Released by University Relations April 29, 2011
Contact: ISU Office of Registration and Records, (208) 282-2661
ISU Will Confer 2,297 Degrees and Certificates at 2011 Commencement on May 7
POCATELLO – A total of 2,234 graduates will receive 2,297 degrees and certificates during Idaho State University’s spring commencement ceremonies, which will begin at 10 a.m. May 7 in Holt Arena.
Sixty-one students will receive multiple certificates and/or degrees.
In addition to the presentation of these degrees and certificates, three distinguished faculty members will be acknowledged, 10 alumni will be recognized for their professional achievement, and 13 outstanding students will be recognized.
The breakdown of graduates includes 36 Doctor of Philosophy degrees, seven Doctor of Education degrees, eight Doctor of Arts degrees, eight Doctor of Audiology degrees, 28 Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees, 10 Educational Specialist degrees, 74 Doctor of Pharmacy degrees, 472 master’s degrees, nine Graduate School certificates, 1,172 bachelor’s degrees, 332 associate degrees, and 141 certificates from the College of Technology.
Jakob Dylan, a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by the newly formed ISU College of Arts and Letters. This is the first honorary degree conferred through the College. Dylan is the lead singer and songwriter for The Wallflowers. Formed in 1990, the Los Angeles-based band has sold more than 7 million records worldwide. In addition, Dylan has also released two critically acclaimed solo albums.
Faculty members to be recognized for distinguished service are Roger Schmidt, English professor in the Department of English, Distinguished Teacher; Terry Bowyer, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Distinguished Researcher; and Caroline Fauré, assistant professor, Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, Distinguished Service Award.
Ten alumni will be honored with professional achievement awards from their respective colleges and divisions, and the Idaho State University Office of Alumni Relations and the ISU Alumni Association. They are Bart K. Hendrickson, Los Angeles, Calif., College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities; K. Wade Tolman, Pocatello, College of Arts and Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Walton C. Poole, Boise, Idaho, College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences; Michael L. Heinrich, San Jose, Calif., College of Science and Engineering, Engineering; Evelyn Robinson, Pocatello, Idaho, College of Education; M. Bruce Nelson, Boca Raton, Fla., College of Business; Terry P. Gillett, Gilbert, Ariz., College of Technology; Eli Tour, Hilton Head Island, S.C., College of Pharmacy; Lory Laughter, Napa, Calif., Division of Health Sciences and Dr. Grace Jacobsen, Pocatello, Idaho, School of Nursing.
Outstanding Student Award recipients for 2011 are Sean Jorgensen, Troy, Mich., College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities; Christopher Chatwin, Magrath, Alberta, Canada, College of Arts and Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Roy Malamakal, Boise, Idaho, College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical sciences; Amanda E. Finkes, St. Louis, College of Science and Engineering, Engineering; Richard D. Westover, Graduate School Master’s Candidate, Roseville, Calif.; Jason J. Blazevic, Graduate School Doctoral Candidate, Phoenix, Arizona; Erica Wendt-Richardson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, College of Education; Larissa F. Kimball, Emmett, Idaho, College of Business; Desaray J. Odekirk, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Barbara A. Trolson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, College of Technology; Julianne Ramirez, Somerville, N.J., College of Pharmacy; Kate D. Erickson, Meridian, Idaho, Division of Health Sciences and Shannon M. Earl, Pocatello, Idaho, School of Nursing.
Nanette Nielson, soprano, a music performance student in the class of 2011, will perform the national anthem and the “Alma Mater Hymn.” Roger Schmidt, 2011 Distinguished Teacher, will place the faculty mace. Institutional reader will be John Gribas, professor communication and rhetorical studies. Ted Messmore, president of the ISU Alumni Association board of directors, will welcome alumni.
Idaho State University President Arthur C. Vailas, will greet the audience and confer the degrees. ISU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Gary A. Olson, will recognize the distinguished faculty. Associated Students of ISU President Casidy Jahnke will deliver remarks.
Presentation of graduates will be by the University deans: Kandi Turley-Ames, College of Arts and letters; Deborah Hedeen, College of Education; Kenneth A. Smith, College of Business; Linda Hatzenbuehler, executive dean, Division of Health Sciences; George Imel, College of Science and Engineering; Marilyn Davis, College of Technology; Paul Cady, College of Pharmacy; and Thomas Jackson, Graduate School.
A reception for graduates and their guests will follow the ceremony on the floor of Holt Arena. Interpreting service for people with hearing disabilities will be provided by the ADA and Disabilities Resource Center.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
CPA Examination Review Course Registration Underway; Saturday Classes, One Friday Class to Be Held May 21- Aug. 6
Released by Idaho State University April 29, 2011
Contact: Amy Anderson, andeamy5@isu.edu
CPA Examination Review Course Registration Underway;
Saturday Classes, One Friday Class to Be Held May 21- Aug. 6
POCATELLO – Accountants wishing to prepare for the Idaho State Board of Accountancy Certified Public Accounting examination may register now for the annual ISU College of Business CPA examination review course, scheduled to begin May 21.
The course is segmented in four components and consists of 11 Saturday sessions and one Friday session through Aug. 6. It has been tailored to accommodate the computer-based testing format used for the actual examination.
Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Saturday, and from 5 to 9 p.m. for the Friday session.
Registrations are being accepted for any or all of the components of the course.
Kenneth Smith, dean of the ISU College of Business, and other accounting department faculty will conduct the sessions and assist students in developing a test-taking strategy.
Course components and sessions are:
• Auditing, May 21 and 28;
• Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), June 4, 11 and 18;
• Business Environment, June 25, July 23 and 30, and Aug. 6; and
• Regulation, Tax and Law, July 16, 23 and 30, and Aug. 6.
For rates and registration form, call 208-358-1216 or send an email to Amy Anderson at andeamy5@isu.edu.
A downloadable brochure is also available at http://coborgs.cob.isu.edu/betaalh/2011CPAReview.pdf.
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Contact: Amy Anderson, andeamy5@isu.edu
CPA Examination Review Course Registration Underway;
Saturday Classes, One Friday Class to Be Held May 21- Aug. 6
POCATELLO – Accountants wishing to prepare for the Idaho State Board of Accountancy Certified Public Accounting examination may register now for the annual ISU College of Business CPA examination review course, scheduled to begin May 21.
The course is segmented in four components and consists of 11 Saturday sessions and one Friday session through Aug. 6. It has been tailored to accommodate the computer-based testing format used for the actual examination.
Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Saturday, and from 5 to 9 p.m. for the Friday session.
Registrations are being accepted for any or all of the components of the course.
Kenneth Smith, dean of the ISU College of Business, and other accounting department faculty will conduct the sessions and assist students in developing a test-taking strategy.
Course components and sessions are:
• Auditing, May 21 and 28;
• Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), June 4, 11 and 18;
• Business Environment, June 25, July 23 and 30, and Aug. 6; and
• Regulation, Tax and Law, July 16, 23 and 30, and Aug. 6.
For rates and registration form, call 208-358-1216 or send an email to Amy Anderson at andeamy5@isu.edu.
A downloadable brochure is also available at http://coborgs.cob.isu.edu/betaalh/2011CPAReview.pdf.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Idaho State University College of Business Names Conference Room in Honor of Betty and Jim Kelly on May 6
Released by Idaho State University April 28, 2011
Contact: Bernard Goodwin, 208-339-2464
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University College of Business
Names Conference Room in Honor of Betty and Jim Kelly on May 6
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University College of Business will honor Betty and Jim Kelly for their longtime dedication to the College of Business by officially naming the College of Business Conference Room in their honor on May 6, further establishing Betty and Jim’s leadership legacy at ISU.
A reception with refreshments will be held on May 6 at 11 a.m. on the ISU campus in the College of Business Faculty Lounge. It will feature comments from Bernard Goodwin, director of development; ISU President Arthur C. Vailas; Ken Smith, College of Business dean; and the honoree, Jim Kelly.
The official ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. outside the newly named Betty and Jim Kelly Conference Room located on the first floor of the business building. The public is invited to share in this historic occasion.
Jim Kelly was a former dean of the College of Business and is currently a member of the ISU Foundation Board of Directors. In 2003 he received the ISU President’s Medallion for his service to the university.
Kelly is also considered the “father” of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in the ISU College of Business initiated under his guidance in 1969. He has agreed to lend the Kelly name to the “Kelly MBA Leadership Society,” a prestigious fundraising organization for the MBA program. He is encouraging all of his friends, family, business associates, past MBA grads, and friends of the university and College of Business to support the Kelly MBA Leadership Society by becoming founding members of the organization.
For more information on the Kelly MBA Leadership Society please contact Bernard Goodwin at (208) 339-2464 or at goodbern@isu.edu.
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Contact: Bernard Goodwin, 208-339-2464
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University College of Business
Names Conference Room in Honor of Betty and Jim Kelly on May 6
POCATELLO – The Idaho State University College of Business will honor Betty and Jim Kelly for their longtime dedication to the College of Business by officially naming the College of Business Conference Room in their honor on May 6, further establishing Betty and Jim’s leadership legacy at ISU.
A reception with refreshments will be held on May 6 at 11 a.m. on the ISU campus in the College of Business Faculty Lounge. It will feature comments from Bernard Goodwin, director of development; ISU President Arthur C. Vailas; Ken Smith, College of Business dean; and the honoree, Jim Kelly.
The official ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. outside the newly named Betty and Jim Kelly Conference Room located on the first floor of the business building. The public is invited to share in this historic occasion.
Jim Kelly was a former dean of the College of Business and is currently a member of the ISU Foundation Board of Directors. In 2003 he received the ISU President’s Medallion for his service to the university.
Kelly is also considered the “father” of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in the ISU College of Business initiated under his guidance in 1969. He has agreed to lend the Kelly name to the “Kelly MBA Leadership Society,” a prestigious fundraising organization for the MBA program. He is encouraging all of his friends, family, business associates, past MBA grads, and friends of the university and College of Business to support the Kelly MBA Leadership Society by becoming founding members of the organization.
For more information on the Kelly MBA Leadership Society please contact Bernard Goodwin at (208) 339-2464 or at goodbern@isu.edu.
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Idaho State University Names 2011 Distinguished Faculty: Roger Schmidt, Terry Bowyer, Caroline Fauré Honored
Released by Idaho State University April 28, 2011
Contact: Gary Olson, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs,
(208) 282-2362
Idaho State University Names 2011 Distinguished Faculty:
Roger Schmidt, Terry Bowyer, Caroline Fauré Honored
Pocatello – Three Idaho State University faculty members were named as Distinguished Faculty at an award ceremony on April 27 at the Stephens Performing Arts Center, and will be honored at ISU commencement May 7.
They are Roger Schmidt, professor in the Department of English, Distinguished Teacher; Terry Bowyer, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Distinguished Researcher; and Caroline Fauré, assistant professor, sport science and physical education, Distinguished Service Award.
“All fifteen of this year’s finalists for the Distinguished Professor Awards have records of extraordinary accomplishments,” said ISU Provost Gary Olson, “But the three winners have risen to the top. The entire ISU community is proud of them.”
Schmidt is a professor of English, and has been teaching at Idaho State University since 1989. His primary area of teaching is 18th-century British literature, but he teaches a wide variety of courses at the University.
Schmidt is well liked by his colleagues and students alike. One nominator, a student, wrote: “Dr. Schmidt is one of the most knowledgeable, intuitive and dedicated individuals I have ever encountered. He brings to the classroom not only a profound understanding of the subject matter at hand, but also an intense curiosity for the world in general — a curiosity that acts as a galvanizing force for his students.”
This spring, Schmidt was given the American Society for Eighteenth-century Studies Innovative Course Design Award for his course, “How to Forge a Jane Austen Manuscript.” He also created an internship program where English majors serve as tutors at the Pocatello Community Charter School.
Schmidt earned his Ph.D. in English with an emphasis on Restoration and Eighteenth-century English literature from the University of Washington, where he also took his master’s and bachelor’s degrees.
Bowyer is a professor of biology. His research focuses on the ecology, behavior, evolution and conservation biology of large mammals. In particular, Bowyer’s work has revolutionized the understanding of sexual segregation in large mammals. While his work has origins and implications in ecological theory, it has had direct and lasting impact on big game management. Bowyer earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1985 and was hired at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in 1986. He was hired as professor and chair of biological sciences at ISU in 2004.
Bowyer has published more than 175 articles (39 of these since arriving at ISU), and his work has been cited more than 3,000 times. He has received numerous honors. He has four times received the Outstanding Publication Award in Wildlife Ecology and Management from The Wildlife Society (1998, 2003, 2004 and 2009). For his record of research achievement, he has been named fellow of The Arctic Institute of North America, The Wildlife Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the prestigious C. Hart Meriman Award from the American Society of Mammalogists for his research on mammals. He was an ISU Outstanding Researcher in 2009.
Fauré earned her Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Leadership from ISU. Her dissertation, “An Examination of the General Understanding of Idaho High School Football Coaches Relative to Concussion,” earned her the prestigious Kole-McGuffey Award at ISU.
Since then, she has worked extensively with Idaho sport administrators, coaches and parents to increase educational awareness about the potential risks involved with concussion.
Fauré has secured more than $60,000 in grants and has established The Center for Sports Concussion on ISU’s campus. The Center provides educational outreach to Idaho’s schools and youth sports program and offers free neurological concussion testing to area athletes.
In 2010 Fauré worked with the Idaho Legislature to draft a bill to mandate concussion education and she continues to work with leaders statewide on the implementation of concussion management guidelines. She is also a founding member of the Idaho Sports Concussion Association. In 2010, she was recognized as Idaho's Top Health Care Hero Educator by the Idaho Business Review. Fauré has also created and promoted several community events to promote healthy lifestyles and physical activity. She has coordinated numerous events including the Bengal Triathlon, the Pocatello Kids Triathlon and the Santa Claws Fun Run – all of which raise money for various civic charities.
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Contact: Gary Olson, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs,
(208) 282-2362
Idaho State University Names 2011 Distinguished Faculty:
Roger Schmidt, Terry Bowyer, Caroline Fauré Honored
Pocatello – Three Idaho State University faculty members were named as Distinguished Faculty at an award ceremony on April 27 at the Stephens Performing Arts Center, and will be honored at ISU commencement May 7.
They are Roger Schmidt, professor in the Department of English, Distinguished Teacher; Terry Bowyer, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Distinguished Researcher; and Caroline Fauré, assistant professor, sport science and physical education, Distinguished Service Award.
“All fifteen of this year’s finalists for the Distinguished Professor Awards have records of extraordinary accomplishments,” said ISU Provost Gary Olson, “But the three winners have risen to the top. The entire ISU community is proud of them.”
Schmidt is a professor of English, and has been teaching at Idaho State University since 1989. His primary area of teaching is 18th-century British literature, but he teaches a wide variety of courses at the University.
Schmidt is well liked by his colleagues and students alike. One nominator, a student, wrote: “Dr. Schmidt is one of the most knowledgeable, intuitive and dedicated individuals I have ever encountered. He brings to the classroom not only a profound understanding of the subject matter at hand, but also an intense curiosity for the world in general — a curiosity that acts as a galvanizing force for his students.”
This spring, Schmidt was given the American Society for Eighteenth-century Studies Innovative Course Design Award for his course, “How to Forge a Jane Austen Manuscript.” He also created an internship program where English majors serve as tutors at the Pocatello Community Charter School.
Schmidt earned his Ph.D. in English with an emphasis on Restoration and Eighteenth-century English literature from the University of Washington, where he also took his master’s and bachelor’s degrees.
Bowyer is a professor of biology. His research focuses on the ecology, behavior, evolution and conservation biology of large mammals. In particular, Bowyer’s work has revolutionized the understanding of sexual segregation in large mammals. While his work has origins and implications in ecological theory, it has had direct and lasting impact on big game management. Bowyer earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1985 and was hired at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in 1986. He was hired as professor and chair of biological sciences at ISU in 2004.
Bowyer has published more than 175 articles (39 of these since arriving at ISU), and his work has been cited more than 3,000 times. He has received numerous honors. He has four times received the Outstanding Publication Award in Wildlife Ecology and Management from The Wildlife Society (1998, 2003, 2004 and 2009). For his record of research achievement, he has been named fellow of The Arctic Institute of North America, The Wildlife Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the prestigious C. Hart Meriman Award from the American Society of Mammalogists for his research on mammals. He was an ISU Outstanding Researcher in 2009.
Fauré earned her Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Leadership from ISU. Her dissertation, “An Examination of the General Understanding of Idaho High School Football Coaches Relative to Concussion,” earned her the prestigious Kole-McGuffey Award at ISU.
Since then, she has worked extensively with Idaho sport administrators, coaches and parents to increase educational awareness about the potential risks involved with concussion.
Fauré has secured more than $60,000 in grants and has established The Center for Sports Concussion on ISU’s campus. The Center provides educational outreach to Idaho’s schools and youth sports program and offers free neurological concussion testing to area athletes.
In 2010 Fauré worked with the Idaho Legislature to draft a bill to mandate concussion education and she continues to work with leaders statewide on the implementation of concussion management guidelines. She is also a founding member of the Idaho Sports Concussion Association. In 2010, she was recognized as Idaho's Top Health Care Hero Educator by the Idaho Business Review. Fauré has also created and promoted several community events to promote healthy lifestyles and physical activity. She has coordinated numerous events including the Bengal Triathlon, the Pocatello Kids Triathlon and the Santa Claws Fun Run – all of which raise money for various civic charities.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
ISU Students in Pocatello, Idaho Falls Save $1 Million By Renting Books, Not Buying Them
Released by Idaho State University April 27, 2011
Contact: Laurie Richards, (208) 282-3237
ISU Students in Pocatello, Idaho Falls Save $1 Million
By Renting Books, Not Buying Them
POCATELLO – Idaho State University students in Pocatello saved $805,000 and ISU students in Idaho Falls saved $203,000 by renting textbooks instead of buying them at the University Bookstore during 2010-2011 academic year.
“This is the savings over new textbook costs,” said Laurie Richards, University Bookstore manager. “Any way you slice it, ISU students saved more than a million dollars with our rental program. We are pretty proud of this program and the success it has had the first year out.”
