Released by Idaho State University November 30, 2010
Contact: Andy Taylor, ISU Office of Marketing and Communication, (208) 282-32098
ISU Faculty Member Judge Randy Smith One of Three Judges
To Hear Proposition 8 Case Before U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
POCATELLO – Idaho State University faculty member Randy Smith will be one of three judges during the upcoming hearing before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals about Proposition 8 on Dec. 6 in San Francisco.
Smith is an adjunct faculty member of the ISU College of Business and the ISU College of Arts and Letters, and has been since 1993. He joined the 9th Circuit court in 2007 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
The hearing on Dec. 6 has resulted from Perry v. Schwarzenegger case in August when U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 violates equal protection rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
The other two 9th Circuit judges who will sit in panel with Smith are Stephen Reinhardt, a 1980 nominee of President Jimmy Carter, and Michael Hawkins, nominated in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
Smith, 61, earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from Brigham Young University. He served as chairman of the Idaho Republican Party in the 1990s and began his career on the bench in 1995 as a trial court judge. He had previously served in the Idaho Sixth Judicial District as district judge and felony drug court judge. He was 2005 recipient of ISU’s Statesman of the Year award.
According to the 9th Circuits website, www.ca9.uscourts.gov, oral arguments in Perry v. Schwarzenegger will be heard Monday, Dec. 6, beginning at 9 a.m. MST. For more information on the case, visit the link on that website under the “Announcement” heading.
The panel has given consent for live broadcast of the proceeding, which is scheduled to air on C-SPAN, beginning at 9 a.m.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Idaho Museum of Natural History to Open Exhibits
Released by Idaho State University November 29, 2010
Contact: Herb Maschner, Interim Director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History, (208) 282-5417, or Rebecca Thorne-Ferrel, Education Coordinator, (208) 282-2195
Idaho Museum of Natural History to Open Exhibits on Dec. 4
POCATELLO – The Idaho Museum of Natural History on the Idaho State University campus will reopen its exhibit area – with a variety of new and familiar displays – on Saturday, Dec. 4.
“We will have whole exhibits of collections we’ve never had on display before but we’ve kept some of our most popular and informative exhibits,” said Herb Maschner, museum interim director.
The Museum will debut everything from Ice Age animal mounts to an exhibit on how climate change on the Snake River Plain has affected its plant and animal life.
Other new exhibits and displays include doll cradleboards and moccasins from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes; fossilized dinosaur trackways in stone from three samples found Southeast Idaho; a new geology of Idaho education exhibit; and an exhibit highlighting Museum research on finding the source of obsidian artifacts. There are other new displays planned as well.
“We are looking forward to interacting with all of our audiences again,” said Rebecca Thorne-Ferrel, museum curator and educator. “We’ve missed them as much as they’ve missed us, and we’re excited about the new exhibits we have to offer.” The museum will again offer tours again to school groups and other interested parties.
The Idaho Museum of Natural History’s new hours beginning Dec. 4 will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. The Museum Store will be open during the same hours.
The Idaho Museum of Natural History is the State of Idaho’s official museum for life sciences-- the plants, animals, and environments of Idaho; anthropology and archaeology-- the indigenous and past peoples and cultures of Idaho, the earth sciences ---the paleontology, geology, and landscape history of Idaho, and natural history education.
For more information, call (208) 282-3168 or visit http://imnh.isu.edu/.
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Contact: Herb Maschner, Interim Director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History, (208) 282-5417, or Rebecca Thorne-Ferrel, Education Coordinator, (208) 282-2195
Idaho Museum of Natural History to Open Exhibits on Dec. 4
POCATELLO – The Idaho Museum of Natural History on the Idaho State University campus will reopen its exhibit area – with a variety of new and familiar displays – on Saturday, Dec. 4.
“We will have whole exhibits of collections we’ve never had on display before but we’ve kept some of our most popular and informative exhibits,” said Herb Maschner, museum interim director.
The Museum will debut everything from Ice Age animal mounts to an exhibit on how climate change on the Snake River Plain has affected its plant and animal life.
Other new exhibits and displays include doll cradleboards and moccasins from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes; fossilized dinosaur trackways in stone from three samples found Southeast Idaho; a new geology of Idaho education exhibit; and an exhibit highlighting Museum research on finding the source of obsidian artifacts. There are other new displays planned as well.
“We are looking forward to interacting with all of our audiences again,” said Rebecca Thorne-Ferrel, museum curator and educator. “We’ve missed them as much as they’ve missed us, and we’re excited about the new exhibits we have to offer.” The museum will again offer tours again to school groups and other interested parties.
The Idaho Museum of Natural History’s new hours beginning Dec. 4 will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. The Museum Store will be open during the same hours.
The Idaho Museum of Natural History is the State of Idaho’s official museum for life sciences-- the plants, animals, and environments of Idaho; anthropology and archaeology-- the indigenous and past peoples and cultures of Idaho, the earth sciences ---the paleontology, geology, and landscape history of Idaho, and natural history education.
For more information, call (208) 282-3168 or visit http://imnh.isu.edu/.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
ISU Veterans Sanctuary Program Seeks Donations
Released by Idaho State University November 24, 2010
Contact: Casey Santee at (208) 282-4298 or santcase@isu.edu
ISU Veterans Sanctuary Program Seeks Donations
For ‘Operation Gift Wrap’ through Dec. 13
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Veterans’ Sanctuary Program is sponsoring the second annual “Operation Gift Wrap” to provide Christmas gifts to ISU’s student veterans and their families.
The program is seeking help from the community in fulfilling the wish list. Participants are asked to donate a specific item listed on the ISU Veterans’ Sanctuary website, www.isu.edu/veterans, or by donating cash so the item may be purchased. The last day for donations is Dec. 13.
Drop-off locations for donations are:
• Veterans’ Sanctuary Office on the Pocatello campus, Room 157B in the ISU Rendezvous Complex;
• ISU Bennion Student Union Building on the Idaho Falls campus, c/o the Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans’ Club; or
• Veterans’ Services in the Registrar’s Office, located on the third floor of the Museum Building on the ISU Pocatello campus.
In addition, members of the Pocatello Vetertans’ Club will man tables where donations will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Foyer Atrium Dec. 6-10 and in the Rendezvous Complex Atrium on Dec. 7 and 9.
Santa’s list for ISU veterans will be updated every day on the Veterans’ Sanctuary website. The list will also be posted at each of the drop-off locations, and a tag for each wish will be hung from a tree outside of the Sanctuary office. The donated gifts will be sorted, wrapped and delivered to the veterans’ families before Christmas.
For more information, contact Casey Santee at (208) 282-4298 or santcase@isu.edu for more information or to make arrangements for a donation.
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Contact: Casey Santee at (208) 282-4298 or santcase@isu.edu
ISU Veterans Sanctuary Program Seeks Donations
For ‘Operation Gift Wrap’ through Dec. 13
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Veterans’ Sanctuary Program is sponsoring the second annual “Operation Gift Wrap” to provide Christmas gifts to ISU’s student veterans and their families.
The program is seeking help from the community in fulfilling the wish list. Participants are asked to donate a specific item listed on the ISU Veterans’ Sanctuary website, www.isu.edu/veterans, or by donating cash so the item may be purchased. The last day for donations is Dec. 13.
Drop-off locations for donations are:
• Veterans’ Sanctuary Office on the Pocatello campus, Room 157B in the ISU Rendezvous Complex;
• ISU Bennion Student Union Building on the Idaho Falls campus, c/o the Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans’ Club; or
• Veterans’ Services in the Registrar’s Office, located on the third floor of the Museum Building on the ISU Pocatello campus.
In addition, members of the Pocatello Vetertans’ Club will man tables where donations will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Foyer Atrium Dec. 6-10 and in the Rendezvous Complex Atrium on Dec. 7 and 9.
Santa’s list for ISU veterans will be updated every day on the Veterans’ Sanctuary website. The list will also be posted at each of the drop-off locations, and a tag for each wish will be hung from a tree outside of the Sanctuary office. The donated gifts will be sorted, wrapped and delivered to the veterans’ families before Christmas.
For more information, contact Casey Santee at (208) 282-4298 or santcase@isu.edu for more information or to make arrangements for a donation.
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ISU Rugby Team to Lend Hands (and Muscle and Money) to Aid for Friends
Released by Idaho State University November 24, 2010
Contact: Ram Eddings or Amy Slack at (208) 282-3242; or B.J. Stensland at (208) 232-0178
ISU Rugby Team to Lend Hands (and Muscle and Money) to Aid for Friends
Caldwell Park Fundraiser and Awareness Event Dec. 4-5
POCATELLO – At least fifteen members of the Idaho State University Rugby Team will help the homeless by offering their labor, time and collected donations for the Aid for Friends fourth annual Homeless Encampment in Pocatello’s Caldwell Park on Dec. 4-5.
The ISU Rugby Team has been recruited to unload donated boxes – which will become shelters for participants sleeping in the park that night – on Saturday morning. The team will also set up the camp’s fire drums and a windbreak to protect those vital fires, and help breakdown camp on Sunday. A dozen team members will also spend the night and collect donations during the Aid for Friends biggest and most important fundraiser of the year.
“We’re excited to have the ISU Rugby Team’s involvement,” said B.J. Stensland, Aid for Friends director. “It is great to see ISU students getting involved and we hope other students and the whole ISU community will support them. We’re looking forward to having all that muscle to help with camp setup and breakdown, which will make the whole encampment go smoother.”
The encampment is organized to highlight the plight of the homeless in Pocatello and to raise money for Aid for Friends, which has operated a homeless shelter in Pocatello since 1984. The shelter is operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and offers services to single men, single women, married couples and families with children.
“The past year, we’ve served a higher number of homeless than we ever have before, offering 8,000 bed nights at our facility,” Stensland said. “We’re counting on continued support from the community to help these individuals and families in need.”
ISU Rugby coach Ram Eddings said he wasn’t surprised by his team’s actions.
“I feel real comfortable with my guys any time there is community service they can get involved with. They’re always willing,“ Eddings said. “The guys are also looking forward to learning something and to get that experience on how it feels to be homeless. It will be a good learning experience and something they will remember.”
The ISU Rugby Team is looking for encampment pledges to raise money for Aid for Friends. Those interested in pledging support for the ISU Rugby Team can contact Eddings or Amy Slack at (208) 282-3242, eddirams@isu.edu or slacamy@isu.edu. Other ISU clubs that want to participate can contact Victoria Roberts of the Union Program Council’s Volunteer Services at 282-3494 or upc@isu.edu.
For more information on Aid for Friends and the encampment, visit http://aidforfriendspocatello.org/ or call (208) 232-0178.
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Contact: Ram Eddings or Amy Slack at (208) 282-3242; or B.J. Stensland at (208) 232-0178
ISU Rugby Team to Lend Hands (and Muscle and Money) to Aid for Friends
Caldwell Park Fundraiser and Awareness Event Dec. 4-5
POCATELLO – At least fifteen members of the Idaho State University Rugby Team will help the homeless by offering their labor, time and collected donations for the Aid for Friends fourth annual Homeless Encampment in Pocatello’s Caldwell Park on Dec. 4-5.
The ISU Rugby Team has been recruited to unload donated boxes – which will become shelters for participants sleeping in the park that night – on Saturday morning. The team will also set up the camp’s fire drums and a windbreak to protect those vital fires, and help breakdown camp on Sunday. A dozen team members will also spend the night and collect donations during the Aid for Friends biggest and most important fundraiser of the year.
“We’re excited to have the ISU Rugby Team’s involvement,” said B.J. Stensland, Aid for Friends director. “It is great to see ISU students getting involved and we hope other students and the whole ISU community will support them. We’re looking forward to having all that muscle to help with camp setup and breakdown, which will make the whole encampment go smoother.”
The encampment is organized to highlight the plight of the homeless in Pocatello and to raise money for Aid for Friends, which has operated a homeless shelter in Pocatello since 1984. The shelter is operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and offers services to single men, single women, married couples and families with children.
“The past year, we’ve served a higher number of homeless than we ever have before, offering 8,000 bed nights at our facility,” Stensland said. “We’re counting on continued support from the community to help these individuals and families in need.”
ISU Rugby coach Ram Eddings said he wasn’t surprised by his team’s actions.
“I feel real comfortable with my guys any time there is community service they can get involved with. They’re always willing,“ Eddings said. “The guys are also looking forward to learning something and to get that experience on how it feels to be homeless. It will be a good learning experience and something they will remember.”
The ISU Rugby Team is looking for encampment pledges to raise money for Aid for Friends. Those interested in pledging support for the ISU Rugby Team can contact Eddings or Amy Slack at (208) 282-3242, eddirams@isu.edu or slacamy@isu.edu. Other ISU clubs that want to participate can contact Victoria Roberts of the Union Program Council’s Volunteer Services at 282-3494 or upc@isu.edu.
For more information on Aid for Friends and the encampment, visit http://aidforfriendspocatello.org/ or call (208) 232-0178.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
ISU Library Exhibits “End of an Age” Photo Collage Exhibit
Released by Idaho State University November 19, 2010
Contact: Sue Roth, ISU Eli M. Oboler Library, 282-2997 or rothsusa@isu.edu
ISU Library Exhibits “End of an Age” Photo Collage Exhibit
By Anne Merkley through Jan 2011
POCATELLO – Anne Merkley will exhibit her photography show “End of an Age” at the Idaho State University Eli M. Oboler Library, 850 S. 9th Ave., through January.
The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours. For schedule changes due to the holidays, contact the library at (208) 282-3248.
“End of an Age” is a sequel to “The Art of Illusion,” Merkley’s show that recently closed in Idaho State University’s Transition Gallery. Both consist of new work never seen before.
Best known for her realistic oil and watercolor portraits, Merkley also addresses the need for art that makes a statement. Photography is an alternate means to this end, and Merkley was creating collages in this medium prior to the invention of computer programs like Photoshop.
The artist explains her work in this exhibit. “Ages” in human civilization are said to last for approximately 2,000 years. If so, the Mayan culture on this continent predated Christianity in the “Old World” by an age.
During that period, Mayan high priests made predictions based on an incredibly advanced knowledge of astronomy. They cited the year 2012 as the “end time” for our current age, due to complex effects of a rare and imminent galactic alignment. Christianity has interpreted the same juncture as a moral issue.
How much of the turbulence we are experiencing on our planet today is the result of such cosmological events or a manifestation of synchronistic “parallel universes”?
This show of photo collages explores the symbolism and emotion of such questions in a visual format. It represents the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican belief system as it was replaced by Catholicism.
“Now at another apocalyptic juncture, we are faced with the entropy of Western civilization and the continuing struggle of the human spirit to fulfill its purpose in the universe,” Merkley said. “Mayans, and also Hopi, did not see this as the ‘end of the world’ but rather the beginning of a new age.”
