Speaker Series

Utah State University is your hometown university, offering a variety of educational opportunities to residents of the Uintah Basin. We are excited to bring the Uintah Basin Speaker Series, providing insightful, relevant community topics to spark conversations. Each speaker's presentation will be broadcast live. Videos from the series will be published on this page a few days after the event.

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USU Uintah Basin Vernal Campus
7:00 pm  |  Vernal B101

Presentations are free and open to the public.

2024-2025 Presentations

September 10, 2024

Sovereignty in Permitting:

Oil and Gas Development, Cacti and Land Northern Utah Reservation

Ataya Cesspooch

October 8, 2024

Women in Leadership:

A Conversation on Influencing Rural Utah

Panel Discussion
Tonya Murray, Moderator

November 12, 2024

The Art of Rural Renewal:

Lessons from Epicenter

Maria Sykes

January 14, 2025

Drylands:

Environmental Change and Urban Growth

Dr. Hillary Hungerford

February 11, 2025

Conflict Transformation

Clair Canfield

March 18, 2025

Perspectives from the Bench

Judge Clark McClellan

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