The ISU students that saved money were participating in the Rent-A-Text, an innovative textbook rental program launched by Follett Higher Education Group.
“Rent-A-Text offers students the option of renting new or used textbooks for an academic term rather than purchasing them,” Richards said. “At the end of the term, students simply bring or ship the textbook back to the bookstore where it is checked in. “
Renting instead of buying can save students more than 50 percent on average up front, as opposed to having to wait until they sell their books at the end of the term, Richards added. Rent-A-Text began at a few college campuses in 2009 and quickly grew. It's available at more than 850 schools nationwide. Nationwide, Rent-A-Text has saved students, who have rented more than 2.5 million textbooks, more than $110 million to date and may save up to $130 million by the end of the 2010-2011 academic year, according to Follett.
For more information on the textbook rental program, visit the ISU University Bookstore’s website www.isu-pocatello.bkstr.com. Additional information about Follett’s Rent-A-Text program can be found at www.rent-a-text.com, on Twitter @rentatext and on Facebook at Facebook.com/rentatext.
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Contact: Laurie Richards, (208) 282-3237
ISU Students in Pocatello, Idaho Falls Save $1 Million
By Renting Books, Not Buying Them
POCATELLO – Idaho State University students in Pocatello saved $805,000 and ISU students in Idaho Falls saved $203,000 by renting textbooks instead of buying them at the University Bookstore during 2010-2011 academic year.
“This is the savings over new textbook costs,” said Laurie Richards, University Bookstore manager. “Any way you slice it, ISU students saved more than a million dollars with our rental program. We are pretty proud of this program and the success it has had the first year out.”
The ISU students that saved money were participating in the Rent-A-Text, an innovative textbook rental program launched by Follett Higher Education Group.
“Rent-A-Text offers students the option of renting new or used textbooks for an academic term rather than purchasing them,” Richards said. “At the end of the term, students simply bring or ship the textbook back to the bookstore where it is checked in. “
Renting instead of buying can save students more than 50 percent on average up front, as opposed to having to wait until they sell their books at the end of the term, Richards added. Rent-A-Text began at a few college campuses in 2009 and quickly grew. It's available at more than 850 schools nationwide. Nationwide, Rent-A-Text has saved students, who have rented more than 2.5 million textbooks, more than $110 million to date and may save up to $130 million by the end of the 2010-2011 academic year, according to Follett.
For more information on the textbook rental program, visit the ISU University Bookstore’s website www.isu-pocatello.bkstr.com. Additional information about Follett’s Rent-A-Text program can be found at www.rent-a-text.com, on Twitter @rentatext and on Facebook at Facebook.com/rentatext.
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ISU Calendar, April 28-May 22
Released by: Idaho State University April 26, 2011
Written by: Kari Rands
ISU Coming Events, April 28-May 22
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.
Thursday, April 28
· ISU Women’s Choir and Chamber Choir: The ISU Women’s Choir and Chamber Choir will perform from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the Stephens Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, $4 for pre-college and free for ISU students. For more information visit www.isu.edu/stephens/ or call 282-3595.
Friday, April 29
· Take Back the Night: Celebrating the strength of women, come support this event at 6 p.m. at the Bannock County Courthouse (624 E. Center). A march will lead to the Hutchinson Quad where dinner, speakers and a raffle will be presented.
· ISU Bands: The ISU Bands will perform in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the Stephens Performing Arts Center from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, $4 for pre-college and free for ISU students. Children under 6 will not be admitted to the concert. For more information visit www.isu.edu/stephens/ or call 282-3595.
Thursday, May 5
· Black Rock & Sage Launch Party: Join the launch party from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Bengal Café of the ISU Pond Student Union and celebrate the release of the new issue of the ISU literary journal “Black Rock & Sage.” BR&S welcomes contributors' family and friends, along with anyone one else who appreciates excellent creative works. Enjoy a rapid-fire reading by contributing authors, refreshments, and the opportunity to be a part of ISU's creative community. For more information visit www.isu.edu/blackrock.
Friday, May 6
· Graduate Salute “March through the Arch”: President Arthur Vailas and the ISU Alumni Association invite the graduating class of 2011 to the Graduate Salute. Taking place on the south side of ISU Swanson Arch at noon, come enjoy the traditional "March through the Arch." Afterwards, a meeting on the lawn next to Frazier Hall will provide food, fun and activities. For more information, please call 282-4798 or email johnally@isu.edu.
Saturday, May 7
· Commencement: Congratulations December and May graduates! 10 a.m., Holt Arena
Monday, May 9
· ISU-Meridian Commencement: 6:30 p.m. at the Boise Centre.
Friday, May 13
· Maternal Health & Resource Fair: This event is located in the ISU Pond Student Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Keynote speaker, Randi Hutter Epstein will be speaking at noon on “A Romp Through the History of Childbirth from Eve to Egg Freezing.” This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.
Monday, May 16
· Summer Term Begins
Friday, May 20-21
· Women’s Health Leadership Summit: All pre-registered high school junior girls are invited to attend the overnight ISU Women’s Health Leadership Summit from May 20 to May 21. The conference is free and begins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and check out is at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Attendees will enjoy planned programs and activities and receive program materials, meals and snacks, and an overnight stay in ISU housing. A complete schedule of events is available at www.isu.edu/andersoncenter or by calling 282-2805.
Sunday, May 22
· Jeff Dunham- Identity Crisis: Famous comedian and ventriloquist, Jeff Dunham will perform at the ISU Holt Arena at 5 p.m. Tickets are $46.50 each plus convenience and facility fees. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Holt Arena Ticket office, online, by phone or at the Vickers Store in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. For more information visit www.isu.edu/tickets or www.jeffdunham.com.
Written by: Kari Rands
ISU Coming Events, April 28-May 22
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.
Thursday, April 28
· ISU Women’s Choir and Chamber Choir: The ISU Women’s Choir and Chamber Choir will perform from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the Stephens Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, $4 for pre-college and free for ISU students. For more information visit www.isu.edu/stephens/ or call 282-3595.
Friday, April 29
· Take Back the Night: Celebrating the strength of women, come support this event at 6 p.m. at the Bannock County Courthouse (624 E. Center). A march will lead to the Hutchinson Quad where dinner, speakers and a raffle will be presented.
· ISU Bands: The ISU Bands will perform in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the Stephens Performing Arts Center from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, $4 for pre-college and free for ISU students. Children under 6 will not be admitted to the concert. For more information visit www.isu.edu/stephens/ or call 282-3595.
Thursday, May 5
· Black Rock & Sage Launch Party: Join the launch party from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Bengal Café of the ISU Pond Student Union and celebrate the release of the new issue of the ISU literary journal “Black Rock & Sage.” BR&S welcomes contributors' family and friends, along with anyone one else who appreciates excellent creative works. Enjoy a rapid-fire reading by contributing authors, refreshments, and the opportunity to be a part of ISU's creative community. For more information visit www.isu.edu/blackrock.
Friday, May 6
· Graduate Salute “March through the Arch”: President Arthur Vailas and the ISU Alumni Association invite the graduating class of 2011 to the Graduate Salute. Taking place on the south side of ISU Swanson Arch at noon, come enjoy the traditional "March through the Arch." Afterwards, a meeting on the lawn next to Frazier Hall will provide food, fun and activities. For more information, please call 282-4798 or email johnally@isu.edu.
Saturday, May 7
· Commencement: Congratulations December and May graduates! 10 a.m., Holt Arena
Monday, May 9
· ISU-Meridian Commencement: 6:30 p.m. at the Boise Centre.
Friday, May 13
· Maternal Health & Resource Fair: This event is located in the ISU Pond Student Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Keynote speaker, Randi Hutter Epstein will be speaking at noon on “A Romp Through the History of Childbirth from Eve to Egg Freezing.” This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.
Monday, May 16
· Summer Term Begins
Friday, May 20-21
· Women’s Health Leadership Summit: All pre-registered high school junior girls are invited to attend the overnight ISU Women’s Health Leadership Summit from May 20 to May 21. The conference is free and begins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and check out is at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Attendees will enjoy planned programs and activities and receive program materials, meals and snacks, and an overnight stay in ISU housing. A complete schedule of events is available at www.isu.edu/andersoncenter or by calling 282-2805.
Sunday, May 22
· Jeff Dunham- Identity Crisis: Famous comedian and ventriloquist, Jeff Dunham will perform at the ISU Holt Arena at 5 p.m. Tickets are $46.50 each plus convenience and facility fees. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Holt Arena Ticket office, online, by phone or at the Vickers Store in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. For more information visit www.isu.edu/tickets or www.jeffdunham.com.
Monday, April 25, 2011
ISU Appoints Sandra Shropshire Dean of Oboler Library
Released by Idaho State University April 25, 2011
Contact: Dr. Gary Olson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, (208) 282-2171
ISU Appoints Sandra Shropshire Dean of Oboler Library
POCATELLO – Idaho State University has appointed Sandra Shropshire dean of the ISU Eli M. Oboler Library, one of several administrative appointments announced in recent weeks by the University.
“We’re delighted Sandra Shropshire has accepted our offer to serve as permanent dean of the Oboler Library,” said Gary Olson, ISU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “She has done a fine job as interim dean and will do much to lead the library to becoming an increasingly more research-friendly venue.”
Shropshire has worked at the Oboler Library for the last 27 years, including serving as interim dean since last summer.
“I’m pleased by the appointment, and am ready to help the library meet the University’s new Carnegie status,” Shropshire said.
From 2006 to last summer, Shropshire served as associate university librarian for Collections and Technical Services, and she served in a number of capacities prior to that.
Shropshire earned a Master of Arts degree in English from Idaho State University in 2005, a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona in 1986, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages from the University of Idaho in 1983. She is a past president of the Idaho Library Association, has published a number of articles in the Idaho Librarian and is president of the ISU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
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Contact: Dr. Gary Olson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, (208) 282-2171
ISU Appoints Sandra Shropshire Dean of Oboler Library
POCATELLO – Idaho State University has appointed Sandra Shropshire dean of the ISU Eli M. Oboler Library, one of several administrative appointments announced in recent weeks by the University.
“We’re delighted Sandra Shropshire has accepted our offer to serve as permanent dean of the Oboler Library,” said Gary Olson, ISU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “She has done a fine job as interim dean and will do much to lead the library to becoming an increasingly more research-friendly venue.”
Shropshire has worked at the Oboler Library for the last 27 years, including serving as interim dean since last summer.
“I’m pleased by the appointment, and am ready to help the library meet the University’s new Carnegie status,” Shropshire said.
From 2006 to last summer, Shropshire served as associate university librarian for Collections and Technical Services, and she served in a number of capacities prior to that.
Shropshire earned a Master of Arts degree in English from Idaho State University in 2005, a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona in 1986, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages from the University of Idaho in 1983. She is a past president of the Idaho Library Association, has published a number of articles in the Idaho Librarian and is president of the ISU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
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Idaho State University Department of Physics Receives $116K Award for Teacher Training
Released by Idaho State University April 25, 2011
Contact: Steve Shropshire, 208-282-2212
Idaho State University Department of Physics
Receives $116K Award for Teacher Training
POCATELLO – The Idaho State Department of Education has awarded the Idaho State University Department of Physics $116,611 through the Math Science Partnership program to support continuing education for Southeast Idaho elementary teachers.
The funds will support the first year of a three-year, $342,570 project that was approved by the State Department of Education, according to Steve Shropshire, ISU physics professor and the principle investigator of the program.
The program will provide continuing education in teaching methods and content in physical science and mathematics for 25 fourth- through sixth-grade teachers a year.
Priority will be given to teachers in the Blackfoot, Aberdeen, Idaho Falls, Bonneville and Teton County school districts.
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Contact: Steve Shropshire, 208-282-2212
Idaho State University Department of Physics
Receives $116K Award for Teacher Training
POCATELLO – The Idaho State Department of Education has awarded the Idaho State University Department of Physics $116,611 through the Math Science Partnership program to support continuing education for Southeast Idaho elementary teachers.
The funds will support the first year of a three-year, $342,570 project that was approved by the State Department of Education, according to Steve Shropshire, ISU physics professor and the principle investigator of the program.
The program will provide continuing education in teaching methods and content in physical science and mathematics for 25 fourth- through sixth-grade teachers a year.
Priority will be given to teachers in the Blackfoot, Aberdeen, Idaho Falls, Bonneville and Teton County school districts.
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Idaho State University to Host Prep International Economic Summit
fReleased by Idaho State University April 25, 2011
Contact: Janaan Haskell, 282-3259
Idaho State University to Host Prep International Economic Summit
Pocatello — The Idaho State University Center for Economic Education will host the International Economic Summit (IES) for high school students on Wednesday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Pond Student Union Ballroom.
The Summit is a simulation of the global economy organized to prepare high school students for careers in international economics, international relations and modern globalization.
Teams of regional high school students will each represent different countries in the global economy to learn to compete with scarce resources, form strategic alliances with other countries, debate global issues, invest in long-term development projects, and interact with global institutions.
The Summit will educate scores of high school students in the methods and bureaucracies necessary to keep stable and advance the complex global economy and manage international alliances and conflicts in globalization.
For more information visit www.econsummit.org, or contact Janaan Haskell at 282-3259.
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Contact: Janaan Haskell, 282-3259
Idaho State University to Host Prep International Economic Summit
Pocatello — The Idaho State University Center for Economic Education will host the International Economic Summit (IES) for high school students on Wednesday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Pond Student Union Ballroom.
The Summit is a simulation of the global economy organized to prepare high school students for careers in international economics, international relations and modern globalization.
Teams of regional high school students will each represent different countries in the global economy to learn to compete with scarce resources, form strategic alliances with other countries, debate global issues, invest in long-term development projects, and interact with global institutions.
The Summit will educate scores of high school students in the methods and bureaucracies necessary to keep stable and advance the complex global economy and manage international alliances and conflicts in globalization.
For more information visit www.econsummit.org, or contact Janaan Haskell at 282-3259.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
ISU Biological Sciences Professor Jeff Meldrum Interviewed For Feature on Discovery Channel Canada ‘Daily Planet’ Program
Released by Idaho State University April 22, 2011
Contact: Dr. Jeff Meldrum, ISU Associate Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology, (208) 282-4379 or meldd@isu.edu
ISU Biological Sciences Professor Jeff Meldrum Interviewed
For Feature on Discovery Channel Canada ‘Daily Planet’ Program
POCATELLO – Jeff Meldrum, Idaho State University associate professor of anatomy and anthropology in the ISU Department of Biological Sciences, was interviewed for a feature on the “Daily Planet,” an award-winning nightly primetime science magazine show of the Discovery Channel Canada, reaching 3.9 million viewers.
The feature takes a serious look at Meldrum’s evaluation of the footprint and hair evidence for a species of North American ape, commonly known as sasquatch. Meldrum recently presented the findings of his trip to China to examine footprint casts of the yeren, the Chinese equivalent of sasquatch, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
The remarkable resemblance between footprints from opposite sides of the Pacific suggests a common source, which some have suggested may be relict populations of the Ice-Age ape, Gigantopithecus, Meldrum said.
Hair samples are being catalogued and evaluated with ISU undergraduate student Tanner Gragg, and by Henner Fahrenbach, microscopist, recently retired from the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center. Their conclusions will be presented at the Pacific Division meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in San Diego this summer, Meldrum added.
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Contact: Dr. Jeff Meldrum, ISU Associate Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology, (208) 282-4379 or meldd@isu.edu
ISU Biological Sciences Professor Jeff Meldrum Interviewed
For Feature on Discovery Channel Canada ‘Daily Planet’ Program
POCATELLO – Jeff Meldrum, Idaho State University associate professor of anatomy and anthropology in the ISU Department of Biological Sciences, was interviewed for a feature on the “Daily Planet,” an award-winning nightly primetime science magazine show of the Discovery Channel Canada, reaching 3.9 million viewers.
The feature takes a serious look at Meldrum’s evaluation of the footprint and hair evidence for a species of North American ape, commonly known as sasquatch. Meldrum recently presented the findings of his trip to China to examine footprint casts of the yeren, the Chinese equivalent of sasquatch, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
The remarkable resemblance between footprints from opposite sides of the Pacific suggests a common source, which some have suggested may be relict populations of the Ice-Age ape, Gigantopithecus, Meldrum said.
Hair samples are being catalogued and evaluated with ISU undergraduate student Tanner Gragg, and by Henner Fahrenbach, microscopist, recently retired from the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center. Their conclusions will be presented at the Pacific Division meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in San Diego this summer, Meldrum added.
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Idaho State Student Princess Young Receives Prestigious Summer Internship with Southwest Airlines
Released by Idaho State University April 22, 2011
Contact: Princess Young, younprin@isu.edu
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State Student Princess Young Receives Prestigious
Summer Internship with Southwest Airlines
POCATELLO – Princess Young, a senior at Idaho State University, will be enjoying a summer in Dallas, Texas, as she serves in the “No Limits” Southwest Airlines internship program.
Young applied for the Southwest internship in December and will be working full-time as a human resources intern this summer at Southwest’s corporate headquarters. More than 19,000 students applied for the summer internship program and more than 300 applied for the human resources position.
“It is a very competitive program,” said Young of the application process. “With internship opportunities like this, you have to constantly be aware of the deadlines. I wanted to apply a year ago but had missed the deadline so I made sure not to miss it this year.”
Young is a business management major with an emphasis in human resources as well as a minor in vocal music. She is currently the editor-in-chief of ISU’s student newspaper, The Bengal, and wants to promote students’ involvement in applying for internships.
“The ISU Career Center is very helpful. They have internship number of internship opportunities there,” said Young.
The Career Center, which is located on the third floor of the Museum Building, caters to students who are searching for job and professional prospects.
“There is always someone there to help and they offer really great services,” she said.
Young applied for five jobs within Southwest and over 25 internship openings all over the country.
“The earlier you start looking and applying, the more opportunities you give yourself,” she said.
As a human resources intern, Young will be functioning as a liaison between Southwest and their new interns. She will also be a part of event planning, employee relations and hiring new interns for the fall program.