Merkley is an artist of national recognition who has painted, taught, exhibited, garnered dozens of prizes, taken commissions and sold her work out of Pocatello for most of her adult life. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts.
Merkley also holds master’s degrees in anthropology, education, and political science, with Native American and Mesoamerican emphases. She has traveled widely and worked with several programs for environmental conservation and cultural preservation in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Ecuador. All of Merkley’s degrees are from Idaho State University.
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Contact: Sue Roth, ISU Eli M. Oboler Library, 282-2997 or rothsusa@isu.edu
ISU Library Exhibits “End of an Age” Photo Collage Exhibit
By Anne Merkley through Jan 2011
POCATELLO – Anne Merkley will exhibit her photography show “End of an Age” at the Idaho State University Eli M. Oboler Library, 850 S. 9th Ave., through January.
The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours. For schedule changes due to the holidays, contact the library at (208) 282-3248.
“End of an Age” is a sequel to “The Art of Illusion,” Merkley’s show that recently closed in Idaho State University’s Transition Gallery. Both consist of new work never seen before.
Best known for her realistic oil and watercolor portraits, Merkley also addresses the need for art that makes a statement. Photography is an alternate means to this end, and Merkley was creating collages in this medium prior to the invention of computer programs like Photoshop.
The artist explains her work in this exhibit. “Ages” in human civilization are said to last for approximately 2,000 years. If so, the Mayan culture on this continent predated Christianity in the “Old World” by an age.
During that period, Mayan high priests made predictions based on an incredibly advanced knowledge of astronomy. They cited the year 2012 as the “end time” for our current age, due to complex effects of a rare and imminent galactic alignment. Christianity has interpreted the same juncture as a moral issue.
How much of the turbulence we are experiencing on our planet today is the result of such cosmological events or a manifestation of synchronistic “parallel universes”?
This show of photo collages explores the symbolism and emotion of such questions in a visual format. It represents the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican belief system as it was replaced by Catholicism.
“Now at another apocalyptic juncture, we are faced with the entropy of Western civilization and the continuing struggle of the human spirit to fulfill its purpose in the universe,” Merkley said. “Mayans, and also Hopi, did not see this as the ‘end of the world’ but rather the beginning of a new age.”
Merkley is an artist of national recognition who has painted, taught, exhibited, garnered dozens of prizes, taken commissions and sold her work out of Pocatello for most of her adult life. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts.
Merkley also holds master’s degrees in anthropology, education, and political science, with Native American and Mesoamerican emphases. She has traveled widely and worked with several programs for environmental conservation and cultural preservation in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Ecuador. All of Merkley’s degrees are from Idaho State University.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Local Veteran to Be Honored by ISU for Art Donation
Released by Idaho State University November 15, 2010
Contact: Casey Santee, (208) 282-4298
Local Veteran to Be Honored by ISU for Art Donation
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Veterans’ Sanctuary Program and Armed Forces Veterans’ Club will honor Army veteran and artist Max Quigley on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Veterans’ Sanctuary office.
The office is located on the lower level of the Rendezvous Complex at the southwest end of the Atrium.
Max, a resident at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello who lost the use of his right leg and arm due to a stroke in 1997, recently donated several paintings to the Sanctuary for display.
“We are thrilled to have Max’s art on display at the ISU Veterans’ Sanctuary,” said Casey Santee, Veterans’ Sanctuary director. “It is a real honor. His paintings are amazing.”
Quigley discovered his enjoyment of painting in 1985 when he took an art class in Idaho Falls. A decade later, he retired from his 35-year career at the Idaho National Laboratory. He had planned to spend his time indulging in his passion for painting. However, in 1997, he suffered a massive stroke. He spent a year relearning how to walk, although he still has very limited use of the right side of his body.
About three years ago, Quigley picked the brush back up again after some coaxing from the staff at the Veterans’ Home.
In honor of Quigley’s generous donation to the Veterans’ Sanctuary, The Sanctuary and Veterans’ Club will present him with a certificate of appreciation during Tuesday’s club meeting. For more information, contact Casey Santee at (208) 282-4298.
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Contact: Casey Santee, (208) 282-4298
Local Veteran to Be Honored by ISU for Art Donation
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Veterans’ Sanctuary Program and Armed Forces Veterans’ Club will honor Army veteran and artist Max Quigley on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Veterans’ Sanctuary office.
The office is located on the lower level of the Rendezvous Complex at the southwest end of the Atrium.
Max, a resident at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello who lost the use of his right leg and arm due to a stroke in 1997, recently donated several paintings to the Sanctuary for display.
“We are thrilled to have Max’s art on display at the ISU Veterans’ Sanctuary,” said Casey Santee, Veterans’ Sanctuary director. “It is a real honor. His paintings are amazing.”
Quigley discovered his enjoyment of painting in 1985 when he took an art class in Idaho Falls. A decade later, he retired from his 35-year career at the Idaho National Laboratory. He had planned to spend his time indulging in his passion for painting. However, in 1997, he suffered a massive stroke. He spent a year relearning how to walk, although he still has very limited use of the right side of his body.
About three years ago, Quigley picked the brush back up again after some coaxing from the staff at the Veterans’ Home.
In honor of Quigley’s generous donation to the Veterans’ Sanctuary, The Sanctuary and Veterans’ Club will present him with a certificate of appreciation during Tuesday’s club meeting. For more information, contact Casey Santee at (208) 282-4298.
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ISU's Earles receives ASCAP Award
Released by: Idaho State University November 12, 2010
Written by: Rachel Essinger
Contact: ISU Music Department, (208) 282-3636
Idaho State University’s Earles Receives ASCAP Award-Concert Music Division
POCATELLO – Randy Earles, a professor in the Idaho State University music department and associate dean of the ISU College of Arts and Letters, has been awarded ASCAPLUS Award this year in the Concert Music Division for his creative contributions to the world of classical music.
Earles is a familiar name to musical audiences in eastern Idaho because of his performances on trumpet with Portneuf Brass (the ISU faculty brass quintet), the Idaho Falls Symphony, and other ensembles. However, he is also recognized nationally as a composer.
This is the 14th year that Earles has received this award, which is granted by a peer review panel from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Instead of honoring a single work, this award recognizes the importance of Earles’ entire catalog of compositions.
During the past two years many Idaho high school bands have performed Earles’ “Idaho Celebration,” which was commissioned by the Idaho Department of Education on behalf of Idaho high schools. The work was given its premiere performance by an All-District band in southern Idaho, and was performed later by the ISU Concert Band.
Earles has written many other works for bands, orchestras, and choirs. His instrumental music has been performed by professional bands in Tokyo and Dallas, military bands from both the U.S. Army and Navy, community bands and orchestras ranging from Twin Falls to Singapore, and college bands and orchestras from around the country. His choral anthem “Sing the World Together,” on a text by Lisa Horton, was commissioned by the Idaho International Choral Festival and has been sung by the combined choirs at the final performance of each biennial festival since 2004. Foreign choirs from five continents have sung this anthem. In 2009 his most recent choral composition, “Te Deum,” was performed by the ISU Concert Choir.
He is currently working on a set of musical dances for symphonic band that was inspired by listening to performances of dance suites last year at the ISU Baroque Festival. So far, two of the projected five movements have been completed in draft form.
This award, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), is part of its continuing commitment to assist and encourage ASCAP composers.
Awards are granted by an independent panel and are based on the unique prestige value of each composer’s original compositions and recent performances in areas not surveyed by the Society.
For more information, contact the ISU music department at 282-3636.
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Written by: Rachel Essinger
Contact: ISU Music Department, (208) 282-3636
Idaho State University’s Earles Receives ASCAP Award-Concert Music Division
POCATELLO – Randy Earles, a professor in the Idaho State University music department and associate dean of the ISU College of Arts and Letters, has been awarded ASCAPLUS Award this year in the Concert Music Division for his creative contributions to the world of classical music.
Earles is a familiar name to musical audiences in eastern Idaho because of his performances on trumpet with Portneuf Brass (the ISU faculty brass quintet), the Idaho Falls Symphony, and other ensembles. However, he is also recognized nationally as a composer.
This is the 14th year that Earles has received this award, which is granted by a peer review panel from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Instead of honoring a single work, this award recognizes the importance of Earles’ entire catalog of compositions.
During the past two years many Idaho high school bands have performed Earles’ “Idaho Celebration,” which was commissioned by the Idaho Department of Education on behalf of Idaho high schools. The work was given its premiere performance by an All-District band in southern Idaho, and was performed later by the ISU Concert Band.
Earles has written many other works for bands, orchestras, and choirs. His instrumental music has been performed by professional bands in Tokyo and Dallas, military bands from both the U.S. Army and Navy, community bands and orchestras ranging from Twin Falls to Singapore, and college bands and orchestras from around the country. His choral anthem “Sing the World Together,” on a text by Lisa Horton, was commissioned by the Idaho International Choral Festival and has been sung by the combined choirs at the final performance of each biennial festival since 2004. Foreign choirs from five continents have sung this anthem. In 2009 his most recent choral composition, “Te Deum,” was performed by the ISU Concert Choir.
He is currently working on a set of musical dances for symphonic band that was inspired by listening to performances of dance suites last year at the ISU Baroque Festival. So far, two of the projected five movements have been completed in draft form.
This award, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), is part of its continuing commitment to assist and encourage ASCAP composers.
Awards are granted by an independent panel and are based on the unique prestige value of each composer’s original compositions and recent performances in areas not surveyed by the Society.
For more information, contact the ISU music department at 282-3636.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
GIS Day Celebration Set for Nov. 17
Released by: Idaho State University Nov. 12, 2010
Written by: Rachel Essinger
Contact: Keith T. Weber, director of the ISU GIS Training and Research Center, (208) 282-2757
GIS Day Celebration Set for Nov. 17
POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s annual GIS Day celebration is set for Wed. Nov 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will be held in Rendezvous Complex Suites A, B and C.
The event will include food, a raffle and GIS demonstrations and presentations. It is free to register and open to the public.
An open house of GIS demonstrations and exhibits run from 9:15 a.m. to noon in Rendezvous Suite B.
A variety of presentations will be held in Rendezvous Suite A from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
In Suite C, the ASPRS Student Chapter will host a student track this year, running from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
“GIS Day offers everyone a chance to learn more about the fascinating field of Geographic Information Systems and how GIS is part of our everyday lives today,” says Keith T. Weber, director of the ISU GIS Training and Research Center.
The GIS Day Chili Cook-off will be back for the sixth year running. Participants can sample the delicious fare and vote for their favorite. Cornbread and drinks will be provided from noon to 1:30 p.m.
For more information about GIS Day as well as a full schedule of events, go to http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday/.
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Written by: Rachel Essinger
Contact: Keith T. Weber, director of the ISU GIS Training and Research Center, (208) 282-2757
GIS Day Celebration Set for Nov. 17
POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s annual GIS Day celebration is set for Wed. Nov 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will be held in Rendezvous Complex Suites A, B and C.
The event will include food, a raffle and GIS demonstrations and presentations. It is free to register and open to the public.
An open house of GIS demonstrations and exhibits run from 9:15 a.m. to noon in Rendezvous Suite B.
A variety of presentations will be held in Rendezvous Suite A from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
In Suite C, the ASPRS Student Chapter will host a student track this year, running from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
“GIS Day offers everyone a chance to learn more about the fascinating field of Geographic Information Systems and how GIS is part of our everyday lives today,” says Keith T. Weber, director of the ISU GIS Training and Research Center.
The GIS Day Chili Cook-off will be back for the sixth year running. Participants can sample the delicious fare and vote for their favorite. Cornbread and drinks will be provided from noon to 1:30 p.m.
For more information about GIS Day as well as a full schedule of events, go to http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday/.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
ISU Hosts TRiO Workshops Nov. 12 for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Released by Idaho State University November 11, 2010
Contact: Mike Echanis, 282-3244
ISU Hosts TRiO Workshops Nov. 12 for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Pocatello – Idaho State University’s TRiO programs will host a day of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) workshops at ISU on Friday, Nov. 12.
About 60 junior and senior high students participating in the TRiO program from the Magic Valley, throughout southeast Idaho and the Idaho Falls area will visit campus to participate in the workshops.
The STEM workshop will allow TRiO students to explore educational and career options in the science and math fields. It is also an opportunity for potential students to experience the campus of Idaho State University.
“The purpose of the workshops is to promote careers in science, technology and math to low-income, first-generation students,” said Mike Echanis, director of TRiO Services. “These students are under represented in these fields, and there are shortages in these areas.”
Attendees will have the option of attending demonstrations around campus on the following topics:
• Engineering and math;
• Physiology;
• Stream ecology/biology; and
• Robotics.
Participants will be introduced to the day’s activities at 9:15 a.m. in the Pond Student Union Bengal Theater. A panel discussion with former TRiO students and STEM professionals will be held at 9:45 a.m. Students will go to the presentations around campus from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., then return to the Pond Student Union for lunch.
The TRiO programs include Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search and Student Support Services. Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search are precollege outreach programs serving junior high, middle school and high school students by helping them stay on track to graduate, and then to successfully apply and be admitted to postsecondary schools. Student Support Services works with postsecondary students to help them earn a degree and enroll in graduate programs.
For more information, contact Mike Echanis at 282-3587 or echamike@isu.edu.
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Contact: Mike Echanis, 282-3244
ISU Hosts TRiO Workshops Nov. 12 for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Pocatello – Idaho State University’s TRiO programs will host a day of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) workshops at ISU on Friday, Nov. 12.
About 60 junior and senior high students participating in the TRiO program from the Magic Valley, throughout southeast Idaho and the Idaho Falls area will visit campus to participate in the workshops.
The STEM workshop will allow TRiO students to explore educational and career options in the science and math fields. It is also an opportunity for potential students to experience the campus of Idaho State University.
“The purpose of the workshops is to promote careers in science, technology and math to low-income, first-generation students,” said Mike Echanis, director of TRiO Services. “These students are under represented in these fields, and there are shortages in these areas.”
Attendees will have the option of attending demonstrations around campus on the following topics:
• Engineering and math;
• Physiology;
• Stream ecology/biology; and
• Robotics.
Participants will be introduced to the day’s activities at 9:15 a.m. in the Pond Student Union Bengal Theater. A panel discussion with former TRiO students and STEM professionals will be held at 9:45 a.m. Students will go to the presentations around campus from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., then return to the Pond Student Union for lunch.
The TRiO programs include Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search and Student Support Services. Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search are precollege outreach programs serving junior high, middle school and high school students by helping them stay on track to graduate, and then to successfully apply and be admitted to postsecondary schools. Student Support Services works with postsecondary students to help them earn a degree and enroll in graduate programs.
For more information, contact Mike Echanis at 282-3587 or echamike@isu.edu.
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ISU Jazz Bands Concert
From: Dr. Patrick Brooks, ISU Director of Bands
broopatr@isu.edu, 282-3147
The ISU Jazz Big Bands I and II will be performing this coming Friday, November 19, at 7: 30 pm in Jensen Grand concert Hall on the Idaho State University campus. Special guests for the evening concert will be The Chad McCullough Quintet.
