Undergraduate Research Highlighted During April 14 Conference

Research done by more than 300 undergraduate students at Boise State will be highlighted during the fifth annual Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Conference April 14.

The conference provides Boise State undergraduate students an opportunity to share their research projects with students, faculty, staff and the public. Approximately 134 projects representing a diverse range of disciplines in the sciences, engineering and the arts will be on display.

Research presentations will run from 1-4 p.m. in several areas on the 2nd floor of Boise State’s Student Union Building:

Also, winners of the President's Writing Award will be reading portions of their entries from 1-1:30 p.m. in the Jordan Ballroom.

Pat Shannon Named COBE Dean

Pat ShannonBoise State has named longtime faculty member Pat Shannon dean of the College of Business and Economics, an internationally accredited business school.

Shannon (left) has served the college for more than 30 years, including two years as interim associate dean and three years as chair for the Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management (formerly Networking, Operations and Information Systems). Shannon also has consulted with many Idaho-based businesses, teaches seminars on project management through the Center for Professional Development and has been heavily involved in Boise State’s Executive MBA program.

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In This Issue

  1. Undergraduate Research in the Spotlight
  2. COBE Dean Named
  3. Human Resource Services
  4. STOMP Discount Offer
  5. Fulbright Lecture
  6. Student Recreation
  7. Arbiter Recognized
  8. Campus Crime Log
  9. Faculty and Staff in Action
New Horizons in Education

Tim Egan

New York Times Columnist

Guest Host: Marc Johnson

Friday, 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. on NPR News 91

Beyond The Blue

Electrical engineering professor Jim Browning is the lead researcher on a grant worth about $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Defense for a three-year study on a microwave-type device called a cross-field amplifier.

HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

BSU Mediation Program Overview Offered April 8

A free session on Boise State’s mediation services will be offered from 11 a.m.-noon April 8 in Room 210 of the Simplot/Micron Center. The service is offered campuswide for workplace disputes through a cooperative program and partnership with the university’s Conflict Management Program and Human Resource Services.

Join presenters Suzanne McCorkle, director of dispute resolution, and Human Resource Services’ Debi Alvord and Andy Cover as they provide an overview of Boise State’s mediation program and how you can take advantage of this valuable resource on campus.

Mediation is a voluntary, informal and confidential method for addressing employee-related disputes. This service is available to all Boise State employees at no charge. Mediators do not make decisions for the parties, nor do they report on the substance or specific outcome of mediation to the supervisors or Human Resource Services with the exception of performance-based issues.

FY09 Local Budget Procedures Session Offered

The Budget Office will hold one final session for FY09 Local Budget Procedures from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 210 of the Simplot/Micron Center. If you are interested in attending, register online at cedar.boisestate.edu/hrs/workshops/login.asp or via e-mail at HRTrainingDevelopment@boisestate.edu

The workshop will cover: What is a local budget? What a local budget is not (budget vs. fund balance). How to use the FY09 local budget templates and related subjects. If there are less than eight people signed up for the session, the Budget Office will cancel the class and work individually with those who signed up.

MORRISON CENTER

Discount Tickets for ‘Stomp’ Offered to BSU Employees

STOMP!Discount tickets to the Morrison Center production of “Stomp” are being offered to Boise State employees as part of the Fred Meyer Broadway In Boise series May 30-June 1. Visit the Morrison Center Web site for selected group discount night information. Discounted prices are $42.75, $39.25 and $27 and include all fees.

“Stomp” is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and appeals to audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews, and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight‑member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. As USA Today says, “STOMP finds beautiful noises in the strangest places.”

For additional information visit stomponline.com. To purchase discounted tickets before the general public, take the following steps. Log on to broadwayacrossamerica.com/groupsales/. Enter the password stateofidaho. Follow the prompts to complete the order. The deadline to order is April 16.

On Our Campus

Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford to Speak April 10

Mark Maguire, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, will talk about “Migration and Bio-Surveillance: Irish and Other Examples,” from 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 10 in the Albertsons Library McCain Room. Maguire’s lecture is free and open to the public.

If you have passed through an airport recently you will have left your fingerprints and a digital version of your face behind. Biometric security is one of the core responses to the threat of terrorism, but it is also a central pillar of immigration policy, border control, e-government and social security.

STUDENT RECREATION CENTER

Outdoor Program Plans April Events

The Student Recreation Center has announced the following April activities for members of the Boise State community:

• Multi-Day River Trip Planning — 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Outdoor Program. Free. Learn how to efficiently plan a multi-day river trip. This session will cover food buys and prep, transportation, shuttles, land management regulations, equipment rentals, and the best camp sites and hikes on the river section you are running. Register at rec.boisestate.edu/outdoor/specialty/index.cfm. For more information, call Geoff Harrison at ext. 6-1946 or e-mail gharriso@boisestate.edu.

