NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFICE
National Scholarship Awards and Record Enrollment in Education Abroad
Two Boise State students have received significant scholarship funding for upcoming education abroad participation.
Jordan Park, a junior philosophy major, received a $7,000 Freeman-Asia scholarship for his upcoming study abroad at Hosei University in Tokyo. Boise State has a bilateral exchange agreement with Hosei University and six students from Hosei will study at Boise State for the 2007-08 academic year.
Kim Price, a senior English teaching major, has received a $5,000 Freeman-Asia Award and a $2,500 Benjamin A. Gilman study abroad scholarship for her fall 2007 studies in Chengdu, China. She will study Chinese language and culture with the University Studies Abroad Consortium program.
The primary goal of the Freeman-Asia award is to encourage U.S. undergraduate students to study in East and Southeast Asia. The Gilman scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students with significant financial need to participate in study abroad programs worldwide. Both scholarships are administered by the Institute for International Education.
Study abroad enrollment at Boise State has reached a record high. Nearly 150 students participated in education abroad programs for the 2006-07 academic year, up from 23 students who studied overseas in 2000. Students should be aware that most federal financial aid can be used for program costs, and Boise State credit is earned for program participation. Contact International Programs for more information at ext. 6-3652.
BOOKSTORE/BRONCO SHOP
Great Gifts for Father’s Day
June 17 is just around the corner – shop now for great Dad’s Day gifts. There’s something for every dad in-store and online. Get Dad all of the Bronco logo golf gear he needs, including golf towels, hat clip and ball markers, golf balls, golf head covers, golf putter covers and golf bags. Also available are new Nike 2007 sideline coach’s polos. Visit www.broncoshop.com for more great gift ideas.
Clearance Sale at the Bookstore
Receive an additional 25 percent off the lowest marked clearance
price on all red-lined merchandise, including Fiesta Bowl
championship merchandise. Come in while supplies last.
BOISE STATE WRITING PROJECT
Boise State Writing Project Kicks Off Summer Sessions
The Boise State Writing Project is under way on campus, with 100 teachers from around the state participating in four programs this summer.
The BSWP is a successful offshoot of the National Writing Project, a national effort to improve writing in the United States by providing the resources teachers need to help their students, including leadership, programs and research. There are currently NWP programs in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Summer Institute workshops, teachers present their most effective practices and immerse themselves in writing as part of a “train the trainer” approach. They are then encouraged to work with other teachers to share their insights. Fellows are also charged with creating projects in their schools or communities to benefit students and/or parents.
Jeffrey Wilhelm, a Boise State associate professor of English and director of Idaho’s NWP center, is responsible for creating the Boise State program. He established a similar NWP site in 1997 at the University of Maine that involved hundreds of teachers and had a significant impact on the teaching of literacy in the state.
Teachers from all levels, kindergarten to university, attend the BSWP.UPWARD BOUND TONIGHT
Join Upward Bound Students Tonight for Discussion on Rwanda and Help Start a Children’s Library
Tonight,
faculty, staff and students are welcome to join students in the
Upward Bound program as they listen to a talk by photographer
Kim Bakarani about Rwanda from 7-9 p.m. in the Bishop Barnwell
Room. Bakarani, who hails from Idaho, has lived in Rwanda and
is married to a Tutsi. She is in Idaho raising money and collecting
donations for a traveling children’s library that will move from village to
village, loaning the books to kids.
Children’s book donations are welcome. For more information about the event or how to donate books, call Tia Short at 890-9441.
Forty-three Upward Bound students from Nampa and Caldwell high schools are spending part of their summer learning, writing and helping the community. Students from the federally funded program went to the Boise Rescue Mission on Monday (right) and helped the staff sort socks, stock bread, pick up deliveries of clothes and stuff bags to be used at a fundraiser.
The Boise Rescue Mission project was one of many that will be completed by the Upward Bound students during the summer. Students will play bingo with veterans at the VA home, cook and serve a meal for the underprivileged during their annual “Friendship Feast,” clean up the Lake Lowell area, and volunteer with the Bells for Books program.