“I’m very excited to work with Southwest,” said Young. “It’s a great company and has a very distinguished intern program. I am looking forward to the many opportunities that await me this summer.”
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Contact: Princess Young, younprin@isu.edu
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State Student Princess Young Receives Prestigious
Summer Internship with Southwest Airlines
POCATELLO – Princess Young, a senior at Idaho State University, will be enjoying a summer in Dallas, Texas, as she serves in the “No Limits” Southwest Airlines internship program.
Young applied for the Southwest internship in December and will be working full-time as a human resources intern this summer at Southwest’s corporate headquarters. More than 19,000 students applied for the summer internship program and more than 300 applied for the human resources position.
“It is a very competitive program,” said Young of the application process. “With internship opportunities like this, you have to constantly be aware of the deadlines. I wanted to apply a year ago but had missed the deadline so I made sure not to miss it this year.”
Young is a business management major with an emphasis in human resources as well as a minor in vocal music. She is currently the editor-in-chief of ISU’s student newspaper, The Bengal, and wants to promote students’ involvement in applying for internships.
“The ISU Career Center is very helpful. They have internship number of internship opportunities there,” said Young.
The Career Center, which is located on the third floor of the Museum Building, caters to students who are searching for job and professional prospects.
“There is always someone there to help and they offer really great services,” she said.
Young applied for five jobs within Southwest and over 25 internship openings all over the country.
“The earlier you start looking and applying, the more opportunities you give yourself,” she said.
As a human resources intern, Young will be functioning as a liaison between Southwest and their new interns. She will also be a part of event planning, employee relations and hiring new interns for the fall program.
“I’m very excited to work with Southwest,” said Young. “It’s a great company and has a very distinguished intern program. I am looking forward to the many opportunities that await me this summer.”
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Celebrate Idaho State University, CommUniversity Event Set April 26
Released by Idaho State University April 22, 2011
Contact: ISU Office of Marketing and Communications, (208) 282-3620
Celebrate Idaho State University, CommUniversity Event Set April 26
POCATELLO – CommUniversity, a celebration of Idaho State University, will feature more than 60 groups providing a variety of free food, entertainment, art, culture, information, tours, and scientific displays and demonstrations from 3 to 7 p.m. April 26 on the Idaho State University on Hutchinson Quadrangle.
“The Idaho State University community welcomes all in Southeast Idaho to our campus, not only at the Celebrate Idaho State event, but any time,” said Arthur C. Vailas, ISU president. “We are proud of our commitment to Southeast Idaho, and happy to be a part of your lives.”
ISU is inviting adults, children, families, businesses, organizations and everyone in surrounding communities to come to campus. CommUniversity is a joint effort by volunteers from local communities and Idaho State University to connect, support, and foster a strong spirit of mutual support, according to organizers.
“Idaho State University and the communities of Southeast Idaho are closely linked,” said Mark Levine, ISU director of Marketing and Communications. “This event offers the community the opportunity to explore ISU in depth, from exploring the nooks and crannies of our buildings, to enjoying our fine arts and science, or interacting with our athletes. Come explore our campus and find out all this great university has to offer.”
The event’s rain site is the Pond Student Union Building Ballroom.
Events planned are too many and too varied to list here, but highlights include:
• Performances by the ISU Chamber Choir, ISU Jazz Band, student vocalists, dance ensembles and percussionists.
• Tours include the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center, Rendezvous Complex, Student Recreation Center, campus walking tours, campus bus tours, tours of physics reactors and laboratories, and the “Idaho State of Mind” television studio.
• “Lights, Lasers and Illusions ” demonstrations.
• Free food, which will begin being served at 4 p.m., includes hotdogs, chips, cookies, ice cream, lemonade and a potato bar.
• Sports demonstrations by various ISU athletes, including those from rugby, volleyball, basketball and golf teams.
• Other options include getting your hearing tested, visiting the Idaho Museum of Natural History exhibits, trying out the ISU climbing wall, learning how a simulation mannequin works, visiting art galleries, and much more.
Parking for the event is free at the Pond Student Union and Frazier Hall parking lots. Bus tours will leave from the Pond Student Union parking lot, located between Davis Field on Humbolt Street and the Pond Student Union. A schedule and map of the event are attached.
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Contact: ISU Office of Marketing and Communications, (208) 282-3620
Celebrate Idaho State University, CommUniversity Event Set April 26
POCATELLO – CommUniversity, a celebration of Idaho State University, will feature more than 60 groups providing a variety of free food, entertainment, art, culture, information, tours, and scientific displays and demonstrations from 3 to 7 p.m. April 26 on the Idaho State University on Hutchinson Quadrangle.
“The Idaho State University community welcomes all in Southeast Idaho to our campus, not only at the Celebrate Idaho State event, but any time,” said Arthur C. Vailas, ISU president. “We are proud of our commitment to Southeast Idaho, and happy to be a part of your lives.”
ISU is inviting adults, children, families, businesses, organizations and everyone in surrounding communities to come to campus. CommUniversity is a joint effort by volunteers from local communities and Idaho State University to connect, support, and foster a strong spirit of mutual support, according to organizers.
“Idaho State University and the communities of Southeast Idaho are closely linked,” said Mark Levine, ISU director of Marketing and Communications. “This event offers the community the opportunity to explore ISU in depth, from exploring the nooks and crannies of our buildings, to enjoying our fine arts and science, or interacting with our athletes. Come explore our campus and find out all this great university has to offer.”
The event’s rain site is the Pond Student Union Building Ballroom.
Events planned are too many and too varied to list here, but highlights include:
• Performances by the ISU Chamber Choir, ISU Jazz Band, student vocalists, dance ensembles and percussionists.
• Tours include the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center, Rendezvous Complex, Student Recreation Center, campus walking tours, campus bus tours, tours of physics reactors and laboratories, and the “Idaho State of Mind” television studio.
• “Lights, Lasers and Illusions ” demonstrations.
• Free food, which will begin being served at 4 p.m., includes hotdogs, chips, cookies, ice cream, lemonade and a potato bar.
• Sports demonstrations by various ISU athletes, including those from rugby, volleyball, basketball and golf teams.
• Other options include getting your hearing tested, visiting the Idaho Museum of Natural History exhibits, trying out the ISU climbing wall, learning how a simulation mannequin works, visiting art galleries, and much more.
Parking for the event is free at the Pond Student Union and Frazier Hall parking lots. Bus tours will leave from the Pond Student Union parking lot, located between Davis Field on Humbolt Street and the Pond Student Union. A schedule and map of the event are attached.
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Local Girl Scouts Donate Cookies for Student Soldiers in Iraq
Released by Idaho State University April 21, 2011
Contact: Casey Santee, ISU Veteran’s Sanctuary recruiter, 282-4298; or Marjanna Hulet, 705-7367
Local Girl Scouts Donate Cookies for Student Soldiers in Iraq
POCATELLO – Local Girl Scout Troop 423 recently donated about 250 boxes of the organization’s famous cookies to be included in care packages for Idaho State University student soldiers deployed to Iraq with the Idaho National Guard.
The care packages, which also included items such as Valentine cards from local school children, snacks, personal hygiene products and more, were shipped from Idaho State University on Thursday. The 25 student soldiers began receiving them Monday.
The care package program is organized by the ISU Armed Forces Veterans Club-Pocatello chapter and the Veterans’ Sanctuary Program. This was the second of three rounds of care packages ISU will send to the student soldiers before their return, which is scheduled for September.
For background on the Girl Scout donation, Troop 423 raised the funds while selling cookies on weekends at Fred Meyer in Pocatello. When customers purchased cookies, the girls asked them if they would also like to purchase a box for the student soldiers. The troop’s goal was 200 boxes.
In addition to the cookies, the girls also wrote the soldiers letters and messages on many of the cookie boxes.
Thanks to the girls’ effort, and to the generosity of the community, by the end of the third weekend, the troop had surpassed its goal.
“The success of the care package program is a direct result of hard work by many organizations and individuals on campus and in the community. The cookie donation from Girl Scout Troop 423 is a perfect example of that support,” said Casey Santee, Veterans’ Sanctuary recruiter/counselor. “We would like to express our gratitude.”
For more information about the care package program, contact Santee at 282-4298. To speak to one of the Girl Scouts in Troop 423, call Marjanna Hulet at 705-7367.
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Contact: Casey Santee, ISU Veteran’s Sanctuary recruiter, 282-4298; or Marjanna Hulet, 705-7367
Local Girl Scouts Donate Cookies for Student Soldiers in Iraq
POCATELLO – Local Girl Scout Troop 423 recently donated about 250 boxes of the organization’s famous cookies to be included in care packages for Idaho State University student soldiers deployed to Iraq with the Idaho National Guard.
The care packages, which also included items such as Valentine cards from local school children, snacks, personal hygiene products and more, were shipped from Idaho State University on Thursday. The 25 student soldiers began receiving them Monday.
The care package program is organized by the ISU Armed Forces Veterans Club-Pocatello chapter and the Veterans’ Sanctuary Program. This was the second of three rounds of care packages ISU will send to the student soldiers before their return, which is scheduled for September.
For background on the Girl Scout donation, Troop 423 raised the funds while selling cookies on weekends at Fred Meyer in Pocatello. When customers purchased cookies, the girls asked them if they would also like to purchase a box for the student soldiers. The troop’s goal was 200 boxes.
In addition to the cookies, the girls also wrote the soldiers letters and messages on many of the cookie boxes.
Thanks to the girls’ effort, and to the generosity of the community, by the end of the third weekend, the troop had surpassed its goal.
“The success of the care package program is a direct result of hard work by many organizations and individuals on campus and in the community. The cookie donation from Girl Scout Troop 423 is a perfect example of that support,” said Casey Santee, Veterans’ Sanctuary recruiter/counselor. “We would like to express our gratitude.”
For more information about the care package program, contact Santee at 282-4298. To speak to one of the Girl Scouts in Troop 423, call Marjanna Hulet at 705-7367.
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Idaho State University Professor Chikashi Sato Receives Fulbright Scholarship To Teach, Conduct Research in Nepal
Released by Idaho State University April 21, 2011
Contact: Chikashi Sato, Professor, Environmental Engineering, 208-282-4389 or email satochik@isu.edu
Idaho State University Professor Chikashi Sato Receives Fulbright Scholarship
To Teach, Conduct Research in Nepal
POCATELLO – Improving the water quality in Nepal is the goal of Idaho State University environmental engineering Professor Chikashi Sato, who has received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research in Nepal for seven months.
Sato hopes to contribute to the teaching of the importance of water quality and how to treat water in a cost-effective manner during his stay from January through July 2012.
“This is a big challenge,” Sato said. “Because of the Himalayas and a tropical to arctic climate, Nepal has vast water resources, but because of rapid population growth and the way water is managed, the quality has deteriorated.”
At Tribhuvan University in Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Sato plans to spend about 80 percent of his time teaching students environmental science and engineering by addressing issues of water quality and proposing possible solutions to improve water quality and human health standards in their country. He will devote the rest of his time to initiating research activities in the development of sustainable water treatment in collaboration with Idaho State University.
“I am very happy and honored to receive the Fulbright Scholarship,” Sato said. “I also have had several students from Nepal, and those students and their families are very excited I have received this award.”
Sato is a native of Iwaki City, Japan, and is a U.S. citizen. He has spent the last 16 years at Idaho State University, where he is director of the Environmental Science and Management program.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Fukushima National College of Technology; a Master of Science degree in environmental health engineering from the University of Kansas; and a doctorate in environmental engineering from the University of Iowa.
The Fulbright is the second prestigious international faculty award that Sato has received. In 2002-2003, he received a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to spend 10 months working on water-quality issues at the Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) in Tsukuba, Japan.
Sato recently published the second edition of Handbook for Scientific English Writing in Japan. This book lists more than 5,800 useful scientific English expressions in environmental science and engineering with user-friendly features. He has served on the organizing committee for ISU's "Intermountain Conference on the Environment chair since 2000. He serves as book editor and a member of the editorial board for International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), and handling editor and a member of the Editorial Board for International Journal of Environmental Engineering (IJEE).
As a Fulbrighter, Sato will join the ranks of distinguished alumni of the program. Fulbright alumni have become heads of state, judges, ambassadors, cabinet ministers, CEOs, university presidents, journalists, artists, professors and teachers. They have been awarded 37 Nobel Prizes. Since its inception more than 60 years ago, approximately 300,000 Fulbrighters have participated in the program.
The program, named for the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, is the U.S. government’s flagship program in international educational exchange.
For more information in general on the Fulbright program, visit http://fulbright.state.gov/ or http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html.
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Contact: Chikashi Sato, Professor, Environmental Engineering, 208-282-4389 or email satochik@isu.edu
Idaho State University Professor Chikashi Sato Receives Fulbright Scholarship
To Teach, Conduct Research in Nepal
POCATELLO – Improving the water quality in Nepal is the goal of Idaho State University environmental engineering Professor Chikashi Sato, who has received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research in Nepal for seven months.
Sato hopes to contribute to the teaching of the importance of water quality and how to treat water in a cost-effective manner during his stay from January through July 2012.
“This is a big challenge,” Sato said. “Because of the Himalayas and a tropical to arctic climate, Nepal has vast water resources, but because of rapid population growth and the way water is managed, the quality has deteriorated.”
At Tribhuvan University in Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Sato plans to spend about 80 percent of his time teaching students environmental science and engineering by addressing issues of water quality and proposing possible solutions to improve water quality and human health standards in their country. He will devote the rest of his time to initiating research activities in the development of sustainable water treatment in collaboration with Idaho State University.
“I am very happy and honored to receive the Fulbright Scholarship,” Sato said. “I also have had several students from Nepal, and those students and their families are very excited I have received this award.”
Sato is a native of Iwaki City, Japan, and is a U.S. citizen. He has spent the last 16 years at Idaho State University, where he is director of the Environmental Science and Management program.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Fukushima National College of Technology; a Master of Science degree in environmental health engineering from the University of Kansas; and a doctorate in environmental engineering from the University of Iowa.
The Fulbright is the second prestigious international faculty award that Sato has received. In 2002-2003, he received a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to spend 10 months working on water-quality issues at the Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) in Tsukuba, Japan.
Sato recently published the second edition of Handbook for Scientific English Writing in Japan. This book lists more than 5,800 useful scientific English expressions in environmental science and engineering with user-friendly features. He has served on the organizing committee for ISU's "Intermountain Conference on the Environment chair since 2000. He serves as book editor and a member of the editorial board for International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), and handling editor and a member of the Editorial Board for International Journal of Environmental Engineering (IJEE).
As a Fulbrighter, Sato will join the ranks of distinguished alumni of the program. Fulbright alumni have become heads of state, judges, ambassadors, cabinet ministers, CEOs, university presidents, journalists, artists, professors and teachers. They have been awarded 37 Nobel Prizes. Since its inception more than 60 years ago, approximately 300,000 Fulbrighters have participated in the program.
The program, named for the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, is the U.S. government’s flagship program in international educational exchange.
For more information in general on the Fulbright program, visit http://fulbright.state.gov/ or http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html.
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Idaho State University Appoints Kandi Turley-Ames Dean of the College of Arts and Letters
Idaho State University Appoints Kandi Turley-Ames
Dean of the College of Arts and Letters
POCATELLO – Idaho State University has announced the appointment of Kandi Turley-Ames as founding dean of the ISU College of Arts and Letters.
“Dr. Turley-Ames has done a superb job in working closely with faculty and staff to build the new college,” said Provost Gary A. Olson. “She has proven herself to be a true academic leader and the ideal person to serve as permanent dean.”
Turley-Ames has served in this position in an interim capacity since last August.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues in the College of Arts and Letters building a college that sets the bar for excellence in teaching, research and creative activity,” Turley-Ames said.
Prior to ISU’s reorganization last summer, Turley-Ames served a year as ISU associate vice president for academic affairs. She served as chair of the Department of Psychology from 2003 to 2009, where she helped develop a clinical psychology Ph.D. program that is rated first in the nation out of 207 programs based on licensure exam scores as cited in Psychological Reports in 2008.
In 2006-2007 Turley-Ames was named Distinguished Teacher at Idaho State University. She is a graduate of the Higher Education Resource Service (HERS) for women in higher education administration, and in 2007-2008 was a nominee for the U.S. Professors of the Year Award. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology with an emphasis in cognition and memory in 1996 from Washington State University.
The ISU College of Arts and Letters is ISU’s largest college featuring programs in the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. The College is organized into a Division of Fine Arts and Humanities, and a Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and comprises 14 academic departments.
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Dean of the College of Arts and Letters
POCATELLO – Idaho State University has announced the appointment of Kandi Turley-Ames as founding dean of the ISU College of Arts and Letters.
“Dr. Turley-Ames has done a superb job in working closely with faculty and staff to build the new college,” said Provost Gary A. Olson. “She has proven herself to be a true academic leader and the ideal person to serve as permanent dean.”
Turley-Ames has served in this position in an interim capacity since last August.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues in the College of Arts and Letters building a college that sets the bar for excellence in teaching, research and creative activity,” Turley-Ames said.
Prior to ISU’s reorganization last summer, Turley-Ames served a year as ISU associate vice president for academic affairs. She served as chair of the Department of Psychology from 2003 to 2009, where she helped develop a clinical psychology Ph.D. program that is rated first in the nation out of 207 programs based on licensure exam scores as cited in Psychological Reports in 2008.
In 2006-2007 Turley-Ames was named Distinguished Teacher at Idaho State University. She is a graduate of the Higher Education Resource Service (HERS) for women in higher education administration, and in 2007-2008 was a nominee for the U.S. Professors of the Year Award. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology with an emphasis in cognition and memory in 1996 from Washington State University.
The ISU College of Arts and Letters is ISU’s largest college featuring programs in the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. The College is organized into a Division of Fine Arts and Humanities, and a Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and comprises 14 academic departments.
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Second Annual ISU Veterans’ BBQ and Family Day at the Zoo Set April 30 at Upper Ross Park in Pocatello
Released by Idaho State University April 21, 2011
Contact: Casey Santee, ISU Veteran’s Sanctuary, 282-4298
Second Annual ISU Veterans’ BBQ and Family Day at the Zoo
Set April 30 at Upper Ross Park in Pocatello
POCATELLO – The second annual Idaho State University Veterans' BBQ and Family Day at the Zoo will be April 30 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Upper Ross Park shelter in Pocatello.
