Boise State’s Martin Luther King Jr./Human Rights Celebration Continues With Jesse Jackson Lecture, Events

The annual MLK/Human Rights Celebration continues this week with a keynote speech by Jesse Jackson, a poetry slam, an exhibition and a service event. The celebration, which has a theme this year of “And Justice for $um,” will continue until Jan. 20.

Following is a schedule of events, all of which are free and open to the public.

• MLK Human Rights Exhibition.  Through Feb. 23. “Our Complex Past: A Look at Human Rights in Idaho” reflects upon Idaho’s history of human rights from the early 1800s through today. Located in the SUB art gallery, second floor. read more

Boise State Day at the Legislature Set for Wednesday

Boise State Day at the Legislature, scheduled from 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday, will highlight cutting-edge and, in some cases, nationally recognized research by the university’s undergraduate and graduate students and professors. The event will be held on the fourth-floor rotunda of the State Capitol. President Bob Kustra and the university vice presidents and deans are scheduled to attend the morning event.

The purpose of the event is to demonstrate to Idaho’s lawmakers the impact Boise State has on the state’s economic development and quality of life. Many of the research projects, across a wide range of disciplines, explore issues pertinent to Idaho’s people, environment and economy.

Also at Boise State Day at the Legislature, students from the College of Health Sciences will offer free blood pressure screening for legislators.

For more information, contact Renee White of the Alumni Association at ext. 6-1831.

Football coach Chris Petersen was named the Paul “Bear” Bryant College Coach of the Year for 2006, marking the first individual national award ever won by a member of a Boise State football team at the I-A level.

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PARKING NEWS FOR THE MONTH (So many events, so few parking spots)

Special Parking Arrangements Made For This Month’s On-Campus Activities

A number of public events are scheduled on the Boise State campus this month, which has necessitated Parking and Transportation Services to make a number of special parking arrangements.

The events include a speech in Taco Bell Arena by civil rights leader and political activist Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday and a concert in the Morrison Center at the same time along with a parade and related on-campus activities honoring the Boise State football team for its Tostitos Fiesta Bowl win on Saturday. Following are the policies for this month’s events: read more

NEWS & EVENTS ON OUR CAMPUS

Cheryl Larabee Joins Boise States Advancement Team

Cheryl Larabee has joined Boise State University as senior development director for the College of Business and Economics. She begins her duties today. Larabee has served in senior leadership positions in the banking industry for 24 years. She also has served as adjunct faculty in the College of Business and Economics since 1988, teaching professional selling in the Marketing and Finance Department, and has been a member of the advisory board for the college for the past several months. read more

Alex Punnoose Honored for Outstanding Teaching and Research

Boise State physics professor Alex Punnoose received the 2007 BSU College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Award for Distinguished Research — the first professor in the college to receive both awards in the same year. read more

New Textbook Library Receives 220 Donations

The Associated Students of Boise State’s Textbook Library is getting off to a great second semester — 220 usable textbooks were donated during the last semester and are now available to students.

The library, housed at Albertsons Library, is a resource for students who cannot afford to pay for their own textbooks. ASBSU founded the library last semester to help students who might find themselves in unfortunate circumstances and unable to purchase their own textbooks. read more

Bowl Win Creates Surge in Interest; Students Can Still Apply for Spring Semester, Which Starts Today

The Broncos’ dramatic victory in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl has created a spike in admissions inquiries from prospective students locally, throughout the state and nationwide.

According to university officials, graduate students, local high schoolers, students from Idaho, and students from out of state have requested information about Boise State since the Broncos’ 43-42 overtime win over Oklahoma.
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Ring in the Year of the Pig at Boise State

Celebrate the year of the pig at the Lunar New Year Festival 2007, presented by the Boise State Vietnamese Student Association, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Admission is $10 general and $5 for students with ID. Admission is free for children younger than 6. Tickets are available through Select-a-Seat, (208) 426-1494. read more

The American Piano Duo To Perform at Boise State

The American Piano Duo will give a recital at 4 p.m. Jan. 21 in the Morrison Center Recital Hall. Admission is $5 general, $3 seniors and free to students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. read more

Discover Engineering Days Slated for Feb. 2-3

Treasure Valley families can make a memory “wafer,” operate a lunar rover robot, experience a wind tunnel, construct an “edible aquifer” out of layers of sweets and participate in a variety of other hands-on engineering and science activities at Discover Engineering Days Feb. 2-3 at Boise State. read more

CAMPUS RECREATION

Challenge Yourself with Campus Recreation Instructional Programs

Challenge yourself, learn a new skill or increase your fitness level by enrolling in an instructional program at the Student Recreation Center. Classes are taught by experienced instructors and progress from basic instruction to more advanced skills.

Registration has begun for classes in salsa dancing, tai chi, mat pilates, swimming and more. Classes begin on Jan. 29 and last for six weeks, until March 9, or 12 weeks, until April 27. Prices range from $45 to $135 and the classes are available for adults of any age or ability. For more information, visit http://rec.boisestate.edu/fitness/instruction.

