News Release

BOISE STATE RADIO RELEASE/November 29, 2007

Boise State Radio to Air Forum on Homeless Issues

BOISE – A forum on issues of homelessness will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at the First Presbyterian church at 950 W. State St. in Boise. The event is being held in collaboration with the City Club of Boise. Idaho ranks sixth worst in the country for the percentage of people who are homeless. More than half of Idaho’s homeless live in Boise.

Boise State Radio will air this special forum at 9 a.m. Dec. 5 on NPR News 91 and again at noon Dec. 6 on AM 730/1450. This unprecedented panel discussion will be moderated by Jim Weatherby, an emeritus professor of public policy at Boise State University.

Information on the Boise State Radio network, including KBSU-Arts and Cultural Programming, Idaho Jazz Station and NPR News 91, is available at http://radio.boisestate.edu.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kraven@boisestate.edu

Boise State University professor Heidi Reeder has been named the 2007 Idaho Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She is an associate professor in the Department of Communication. Reeder’s honor marks the 11th time that a Boise State professor has earned this award, and the seventh time in the last decade.
 

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