OSHER INSTITUTE
Coach Petersen to Deliver Free Lecture May 21
Boise State University football coach Chris Petersen will share some insight into how he motivates his coaches and players during a special address at 7 p.m. May 21 in the Bronco Football Complex on the south side of Bronco Stadium.
The special lecture is the final event of the spring season for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Boise State. It is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Those interested should call ext. 6-1709 to reserve a seat. Free parking also will be provided.
Petersen, who led the Broncos to a Fiesta Bowl win and a WAC Championship during the past two seasons, will focus on the psychology he uses as he works with his coaching staff and players, and on how current technology has impacted the game of football. He will also answer questions from the audience.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a membership-based program for the adult community, offering a series of lectures, noncredit courses and special events. The institute is offered through Boise State’s Division of Extended Studies and in cooperation with local organizations. It is open to anyone who wishes to participate. Boise State recently joined other institutions across the country that have OLLI programs, including Duke, Clemson, University of California-Berkeley, Rutgers, Carnegie Mellon, Washington and Utah.
Membership includes seating at lectures in the independent lecture series and the opportunity to register for the institute’s short-term courses. Membership fees are $35 for one season. For more information about discounts for second family members and Boise State Alumni Association members or additional details, visit www.boisestate.edu/osher.
BICYCLE CONGRESS
Roadways to Bikeways Plan Unveiled, Other Plans Presented April 25
Ways that cycling can improve your life and the community will be presented at the fourth annual Community Bicycle Congress on April 25, which will feature the public unveiling of Roadways to Bikeways, a bicycle master plan for Ada County. The congress will run from 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m. in the Student Union Barnwell Room on the Boise State campus.
The Ada County Highway District will debut the nearly completed Roadways to Bikeways, an ACHD initiative designed to promote cycling and create new connections and facilities across the county.
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE
Kelley Named 2008 Outstanding Classified Employee
Larry Kelley, storekeeper for Facilities Operations & Maintenance — Central Receiving, was named Boise State’s 2008 Outstanding Classified Employee at the annual general meeting of the Association of Classified Employees.
Kelley is a 20-year employee and was recognized for a “standard of work effort that serves as an example to his peers,” for considering the “overall university impact when he deals with issues that reach across a broad spectrum of duties,” and for fostering “good community relations as it relays that Boise State cares about the community as a whole.”
Other nominees for the award also recognized at the luncheon were Gaynel Barzee, Carol Bugni, Nancy Daugherty, Lori Dawkins, Marian Graham, Rhonda Hughes, Midge Martensen and Lynda Robinson.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Nominations Accepted for Annual Distinguished Alumni Award
The Alumni Association seeks nominations for the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards to be presented during Homecoming 2008. Nominees should be graduates of Boise State who have built records of outstanding achievement within their chosen professions and have a strong connection to the university.
Access the nomination form here: http://alumni.boisestate.edu/programs/alumni_awards.asp. All nomination materials must be returned to the Boise State Alumni Association by July 1. Please feel free to contact Jennifer Wheeler (jenniferwheeler@boisestate.edu) with any questions.
Political Science
Two Students Tapped for Prestigious Minority Fellows Program
Boise State political science students Simon Tu (left) and Geneva Román (right) have been selected by the American Political Science Association for prestigious 2008-2009 Minority Fellows awards. Boise State was the only university to have more than one student selected.
The Minority Fellows program was established in 1969 in an effort to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline. APSA assists minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating on the recruitment of minorities and the retention of these groups within the profession.
The Minority Fellows Program designates up to 12 stipend minority fellows each year. Additional applicants who do not receive funds from APSA may also be recognized and recommended for admission and financial support to graduate political science programs. Fellows with stipends receive a $4,000 fellowship. Awards are based on students’ undergraduate course work, GPA, extracurricular activities, GRE scores and recommendations from faculty.
HISTORY
Speaker to Address World War II Genocide Tonight
Author Geoffrey Megargee will speak on “A Blind Eye and Dirty Hands: The Wehrmacht’s Crimes in the USSR” at 7 p.m. tonight in Room 106 of the Liberal Arts Building at Boise State. The address is free and open to the public. The Liberal Arts Building is just west of the Special Events Center.
Megargee’s lecture will focus on the links between the military campaign and genocide in the planning and execution of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi armed forces in 1941.
Megargee is the author of “War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941” and “Inside Hitler’s High Command,” which won the Society for Military History’s 2001 Distinguished Book Award. He currently serves as editor in chief for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s multi-volume “Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945” and is a presidential counselor for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
This lecture is sponsored by the Boise State Department of History and the Campus Outreach lecture program of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
MUSIC
Boise Choristers Present Their 67th Annual Spring Concert to Benefit Music Scholarships
The Boise Choristers will present their 67th annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. May 21-22 in the Morrison Center Recital Hall. Admission is free, but donations are accepted to fund scholarships for the Boise State Department of Music.
This year’s program is “Women of Note,” directed by Karma Ellsworth and accompanied by Gail Borup. All of the music for the concert is composed by, arranged by or about women. Featured are an arrangement of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem “How Do I Love Thee?” and Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
There will be entertaining songs about “Cindy,” “Mariah” and “Anna Elise” and a song to remind the audience to “Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman.” The Choristers will also feature the 2007-2008 scholarship winners Patrick Scott, baritone, and Misti Moberly, soprano.
