Bronco, Boise State Success Inspires Alum In California To Give $250,000 Toward New Business Building

Inspired by momentum at his alma mater and national media attention to the monumental success of its football program, a Boise Junior College alum has pledged $250,000 toward a new College of Business and Economics building at Boise State.

Doyle Heaton responded to a mailing from the university that included a front page USA Today article on Boise State and news of a $12.5 million donation to the university from the Micron Technology Foundation with his pledge for $250,000, designated to a new College of Business and Economics building.

“I want to give back to the community and give back to Boise State, which I thoroughly enjoyed,” Heaton said.

A room in the new building will be named the Doyle Heaton Seminar Room to honor his contribution. The room will facilitate case-style instruction and incorporate advanced technology for analyses and presentations.

“Impressive support such as this will enable us to take a great foundation and turn the college into one of the Northwest’s premier schools of business,” said Howard Smith, dean of the College of Business and Economics.

Heaton was born and raised in Boise and was a member of the first graduating class at Borah High School in 1959. He earned a diploma with an emphasis in business administration from BJC in 1961 and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in building and real estate from the University of Denver in 1963. He also did graduate work at UC Berkeley with an emphasis in real estate and finance.

He has been building homes in northern California since 1965 and started Delco Builders and Developers in Walnut Creek, Calif., 32 years ago. He is company owner and president.

Boise State Researchers Study how Nanoparticles Could be Used to Treat Diseases; Findings Presented at International Conference

Biology professor Denise Wingett, left, and graduate student Alma Hodzic, right, in Wingett’s lab

A Boise State research team that studies how nanoparticles could someday be used to help treat multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and other diseases is its findings this week at an  international conference.

Denise Wingett, a biology professor at Boise State, is presenting the team’s research at the Keystone Symposia’s conference on Nanotechnology in Biomedicine in Tahoe City, Calif. Physics professor Alex Punnoose, biology professor Kevin Feris, and several undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students are also part of the BSU team.
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382 Boise State students have qualified for the new federal Academic Competitiveness and National SMART grants, which are based on academic achievement as well as financial need, ranging in amounts from $750 to $4,000 per year.

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MYTHBUSTERS TICKETS

Additional Free Tickets for Feb. 25 'Mythbusters' Event to be Released on Friday

An additional 1,000 free tickets for the “MythBusters” event Feb. 25 at the Taco Bell Arena will be released at 9 a.m. Friday at the Taco Bell Arena box office, event organizers announced today.

The public can pick up a maximum of four tickets per person. The additional tickets are being released after corporate donors stepped forward with more funds for the event after the initial 3,500 tickets were quickly handed out earlier this month. read more

NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK

Boise State College Of Engineering Celebrates National Engineers Week Feb. 20-25

Boise State University’s College of Engineering will celebrate National Engineers Week Feb. 20-25 with a variety of events, including guest lectures by industry leaders, the second annual “Calculator Crunch” contest and a presentation by the Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters.”

National Engineers Week is a program that promotes engineering as a profession and celebrates the creative contributions engineers make to improve the quality of life worldwide. The week is also part of the BSU College of Engineering’s yearlong celebration of its 10th anniversary. read more

REMINDER - VETERANS MEMORIAL

Your Feedback is Wanted!

As part of the Student Union expansion project, the university would like to recognize our veterans by installing an exterior site-specific permanent art memorial to recognize, honor and commemorate the veterans of the United States.

Last fall a request for proposals was sent to more than 4,000 artists. Two artists were chosen from the submissions. Each finalist artist has submitted a final proposal, which includes a three-dimensional scale model, a descriptive narrative concerning the artist's conceptual approach, a projected time-line, and a proposed budget.

The final proposals will be on public view for the purpose of receiving public comments. The proposals are located at the Student Union Building at the top of the main stairwell by the Bookstore. They will be on display from Feb. 3-16 during regular building hours.

Questions may be directed to Holly Gilchrist at hollygilchrist@boisestate.edu or ext. 6-1223.

BRONCO BYTES

The February issue of BroncoBytes, the online newsletter of the OIT Help Desk, is now available. This month's issue includes information about the Help Desk's new location, support information for Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007, and the availability of Internet Explorer 7.

This month's issue, along with all previous editions of BroncoBytes, can be viewed via the Help Desk's Web site at http://helpdesk.boisestate.edu/broncobytes/

GLOBAL EXPRESSION SERIES

Boise State Global Expressions Series Presents ‘Tres Vidas’

“Tres Vidas,” a new chamber music theater work that celebrates three significant Latin and South American women, will be performed at 7 p.m. March 17 in the Student Union Special Events Center at Boise State University. The performance is part of the Global Expressions Series and Women’s History Month. Tickets are $10 general, $5 Boise State students, employees, alumni, seniors and students 17 and younger through Select-a-Seat.

