A Family You Choose

In the summer of 2019, HannaLore Hein became the fifth state historian at the Idaho State Historical Society, and the first woman to hold the job since it became a credentialed position in the 1950s. That fact feels timely. In 2020 the society will mark the centennial of the 19th Amendment that recognized women’s right to vote. Hein will help oversee events, exhibitions and legacy projects, including a book and a film, that will chart women’s contributions to the state.

Many people have witnessed the spectacular beauty of a hummingbird dip and weave in their backyards or in the wild, but few have held the delicate bird in their hands and watched it fly away.

As the education and outreach director for the Intermountain Bird Observatory (IBO), Boise State alumna Heidi Ware Carlisle (BA, biology, ‘11; MA, biology, ‘15) facilitates experiences for the public that are decidedly scientific – like learning about banding and weighing hummingbirds, songbirds and owls – but border on magical.