CAMPUS REC
Beat Pete Event Raises $15,000 for General Scholarship Fund
The inaugural Beat Coach Pete 5K Race for Student Scholarships raised about $15,000 for the Boise State general scholarship fund as nearly 750 runners and walkers participated April 5. The event was presented by Boise State Campus Recreation and Nike.
Bronco football coach Chris Petersen had pledged a $5 donation for every runner who beat his time. Kinesiology professor and two-time luge Olympian Werner Hoeger matched the offer. In the end, 23 people topped Hoeger’s 18-minute time while 322 beat Petersen’s 25:52 clocking. Both individuals made larger donations with Hoeger contributing $500 and Petersen $2,000 for the cause.
In an additional challenge from the Office of the President, the Office of Student Affairs handily won the contest for the highest percentage of college or unit participants. Student Affairs will be treated to a weekday reception in the brand new skysuite facility in Bronco Stadium this fall.
A slide show of the Beat Pete event is online.
RESEARCH MATTERS
Division of Research Features Mullner, Baker on Web Site
Materials
Science and Engineering professor Peter Mullner and Center for Health Policy Director
Ed Baker are featured in new postings on the Division of Research Web site.
Mullner and graduate student Mike Hagler are featured in a new segment of the “Research Matters” video series. To play the new segment, go to the Boise State University home page and click on the “Research Matters” button, or go to the Division of Research Web site.
Baker’s research involving climbers on Mount Denali is featured in an “In the Spotlight” article on the Division of Research home page. The research was published in the current issue of the journal, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine.
Baker teamed with physicians from the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho on a two-year study of climbers on Mount Denali to determine whether there was a relationship between acute mountain sickness and carbon monoxide levels in climbers’ blood. Their study is titled “Carbon Monoxide Exposure on Denali: Comparing the 2004 and 2005 Climbing Seasons.”
International Programs
Guidelines for Developing a Memorandum of Understanding Available
The International Programs Office has posted guidelines for how to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with an institution of higher education or organization outside of the United States. An administrative process checklist, faculty considerations and a list of Boise State’s current partner universities are available online.
COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN
Faculty, Staff Asked to Complete Survey
Friday is the last day to take the electronic survey on the university's comprehensive campaign. In an attempt to gauge campus awareness of the campaign, we are asking faculty and staff to take a few minutes to complete this short survey. All answers will remain confidential. Those who complete the survey by April 10 will be entered into a drawing for a variety of prizes ranging from tote bags to Starbucks gift cards.
Events on Our Campus
Andrew Joron, Kevin Kiely Featured in MFA Reading Series
Two poets will give readings as part of the MFA Reading Series: Andrew Joron will speak at 7:30 p.m. April 11, and Kevin Kiely will read at 7:30 p.m. May 2. Both readings will be in the Student Union Farnsworth Room and are free and open to the public.
Joron initially wrote as a science fiction poet, but after publishing “Science Fiction” in 1992, his work moved towards late surrealism and textual poetry. He is the author of several works, including “The Cry at Zero: Selected Prose,” “Neo-Surrealism: Or, The Sun At Night,” “Fathom,” which was one of the Village Voice’s top 25 books of 2003, “The Removes: The Outside House Series,” and “Terminal Velocities.” Joron also translated the Marxist-Utopian philosopher Ernst Bloch’s literary essays.
Diverse Perspectives Film Series Wraps Up With ‘A Dream in Doubt’
Boise State will screen the film “A Dream in Doubt” at 5:30 p.m. April 15 in the Student Union Lookout Room and at 10:30 a.m. April 19 at Boise State West, Room 102E. Both screenings are free and open to the public.
“A Dream in Doubt” focuses on Sikh Americans living in Phoenix, Ariz., in a close-knit community of families who experienced a wave of frightening hate crimes in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Rana Singh Sodhi, a 36-year-old Indian immigrant, finds his life forever altered by the terror attacks, not because he knew any victims of the attack, but because his turban and beard became symbols of the terrorists who attacked America. Rana’s eldest brother, Balbir — who also was bearded and wore a turban —was America’s first post-9/11 hate crime murder victim, gunned down at his gas station by a man who claimed he was rooting out a terrorist. “A Dream in Doubt” will be presented at 10 p.m. May 13 on Idaho Public Television on the Emmy Award–winning PBS series “Independent Lens,” hosted by Terrence Howard. The Idaho screenings are sneak previews.
