Universities Work Together to Preserve
Idaho's Basque Heritage
A collection of materials relating to Basque culture and history will have
a permanent home in southern Idaho. The University of Idaho has given the
more than 3,400 volumes, housed for a number of years at the Basque Museum
and Cultural Center, to Boise State University’s Albertsons Library for its
permanent collection.
“Part of our stewardship in building collections for the University of Idaho
library is recognizing the regional impact of certain parts of our holdings,”
said Lynn Baird, dean of University of Idaho Library. “We are pleased that
Boise State University has welcomed these materials and that the collection
will remain accessible to members of the Basque Cultural Center and others
seeking to learn more about Idaho's Basque heritage.”
The University of Idaho began collecting Basque-related materials in 1964
under the leadership of alumnus Boyd Martin and then-head librarian Lee Zimmerman.
By the 1970s, the university added a course in Basque culture. When the Basque
Center was established in Boise in 1986, conversations began to pave the way
for the university’s collection to be on long-term loan. While the collection
has been housed at the Basque Center since 1995, the center no longer can
house the materials.
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President Bob Kustra Accepts Position on NCAA’s Highest Governing
Body
President Bob Kustra today accepted an appointment to the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) executive committee, the
highest governing body of the NCAA.
Composed of institutional presidents and chancellors with appointments to
various bodies responsible for overseeing NCAA-wide issues, the executive
committee is responsible for ensuring that each division operates consistently
with the basic purposes, fundamental policies and general principles of the
NCAA. Kustra’s appointment to the executive committee came as a result of
his recent appointment to the NCAA’s Division I board of directors.
As a member of the panel, Kustra will also serve on a subcommittee for football
bowl games.
Most of the quarterly meetings of the 20-member executive committee are
held in Indianapolis at NCAA headquarters.
Athletics
Behler Named New Voice of the Broncos
Bob
Behler, former radio voice for University of Massachusetts athletics, has
been named the new Voice of the Broncos for the upcoming football and basketball
seasons. Games will be aired on Peak Broadcasting radio stations, including
Boise’s KIDO.
The first game, against Idaho State, is set for Aug 30. Behler takes over
for long-time play-by-play announcer Paul J. Schneider, who announced games
for more than 30 years. Schneider will be honored during halftime of the Idaho
State game, and a Boise State scholarship fund has been set up in his name
with the school.
Behler has been the manager of broadcast properties for Massachusetts football,
men’s basketball, baseball, hockey, lacrosse and softball. A Stockton, Calif.,
native, he holds a degree in broadcast news from the University of Georgia. He’s
taken home the Best Radio Play by Play award from the Associated Press in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the last seven years straight.
Before coming to U-Mass, Behler did play by play at Bucknell and Georgia.
He’s also done work for ESPN Radio, CBS Radio, Turner Broadcasting and others.
Drum and Bugle Corps
July 9 ‘Thunder in Boise’ Relocated to Nampa
Listen to some of the top drum and bugle corps from around the nation during
the “Thunder in Boise” Drum and Bugle Corps Contest at 7:30 p.m. July 9 at
Bulldog Stadium at Nampa High School. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The annual event
is hosted by Boise State's Keith Stein Blue Thunder Marching Band. This year’s
event has been relocated from Bronco Stadium due to construction.
Competing drum corps include the Blue Devils from Concord, Calif.; the Oregon
Crusaders from Portland; the Phantom Regiment from Rockford, Ill.; the Santa
Clara Vanguard from Santa Clara, Calif.; the Spokane Thunder from Spokane;
and the Velvet Knights from Pasadena, Calif. This competition will include
precision marching and colorful routines by the corps and drill teams.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the gate. Tickets are available at
Blue Rider Music, Dorsey Music, Dunkley Music, Greif’s Music and Welch Music.
Tickets are also available at the Blue Thunder Band Office at (208) 426-1846.
There is limited free parking in the area. Concessions will be provided by
the Nampa High School Band and athletic programs.
The Keith Stein Blue Thunder Marching Band is Boise State’s marching band.
Founded in 1987, it plays at Boise State football, basketball and volleyball
games. For more information, call (208) 426-1846.
College of Applied Technology
Students Win Medals at National Competition
Three Selland College of Applied Technology students won medals at the 2008
SkillsUSA National Skills and Leadership Competition held last week in Kansas
City, Mo.
