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News Release
March 27, 2007
Boise State Student Construction Management Association Donates
$20,000 Back to University
Funds will go into account for new lecturer position in department
They could have thrown a party, bought club jackets and still had enough cash to
charter a plane to the Bahamas. Instead, construction management students at
Boise State University decided to give $20,000 in donations their association
has received over the years back to the university.
Members of the university’s Construction Management Association (CMA) recently
presented the $20,000 check to President Bob Kustra. The funds will go into an
account to establish a new, permanent lecturer position in the Department of
Construction Management in Boise State’s College of Engineering.
“We recognize the need for new faculty in our growing department. I hope this
donation shows that we care about the education of students who come after us,”
said Joshua Martin, a senior construction management student and outgoing CMA
president.
Kustra lauded the students for establishing the habit of giving back so early in
their careers. “This group is setting a model for what student associations can
accomplish,” Kustra said.
The funds the CMA donated came from dozens of business and community groups that
had been the recipients of community service projects completed by construction
management students over the past 25 years. These groups made donations back to
the CMA after the students volunteered their labor for a variety of
construction-related projects at Zoo Boise, the Idaho Botanical Gardens, Deer
Flat Wildlife Refuge, the Ronald McDonald House, the Veteran’s Administration,
ball walls at more than a dozen local elementary schools and many other
projects.
In the past, the CMA has donated the interest from their account to a
scholarship fund for construction management students, but until now had never
touched the principal. The $20,000 will be added over the next two years to an
account managed by the Boise State Foundation for a new position in the
Construction Management Department. That account was established in Fall 2006
with a $60,000 donation from Idaho Sand & Gravel.
“It’s quite an astonishing gesture, and I don’t know how to thank you for
supporting the program and the students who come after you,” said Rebecca Mirsky,
chair of the Department of Construction Management.
Boise State’s CMA was established in 1981 as the student chapter of the
Associated General Contractors (AGC), just two years after the construction
management program began in 1979. Since then, the Boise State CMA has rarely
gone a year without receiving an award in AGC’s national Outstanding Student
Chapter Contest, including seven 1st place awards, five 2nd place awards, three
3rd place awards and two honorable mentions.
In addition to the many AGC outstanding student chapter awards, the Boise State
CMA has five times been designated the Associated Students of BSU Outstanding
Professional Organization of the Year.
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Contact: Rebecca Mirsky, Department of Construction Management, (208)
426-3256,
rebeccamirsky@boisestate.edu
Media contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208) 426-1790,
jbrown2@boisestate.edu
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