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balanced internships with Boise State Student Affairs, Blackboard
and the Idaho Department of Labor with his extracurricular and volunteer
activities. Barrett has participated with several organizations outside
Boise State, including the Idaho Chess Association where he was one of the
main tournament directors at the official Idaho State Scholastic Chess
Championship. He has held multiple leadership positions with the BSU chapter
of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, including
president, vice president and secretary. He earned two first-place awards at
the AITP National Collegiate Conference in 2007 for Systems Analysis &
Design and Business Intelligence. Barrett has been one of the key organizers
of the annual PC Repair Fair and was a member of the Boise State Ballroom
Dance Team. After graduation, he looks forward to continuing his work
relationship with the Idaho Department of Labor and furthering his education
with a master’s degree.
emphasis in international relations. Boggess has crafted a
thoughtful route to her ultimate goal of impacting underserved populations
in the United States and abroad. She was accepted into medical school at the
University of Washington, where she plans to earn her M.D. and a master’s in
public health and then work to reduce health-care disparities and improve
care throughout the world. Her employment with Family Medicine Residency of
Idaho has provided in-depth experiences with Medicaid and Medicare patients
and refugee populations, and allowed her the opportunity to travel to
Guatemala where she saw first-hand the need for public health measures. Her
internship with the public affairs office of Planned Parenthood of Idaho and
her time spent at Camp Heartland, a camp for youth with HIV/AIDS, have
helped solidify her commitment to underserved populations.
Carlson, a psychology major, conducted research on the strategies students
use when taking exams. Her honors thesis, directly tied to her research,
explores the impact of working memory on creativity and problem solving
skills. Her interest in assisting others was generated in part by her summer
experiences throughout her college years. She has worked as a barista, a
drug rehabilitation intern with Addiction Recovery Center at Saint Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center, a research intern with the Idaho National
Laboratory, a developmental therapist with SL Start, and as a residential
rehabilitation volunteer with Catholic Charities of Idaho. Carlson also
worked as a teaching assistant and a research assistant while in school. Her
future plans include a graduate degree in educational psychology culminating
in a career where she can positively impact the field of psychology and
teach at the university level.
in nursing. Her research experiences included work with Health Literacy and
Informal Caregivers of the Elderly and as a member of the Department of
Nursing’s Team China, where she conducted a comprehensive cultural and
community assessment of Hangzhou Nursing College. Carr was one of only two
undergraduate students asked to present at the Western Institute of Nurses
Conference, and as an elective, she assisted migrant farm workers at the La
Buena Salud mobile health clinic. Her volunteer commitments included
teaching tae kwon do and participating in Mexico Mission of Help, where she
worked to build churches and orphanages. She is employed as a nurse
consultant at Bonaventure Place. Her future career plans include using her
nursing degree to benefit the elderly population as she prepares for her
ultimate career goal — to pursue a master of science in nursing and teach
nursing at the college level.
focusing on human biology and pre-medicine. He has participated in ASBSU
student government as a senator both for the College of Business and
Economics and the College of Health Sciences. He attended the international
Model United Nations conference in New York City and twice placed in College
Bowl competitions. He is employed as a marketing specialist with The Real
Estate Group/Mirlyn Inc. and has volunteered with Saint Alphonsus Regional
Medical Center, Into the Streets, Toys-for-Tots and the Volunteer Services
Board at Boise State. Cooper has assisted with research projects both in
biology and economics and recently developed a creativity index assessing
creative resources of major northwest metropolitan areas (including Boise).
He has also held several leadership positions with the “Tennis Crazed”
student organization. He is applying to medical schools.
minor focusing on biochemistry. Flaherty combined her pursuits of
language and science by spending a semester in Heredia, Costa Rica, studying
the preservation of natural resources — an experience that led to her
decision to specialize in green chemistry. Her passion for science parlayed
into summer research jobs and presentations as far away as New Orleans. Her
research with the Charlier Lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense
and Boise Technology Inc., and last summer she was an INBRE fellow. Flaherty
worked for the Bureau of Reclamation as a physical science technician and
now balances her academic load with her research position and her job as a
BSU lab instructor. Flaherty has volunteered with the BSU Chemistry Club’s
Halloween Carnival, Special Olympics and a local Brownie troop. She plans to
teach English to South American students prior to attaining her Ph.D. in
chemistry.
2007 in computer science. One of the many honors bestowed on this U.S.
Marine veteran was his selection as the student speaker for the 2007 winter
Commencement. He received National Science Foundation scholarships in 2006
and 2007, and his energy for his chosen field led him to three internships
with software companies including Micron Technology Inc., and Sybase
iAnywhere. He was appointed a NASA undergraduate research fellow in 2006 and
worked with students from across the nation at the NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Honan has completed two Marine Corps
marathons and six Race to Robie Creek half-marathons, is a volunteer
lacrosse coach for eighth- and ninth-grade boys, and is an Idaho Shakespeare
Festival volunteer and patron. He has accepted a position with
Hewlett-Packard in Boise and looks forward to staying engaged with Boise
State activities.
English, with an emphasis on literature. His internship research for
“Melville’s Marginalia Online” focused on Herman Melville and comparative
literature and philosophy. Ohge has had the opportunity to study in Germany,
present articles both in and outside of Idaho, and receive Boise State’s
President’s Writing Award. He is the president of the BSU English Major’s
Association, and a member of the BSU Philosophy Club and Sigma Tau Delta,
the international English honor society. Ohge’s volunteer projects include
work with the Idaho Academic Decathlon, Rake Up Boise, the Idaho Food Bank,
and helping to coordinate a literacy program with The Cabin Literary Center.
Ohge worked for The Arbiter, Boise State’s independent student newspaper,
and the university’s TRIO Student Success Program as a tutor in math,
philosophy and English. His experience with TRIO and his internship led to
his decision to attend graduate school in order to teach and continue
scholarly research.
major. After working construction, completing a five-year apprenticeship and
becoming a licensed journeyman electrician, Price discovered astronomy.
Night classes in interesting subjects turned into life as a full-time
engineering student. His aptitude, his approach to problem solving and his
exemplary research led him to0 the position of lead research lab assistant
with professor Bill Knowlton. Both a non-traditional and a first generation
college student, Price independently taught himself to use several pieces of
lab equipment, works 10-20 hours in the lab each week, and finds time for
his family as well as volunteer opportunities with the Boise State Materials
Science and Engineering Club, the Engineering Honor Society and the
Discovery Center of Idaho. He next plans to earn a master’s degree in
materials science and engineering and then a Ph.D. in a field related to
energy or alternative fuel production.
she has been involved in research since her freshman year, including an
interdisciplinary project last year, it is her dedication to her discipline
and her extraordinary outreach to young women that have propelled her
through her time at Boise State. The Idaho State Professional Engineers honored Weston as the 2007 Outstanding Junior of the Year in mechanical
engineering. She has presented her research both inside and outside of
Idaho, and has taken on a leadership role in the ceramic
micro-electro-mechanical lab. She chairs the student section of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, she is the president of the student section
of the Society of Women Engineers, and she has been a mentor for the
college’s Science Camp and for E-Girls. Weston plans to work in the
mechanical engineering field in Boise.
Last reviewed on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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