“Tres Vidas” will be performed by the Core Ensemble — Tahirah Whittington, cello, Hugh Hinton, piano, and Michael Parola, percussion — and actress Georgina Corbo. The work honors the life, times and work of painter Frida Kahlo of Mexico, peasant activist Rufina Amaya of El Salvador and poet Alfonsina Storni of Argentina. With storylines including Kahlo’s dramatic and passionate relationship with Diego Rivera, Amaya’s astounding survival of the massacre at El Mozote and Storni’s lifelong challenges as Argentina’s first great feminist poet, “Tres Vidas” presents dramatic situations to audiences. read more

SCHOLARSHIP DINNER

Boise State Dinner to Raise Funds for Scholarship in Honor of Retired Professor Jim Weatherby

Boise State University has established the Jim Weatherby Scholarship Fund to provide assistance to students entering the master of public administration program. A dinner to raise funds for the scholarship and to honor Weatherby’s many years of service to the university and community will be held at 6 p.m. April 2 in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Idaho’s current and past governors all have been invited to attend. read more

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Boise State, Community Partners Host ‘Celebrate Wellness’ Conference May 3-4

Boise State University will host the “Celebrate Wellness: Mind, Body, Spirit” conference May 3-4 in the Student Union Building.  The conference, offered in cooperation with St. Luke’s and Saint Alphonsus regional medical centers, will address wellness and holistic health issues for caregivers through presentations by national and local wellness experts.

Dr. Erminia “Mimi” Guarneri will present a pre-conference workshop titled “Transforming Stress” at 7 p.m. May 3, and will deliver the keynote address, “The Heart Speaks: Are You Listening?” at 8:30 a.m. May 4. Guarneri is the founder and medical director of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine and the center’s Healing Hearts program.  She is board certified in cardiology, internal medicine, nuclear medicine and holistic health, as well as the author of “The Heart Speaks.” read more

CULTURAL CENTER

Boise State Cultural Center Presents Documentary 'Freedom to Fascism'

The Boise State Cultural Center will screen “Freedom to Fascism” at 6 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Student Union Special Events Center. The event is free and open to the public.

This documentary follows Aaron Russo as he sets out to find the law that requires Americans to pay income tax. Neither left- nor right-wing, this film deals with the state of civil liberties in America. Through interviews with congressmen, a former IRS commissioner, former IRS and FBI agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, voter fraud, the new national identity card and the implementation of radio frequency identification technology to track citizens.

For more information, call the Cultural Center at ext. 6-5950.

FILM SERIES

'Race to Execution' to be Screened as Part of Diverse Perspectives Film Series

The documentary “Race to Execution” will be shown from 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Boise State University Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room and from 10 a.m.-noon March 3 in Room 102E at Boise State West. Both screenings are free and open to the public.

“Race to Execution” traces the fates of two Death Row inmates, Robert Tarver in Alabama and Madison Hobley in Chicago. Their cases are presented against a backdrop of inequality: in the United States, people who murder whites are more likely to be sentenced to death than those who kill blacks. With commentary from family members, attorneys and legal scholars, this film looks for explanations of the disparity. Through compelling personal narratives and the often unexpected results of research on race, justice and the media, “Race to Execution” exposes the factors that influence who lives and who dies at the hands of the state.

Speakers will lead audience discussions about the death penalty following the films. On Feb. 27, professor of criminal justice Michael Blankenship will speak and lead the discussion. On March 3, Lynn Allen, regional outreach coordinator for ITVS Community Cinema, will lead the discussion.  read more

TALKIN' BRONCOS DO IT AGAIN

BSU Talkin' Broncos Score Another Win at Corvallis Tournament

The Boise State speech and debate team won 39 individual awards and rolled to an easy victory at the Wells Memorial Forensics Tournament at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 9-11. The Talkin’ Broncos dominated a field of 18 colleges and universities from California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, scoring 374 team points to second-place Willamette University’s 90. Pacific University was third (87 points), the University of Oregon fourth (72) and host Oregon State fifth (69). Boise State’s senior team captain Barton Jackson (Eagle) received the Minette Phillips Award as the tournament’s outstanding competitor. read more

HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

Training Sessions Offered to Faculty and Staff

Human Resource Services is offering the following free training sessions to all faculty and staff.

Supervising Student Employees — 11 a.m.-noon Feb. 21, Simplot/Micron Building, Room 210. The presenter is Leah Barrett, executive director of the Student Union and Student Involvement. The Student Union employs nearly 100 student employees, and has learned that supervising them is an art, not a science. This workshop will provide tools to assist supervisors to effectively manage student employees and help them to become staff who meet or exceed expectations.

Faculty and Professional Staff Search Process — 11 a.m.-noon Feb. 27, Simplot/Micron Building, Room 210. The presenter is Andrea Buss, employment recruiting administrator for Human Resource Services. The quality of Boise State’s faculty and staff shape the reputation of the university and no activity is more critical than the selection of these individuals. Success in attracting and hiring top candidates is dependent upon a carefully planned and conducted search process. Every participant in the search process must demonstrate skill and competency in university selection processes and procedures and in the application of effective selection tools. This workshop will give you the tools to conduct a successful search process. For more information on the search process, visit http:// hrs.boisestate.edu/eeoaa/recruiting.shtml.

