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Our College in the News
USU Art Education faculty member Tamryn McDermott has been selected to join the 2026 cohort of the School for Art Leaders, a highly selective, nine-month leadership development program through the National Art Education Association.
For its student spotlight series, the College of Arts & Sciences is featuring Josh Westhora, a senior studying biology with a cellular and molecular emphasis.
Being brief can be a challenge for people knee-deep in a science topic. Being brief and engaging? That’s a taller order still. But participants in this year’s Rapid Fire Research event were up to the task, delivering synopses of wide-ranging research topics with just four slides in four minutes or less.
Student Spotlights
Josh Westhora, along with his mentor, Dr. Claudia Nischwitz, is studying phytoplasmas, a bacterial disease that affects many plants and is transmitted by leafhoppers. This research was made possible by the Undergrad Research and Creative Opportunities Grant (URCO). Beyond funding his work, the grant has provided opportunities to present his research and connect with others.
Shahaley Brandt
Turning Everyday Moments Into Life: Undergraduate Art + Design Student Spotlight
Shahaley Brandt loves being creative, which is why she sought out a BFA with an emphasis in drawing and painting and triple minors in art history, music, and entrepreneurship. Her work has appeared at Muses, an event hosted by USU’s Music Therapy Department, where she experienced the “exhilarating and terrifying” feeling of sharing a piece of herself with the public.
Aliciana Archibald
College of Arts & Sciences Highlights Communication & Media Student in New Spotlight Series
Aliciana Archibald’s academic journey began in journalism, where she participated in A-TV News, wrote for The Utah Statesman, and participated in an internship with KSL in Salt Lake City, where she helped write morning and breaking news stories. Now she works part-time with KSL and hopes to further her journalism career after graduation.