THEATRE ARTS
Play “Two Rooms” by Lee Blessing Shows on Stage II
The Boise State Department of Theatre Arts is presenting the play “Two Rooms” at 7:30 p.m. April 24-26 and 2 p.m. April 26-27, in Stage II of the Morrison Center.
Tickets are $12 general, $10 non-Boise State students, Boise State alumni, military and seniors. Full-time Boise State students, faculty and staff receive one free ticket at the Student Union Info Desk. All tickets are available through Select-a-Seat or at the box office, which opens one hour prior to curtain. “Two Rooms” is playwright Lee Blessing’s tale of one man’s captivity and the roller-coaster ride of hope and frustration his wife endures half a world away. Michael, an American professor, has been taken hostage in Beirut. Back in the States, his wife, Lanie, awaits word of his fate. Michael is being held and tortured in a small room by Shi’ite Muslims, while Laine imposes her own form of self-inflicted torture in a second room, stripped of furnishings, that was once Michael’s den.
For more information about “Two Rooms,” visit http://theatre.boisestate.edu.
BOOKSTORE
Open House for Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day
Join the Bookstore tomorrow to celebrate Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day. The Bookstore will host an open house from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. There will be discounts throughout the store. Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day has become one of the largest workplace observances. The event is celebrated worldwide, bringing together millions of people for community events, educational seminars, social gatherings and individual corporate activities recognizing support staff with gifts of appreciation.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Cross-Cultural Expert Helps Understand People from Other Countries
International Programs and Student Housing are teaming up on a free lunch and presentation. The campus community is invited to “Understanding International People: Why do they do that? Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask,” from 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30 in the Student Union Jordan D Ballroom. The event features Ryan Larsen, a funny, engaging cross-cultural expert who will guide you through understanding people from other countries.
Enjoy free international food and free giveaways. This is a drop-in event: come when you can and leave when you need to. For more information, call ext. 6-2660.
ENGINEERING
IPT Students, Faculty Present Research in NYC
Instructional & performance technology (IPT) students and faculty presented their research earlier this month at the 2008 Performance Improvement International conference in New York City:
- Students Joanne Letourneau, Randy Kirk and Joseph Wetterling, with associate professor Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung, presented their paper, “Gilbert's Leisurely Theorems Applied to Human Performance in Health Care.”
- Chyung and student Shelley Berg presented their research paper, “Informal Learning at Work: How to Assess and Maximize Engagement.”
- Tony Marker, an IPT assistant professor, and students Marc Donelson and Brian Ronald presented their paper, “Synchronized Cause Analysis, Expanding Gilbert's BEM to Match Your Environmental Analysis.”
- Marker also presented with Camille Ferond, past-president of International Society for Performance Improvement, Europe, in a session on Performance Evaluation for Sustainable Organizations: The SOPE Model.
- IPT Associate Professor Steve Villachica and Deborah L. Stone, president & CEO of DLS Group Inc., presented their papers “10 Ways to Better Blended Learning for Knowledge Workers" and "Using CTA to Capture Expert Decision Making and Problem Solving.”
Also, IPT alumni Janet Emery ('03), David Barnes ('98), Tony Gonzales ('06), and current student Kris Benney were the recipients of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) 2008 Award for Excellence at the gathering.
COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN
Winners of Destination Distinction Survey
University Advancement thanks the many faculty and staff who made the time to answer the survey on the university’s comprehensive campaign, Destination Distinction. Your responses will help us as we continue to shape our awareness strategies. Our congratulations to the following randomly selected prizewinners:
$10 Starbucks gift cards
- Abigail Wolford, English
- Susan Fry, Information Technology and Supply Chain Management
- Rick Holm, Financial Aid and Scholarships
- James Stack, Electronic Technology
- Joan Carnosso, Nursing
- Greg Kannenberg, Bookstore
Destination Distinction tote bags and pens
- Wita Wojtkowski, Information Technology and Supply Chain Management
- Vy Boutdy, Health and Wellness Center
- Jennifer Snow-Gerono, Curriculum Instruction and Foundational Studies
- Katie Mills, New Student Information Center
MODERN LANGUAGES & LITERATURES
French and Spanish Panels Share Work at Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Conference
For the first time, a French-language panel was organized at this year’s fifth annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Conference. A crowd of about 30 students, friends, professors and members of the community gathered in the Lookout Room of the Student Union to listen to presentations pertaining to novels the speakers had read and researched in last semester’s Senior Seminar on French and Francophone (French-language) Novels of the 21st Century. André Moncheur de Rieudotte, a local Boisean born and raised in Belgium, presided as external judge to the competition.
David Haisley, a student majoring in French with an English minor, presented a paper titled “Coup de soleil comme marque du destin: La Textualisation du banal dans ‘Le Soleil de Scorta’ de Laurent Gaudé” (“Sunburn as a Mark of Destiny: Textualizing the Mundane in Laruent Gaudé’s ‘Le Soleil de Scorta’”). Megan McCutchan, who is double-majoring in French and linguistics, presented a study titled “Une Brebis déguisée en loup: ‘Parce que je t’aime’ de Guillaume Musso” (“A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing : ‘Parce que je t’aime’ by Guillaume Musso”). Double-majoring in French and political science, Rhiana Quick gave a talk titled “Une Société errante: Une Critique sociale de la désorientation dans ‘À l’abri de rien’ par Olivier Adam” (“A Wandering Society: A Critical Analysis of Displacement in ‘À l’abri de rien’ by Olivier Adam”).
CRIME LOG
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Boise City Police and Campus Security present the weekly crime report.
