of German invasion, civilians on the home front dealt with anti-German sentiment, an influx of outsiders training at the newly-expanded college, and the devastation of the influenza epidemic. Emily Wheeler
    Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 154
    12:00 Noon

 

Wednesday, October 31

  • Talk: “Music Goes to War: From Parisian Music Halls to the Trenches of World War I
    Dr. Susan Grayzel, USU & Dr. Regina Sweeney, Dickinson College
    Westminster College, Room B2, Converse Hall, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City
    7:00PM – 8:30PM

 

Thursday, November 1

  • Panel Discussion: “Lessons Learned? Media and the Great War a Century Later”
    Thomas Terry, Professor, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Matthew LaPlante, Associate Professor, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Debra Jenson, Assistant Professor, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Ellada Gamreklidze, Postdoc, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Andrew Kramer, Correspondent, The New York Times
    Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101
    10:30AM
  • Talk: "Memories of War and Perceptions of Threat: Facing Asymmetric Warfare 100 Years after the Armistice"
    The armistice that brought a close to World War I in 1918 is remembered very differently in the United Kingdom and Western Europe than it is in the United States. One hundred years after the close of that war, divergent national memories of WWI and the armistice contribute to the ways that the US, UK, and Western Europe perceive the new threat of Russian asymmetric warfare. This talk explores the divergence and suggests lessons the US might bear learning from the other side of the Atlantic. Briana Bowen, Program Manager for the developing Center for Anticipatory Intelligence
    Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101
    12:00 Noon
  • Brown Bag Lunch Talk: "Schooled in War: The Great War and the transformation of Utah Agricultural College."
    In connection with the centennial celebration of the end of World War I, this presentation will look back at how the "war to end all wars" impacted Utah through the lens of the UAC and Cache Valley. While enlistment frenzies drained the campus of men and left female students preparing to form a "Legion of Death" in case of German invasion, civilians on the home front dealt with anti-German sentiment, an influx of outsiders training at the newly-expanded college, and the devastation of the influenza epidemic. Emily Wheeler
    Santa Fe Building, 300 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City
    12:00 Noon – 1:00pm
  • Conversation Meeting: War and Armistice Day Week Themes
    French Club, all levels, all welcome
    QuadSide Café
    12:30-1:30PM
  • Guest class on Music in World War I
    Dr. Regina Sweeney, Dickinson College
    Old Main, Room 201
    1:30-2:45PM
  • Talk: “A Glimpse into the History of Biological Warfare and the Mathematics Used to Stop Diseases”
    Dr. Brynja Kohler, Math & Statistics, USU
    Huntsman Hall, Room 380
    1:30-3:00PM
  • The Suffering Land: Nature, Landscape, and Environment as Victims in WWI
    Guest Speakers
    Old Main, Room 301
    3:00-4:15PM
  • WWI Centennial Film Festival: All Quiet on the Western Front
    Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
    Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan
    7:00PM

 

Friday, November 2

  • First World War Poetry Read-a-thon, USU Students and Faculty
    Atrium of Merrill-Cazier Library
    10:00AM – Noon
  • Conversation Meeting: War and Armistice Day Week Themes
    French Club, all levels, all welcome
    Quadside Café
    11:30AM – 1:30PM
  • Talk: “Winning the Peace with a Secretive, Invaluable Boost from the Prostitution of Prime Numbers”
    Dr. Jim Cangelosi, Math & Statistics, USU
    Huntsman Hall, Room 170
    1:00PM – 3:00PM
  • Talk: “Game Theory and the Arms Race: Modeling a Game No One Wins”
    Dr. Dave Brown, Math & Statistics, USU
    Huntsman Hall, Room 170
    4:00PM – 5:00PM
  • WWI Centennial Film Festival: Sergeant York
    Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
    Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan
    7:00PM

 

Saturday, November 3

  • 5K Race around USU Campus
    Honoring USU Students & Alumni who have lost their lives in WWI, USU Army ROTC
    Military Science Building
    9:00AM – 11:00AM
  • Pre-Concert Talk: “Music Goes to War: From Parisian Music Halls to the Trenches of World War I”
    Dr. Regina Sweeney, Dickinson College
    FAV150, Fine Arts Center
    6:15PM – 7:00PM
  • War & The Human Heart: Songs of Battle, Loss & Love
    American Festival Chorus & Orchestra, USU Men’s Chorale, Craig Jessop, Conductor
    Daines Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
    7:30PM

 

Monday, November 5

  • WWI Centennial Film Festival: The African Queen
    Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
    Utah Theatre, 18 W Center, Logan

 

Tuesday, November 6

  • WWI Centennial Film Festival: Paths of Glory
    Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
    Utah Theatre, 18 W Center, Logan

 

Wednesday, November 7

  • WWI Centennial Film Festival: Gallipoli
    Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
    Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan

 

Thursday, November 8

  • WWI Centennial Film Festival: War Horse
    Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
    Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan

 

Thursday, November 8 – Friday, November 9

  • 24-hour POW/MIA Vigil
    Center of USU Quad
    5:00PM to 5:00PM

 

Saturday, November 10

  • WWI Roadshow: “We Remember Them – Artifacts and Documents from the First World War”
    Eccles Conference Center
    10:00AM – Noon

 

Exhibits

 

Monday, October 1 through Saturday, November 3

  • Program Notes for Musical Pieces Featured in War and the Human Heart Concert
    Daines Concert Hall Lobby, USU

 

Saturday, October 27 through Saturday, November 3

  • Historical Nursing Posters
    Lobby of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building, USU

 

Monday, October 29 through Saturday, November 3

 

Monday, October 29 through Monday, November 12

  • USU at War
    Atrium, Merrill-Cazier Library, USU

 

October through December 2018

  • World War I Aviators and Immigration
    (Developed by USU students)
    Museum of Anthropology, Old Main Room 252, USU

 

October 2018 through January 2019

  • Resting on Opposite Edges of the World: A Look at Pioneers and the Storytelling of My Antonia
    (Developed by USU students)
    Museum of Anthropology, Old Main, Room 252, USU