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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/October 31, 2007

BSU Professors Honored by Public Health Organization

Two faculty members in Boise State University’s Department of Community and Environmental Health recently received recognition at the Idaho Healthcare Conference held in Pocatello.

Associate professor Sarah Toevs, associate dean of the College of Health Sciences, was elected president of the Idaho Public Health Association (IPHA), the oldest non-profit public health organization in Idaho. The mission of the organization is to provide a forum for individuals and organizations to work collectively in order to assure conditions in which Idahoans will be healthy.

Assistant professor Lee Hannah was the recipient of the IPHA’s President’s Award. Outgoing president Jean Woodward presented Hannah with the award during the conference.

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

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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Last reviewed on Wednesday, October 31, 2007