The event, which is free to all veterans, military members, and their families in the greater Pocatello area, is presented by the ISU Veterans' Sanctuary Program and the Pocatello and Idaho Falls chapters of the ISU Armed Forces Veterans' Clubs. It will include food, live music by New Season Band, a raffle, zoo tickets (limited number of tickets available) and disc golf.
Sponsors include ISU, City of Pocatello, Texas Roadhouse, Signature Party Rentals, Coca-Cola, Jimmy John's, Golden Corral, Applebee's, ButterBurrs, Buddy’s and Carmike Cinemas.
Also, prior to the barbecue, local veterans service organizations will perform a flag disposal ceremony at 10 a.m. at Cadet Field on the ISU Pocatello campus. The public is invited at no cost.
For more information, contact Casey Santee at the ISU Veterans’ Sanctuary at 282-4298 or santcase@isu.edu.
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Contact: Casey Santee, ISU Veteran’s Sanctuary, 282-4298
Second Annual ISU Veterans’ BBQ and Family Day at the Zoo
Set April 30 at Upper Ross Park in Pocatello
POCATELLO – The second annual Idaho State University Veterans' BBQ and Family Day at the Zoo will be April 30 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Upper Ross Park shelter in Pocatello.
The event, which is free to all veterans, military members, and their families in the greater Pocatello area, is presented by the ISU Veterans' Sanctuary Program and the Pocatello and Idaho Falls chapters of the ISU Armed Forces Veterans' Clubs. It will include food, live music by New Season Band, a raffle, zoo tickets (limited number of tickets available) and disc golf.
Sponsors include ISU, City of Pocatello, Texas Roadhouse, Signature Party Rentals, Coca-Cola, Jimmy John's, Golden Corral, Applebee's, ButterBurrs, Buddy’s and Carmike Cinemas.
Also, prior to the barbecue, local veterans service organizations will perform a flag disposal ceremony at 10 a.m. at Cadet Field on the ISU Pocatello campus. The public is invited at no cost.
For more information, contact Casey Santee at the ISU Veterans’ Sanctuary at 282-4298 or santcase@isu.edu.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Ten Idaho State University Alumni Honored With 2011 Professional Achievement Awards
Released by Idaho State University April 20, 2011
Contact: KC Felt, ISU Director of Alumni Relations, (208) 282-4735
Note: This story, with pictures of each recipient, is online at http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3112. If you would like jpegs of any or all of the winners, please email Andy Taylor at taylandy@isu.edu
Ten Idaho State University Alumni Honored
With 2011 Professional Achievement Awards
POCATELLO – Ten Idaho State University alumni will be honored with ISU Professional Achievement Awards at ISU Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 7, in Holt Arena.
Professional Achievement Award recipients are alumni who have made important contributions to their careers or profession, to the social, political or economic well-being of the world around them and have shown continued community and civic involvement in addition to their association with and contributions to Idaho State University. Individuals selected for these prestigious awards have been out of school at least 10 years and have excelled in their chosen field attaining significant success and accomplishments.
Professional Achievement Award recipients for 2011 are: Bart K. Hendrickson, Los Angeles, Calif., College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities; K. Wade Tolman, Pocatello, College of Arts and Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Walton Poole, Boise, College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences; Michael Heinrich, San Jose, Calif., College of Science and Engineering, Engineering; Dr. Evelyn Robinson, Pocatello, College of Education; M. Bruce Nelson, Boca Raton. Fla., College of Business; Terry Gillett, Gilbert, Ariz., College of Technology; Eli Tour, Hilton Head Island, S.C., College of Pharmacy; Lory Laughter, Napa, Calif., Division of Health Sciences and Dr. Grace Jacobsen, Pocatello, School of Nursing.
Complete biographies of the winners follow.
College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities — Bart Hendrickson:
Bart Hendrickson began his professional career in music in 1999 as a sample and sound designer for Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Since that time he has worked on the films “Gladiator,” “Mission Impossible 2,” “Hannibal,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Black Hawk Down,” “The Last Samurai,” “Spirit,” “The Ring,” “King Arthur,” “Batman” and “Da Vinci Code,” while writing additional music for “Hannibal,” “Pirates of the Carribbean’s 1,” “2” and “3,” “We Were Soldiers,” “The Ring 2,” “The Island,” “Timber Falls” and “Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2.”
Hendrickson and writing partner J Bateman have had two movie releases of their own — 2004’s multiple award-winning film “Saints and Soldiers” and “Forever Strong” in 2007.
In 2004, Hendrickson and his longtime friend Pat Monahan from the Grammy Award-winning band Train, wrote the hit single “Ordinary” for “Spiderman 2.” The duo wrote “New Sensation” featured in Train’s album, “Alive at Last.” Other songwriters, producers and bands Hendrickson has worked and continues to work with include Don Gilmore, David Baerwald, Alice Cooper, Trapt, Good Charlotte, Hollywood Undead, Tarja Turunen, Escape the Fate, Extreme Music and Rob Grad.
Currently, Hendrickson is composing music for the motion picture, “Three of a Kind,” to be released in fall 2011.
College of Arts & Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences – K. Wade Tolman:
Tolman earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Idaho State University in 1975, and a graduate degree in operations from BAI School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin in 1983. He has worked as Keycorp since 1988.
Previously, he was senior vice president and manager of operations and planning at Idaho bank and Trust Company.
Tolman served as president and member of the board of directors of Payment Solutions Network, member of the Federal Reserve Board ECP Advisory Group, along with leadership positions in several other organizations. Tolman also served on the dean’s advisory board for the College of Arts and Letters. He is a speaker at various industry-related conferences.
It was Tolman's goal to retire early, return to Pocatello, and get involved in his church, community and alma mater. Wade retired from KeyCorp as executive vice president and manager of Enterprise Technology in the fall of 2004 after more than 30 years in the banking industry.
He chose to continue his support of Idaho State University because of the unique educational opportunities it provided both he and his wife while attending ISU. Wade majored in economics and received many research and work-study opportunities in the small, close-knit department. Wade and his wife Karen have been married for 33 years and are devoted to their two daughters and four grandchildren.
College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences – Walton Poole:
Walton Poole attended North Texas State University where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology in 1971 and 1973. In 1981, Poole received his doctorate degree in biology and zoology from Idaho State University.
Poole has more than 30 years of experience addressing water quality issues from the perspective of academia, state and federal agencies, and the private sector. He has earned the EPA’s Bronze Medal for Commendable Service for his outstanding efforts on behalf of Idaho’s water resources.
Poole worked for many years for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality as a water quality compliance officer and an assistant administrator for community programs. He later became the national program administrator for America’s Clean Water Foundation and travelled both nationally and internationally to deliver keynote speeches on the importance of clean water.
He was also part of “TECHNO 2100: Keeping Our Waters Clean” that premiered nationally on cable television in 2001.
Currently, Poole is working in Idaho as a biologist for the Natural Resource Policy Bureau of the Department of Fish and Game.
College of Science and Engineering, Engineering – Michael Heinrich:
Michael Heinrich received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear science and engineering from Idaho State University in 1971 and then continued on to receive his master’s of business administration in marketing in 1985.
Heinrich is a successful entrepreneur with more than 30 years of business development experience. He is most recently retired from a managing partner position at mnp Enterprises where he provided consulting and marketing services.
Heinrich was a member of IEEE / Power Engineering Society from 1990 to 2011 and also coordinated R&D activities for the 12 largest western Electric Utilities as part of the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Power Delivery and Energy Utilization sector from 2007 to 2009.
In California, Heinrich was instrumental in building the success of “Independent System Operator” or ISO, and the “Power Exchange” or PX in 1998. Heinrich led the development of a team of ABB, Perot Systems, and Ernst & Young to help build these systems. He also led the applications engineering team that developed the designs.
Heinrich currently lives in San Jose, Calif.
College of Education — Evelyn Robinson:
Evelyn Robinson was born to Luther and Marian Robinson and raised with twin brother Evan and sister Marie in Pocatello. She attended Whittier Elementary, Hawthorne Junior High and graduated from Pocatello High School. She moved to the Midwest to attend college where she received her teacher’s diploma and Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian education from Baptist Bible College in May 1968. She went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education and child, family and community services in December 1978 and a Master of Arts degree in elementary reading and classroom management in July 1979 from Sangamon State University. She returned to Idaho where she received an Educational Specialist degree in educational administration from Idaho State University in August 1988.
Robinson has taught at many schools in both Illinois and Pocatello. Currently, she is principal at Lewis and Clark elementary school. She has received numerous awards, including Idaho’s National Distinguished Principal award in 2004 from the Idaho Association of Elementary principals, and the Women of Achievement Award from ZONTA International in 2005. She has presented many workshops and is currently a member of many boards and committees, including the Pocatello Zoological Society Board of Directors, Leadership for the 21st Century committee and more.
College of Business – Bruce Nelson:
Bruce Nelson came to Idaho State University on a track scholarship. He always appreciated the opportunity Dubby Holt gave him to get his education and he greatly enjoyed his experiences as a student. He was very active in the Sigma Nu social fraternity and the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity.
After working for Boise Cascade for more than 20 years, Nelson became Chief Executive Officer for a foreign-owned company and later for Viking Office Products. Within a year of Office Depot’s purchase of Viking Office Products, Nelson was named CEO for Office Depot.
His success as a major corporate leader is often noted in industry and national publications and he is seen on television for sports activities and charities his company supports.
In February 2001, Nelson participated as an Executive in Residence in the College of Business. In that capacity, he spent two days speaking to classes and meeting with student leaders and faculty. Nelson was honored as Idaho State University’s Distinguished Alumnus in October 2001.
College of Technology – Terry Gillett:
Terry Gillett graduated from the Idaho State University College of Technology’s electronics program in 1971 and has remained connected and supportive of the college through the years.
He began his career in 1972 with American Microsystems, Inc. in Pocatello and completed his corporate experience with Intel Corporation in Chandler, Arizona in 2001. In his four decades of experience he worked in nearly all phases of the semiconductor business, beginning as an electronics technician and closing out his corporate career as a Corporate Acquisition Integration Manager. He is currently the chairman of TaG GH Consulting based in Phoenix, and a member of the board of directors for Friends of Perimeter Institute, a U.S. branch of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Gillett received the Intel Achievement Award for his leadership in developing the
80C186EX® product family.
Gillett was also the business unit manager of the team that developed the first microprocessor for the highly popular BlackBerry device from Research In Motion (RIM). This breakthrough also earned his team an Intel Achievement Award. He has co-authored a book with Graham Tubbs, which chronicles the Blackberry’s development.
College of Pharmacy — Eli Tour:
Eli Tour, a native of Tehran, Iran, came to Idaho State University in 1949 after a short time in New York.
After graduating from ISU, Tour returned to Iran where he worked for about a year with his father before moving back to New York. It is there that he met up with his friend and future wife, Hedy. The couple has been married for 55 years.
In 1956, the ISU alumnus opened his first store, Tour Pharmacy in Manhattan. His career provided him the opportunity to open several other pharmacies in the Northeast, and provide consulting to other community pharmacy owners who went into the retail business, he said.
Following a successful career of helping others as a health care professional, Tour continued to serve his community in retirement through volunteerism and philanthropic efforts.
Tour devotes much of his time to working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness and helping those with the disease of addiction. He served as the primary fundraiser for the You Are Not Alone Club, (YANA) where he raised funds for the purchase of two buildings to serve as a school and meeting place for the Family Assistance Program. The facility also serves as a learning center for community members studying the English language.
The couple has three children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Their daughter, Jennifer, is an executive for Microsoft in Boston. Jeffrey is an attorney in Columbus, Ohio, and James is professor of chemistry at Rice University, Houston.
Division of Health Sciences – Lory Laughter:
Lory Laughter has been a practicing dental hygienist since her graduation from Idaho State University in 1994. Currently, she is a consultant with Nuvora, Inc., marketer for Solace Solutions and NuCalm and the founder and partner of Dental IQ.
Dental IQ, a business to provide quality continued education for dental professionals, is responsible for the Annual Napa Dental Experience conference.
Laughter speaks nationally on various topics and has been a featured writer for RDH Magazine since 2004. Her monthly column, “From the Edge,” is very popular among dental professionals.
Laughter also holds a variety of impressive appointed positions including the Key
Opinion Leader for both GC America, Inc. and OraPharma, Inc., as well as being the Thought Leader for Hu-Friedy, Inc.
Laughter currently resides in Napa, Calif. where she enjoys never having to drive in the snow.
School of Nursing – Grace Jacobson:
Grace Jacobson is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Idaho State University Department of Nursing. She graduated in 1957 with her bachelor’s from Hartwick College in New York and later went on to earn her masters degree as a clinical nurse specialist in women’s health care in 1981 from Idaho State University. In 1993 Jacobsen received her doctorate in pharmaceutical administration from Idaho State University.
Jacobson has participated in the Idaho Condor Medical Mission to Peru numerous times and has been instrumental in organizing patient care to more than 1,000 Peruvians. She served as the advisor to the Idaho Nursing Student Association (INSA) from 1973-1991 and has been an active member and leader of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and INA member since 1975.
Jacobson served in the United States Army Nurse Reserve in several different positions and was honorably discharged in 1999.
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Contact: KC Felt, ISU Director of Alumni Relations, (208) 282-4735
Note: This story, with pictures of each recipient, is online at http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3112. If you would like jpegs of any or all of the winners, please email Andy Taylor at taylandy@isu.edu
Ten Idaho State University Alumni Honored
With 2011 Professional Achievement Awards
POCATELLO – Ten Idaho State University alumni will be honored with ISU Professional Achievement Awards at ISU Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 7, in Holt Arena.
Professional Achievement Award recipients are alumni who have made important contributions to their careers or profession, to the social, political or economic well-being of the world around them and have shown continued community and civic involvement in addition to their association with and contributions to Idaho State University. Individuals selected for these prestigious awards have been out of school at least 10 years and have excelled in their chosen field attaining significant success and accomplishments.
Professional Achievement Award recipients for 2011 are: Bart K. Hendrickson, Los Angeles, Calif., College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities; K. Wade Tolman, Pocatello, College of Arts and Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Walton Poole, Boise, College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences; Michael Heinrich, San Jose, Calif., College of Science and Engineering, Engineering; Dr. Evelyn Robinson, Pocatello, College of Education; M. Bruce Nelson, Boca Raton. Fla., College of Business; Terry Gillett, Gilbert, Ariz., College of Technology; Eli Tour, Hilton Head Island, S.C., College of Pharmacy; Lory Laughter, Napa, Calif., Division of Health Sciences and Dr. Grace Jacobsen, Pocatello, School of Nursing.
Complete biographies of the winners follow.
College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities — Bart Hendrickson:
Bart Hendrickson began his professional career in music in 1999 as a sample and sound designer for Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Since that time he has worked on the films “Gladiator,” “Mission Impossible 2,” “Hannibal,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Black Hawk Down,” “The Last Samurai,” “Spirit,” “The Ring,” “King Arthur,” “Batman” and “Da Vinci Code,” while writing additional music for “Hannibal,” “Pirates of the Carribbean’s 1,” “2” and “3,” “We Were Soldiers,” “The Ring 2,” “The Island,” “Timber Falls” and “Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2.”
Hendrickson and writing partner J Bateman have had two movie releases of their own — 2004’s multiple award-winning film “Saints and Soldiers” and “Forever Strong” in 2007.
In 2004, Hendrickson and his longtime friend Pat Monahan from the Grammy Award-winning band Train, wrote the hit single “Ordinary” for “Spiderman 2.” The duo wrote “New Sensation” featured in Train’s album, “Alive at Last.” Other songwriters, producers and bands Hendrickson has worked and continues to work with include Don Gilmore, David Baerwald, Alice Cooper, Trapt, Good Charlotte, Hollywood Undead, Tarja Turunen, Escape the Fate, Extreme Music and Rob Grad.
Currently, Hendrickson is composing music for the motion picture, “Three of a Kind,” to be released in fall 2011.
College of Arts & Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences – K. Wade Tolman:
Tolman earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Idaho State University in 1975, and a graduate degree in operations from BAI School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin in 1983. He has worked as Keycorp since 1988.
Previously, he was senior vice president and manager of operations and planning at Idaho bank and Trust Company.
Tolman served as president and member of the board of directors of Payment Solutions Network, member of the Federal Reserve Board ECP Advisory Group, along with leadership positions in several other organizations. Tolman also served on the dean’s advisory board for the College of Arts and Letters. He is a speaker at various industry-related conferences.
It was Tolman's goal to retire early, return to Pocatello, and get involved in his church, community and alma mater. Wade retired from KeyCorp as executive vice president and manager of Enterprise Technology in the fall of 2004 after more than 30 years in the banking industry.
He chose to continue his support of Idaho State University because of the unique educational opportunities it provided both he and his wife while attending ISU. Wade majored in economics and received many research and work-study opportunities in the small, close-knit department. Wade and his wife Karen have been married for 33 years and are devoted to their two daughters and four grandchildren.
College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences – Walton Poole:
Walton Poole attended North Texas State University where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology in 1971 and 1973. In 1981, Poole received his doctorate degree in biology and zoology from Idaho State University.
Poole has more than 30 years of experience addressing water quality issues from the perspective of academia, state and federal agencies, and the private sector. He has earned the EPA’s Bronze Medal for Commendable Service for his outstanding efforts on behalf of Idaho’s water resources.
Poole worked for many years for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality as a water quality compliance officer and an assistant administrator for community programs. He later became the national program administrator for America’s Clean Water Foundation and travelled both nationally and internationally to deliver keynote speeches on the importance of clean water.
He was also part of “TECHNO 2100: Keeping Our Waters Clean” that premiered nationally on cable television in 2001.
Currently, Poole is working in Idaho as a biologist for the Natural Resource Policy Bureau of the Department of Fish and Game.