Trumpeter/composer Chad Mcullough has been on the Seattle music scene for over a decade, and has been an integral voice in many bands throughout the U. S. and Europe. He will be joined by Solvakian pianist Michal Vanoucek, drummer Matt Jorgensen, Aaron Miller on bass, and College of Southern Idaho saxophonist Brent Jensen. The quintet will be performing a set their own material, as well as joining the ISU Jazz Big Band I on a couple of selections.
ISU Jazz Bands selections will include the an arrangement of Cole Porter’s I Love You, Easy Money by jazz great Benny Carter, Thelonius Monk’s beautiful ballad Ask Me Know, and Tito Puente’s hot Latin mambo Ran Kan Kan.
The ISU Jazz I Big Band is directed by Dr. Patrick Brooks, Director of Bands, and Jazz II is directed by Kevin York, Associate Director of Bands. Ticket prices for this concert are $8 adults, $6 ISU faculty and staff, $4 pre-college students, Free to ISU students. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted into concerts.
PICTURE ATTACHED: Trumpeter/composer Chad McCullough
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Dr. Patrick Brooks
Director of Bands
Mail Stop 8099
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209
208-282-3147
broopatr@isu.edu, 282-3147
The ISU Jazz Big Bands I and II will be performing this coming Friday, November 19, at 7: 30 pm in Jensen Grand concert Hall on the Idaho State University campus. Special guests for the evening concert will be The Chad McCullough Quintet.
Trumpeter/composer Chad Mcullough has been on the Seattle music scene for over a decade, and has been an integral voice in many bands throughout the U. S. and Europe. He will be joined by Solvakian pianist Michal Vanoucek, drummer Matt Jorgensen, Aaron Miller on bass, and College of Southern Idaho saxophonist Brent Jensen. The quintet will be performing a set their own material, as well as joining the ISU Jazz Big Band I on a couple of selections.
ISU Jazz Bands selections will include the an arrangement of Cole Porter’s I Love You, Easy Money by jazz great Benny Carter, Thelonius Monk’s beautiful ballad Ask Me Know, and Tito Puente’s hot Latin mambo Ran Kan Kan.
The ISU Jazz I Big Band is directed by Dr. Patrick Brooks, Director of Bands, and Jazz II is directed by Kevin York, Associate Director of Bands. Ticket prices for this concert are $8 adults, $6 ISU faculty and staff, $4 pre-college students, Free to ISU students. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted into concerts.
PICTURE ATTACHED: Trumpeter/composer Chad McCullough
--
Dr. Patrick Brooks
Director of Bands
Mail Stop 8099
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209
208-282-3147
EMBARGOED RELEASE For Nov. 11: 2010 Outdoor Book Awards Announced
Released by Idaho State University November 10, 2010
Contact Ron Watters, 208.232.6857 or wattron@isu.edu
EMBARGO: PLEASE HOLD UNTIL THURSDAY, NOV. 11, THE DAY THE AWARDS ARE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
NOTE: Color scans (print quality), complete reviews, and other supplementary artwork may be downloaded from: http://www.noba-web.org/bookrel10.htm
2010 National Outdoor Book Award Winners Announced Nov. 11
POCATELLO – Indiana Jones figures prominently among the winners of the 2010 National Outdoor Book Awards. It’s not, however, the Indian Jones of movies. It’s the Indiana Jones of the bug world.
Mark Moffett, also known as Doctor Bug, won the Nature and Environment category with his book “Adventures Among Ants.”
“Moffett is no ordinary scientist,” said Idaho State University’s Ron Watters, chairman of the award program. “His research on ants required days spent in steamy jungles, hanging from ropes, sleeping in huts, tents or in no shelter at all.”
“This is a guy who is totally committed to his science,” Watters continued. “He has had swarms of ants attack him, streaming onto his bare skin through any opening in his clothing--through his pants legs and through his sleeves and through the neck of his shirt. He has been bitten and stung countless times.”
In one instance described in his book, Moffett was painfully bitten on the fingertip by an aggressive African driver ant. He tried gripping the insect between two fingers to pull it off. But the harder he gripped, the more than ant clamped down.
Finally in desperation, Moffett stuck his finger into his mouth and crushed the ant’s head between his teeth. That worked. The ant released its grip.
Moffett then proceeded to munch on the ant, casually noting the flavor as he might if tasting the hors d’oeuvres in an expensive restaurant. The flavor? It had a hint of nuttiness.
“In addition to ants,” Watters commented, “we had fish and snails as winning topics.”
“An Entirely Synthetic Fish” by Anders Halverson won the Natural History Literature category. Halverson’s book is about rainbow trout, which is the most widely stocked fish in the world. But recently biologists have realized that it competes with native fish, and, in a complete about-face in attitude, it is now being eradicated in some locations.
The Nature History Literature category had two winners. The other winner, which Watters called “a memorizing work” is about a woman struggling to recover from a severe illness.
It is titled “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating” and is written by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. While confined to bed and barely able to lift her head, Bailey begins take interest in a common woodland snail residing in a flower pot that a friend has given her. In time, the small creature gives her solace and hope in her battle against the disease.
A total of 18 books were honored this year’s National Outdoor Book Awards. Winners of this annual award program represent some of the finest outdoor writing and artwork being published today. The awards program is sponsored by the National Outdoor Book Awards Foundation, Idaho State University and the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education.
In addition to works about nature, Watters highlighted two winners in the children’s category. Both are historically accurate books for youngsters in the 8-12 age range.
“Camping With the President” by Ginger Wadsworth is about a camping trip taken by two icons of the outdoor world: Theodore Roosevelt, our most outdoorsy president, and John Muir, the world famous naturalist.
The other book is “Captain Mac” by Mary Morton Cowan. The book is a good choice for budding explorers and is about Donald MacMillan, a geologist, who explored the Arctic for nearly 50 years.
One highly creative work among this year’s winners, according to Watters is a book on surfing.
The book is by Peter Heller and is titled “Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave.”
“This is no ordinary book on surfing, “ Watters said, “It tells a good story, but it’s very much an introspective book.”
Complete reviews of these and the other 2010 winners may be found at the National Outdoor Book Award we site at: www.noba-web.org.
Here is a list of winners.
• Nature and the Environment. Winner. Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari With a Cast of Trillions. By Mark W. Moffett. University of California Press, Berkeley.
• Natural History Literature. Winner. An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World. By Anders Halverson. Yale University Press, New Haven.
• Natural History Literature. Winner. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. By Elisabeth Tova Bailey. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
• Outdoor Literature. Winner. Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave. By Peter Heller. Free Press, New York.
• Outdoor Literature. Honorable Mention. Just Passin’ Thru. By Winton Porter. Menasha Ridge Press, Birmingham, AL.
• History/Biography. Winner. Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers & Nature at Risk. By Joseph E. Taylor III. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
• History/Biography. Honorable Mention. The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2. By Jennifer Jordan. W. W. Norton & Company, New York.
• History Biography. Honorable Mention. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. By Glyn Williams. Viking Canada, Toronto.
• Classic. Winner. Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000-meter Peak. By Maurice Herzog. Lyon Press, Guilford, CT.
• Children Books. Winner. Camping With the President. By Ginger Wadsworth. Illustrated by Karen Dugan. Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA.
• Children Books. Winner. Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer. By Mary Morton Cowan. Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA.
• Children Books. Honorable Mention. An Egret’s Day. Poems by Jane Yolen. Photographs by Jason Stemple. Wordsong, Honesdale, PA
• Design and Artistic Merit. Winner. Freshwater Fish of the Northeast. Illustrated by Matt Patterson. Text by David A. Patterson. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH.
• Nature Guidebooks. Winner. Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species. By Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA.
• Nature Guidebooks. Honorable Mention. Night Sky: A Field Guide to the Constellations. By Jonathan Poppele. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN.
• Nature Guidebooks. Honorable Mention. Molt in North American Birds. By Steven N. G. Howell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston.
• Outdoor Adventure Guidebooks. Winner. Exploring Havasupai: A Guide to the Heart of the Grand Canyon. By Greg Witt. Menasha Ridge Press, Birmingham, AL.
• Instructional Category. Winner. Sport Climbing: From Top Rope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success. By Andrew Bisharat. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle.
Contact Ron Watters, 208.232.6857 or wattron@isu.edu
EMBARGO: PLEASE HOLD UNTIL THURSDAY, NOV. 11, THE DAY THE AWARDS ARE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
NOTE: Color scans (print quality), complete reviews, and other supplementary artwork may be downloaded from: http://www.noba-web.org/bookrel10.htm
2010 National Outdoor Book Award Winners Announced Nov. 11
POCATELLO – Indiana Jones figures prominently among the winners of the 2010 National Outdoor Book Awards. It’s not, however, the Indian Jones of movies. It’s the Indiana Jones of the bug world.
Mark Moffett, also known as Doctor Bug, won the Nature and Environment category with his book “Adventures Among Ants.”
“Moffett is no ordinary scientist,” said Idaho State University’s Ron Watters, chairman of the award program. “His research on ants required days spent in steamy jungles, hanging from ropes, sleeping in huts, tents or in no shelter at all.”
“This is a guy who is totally committed to his science,” Watters continued. “He has had swarms of ants attack him, streaming onto his bare skin through any opening in his clothing--through his pants legs and through his sleeves and through the neck of his shirt. He has been bitten and stung countless times.”
In one instance described in his book, Moffett was painfully bitten on the fingertip by an aggressive African driver ant. He tried gripping the insect between two fingers to pull it off. But the harder he gripped, the more than ant clamped down.
Finally in desperation, Moffett stuck his finger into his mouth and crushed the ant’s head between his teeth. That worked. The ant released its grip.
Moffett then proceeded to munch on the ant, casually noting the flavor as he might if tasting the hors d’oeuvres in an expensive restaurant. The flavor? It had a hint of nuttiness.
“In addition to ants,” Watters commented, “we had fish and snails as winning topics.”
“An Entirely Synthetic Fish” by Anders Halverson won the Natural History Literature category. Halverson’s book is about rainbow trout, which is the most widely stocked fish in the world. But recently biologists have realized that it competes with native fish, and, in a complete about-face in attitude, it is now being eradicated in some locations.
The Nature History Literature category had two winners. The other winner, which Watters called “a memorizing work” is about a woman struggling to recover from a severe illness.
It is titled “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating” and is written by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. While confined to bed and barely able to lift her head, Bailey begins take interest in a common woodland snail residing in a flower pot that a friend has given her. In time, the small creature gives her solace and hope in her battle against the disease.
A total of 18 books were honored this year’s National Outdoor Book Awards. Winners of this annual award program represent some of the finest outdoor writing and artwork being published today. The awards program is sponsored by the National Outdoor Book Awards Foundation, Idaho State University and the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education.
In addition to works about nature, Watters highlighted two winners in the children’s category. Both are historically accurate books for youngsters in the 8-12 age range.
“Camping With the President” by Ginger Wadsworth is about a camping trip taken by two icons of the outdoor world: Theodore Roosevelt, our most outdoorsy president, and John Muir, the world famous naturalist.
The other book is “Captain Mac” by Mary Morton Cowan. The book is a good choice for budding explorers and is about Donald MacMillan, a geologist, who explored the Arctic for nearly 50 years.
One highly creative work among this year’s winners, according to Watters is a book on surfing.
The book is by Peter Heller and is titled “Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave.”
“This is no ordinary book on surfing, “ Watters said, “It tells a good story, but it’s very much an introspective book.”
Complete reviews of these and the other 2010 winners may be found at the National Outdoor Book Award we site at: www.noba-web.org.
Here is a list of winners.
• Nature and the Environment. Winner. Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari With a Cast of Trillions. By Mark W. Moffett. University of California Press, Berkeley.
• Natural History Literature. Winner. An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World. By Anders Halverson. Yale University Press, New Haven.
• Natural History Literature. Winner. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. By Elisabeth Tova Bailey. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
• Outdoor Literature. Winner. Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave. By Peter Heller. Free Press, New York.
• Outdoor Literature. Honorable Mention. Just Passin’ Thru. By Winton Porter. Menasha Ridge Press, Birmingham, AL.
• History/Biography. Winner. Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers & Nature at Risk. By Joseph E. Taylor III. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
• History/Biography. Honorable Mention. The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2. By Jennifer Jordan. W. W. Norton & Company, New York.
• History Biography. Honorable Mention. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. By Glyn Williams. Viking Canada, Toronto.
• Classic. Winner. Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000-meter Peak. By Maurice Herzog. Lyon Press, Guilford, CT.
• Children Books. Winner. Camping With the President. By Ginger Wadsworth. Illustrated by Karen Dugan. Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA.
• Children Books. Winner. Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer. By Mary Morton Cowan. Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA.
• Children Books. Honorable Mention. An Egret’s Day. Poems by Jane Yolen. Photographs by Jason Stemple. Wordsong, Honesdale, PA
• Design and Artistic Merit. Winner. Freshwater Fish of the Northeast. Illustrated by Matt Patterson. Text by David A. Patterson. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH.
• Nature Guidebooks. Winner. Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species. By Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA.
• Nature Guidebooks. Honorable Mention. Night Sky: A Field Guide to the Constellations. By Jonathan Poppele. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN.
• Nature Guidebooks. Honorable Mention. Molt in North American Birds. By Steven N. G. Howell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston.
• Outdoor Adventure Guidebooks. Winner. Exploring Havasupai: A Guide to the Heart of the Grand Canyon. By Greg Witt. Menasha Ridge Press, Birmingham, AL.
• Instructional Category. Winner. Sport Climbing: From Top Rope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success. By Andrew Bisharat. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
ISU News Tip: Veterans Day Activities at ISU in Idaho Falls and Pocatello
News Tip:
Thursday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day Activities at ISU
• Pocatello – On ISU Campus
• Military vehicles will be parked on campus near the Pond Student Union and Rendezvous Complex from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and there will be a Veterans Day lunch for students in the Pond Student Union in dining area back by Jamba Juice. For more information, call Val Davids, 282-3451.
• Idaho Falls – At University Place
• 11:45 a.m. – Flag Ceremony by the Idaho National Guard Honor Guard
• noon. – Four F-15-E Jets, from Mountain Home Air Force Base will make a flyover of the University Place Campus. Organizers hope this will occur just as the flag ceremony finishes, but the timing of this is difficult.
• noon to 1 p.m. – Potato bar lunch, provided by the ISU-Idaho Falls Student Activities Board, free to students and veterans and a minimal charge to others.
• 12:15 to 1 p.m. – Military Bowl Contest. Teams will be organized and will compete in a Military Bowl, answering questions on military history, trivia, etc. Participation is appreciated and prizes will be awarded to the teams and audience members.
• 6 to 7 p.m. – Dinner for Veterans. Open to student and community veterans who may bring one guest. The dinner is planned to be on a first-come, first-served basis and will serve up to 150 people.
