Friday, September 5, 2014

Lt. Governor Spencer Cox to speak at USU

For his ice-bucket challenge, he jumped a bike into a mountain lake -- twice. He can rap the lyrics to Ice Baby, and has done so publicly. He plays the bass guitar in a local band.

Oh, and Spencer Cox also has a nice title: Utah lieutenant governor.

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, Lt. Gov. Cox will host the first policy forum for the Institute of Government & Politics at 5:30 P.M. in ESLC 046. (Full schedule for the series is found here).

Cox, a USU alumnus who went to law school at Washington & Lee University, gave an entertaining presentation last year about social media and politics. In front of a crowd, he can shine, as attendees at a recent tech conference learned, when he mixed self-effacing jokes and the aforementioned rap into his speech on tech in Utah.

For more on Cox, you can read a profile in the Deseret News, scan this list of recommended books on Utah Politico Hub, and visit the LG's website. Cox stays very active on Twitter, as well.