IN Our Community
Choral Groups Join Forces for Concert at University Christian Church on April 26
The final concert of the academic year for the Boise State choral groups will be at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at University Christian Church, 1801 University Drive. Admission is $5 general, $3 seniors, free to students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This concert will showcase many of the department’s choral groups, including the Meistersingers, University Singers and Vox Angelis. The concert’s featured piece will be “Gloria” by John Rutter for choir, brass and percussion. Brass is under the direction of professors Marcellus Brown and David Mathie, and percussion is under the direction of John Baldwin. The department chair, Mark Hansen, will be the organist for this piece.
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
Art Exhibit Features Work of High School Students Earning College Credit from Boise State
Boise State's Concurrent Enrollment Program, in partnership with Kuna, Meridian and Skyview high schools, is hosting a student art exhibit April 4-25 at the Hispanic Cultural Center Art Gallery, 315 Stampede Drive in Nampa. The public is invited to a reception from 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, April 25.
The high schools have selected the best artwork by their Art I and Art II students for inclusion in the juried exhibition. Some of the participating students enrolled in the art classes are also gaining university credits through Boise State. Art instructors are Jessica Tookey, Kuna High; Anne Henneman, Meridian High; and Gary Olson, Skyview High.
HONORS COLLEGE
Students Participate in Annual Boise Cut-Off for Locks of Love
Would you like to help a child in need? Is your hair 10 inches or longer? Are you looking for a new hairstyle that you can get for free? If the answer is yes, then join the students from the Honors College at their 7th Annual Boise Cut-Off to benefit Locks of Love April 19. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces for children suffering from medical hair loss.
The Honors College's Boise Cut-Off will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Beehive Salon at 610 South 15th St. Professional stylists will be available cut the hair of about 20 people. Adults and children alike are welcome to participate. Please make advance appointments by calling Tabatha Carroll at (406) 660-0072.
CHEMISTRY
Charlier, Students Make Presentations at National Meeting
Three Boise State undergraduate students presented their research at the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, the premier professional gathering for chemists, in New Orleans this week.
Chemistry professor Henry Charlier co-authored the posters presented to the gathering by students Christopher Ewing, Briana Flaherty and Matthew Mayer. Students Angelo Romano and Jasmine Furnish were also listed as authors on one of the posters.
Ewing's poster presentation at the Division of Medicinal Chemistry Poster session on Sunday—where he "presented alongside of drug companies and Ph.D.'s and did very well," according to Charlier, was entitled "Carbonyl Reductase Inhibition as a Means to Increase Anthracycline Efficacy." His presentation also unveiled data for new patent applications resulting from the research.
Flaherty presented her poster entitled, "Construction and Preliminary Characterization of Polyhistidine Tagged Phosphotriesterase." She presented Monday at the undergraduate poster session.
Mayer also presented his poster at the undergraduate poster session on Monday. His poster entitled "Binary and Ternary Complexes Involving Small Molecules and Carbonyl Reductase" was selected as a Top Undergraduate Poster by the Division of Geochemistry. He received a cash award and a one-year membership to the Division of Geochemistry.
Also, professor and chemistry department chairman Clifford LeMaster and Sean Ruettgers, the department's computer specialist and chemistry computer laboratory manager, presented the department's poster "Alternative Assessment Methods in Upper Division Chemistry Courses: Benefits to Students, Faculty, and the Department."
YOUR HEALTH
Campus Community Invited to Health Screening April 17
Health, Wellness and Counseling Services is offering a free health screening from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 17 in the Farnsworth Room at the Student Union. This screening opportunity will bring together the best practices in integrative medicine today to inform staff, faculty and students about how to take responsibility for their health care. A holistic lifestyle assessment, strengths and weaknesses assessment and referrals to a variety of wellness programming will also be available. Employees and students will find the information, video and activities stimulating. Steps for improving health will be provided. For more information, contact Karla West at kwest@boisestate.edu