College of Science and Engineering, Engineering – Michael Heinrich:
Michael Heinrich received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear science and engineering from Idaho State University in 1971 and then continued on to receive his master’s of business administration in marketing in 1985.
Heinrich is a successful entrepreneur with more than 30 years of business development experience. He is most recently retired from a managing partner position at mnp Enterprises where he provided consulting and marketing services.
Heinrich was a member of IEEE / Power Engineering Society from 1990 to 2011 and also coordinated R&D activities for the 12 largest western Electric Utilities as part of the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Power Delivery and Energy Utilization sector from 2007 to 2009.
In California, Heinrich was instrumental in building the success of “Independent System Operator” or ISO, and the “Power Exchange” or PX in 1998. Heinrich led the development of a team of ABB, Perot Systems, and Ernst & Young to help build these systems. He also led the applications engineering team that developed the designs.
Heinrich currently lives in San Jose, Calif.
College of Education — Evelyn Robinson:
Evelyn Robinson was born to Luther and Marian Robinson and raised with twin brother Evan and sister Marie in Pocatello. She attended Whittier Elementary, Hawthorne Junior High and graduated from Pocatello High School. She moved to the Midwest to attend college where she received her teacher’s diploma and Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian education from Baptist Bible College in May 1968. She went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education and child, family and community services in December 1978 and a Master of Arts degree in elementary reading and classroom management in July 1979 from Sangamon State University. She returned to Idaho where she received an Educational Specialist degree in educational administration from Idaho State University in August 1988.
Robinson has taught at many schools in both Illinois and Pocatello. Currently, she is principal at Lewis and Clark elementary school. She has received numerous awards, including Idaho’s National Distinguished Principal award in 2004 from the Idaho Association of Elementary principals, and the Women of Achievement Award from ZONTA International in 2005. She has presented many workshops and is currently a member of many boards and committees, including the Pocatello Zoological Society Board of Directors, Leadership for the 21st Century committee and more.
College of Business – Bruce Nelson:
Bruce Nelson came to Idaho State University on a track scholarship. He always appreciated the opportunity Dubby Holt gave him to get his education and he greatly enjoyed his experiences as a student. He was very active in the Sigma Nu social fraternity and the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity.
After working for Boise Cascade for more than 20 years, Nelson became Chief Executive Officer for a foreign-owned company and later for Viking Office Products. Within a year of Office Depot’s purchase of Viking Office Products, Nelson was named CEO for Office Depot.
His success as a major corporate leader is often noted in industry and national publications and he is seen on television for sports activities and charities his company supports.
In February 2001, Nelson participated as an Executive in Residence in the College of Business. In that capacity, he spent two days speaking to classes and meeting with student leaders and faculty. Nelson was honored as Idaho State University’s Distinguished Alumnus in October 2001.
College of Technology – Terry Gillett:
Terry Gillett graduated from the Idaho State University College of Technology’s electronics program in 1971 and has remained connected and supportive of the college through the years.
He began his career in 1972 with American Microsystems, Inc. in Pocatello and completed his corporate experience with Intel Corporation in Chandler, Arizona in 2001. In his four decades of experience he worked in nearly all phases of the semiconductor business, beginning as an electronics technician and closing out his corporate career as a Corporate Acquisition Integration Manager. He is currently the chairman of TaG GH Consulting based in Phoenix, and a member of the board of directors for Friends of Perimeter Institute, a U.S. branch of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Gillett received the Intel Achievement Award for his leadership in developing the
80C186EX® product family.
Gillett was also the business unit manager of the team that developed the first microprocessor for the highly popular BlackBerry device from Research In Motion (RIM). This breakthrough also earned his team an Intel Achievement Award. He has co-authored a book with Graham Tubbs, which chronicles the Blackberry’s development.
College of Pharmacy — Eli Tour:
Eli Tour, a native of Tehran, Iran, came to Idaho State University in 1949 after a short time in New York.
After graduating from ISU, Tour returned to Iran where he worked for about a year with his father before moving back to New York. It is there that he met up with his friend and future wife, Hedy. The couple has been married for 55 years.
In 1956, the ISU alumnus opened his first store, Tour Pharmacy in Manhattan. His career provided him the opportunity to open several other pharmacies in the Northeast, and provide consulting to other community pharmacy owners who went into the retail business, he said.
Following a successful career of helping others as a health care professional, Tour continued to serve his community in retirement through volunteerism and philanthropic efforts.
Tour devotes much of his time to working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness and helping those with the disease of addiction. He served as the primary fundraiser for the You Are Not Alone Club, (YANA) where he raised funds for the purchase of two buildings to serve as a school and meeting place for the Family Assistance Program. The facility also serves as a learning center for community members studying the English language.
The couple has three children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Their daughter, Jennifer, is an executive for Microsoft in Boston. Jeffrey is an attorney in Columbus, Ohio, and James is professor of chemistry at Rice University, Houston.
Division of Health Sciences – Lory Laughter:
Lory Laughter has been a practicing dental hygienist since her graduation from Idaho State University in 1994. Currently, she is a consultant with Nuvora, Inc., marketer for Solace Solutions and NuCalm and the founder and partner of Dental IQ.
Dental IQ, a business to provide quality continued education for dental professionals, is responsible for the Annual Napa Dental Experience conference.
Laughter speaks nationally on various topics and has been a featured writer for RDH Magazine since 2004. Her monthly column, “From the Edge,” is very popular among dental professionals.
Laughter also holds a variety of impressive appointed positions including the Key
Opinion Leader for both GC America, Inc. and OraPharma, Inc., as well as being the Thought Leader for Hu-Friedy, Inc.
Laughter currently resides in Napa, Calif. where she enjoys never having to drive in the snow.
School of Nursing – Grace Jacobson:
Grace Jacobson is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Idaho State University Department of Nursing. She graduated in 1957 with her bachelor’s from Hartwick College in New York and later went on to earn her masters degree as a clinical nurse specialist in women’s health care in 1981 from Idaho State University. In 1993 Jacobsen received her doctorate in pharmaceutical administration from Idaho State University.
Jacobson has participated in the Idaho Condor Medical Mission to Peru numerous times and has been instrumental in organizing patient care to more than 1,000 Peruvians. She served as the advisor to the Idaho Nursing Student Association (INSA) from 1973-1991 and has been an active member and leader of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and INA member since 1975.
Jacobson served in the United States Army Nurse Reserve in several different positions and was honorably discharged in 1999.
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Idaho State University Women’s Health Leadership Summit May 20-21
Resend of release, per request.
Released by Idaho State University April 7, 2011
Contact: Bonnie Frantz, franbonn@isu.edu
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University Women’s Health Leadership Summit May 20-21
POCATELLO – All high school junior girls are invited to attend the overnight ISU Women’s Health Leadership Summit from May 20 to May 21. The conference is free and begins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Check out is at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The conference will address healthy lifestyles, pursuing healthy leadership roles within the community, college preparation and careers in the health professions. It will provide an opportunity for young women to consider attending college and explore new avenues to community health leadership roles.
Registration is free. Attendees will enjoy planned programs and activities and receive program materials, meals and snacks, and an overnight stay in ISU housing. However, transportation is not included and girls will need to bring their own personal pillow, sleeping bag, and towel.
A complete schedule of events is available at www.isu.edu/andersoncenter or by calling 282-2805.
Registration is required by April 21 and can be done online at the Anderson Center website: www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.
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Released by Idaho State University April 7, 2011
Contact: Bonnie Frantz, franbonn@isu.edu
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University Women’s Health Leadership Summit May 20-21
POCATELLO – All high school junior girls are invited to attend the overnight ISU Women’s Health Leadership Summit from May 20 to May 21. The conference is free and begins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Check out is at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The conference will address healthy lifestyles, pursuing healthy leadership roles within the community, college preparation and careers in the health professions. It will provide an opportunity for young women to consider attending college and explore new avenues to community health leadership roles.
Registration is free. Attendees will enjoy planned programs and activities and receive program materials, meals and snacks, and an overnight stay in ISU housing. However, transportation is not included and girls will need to bring their own personal pillow, sleeping bag, and towel.
A complete schedule of events is available at www.isu.edu/andersoncenter or by calling 282-2805.
Registration is required by April 21 and can be done online at the Anderson Center website: www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.
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Idaho State University Civil Engineer Students Sweep 2011 ASCE Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Anchorage, Alaska
Released by Idaho State University April 19, 2011
Contact: Arya Ebrahimpour, ebraarya@isu.edu
Idaho State University Civil Engineer Students Sweep 2011 ASCE
Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Anchorage, Alaska
POCATELLO – Civil Engineering students from Idaho State University's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) recently took first place in three competitions and placed high in three others at the 2011 ASCE Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Northwest Region is comprised of 19 engineering schools in the Pacific Northwest.
The ASCE teams took first place in the technical paper, first place in the concrete curling, first place in the asphalt design, second place in the environmental mystery design, third place in orienteering and fourth place in the steel bridge competition.
The ISU civil engineering team competed in the six competitions; the technical paper, the steel bridge, environmental mystery design, concrete curling, asphalt design and orienteering. Students prepared for each competition and in some cases spending hours in the planning, design, building and implementation of the projects. Their dedication showed during the competition.
Competing against larger schools such as University of Washington, Oregon State University, Washington State University, Boise State University, University of Idaho and Montana State University, the ISU students performed exceptionally well - sweeping the competition.
Although many students were involved in preparation for the conference, the students who traveled to the competition include Chris Dudley, Jacob Kopplow, Drew Meppen, Brett Bybee, Kord Hurlburt, Kade Raymond, Kassidie Nelson, Trevor White, Quinn Dance and Kevin Harker. Faculty advisors for the competitions included Drs. Bruce Savage, John Gale, James Mahar, and Arya Ebrahimpour.
Miles Whiting, the engineering shop technician, provided guidance on the fabrication of the bridge. Financial sponsors included: ISU's School of Engineering Advisory Council, Dr. James Mahar, ASISU, Pacific Steel, the Structural Engineering Association of Idaho, and Christiansen Implement.
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Contact: Arya Ebrahimpour, ebraarya@isu.edu
Idaho State University Civil Engineer Students Sweep 2011 ASCE
Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Anchorage, Alaska
POCATELLO – Civil Engineering students from Idaho State University's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) recently took first place in three competitions and placed high in three others at the 2011 ASCE Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Northwest Region is comprised of 19 engineering schools in the Pacific Northwest.
The ASCE teams took first place in the technical paper, first place in the concrete curling, first place in the asphalt design, second place in the environmental mystery design, third place in orienteering and fourth place in the steel bridge competition.
The ISU civil engineering team competed in the six competitions; the technical paper, the steel bridge, environmental mystery design, concrete curling, asphalt design and orienteering. Students prepared for each competition and in some cases spending hours in the planning, design, building and implementation of the projects. Their dedication showed during the competition.
Competing against larger schools such as University of Washington, Oregon State University, Washington State University, Boise State University, University of Idaho and Montana State University, the ISU students performed exceptionally well - sweeping the competition.
Although many students were involved in preparation for the conference, the students who traveled to the competition include Chris Dudley, Jacob Kopplow, Drew Meppen, Brett Bybee, Kord Hurlburt, Kade Raymond, Kassidie Nelson, Trevor White, Quinn Dance and Kevin Harker. Faculty advisors for the competitions included Drs. Bruce Savage, John Gale, James Mahar, and Arya Ebrahimpour.
Miles Whiting, the engineering shop technician, provided guidance on the fabrication of the bridge. Financial sponsors included: ISU's School of Engineering Advisory Council, Dr. James Mahar, ASISU, Pacific Steel, the Structural Engineering Association of Idaho, and Christiansen Implement.
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Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences Welcomes Guest Lecturer Mary E. Power, May 5
Released by Idaho State University April 19, 2011
Contact: Ryan Blackadar, 208-756-7773
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences Welcomes Guest Lecturer Mary E. Power, May 5
POCATELLO – Noted ecologist Mary E. Power will deliver the fourth annual G.W. Minshall Lecture in Ecology at 4 p.m. May 5 in Room 10 of the ISU Lecture Center.
The topic of her lecture is “Algal Mediated Connections of River, Watershed, and Coastal Marine Food Webs.”
Power is a river ecologist and professor of integrative biology at the University of California Berkeley. She has served as president of the American Society of Naturalists as well has the Ecological Society of America. She has also been a faculty director of the Angelo Coast Range Reserve, one of 38 natural ecosystems in the University of California Natural Reserve System protected for university-level research, teaching, and public outreach.
Power studies food webs in tropical and temperate rivers. She examines the interactions of algae, aquatic insects, fish, amphibians, and fishing birds in relation to their environment.
Her recent work has focused on how changing environmental control down river drainages affect the production and fate of algae.
Power’s presentation is sponsored by the ISU Department of Biological Sciences, which established the G.W. Minshall Lecture Series in Ecology to provide lasting recognition of the scientific contributions of Dr. Wayne Minshall, an ISU professor emeritus who has been an international leader in the study of streams and rivers.
For more information contact Ryan Blackadar at blacrya2@isu.edu.
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Contact: Ryan Blackadar, 208-756-7773
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences Welcomes Guest Lecturer Mary E. Power, May 5
POCATELLO – Noted ecologist Mary E. Power will deliver the fourth annual G.W. Minshall Lecture in Ecology at 4 p.m. May 5 in Room 10 of the ISU Lecture Center.
The topic of her lecture is “Algal Mediated Connections of River, Watershed, and Coastal Marine Food Webs.”
Power is a river ecologist and professor of integrative biology at the University of California Berkeley. She has served as president of the American Society of Naturalists as well has the Ecological Society of America. She has also been a faculty director of the Angelo Coast Range Reserve, one of 38 natural ecosystems in the University of California Natural Reserve System protected for university-level research, teaching, and public outreach.
Power studies food webs in tropical and temperate rivers. She examines the interactions of algae, aquatic insects, fish, amphibians, and fishing birds in relation to their environment.
Her recent work has focused on how changing environmental control down river drainages affect the production and fate of algae.
Power’s presentation is sponsored by the ISU Department of Biological Sciences, which established the G.W. Minshall Lecture Series in Ecology to provide lasting recognition of the scientific contributions of Dr. Wayne Minshall, an ISU professor emeritus who has been an international leader in the study of streams and rivers.
For more information contact Ryan Blackadar at blacrya2@isu.edu.
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Idaho State University’s Lauralee Zimmerly Honored With National University Dance Educator of the Year Award
Released by Idaho State University April 18, 2011
Contact: Lauralee Zimmerly, (208) 282-2907
Idaho State University’s Lauralee Zimmerly Honored With
National University Dance Educator of the Year Award
POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Lauralee Zimmerly has been honored with the National University Dance Educator of the Year Award from the National Dance Association (NDA), one of six national groups that comprise the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).
She received the award because of her comprehensive expertise and knowledge in the field of dance; her research projects and writing on dance, her choreography and performance, and her teaching.
“I am extremely honored,” said Zimmerly, ISU associate lecturer in dance. “Initially, it was a total surprise that I was a finalist, and I couldn’t believe it. Then, to receive the award at the conference was an even bigger thrill.”
Zimmerly has been teaching dance at Idaho State University for 12 years. “I think one reason they selected me was because of my longevity in a dance program, making it through both the challenges and high points of dance at ISU,” she said. When Zimmerly started at ISU, the dance program was offered in the physical education department and was under the direction of Dr. Marcia Lloyd whose vision moved the program forward. ISU currently offers a minor in dance as part of the Department of Theatre and Dance in the School of Performing Arts.
“Our program has always strived towards developing a dance major at ISU, and we’re waiting for the right timing to move forward with the process,” Zimmerly said.
Zimmerly said she is proud of the program she represents. In the last year, ISU dance director Joséphine Garibaldi and faculty member Molly Jorgensen have been acknowledged at the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) Conference for their choreographic works and ISU student dancers have been recognized for their talent in performing.
“The Idaho State University dance program really has a presence in the national dance community, which is remarkable, since we only have a minor program,” Zimmerly said. “We are in the same league as university dance departments that offer majors and Master of Fine Arts degree programs in dance.”
Prior to receiving the national honor, Zimmerly was named Idaho Dance Educator of the Year in 2009 by the Idaho Association of Health, PE, Recreation & Dance (IAHPERD) and The Northwest Dance Educator of the Year in 2010 by AAHPERD.
Zimmerly, who is schedule to receive a Doctor of Education degree this summer, received the award at the 2011 National AAHERD Convention held in her hometown, San Diego.
“It was great for me to go to my hometown to receive the award because my whole family was actively involved in dance and physical education there.”
Contact: Lauralee Zimmerly, (208) 282-2907
Idaho State University’s Lauralee Zimmerly Honored With
National University Dance Educator of the Year Award
POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Lauralee Zimmerly has been honored with the National University Dance Educator of the Year Award from the National Dance Association (NDA), one of six national groups that comprise the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).
She received the award because of her comprehensive expertise and knowledge in the field of dance; her research projects and writing on dance, her choreography and performance, and her teaching.
“I am extremely honored,” said Zimmerly, ISU associate lecturer in dance. “Initially, it was a total surprise that I was a finalist, and I couldn’t believe it. Then, to receive the award at the conference was an even bigger thrill.”
Zimmerly has been teaching dance at Idaho State University for 12 years. “I think one reason they selected me was because of my longevity in a dance program, making it through both the challenges and high points of dance at ISU,” she said. When Zimmerly started at ISU, the dance program was offered in the physical education department and was under the direction of Dr. Marcia Lloyd whose vision moved the program forward. ISU currently offers a minor in dance as part of the Department of Theatre and Dance in the School of Performing Arts.
“Our program has always strived towards developing a dance major at ISU, and we’re waiting for the right timing to move forward with the process,” Zimmerly said.
Zimmerly said she is proud of the program she represents. In the last year, ISU dance director Joséphine Garibaldi and faculty member Molly Jorgensen have been acknowledged at the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) Conference for their choreographic works and ISU student dancers have been recognized for their talent in performing.
“The Idaho State University dance program really has a presence in the national dance community, which is remarkable, since we only have a minor program,” Zimmerly said. “We are in the same league as university dance departments that offer majors and Master of Fine Arts degree programs in dance.”