• 7 p.m. – Showing of the movie “Restrepo” in the University Place TAB Auditorium. This is free to students and community members, but seating is limited to 275 people. More information on the movie is available at www.restrepothemovie.com.
For more information about these events or to reserve seats for the dinner or movie, contact ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club President Dustin Mortimer at (208) 282-7855 or mortdust@isu.edu.
Thursday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day Activities at ISU
• Pocatello – On ISU Campus
• Military vehicles will be parked on campus near the Pond Student Union and Rendezvous Complex from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and there will be a Veterans Day lunch for students in the Pond Student Union in dining area back by Jamba Juice. For more information, call Val Davids, 282-3451.
• Idaho Falls – At University Place
• 11:45 a.m. – Flag Ceremony by the Idaho National Guard Honor Guard
• noon. – Four F-15-E Jets, from Mountain Home Air Force Base will make a flyover of the University Place Campus. Organizers hope this will occur just as the flag ceremony finishes, but the timing of this is difficult.
• noon to 1 p.m. – Potato bar lunch, provided by the ISU-Idaho Falls Student Activities Board, free to students and veterans and a minimal charge to others.
• 12:15 to 1 p.m. – Military Bowl Contest. Teams will be organized and will compete in a Military Bowl, answering questions on military history, trivia, etc. Participation is appreciated and prizes will be awarded to the teams and audience members.
• 6 to 7 p.m. – Dinner for Veterans. Open to student and community veterans who may bring one guest. The dinner is planned to be on a first-come, first-served basis and will serve up to 150 people.
• 7 p.m. – Showing of the movie “Restrepo” in the University Place TAB Auditorium. This is free to students and community members, but seating is limited to 275 people. More information on the movie is available at www.restrepothemovie.com.
For more information about these events or to reserve seats for the dinner or movie, contact ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club President Dustin Mortimer at (208) 282-7855 or mortdust@isu.edu.
Assessing Serious Mental Illness, Pathways to Jail for Women Are Subjects of $449,000 Grant to Idaho State University’s Shannon Lynch
Dear editors and reporters,
If possible, if you haven't already used the release I sent out yesterday, please use this version of the Pathways to Jail release that features several changes.
I had two versions of a release on my desk top and sent the wrong one yesterday.
I apologize for the error.
Andy Taylor
Released by Idaho State University November 10, 2010
Contact: Shannon Lynch, an Associate Professor in Psychology and Interim Chair of Department of Psychology, 282-2110
Assessing Serious Mental Illness, Pathways to Jail for Women Are Subjects of $449,000 Grant to Idaho State University’s Shannon Lynch
POCATELLO – Assessing serious mental illness of women in jail and exploring women’s pathways to jail are two major components of a study being conducting by Shannon Lynch, Idaho State University associate professor and chair of the ISU psychology department.
“We want to study women’s pathways to jail to try to find turning points in their life that influenced the decision to commit crimes, and find better ways to offer rehabilitation to women as well as identifying points of intervention before women enter the corrections system,” Lynch said.
Lynch is the principle investigator on a new $499,000 multi-site grant to Idaho State University titled “Women’s Pathways to Jail: Roles and Intersection of Serious Mental Illness and Trauma” from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Affairs. She will collaborate with co-investigators Dana DeHart at the University of South Carolina, Joanne Belknap at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Bonne Green at Georgetown University.
“The number of women in jail with mental illness is high,” Lynch said. “Studies suggest from one-quarter to one-third of women in correctional facilities have a serious mental illness. Women in jail have also experienced much higher incidences of violence from people in their lives, from caregivers to partners.”
The number of women being incarcerated in jails is on the rise overall, and particularly for drug-related offenses. Female offenders appear to have different routes to incarceration than males. Research is need to explore the connections among experiences of interpersonal violence, mental illness, and drug use (perhaps to self medicate) in female offenders with the goal of identifying points of intervention and decreasing recidivism.
The Pathways project will interview 400 to 500 women jail prisoners in four regions of the United States, including 80 to 100 women in jails in Southeast Idaho. They will assess the prevalence of serious mental illness, such as mood disorders (e.g., Bipolar) and psychotic spectrum disorders (e.g., Schizophrenia) in this population, and try to determine the level of impairment these disorders cause in the women. They will also study the extent seriously mentally ill prisoners in jail have access to treatment prior to incarceration and the quality of that treatment.
Additionally, the researchers will examine and explore potential pathways to jail such as trauma exposure and substance use prior to incarceration, and compare pathways of female offenders with and without serious mental illness.
Thirty women in each of the four identified regions who complete the structured diagnostic assessment will also be invited to participate in a follow-up interview to provide a more in-depth perspective on their life experiences and pathways to jail. Corrections staff members at each site will also be invited to assess their perceptions of women’s pathways to jail, mental health concerns and staff training needs.
If possible, if you haven't already used the release I sent out yesterday, please use this version of the Pathways to Jail release that features several changes.
I had two versions of a release on my desk top and sent the wrong one yesterday.
I apologize for the error.
Andy Taylor
Released by Idaho State University November 10, 2010
Contact: Shannon Lynch, an Associate Professor in Psychology and Interim Chair of Department of Psychology, 282-2110
Assessing Serious Mental Illness, Pathways to Jail for Women Are Subjects of $449,000 Grant to Idaho State University’s Shannon Lynch
POCATELLO – Assessing serious mental illness of women in jail and exploring women’s pathways to jail are two major components of a study being conducting by Shannon Lynch, Idaho State University associate professor and chair of the ISU psychology department.
“We want to study women’s pathways to jail to try to find turning points in their life that influenced the decision to commit crimes, and find better ways to offer rehabilitation to women as well as identifying points of intervention before women enter the corrections system,” Lynch said.
Lynch is the principle investigator on a new $499,000 multi-site grant to Idaho State University titled “Women’s Pathways to Jail: Roles and Intersection of Serious Mental Illness and Trauma” from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Affairs. She will collaborate with co-investigators Dana DeHart at the University of South Carolina, Joanne Belknap at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Bonne Green at Georgetown University.
“The number of women in jail with mental illness is high,” Lynch said. “Studies suggest from one-quarter to one-third of women in correctional facilities have a serious mental illness. Women in jail have also experienced much higher incidences of violence from people in their lives, from caregivers to partners.”
The number of women being incarcerated in jails is on the rise overall, and particularly for drug-related offenses. Female offenders appear to have different routes to incarceration than males. Research is need to explore the connections among experiences of interpersonal violence, mental illness, and drug use (perhaps to self medicate) in female offenders with the goal of identifying points of intervention and decreasing recidivism.
The Pathways project will interview 400 to 500 women jail prisoners in four regions of the United States, including 80 to 100 women in jails in Southeast Idaho. They will assess the prevalence of serious mental illness, such as mood disorders (e.g., Bipolar) and psychotic spectrum disorders (e.g., Schizophrenia) in this population, and try to determine the level of impairment these disorders cause in the women. They will also study the extent seriously mentally ill prisoners in jail have access to treatment prior to incarceration and the quality of that treatment.
Additionally, the researchers will examine and explore potential pathways to jail such as trauma exposure and substance use prior to incarceration, and compare pathways of female offenders with and without serious mental illness.
Thirty women in each of the four identified regions who complete the structured diagnostic assessment will also be invited to participate in a follow-up interview to provide a more in-depth perspective on their life experiences and pathways to jail. Corrections staff members at each site will also be invited to assess their perceptions of women’s pathways to jail, mental health concerns and staff training needs.
Annual Idaho State University Women’s Club Holiday Fair Set Nov. 12Annual Idaho State University Women’s Club Holiday Fair Set Nov. 12
Released by Idaho State University November 3, 2010
Contact: Barbara Cunningham at (208) 282-3995 or Teena Rhoads at (208) 282-3597.
Annual Idaho State University Women’s Club Holiday Fair Set Nov. 12
POCATELLO – The Idaho State Women's Club Holiday Fair at the Pond Student Union Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is an enduring tradition with free parking available to those who come from off campus.
“The Holiday Fair is a wonderful way to kick off your holiday season,” said Barbara Cunningham, one of the fair’s organizers.
The Holiday Fair is the ISU Women’s Club’s largest fundraiser of the year and all proceeds go toward three ISU scholarships per year.
Four of the biggest draws to the Holiday Fair are:
• the raffle for the handmade quilt;
• the donated ISU departmental holiday baskets;
• more than 40 vendors who are local and regional artists and artisans; and
• lunch featuring enchiladas, hot dogs, sloppy joes, soups, salads, beverages and desserts.
Treasures available for purchase include handmade crafts, pottery, jewelry, woodwork, artwork, clothing, holiday decorations, cards, baked goods, stitchery and much more.
This year's quilt is a sampler quilt and each square is a different pattern. Jan Goettsch, who passed away in September, was the leader on this quilt, and the quilt is in her honor. ZZ Gilmore has overseen the quilting for approximately 20 years along with other members of the Club's Quilt Group who meet weekly at the Sages Creek Quilt Company.
Recently retired, Debbie Thompson, former associate dean at the College of Technology, directs and organizes the ISU Departmental Basket donations. Each basket has a theme and is displayed for bidding in a silent auction. A traveling award is presented to the department or college with the most creative basket as well as first-, second- and third-place ribbons.
The ISU Women’s Club, which has been in existence for 87 years, has been spearheading the Holiday Fair for more than 20 years. In the 1920s the Club was called the Faculty Wives Club, and in the 1930s it was called the Faculty Women’s Club. Finally, in the 1980s, it was given the name it presently holds, the ISU Women’s Club. Membership consists of faculty and staff, wives of the faculty and staff, and honorary members.
For more information, contact Barbara Cunningham at (208) 282-3995 or Teena Rhoads at (208) 282-3597.
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Contact: Barbara Cunningham at (208) 282-3995 or Teena Rhoads at (208) 282-3597.
Annual Idaho State University Women’s Club Holiday Fair Set Nov. 12
POCATELLO – The Idaho State Women's Club Holiday Fair at the Pond Student Union Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is an enduring tradition with free parking available to those who come from off campus.
“The Holiday Fair is a wonderful way to kick off your holiday season,” said Barbara Cunningham, one of the fair’s organizers.
The Holiday Fair is the ISU Women’s Club’s largest fundraiser of the year and all proceeds go toward three ISU scholarships per year.
Four of the biggest draws to the Holiday Fair are:
• the raffle for the handmade quilt;
• the donated ISU departmental holiday baskets;
• more than 40 vendors who are local and regional artists and artisans; and
• lunch featuring enchiladas, hot dogs, sloppy joes, soups, salads, beverages and desserts.
Treasures available for purchase include handmade crafts, pottery, jewelry, woodwork, artwork, clothing, holiday decorations, cards, baked goods, stitchery and much more.
This year's quilt is a sampler quilt and each square is a different pattern. Jan Goettsch, who passed away in September, was the leader on this quilt, and the quilt is in her honor. ZZ Gilmore has overseen the quilting for approximately 20 years along with other members of the Club's Quilt Group who meet weekly at the Sages Creek Quilt Company.
Recently retired, Debbie Thompson, former associate dean at the College of Technology, directs and organizes the ISU Departmental Basket donations. Each basket has a theme and is displayed for bidding in a silent auction. A traveling award is presented to the department or college with the most creative basket as well as first-, second- and third-place ribbons.
The ISU Women’s Club, which has been in existence for 87 years, has been spearheading the Holiday Fair for more than 20 years. In the 1920s the Club was called the Faculty Wives Club, and in the 1930s it was called the Faculty Women’s Club. Finally, in the 1980s, it was given the name it presently holds, the ISU Women’s Club. Membership consists of faculty and staff, wives of the faculty and staff, and honorary members.
For more information, contact Barbara Cunningham at (208) 282-3995 or Teena Rhoads at (208) 282-3597.
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Annual Graduate Student Art Exhibit Runs at ISU Nov. 15 to Dec. 12
Released by Idaho State University November 9, 2010
Contact: Amy Jo Popa, (208) 282-3341
Annual Graduate Student Art Exhibit
Runs at ISU Nov. 15 to Dec. 12
POCATELLO – The last exhibition of 2010 in the John B. Davis Gallery at Idaho State University is the annual Graduate Student Art Exhibition.
Its opening reception is Monday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition dates are Nov. 16 – Dec. 12. The gallery will be closed for fall break Nov. 22 – 26.
This year nine graduate students will exhibit their work; Mike Adams from Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; Joanna Cleveland, from Murray, Ky.; Paul Dodez from Sweetwater, Tenn.; Nathan Barnes from Shelley; Catherine Reinhardt from Daphne, Ala.; Dustin Hinton from Fort Collins, Colo.; Tim Goodworth from Pocatello; Jeff Osborne from Los Osos, Calif.; and Omar Sarabia from Pocatello.
The Davis Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The gallery is located in the ISU Fine Arts Building # 11, on the campus of Idaho State University or you can visit it at www.isu.edu/art/galleries.shtml.
For more information contact Amy Jo Popa at 282-3341.
Contact: Amy Jo Popa, (208) 282-3341
Annual Graduate Student Art Exhibit
Runs at ISU Nov. 15 to Dec. 12
POCATELLO – The last exhibition of 2010 in the John B. Davis Gallery at Idaho State University is the annual Graduate Student Art Exhibition.
Its opening reception is Monday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition dates are Nov. 16 – Dec. 12. The gallery will be closed for fall break Nov. 22 – 26.
This year nine graduate students will exhibit their work; Mike Adams from Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; Joanna Cleveland, from Murray, Ky.; Paul Dodez from Sweetwater, Tenn.; Nathan Barnes from Shelley; Catherine Reinhardt from Daphne, Ala.; Dustin Hinton from Fort Collins, Colo.; Tim Goodworth from Pocatello; Jeff Osborne from Los Osos, Calif.; and Omar Sarabia from Pocatello.
The Davis Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The gallery is located in the ISU Fine Arts Building # 11, on the campus of Idaho State University or you can visit it at www.isu.edu/art/galleries.shtml.
For more information contact Amy Jo Popa at 282-3341.
Anderson Center Director Morrow Named to Board of Directors For the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Educatio
Released by Idaho State University November 9, 2010
Contact: Dr. Rebecca Morrow, Anderson Center Director at (208) 282-2805 or gndrctr@isu.edu
Anderson Center Director Morrow Named to Board of Directors
For the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
POCATELLO – The National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) selected Rebecca Morrow, director of the Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center at Idaho State University, as its representative to the Board of Directors for the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS).
Morrow began her appointment in mid-October.
Established in 1979, the mission of CAS is to promote the improvement of programs and services to enhance the quality of student learning and development. CAS is a consortium of professional associations who work collaboratively to develop and promulgate standards and guidelines and to encourage self-assessment.