• Multi-Day River Trip Menu Planning and Camp Cooking — 7-9 p.m. April 9. Outdoor Program. Free. Learn to cook gourmet food while camping in the outdoors. This clinic will teach you the tricks of the pros while emphasizing outdoor kitchen safety. Bring your questions and appetite. Register at rec.boisestate.edu/outdoor/specialty/index.cfm. For more information, call Geoff Harrison at ext. 6-1946 or e-mail gharriso@boisestate.edu.

• Standard First Aid with AED (adult CPR included) — 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. April 12 and 18. Student Recreation Center Classroom. $45. Registration continues until 5 p.m. April 9 for April 12 and until 5 p.m. April 15 for April 18. This eight-hour (with lunch break) class gives individuals the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for breathing emergencies, perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) for victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Additionally, you will learn the skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illness until advanced medical personnel arrive. All participants who pass the class will receive American Red Cross certifications in adult CPR, AED and standard first aid. Register at rec.boisestate.edu/services/response/events.cfm. For more information, call Tyson Langeliers at ext. 6-5664 or e-mail TysonLangeliers@boisestate.edu.

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Student Newspaper

‘Arbiter’ Wins Awards

Boise State’s independent student newspaper, The Arbiter, was recognized with several awards for its advertising, podcasts and online presence. The paper won the following awards:

From the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers conference

Associated Collegiate Press Awards

Communication professor Dan Morris is The Arbiter’s adviser. Brad Arendt is the general manager.

CRIME LOG

Crime SceneWeekly Crime Log

The Crime Log has not yet returned from spring break.


Faculty & Staff In Action

Don Winiecki, associate professor in the Instructional & Performance Technology Department and adjunct professor of sociology, recently had a paper titled “An Ethnostatistical Analysis of Performance Measurement” published in the journal Performance Improvement Quarterly. The paper draws upon a multi-sited ethnographic study of call centers and identifies and analyzes the social foundations of employee evaluation practices.

Jack Rahmann, Student Union director, presented a workshop at the annual meeting of the Association of College Unions International in New Orleans. His workshop was titled “Sustainabilty in College Unions: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.”

Mary Stohr, criminal justice, was the recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Minorities and Women Sections Evelyn Gilbert Unsung Hero Award. The award is in recognition of service to the section and the academy that has enhanced the status of minorities and women as criminologists, criminal justice academics and professionals.

Provost Sona Andrews was quoted in an Idaho Statesman story on how proposed fee increases could affect students. The story was picked up by the wire and ran in a number of other outlets inside and outside of Idaho. Andrews also wrote an opinion piece on the university's Finish in Four program that appeared in today's Statesman.

Tom Trusky, English, and head of the Idaho Film Collection, presented the newly restored Nell Shipman film, "The Grub-Stake" (1922), March 31 in the Mary Pickford Auditorium at Claremont/McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. Trusky introduced the DVD-projected film, which was accompanied by the Bijoux Orchestrette of Indian Valley, and presided over a Q&A session following the screening.

Jim Browning, electrical engineering, was quoted in an Idaho Statesman story on an $800,000 grant he recently received to study a device called a cross-field amplifier.

A piece co-written by psychology professor Charles Honts titled “Psychophysiological mechanisms in deception detection: A theoretical overview” was published in Polygraph. Honts also gave an invited address titled “The polygraph: Misrepresented, misunderstood, and misused” at the Psychology and Law Lecture Series at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif.

Greg Hampikian, biology and criminal justice, gave an invited talk on advanced DNA casework on March 30 at the Innocence Network Conference at the Santa Clara School of Law. Two criminal justice graduate students who work with Hampikian won travel grants through the Angora Ridge Foundation to attend the meetings. Nikki Gerhard and Ginny Hatch met with forensic experts from around the country to work on Idaho Innocence Project cases. Pictured with the Boise State group are Innocence Project Founders Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld and Gayle and Dan Weinberg, who are on the board of the Angora Ridge Foundation.

Innocence Network Conference

Hampikian, back center, poses with (from left) Ginny Hatch, Barry Scheck, Nikki Gerhard,
Gayle Weinberg, Peter Neuufeld and Dan Weinberg.

Local News Sources:

The Idaho Statesman - The Idaho Press Tribune - The Boise Weekly - The Arbiter - Boise State Radio

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