Prior to receiving the national honor, Zimmerly was named Idaho Dance Educator of the Year in 2009 by the Idaho Association of Health, PE, Recreation & Dance (IAHPERD) and The Northwest Dance Educator of the Year in 2010 by AAHPERD.
Zimmerly, who is schedule to receive a Doctor of Education degree this summer, received the award at the 2011 National AAHERD Convention held in her hometown, San Diego.
“It was great for me to go to my hometown to receive the award because my whole family was actively involved in dance and physical education there.”
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Idaho State University’s Economic Impact is Epic, According to New Report by Bengal Solutions
Released by Idaho State University April 19, 2011
Contact: Mark Levine, Director of Marketing and Communications, (208) 282-3620, or Sam Peterson, Director of Bengal Solutions, (208) 282-2966 or petesam@isu.edu.
Please note: PDF files of the complete report are available upon request; write taylandy@isu.edu to receive a copy.
Idaho State University’s Economic Impact is Epic,
According to New Report by Bengal Solutions
POCATELLO – The indirect and induced economic output from Idaho State University operations, employee, student and visitor spending is about $312 million annually.
This is one of the highlights of the “Idaho State University Economic Impact Study,” which was released Tuesday by ISU officials.
“We are proud of our contributions to the social and economic development of the local community, the region and the state,” said ISU President Arthur C. Vailas. “In purely economic terms, as the study shows, ISU’s contribution to the region is significant and is projected to become even larger during the rest of the decade.”
Other highlights of the report include:
• Additional earnings from ISU alumni living and working in Idaho contribute an estimated $873 million annually to the state economy.
• ISU’s 14,400-plus students spend $141.5 million annually on living expenses in Idaho. Non-resident student numbers have increased at ISU, and in 2010 had risen to 1,470 non-residents, which included 344 international students. These out-of-state and international students have an $18.4 million direct economic impact annually. Ninety percent of ISU’s students are Idaho residents, representing all 44 of the state’s counties. In addition, ISU is represented by students from 48 states.
• ISU is the single largest employer in Pocatello and in surrounding Bannock County. In fiscal year 2010 ISU employed 1,945 full-time and part-time employees, as well as 162 graduate assistants. Total wages paid were about $70 million.
• ISU’s L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center and Holt Arena generated $5.1 million in revenue and consumer spending in Idaho during the fiscal year 2010.
“I hope this economic impact study will contribute to building and fostering a better understanding of Idaho State University’s place in the economic vitality of our local communities and region,” Vailas said.
This benchmark study, which details many other aspects of ISU’s economic impact, was produced by Bengal Solutions Center for Business Services, a resource unit of the ISU College of Business. Bengal Solutions offers consulting services to local businesses.
The study was conducted by Master of Business Administration students Cory Howerton and Kevin McMurtrey, who were overseen by Sam Peterson, director of the ISU MBA program.
“This report is a snapshot of Idaho State University’s performance, accomplishments, and impact on the surrounding communities and state in fiscal year 2010,” McMurtrey said. “We wanted to show the intrinsic value of Idaho State University, and acknowledge that there is a mutual dependence between a university and the cities, regions, and state where it is located.”
Research for the project began in September and concluded this month.
For the sake of transparency and legitimacy, the study was completed in a way that was open, honest and straightforward, according to its authors, Howerton and McMurtrey. In general, they added, the methods and practices used were conservative in nature and the numbers calculated are quantifiable.
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Contact: Mark Levine, Director of Marketing and Communications, (208) 282-3620, or Sam Peterson, Director of Bengal Solutions, (208) 282-2966 or petesam@isu.edu.
Please note: PDF files of the complete report are available upon request; write taylandy@isu.edu to receive a copy.
Idaho State University’s Economic Impact is Epic,
According to New Report by Bengal Solutions
POCATELLO – The indirect and induced economic output from Idaho State University operations, employee, student and visitor spending is about $312 million annually.
This is one of the highlights of the “Idaho State University Economic Impact Study,” which was released Tuesday by ISU officials.
“We are proud of our contributions to the social and economic development of the local community, the region and the state,” said ISU President Arthur C. Vailas. “In purely economic terms, as the study shows, ISU’s contribution to the region is significant and is projected to become even larger during the rest of the decade.”
Other highlights of the report include:
• Additional earnings from ISU alumni living and working in Idaho contribute an estimated $873 million annually to the state economy.
• ISU’s 14,400-plus students spend $141.5 million annually on living expenses in Idaho. Non-resident student numbers have increased at ISU, and in 2010 had risen to 1,470 non-residents, which included 344 international students. These out-of-state and international students have an $18.4 million direct economic impact annually. Ninety percent of ISU’s students are Idaho residents, representing all 44 of the state’s counties. In addition, ISU is represented by students from 48 states.
• ISU is the single largest employer in Pocatello and in surrounding Bannock County. In fiscal year 2010 ISU employed 1,945 full-time and part-time employees, as well as 162 graduate assistants. Total wages paid were about $70 million.
• ISU’s L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center and Holt Arena generated $5.1 million in revenue and consumer spending in Idaho during the fiscal year 2010.
“I hope this economic impact study will contribute to building and fostering a better understanding of Idaho State University’s place in the economic vitality of our local communities and region,” Vailas said.
This benchmark study, which details many other aspects of ISU’s economic impact, was produced by Bengal Solutions Center for Business Services, a resource unit of the ISU College of Business. Bengal Solutions offers consulting services to local businesses.
The study was conducted by Master of Business Administration students Cory Howerton and Kevin McMurtrey, who were overseen by Sam Peterson, director of the ISU MBA program.
“This report is a snapshot of Idaho State University’s performance, accomplishments, and impact on the surrounding communities and state in fiscal year 2010,” McMurtrey said. “We wanted to show the intrinsic value of Idaho State University, and acknowledge that there is a mutual dependence between a university and the cities, regions, and state where it is located.”
Research for the project began in September and concluded this month.
For the sake of transparency and legitimacy, the study was completed in a way that was open, honest and straightforward, according to its authors, Howerton and McMurtrey. In general, they added, the methods and practices used were conservative in nature and the numbers calculated are quantifiable.
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Idaho State University Professor Blanton Receives Nutritional Research Grant From Idaho Beef Council; Study Volunteers Needed
Released by Idaho State University April 18, 2011
Contact: Cynthia Blanton, (208) 282-3953
Idaho State University Professor Blanton Receives Nutritional Research Grant
From Idaho Beef Council; Study Volunteers Needed
POCATELLO – Idaho State University dietetics assistant professor Cynthia Blanton has been awarded a $91,000 grant from the Idaho Beef Council and is looking for female undergraduate students to participate in her study.
Volunteers received $135 for participating in the study.
Blanton is studying the effect of nutrition on cognitive performance. She will track female undergraduate students ages 19 to 30 for 16-week periods over the next 20 months, completing the study within in two years. She started the study last summer.
The ISU dietetics professor previously completed a study that demonstrated that poor nutritional status negatively affected cognition in university women.
“Now I am performing an intervention to test how to solve the problem,” Blanton said.
The women study participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: One that eats beef and another that eats non-beef meats. At the beginning and end of the study the volunteers will complete cognitive tests and will also have their blood drawn to test their nutritional status.
In between, volunteers will receive three meals a week at the Dietetics Foods Laboratory located in Albion Hall, the north wing of the ISU College of Education. The volunteers who complete the entire 16-week study will receive $135.
For more information on the study or to volunteer, contact Blanton at blancynt@isu.edu or call (208) 282-3953. The ISU Family Medicine Clinical Research Center is also participating with the study by helping to recruit students. Prospective volunteers may also contact the clinic’s Katie Gamble at katieg@fmed.isu.edu or (208) 282-2257.
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Contact: Cynthia Blanton, (208) 282-3953
Idaho State University Professor Blanton Receives Nutritional Research Grant
From Idaho Beef Council; Study Volunteers Needed
POCATELLO – Idaho State University dietetics assistant professor Cynthia Blanton has been awarded a $91,000 grant from the Idaho Beef Council and is looking for female undergraduate students to participate in her study.
Volunteers received $135 for participating in the study.
Blanton is studying the effect of nutrition on cognitive performance. She will track female undergraduate students ages 19 to 30 for 16-week periods over the next 20 months, completing the study within in two years. She started the study last summer.
The ISU dietetics professor previously completed a study that demonstrated that poor nutritional status negatively affected cognition in university women.
“Now I am performing an intervention to test how to solve the problem,” Blanton said.
The women study participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: One that eats beef and another that eats non-beef meats. At the beginning and end of the study the volunteers will complete cognitive tests and will also have their blood drawn to test their nutritional status.
In between, volunteers will receive three meals a week at the Dietetics Foods Laboratory located in Albion Hall, the north wing of the ISU College of Education. The volunteers who complete the entire 16-week study will receive $135.
For more information on the study or to volunteer, contact Blanton at blancynt@isu.edu or call (208) 282-3953. The ISU Family Medicine Clinical Research Center is also participating with the study by helping to recruit students. Prospective volunteers may also contact the clinic’s Katie Gamble at katieg@fmed.isu.edu or (208) 282-2257.
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Idaho State University College of Business to Host Annual Global Manufacturing Research Group Meeting from May 3-5, 2011
Released by Idaho State University April 18, 2011
Contact: Dennis Krumwiede, krumdenn@isu.edu
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University College of Business to Host Annual Global Manufacturing Research Group Meeting from May 3-5, 2011
The Idaho State University College of Business will host the Global Manufacturing Research Group (GMRG) annual meeting from May 3-5.
More than 30 operations and supply chain management scholars from 16 different countries are scheduled to attend. The GMRG, a multi-national community dedicated to the study and improvement of global manufacturing and supply chains, holds its annual meetings in different cities around the world. Last year it met in Hsinchu near Taipei Taiwan and this year selected Pocatello.
As part of the conference, participants will visit the Fort Hall Replica museum and enjoy a Dutch oven dinner. Tickets for the dinner are $20 per person and the public is welcome to attend. The Portneuf Muzzle Loaders will entertain the attendees with a demonstration of their vintage black-powder rifles and pistols.
“These events will give the attendees a sense Idaho’s rich mountain man history and the cordial hospitality available in the ‘Smile’ city,” said ISU professor Dennis Krumwiede.
The GMRG conducts research to improve understanding of global manufacturing supply chains. In annual meetings members share ideas and research results with the purpose of improving the link between research and practice. The premier effort of the group is to conduct biannual surveys of global manufacturers. The GMRG has completed four surveys, the last of which included the participation of more than 1,500 companies from 23 countries.
GMRG surveys have provided data supporting the publication of numerous research publications in top-level journals and conferences in the field of operations management.
Conference participants will also be introduced to Southeast Idaho manufacturing. John Spicer, the local general manager for ON Semiconductor, will be the keynote speaker at the luncheon on May 4. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is providing the group a tour to Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 (EBR-1) and Spudnik Inc.
For more information or to RSVP for the Dutch oven dinner contact Dennis Krumwiede at krumdenn@isu.edu or 208-282-3506.
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Contact: Dennis Krumwiede, krumdenn@isu.edu
Written by Kari Rands
Idaho State University College of Business to Host Annual Global Manufacturing Research Group Meeting from May 3-5, 2011
The Idaho State University College of Business will host the Global Manufacturing Research Group (GMRG) annual meeting from May 3-5.
More than 30 operations and supply chain management scholars from 16 different countries are scheduled to attend. The GMRG, a multi-national community dedicated to the study and improvement of global manufacturing and supply chains, holds its annual meetings in different cities around the world. Last year it met in Hsinchu near Taipei Taiwan and this year selected Pocatello.
As part of the conference, participants will visit the Fort Hall Replica museum and enjoy a Dutch oven dinner. Tickets for the dinner are $20 per person and the public is welcome to attend. The Portneuf Muzzle Loaders will entertain the attendees with a demonstration of their vintage black-powder rifles and pistols.
“These events will give the attendees a sense Idaho’s rich mountain man history and the cordial hospitality available in the ‘Smile’ city,” said ISU professor Dennis Krumwiede.
The GMRG conducts research to improve understanding of global manufacturing supply chains. In annual meetings members share ideas and research results with the purpose of improving the link between research and practice. The premier effort of the group is to conduct biannual surveys of global manufacturers. The GMRG has completed four surveys, the last of which included the participation of more than 1,500 companies from 23 countries.
GMRG surveys have provided data supporting the publication of numerous research publications in top-level journals and conferences in the field of operations management.
Conference participants will also be introduced to Southeast Idaho manufacturing. John Spicer, the local general manager for ON Semiconductor, will be the keynote speaker at the luncheon on May 4. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is providing the group a tour to Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 (EBR-1) and Spudnik Inc.
For more information or to RSVP for the Dutch oven dinner contact Dennis Krumwiede at krumdenn@isu.edu or 208-282-3506.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
2011 Outstanding Student Award Recipients Announced
Released by Idaho State University April 18, 2011
Contact: KC Felt, 208-282-4735
Note: The full version of this story is posted online, with photos, at http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3090. If you want jpegs of the winners, contact Andy Taylor at taylandy@isu.edu
2011 Outstanding Student Award Recipients Announced
POCATELLO – Idaho State University and the ISU Alumni Association proudly announce the 2011 Outstanding Student Award recipients who will be honored at Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 7, in Holt Arena.
The 13 Outstanding Student Awards are presented to recognize outstanding graduating seniors who have excelled in their programs, their extracurricular activities and have generally epitomized ISU's outstanding student body. Students receiving these prestigious awards exhibit a readiness to graduate, high academic achievement, above-average dedication to academic and professional goals and involvement in professional societies. Work experience and community service are also considered.
The Outstanding Student Award recipients will be honored at a reception April 29 in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
The 2011 Outstanding Award winners are:
• Graduate School, Doctoral Candidate: Jason J. Blazevic:
Blazevic is a native of Phoenix, where he was born and raised. He is scheduled to receive a Doctor of Arts degree in political science at commencement. He attained a Master of Arts in history from Washington State University, a Master of Arts in political science from Idaho State University and a Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University, where he also lettered in football. While attending ISU, Blazevic served as a graduate assistant to the International Affairs Council. He attended over a dozen academic and professional conferences in the United States, Canada and China to present research, and he published numerous articles. His recent publications include the article “The Taiwan Dilemma: China, Japan and the Strait Dynamic” in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs and the chapter “Oil, Sea Lanes and the Security Dilemma: The Regional and Global Implications of China’s Oil Dynamic” in the book, “Chinese Engagements: Regional Issues with Global Implications” soon to be sold by Amazon and Barnes and Noble. He instructed courses in the ISU political science and history departments. He is the first in his extended family to graduate from college.
• Graduate School, Master’s Candidate, Richard D. Westover:
Westover was born in 1983 to Val and Laree Westover of Clifton. He is scheduled to receive his Master of Science degree in chemistry. He served a mission for his church in the Roseville, Calif. Westover has been at ISU since 2008. He said he has always loved to learn, but hated math as a child. Westover said he is probably the only ISU masters-level chemist who had to start with a beginning math course at ISU. In fact, when Westover said he told his counselor at ISU that he wanted to be a chemist, he was told that given his math background, another major might be more suitable. Westover’s love of chemistry made him press forward. He has been part of the chemistry department’s Bachelor of Science/Master of Science program, a teacher’s assistant, a research assistant, and has helped to publish two papers. Westover, 27, and his wife, Kami Anne, have two children, Donavan and Angela. Following graduation he plans to continue his education in a Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon.
• College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities, Sean Jorgensen:
Jorgensen, scheduled to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, was raised primarily in Troy, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, and attended Troy High School. During his senior year, his father and stepfamily moved from the metro-Detroit area to Boise. He joined them to finish his senior year at Borah High School. Following high school, he served a mission for the Church of Latter-day Saints at the Czech Prague Mission. During that time his family moved to Pocatello. Upon finishing his mission, Jorgensen returned to Troy, but while visiting in Pocatello he met his wife, Heidi Ann, who was then a junior at Idaho State University. He moved to Pocatello to marry her and enrolled at ISU. He spent several semesters searching for a major a briefly transferred to Brigham Young University, where he developed a desire to attend law school, and, “perhaps more importantly, discovered my attachment to ISU,” Jorgensen said. Returning to ISU, he immersed himself in the philosophy program. A year later he and his wife welcomed their first child, daughter Gwen Marie. The couple is expecting its second child. Jorgensen plans on moving to Pennsylvania in August to attend Penn State Law School.
• College of Arts and Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Chris Chatwin:
Chatwin is scheduled to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in applied economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting. He was born in Utah, but moved to Canada at age 5 and attended school in Magrath, Alberta. He now lives permanently in the United States after marrying his wife, Ashley Thompson. The couple had its first child, Makayla, born in March 2010. Chatwin, 28, is an avid hockey fan and plays goalie on several different recreational teams. His dream job would be to play professional hockey, but he said he lacks the necessary skill. Chatwin said he would settle for any position in the front office of an NHL team. Upon graduation, he will begin employment in the Boise office of Deloitte and Touché. While at ISU he was active in Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi, the Economics Club and the College of Business Fellows. He said his favorite things about ISU are its small classes and great faculty.
• College of Business, Larissa F. Kimball:
Larissa F. Kimball, 21, from Emmett, is scheduled to earn her Bachelor of Arts in business administration–finance. Kimball started her academic career at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and transferred to ISU her sophomore year. She said that transferring to ISU was possibly the single best decision she has made and is amazed at how many doors it has opened for her future. At ISU she has been the Finance Association President and was an ISU Ambassador. Of the latter endeavor, Kimball says, “I have thoroughly enjoyed serving this university as a student ambassador. I love sharing my student experiences.” She earned a 3.99 GPA, is a College of Business Fellow, and is in the top 1 percent of her class. She is married to Brent Kimball.