“It really is an honor for me to serve in this new role,” Morrow said. “Given my service as the NWSA Women’s Centers Committee co-chair for the past two and a half years, I have gained a great deal of insight into the thoughts and concerns of my women’s center colleagues from across the nation. I am pleased to have the opportunity to act as their voice during these critical discussions with fellow representatives from professional associations across the co-curriculum.”
As the director of the Anderson Center for the past eight years, Morrow has helped expand the center’s offerings, including establishing the annual Art of Gender in Everyday Life Conference. The center is also home to the WISE HIV prevention program and provides campus education and awareness events about sexual and domestic violence and stalking. Morrow has served on the NWSA Women’s Centers Committee since 2006, overseeing the “What Women’s Centers Need” project and as Co-Chair, a role ending Nov. 14.
Morrow’s ongoing commitment to university gender centers began with her position, from 1999 through 2001, as assistant to the director at the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the institution where she earned her doctorate.
Her work continued with an international emphasis during a 2001-02 Fulbright Fellowship at the Gender Studies Centre at Vilnius University in Lithuania. An anthropologist by training, Morrow has also conducted two grant-funded fieldwork projects in Ireland. She received her undergraduate degrees in anthropology and music performance from Oberlin College.
Morrow is excited about her new role within the CAS governing structure.
“It was an incredible experience to be a part of my first CAS board meeting in October,” Morrow said. “We discussed the updated Standards for Admissions Programs and LGBT programs and services as well as the veterans and military programs and services standard, which is a brand new standard. I look forward to the opportunity to really get to know the standards for a significant number of co-curricular areas as well as develop an understanding of the history and reasoning that informs the standard-specific content for the different areas.”
Existing standards cover a broad range in the co-curriculum as represented by nearly 40 professional association members, with new standards added on an ongoing basis. Standards are reviewed on a decennial basis with the women student programs and services standards are scheduled to begin review within the next couple of years.
“This is an exciting time for assessment in the co-curriculum as ever greater numbers of colleges and universities are recognizing the student learning that takes place outside the classroom. CAS provides a solid framework in which to document that such learning is taking place, and I’m thrilled to be a part of ensuring that the standards are the best that they can be,” she said.
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Contact: Dr. Rebecca Morrow, Anderson Center Director at (208) 282-2805 or gndrctr@isu.edu
Anderson Center Director Morrow Named to Board of Directors
For the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
POCATELLO – The National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) selected Rebecca Morrow, director of the Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center at Idaho State University, as its representative to the Board of Directors for the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS).
Morrow began her appointment in mid-October.
Established in 1979, the mission of CAS is to promote the improvement of programs and services to enhance the quality of student learning and development. CAS is a consortium of professional associations who work collaboratively to develop and promulgate standards and guidelines and to encourage self-assessment.
“It really is an honor for me to serve in this new role,” Morrow said. “Given my service as the NWSA Women’s Centers Committee co-chair for the past two and a half years, I have gained a great deal of insight into the thoughts and concerns of my women’s center colleagues from across the nation. I am pleased to have the opportunity to act as their voice during these critical discussions with fellow representatives from professional associations across the co-curriculum.”
As the director of the Anderson Center for the past eight years, Morrow has helped expand the center’s offerings, including establishing the annual Art of Gender in Everyday Life Conference. The center is also home to the WISE HIV prevention program and provides campus education and awareness events about sexual and domestic violence and stalking. Morrow has served on the NWSA Women’s Centers Committee since 2006, overseeing the “What Women’s Centers Need” project and as Co-Chair, a role ending Nov. 14.
Morrow’s ongoing commitment to university gender centers began with her position, from 1999 through 2001, as assistant to the director at the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the institution where she earned her doctorate.
Her work continued with an international emphasis during a 2001-02 Fulbright Fellowship at the Gender Studies Centre at Vilnius University in Lithuania. An anthropologist by training, Morrow has also conducted two grant-funded fieldwork projects in Ireland. She received her undergraduate degrees in anthropology and music performance from Oberlin College.
Morrow is excited about her new role within the CAS governing structure.
“It was an incredible experience to be a part of my first CAS board meeting in October,” Morrow said. “We discussed the updated Standards for Admissions Programs and LGBT programs and services as well as the veterans and military programs and services standard, which is a brand new standard. I look forward to the opportunity to really get to know the standards for a significant number of co-curricular areas as well as develop an understanding of the history and reasoning that informs the standard-specific content for the different areas.”
Existing standards cover a broad range in the co-curriculum as represented by nearly 40 professional association members, with new standards added on an ongoing basis. Standards are reviewed on a decennial basis with the women student programs and services standards are scheduled to begin review within the next couple of years.
“This is an exciting time for assessment in the co-curriculum as ever greater numbers of colleges and universities are recognizing the student learning that takes place outside the classroom. CAS provides a solid framework in which to document that such learning is taking place, and I’m thrilled to be a part of ensuring that the standards are the best that they can be,” she said.
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ISU-Boise Researchers Use New, Sophisticated 3D Imagery System To Study Earth’s Surface
Released by Idaho State University November 9, 2010
Contact: Media contact: Chris Gabettas, Office of Marketing and Communications, ISU-Meridian, 208-373-1806 or Nancy Glenn, 208-345-1994
ISU-Boise Researchers Use New, Sophisticated 3D Imagery System
To Study Earth’s Surface
BOISE – Geosciences researchers at Idaho State University’s Boise Center Aerospace Laboratory are now able to study the Earth’s surface with greater accuracy, thanks to a sophisticated 3D imagery system called CAVE or Cave Automatic Virtual Environment.
The $25,000 system—a portable version of the world’s first CAVE invented two decades ago at University of Chicago—consists of six infrared cameras that project 3D graphics on a large television screen. Researchers wear special eye glasses and manipulate software to view, navigate and interact with the images.
Idaho National Laboratory at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies in Idaho Falls donated CAVE systems to BCAL, Boise State University and University of Idaho.
Nancy Glenn, geosciences research professor and BCAL director, and her team are using CAVE to enhance remote-sensing or LiDAR data gathered in southern Idaho in recent years.
The original data measured changes in vegetation and topography in 2002, 2005 and 2010. With CAVE, researchers can see in precise detail changes in the vegetation and in the Earth’s surface between 2002 and 2010.
“We are able to get a more accurate estimate of vegetation change from one year to the next,” explained research associate Luke Spaete. Accurate estimates are important when monitoring environmental disturbances such as fire or a changing climate.
Glenn said CAVE is a research tool that can enhance research funding opportunities and strengthen partnerships with the Idaho National Laboratory. CAVE’s use isn’t limited to the geosciences.
Some universities and medical centers have used CAVE technology to create interactive, multidimensional versions of the human body allowing scientists to study the progression of disease. Others have used the technology in energy development, biology, the arts and archaeology.
“I can see great potential for the technology at ISU,” said Glenn.
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Media contact: Chris Gabettas, Office of Marketing and Communications, ISU-Meridian, 208-373-1806 or Nancy Glenn, 208-345-1994
Contact: Media contact: Chris Gabettas, Office of Marketing and Communications, ISU-Meridian, 208-373-1806 or Nancy Glenn, 208-345-1994
ISU-Boise Researchers Use New, Sophisticated 3D Imagery System
To Study Earth’s Surface
BOISE – Geosciences researchers at Idaho State University’s Boise Center Aerospace Laboratory are now able to study the Earth’s surface with greater accuracy, thanks to a sophisticated 3D imagery system called CAVE or Cave Automatic Virtual Environment.
The $25,000 system—a portable version of the world’s first CAVE invented two decades ago at University of Chicago—consists of six infrared cameras that project 3D graphics on a large television screen. Researchers wear special eye glasses and manipulate software to view, navigate and interact with the images.
Idaho National Laboratory at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies in Idaho Falls donated CAVE systems to BCAL, Boise State University and University of Idaho.
Nancy Glenn, geosciences research professor and BCAL director, and her team are using CAVE to enhance remote-sensing or LiDAR data gathered in southern Idaho in recent years.
The original data measured changes in vegetation and topography in 2002, 2005 and 2010. With CAVE, researchers can see in precise detail changes in the vegetation and in the Earth’s surface between 2002 and 2010.
“We are able to get a more accurate estimate of vegetation change from one year to the next,” explained research associate Luke Spaete. Accurate estimates are important when monitoring environmental disturbances such as fire or a changing climate.
Glenn said CAVE is a research tool that can enhance research funding opportunities and strengthen partnerships with the Idaho National Laboratory. CAVE’s use isn’t limited to the geosciences.
Some universities and medical centers have used CAVE technology to create interactive, multidimensional versions of the human body allowing scientists to study the progression of disease. Others have used the technology in energy development, biology, the arts and archaeology.
“I can see great potential for the technology at ISU,” said Glenn.
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Media contact: Chris Gabettas, Office of Marketing and Communications, ISU-Meridian, 208-373-1806 or Nancy Glenn, 208-345-1994
Assessing Serious Mental Illness, Pathways to Jail for Women Prisoners Are Subjects of $449,000 Grant to ISU's Lynch
Released by Idaho State University November 9, 2010
Contact: Shannon Lynch, Associate Professor in Psychology and Interim Chair of Department of Psychology, (208) 282-2110
Assessing Serious Mental Illness, Pathways to Jail for Women Prisoners
Are Subjects of $449,000 Grant to Idaho State University’s Shannon Lynch
POCATELLO – Assessing serious mental illness of women in jail and exploring women’s pathways to jail are two major components of a study being conducting by Shannon Lynch, Idaho State University associate professor and chair of the ISU psychology department.
“We want to study their pathways to jail to try to find turning points in their life that led to their committing crimes, and find better ways to offer rehabilitation to women prisoners and potential prisoners,” Lynch said.
Lynch is the principal investigator on a new $499,000 multi-site grant to Idaho State University titled “Women’s Pathways to Jail: Roles and Intersection of Serious Mental Illness and Trauma” from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Affairs. She will collaborate with co-investigators Dana DeHart at the University of South Carolina, Joanne Belknap at the University of Colorado a Boulder and Bonne Green at Georgetown University.
“The number of women in jail with mental illness is high,” Lynch said. “Studies suggest from one-quarter to one-third of women in correctional facilities have a serious mental illness. Women in jail have also experienced much higher incidences of violence from people in their lives, from caregivers to partners.”
”Women are more likely,” continue Lynch, “to have been using drugs when committing a crime and a lot of times they have experienced severe interpersonal violence prior to that.”
The number of women being incarcerated in jails in prisons is on the rise overall, and particularly for drug-related offenses. Self-medication to deal with mental illness and traumas could be a major factor in women prisoners’ drug convictions.
The researchers will work with 400 to 500 women jail prisoners in four regions of the United States, including 80 to 100 women in jails in Southeast Idaho. They will assess the prevalence of serious mental illness such as major depressive disorders and psychotic or delusion disorders in this population, and try to determine the level of impairment these disorders cause in the women. They’ll study the extent seriously mentally ill prisoners in jail have access to treatment prior to incarceration and the quality of that treatment.
Additionally, the researchers will examine and explore the pathways such as trauma exposure and substance use to incarceration for women in jail, and compare pathways of female offenders with and without serious mental illness.
Thirty women in each of the four identified region will be invited to participate in follow-up interviews to provide a more in-depth perspective on their pathways to jail. Corrections staff members at each site will also be invited to assess their perceptions of women’s pathways to jail, mental health concerns and staff training needs.
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Contact: Shannon Lynch, Associate Professor in Psychology and Interim Chair of Department of Psychology, (208) 282-2110
Assessing Serious Mental Illness, Pathways to Jail for Women Prisoners
Are Subjects of $449,000 Grant to Idaho State University’s Shannon Lynch
POCATELLO – Assessing serious mental illness of women in jail and exploring women’s pathways to jail are two major components of a study being conducting by Shannon Lynch, Idaho State University associate professor and chair of the ISU psychology department.
“We want to study their pathways to jail to try to find turning points in their life that led to their committing crimes, and find better ways to offer rehabilitation to women prisoners and potential prisoners,” Lynch said.
Lynch is the principal investigator on a new $499,000 multi-site grant to Idaho State University titled “Women’s Pathways to Jail: Roles and Intersection of Serious Mental Illness and Trauma” from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Affairs. She will collaborate with co-investigators Dana DeHart at the University of South Carolina, Joanne Belknap at the University of Colorado a Boulder and Bonne Green at Georgetown University.
“The number of women in jail with mental illness is high,” Lynch said. “Studies suggest from one-quarter to one-third of women in correctional facilities have a serious mental illness. Women in jail have also experienced much higher incidences of violence from people in their lives, from caregivers to partners.”
”Women are more likely,” continue Lynch, “to have been using drugs when committing a crime and a lot of times they have experienced severe interpersonal violence prior to that.”
The number of women being incarcerated in jails in prisons is on the rise overall, and particularly for drug-related offenses. Self-medication to deal with mental illness and traumas could be a major factor in women prisoners’ drug convictions.
The researchers will work with 400 to 500 women jail prisoners in four regions of the United States, including 80 to 100 women in jails in Southeast Idaho. They will assess the prevalence of serious mental illness such as major depressive disorders and psychotic or delusion disorders in this population, and try to determine the level of impairment these disorders cause in the women. They’ll study the extent seriously mentally ill prisoners in jail have access to treatment prior to incarceration and the quality of that treatment.
Additionally, the researchers will examine and explore the pathways such as trauma exposure and substance use to incarceration for women in jail, and compare pathways of female offenders with and without serious mental illness.
Thirty women in each of the four identified region will be invited to participate in follow-up interviews to provide a more in-depth perspective on their pathways to jail. Corrections staff members at each site will also be invited to assess their perceptions of women’s pathways to jail, mental health concerns and staff training needs.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
ISU's Pemberton participates in Vision 2020 efforts to advance women's leadership and equality
Released by Idaho State University November 9, 2010
Contact: Cynthia Pemberton, Associate Dean of the ISU Graduate School, (208) 282-3140; or Cheryl Soltis, Drexel University, (215) 991-8830 or Csoltis@DrexelMed.edu
Idaho State University’s Pemberton Participates in Vision 2020 Efforts
To Advance Women’s Leadership and Equality
POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Cynthia Pemberton, associate dean of the ISU Graduate School, was among the 116 women leaders from all 50 states who attended the Vision 2020 national convention in Philadelphia this fall to begin a decade-long initiative to advance women’s equality and leadership.
“What an incredible experience to meet and network with such a talented group of women leaders,” Pemberton said. “I was and am, honored, excited and eager to join them in helping to realize the vision embodied in the Declaration of Equality.”
Following three days of discussions and debate in Philadelphia, the Vision 2020 delegates generated hundreds of ideas to advance women’s leadership and achieve equality by the year 2020.
“Vision 2020 and its delegates are now off and running united by one goal,” said Lynn Yeakel, co-chair of Vision 2020, a national initiative of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Equality is a measure of our democracy. Yet women, who make up 51 percent of the population, represent only 18 percent of top leaders in the United States, according to Vision 2020 organizers. The Vision 2020 national delegates from all 50 states are committed to giving more women a voice in government, media, education, and business.
