ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Child Center’s Boazman Named Administrator of Year
Hob Boazman, director of the Boise State Children’s Center, was recently named Early Childhood Administrator of the Year by the Treasure Valley Association for the Education of Young Children at the organization’s annual Week of the Young Child celebration in Boise. The Week of the Young Child is when adults who teach and care for children are recognized across the country.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children established the Week of the Young Child in 1971 for early childhood professionals to recommit themselves to ensure that each and every child receives the type of early experiences – at home, at child care and other preschool settings, at school, and in the community – that will promote their positive development and early learning.
ALL THAT JAZZ
Boise Jazz Society to Hold Opening Event
The Boise Jazz Society has announced a kickoff gala event with a “Jazz Launch Party” from 7:30-10:30 p.m. June 24 in the lobby of the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy with live jazz performed by The New Trio. Tickets are $15, admission starts at 7:15 and seating is limited.
The Esther Simplot Academy lobby will be staged as a nightclub, complete with cocktail tables, a no-host bar, and snacks. The Jazz Launch Party audience will gather for excellent, live jazz and will learn more about the Boise Jazz Society’s mission and goals. With the support of the membership, the organization will sponsor a subscription-series of jazz concerts for the 2007-08 season featuring and nationally prominent artists.
The newly formed Boise Jazz Society is a Boise State-Boise community support organization dedicated to raising awareness of jazz as art music; promoting live jazz performances; sponsoring a jazz subscription-series of concerts presented in an intimate, jazz-club environment; enhancing educational opportunities by producing a series of lectures, workshops and master classes; and providing information to the community on local and regional jazz activities
The New Trio, led by pianist Chuck Smith and saxophonist Sandon Mayhew, will be joined by several guest artists. Heard on a number of recent recordings, this ensemble performs old and new, borrowed and blue jazz repertoire. For information on Boise Jazz Society events, contact music professor Mike Samball at ext. 6-3498BOISE STATE TRIO PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS RECEIVE MORE THAN $1 MILLION
Grants Fund Services for High School Students
Boise State was recently notified that its TRIO pre-college programs will receive $1.3 million in federal funds for fiscal year 2007. The grant includes new funding for an Upward Bound program on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and continuing funding for the Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search programs.
TRIO pre-college programs provide federally funded educational opportunities for low-income students. This year’s allocation to the Upward Bound program is a refunding of the current program, which provides services to 75 youths grades 9-12 at Nampa and Caldwell high schools. The program has been funded since 1983 and provides services such as academic preparation, service learning, career information, college visits and information and assistance in applying for scholarships for financial aid for college.
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GOT STUFF?
Remember When You Dreamed of Playing in a Band?
Do you have old CDs or records that you want to get rid of, but don’t know what to do with them? The student-run University Pulse radio station accepts donations at any time.
University Pulse will accept:
- CDs
- Records
- Microphones
E-mail Jeremy Miller for further questions at JeremyMiller1@boisestate.edu. All donations, if unable to be used by the station, may be sold at a fundraising event.
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full list of Boise State trivia is available at the special 75th
Anniversary Web site.
The Arbiter student newspaper began as The Roundup in 1933. Later it was called the University Arbiter and then the University News before settling on its current name.
Alumni Assn. Leaders Elected; Hooper Honored
The Boise State Alumni Association elected new officers and directors and honored one of its members with its fifth annual service award at the organization’s annual meeting recently.
Tom Beitia, vice president and manager/cash management with Banner Bank in Boise, was elected president of the Alumni Association. Beitia joins the following officers elected to one-year positions on the executive committee: first vice president — Travis Jensen, KMPG LLP accounting firm; second vice president — Cheryl Behr, Micron Technology; treasurer — Travis Burgess, Eide Bailly LLP accounting firm; secretary — Andrea Mihm, Sullivan & Reberger; past president — Susie Schumacher, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
INTERIM DEANS NAMED
Schooley-Pettis, McCrink, Woods Selected
Sona Andrews, provost and vice president for academic affairs, recently announced the appointment of three interim deans.
Diane Schooley-Pettis has begun serving as the interim dean of the College of Business and Economics while a search is under way to replace Howard Smith, who assumed the vice presidency of University Advancement in April. Schooley-Pettis is a professor of marketing and finance and has served as the associate dean of the college since 1999.
Beginning July 1, Vera McCrink will serve as the interim dean of the Selland College of Applied Technology upon the retirement of Larry Barnhardt and until plans are in place for the Selland College to become part of the College of Western Idaho community college. McCrink has served as the center manager for health and human services and has served as associate dean of the college since 2006.
Shelton Woods will serve as the interim dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs beginning July 1 while a search for the dean continues. Woods recently returned from a yearlong American Council on Education Fellowship where he served in the Office of the Chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. He is a professor of history and has served as associate dean of the college since 2001.
“Please join me in thanking Dr. Schooley-Pettis, Dr. McCrink and Dr. Woods for assuming the leadership role of interim dean for their colleges,” said Andrews in an e-mail to faculty and staff last week. “I also wish to thank Dr. Suzanne McCorkle for serving as the interim dean of Social Sciences and Public Affairs from January through June of this year and to Dr. Larry Barnhardt for his long term of dedicated service to the Selland College of Applied Technology. I also extend our congratulations to Dr. Howard Smith in his new role at Boise State University.”GET INVOLVED
Committees Seek Professional Staff Participation
Various campus committees are seeking professional staff representation. The following committees have vacancies that need to be filled by professional staff members:
- Affirmative Action Committee
- Bookstore Advisory Committee
- Distinguished Lecture Series Planning Committee
- Executive Budget Committee (requires budget experience with current departmental budget oversight)
- Food Service Advisory Committee
- Health and Wellness Advisory Board
- Parking Advisory Committee
- Recreation Center Board
- Safety & Security Advisory Board
- Web Page Coordinator (requires Web editing experience and editing program access)
BOOKSTORE/BRONCOTEC
Save big at the Bookstore’s Clearance Sale
Visit the Boosktore’s clearance sale located in the Student Union Fireside lounge June 26-29. Receive an additional 50 percent off the lowest marked clearance price, including Fiesta Bowl championship merchandise.
Dell Laptop Special at BroncoTEC
Visit www.dell.com/boisestate and get your academic discount on an XPS M1210 with Vista Home Premium, 1 GB memory, 80 GB hard drive, CD burner/DVD combo drive with either a one-yr warranty for $959 or a three-year warranty for $1,121. The discount is applied at the end of selection. Customers may also customize any selection. Contact BroncoTEC with questions at ext. 6-5496.
PRICES GOING UP
Student Union Audio-Visual Services Increases Rates
This spring the Student Union board of governors unanimously approved an audio-visual services rate increase for meeting room equipment and tech labor in the Student Union. The Student Union is an auxiliary service of Boise State and as such, receives no state appropriated funds. The operational costs are funded through student fees and generated revenue.
The audio-visual rate increase go into effect July 1. It is the Student Union’s intention to honor all reservations at the current rates that have been confirmed before July 1 for the period between July 1-Sept. 30. For more information, contact the Conference Services office at ext. 6-1677 or visit http://conferenceservices.boisestate.edu online.CAMPUS CRIME REPORT
Weekly Crime Log
Boise City Police and Campus Security present the weekly crime report. Read all about it