BYTES, BYTES AND MORE BYTES
June Issue of BroncoBytes is Now Available
The
June issue of BroncoBytes, the online newsletter of the OIT Help
Desk, is now available. This month’s issue features a notice on
upcoming support changes for computer and printer repairs, recommended
updates for GroupWise and Novell Client software, and information
on how to use and customize the new Windows Internet Explorer
7 Web browser.
Also highlighted are two new university computer management tools, Barracuda and FaceTime. Barracuda has drastically reduced the amount of junk e-mail (spam) received by the university, and has several features allowing individuals to view any messages blocked as spam online. FaceTime monitors university computers and detects spyware infections.
BroncoBytes is always available via the Help Desk’s Web site.
PROMOTION
Kaylor Named Career Center Director
Debbie Kaylor, associate director of
employment services with the Career Center, has been promoted
to director of the center. Kaylor will replace Dick Rapp, Career Center director
and associate vice president for student affairs, on June 17. Rapp will retire
at the end of this month after 37 years of service to the university.
STUDENT UNION EXPANSION
Building to be Closed Aug. 4-12
As part of the Student Union expansion and renovation construction project, the Student Union will be closed to the public Aug. 4-12 for a power upgrade. Other changes include the following:
- The SUB’s west main entrance manual doors are open for pedestrian traffic, and the west main driveway is for delivery vehicles only.
- With the exception of the Aug. 4-12 closure, the Games Center entrance will remain open through Dec. 7.
- Beginning June 25, the SUB parking lot, back loading dock and northeast entrance (near the New Student Information Office) will be closed.
- The SUB will be closed to all staff and deliveries Aug. 4-10.
- From Aug. 6-Nov. 7, construction on the exterior stairs on the southwest corner will take place.
- From Nov. 5-Feb. 1, 2008, the Jordan Ballroom will be closed for upgrades. All other meeting rooms will be available. Contact Conference Services for reservation information at ext. 6-1677.
In
honor of this being Boise State's 75th Anniversary year, we present a new
feature: 75th Anniversary Trivia. The full list is available at the special 75th
Anniversary Web site.
The Bronco mascot was chosen during BJC’s first year because students wanted something that reflected Boise’s western location, and because so many wild horses roamed the nearby Owyhee Canyonlands. In 1936 students began the tradition of creating a papier mâche horse (which they named Elmer) and burning it after the Homecoming game.
REMINDER: IDAHO ISSUES ONLINE NOW AVAILABLE
Public Policy Journal Looks at Schools
The latest edition of Idaho Issues Online is available at www.idahoissues.com. Education continues to be a hot-button topic across Idaho, and this issue looks at how concerns ranging from high-stakes testing to accountability threaten to overwhelm educators.
Idaho Issues Online features informed scholarly research and short profiles of significant people working on or embroiled in the issues surrounding education. Feature articles offer an in-depth look at No Child Left Behind legislation, rural education challenges, interpreting the results of high stakes testing, achievement vs. learning, the need for more math and science teachers, and more.
The online public policy journal is produced by Boise State’s Center for Idaho History and Politics. Published twice a year by the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, its goal is to foster critical thinking about political and historical problems of vital importance to voters and policymakers.HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES
Web Training
Human Resource Services Training and Development will offer the following Web training classes led by Skip Knox, university Web master. Classes are open to all faculty and staff on campus for no charge. Employees attending these workshops must have a university active directory (Web) account. No one will be admitted who does not have this account prior to the beginning of the workshop. Materials and descriptions for these workshops are available online at: http://www.boisestate.edu/webcenter/workshops/
Registration is available online at http://cedar.boisestate.edu/hrs/workshops/ or by e-mail to hrtrainingdevelopment@boisestate.edu.
Web Workshop I
July 10, 1-4 p.m.
Academic Technologies (SMITC) Room 209
Web Workshop II
July 17, 1-4 p.m.
Academic Technologies (SMITC) Room 209
July 24, 1-4 p.m.
Academic Technologies (SMITC) Room 209
CAMPUS CRIME REPORT
Weekly Crime Log
Boise City Police and Campus Security present the weekly crime report. Read all about it
