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News Release
August 15, 2007
Boise State to Begin Academic Year with Events in Conjunction
with 75th Anniversary Celebration
Boise State will start the 2007-08 academic year with a bit more fanfare
than usual as the university begins the celebration of its 75th anniversary
with a series of public events next week. The festivities include the
unveiling of a mural commemorating the university’s diamond jubilee on Aug.
22 and the official opening of the new Interactive Learning Center Aug. 23.
Other highlights include President Bob Kustra’s State of the University
address Aug. 22, move-in day for students Aug. 24, and the first day of
classes Aug. 27. Here is a look at next week’s schedule at Boise State:
August 22
• At 9:45 a.m. on the second floor of the Student Union, Boise State will
unveil a historical mural created by BSU art professor Alma Gomez-Frith
commemorating the university’s founding in 1932. After its unveiling, the
7-foot, 10-inch by 12-foot painting will be permanently hung in the offices
of University Advancement.
• At 10 a.m. President Kustra will deliver his State of the University
address to a staff and faculty convocation in the Jordan Ballroom of the
Student Union. In his address, Kustra is expected to share some of his
observations following the 2007 spring and summer semesters and discuss his
plans for the upcoming academic year and beyond. He is also expected to
announce the formal kickoff and targeted amount of the university’s
comprehensive fundraising campaign.
August 23
• Beginning at 1:15 p.m. the university will dedicate both the Interactive
Learning Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning, which will be
housed in the ILC, with an opening ceremony that will include remarks by
Kustra, associate vice president for campus planning and facilities James
Maguire, Center for Teaching and Learning director Susan Shadle and others.
• At 2 p.m. activities will continue with a guest lecture by Charles
Glassick titled “Teaching, Learning and Scholarship ... All One Continuum,”
in the ILC’s first-floor lecture hall. Glassick is a senior associate
emeritus of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and
co-author of “Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate.”
• The day’s events will conclude with a Center for Teaching and Learning
grand opening reception and tours from 3-5 p.m. The ILC is located next to
the Multipurpose Classroom Building on the west end of campus.
August 24
• Beginning at 9 a.m., more than 1,000 students will begin to move into
their new on-campus homes. The university will provide the newcomers with
refreshments throughout the day and “moving day” for the new residents and
their parents will culminate in a dinner in the Student Union, where
university officials will welcome the students. The six on-campus
residential halls — Keiser, Taylor, Chaffee, Driscoll and Morrison near the
east end of campus and Barnes Towers on the west end — and three buildings
in the University Square apartment complex will house 1,492 students in
shared and single rooms.
• From 5-7 p.m. an opening reception will be held for the “Then & Now”
historical photo exhibit that will be on display in the Student Union
Gallery. The exhibit will be on display from Aug. 22-Sept. 19.
August 27
• Enrollment at Boise State is expected to approach 19,000 as the first day
of the fall 2007 semester gets under way a week from Monday.
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Media Contact: Bob Evancho, University Communications, (208)
426-1643, bevanch@boisestate.edu
Boise State University celebrates its 75th anniversary this fall. From
its founding on Sept. 6, 1932, the institution has evolved from a small
church-sponsored college in a downtown schoolhouse to a metropolitan
research university of distinction with about 19,000 students. Visit
boisestate.edu and click on the “75” button for more information.
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