MERIDIAN – Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Â鶹´«Ã½AV have announced the details of a pilot program that would ensure that base tuition rates for undergraduate Idaho students remain the same for four continuous academic years.
In this Issue
Â鶹´«Ã½AV history professor Zack Heern looks to help change the perspective towards the Middle East
POCATELLO – On Sept. 11, 2001, Zack Heern sat in a University of California, Los Angeles classroom astonished by the attacks on the World Trade Center. Heern was an undergraduate student of Middle East studies at the time.
News Bites
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV alumnus Michael B. Calley has been recognized with the “Outstanding Engineer of the Year Award” by Â鶹´«Ã½AV.
Expansion of Â鶹´«Ã½AV Paramedic Science Program announced
Idaho Falls- The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Paramedic Science program is expanding to Eastern Idaho.
Albion State Normal School records available online at ISU Oboler Library
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Special Collection Archives now features a collection from the Albion State Normal School.
Â鶹´«Ã½AV dance students return from the American College Dance Association Northwest Conference
POCATELLO – Ten Â鶹´«Ã½AV students and faculty from the Department of Theatre and Dance attended the American College Dance Association (ACDA) Northwest Conference from March 9 to 12 in Laramie, Wyoming.
ISU ‘Be Advised’ program helps students prepare to register; fall registration begins April 11
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV Central Academic Advising continues its “Be Advised” campaign. Students are encouraged to “Declare Your Major,” prior to registering for fall classes.
Faculty/Staff Updates
Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Donna Lybecker travels to New Zealand to speak at University of Otago
POCATELLO -- Donna Lybecker, chair of the Â鶹´«Ã½AV Department of Political Science, recently traveled to Dunedin, New Zealand, where she spoke to students and faculty at the University of Otago about ecosystems services, the Portneuf River and policy narrative.
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV sociology Professor Emeritus James Aho’s latest book, “Far-Right Fantasy: A Sociology of American Religion and Politics,” has been released by the world’s largest academic publisher, Routledge.
Events
ISU Economics Club Northwestern Environmental Unconference cancelled
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Economics Club has cancelled the Northwestern Environmental Unconference, A NEU TIDE, an event that had been scheduled on April 15 and 16 in Pocatello.
ISU’s 45th annual Spring Powwow set April 1-2
POCATELLO – The Â鶹´«Ã½AV student group Native Americans United will host the 45th annual ISU Spring Powwow April 1-2 at Reed Gymnasium.
Pop-up centenary exhibit to highlight 1916 Easter Rising
Students from the Department of History at Â鶹´«Ã½AV will have their work covering the 100-year anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland displayed in a centenary exhibit in ISU’s Pond Student Union Building on March 28 and 29 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
POCATELLO – More than 60 students from Â鶹´«Ã½AV will have the opportunity to present their academic research at the annual Graduate School Research Day Symposium on Saturday, April 2.
POCATELLO – The Eli M. Oboler Library at Â鶹´«Ã½AV will host a presentation and workshop with Randy Silverman at 7 p.m. April 11, based on the question, “What’s in Your Attic?”
Celebrate Shakespeare 400 at Â鶹´«Ã½AV April 5
POCATELLO – In honor of Shakespeare 400, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's life (1564-1616), the Department of English and Philosophy at Â鶹´«Ã½AV is sponsoring a public lecture titled, "Editorial Re-Fashioning, Or What Have We Done to Shakespeare?"
School of Nursing 60th Anniversary Celebration Set
The School of Nursing is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a celebratory dinner in Boise, and a reunion celebration and dinner in Pocatello.
ISU presents country singer Dustin Lynch April 25 at the Stephens Performing Arts Center
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV will present country singer Dustin Lynch April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stephens Performing Arts Center’s Jensen Grand Concert Hall.
Southeast Idaho Military Ball set April 22 at ISU Pond Student Union Ballroom
POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Veteran Student Services Center will host the Southeast Idaho Military Ball on Friday, April 22, from 7 to 10 p.m. at ISU Pond Student Union Ballroom.