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Faculty Artist Series Features Pianist Del Parkinson
Pianist and music professor Del Parkinson will perform a concert, “The Final Bow,” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 and 4 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Morrison Center Recital Hall. Admission is $5 general, $3 seniors and free to students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff.
“The Final Bow” will feature selections from Chopin’s “Funeral March Sonata,” Ravel’s “Pavane for a Princess,” Rachmaninoff’s “Elegy” and Liszt’s “Dance of Death.”
Parkinson recently release his seventh CD, “Rachmaninoff: Music for Two Pianos,” on the Tantara label. For more information about the concert, call ext. 6-1596.
The
full list of Boise State trivia is available at the special 75th
Anniversary Web site.
The first U.S. commercial air flight was an airmail flight in 1926 from Pasco, Wash., to Boise on Varney Air Lines, predecessor of United Airlines. The dirt landing strip was where Bronco Stadium is now. The airfield was later used to train pilots for the Civil Pilot Training Program. More than 700 pilots had been trained by January 1942.
Inaugural Idaho Women’s Music Festival Scheduled Friday
The Boise State Women’s Center will host the inaugural Idaho Women’s Music Festival from 6-10 p.m. this Friday in the Special Events Center. The event will feature a great lineup of Idaho’s female musicians including Rochelle Smith, Wendy Matson, and Niccole Bayley and Mo Kelly. Tickets are $8 for students and $10 general; profits will support the Women’s Center. Tickets will be available at the door or at the Women’s Center. Call ext. 6‑4259 for more information.
Health Screenings Scheduled July 27
Wellness Services will offer health screenings from 7-9 a.m. July 27 in the Bishop Barnwell Room of the Student Union. Screening offerings include a cardiac risk testing (12 hours of fasting are required), body composition/heart rate/blood pressure screening (a $10 fee is required), a question-and-answer opportunity with a nutritionist, and chair massages. Cash and checks will be accepted. Contact Wellness Services at ext. 6-5686 or wellness@boisestate.edu to register. The cardiac risk screenings are for employees only. Students can receive this service at the Health & Wellness Center at a low cost. All other screening services are available to students.
Administration Building Room 110 to Handle Client Services
Effective immediately, Room 102 of the Registrar’s Office in the Administration Building is officially closed to client traffic. Room 110, now the Registrar’s BroncoWeb Help Center, will handle all incoming client services to the Registrar’s Office as well as the BroncoWeb Help Center. All phone numbers (ext. 6-4249, ext. 6-4980 and ext. 6-2932) that the campus community is accustomed to using in order to contact Registrar’s Office staff are still operational and will be routed via a phone queuing system to the newly combined office. Faculty and staff are reminded to direct students to Room 110 in the Administration Building to speak with the Registrar’s Office staff.
Boise State Offers New Graduate Certificate Program in Human Performance Technology
A new graduate certificate in human performance technology will be offered starting fall semester by the Department of Instructional and Performance Technology. The Office of the State Board of Education recently approved the new graduate certificate program.
The graduate certificate in HPT is intended for students who want to increase their skills and credentials in HPT without completing a full master’s degree at this time in their careers. The program emphasizes the practical application of process models, tools, and techniques to workplace performance improvement situations.
The 16-credit program will be made up of four existing master’s degree courses (IPT529 Needs Assessment, IPT530 Evaluation Methodology, IPT536 Foundations of IPT, and IPT560 Human Performance) that are delivered both on campus and online.
The four certificate courses would apply if the student chooses to pursue the master’s degree in IPT in the future. For more information call ext. 6-1312 or visit http://ipt.boisestate.edu/hptcertificate.htm.
July 18 is the Deadline to Enroll for Fall 2007 Semester
July 18 is the deadline for degree-seeking students to submit admission materials to attend Boise State for the fall 2007 semester.
Students must meet the deadline if they plan to take more than seven credits or apply for federal financial aid. For more information, contact the Boise State New Student Information Center at ext. 6-1820 or go online at http://admissions.boisestate.edu.
Idaho Small Business Development Center Offers Workshops for High-Growth Businesses
The Idaho Small Business Development Center, based at Boise State, is offering two workshops throughout the state aimed at helping high-growth businesses that are struggling with profitability.
The workshops are part of a special project to help small- and medium-sized, high-growth companies in Idaho maximize profitability by streamlining their operations using integrated software solutions.
Workshop presenter Jeff Fletcher has more than 20 years’ experience in business consulting, operations management, product development, manufacturing and product support. Having worked in high-growth environments at a Fortune 500 company as well as a small start-up, Fletcher is well acquainted with the challenges of managing profitable growth.
Story From 'Idaho Review' Selected for Two Prestigious Publications
Rick Bass’ short story “Goats,” which was included in Boise State’s 2007 “Idaho Review,” has been selected for inclusion in the “Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2008” and “New Stories from the South 2008.”
“Getting one of our original stories reprinted in these distinguished prize anthologies is a top honor,” said Mitch Wieland, director of Boise State’s MFA in creative writing program and the founding editor of the “Idaho Review.” “The editors at these anthologies read thousands of published stories each year and select only the top handful as their best of the year choices.”
This is not the first time the “Idaho Review” has been singled out for national distinction. Eight stories from the first eight issues have been reprinted in “The Best American Short Stories,” “Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards,” “The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses,” and “New Stories from the South.” The “Idaho Review” has had another 17 stories short-listed for prize anthologies.
“This is the literary equivalent of winning the Fiesta Bowl for us,” Wieland said. “We like to compare the ‘Idaho Review’ to our scrappy Broncos, going up against the big boys and holding our own. Our funding and staffing is far less than most of the big-time magazines and journals we compete against. We’re amazed at our track record.”
The current issue of the “Idaho Review” is available at the Boise State Bookstore, or by calling 1-800-992-8390, ext. 1362.
Boise State Offers Free ESL Classes in Canyon County
Boise State will offer free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes this summer at the Canyon County Center in Nampa. New and returning students can register from 1-6:30 p.m. July 9-12 in Room 121 at the center, 2407 Caldwell Blvd.
Registration takes about two hours. Those who are registering will need to provide their address, phone number and date of birth. ESL classes are offered at various levels, from beginning through advanced. They are free and open to any adult living in the United States who needs to improve his or her new language skills.
For more information, call 562-2014. Classes are offered by the Learning Center for Adult Basic Education.
FROM THE PARKING DESK
Bronco Circle Restrictions Now in Effect
Beginning this week, Bronco Circle will be one way from the Kinesiology Building west to University Drive. There will be no parking along this area. Beginning July 15, the west stadium parking lot will be closed for sweeping. All vehicles must be removed from these lots by 4 p.m. that day. Vehicles remaining in the lot will be relocated at the owner’s expense. Portions of the west stadium lot will be closed throughout the week of July 15-21 for restripping.
IN MEMORIAM
Former Professors King, Meyer Pass Away
Emeritus professors Jay King and Carroll Meyer passed away earlier this month. King, 69, passed away in Santa Fe, N.M., on July 7 and Meyer passed away on July 4 in Boise.
King taught developmental writing in the English Department. He was the author of "Demystifying Writing: Taking the Mystery Out Of the Writing Process." Meyer was a pianist and professor of music for 37 years. He began teaching at Boise Junior College in 1948 and retired in 1985. Contributions in Meyer’s memory can be made to the Carroll Meyer Memorial Piano Scholarship Fund, in care of the Boise State Foundation. Boise State extends its sympathies to both families.
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