• College of Pharmacy, Julianne Ramirez:
Julianne Ramirez, 35, was born in Somerville, N.J., and moved to Tucson, Ariz., as a teenager. She went to college to become a teacher, but put her career goals on hold after the birth of her son. She then began working as a pharmacy technician but found that merely drawing up and dispensing medications did not satisfy her desire to understand the science behind the powders and the pills. After nine years as a technician, she said she decided it was time to continue her education and fulfill her dream to become a pharmacist and to mentor others. She enrolled in college while holding a full-time job and raising her son. Two and a half years later, she was accepted into the ISU College of Pharmacy. She is graduating with a 4.0 in her professional program. She has completed an advanced practice experience rotation in Bethel, Alaska, that included travel to the remote Alaskan village of Emmonak. In Emmonak, she spent two 14-hours days working at a diabetes clinic. She was also able to shadow a Life Flight crew on a trip to Hooper Bay in a “bush” plane.
• College of Education, Erica Wendt-Richardson:
Wendt-Richardson, 21, from Idaho Falls, is scheduled to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in secondary education, with a major in history and a minor in political science. She is the daughter of Kraig and Annette Wendt and grew up in the Osgood area, attending Skyline High School, where she very active in academics, school clubs, cross-country and track and field. Richardson carried her athletic and academic skills to ISU and in November 2010 she became ISU’s first women’s Big Sky Conference champion in cross-country. She also holds the record for the indoor mile at ISU. She has received All-Academic standing at several regional competitions and has received numerous academic awards. She has been on the Dean’s List in the College of Education and she was honored as one of ISU’s Brightest and Best earlier this year. She was also recently inducted into Kappa Delta Pi. She met her husband, Tim, her sophomore year at ISU. Tim proposed to Erica at the finish line of one of her indoor races in which she finished in first-place. She says Tim was her prize.
• College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences, Roy Malamakal:
Malamakal is scheduled to graduate with a degree in chemistry and biochemistry, with honors distinction. A native of Boise, the 22-year-old currently works in a research lab under the guidance of Todd Davis, assistant professor of chemistry. When he is not working, Malamakal enjoys spending time with his friends playing various sports, and when alone enjoys playing the piano and teaching himself how to play the guitar. He plans to earn a master's degree in chemistry next year and then hopes to attend either a medical school or to pursue a Ph.D. During his time at ISU he has been president of the ISU Chemistry Club, in the University Honors Program, and active as a Holy Spirit Catholic Community Youth Ministry Leader. He began doing scientific research at ISU the second semester of his freshman year. He is a Boise Rotary Scholar, an Advanced Placement State Scholar and earned bronze awards in the Idaho Math Competition and the Boise State University Science Day Competition.
• College of Science and Engineering, Engineering, Amanda E. Finkes:
Finkes, 22, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering in December after 3-1/2-years at ISU. She is from St. Louis. While at ISU she was the president of Tau Beta Pi, president of the Society of Women Engineers, and, for three years, was the secretary of the American Nuclear Society. She is now working on her master’s degree in nuclear engineering at ISU. She is the recipient of several scholarships, including the Areva 2+2 Scholarship/Fellowship, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship/Fellowship and Tau Beta Pi Scholarship. She said she decided to be a nuclear engineer the summer before her junior year in high school. Finkes became a reactor operator in 2010 for the ISU AGN reactor in the basement of the ISU Lillibridge Engineering Building to prove to herself she could do it and that nuclear engineering was really something she could succeed at. She said her favorite things about ISU are the closeness of her department and the mentoring she received from ISU faculty.
• College of Technology, Co-Recipient, Desaray J. Odekirk:
Odekirk, 30, and native of Salt Lake City, is scheduled to receive a Master of Training and Development Degree. Odekirk works as a psychosocial rehabilitation specialist (PSR) in Idaho Region VI, her sixth year serving Idaho in the human service industry. As a PSR, she works with adults that have a pervasive mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbances, providing skills training to overcome the struggles these individuals face daily. During her graduate work at ISU, Odekirk had the opportunity to serve as the co-director of the 2009 Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament at ISU, the largest collegiate championship debate tournament in the United States. Her thesis, “A needs assessment based on mental health providers’ perceptions regarding workforce readiness for certification compliance of psychosocial rehabilitation specialists in Region VI in the State of Idaho” has provided a starting point for further research in the mental health field and has become one of the foundational studies for the development of a comprehensive training program to increase workforce preparedness in the mental health field for the State of Idaho. In fall 2010 she earned the accreditation of Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner. She is married to Scott Odekirk.
• College of Technology, Co-Recipient, Barbara Trolson:
Trolson, 48, of Idaho Falls, is scheduled to receive a Master of Training and Development degree. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in family and human development with a minor in marketing at Utah State University in 2002. She has worked in Idaho’s mental health services since returning to Idaho in 2007. Trolson is currently the chapter president of the Eastern Idaho Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, and is a member of the National Association of Professional Women and Idaho Lifelong Learning Association. She also worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Utah from 2002-2005, during which time she also co-facilitated the research project “Finding Voice: The Music of Utah Battered Women,” with Elizabeth York, associate professor at Converse College in South Carolina, and Maureen Herns, director of Utah State University’s music therapy program. Next to spending time with her children and grandchildren, Barbara’s favorite thing to do is to go fishing with her husband, Rob, whom she says is her best catch ever. Barbara and Rob have seven adult children and 12 grandchildren.
• Division of Health Sciences – Kate Erickson:
Kate Erickson, 22 of Meridian, is graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics in addition to completing the entrance requirements for medical school. As a student at ISU, Erickson has contributed to more than six research projects, two peer-reviewed journal publication submissions, and six grants, one of which was a National Institutes of Health grant recommended for funding. Additionally, Erickson began her own international research project in collaboration with the Idaho Condor Humanitarian Services Organization. The project’s aim is to assess the health and nutrition status of a small community in southern Andean Peru and to identify sustainable community-based solutions to meet its nutrition needs. After graduation, Erickson will complete a dietetic internship, in order to become a registered dietitian, and apply for osteopathic medical school in hopes of practicing in primary care.
• School of Nursing, Shannon M. Earl:
Shannon Earl, 26, is graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Idaho State University. She has lived in Pocatello all her life and has accepted a position at Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs after graduation. She plans to pursue her doctoral nurse practitioner degree in family medicine with a specialty in women’s health. The birth of her two children was the driving force and impetus that made Earl decide that she wanted to pursue a career in the nursing field. She has been on the Dean’s list throughout her entire nursing program. She has had the opportunity to observe a triple bypass heart surgery and put her nursing skills into action by recognizing signs and symptoms of a heart attack in one of her clinical preceptors. She has completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification that is not normally taken until after a nurse has been in the field for some time. Her parents are Jim and Susan Grischkowsky, and Shannon and her husband, Travis, have two children.
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Contact: KC Felt, 208-282-4735
Note: The full version of this story is posted online, with photos, at http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3090. If you want jpegs of the winners, contact Andy Taylor at taylandy@isu.edu
2011 Outstanding Student Award Recipients Announced
POCATELLO – Idaho State University and the ISU Alumni Association proudly announce the 2011 Outstanding Student Award recipients who will be honored at Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 7, in Holt Arena.
The 13 Outstanding Student Awards are presented to recognize outstanding graduating seniors who have excelled in their programs, their extracurricular activities and have generally epitomized ISU's outstanding student body. Students receiving these prestigious awards exhibit a readiness to graduate, high academic achievement, above-average dedication to academic and professional goals and involvement in professional societies. Work experience and community service are also considered.
The Outstanding Student Award recipients will be honored at a reception April 29 in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
The 2011 Outstanding Award winners are:
• Graduate School, Doctoral Candidate: Jason J. Blazevic:
Blazevic is a native of Phoenix, where he was born and raised. He is scheduled to receive a Doctor of Arts degree in political science at commencement. He attained a Master of Arts in history from Washington State University, a Master of Arts in political science from Idaho State University and a Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University, where he also lettered in football. While attending ISU, Blazevic served as a graduate assistant to the International Affairs Council. He attended over a dozen academic and professional conferences in the United States, Canada and China to present research, and he published numerous articles. His recent publications include the article “The Taiwan Dilemma: China, Japan and the Strait Dynamic” in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs and the chapter “Oil, Sea Lanes and the Security Dilemma: The Regional and Global Implications of China’s Oil Dynamic” in the book, “Chinese Engagements: Regional Issues with Global Implications” soon to be sold by Amazon and Barnes and Noble. He instructed courses in the ISU political science and history departments. He is the first in his extended family to graduate from college.
• Graduate School, Master’s Candidate, Richard D. Westover:
Westover was born in 1983 to Val and Laree Westover of Clifton. He is scheduled to receive his Master of Science degree in chemistry. He served a mission for his church in the Roseville, Calif. Westover has been at ISU since 2008. He said he has always loved to learn, but hated math as a child. Westover said he is probably the only ISU masters-level chemist who had to start with a beginning math course at ISU. In fact, when Westover said he told his counselor at ISU that he wanted to be a chemist, he was told that given his math background, another major might be more suitable. Westover’s love of chemistry made him press forward. He has been part of the chemistry department’s Bachelor of Science/Master of Science program, a teacher’s assistant, a research assistant, and has helped to publish two papers. Westover, 27, and his wife, Kami Anne, have two children, Donavan and Angela. Following graduation he plans to continue his education in a Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon.
• College of Arts and Letters, Fine Arts and Humanities, Sean Jorgensen:
Jorgensen, scheduled to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, was raised primarily in Troy, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, and attended Troy High School. During his senior year, his father and stepfamily moved from the metro-Detroit area to Boise. He joined them to finish his senior year at Borah High School. Following high school, he served a mission for the Church of Latter-day Saints at the Czech Prague Mission. During that time his family moved to Pocatello. Upon finishing his mission, Jorgensen returned to Troy, but while visiting in Pocatello he met his wife, Heidi Ann, who was then a junior at Idaho State University. He moved to Pocatello to marry her and enrolled at ISU. He spent several semesters searching for a major a briefly transferred to Brigham Young University, where he developed a desire to attend law school, and, “perhaps more importantly, discovered my attachment to ISU,” Jorgensen said. Returning to ISU, he immersed himself in the philosophy program. A year later he and his wife welcomed their first child, daughter Gwen Marie. The couple is expecting its second child. Jorgensen plans on moving to Pennsylvania in August to attend Penn State Law School.
• College of Arts and Letters, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Chris Chatwin:
Chatwin is scheduled to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in applied economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting. He was born in Utah, but moved to Canada at age 5 and attended school in Magrath, Alberta. He now lives permanently in the United States after marrying his wife, Ashley Thompson. The couple had its first child, Makayla, born in March 2010. Chatwin, 28, is an avid hockey fan and plays goalie on several different recreational teams. His dream job would be to play professional hockey, but he said he lacks the necessary skill. Chatwin said he would settle for any position in the front office of an NHL team. Upon graduation, he will begin employment in the Boise office of Deloitte and Touché. While at ISU he was active in Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi, the Economics Club and the College of Business Fellows. He said his favorite things about ISU are its small classes and great faculty.
• College of Business, Larissa F. Kimball:
Larissa F. Kimball, 21, from Emmett, is scheduled to earn her Bachelor of Arts in business administration–finance. Kimball started her academic career at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and transferred to ISU her sophomore year. She said that transferring to ISU was possibly the single best decision she has made and is amazed at how many doors it has opened for her future. At ISU she has been the Finance Association President and was an ISU Ambassador. Of the latter endeavor, Kimball says, “I have thoroughly enjoyed serving this university as a student ambassador. I love sharing my student experiences.” She earned a 3.99 GPA, is a College of Business Fellow, and is in the top 1 percent of her class. She is married to Brent Kimball.
• College of Pharmacy, Julianne Ramirez:
Julianne Ramirez, 35, was born in Somerville, N.J., and moved to Tucson, Ariz., as a teenager. She went to college to become a teacher, but put her career goals on hold after the birth of her son. She then began working as a pharmacy technician but found that merely drawing up and dispensing medications did not satisfy her desire to understand the science behind the powders and the pills. After nine years as a technician, she said she decided it was time to continue her education and fulfill her dream to become a pharmacist and to mentor others. She enrolled in college while holding a full-time job and raising her son. Two and a half years later, she was accepted into the ISU College of Pharmacy. She is graduating with a 4.0 in her professional program. She has completed an advanced practice experience rotation in Bethel, Alaska, that included travel to the remote Alaskan village of Emmonak. In Emmonak, she spent two 14-hours days working at a diabetes clinic. She was also able to shadow a Life Flight crew on a trip to Hooper Bay in a “bush” plane.
• College of Education, Erica Wendt-Richardson:
Wendt-Richardson, 21, from Idaho Falls, is scheduled to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in secondary education, with a major in history and a minor in political science. She is the daughter of Kraig and Annette Wendt and grew up in the Osgood area, attending Skyline High School, where she very active in academics, school clubs, cross-country and track and field. Richardson carried her athletic and academic skills to ISU and in November 2010 she became ISU’s first women’s Big Sky Conference champion in cross-country. She also holds the record for the indoor mile at ISU. She has received All-Academic standing at several regional competitions and has received numerous academic awards. She has been on the Dean’s List in the College of Education and she was honored as one of ISU’s Brightest and Best earlier this year. She was also recently inducted into Kappa Delta Pi. She met her husband, Tim, her sophomore year at ISU. Tim proposed to Erica at the finish line of one of her indoor races in which she finished in first-place. She says Tim was her prize.
• College of Science and Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences, Roy Malamakal:
Malamakal is scheduled to graduate with a degree in chemistry and biochemistry, with honors distinction. A native of Boise, the 22-year-old currently works in a research lab under the guidance of Todd Davis, assistant professor of chemistry. When he is not working, Malamakal enjoys spending time with his friends playing various sports, and when alone enjoys playing the piano and teaching himself how to play the guitar. He plans to earn a master's degree in chemistry next year and then hopes to attend either a medical school or to pursue a Ph.D. During his time at ISU he has been president of the ISU Chemistry Club, in the University Honors Program, and active as a Holy Spirit Catholic Community Youth Ministry Leader. He began doing scientific research at ISU the second semester of his freshman year. He is a Boise Rotary Scholar, an Advanced Placement State Scholar and earned bronze awards in the Idaho Math Competition and the Boise State University Science Day Competition.
• College of Science and Engineering, Engineering, Amanda E. Finkes:
Finkes, 22, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering in December after 3-1/2-years at ISU. She is from St. Louis. While at ISU she was the president of Tau Beta Pi, president of the Society of Women Engineers, and, for three years, was the secretary of the American Nuclear Society. She is now working on her master’s degree in nuclear engineering at ISU. She is the recipient of several scholarships, including the Areva 2+2 Scholarship/Fellowship, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship/Fellowship and Tau Beta Pi Scholarship. She said she decided to be a nuclear engineer the summer before her junior year in high school. Finkes became a reactor operator in 2010 for the ISU AGN reactor in the basement of the ISU Lillibridge Engineering Building to prove to herself she could do it and that nuclear engineering was really something she could succeed at. She said her favorite things about ISU are the closeness of her department and the mentoring she received from ISU faculty.
• College of Technology, Co-Recipient, Desaray J. Odekirk:
Odekirk, 30, and native of Salt Lake City, is scheduled to receive a Master of Training and Development Degree. Odekirk works as a psychosocial rehabilitation specialist (PSR) in Idaho Region VI, her sixth year serving Idaho in the human service industry. As a PSR, she works with adults that have a pervasive mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbances, providing skills training to overcome the struggles these individuals face daily. During her graduate work at ISU, Odekirk had the opportunity to serve as the co-director of the 2009 Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament at ISU, the largest collegiate championship debate tournament in the United States. Her thesis, “A needs assessment based on mental health providers’ perceptions regarding workforce readiness for certification compliance of psychosocial rehabilitation specialists in Region VI in the State of Idaho” has provided a starting point for further research in the mental health field and has become one of the foundational studies for the development of a comprehensive training program to increase workforce preparedness in the mental health field for the State of Idaho. In fall 2010 she earned the accreditation of Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner. She is married to Scott Odekirk.
• College of Technology, Co-Recipient, Barbara Trolson:
Trolson, 48, of Idaho Falls, is scheduled to receive a Master of Training and Development degree. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in family and human development with a minor in marketing at Utah State University in 2002. She has worked in Idaho’s mental health services since returning to Idaho in 2007. Trolson is currently the chapter president of the Eastern Idaho Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, and is a member of the National Association of Professional Women and Idaho Lifelong Learning Association. She also worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Utah from 2002-2005, during which time she also co-facilitated the research project “Finding Voice: The Music of Utah Battered Women,” with Elizabeth York, associate professor at Converse College in South Carolina, and Maureen Herns, director of Utah State University’s music therapy program. Next to spending time with her children and grandchildren, Barbara’s favorite thing to do is to go fishing with her husband, Rob, whom she says is her best catch ever. Barbara and Rob have seven adult children and 12 grandchildren.
• Division of Health Sciences – Kate Erickson:
Kate Erickson, 22 of Meridian, is graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics in addition to completing the entrance requirements for medical school. As a student at ISU, Erickson has contributed to more than six research projects, two peer-reviewed journal publication submissions, and six grants, one of which was a National Institutes of Health grant recommended for funding. Additionally, Erickson began her own international research project in collaboration with the Idaho Condor Humanitarian Services Organization. The project’s aim is to assess the health and nutrition status of a small community in southern Andean Peru and to identify sustainable community-based solutions to meet its nutrition needs. After graduation, Erickson will complete a dietetic internship, in order to become a registered dietitian, and apply for osteopathic medical school in hopes of practicing in primary care.
• School of Nursing, Shannon M. Earl:
Shannon Earl, 26, is graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Idaho State University. She has lived in Pocatello all her life and has accepted a position at Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs after graduation. She plans to pursue her doctoral nurse practitioner degree in family medicine with a specialty in women’s health. The birth of her two children was the driving force and impetus that made Earl decide that she wanted to pursue a career in the nursing field. She has been on the Dean’s list throughout her entire nursing program. She has had the opportunity to observe a triple bypass heart surgery and put her nursing skills into action by recognizing signs and symptoms of a heart attack in one of her clinical preceptors. She has completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification that is not normally taken until after a nurse has been in the field for some time. Her parents are Jim and Susan Grischkowsky, and Shannon and her husband, Travis, have two children.
