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BOISE STATE PROF RECEIVES STATEWIDE SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR AWARD For the second consecutive year, a Boise State University biology professor has been awarded the statewide Distinguished Science Communicator Award from the Idaho Academy of Science. Richard J. McCloskey was recently named the recipient of the award, which annually honors an outstanding science communicator who either works in Idaho or who has significant involvement in the state. Last year, Boise State biology professor Russell J. Centanni received the inaugural Distinguished Science Communicator Award. “I’m overwhelmed and very pleased,” McCloskey said. “After (Centanni) winning last year, I wasn’t expecting this to happen.” McCloskey’s award will be formally announced during the 43rd Idaho Academy of Science meeting and symposium at Albertson College on March 30. The academy is a nonprofit organization that promotes science and science education in Idaho. It includes scientists and engineers from Idaho’s public and private universities and colleges, private industry and government and represents a broad range of disciplines. McCloskey joined Boise State’s faculty in 1976. He has developed, obtained funding for, and taught more than 200 environmental education workshops attended by some 10,000-plus participants on topics ranging from Project WILD to exploring Boise’s Greenbelt. About 70 percent of workshop attendees are public school teachers who take their expertise back to their classrooms. He is the chairman of the science advisory committee of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, the National Wildlife Week chairman for the Idaho Wildlife Federation, and a committee chair for the North American Association for Environmental Education. McCloskey has written environmental education material that is used across the country, including field exercises for the Investigating Your Environment Series, a national education program sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. He has been lauded by colleagues and students for his dedication and excellence in teaching and is the recipient of numerous awards, including twice being named Phi Kappa Phi’s Outstanding Educator and receiving Boise State Foundation Scholar’s Award for Service. Contact: Media Contact:
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