LARGEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN STATE with student enrollment of 19,677 in the fall 2008 semester
RANKED AMONG THE NATION’S “TOP UP-AND-COMING SCHOOLS” in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue
FASTEST GROWING RESEARCH PROGRAM IN IDAHO with a 32 percent increase in sponsored project funding in fiscal year 2009
HOME TO ASTRONAUT AND DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR IN RESIDENCE Barbara Morgan, Rhodes Scholar and Filmmaker Michael Hoffman and college football’s National Coach of the Year Chris Petersen
11 IDAHO PROFESSORS OF THE YEAR SINCE 1990 as selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
New U Rising – Part I
Part I lyrics
On the banks of a river
In a city of trees
Where ideas grow wings
Like dreams set in motion
A field of blue
Roars like an ocean
That’s where I’ll be
That’s where you’ll find me
Boise State University
New U Rising – Part II
Part II lyrics
It’s a new feeling
It’s a new spirit
It’s a new way of looking at the world
It’s the new U rising
It’s the new U rising
It’s a new dawning
A new way of thinking
A new life of possibilities
It’s a new vision
A new destination
So pack up a bag and fill it with your dreams
It’s the new U rising
It’s the new U rising
It’s the new U rising
Lyrics for both parts by Tom Donahoe & Steve Fulton
Boise State University is “The New U Rising” with new academic buildings, record student enrollment, additional degree programs and a growing research agenda.
Located in the center of Idaho’s vibrant commercial, cultural and civic capital, yet just minutes away from the West’s wide open grandeur, Boise State’s role as an emerging metropolitan research university of distinction plays a crucial and growing part in the region’s economic development and famed quality of life. Boise has repeatedly been recognized for its “livability” as a Top 10 place for safety, business, careers and recreation.
With nearly 170 academic programs and an ever-expanding campus master plan, Boise State is growing to serve its students and the community at large. Boise State is in the midst of a transformation that nurtures its traditional strengths while expanding its capabilities in research and scholarly activity.