Following the model of the Continental Congress, these delegates gathered in Philadelphia in late October. There, just two blocks from where 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence 234 years ago, these 116 women signed the Declaration of Equality. They pledged to return to their home states and work to realize the goal of greater women’s leadership. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, presided over the signing at the National Constitution Center.
The women leaders from across the United States will be creating action projects and breaking down barriers to leadership in their home states. They will gather again in 2011 to share ideas and successes in their advocacy.
“Like any movement, Vision 2020 will not be neat and it won’t be tidy,” Vision 2020 co-chair Rosemarie B. Greco said when addressing the delegates. “But it will change the way women see themselves and the way the world sees them.”
The National and Visionary Delegates will serve for the next three years. There are two National Delegates from each of the 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. Visionary Delegates are women with national influence. For more information, visit www.drexel.edu/vision2020.
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About Vision 2020
Vision 2020 is a national project of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine focused on ensuring equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. Lynn H. Yeakel is Director of the Institute and Co-Chair of Vision 2020. In 2010, Vision 2020 will develop and launch its decade-long action agenda to move America toward equality by inspiring and engaging new generations of women and men to finish the work of the suffragists who pursued women’s right to vote as fundamental to social and economic justice. The centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be celebrated in 2020.
About Vision 2020’s Sponsors
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company is the Presenting Sponsor of Vision 2020. The Exelon Foundation is a Forger of the Future and Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, Siemens, The Philadelphia Foundation, Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust, Bloomberg LP, Ernst & Young and Keystone Mercy Health Plan are also sponsors.
About The National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center, located at 525 Arch St. on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the ideas and values it represents. The Center serves as a museum, an education center, and a forum for debate on constitutional issues.
Contact: Cynthia Pemberton, Associate Dean of the ISU Graduate School, (208) 282-3140; or Cheryl Soltis, Drexel University, (215) 991-8830 or Csoltis@DrexelMed.edu
Idaho State University’s Pemberton Participates in Vision 2020 Efforts
To Advance Women’s Leadership and Equality
POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Cynthia Pemberton, associate dean of the ISU Graduate School, was among the 116 women leaders from all 50 states who attended the Vision 2020 national convention in Philadelphia this fall to begin a decade-long initiative to advance women’s equality and leadership.
“What an incredible experience to meet and network with such a talented group of women leaders,” Pemberton said. “I was and am, honored, excited and eager to join them in helping to realize the vision embodied in the Declaration of Equality.”
Following three days of discussions and debate in Philadelphia, the Vision 2020 delegates generated hundreds of ideas to advance women’s leadership and achieve equality by the year 2020.
“Vision 2020 and its delegates are now off and running united by one goal,” said Lynn Yeakel, co-chair of Vision 2020, a national initiative of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Equality is a measure of our democracy. Yet women, who make up 51 percent of the population, represent only 18 percent of top leaders in the United States, according to Vision 2020 organizers. The Vision 2020 national delegates from all 50 states are committed to giving more women a voice in government, media, education, and business.
Following the model of the Continental Congress, these delegates gathered in Philadelphia in late October. There, just two blocks from where 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence 234 years ago, these 116 women signed the Declaration of Equality. They pledged to return to their home states and work to realize the goal of greater women’s leadership. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, presided over the signing at the National Constitution Center.
The women leaders from across the United States will be creating action projects and breaking down barriers to leadership in their home states. They will gather again in 2011 to share ideas and successes in their advocacy.
“Like any movement, Vision 2020 will not be neat and it won’t be tidy,” Vision 2020 co-chair Rosemarie B. Greco said when addressing the delegates. “But it will change the way women see themselves and the way the world sees them.”
The National and Visionary Delegates will serve for the next three years. There are two National Delegates from each of the 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. Visionary Delegates are women with national influence. For more information, visit www.drexel.edu/vision2020.
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About Vision 2020
Vision 2020 is a national project of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine focused on ensuring equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. Lynn H. Yeakel is Director of the Institute and Co-Chair of Vision 2020. In 2010, Vision 2020 will develop and launch its decade-long action agenda to move America toward equality by inspiring and engaging new generations of women and men to finish the work of the suffragists who pursued women’s right to vote as fundamental to social and economic justice. The centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be celebrated in 2020.
About Vision 2020’s Sponsors
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company is the Presenting Sponsor of Vision 2020. The Exelon Foundation is a Forger of the Future and Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, Siemens, The Philadelphia Foundation, Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust, Bloomberg LP, Ernst & Young and Keystone Mercy Health Plan are also sponsors.
About The National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center, located at 525 Arch St. on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the ideas and values it represents. The Center serves as a museum, an education center, and a forum for debate on constitutional issues.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
ISU Anderson Center Issues Call for Papers for the Art of Gender Conference
Released by Idaho State University November 4, 2010
Contact: Rebecca Morrow, Ph.D., Director, Anderson Gender Resource Center, (208) 282-2805 or www.isu.edu/andersoncenter
ISU Anderson Center Issues Call for Papers for the Art of Gender Conference;
Submission Deadline is Nov. 19
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center has issued a call for papers for the multidisciplinary conference “The Art of Gender in Everyday Life VIII” that will take place at Idaho State University on March 10 and 11.
Materials must be postmarked by Friday, Nov. 19. A formal call for papers, an announcement of our student paper competition, and a registration form can be found on our website at http://www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.
In addition to sessions, the conference will include: a keynote address on March 11 by Andi Zeisler, co-founder of Bitch Magazine; a March 11 lunchtime talk by Nancy Legge, professor of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at ISU; and a screening of LUNAFEST film festival on the evening of March 10. While not related to the conference, Temple Grandin is scheduled to be on campus for a lecture on Wednesday evening, March 9, an event that is free and open to the public.
For further information, please contact the Anderson Center via phone (208) 282-2805) or e-mail gndrctr@isu.edu.
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Contact: Rebecca Morrow, Ph.D., Director, Anderson Gender Resource Center, (208) 282-2805 or www.isu.edu/andersoncenter
ISU Anderson Center Issues Call for Papers for the Art of Gender Conference;
Submission Deadline is Nov. 19
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center has issued a call for papers for the multidisciplinary conference “The Art of Gender in Everyday Life VIII” that will take place at Idaho State University on March 10 and 11.
Materials must be postmarked by Friday, Nov. 19. A formal call for papers, an announcement of our student paper competition, and a registration form can be found on our website at http://www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.
In addition to sessions, the conference will include: a keynote address on March 11 by Andi Zeisler, co-founder of Bitch Magazine; a March 11 lunchtime talk by Nancy Legge, professor of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at ISU; and a screening of LUNAFEST film festival on the evening of March 10. While not related to the conference, Temple Grandin is scheduled to be on campus for a lecture on Wednesday evening, March 9, an event that is free and open to the public.
For further information, please contact the Anderson Center via phone (208) 282-2805) or e-mail gndrctr@isu.edu.
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Professors Jenkins, Haskell Receive Funding from National Council for Economic Education, U.S. Department of Education
Released by Idaho State University November 4, 2010
Contact: Intermountain Center for Educational Effectiveness, (208) 282-4194
Idaho State University Professor Jenkins, Haskell Receive Funding from
National Council for Economic Education, U.S. Department of Education
POCATELLO – The National Council for Economic Education and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, have awarded Idaho State University’s Susan Jenkins and Janaan Haskell $8,183 in funding to support financial management training for family and consumer science teachers in Idaho Regions 4, 5, and 6.
Jenkins is interim assistant dean and professor of family and consumer sciences, in the Department of Educational Foundations. Haskell is field director, Center for Economic Education, Intermountain Center for Educational Effectiveness in the College of Education.
The grant will provide financial management training using the “Financial Fitness for Life” curriculum developed by the Council for Economic Education. Once trained, educators will implement the financial fitness curriculum in K-12 schools in rural, low-income, underserved and geographically isolated school districts in Idaho.
Funding will also support the collaborative effort between the Family and Consumer Science Program in the Department of Educational Foundations, College of Education, and the Professional – Technical Division of the Idaho State Department of Education.
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Contact: Intermountain Center for Educational Effectiveness, (208) 282-4194
Idaho State University Professor Jenkins, Haskell Receive Funding from
National Council for Economic Education, U.S. Department of Education
POCATELLO – The National Council for Economic Education and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, have awarded Idaho State University’s Susan Jenkins and Janaan Haskell $8,183 in funding to support financial management training for family and consumer science teachers in Idaho Regions 4, 5, and 6.
Jenkins is interim assistant dean and professor of family and consumer sciences, in the Department of Educational Foundations. Haskell is field director, Center for Economic Education, Intermountain Center for Educational Effectiveness in the College of Education.
The grant will provide financial management training using the “Financial Fitness for Life” curriculum developed by the Council for Economic Education. Once trained, educators will implement the financial fitness curriculum in K-12 schools in rural, low-income, underserved and geographically isolated school districts in Idaho.
Funding will also support the collaborative effort between the Family and Consumer Science Program in the Department of Educational Foundations, College of Education, and the Professional – Technical Division of the Idaho State Department of Education.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Idaho State University Students Assembling Holiday Care Packages Nov. 4-5 For Fellow Students
Released by Idaho State University November 3, 2010
Contact: Casey Santee, ISU Veteran’s Sanctuary Director, (208) 282-4298
Idaho State University Students Assembling Holiday Care Packages Nov. 4-5
For Fellow Students Who Are Deployed with the Idaho and Utah Army National Guard
POCATELLLO – Idaho State University students will be assembling Christmas care packages Thursday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 5, to send to their fellow students who are deployed with the Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade, and others deployed with the Utah Army National Guard.
The effort is being organized by the ISU Armed Forces Veterans’ Club, and is sponsored by the Veterans’ Sanctuary Program and several local businesses, which donated cash and merchandise.
The agenda for assembling the care packages is:
• Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. – Lance Erickson’s first year seminar class will stuff stockings in Rendezvous Complex Room 223. Also, Peter Vik’s first year seminar class will work on the care packages in the Veterans’ Lounge in Nichols Hall. Veterans’ Club members and Sanctuary staff will be assisting.
• Friday at 1 p.m. – Students and staff will be wrapping up any remaining work on care packages.
The ISU Veterans’ Club plans to send this round of care packages in time for Christmas. Two other rounds of care packages will be mailed to the student soldiers during the yearlong deployment.
For more information, contact Veterans’ Sanctuary Director Casey Santee at (208) 2828-4298.
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Contact: Casey Santee, ISU Veteran’s Sanctuary Director, (208) 282-4298
Idaho State University Students Assembling Holiday Care Packages Nov. 4-5
For Fellow Students Who Are Deployed with the Idaho and Utah Army National Guard
POCATELLLO – Idaho State University students will be assembling Christmas care packages Thursday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 5, to send to their fellow students who are deployed with the Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade, and others deployed with the Utah Army National Guard.
The effort is being organized by the ISU Armed Forces Veterans’ Club, and is sponsored by the Veterans’ Sanctuary Program and several local businesses, which donated cash and merchandise.
The agenda for assembling the care packages is:
• Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. – Lance Erickson’s first year seminar class will stuff stockings in Rendezvous Complex Room 223. Also, Peter Vik’s first year seminar class will work on the care packages in the Veterans’ Lounge in Nichols Hall. Veterans’ Club members and Sanctuary staff will be assisting.
• Friday at 1 p.m. – Students and staff will be wrapping up any remaining work on care packages.
The ISU Veterans’ Club plans to send this round of care packages in time for Christmas. Two other rounds of care packages will be mailed to the student soldiers during the yearlong deployment.
For more information, contact Veterans’ Sanctuary Director Casey Santee at (208) 2828-4298.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
‘Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience’
Released by Idaho State University November 2, 2010
Contact: George Casper, (208) 282-3398
‘Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience’
Comes to Idaho State University on Nov. 13
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University a “Season of Note” series presents “Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Scot Bruce and Mike Albert team up to bring a riveting tribute to the “King of Rock and Roll.” Bruce performs as Elvis, the way we remember him during his early career, followed by Albert, who is superb as Elvis in his Vegas years. Together, they attempt to recreate the electrifying musical excitement of the King, in a biographical concert that has played to sellouts across the county. Their performances feature audience interaction and a dynamite back-up band. Ticket prices are $32 main level, $28 upper level.
For more information on this shoe visit the website: www.a-c-t-s-inc.com.
Tickets are $32 main level, $28 upper level and can be purchased at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office, open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays during the school year. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone at (208) 282-3595 or online at www.isu.edu/tickets or at Vickers Stores in Idaho Falls and Pocatello.
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Contact: George Casper, (208) 282-3398
‘Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience’
Comes to Idaho State University on Nov. 13
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University a “Season of Note” series presents “Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Scot Bruce and Mike Albert team up to bring a riveting tribute to the “King of Rock and Roll.” Bruce performs as Elvis, the way we remember him during his early career, followed by Albert, who is superb as Elvis in his Vegas years. Together, they attempt to recreate the electrifying musical excitement of the King, in a biographical concert that has played to sellouts across the county. Their performances feature audience interaction and a dynamite back-up band. Ticket prices are $32 main level, $28 upper level.
For more information on this shoe visit the website: www.a-c-t-s-inc.com.
Tickets are $32 main level, $28 upper level and can be purchased at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office, open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays during the school year. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone at (208) 282-3595 or online at www.isu.edu/tickets or at Vickers Stores in Idaho Falls and Pocatello.
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ISU-Meridian Counseling Student Paints Winning ISU Holiday Greeting Card
Released by Idaho State University.. November 2, 2010
Contact: Allyson Johnson, (208) 282-4798
ISU-Meridian Counseling Student Paints
Winning ISU Holiday Greeting Card
MERIDIAN – A painting of a white dove symbolizing peace with the Idaho State University logo in the background is the winning entry in Idaho State University’s annual President’s Holiday Greeting Card Contest.
Nancy Byron, a graduate student in Mental Health Counseling at the Meridian campus has won a $1,000 prize for her design that will appear on the front of ISU’s official holiday card.
“When I got the e-mail saying I’d won, I actually screamed. I was pretty excited,” said Byron. Her design also incorporates vibrant color and abstract images to celebrate religious diversity.
“I wanted to focus on the world view of the holiday, peace, togetherness and helping each other,” she said. “To me, the holidays are not a celebration of gifts, but a celebration of the goodness of people,” Byron said.
She graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. For 25 years she ran her own graphic design company—splitting time between a client base in California and her home in Boise.
She intends to use art in her counseling practice—as a tool to help people express feelings of inner turmoil.
“I always wanted to go into counseling, but didn’t want to let go of art. I think I’ve found a perfect marriage of the two disciplines,” she said.
Asked what prompted her to enter the design contest, she said, “I read about it on the Bengal Web. I had so much homework to do, but I thought I have to do this… so I got out a canvas and started painting. It’s really helped me feel more a part of the school,” she said.