Writing Job Descriptions — 2-4 p.m. March 6, Simplot/Micron Building, Room 210. The presenter is Joan Thies, Human Resource Services. Effective job descriptions are communication tools that are significant to a department’s and employee’s success. Poorly written job descriptions can add to workplace confusion, hurt communication, and make people feel as if they don't know what is expected from them. Learn methods and tips to organize a job description in this session.

Fundamentals of GroupWise — 1:30-4:45 p.m. March 13 and 15. Simplot/Micron Building, Room 209. The presenter is CJ Griffin of Computing Services. This two‑day class features an in‑depth look at GroupWise 7 for Windows (though GroupWise for Macintosh users can apply many of the same concepts). Learn how to organize and manage e‑mail, delve deeply into the sophisticated calendaring system, configure junk mail filtering, and set up proxy and security access. Participants will also learn how to share e‑mail items, address books and folders with colleagues, set up rules for filtering and automatic replying, and customize items with color‑coded categories. Each class is four hours in length; attendance at both sessions is strongly encouraged. For general questions about GroupWise, visit http://helpdesk.boisestate.edu/facstaff/faq/groupwise.

Employees interested in registering for any of the session can do so by e-mail at HRTrainingDevelopment@boisestate.edu or online at http://cedar.boisestate.edu/hrs/workshops/.

STADIUM EXPANSION GROUNDBREAKING

Boise State embarked on the most expensive building project in the history of the athletic department Wednesday afternoon when officials broke ground on a $35.9 million addition to Bronco Stadium.

University officials, major donors to the project and representatives from the construction (Layton Construction) and design (FFKR) teams were on hand to officially kick off the project.

The expansion will create a state-of-the-art press box, 38 luxury suites, 44 loge boxes and 750 club seats. The four-level structure also will include the 5,500-square-foot Agri Beef Stadium Club, the 4,000-square-foot Bronco Club Room, the 4,500-square-foot Media Club Room, a full-service kitchen, new ticket office, new merchandise store, and new concession and rest room facilities on the west side of the stadium.

A total of five elevators will take fans and equipment to the top of the approximately 140-foot-high building, which will be located on the west side of Bronco Stadium.

Originally constructed with 14,500 seats at a cost of $2.2 million in 1970, Bronco Stadium was first expanded to 20,000 in 1975 when the east side upper deck was added. Portable end zone seats brought the capacity to 22,600 through the 1996 season. The second permanent expansion to the stadium was completed in 1997 when a $10 million project added seating in the southwest and southeast corners, bringing capacity to more than 30,000. That project also included the Allen Noble Hall of Fame Gallery and Larry and Marianne Williams Plaza.

Boise State is coming off its most successful season in school history. The Broncos won their fifth straight Western Athletic Conference Championship, completed the 2006 season as the only undefeated NCAA I-A team in the country and defeated the University of Oklahoma, 43-42 in overtime, at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

The facility is expected to be completed in time for the start of the 2008 season.

Bronco football coach Chris Petersen, along with university officials, major donors to the project and representatives from the construction and design teams, officially kicked off the stadium expansion project Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony on the west side of the stadium. photo John Kelly

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication, has been nominated for the International Communication Association (ICA) Dissertation Award in Organizational Communication. This nomination recognizes a theoretically driven, methodologically rigorous dissertation that makes a significant contribution to the field and presents ideas that advance understanding of organizing and communicating. In addition, she recently collaborated with colleagues from New Zealand and Colorado to develop a multi-media presentation. The presentation proposed the need for the National Communication Association to consider a multi-media conferencing format that would enable NCA members from across the globe to participate from a distance. This presentation won the “Accessibility Award.”

Julie Hosman-Kulm, culinary arts, was quoted in a Feb. 13 Thrive article on the university’s culinary arts program. Student in the Selland College program run the Technique restaurant and Brown Bag Deli and Bakery.

John Freemuth, political science, was quoted in a Feb. 14 Jackson Hole News story on the debate over wolf management.

Heike Henderson, Modern Languages and Literatures, recently published an article about the role of food in the literary work of Jeannette Lander, a Jewish-American woman who lives and publishes in Germany. Among other issues, the article investigates the connections between food, memory and intercultural experiences, and it also examines the contradictions between gourmet aspirations and weight-loss ambitions. The article, “Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel,” was published in Women in German Yearbook 22. Ed. Helga Kraft and Maggie McCarthy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. 236-257.

Cheryl Simpson-Whitaker, Center for the Study of Aging, was quoted in a story on the center’s recent end-of-life survey. The story ran in the February issue of NASW News, a publication of the National Association of Social Workers.

Gary Moncrief, political science, was quoted in a Feb. 15 New York Times story on the push for parity between the sexes in state legislatures. The story focused on a recent Minnesota race where three female Democratic candidates won their elections and helped swing control of the Minnesota House to Democrats for the first time since 1998.

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