Ryan Watson earned a gold medal in Precision Machining; Eric Dahlen took
a bronze medal in CNC Turning; and Matt Wald brought home a bronze medal in
Internetworking. This is the second consecutive year that a Selland College
Machine Tool Technology student has taken first place in the Precision Machining
competition.
Boise State students Marcus Orton and Dan Baumann also won at the state
level earlier this year and participated in the national competition.
SkillsUSA is a national organization that prepares America’s workers for
careers. It provides quality educational experiences in leadership, teamwork,
citizenship and character development to more than 265,000 students nationwide
each year.
Bronco Tailgate Wagon to Benefit Make-A-Wish
Some
Selland College instructors and Boise State employees teamed up to design
and paint a “tailgating” wagon in Bronco blue and orange that will be auctioned
off at the Northwest Motorfest event on July 6. Their efforts last year raised
$3,500 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Brian Paul, auto body program instructor in the Selland College, built the
goal post and painted the wagon inside and out to match the blue turf on the
football field. Logos and numbers were painted with the help of Steve Marlatt
in the Sign Shop, who created the stencils. Bill Starkey, instructor in the
machine tool technology program, fabricated the wheel adapters, pull handle
adapter, receiver hitch and side board uprights. Bob Bouy, an employee of
Facilities Operations and Maintenance in the heat plant, did all the woodwork
— cutting, fabricating, staining and finishing. The Boise State employees
devoted hundreds of hours to the wagon.
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Risk Management
Workers’ Compensation Training
The 2008 workers’ compensation training sessions for supervisors and managers
are scheduled for July-August in the Student Union Building. These training
sessions are sponsored by the Division of Risk Management and Insurance and
are taught by a representative from Boise State’s workers’ compensation insurance
company, the State Insurance Fund. Four sessions will be offered:
Four-hour session: For supervisors and managers who are new to Boise State
or have not previously attended this training. Session topics include an overview
of workers’ compensation, how to conduct loss prevention activities and reduce
workers’ compensation losses, and how to identify and control hazards, investigate
accidents, keep appropriate records and provide employee safety training.
Two-hour (refresher) session: Intended for supervisors and managers who
have attended previous training sessions focusing specifically on our Boise
State work force, environment, performance and best-practice sharing.
We strongly recommend that as many supervisors and managers or designated
personnel as possible attend one of these training sessions, especially new
supervisors and managers. The dates and times for this year’s sessions are
as follows:
New Supervisor/Manager Training (four-hour sessions)
Date: Monday, July 21
Time: 8 a.m.-noon
Location: SUB Hatch A
Date: Monday, Aug. 4
Time: 8 a.m.-noon
Location: SUB Hatch A
Refresher Supervisor/Manager Training (two-hour sessions)
Date: Wednesday, July 23
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: SUB Hatch A
Date: Thursday, Aug. 7
Time: 8-10 a.m.
Location: SUB Hatch A
To register for one of the above sessions, contact Angie Zirschky,
HRS employee learning and development, at ext. 6-2936, or register via the
Web at http://cedar.boisestate.edu/hrs/workshops/login.asp
Bookstore
Christmas
in July Clearance Sale Through Thursday
Save BIG at Boise State Bookstore’s “Christmas in July” clearance sale.
All clearance merchandise is an additional 75 percent off the lowest marked
clearance price now through Thursday at the main campus location, through
Saturday at the Treasure Valley Marketplace and through Sunday at the BoDo
location. All locations are closed Friday, July 4. Visit www.boisestatebooks.com
for store locations and hours.
CRIME LOG
Weekly
Crime Log
Boise City Police and Campus Security present the
weekly crime report.
Sophomore Kenny Mahoney studies for his Art 100 class before
taking his sister, Katie, on a tour of campus. Katie will be a freshman this
fall. As a soldier in the Army in 2003, Kenny spent time stationed in Fallujah,
Iraq, where his job was to search and dispose of improvised explosive devices
(IEDs). More than 6,000 students are taking classes on campus this summer.
Enrollment is up nearly 10 percent — or about 500 students — over last summer.
Melissa Harris photo
Boise State faculty members from the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry
and Biology presented research results at the 89th annual American Association
for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division (AAASPD) meeting held in
Waimea, Hawaii, June 16-20.