Sophomore, Matthew Henderson, was the contest’s second-place finisher. His striking artwork of a tiger earned him the $500 prize.
The contest, created in 2006, is open to full and part-time students. It is judged by a committee comprised of representatives from the President’s Office, Alumni Relations, Marketing and Communications, Associated Students of ISU, and the Art department.
Submissions were judged on how well they were able to “capture the spirit and beauty of the holiday season while thematically incorporating the University.”
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Contact: Allyson Johnson, (208) 282-4798
ISU-Meridian Counseling Student Paints
Winning ISU Holiday Greeting Card
MERIDIAN – A painting of a white dove symbolizing peace with the Idaho State University logo in the background is the winning entry in Idaho State University’s annual President’s Holiday Greeting Card Contest.
Nancy Byron, a graduate student in Mental Health Counseling at the Meridian campus has won a $1,000 prize for her design that will appear on the front of ISU’s official holiday card.
“When I got the e-mail saying I’d won, I actually screamed. I was pretty excited,” said Byron. Her design also incorporates vibrant color and abstract images to celebrate religious diversity.
“I wanted to focus on the world view of the holiday, peace, togetherness and helping each other,” she said. “To me, the holidays are not a celebration of gifts, but a celebration of the goodness of people,” Byron said.
She graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. For 25 years she ran her own graphic design company—splitting time between a client base in California and her home in Boise.
She intends to use art in her counseling practice—as a tool to help people express feelings of inner turmoil.
“I always wanted to go into counseling, but didn’t want to let go of art. I think I’ve found a perfect marriage of the two disciplines,” she said.
Asked what prompted her to enter the design contest, she said, “I read about it on the Bengal Web. I had so much homework to do, but I thought I have to do this… so I got out a canvas and started painting. It’s really helped me feel more a part of the school,” she said.
Sophomore, Matthew Henderson, was the contest’s second-place finisher. His striking artwork of a tiger earned him the $500 prize.
The contest, created in 2006, is open to full and part-time students. It is judged by a committee comprised of representatives from the President’s Office, Alumni Relations, Marketing and Communications, Associated Students of ISU, and the Art department.
Submissions were judged on how well they were able to “capture the spirit and beauty of the holiday season while thematically incorporating the University.”
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Theatre-ISU 80th Year Celebration
Released by Idaho State University November 1, 2010
Contact: Erin Joy, Box Office Manager, (208) 282-6452
Theatre-ISU 80th Year Celebration
Features “Cabaret” Broadway Musical Nov. 12-13, 18-20
POCATELLO – The L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center continues to play host to Theatre/Dance ISU’s 80th Year Celebration Season. The Broadway musical hit “Cabaret” comes to the Beverly B. Bistline Theatre Nov. 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Set in 1931 Germany as the Nazis are rising to power, Cabaret is a powerful musical with incredible dance numbers and memorable hits like “Tomorrow Belongs to Me” and “Cabaret.”
As this year marks Theatre ISU’s 80th year on campus, the cast and crew invite you to come celebrate the history and tradition of theatre as they present, “Cabaret.”
Character Sally Bowles, made famous by legendary singer/actress Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film “Cabaret,” is recreated by student costume designer Debbie Bray and played by former Theatre/Dance ISU graduate student Bridget Close.
The Bistline Theatre has been transformed into the “seedy” Kit Kat Klub as well as Fraulein Schneider’s apartment and many other well-known Cabaret locations. Although Theatre/Dance ISU invites any and all who want to be entertained, please keep in mind this production contains many adult themes and is not suitable for young patrons.
Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, or by phone at 282-3595. Tickets can be ordered online at www.isu.edu/tickets or can be purchased at Vickers Western Stores in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $9 for children ages 6 to 12 and $7 for ISU students with valid Bengal cards.
For more information, contact Erin Joy, Box Office manager, (208) 282-6452.
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Contact: Erin Joy, Box Office Manager, (208) 282-6452
Theatre-ISU 80th Year Celebration
Features “Cabaret” Broadway Musical Nov. 12-13, 18-20
POCATELLO – The L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center continues to play host to Theatre/Dance ISU’s 80th Year Celebration Season. The Broadway musical hit “Cabaret” comes to the Beverly B. Bistline Theatre Nov. 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Set in 1931 Germany as the Nazis are rising to power, Cabaret is a powerful musical with incredible dance numbers and memorable hits like “Tomorrow Belongs to Me” and “Cabaret.”
As this year marks Theatre ISU’s 80th year on campus, the cast and crew invite you to come celebrate the history and tradition of theatre as they present, “Cabaret.”
Character Sally Bowles, made famous by legendary singer/actress Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film “Cabaret,” is recreated by student costume designer Debbie Bray and played by former Theatre/Dance ISU graduate student Bridget Close.
The Bistline Theatre has been transformed into the “seedy” Kit Kat Klub as well as Fraulein Schneider’s apartment and many other well-known Cabaret locations. Although Theatre/Dance ISU invites any and all who want to be entertained, please keep in mind this production contains many adult themes and is not suitable for young patrons.
Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, or by phone at 282-3595. Tickets can be ordered online at www.isu.edu/tickets or can be purchased at Vickers Western Stores in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $9 for children ages 6 to 12 and $7 for ISU students with valid Bengal cards.
For more information, contact Erin Joy, Box Office manager, (208) 282-6452.
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U.S. Representative Mike Simpson to Address Idaho State Tax Institute Conference Set for Nov. 4-5
Released by Idaho State University November 2, 2010
Contact: Beverly Shappart (208) 282-3585
U.S. Representative Mike Simpson to Address
Idaho State Tax Institute Conference Set for Nov. 4-5
POCATELLO – The 52nd conference of the Idaho State Tax Institute will be held Nov. 4-5 in the Amethyst Room of the Holiday Inn at 1399 Bench Rd. in Pocatello and features the address “The Election and Tax Reform” by U.S. Representative Mike Simpson at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
The event is sponsored by the Idaho State University College of Business, the Idaho State Bar Section of Taxation, Probate and Trust Law and the Idaho State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
More than 80 accountants and attorneys from throughout Idaho are expected to attend. Program sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4.
Other Thursday sessions include “Economic Bedlam; When will it Stop?”, “Division of the Marital Community in Idaho,” “1031 Exchanges with Commercial Real Estate,” “Mastering Electronic Tax Court Procedures” and “The Tax Implications of Obama‐Care.”
The Friday, Nov. 5, sessions run from 8 a.m. to 3:30. Those sessions include “Recent Federal Tax Developments: Statutes, Cases, Regulations\Rulings of Note,” “Legacy Planning,” “Idaho Trust and Estate Update” and “Ethics and the Marginally Competent Client.”
Registration fees are $200 before Oct. 29 and $225 after that date. Registrations will be accepted on-site after the conference begins.
More information on the conference is available at www.isu.edu/cob or by calling Beverly Shappart at (208) 282-3031. Registration forms are available at http://cob.isu.edu/taxinstitute.
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Contact: Beverly Shappart (208) 282-3585
U.S. Representative Mike Simpson to Address
Idaho State Tax Institute Conference Set for Nov. 4-5
POCATELLO – The 52nd conference of the Idaho State Tax Institute will be held Nov. 4-5 in the Amethyst Room of the Holiday Inn at 1399 Bench Rd. in Pocatello and features the address “The Election and Tax Reform” by U.S. Representative Mike Simpson at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
The event is sponsored by the Idaho State University College of Business, the Idaho State Bar Section of Taxation, Probate and Trust Law and the Idaho State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
More than 80 accountants and attorneys from throughout Idaho are expected to attend. Program sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4.
Other Thursday sessions include “Economic Bedlam; When will it Stop?”, “Division of the Marital Community in Idaho,” “1031 Exchanges with Commercial Real Estate,” “Mastering Electronic Tax Court Procedures” and “The Tax Implications of Obama‐Care.”
The Friday, Nov. 5, sessions run from 8 a.m. to 3:30. Those sessions include “Recent Federal Tax Developments: Statutes, Cases, Regulations\Rulings of Note,” “Legacy Planning,” “Idaho Trust and Estate Update” and “Ethics and the Marginally Competent Client.”
Registration fees are $200 before Oct. 29 and $225 after that date. Registrations will be accepted on-site after the conference begins.
More information on the conference is available at www.isu.edu/cob or by calling Beverly Shappart at (208) 282-3031. Registration forms are available at http://cob.isu.edu/taxinstitute.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
ISU-Idaho Falls Has Veterans Day Events Planned
Idaho State University November 1, 2010
Contact: Dustin Mortimer, President of the Armed Forces Veterans Club, ISU-Idaho Falls, (208) 244-4819.
ISU-Idaho Falls Has Veterans Day Events Planned
IDAHO FALLS – A variety of events are planned at University Place in Idaho Falls by the ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Club on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11.
“We invite our students, staff, faculty, and the public, to come observe Veterans Day with us, to honor those who have served and those who are serving now,” said Dustin Mortimer, president of the Idaho State University-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club.
Those events include:
• 11:45 a.m. – Flag Ceremony by the Idaho National Guard Honor Guard
• 12 p.m. – Four F-15-E Jets, from Mountain Home Air Force Base will make a flyover of the University Place Campus. Organizers hope this will occur just as the flag ceremony finishes, but the timing of this is difficult.
• 12 to 1 p.m. – Potato bar lunch, provided by the ISU-Idaho Falls Student Activities Board, free to students and veterans and a minimal charge to others.
• 12:15 to 1 p.m. – Military Bowl Contest. Teams will be organized and will compete in a Military Bowl, answering questions on military history, trivia, etc. Participation is appreciated and prizes will be awarded to the teams and audience members.
• 6 to 7 p.m. – Dinner for Veterans. Open to student and community veterans who may bring one guest. The dinner is planned to be on a first-come, first-served basis and will serve up to 150 people.
• 7 p.m. – Showing of the movie “Restrepo” in the University Place TAB Auditorium. This is free to students and community members, but seating is limited to 275 people. More information on the movie is available at www.restrepothemovie.com.
For more information about these events or to reserve seats for the dinner or movie, contact ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club President Dustin Mortimer at (208) 282-7855 or mortdust@isu.edu.
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Contact: Dustin Mortimer, President of the Armed Forces Veterans Club, ISU-Idaho Falls, (208) 244-4819.
ISU-Idaho Falls Has Veterans Day Events Planned
IDAHO FALLS – A variety of events are planned at University Place in Idaho Falls by the ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Club on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11.
“We invite our students, staff, faculty, and the public, to come observe Veterans Day with us, to honor those who have served and those who are serving now,” said Dustin Mortimer, president of the Idaho State University-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club.
Those events include:
• 11:45 a.m. – Flag Ceremony by the Idaho National Guard Honor Guard
• 12 p.m. – Four F-15-E Jets, from Mountain Home Air Force Base will make a flyover of the University Place Campus. Organizers hope this will occur just as the flag ceremony finishes, but the timing of this is difficult.
• 12 to 1 p.m. – Potato bar lunch, provided by the ISU-Idaho Falls Student Activities Board, free to students and veterans and a minimal charge to others.
• 12:15 to 1 p.m. – Military Bowl Contest. Teams will be organized and will compete in a Military Bowl, answering questions on military history, trivia, etc. Participation is appreciated and prizes will be awarded to the teams and audience members.
• 6 to 7 p.m. – Dinner for Veterans. Open to student and community veterans who may bring one guest. The dinner is planned to be on a first-come, first-served basis and will serve up to 150 people.
• 7 p.m. – Showing of the movie “Restrepo” in the University Place TAB Auditorium. This is free to students and community members, but seating is limited to 275 people. More information on the movie is available at www.restrepothemovie.com.
For more information about these events or to reserve seats for the dinner or movie, contact ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club President Dustin Mortimer at (208) 282-7855 or mortdust@isu.edu.
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ISU Anthropology Masters Student Pink Awarded One of Two National Grants From the Geological Society of America to Present Research
Released by Idaho State University November 1, 2010
Contact: David Peterson, (208) 282-4017
ISU Anthropology Masters Student Pink Awarded One of Two National Grants
From the Geological Society of America to Present Research
POCATELLO – Idaho State University anthropology master’s student Jeremias Pink was one of two students nationally who received a Richard Hay Student paper/poster award in the Archaeological Geology Division from the Geological Society of America.
Pink delivered his paper/poster presentation and was honored at the GSA’s annual national meeting that was held on Nov. 1.
He received $400 in support to travel to the meeting to deliver his paper/poster “Hardness and Fractured Surface Roughness as Predictors of Obsidian Source Selection in Southern Idaho.” Pink completed the study while in the ISU course “Physical Methods in Archaeology” in fall 2009.
Pink, a native of Pocatello, earned his undergraduate degree in anthropology from ISU and began his master’s program this semester.
In his study, Pink compared the material properties of Southern Idaho obsidian sources to see if there were physical differences between high-use and low-use obsidians that may have contributed to the preferential selection of particular sources throughout prehistory. He observed that while there were only minor differences in the mean hardness and fractured surface roughness of the obsidian sources, high-use obsidians had a much narrower range of variability in terms of both properties.
For more information on the ISU anthropology department, visit www.isu.edu/anthro.
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Contact: David Peterson, (208) 282-4017
ISU Anthropology Masters Student Pink Awarded One of Two National Grants
From the Geological Society of America to Present Research
POCATELLO – Idaho State University anthropology master’s student Jeremias Pink was one of two students nationally who received a Richard Hay Student paper/poster award in the Archaeological Geology Division from the Geological Society of America.
Pink delivered his paper/poster presentation and was honored at the GSA’s annual national meeting that was held on Nov. 1.
He received $400 in support to travel to the meeting to deliver his paper/poster “Hardness and Fractured Surface Roughness as Predictors of Obsidian Source Selection in Southern Idaho.” Pink completed the study while in the ISU course “Physical Methods in Archaeology” in fall 2009.
Pink, a native of Pocatello, earned his undergraduate degree in anthropology from ISU and began his master’s program this semester.
In his study, Pink compared the material properties of Southern Idaho obsidian sources to see if there were physical differences between high-use and low-use obsidians that may have contributed to the preferential selection of particular sources throughout prehistory. He observed that while there were only minor differences in the mean hardness and fractured surface roughness of the obsidian sources, high-use obsidians had a much narrower range of variability in terms of both properties.
For more information on the ISU anthropology department, visit www.isu.edu/anthro.
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ISU Calendar, Oct. 29-Nov. 14
Released by: Idaho State University October 29, 2010
Written by: Rachel Essinger
ISU Coming Events
The Idaho State University Office of Marketing and Communications distributes this event calendar to let the public and media know about upcoming non-athletic events at the University. This information is intended for release in print and broadcast events calendars. Various events calendars with more complete information are available online at the website www.isu.edu/calendar. A copy of this release can also be accessed via ISU’s homepage at www.isu.edu. Information about ISU athletic events is available at www.isubengals.com. The area code for all phone numbers is 208 unless otherwise noted. The phone number for Marketing and Communications is 282-3620.
