State of University Address, College Meetings Slated Aug. 22

President Bob Kustra’s State of the University Address, college meetings, and the President’s Picnic on Aug. 22 will kick off the start of the fall 2007 semester as Boise State faculty and staff gear up for another academic year. The events are in conjunction with the university’s various 75th anniversary celebration events planned through August and September.

“We encourage you to participate in [these Aug. 22-23] activities as a way to meet new colleagues, exchange information, discuss ideas and start the academic year with a sense of our shared accomplishments and goals,” said Provost Sona Andrews in a campuswide e-mail. “Thank you for all that you contribute to Boise State University. We look forward to another great year.”

Faculty and staff in each college are invited to join their dean for a collegewide meeting.
Following is a schedule of events for Aug. 22-23:

Aug. 22
8:30-9:30 a.m. — College of Applied Technology meeting, ET 110
8:30-10 a.m. — College of Business and Economics meeting, B 105
9-10 a.m. — College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs meeting, Hatch Ballroom
10-11 a.m. — President Kustra’s State of the University Address, Student Union Jordan Ballroom
11 a.m.-1 p.m. — President’s Picnic, intramural field next to SUB, President Kustra invites all faculty and staff to a lunch to celebrate the start of a new academic year
1-4 p.m. College of Health Sciences meeting, Hatch A and B
1:30-2:30 p.m. — College of Arts and Sciences meeting, MP 101
1:30-4:30 p.m. — College of Engineering meeting, MEC 106
2-4 p.m. — College of Education meeting, Jordan C

Aug. 23
1:15 p.m. — Official opening of the Interactive Learning Center.
2-3 p.m. — Celebration Lecture, “Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship … All One Continuum,” by Charles Glassick, senior associate emeritus of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and co-author of “Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professionals”
3-5 p.m. — Center of Teaching and Learning grand opening reception and tours