The
full list of Boise State trivia is available at the special 75th
Anniversary Web site.
The Boise State Alumni Association was created in 1967 with 12 founding members. Dues were set at $2 per alum per year.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Football Fans Invited to Bronco Bash Tailgate Party at UW Saturday
Boise State football fans who will be making the trip to Seattle this weekend for the Boise State-Washington game are reminded that they are invited to the Alumni Association’s pre-game Bronco Bash tailgate party Saturday. Admission is $5 at the gate and includes access to a no-host bar and snacks. The event is from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PST and kickoff is at 12:30 p.m.
The event will be on the ball field on the corner of Walla Walla and Canal Road on the UW campus. The site is located adjacent to public parking and a five-minute walk from Husky Stadium. The Alumni Association’s social event at the Space Needle on Friday is sold out.
REMINDER: RUMI AT MORRISON CENTER
Renowned Scholar, Translator Coleman Barks To Read At Morrison Center
The Department of Philosophy and Montaña Azul will celebrate the 800th birthday of the Persian poet Rumi — one of the best-selling poets in the United States — 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 or by calling ext. 6-3304, ext. 6-3311 or e-mailing Peter Hodges at peterhodges@boisestate.edu.
Barks is an internationally recognized scholar, poet and translator who will be reading poems from his new book, “Rumi: Bridge to the Soul,” which will be released mid-September by Harper Collins and will be available at the event. A book signing will be from 6-7 p.m. Sept. 14 inside the Shangri-La Tearoom of Spirit at Work Books, 710 N. Orchard, Boise. The $80 reception mentioned in earlier editions of Update has been canceled.
Barks’ English translations of the 13th-century Persian scholar, philosopher, and mystic poet Maulana Jalal’ad-din Rumi are principally responsible for Rumi’s current popularity in the West. Time magazine identified Rumi as “The mystic of the century.” UNESCO declared 2007 as the “Year of Rumi,” and the international community, from Australia to Tehran to Stockholm, from Charleston to Detroit to Boise, is celebrating the 800th anniversary of Rumi’s birth.
“Rumi’s poetry is boundless and bewildering as it expands the attention inward to the evolution of the soul’s growth where one becomes an overwhelming joy in the garden of union,” said Hodges, a Boise State philosophy instructor.
Performing with Barks will be musicians Barry and Shelley Phillips (playing cello, harp, and woodwinds) from Santa Cruz, Calif., and singer Chloë Goodchild from the United Kingdom. She will open the evening accompanied by the Phillips. Goodchild’s voice has been celebrated by the Dalai Lama, composer Angelo Badalamenti, film director Jane Campion, Sting, and others.
UNIVERSITY DINING SERVICES
Commuter Meal Plans Payroll Deduction Now Available for Staff and Faculty
Full-time, benefit-eligible faculty and staff have until Sept. 14 to
take advantage of a payroll deduction plan that will allow them to enroll
in a University Dining Services commuter meal plan and have the cost deducted
from their paycheck. Employees enrolled in the plan can use their employee
ID card instead of cash to purchase meals at Table Rock Cafe, the Student
Union’s second-floor dining hall, or at retail outlets across campus.
Commuter meals plans for the 2007-08 academic year include the 22-meal ($7.36 per pay period, $132.50) or 45-meal ($14.72 per pay period, $265), or the Bronco Plan ($18.84 per pay period, $339.20) that includes both 45 meals and $75 in flex food dollars that are good in all Aramark retail food outlets. Payroll deductions will be taken over 18 pay periods ending in May 2008.
All meals are valid for one year from the date of purchase; any remaining meals will be forfeited. Any meals remaining at the time that a purchaser’s student, staff, or faculty status with Boise State is terminated will also be forfeited.
To sign up come to the Bronco Card office, or contact Tony Keife, Bronco Card office director, at ext. 6-4171.
PROVOST’S OFFICE
University Seeks Bilingual Volunteers for Emergencies
The Provost’s Office is looking to identify bilingual (or multilingual) employees willing to assist the university in the event of an emergency where translators may be needed. The university does not anticipate that such services would be needed often (if ever), but employees with interpreting skills would provide a valuable service should the need arise.
If you are interested in having your name on a volunteer list that would only be used in case of emergency situations, please send your name; office, home and cell numbers; e-mail; and languages(s) spoken to provost@boisestate.edu.
FROM THE PARKING DESK
Permits Available for New Parking Structure
The Lincoln Parking Structure located off of University Drive and Lincoln Avenue is open, and there are still about 200 reserved PS 2 permits available for purchase. The cost is $172. General permit holders who would like to upgrade to a PS 2 permit may bring their general permit into the Parking Office and will be given full credit ($92) toward the $172 PS 2 permit price. This will leave a balance of $80 for a reserved permit.
Other information from the Parking and Transportation Services includes:
- Don’t wait to park in the Administration Building lot; paid hourly parking is offered in the new parking structure from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. for $1 an hour.
- Nineteen meters have been placed behind the Public Affairs and Arts West Building south of the new Interactive Learning Center.
- Because of construction, University Drive will be closed from Manitou to Lincoln Avenue today and part of tomorrow. University Drive will reopen on Friday morning. The west side of Bronco Circle will also be closed to through traffic. The sidewalk on the north side of University Drive that is currently blocked off due to construction will be open on Friday.
- Due to the Beyoncé concert on Taco Bell Arena Sept. 10, the west Bronco Stadium general lot will be closed off starting Saturday morning. The lot will open back to general permit holders on Tuesday morning.
September 15 is the next Bronco football game with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m. Fans attending the game and Homecoming festivities are asked to remember the following:
- The lots on the east and west sides of Bronco Stadium, Bronco Circle and Cesar Chavez Lane will be closed to the public and all permit holders starting at midnight Sept. 15. All vehicles must be relocated by 5 a.m. that day or they will be cited and towed out of the lot. Bronco Athletic Association reserved permit holders will be allowed to enter the lot starting at 8 a.m.
- Most general lots south of University Drive close at 1 p.m. Sept. 15 for BAA parking. Motorists who have parked in any these lots prior to the lot closing will not have to relocate their vehicle.
- The Brady Parking Structure located by the Multipurpose Building, will open to valid permit holders at 1 p.m. Sept. 15. A $10 event parking fee will be assessed to the public or non-permit holders that day.
- To avoid congested traffic on Sept. 15, Parking and Transportation Services highly recommends motorists to enter and exit campus off of University Drive and Capital Boulevard or Lincoln Avenue and Beacon Avenue.
Call ext. 6-PARK for more information.