Friday, Oct. 29-Sunday, Oct. 31
· Pocatello Snow Expo Ski Swap: Earn money by selling your used skis, clothes or equipment Friday, Oct. 29, 6-10 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in the Pond Student Union Ballroom. For more information, call CW HOG office at 282-3912.
Saturday, Oct. 30
· SPTA Kostume 5k Fun Run/Walk: The ISU SPTA is holding their first ever Kostume 5k Fun Run/Walk at BArtz Field on Oct. 30. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the event will start at 9 a.m. There will also be kids races shorter distances that begin around 10 a.m. Participants are encouraged but not required to wear costumes. No masks that cover the mouth or eyes will be allowed during the race. Tickets are $5. For more information email Tyler Stucki at kostume5k@gmail.com
Saturday, Oct. 30-Sunday, Oct. 31
· Poky Spin-a-thon: This series of indoor cycling classes led by certified spinning instructors supports the Idaho Condor Nutrition Team, The Pocatello Food Bank and numerous ISU Clubs. It will be held in Reed Gym’s Spinning Room on Saturday, Oct. 30 and 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost of admission is $5 and five cans of food for the first session, then $5 or five cans of food for additional sessions. For more information, contact Cathryn Erickson at martcath@isu.edu or 890-4267.
Wednesday, Nov. 3
· 2nd Annual Crab Feed: On Wednesday, Nov. 3, 6-10 p.m. there will be an all you can eat Dungeness crab feed in support of ISU Women’s Basketball in the Student Union Ballroom. Cost is $30 and also includes beverages, Buddy’s salad, Texas Roadhouse rolls and a side dish.
Thursday, Nov. 4
· Transgender Day of Remembrance: On Thursday, Nov. 4, the ISU Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center will host Dr. Peter Boag for Transgender Day of Remembrance in the Salmon River Suite of the Pond Student Union Building. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Anderson Center at 282-2805.
Saturday, Nov. 6
· CW HOG Annual Showing of Warren Miller Ski Movie: The ISU Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group (CW HOG) will present the annual Warren Miller ski movie and 1, 7 and 9: 30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 in the Pond Student Union Theater. This Miller movie is titled “Wintervention.” Proceeds support the CW HOG program. Ticket prices are $9 in advance and $11 at the door, except for the 1 p.m. matinee, which is $7. Tickets are available at the CW HOG office, Snow Expo Ski/Swap, Scott’s Ski & Sports and Barrie’s Sports. For more information, call 282-3921
Thursday, Nov. 11
· Veterans Day Celebration: The ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Club will host a Veterans Day celebration at University Place on the Idaho Falls campus. Some of the events include a flag ceremony by the Idaho National Guard, flyovers by F-14 jets from the Mountain Home Air Force Base, a dinner for veterans and a showing of the movie “Restrepo.” For more information about this event or to reserve seats for the dinner or movie, contact ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club President Dustin Mortimer at 282-7855 or mortdust@isu.edu.
Friday, Nov. 12
· Idaho State Civic Symphony presents Sea Pictures: The Idaho State Civic Symphony will perform a concert themed “Sea Pictures” on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. To order tickets by phone or for more information, call the Symphony Office at 234-1587 or the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 282-3595. Tickets can also be purchased online at symphony@isu.edu.
· ISU Women’s Club Holiday Fair: The ISU Women’s Club will hold their annual Holiday Fair on Friday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Pond Student Union Ballroom. Free parking will be available at the Student Union. Lunch will be available. All proceeds support the ISU Women’s Club Scholarship Fund. For more information, contact Nichole Herter at hertnich@isu.edu.
Friday, Nov. 12; Saturday, Nov. 13; Thursday, Nov. 18; Friday, Nov. 19; Saturday, Nov. 20
· Cabaret-The Musical: The ISU Theater Department will perform Cabaret-The Musical Friday, Nov. 12; Saturday, Nov. 13; Thursday, Nov. 18; Friday, Nov. 19; and Saturday, Nov. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Beverly B. Bistline Theater. For more information, call 282-3173 or go to www.isu.edu/departments/theadanc.
Saturday, Nov. 13
· Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience: Scot Bruce (as Elvis during the early part of his career) and Mike Albert (as Elvis during his Vegas years) team up in a tribute to the “King of Rock and Roll.” Tickets are $32 (lower level) and $28 (upper level). For ticket information call 282-3535 or visit www.isu.edu/tickets.
Wednesday, Nov. 17
· World GIS Day: In celebration of World GIS Day, Idaho State University will be holding the 6th annual chili cook-off, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be door prizes, GIS demos and presentations and a raffle. There is no cost to register and it is hosted by GIS Training and Research Center. The event will be held in Rendezvous Complex, suites A, B and C. For more information, call 282-3606.
Thursday, Nov. 18-Saturday, Nov. 20
· Cabaret-The Musical: The ISU theater department will perform “Cabaret-The Musical” in the Beverly B. Bistline Theater of the L. E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $7 (upper level) and $15 (lower level). This production is for all ages and starts at 7:30 for all three showings. For more information, call 282-3173 or visit www.idu.edu/departments/theadanc.
Saturday, Nov. 20
· Rodney Carrington LIVE!: Comedian Rodney Carrington will perform in the Jenson Gran Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.isu.edu/tickets, by calling 282-3595, or at Stephens Performing Arts Center or Vickers Western Wear in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. This event is assigned seating. If a specific seat or wheelchair access is required, please call the Box Office to order Tickets. Each ticket includes a $2 tax-deductible donation to the Rodney Carrington Foundation. Tickets are $48.75.
Friday, Dec. 3
· ISU Choir Holiday Concert: All ISU choirs will perform a Holiday Concert in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Arts Center, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets are free for ISU students, $8 for general admission, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, and $4 for pre-college. For ticket information call, 282-3595.
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Written by: Rachel Essinger
ISU Coming Events
The Idaho State University Office of Marketing and Communications distributes this event calendar to let the public and media know about upcoming non-athletic events at the University. This information is intended for release in print and broadcast events calendars. Various events calendars with more complete information are available online at the website www.isu.edu/calendar. A copy of this release can also be accessed via ISU’s homepage at www.isu.edu. Information about ISU athletic events is available at www.isubengals.com. The area code for all phone numbers is 208 unless otherwise noted. The phone number for Marketing and Communications is 282-3620.
Friday, Oct. 29-Sunday, Oct. 31
· Pocatello Snow Expo Ski Swap: Earn money by selling your used skis, clothes or equipment Friday, Oct. 29, 6-10 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in the Pond Student Union Ballroom. For more information, call CW HOG office at 282-3912.
Saturday, Oct. 30
· SPTA Kostume 5k Fun Run/Walk: The ISU SPTA is holding their first ever Kostume 5k Fun Run/Walk at BArtz Field on Oct. 30. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the event will start at 9 a.m. There will also be kids races shorter distances that begin around 10 a.m. Participants are encouraged but not required to wear costumes. No masks that cover the mouth or eyes will be allowed during the race. Tickets are $5. For more information email Tyler Stucki at kostume5k@gmail.com
Saturday, Oct. 30-Sunday, Oct. 31
· Poky Spin-a-thon: This series of indoor cycling classes led by certified spinning instructors supports the Idaho Condor Nutrition Team, The Pocatello Food Bank and numerous ISU Clubs. It will be held in Reed Gym’s Spinning Room on Saturday, Oct. 30 and 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost of admission is $5 and five cans of food for the first session, then $5 or five cans of food for additional sessions. For more information, contact Cathryn Erickson at martcath@isu.edu or 890-4267.
Wednesday, Nov. 3
· 2nd Annual Crab Feed: On Wednesday, Nov. 3, 6-10 p.m. there will be an all you can eat Dungeness crab feed in support of ISU Women’s Basketball in the Student Union Ballroom. Cost is $30 and also includes beverages, Buddy’s salad, Texas Roadhouse rolls and a side dish.
Thursday, Nov. 4
· Transgender Day of Remembrance: On Thursday, Nov. 4, the ISU Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center will host Dr. Peter Boag for Transgender Day of Remembrance in the Salmon River Suite of the Pond Student Union Building. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Anderson Center at 282-2805.
Saturday, Nov. 6
· CW HOG Annual Showing of Warren Miller Ski Movie: The ISU Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group (CW HOG) will present the annual Warren Miller ski movie and 1, 7 and 9: 30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 in the Pond Student Union Theater. This Miller movie is titled “Wintervention.” Proceeds support the CW HOG program. Ticket prices are $9 in advance and $11 at the door, except for the 1 p.m. matinee, which is $7. Tickets are available at the CW HOG office, Snow Expo Ski/Swap, Scott’s Ski & Sports and Barrie’s Sports. For more information, call 282-3921
Thursday, Nov. 11
· Veterans Day Celebration: The ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Club will host a Veterans Day celebration at University Place on the Idaho Falls campus. Some of the events include a flag ceremony by the Idaho National Guard, flyovers by F-14 jets from the Mountain Home Air Force Base, a dinner for veterans and a showing of the movie “Restrepo.” For more information about this event or to reserve seats for the dinner or movie, contact ISU-Idaho Falls Armed Forces Veterans Club President Dustin Mortimer at 282-7855 or mortdust@isu.edu.
Friday, Nov. 12
· Idaho State Civic Symphony presents Sea Pictures: The Idaho State Civic Symphony will perform a concert themed “Sea Pictures” on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. To order tickets by phone or for more information, call the Symphony Office at 234-1587 or the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 282-3595. Tickets can also be purchased online at symphony@isu.edu.
· ISU Women’s Club Holiday Fair: The ISU Women’s Club will hold their annual Holiday Fair on Friday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Pond Student Union Ballroom. Free parking will be available at the Student Union. Lunch will be available. All proceeds support the ISU Women’s Club Scholarship Fund. For more information, contact Nichole Herter at hertnich@isu.edu.
Friday, Nov. 12; Saturday, Nov. 13; Thursday, Nov. 18; Friday, Nov. 19; Saturday, Nov. 20
· Cabaret-The Musical: The ISU Theater Department will perform Cabaret-The Musical Friday, Nov. 12; Saturday, Nov. 13; Thursday, Nov. 18; Friday, Nov. 19; and Saturday, Nov. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Beverly B. Bistline Theater. For more information, call 282-3173 or go to www.isu.edu/departments/theadanc.
Saturday, Nov. 13
· Blue Suede Shoes – The Ultimate Elvis Experience: Scot Bruce (as Elvis during the early part of his career) and Mike Albert (as Elvis during his Vegas years) team up in a tribute to the “King of Rock and Roll.” Tickets are $32 (lower level) and $28 (upper level). For ticket information call 282-3535 or visit www.isu.edu/tickets.
Wednesday, Nov. 17
· World GIS Day: In celebration of World GIS Day, Idaho State University will be holding the 6th annual chili cook-off, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be door prizes, GIS demos and presentations and a raffle. There is no cost to register and it is hosted by GIS Training and Research Center. The event will be held in Rendezvous Complex, suites A, B and C. For more information, call 282-3606.
Thursday, Nov. 18-Saturday, Nov. 20
· Cabaret-The Musical: The ISU theater department will perform “Cabaret-The Musical” in the Beverly B. Bistline Theater of the L. E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $7 (upper level) and $15 (lower level). This production is for all ages and starts at 7:30 for all three showings. For more information, call 282-3173 or visit www.idu.edu/departments/theadanc.
Saturday, Nov. 20
· Rodney Carrington LIVE!: Comedian Rodney Carrington will perform in the Jenson Gran Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.isu.edu/tickets, by calling 282-3595, or at Stephens Performing Arts Center or Vickers Western Wear in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. This event is assigned seating. If a specific seat or wheelchair access is required, please call the Box Office to order Tickets. Each ticket includes a $2 tax-deductible donation to the Rodney Carrington Foundation. Tickets are $48.75.
Friday, Dec. 3
· ISU Choir Holiday Concert: All ISU choirs will perform a Holiday Concert in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Arts Center, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets are free for ISU students, $8 for general admission, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, and $4 for pre-college. For ticket information call, 282-3595.
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IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM RECEIVES SPIRIT OF IDAHO AWARD
Released by Idaho State Univeristy College of Technology 10/29/10
Contact: Bobbi Fitch, (208) 282-2881
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM RECEIVES SPIRIT OF IDAHO AWARD
Pocatello –Earlier today, Senator Mike Crapo presented the Idaho State University Cosmetology program with the Spirit of Idaho Award, recognizing them for their service to the community through their Wigs on Loan Program.
During the presentation, Senator Crapo commended the program for providing this special service to Idahoans in need.
The Wigs on Loan service started over 20 years ago and is designed to assist anyone experiencing hair loss due to medical or chemical therapies. Today there are approximately 150 wigs currently on loan.
Through donations from individuals and companies such as Paula Young, the Cosmetology program receives new wigs on a regular basis. Students in the program wash and style the wigs to meet their client’s needs. Private fittings are conducted with clients. There is no charge for this service but a $10.00 deposit is asked for when the wig is taken out and refunded when the wig is returned.
“It has been a very rewarding and educational experience for the students and instructors,” stated Bobbi Fitch, program coordinator.
The Spirit of Idaho Award was created by Senator Mike Crapo over 10 years ago and since its inception; he has recognized more than 600 Idahoans who have demonstrated a commitment to improving and serving their fellow citizens. Awards are given to individuals or groups who set a positive example for the community.
For more information about the ISU College of Technology Cosmetology Wigs on Loan program, please contact them at (208) 282-2866.
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Contact: Bobbi Fitch, (208) 282-2881
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM RECEIVES SPIRIT OF IDAHO AWARD
Pocatello –Earlier today, Senator Mike Crapo presented the Idaho State University Cosmetology program with the Spirit of Idaho Award, recognizing them for their service to the community through their Wigs on Loan Program.
During the presentation, Senator Crapo commended the program for providing this special service to Idahoans in need.
The Wigs on Loan service started over 20 years ago and is designed to assist anyone experiencing hair loss due to medical or chemical therapies. Today there are approximately 150 wigs currently on loan.
Through donations from individuals and companies such as Paula Young, the Cosmetology program receives new wigs on a regular basis. Students in the program wash and style the wigs to meet their client’s needs. Private fittings are conducted with clients. There is no charge for this service but a $10.00 deposit is asked for when the wig is taken out and refunded when the wig is returned.
“It has been a very rewarding and educational experience for the students and instructors,” stated Bobbi Fitch, program coordinator.
The Spirit of Idaho Award was created by Senator Mike Crapo over 10 years ago and since its inception; he has recognized more than 600 Idahoans who have demonstrated a commitment to improving and serving their fellow citizens. Awards are given to individuals or groups who set a positive example for the community.
For more information about the ISU College of Technology Cosmetology Wigs on Loan program, please contact them at (208) 282-2866.
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