NEWS FROM OIT

Broncobytes Available Online

The January issue of BroncoBytes, the online newsletter from the OIT Help Desk, is now available at http://helpdesk.boisestate.edu/broncobytes/. This month's issue features articles on new password requirements, the "Big Yellow Worm" virus affecting educational institutions with outdated versions of Symantec's antivirus software, the Help Desk's impending move to the Capitol Village complex, and changes to the Apple Macintosh support structure.

LET'S DO LUNCH

Dining Services Announces Meal Plans And More

University Dining Services would like to welcome all faculty and staff members back for a brand new semester. With a new semester at hand, we want to remind you that you can sign up for a Spring Meal Plan today.

Here are the benefits:

• Guaranteed all-you-care-to-eat meals and the flexibility of à la carte purchasing
• All UDS locations accept Bronco Food Bucks
• Bronco Food Bucks are loaded on your BSU ID
• No need to carry cash
• Minutes from great food and comfortable locations
• No sales tax on your meal purchases
• Use Bronco Food Bucks to purchase meals for friends or visitors

Get more info and sign up today by calling ext. 6-1212 or visit the Student Union Info Desk or the Payments and Disbursements office located in the Administration Building (credit cards are accepted).

Also, join University Dining Services for the grand opening of new Dawson’s 4.0. The grand opening will be an exciting event with a new and fresh look and awesome offers. Dawson’s 4.0 will celebrate on Monday, Jan. 29.

ADMIN WORKSHOPS

Human Resource Services Offers More Free Workshops

Human Resource Services will hold several training sessions in January and February. The workshops are free and open to all Boise State employees. To register, or for more information, contact HRTrainingDevelopment@boisestate.edu or visit http://cedar.boisestate.edu/hrs/workshops/. The complete spring schedule can also be viewed at the same Web site.

Budget Office and Administrative Accounting Drop-in Workshop

9-10 a.m., Jan. 23
Academic Technologies (SMITC) 209

Staff from the university budget office and administrative accounting will be on-site at this workshop and prepared to help with topics including basic budget research; budget transfer requests; how to run reports and complete basic analyses; voucher research; and fringe calculations. Participants should bring copies of any reports or worksheets to help illustrate problems or questions during discussions. The workshop will be canceled if no one drops in by 9:20 a.m. see the whole list of workshops

RETIREMENT

Larry Barnhardt, dean of the College of Applied Technology, has announced his retirement from Boise State effective June 30.

Barnhardt has been with the university since July 1, 1997.

“This was a hard decision for me to make because the Larry Selland College is positioned to evolve into a new and exciting institution,” Barnhardt said. “While I have had several different jobs during the past 35 years, being dean of the Larry Selland College has been a highlight and one of the most fulfilling and rewarding."

After studying architectural drafting at a two-year vocational college, Barnhardt became a drafting instructor and began his long career in vocational technical education. He joined Boise State as the first dean of the newly named Larry G. Selland College of Applied Technology

CAMPUS CRIME REPORT

Weekly Crime Log

Boise City Police and Campus Security present the weekly crime report. read all about it

Paula Molina-Shaver Program Head, Practical Nursing Program Selland College of Applied Technology Licensed registered nurse working on a master of science in nursing, nurse educator, from the University of Wyoming; bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 2003; associate of science in nursing, 1994, and associate of arts in liberal arts and sciences, 1979, both from Central Florida Community College; certified in general nursing practice by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Specialties include primary and preventive care for all ages, focusing mainly on pediatric care Current activity includes the growth and development of the practical nursing program to meet the needs of Boise State’s students, the community and the patients. The program’s first cohort of students will graduate in May Member of the Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing; chair of the Health Services Advisory Committee for Friends of Children and Families (Head Start); planning committee member, Third Annual Idaho Breastfeeding Conference for Health Care Professionals; parish nurse, RCIA Leadership Team, Holy Apostles Catholic Church Previously worked for Treasure Valley Pediatrics; St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center; Galen Medical Group, Cleveland, Tenn.; Florida Medical and Research Institute, Ocala, Fla.; and The Family Doctors of Belleview, Belleview, Fla.

Julie Erb, graphic design specialist for the Division of Extended Studies, was one of three winners in the Adult Division of the Boise Poetry in Motion contest. There were 600 entrants this year. Erb won $175, and the winning poems will be made into posters for public display. More information on the Boise Poetry in Motion contest is available at http://www.thecabinidaho.org/poetryinmotion.htm.

Tom Trusky, director of the Idaho Center for the Book at Boise State, gave presentations about Idaho self-taught artist and bookmaker James Castle to docents and trustees of the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Mont., Jan. 12-13. The ICB exhibit, "James Castle: From Icehouse Unto Early Attic," runs at the Holter museum Jan. 16-April 22.

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