NATIONAL SKILLS AWARD
Boise State Student Wins National Award, Trip to Switzerland
Boise State student Josh Bovey won a national award earlier this year and earned a 10-day, all-expense-paid trip to Switzerland from the Swiss government.
Bovey will graduate in December with an applied science bachelor’s degree in machine tool technology from the Larry Selland College of Applied Technology. He won the Gold Medal in the Precision Machining contest at the SkillsUSA National Championships earlier this summer in Kansas City, Mo. The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. More than 5,000 students competed in 87 separate events this year.
The annual weeklong event is sponsored entirely by industry and is attended by corporate representatives, universities and military service recruiters, as well as competitors from every state.
HOMECOMING 2007
'Bronco Nation Roundup' Features Parade, Contests, Reunions
Homecoming week kicks off Sept. 8 with activities for alumni, Bronco fans and the whole family. This year’s “Bronco Nation Roundup” culminates when the Broncos take on Wyoming on Sept. 15 on the blue turf. The full schedule is available here.
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT CELEBRATION
Celebrate Rumi’s 800th Birthday at the Morrison Center
The Department of Philosophy at Boise State and Montaña Azul will celebrate the 800th birthday of the Persian poet Rumi with a reading by Coleman Barks at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Morrison Center. Tickets are $30 general, $20 for Boise State faculty and staff and $10 for students through Select-a-Seat.
Preferred seating, including a reception with Barks on Sept. 14, is $80. The reception includes a book signing, entertainment, a tea ceremony and food. Preferred seating tickets are available through Spirit at Work, (208) 388-3884 or by visiting www.spiritatworkbooks.com. Proceeds benefit the Department of Philosophy.
GETTING WARMER?
The
full list of Boise State trivia is available at the special 75th
Anniversary Web site.
Student life was made easier in 1965 with the installation of a copy machine. Advertised as a time-saving device, the cost was 20 cents per copy.
Funds That Could Bring Geothermal Heat Expansion System To Campus Move Forward
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo has obtained committee approval for federal funding in a Senate bill that could allow the city of Boise’s Public Works Department to expand the use of geothermal heat and potentially carry it across the Boise River for use at Boise State.
Crapo designated $250,000 in the fiscal year 2008 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The funding must still be approved by the full Senate, but final passage is expected.
“This initial appropriation is an important step forward in the installation of geothermal heating on the Boise State campus,” said President Bob Kustra. “When the overall project is completed, it will provide a significant benefit to Boise State for heating our expanding infrastructure in a locally available, sustainable manner. The availability of geothermal heating also offers our faculty and students new research opportunities.”
The city of Boise’s geothermal system is the largest direct use geothermal system in the United States. The city finished a major improvement on its geothermal system in January that injects all the used water directly back into the aquifer. The preliminary plan at Boise State would be to connect seven existing buildings to the system. Once fully utilized, the pipeline extension would have the capacity to serve more than 2 million square feet of campus buildings.
MORRISON CENTER
Free Showing of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ Scheduled Sept. 6
A free showing of the hit comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
will be shown at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Morrison Center for the
Performing Arts. The movie is presented by the Morrison Center and 94.9 FM
The River. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is the movie that inspired the
hit Broadway musical “Spamalot.”
“Spamalot” will be performed in the Morrison Center Oct. 31 and Nov. 3 as part of the Fred Meyer Broadway in Boise series.
Moviegoers are encouraged to dress as their favorite Holy Grail character and have a chance to win “Spamalot” tickets and memorabilia. The first 80 people will receive free “Spamalot” coconuts. A short educational film on “How To Use Your Coconuts” along with three “Mindless Sing-Alongs” will start the evening off on the right foot.
Tickets are not required to attend the movie. Free parking is available in the BSU general parking area or garage located behind the Morrison Center. “Spamalot” tickets will be on sale in the lobby. Tickets will go on sale at outlets Sept. 7.