Biology professor Ken Cornell presided over a full-day
symposium titled “Progress in Vaccine and Drug Development” where he, Owen
McDougal from chemistry and Cheryl Jorcyk and Kristen Mitchell from biology
presented their research. McDougal also chaired a contributed paper session
on chemistry and biochemistry and health sciences.
Front row (from left): Daniel Quapp, Cheryl Jorcyk, Tony Martinez, Matt
Turner. Back row (from left): Ken Cornell, Owen McDougal, Kristen Mitchell
Undergraduate Tony Martinez won first place at the meeting
in the chemistry and biochemistry division for his oral presentation titled
“Reconstitution of Autoinducer II Effects in E. coli MTN Knockout Strains”
and also was honored with the Lindsay Award for Young Student Research Accomplishment,
which comes with a $275 cash prize. Daniel Quapp and Martinez were honored
with student travel awards from ASBSU and the Chemistry Department. Student
Matt Turner also presented data at the meeting and was supported by ASBSU,
the Chemistry Department and Mountain States Tumor Medical Research Institute.
Photo caption: Front row (from left): Daniel Quapp, Cheryl Jorcyk, Tony
Martinez, Matt Turner. Back row (from left): Ken Cornell, Owen McDougal,
Kristen Mitchell
Elisa Barney Smith and Scott Smith, Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, gave invited talks titled “Modeling
Image Degradations for Improving OCR” and “RNA Search with Decision Trees
and Partial Covariance Models” at LORIA Campus Scientifique in Nancy, France,
on June 24.
Sandra Nadelson, Department of Nursing, gave a presentation
titled “Trends in Financial Aid and Graduation Rates at Diverse Public 4-Year
Institutions” at the 2008 International Conference of Assessment and Retention
held in Scottsdale, Ariz. The conference was titled “Assessment Reconsidered:
Improving Learning, Student Success, and Transparency.”
Shawn Simonson, assistant professor of kinesiology, recently
attended a three-day Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) workshop
at Linfield College in Ore. Susan Shadle, director of the Center for Teaching
and Learning, was one of several workshop leaders. The NSF-supported POGIL
National Dissemination Project is directed at improving student learning
by facilitating the use of process-oriented guided-inquiry curriculum materials
and pedagogies. In addition to learning, understanding and applying new concepts,
students also develop important process skills in the areas of information
processing, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, communication,
management and assessment. The instructor facilitates student learning by
appropriately guiding and questioning the teams as they work through the
specially designed activities.
Jim Budde, art, will exhibit nine recent sculptures at
the Basement Gallery in Boise during July and August. The opening reception
is from 5-9 p.m. July 3. A statement regarding his work can be found on the
Art Department’s “What’s New” blog at http://artdept.boisestate.edu:16080/artnews/.
More information about this “Mixed Media Exhibition,” including other artists
in the show, can be found at http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Location.html?Location=oid:787.
President Bob Kustra was quoted in a USA Today story about
NCAA academic rate penalties. Kustra spoke in his capacity as the new WAC
representative to the NCAA board.
Doug Lincoln, Department of Marketing, had his article, "Teaching
with Clickers in the Large-Size Principles of Marketing Class," published
in the spring 2008 Teaching Innovations Special Issue of the Marketing Education
Review.
Paul Bahnson, Department of Accountancy, and his coauthor
Paul Miller (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) were awarded the
Lybrand Gold Medal by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) for their
paper, “Top Ten Reasons to Change the Conceptual Framework,” published in
the July 2007 issue of Strategic Finance. The award recognizes their paper
as the best paper published in the IMA’s two journals during 2007-2008.
Nancy Napier, professor of international business and
director for the Centre for Creativity and Innovation, has published her
latest book titled "The Creative Discipline - Mastering the Art of Science
and Innovation," published by Praeger Publishing. Napier co-authored
the book with Mikael Nilsson from Sweden.
Gundars Kaupins, chair of the Department of Management,
was quoted in an opinion piece in the Idaho Statesman regarding a rash of
local layoffs.
Suzanne McCorkle, a professor in the Department of Public
Policy and Administration, presented conflict management workshops during
June for the Idaho Certified Public Manager program and the Idaho Association
of Cities conference.