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Media advisory-Idaho State University to Announce Results of Economic Impact Study on Tuesday, April 19
Media advisory Monday, April 18, 2011
Idaho State University to Announce Results of Economic Impact Study on Tuesday, April 19;
University Plays Vital Role in the Economic Vitality of Communities, State
What: Idaho State University officials will release the “Idaho State University Economic Impact Study" produced by the ISU College of Business Bengal Solutions Center for Business Services. The study documents the hundreds of millions of dollars the University contributes annually to the local, regional and state economies.
When/Where: 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 19, in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room
Additional information: Two ISU MBA students began conducting this study in September and finished it this month. The report details how Idaho State University is a major economic contributor to local communities, regions and the entire state.
Contact info: Mark Levine, Director of Marketing and Communications, 208-282-3620.
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Idaho State University to Announce Results of Economic Impact Study on Tuesday, April 19;
University Plays Vital Role in the Economic Vitality of Communities, State
What: Idaho State University officials will release the “Idaho State University Economic Impact Study" produced by the ISU College of Business Bengal Solutions Center for Business Services. The study documents the hundreds of millions of dollars the University contributes annually to the local, regional and state economies.
When/Where: 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 19, in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room
Additional information: Two ISU MBA students began conducting this study in September and finished it this month. The report details how Idaho State University is a major economic contributor to local communities, regions and the entire state.
Contact info: Mark Levine, Director of Marketing and Communications, 208-282-3620.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Idaho State University Appoints Linda Hatzenbuehler As Permanent Head of the Division of Health Sciences
Released by Idaho State University April 15, 2011
Contact: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Gary Olson, (208) 282-2171
Idaho State University Appoints Linda Hatzenbuehler
As Permanent Head of the Division of Health Sciences
POCATELLO – Idaho State University has announced the appointment of Linda Hatzenbuehler as the permanent executive dean and associate vice president for the ISU Division of Health Sciences.
“I am delighted at the overwhelming support for making Dr. Linda Hatzenbuehler the permanent executive dean of the Division,” said Gary Olson, ISU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “She has great vision and many talents that will lead the division to new levels of excellence.”
Hatzenbuehler has served in this position in an interim capacity since last August.
"It is an honor to lead the Division of Health Sciences as executive dean," Hatzenbuehler said. "I have already enjoyed working with our outstanding faculty and staff. I look forward to enhancing ISU's distinction as the leader in the state for health programs."
Prior to ISU’s reorganization last summer, Hatzenbuehler had been interim associate vice president for health education at ISU since 2009, and prior to that was the dean of the Kasiska College of Health Professions for 13 years.
The primary mission of the ISU Division of Health Sciences is to enhance the quality of life of the residents of Idaho and the greater community through education, research and service. The Division evolved from the first college in the state of Idaho dedicated to the education of health professionals.
The ISU Division of Health Sciences consists of the College of Pharmacy, the Kasiska School of Health Professions, the School of Nursing, the School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences, and the Office of Medical and Oral Health.
ISU offers education programs in more than 30 health professional disciplines.
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Contact: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Gary Olson, (208) 282-2171
Idaho State University Appoints Linda Hatzenbuehler
As Permanent Head of the Division of Health Sciences
POCATELLO – Idaho State University has announced the appointment of Linda Hatzenbuehler as the permanent executive dean and associate vice president for the ISU Division of Health Sciences.
“I am delighted at the overwhelming support for making Dr. Linda Hatzenbuehler the permanent executive dean of the Division,” said Gary Olson, ISU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “She has great vision and many talents that will lead the division to new levels of excellence.”
Hatzenbuehler has served in this position in an interim capacity since last August.
"It is an honor to lead the Division of Health Sciences as executive dean," Hatzenbuehler said. "I have already enjoyed working with our outstanding faculty and staff. I look forward to enhancing ISU's distinction as the leader in the state for health programs."
Prior to ISU’s reorganization last summer, Hatzenbuehler had been interim associate vice president for health education at ISU since 2009, and prior to that was the dean of the Kasiska College of Health Professions for 13 years.
The primary mission of the ISU Division of Health Sciences is to enhance the quality of life of the residents of Idaho and the greater community through education, research and service. The Division evolved from the first college in the state of Idaho dedicated to the education of health professionals.
The ISU Division of Health Sciences consists of the College of Pharmacy, the Kasiska School of Health Professions, the School of Nursing, the School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences, and the Office of Medical and Oral Health.
ISU offers education programs in more than 30 health professional disciplines.
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‘Nuclear in Japan: What’s Happening Now?’ Panel Set April 19 at Idaho State University
Released by Idaho State University April 15, 2011
Contact: Tony Riley, 860-424-1053
‘Nuclear in Japan: What’s Happening Now?’ Panel
Set April 19 at Idaho State University
POCATELLO – A panel titled “Nuclear in Japan: What’s Happening Now?” will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Idaho State University Pond Student Union North Fork Room.
The free public event will feature local experts, including Mary Dunzik-Gougar, ISU nuclear engineering assistant research professor; other ISU faculty; and Idaho National Laboratory professionals.
The panel members will give a brief overview of what has happened at the Japan Fukushima nuclear plant and will take questions from the audience.
The event is sponsored by the ISU Student Chapter of the American Nuclear Society and the ISU Japan Club, which will be at the event accepting cash donations for tsunami and earthquake relief efforts.
For more information, contact Tony Riley at 860-424-1053 or riletony@isu.edu.
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Contact: Tony Riley, 860-424-1053
‘Nuclear in Japan: What’s Happening Now?’ Panel
Set April 19 at Idaho State University
POCATELLO – A panel titled “Nuclear in Japan: What’s Happening Now?” will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Idaho State University Pond Student Union North Fork Room.
The free public event will feature local experts, including Mary Dunzik-Gougar, ISU nuclear engineering assistant research professor; other ISU faculty; and Idaho National Laboratory professionals.
The panel members will give a brief overview of what has happened at the Japan Fukushima nuclear plant and will take questions from the audience.
The event is sponsored by the ISU Student Chapter of the American Nuclear Society and the ISU Japan Club, which will be at the event accepting cash donations for tsunami and earthquake relief efforts.
For more information, contact Tony Riley at 860-424-1053 or riletony@isu.edu.
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ISU sponsors free suicide prevention seminars April 20-June 22
Released by Idaho State University
Contact Ann Kirkwood, 208-373-1767 or 208-282-4436
ISU sponsors free suicide prevention seminars April 20-June 22
POCTELLO – Idaho State University’s Institute of Rural Health and Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health are collaborating to promote a free webinar series to be held April 20-June 22.
The series is being offered to Idaho’s network of suicide prevention advocates and others in the nonprofit sector as part of ISU-IRH’s Awareness to Action Youth Suicide Prevention project funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Participants may register for individual sessions or the full series at www.ffcmh.org/events or contact Sheryl Schrepf, senior evaluator and trainer, at sschrepf@ffcmh.org or 402-770-2980.
The webinars will be presented by the National Federation of Families which advocates for children with mental health concerns and their families. The six “Increasing Your Success in Advocacy and Sustainability Efforts” webinars feature national experts on advocacy and sustainability of nonprofit organizations.
Participants will learn the importance of using evaluation data to enhance their advocacy and sustainability success, focus on strategies to provide the most effective advocacy, and how to build partnerships for the sustainability of organizations and programs. Specific templates to complete self-assessments, sustainability plans and evaluation of these efforts will be provided.
The schedule is as follows:
• “The Relationship of Evaluation, Advocacy and Sustainability,” April 20; • “Building Partnerships with Evaluation Efforts and Community Stakeholders,” April 27;
• “Increasing Your Success in Advocacy with Data-Driven Strategies,” May 11;
• “Evaluation and Components of Sustainability Planning,” May 25;
• “Sustainability Planning – Process and Strategies,” June 8; and
• “Real Life Sustainability – Success Stories using Evaluation Data,” June 22.
Each webinar is from 1:30-3 p.m. Participants can access the program from their computer or by phone. For information on the ISU-IRH Awareness to Action Youth Suicide Prevention Project, contact Lynda Bennett at bennlyn2@isu.edu or 208-373-1768.
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Contact Ann Kirkwood, 208-373-1767 or 208-282-4436
ISU sponsors free suicide prevention seminars April 20-June 22
POCTELLO – Idaho State University’s Institute of Rural Health and Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health are collaborating to promote a free webinar series to be held April 20-June 22.
The series is being offered to Idaho’s network of suicide prevention advocates and others in the nonprofit sector as part of ISU-IRH’s Awareness to Action Youth Suicide Prevention project funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Participants may register for individual sessions or the full series at www.ffcmh.org/events or contact Sheryl Schrepf, senior evaluator and trainer, at sschrepf@ffcmh.org or 402-770-2980.
The webinars will be presented by the National Federation of Families which advocates for children with mental health concerns and their families. The six “Increasing Your Success in Advocacy and Sustainability Efforts” webinars feature national experts on advocacy and sustainability of nonprofit organizations.
Participants will learn the importance of using evaluation data to enhance their advocacy and sustainability success, focus on strategies to provide the most effective advocacy, and how to build partnerships for the sustainability of organizations and programs. Specific templates to complete self-assessments, sustainability plans and evaluation of these efforts will be provided.
The schedule is as follows:
• “The Relationship of Evaluation, Advocacy and Sustainability,” April 20; • “Building Partnerships with Evaluation Efforts and Community Stakeholders,” April 27;
• “Increasing Your Success in Advocacy with Data-Driven Strategies,” May 11;
• “Evaluation and Components of Sustainability Planning,” May 25;
• “Sustainability Planning – Process and Strategies,” June 8; and
• “Real Life Sustainability – Success Stories using Evaluation Data,” June 22.
Each webinar is from 1:30-3 p.m. Participants can access the program from their computer or by phone. For information on the ISU-IRH Awareness to Action Youth Suicide Prevention Project, contact Lynda Bennett at bennlyn2@isu.edu or 208-373-1768.
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IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY SKILLSUSA STUDENTS COMPETE AND WIN AT STATE COMPETITION
Released by Idaho State University College of Technology
4/14/11
Written By: Angela Askey, (208) 282-3216
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY SKILLSUSA STUDENTS COMPETE AND WIN AT STATE COMPETITION
Pocatello - Idaho State University College of Technology SkillsUSA
Chapter members recently returned from the SkillsUSA state leadership
and skills conference in Boise. Competitors representing high schools
and colleges from throughout the state competed in more than forty
competitions.
The following ISU chapter members received medals at the state
competition. Gold medal winners will travel to Kansas City, Missouri,
in June to represent ISU at the national competition.
Aircraft - Aviation Maintenance:
Gold - Abraham Whiting
Silver - Jason Ridenour & Dell Durrant
Bronze - Robert Franks
CNC Milling:
Gold - Jake Jackson
Precision Machining:
Silver - Jared Cotter
Automotive Service:
Gold - Keith Zitterkopf
Related Technical Math:
Silver - Keith Zitterkopf
ACRR - Quiz Bowl:
Silver - Sergio Oblea, Autumn Mason, Jeff Lane, Darren Webb, Hollie Wood
ITS - PC Repair:
Gold - Brady Anderson
Silver - Brian Hunt
Job Interview:
Silver - Spencer Sessions
SkillsUSA is a national organization which provides quality
educational experiences for students in leadership, teamwork,
citizenship and character development. It builds and enforces
self-confidence, work attitudes and communication skills, emphasizing
total quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills,
life-long education and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also
promotes an understanding of the free enterprise system and
involvement in community service activities.
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4/14/11
Written By: Angela Askey, (208) 282-3216
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY SKILLSUSA STUDENTS COMPETE AND WIN AT STATE COMPETITION
Pocatello - Idaho State University College of Technology SkillsUSA
Chapter members recently returned from the SkillsUSA state leadership
and skills conference in Boise. Competitors representing high schools
and colleges from throughout the state competed in more than forty
competitions.
The following ISU chapter members received medals at the state
competition. Gold medal winners will travel to Kansas City, Missouri,
in June to represent ISU at the national competition.
Aircraft - Aviation Maintenance:
Gold - Abraham Whiting
Silver - Jason Ridenour & Dell Durrant
Bronze - Robert Franks
CNC Milling:
Gold - Jake Jackson
Precision Machining:
Silver - Jared Cotter
Automotive Service:
Gold - Keith Zitterkopf
Related Technical Math:
Silver - Keith Zitterkopf
ACRR - Quiz Bowl:
Silver - Sergio Oblea, Autumn Mason, Jeff Lane, Darren Webb, Hollie Wood
ITS - PC Repair:
Gold - Brady Anderson
Silver - Brian Hunt
Job Interview:
Silver - Spencer Sessions
SkillsUSA is a national organization which provides quality
educational experiences for students in leadership, teamwork,
citizenship and character development. It builds and enforces
self-confidence, work attitudes and communication skills, emphasizing
total quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills,
life-long education and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also
promotes an understanding of the free enterprise system and
involvement in community service activities.
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Barbara Adamcik Named Interim Provost at Idaho State University
Released by Idaho State University April 14, 2011
Contact: Barbara Adamcik, (208) 282-5011
Barbara Adamcik Named Interim Provost at Idaho State University
POCATELLO – Barbara Adamcik has been named interim provost at Idaho State University effective June 25. Adamcik currently serves as associate vice president for institutional planning and effectiveness in the Office of Academic Affairs.
“Dr. Adamcik brings significant, varied national experience in upper higher education management, having worked with diverse constituencies at all levels of the institution,” said President Arthur C. Vailas. “As a veteran educator, she is well versed in all areas of higher education management, organization and institutional governance. Her proven successful experience in strategic planning and assessment will be important attributes as ISU moves forward.”
In her current position Adamcik works closely with the college deans on issues related to strategic planning, institutional accreditation, and specialized program accreditation; and with the State Board of Education office on approval for new academic programs. She came to ISU in 1985 to join the faculty of the College of Pharmacy. Prior to coming to ISU, she served the University of Southern California School of Medicine as a research associate and program evaluator for the USC Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine.
“This is an exciting challenge to strengthen the relationships between academic affairs and the faculty as a whole. I plan to be actively involved in all levels of faculty participation,” Adamcik said.
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Contact: Barbara Adamcik, (208) 282-5011
Barbara Adamcik Named Interim Provost at Idaho State University
POCATELLO – Barbara Adamcik has been named interim provost at Idaho State University effective June 25. Adamcik currently serves as associate vice president for institutional planning and effectiveness in the Office of Academic Affairs.
“Dr. Adamcik brings significant, varied national experience in upper higher education management, having worked with diverse constituencies at all levels of the institution,” said President Arthur C. Vailas. “As a veteran educator, she is well versed in all areas of higher education management, organization and institutional governance. Her proven successful experience in strategic planning and assessment will be important attributes as ISU moves forward.”
In her current position Adamcik works closely with the college deans on issues related to strategic planning, institutional accreditation, and specialized program accreditation; and with the State Board of Education office on approval for new academic programs. She came to ISU in 1985 to join the faculty of the College of Pharmacy. Prior to coming to ISU, she served the University of Southern California School of Medicine as a research associate and program evaluator for the USC Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine.
“This is an exciting challenge to strengthen the relationships between academic affairs and the faculty as a whole. I plan to be actively involved in all levels of faculty participation,” Adamcik said.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
‘An Opportuni-Tea’ Fundraiser for ISU Honors Program Set Saturday, April 16, at Stephens Performing Arts Center
Released by Idaho State University April 13, 2011
Contact: Kim Valenta, Student Success Center, 208-282-4132 or valekimb@isu.edu
‘An Opportuni-Tea’ Fundraiser for ISU Honors Program
Set Saturday, April 16, at Stephens Performing Arts Center
POCATELLO – “An Opportuni-Tea” for 2011, a fundraiser to build on for the Idaho State University Honors Program Endowment, is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Barbara J. Marshall Rotunda in the ISU L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Local businesses and individuals pre-purchased reserved tables for the event. “An Opportuni-Tea”will feature brief presentations from representatives of the University Honors Program, performances by current University Honors students, a silent auction, raffle items, and a delicious four-course afternoon tea complete with savories and scones.
Last May “An Opportuni-Tea” was launched, and it was a great success.
The purpose for this event is to build on the endowment fund for the ISU University Honors Program. This endowment provides additional programming, research, seminars, and faculty interaction for ISU honors students.
The ISU Honors Program is an elite academic program for students who aspire to a more engaging and enriching collegiate experience. The program synthesizes the idea of a structured learning community with an interdisciplinary curriculum. Each class is fashioned into small cohorts and led by dedicated and passionate professors who devote themselves to the development of their students.
Graduates of the program receive Idaho’s only honors degree, either the Honors Bachelor of Arts, the Honors Bachelor of Science, the Honors Bachelor of Business Administration or the Honors Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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Contact: Kim Valenta, Student Success Center, 208-282-4132 or valekimb@isu.edu
‘An Opportuni-Tea’ Fundraiser for ISU Honors Program
Set Saturday, April 16, at Stephens Performing Arts Center
POCATELLO – “An Opportuni-Tea” for 2011, a fundraiser to build on for the Idaho State University Honors Program Endowment, is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Barbara J. Marshall Rotunda in the ISU L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Local businesses and individuals pre-purchased reserved tables for the event. “An Opportuni-Tea”will feature brief presentations from representatives of the University Honors Program, performances by current University Honors students, a silent auction, raffle items, and a delicious four-course afternoon tea complete with savories and scones.
Last May “An Opportuni-Tea” was launched, and it was a great success.
The purpose for this event is to build on the endowment fund for the ISU University Honors Program. This endowment provides additional programming, research, seminars, and faculty interaction for ISU honors students.
The ISU Honors Program is an elite academic program for students who aspire to a more engaging and enriching collegiate experience. The program synthesizes the idea of a structured learning community with an interdisciplinary curriculum. Each class is fashioned into small cohorts and led by dedicated and passionate professors who devote themselves to the development of their students.
Graduates of the program receive Idaho’s only honors degree, either the Honors Bachelor of Arts, the Honors Bachelor of Science, the Honors Bachelor of Business Administration or the Honors Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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