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News Release
BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE/May 7, 2009
Miller, Rohn and Wilhelm Named Boise State University
Foundation Scholars for 2009
Three Boise State University professors have been named Foundation Scholars
for 2009. The awards have been given out annually since 1992 for ongoing
commitment to, and expertise and accomplishment in, teaching, research and
creative activity, and professionally related service.
Nick Miller, history, received the Research Award; Troy Rohn, biology,
received the Teaching Award; and Jeffrey Wilhelm, English, received the
Service Award. All three recipients will be formally recognized at an event
hosted by the Boise State University Foundation. Date and location for the
event will be announced at a later time.
“We congratulate this year’s award winners for their outstanding work and
dedication to academic excellence,” said Sona Andrews, provost and vice
president for academic affairs. “We recognize that our Foundation Scholars
represent the extraordinary quality of teaching, research and service found
across the faculty at Boise State University.”
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Nick Miller
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Troy Rohn
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Jeffrey Wilhelm
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Nick Miller began teaching at Boise State in 1993. He is recognized
internationally for his work on the people and history of the former
Yugoslavia. He testified before the International War Crimes Tribunal at The
Hague in 2008 and is scheduled to appear again in 2009 on a different case.
His consultations on NPR and his presentations to the U.S. Department of
State and the Central Intelligence Agency speak to his expertise in the
arena of world politics. Miller has published two books and 12 other
research and policy-related articles in his field and has made presentations
at universities such as the University of London, Harvard and Stanford. He
also was invited to give the annual Peter N. Kujachich lecture at the
University of California, Berkeley, in March.
Troy Rohn came to Boise State in 2000. His research focuses on
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and the process by which
apoptosis, or programmed cell death, occurs. Rohn’s teaching load covers
classes ranging from large introductory lecture courses for non-majors to
specialized upper-division biology courses. His goal as a teacher is to
present science in a passionate, entertaining way, from using Jeopardy-style
review questions to employing a telephone cord to demonstrate primary,
secondary and tertiary structures. Upper-division and graduate-level
students are provided with a strong foundation in key scientific concepts
through his incorporation of clinical case studies in lectures and the
relevance of his lectures to real world experiences.
Since Jeffrey Wilhelm joined the Boise State faculty in 2003, his
service has been devoted to improving the resources and training available
to those who teach writing. His goal is to improve the quality of
instruction teachers provide to their students. As founding director of the
Boise State Writing Project, Wilhelm has provided countless hours of support
to the program, including writing grants, leading workshops and developing
curriculum. The program, a local affiliation of the National Writing
Project, brings together educators in many different disciplines from
throughout Idaho.
In addition to award recipients, finalists for this year’s Foundation
Scholar Awards were: Rickie Miller, associate professor and associate chair
of curriculum instruction and foundational studies (Service), Peter Mullner,
associate professor of materials science and engineering (Research and
Creative Activity), Yonnie Chyung, associate professor of instructional and
performance technology (Teaching) and Stan Steiner, professor and chair of
literacy (Teaching).
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Media Contact: Kathleen Tuck, University Communications, (208)
426-3275,
kathleentuck@boisestate.edu
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research agenda. Learn more at
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