News Article

April 5, 2016

Festival of Excellence inspires SUU students

iUTAH researcher Fredric Govedich shared news on the Festival of Excellence, held April 4 - 5, 2016 on the Southern Utah University (SUU) campus in Cedar City. For the past four years, SUU has held the Festival of Excellence celebrating the intellectual and artistic pursuits and accomplishments of students. This year, two student posters were based on iUTAH research, and mentored by iUTAH participants Bonnie Bain and Fredric Govedich. Student participants include:

Josh Matt and Andrew Weber
Water Chemistry and Bacterial Diversity/Abundance of Cedar City Irrigation
Jason Stewart, Matz Indegard, Nayla Rhein, Jacob Preston, Carl Hallows, and Josh Matt,
Biology of Arid Landscape Wetlands

Dr. Bain is a research associate at SUU, and is an adjunct instructor at Dixie State University. Dr. Govedich, an associate professor of biology, was the recipient of an iUTAH Research Catalyst Grant in 2014, examining water chemistry and microbial community composition and diversity in irrigation runoff waters in Cedar City, Utah.