Idaho State University

Posted November 6, 2009

Jason Pretty Boy, an Idaho State University political science student and a coordinator of the ISU College of Business Native American Business Administration (NABA) Program, has been awarded a First Nations Leadership and Entrepreneurial Apprenticeship Development (LEAD) Program Fellowship for 2009-10.

“I was surprised I received it, but I am very pleased,” Pretty Boy said. “The program is designed to develop leadership positions in tribes and nonprofit organizations that deal with Native American issues.” (read more…)

Posted November 6, 2009

Idaho State University Associate Professor of literacy education David Squires has been selected as visiting scholar at Osaka Kyoiku University in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan, from November 2009 through the end of July 2010.

Osaka Kyoiku University is a teacher education university. Squires will spend his nine-month sabbatical, which began this month, pursuing some of his research interests, which include determining to what extent Japanese elementary teachers use storytelling and children's literature in their literacy instruction. (read more…)

Posted November 4, 2009

ISU Coming Events:

The Idaho State University Office of University Relations distributes this events calendar to let the media and public know about upcoming non-athletic events at the University. This information is intended to be released in print and broadcast events calendars. Various events calendars with more complete information are available online at the Web site www.isu.edu/calendar. A copy of this release can also be accessed via ISU’s home page at www.isu.edu. Information about ISU athletic events is available at http://isubengals.cstv.com/. The area code for all phone numbers is 208 unless otherwise noted. The phone number for University Relations is 282-3620.

NOVEMBER

 Wednesday, November 4

• The Women’s Health and Baby U Club brownbag presentation “Paternity, Child Support and Custody”: The Women’s Health and Baby U Club will host a brownbag presentation on Paternity, Child Support and Custody at noon in the Bear River Room of the Pond Student Union. There will be a guest speaker from the Idaho Lawyer Volunteer Program. This presentation is open to the public. (read more…)

Posted November 3, 2009

Idaho State University will hold the 2009 International Economic Summit in the Pond Student Union Ballroom on Nov. 3. The event will host more than 250 students from area high schools. The International Economic Summit program is sponsored through the ISU Center for Economic Education.

The ISU Foundation has been awarded $3,000 by US Bank for the International Economic Summit program. The $3,000 donation will be used to pay for all of the student-team fees, making the program more accessible to area high school students that otherwise would not have been able to attend. The donation is expected to noticeably increase attendance. (read more…)

Posted November 2, 2009

The 51^st conference of the Idaho State Tax Institute will be held Nov. 5-6 in the Amethyst room of the Holiday Inn at 1399 Bench Rd. in Pocatello. The event is sponsored by the Idaho State University College of Business, the Idaho State Bar Section of Taxation, Probate and Trust Law and the Idaho State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

More than 80 accountants and attorneys from throughout Idaho are expected to attend. Program sessions begin at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Thursday afternoon sessions include "Nuances of Form 1041" by Mike Blackburn of Blackburn & Stoll LLC; "The Potential Demise of the Idaho Business LLC" with Winston Beard of Beard St. Clair, P.A., and a session on ethics conducted by Blackburn. (read more…)

Posted November 2, 2009

Residents and workers in Libby, Mont., where thousands have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore for over nine decades, will benefit from three key scientific investigations, which include a research project by the Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences, launched this month by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City,

Mount Sinai researchers will collaborate on the research effort, to be known as the Libby Epidemiology Research Program, with Libby's Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD), investigators from the University of Montana and Idaho State University, and a national scientific advisory group.  The research will be supported by a grant of over $4.8 million from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

One program, led by Jean Pfau, Idaho State University assistant professor of immunotoxicology, will compare production of blood serum antibodies among Libby residents who were exposed to asbestos only in their environment (and not at their place of employment) with antibodies seen in workers with historically long-term, heavy exposure to common commercial forms of asbestos. (read more…)

Posted October 29, 2009

Idaho State University's Intermountain Center for Educational Effectiveness (ICEE) in the College of Education is changing the way teachers teach.

The ICEE in collaboration with eastern Idaho School districts is defining classroom instructional objectives based on Idaho K-12 content standards and conforming to the No Child Left Behind Act.

This is just one of several major grant projects the ICEE is currently working on. (read more…)

Posted October 29, 2009

The joint 14th Intermountain Conference on the Environment and the 42nd Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Symposium will be held at Idaho State University Nov. 5-6 in the Pond Student Union.

The theme of the conference is “Geotechnics, Environment, Energy, and Economics (GE3) – The Links for Sustainability.”

A highlight of the conference will be honoring Century High School (Pocatello) environmental and science teacher Bruce Givens who will receive the Intermountain Conference on the Environment Individual Achievement Award. (read more…)

Posted October 28, 2009

Idaho State University Rodeo Team members completed their fall competition schedule following the Utah State University fall stampede rodeo in early October with the women's team finishing second in the region and the men's team fourth.

The top individual performers for the season were Kyle VanBiezen, first in tie down roping; Cy Eames, first in team roping header; and Kim Sanford, first in barrel racing. (read more…)

Posted October 28, 2009

After 32 years of dedicated service to Idaho State University College of Technology, Deb Thompson is retiring. Since 1977, she has served in several positions including; counselor, director of student services, interim associate dean, associate dean, and interim dean.

The College of Technology is hosting a retirement reception to recognize Deb for her years of service on Friday, Oct. 30, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Roy F. Christensen Building, Culinary Arts Dining Room, 777 Memorial Drive, Pocatello, Idaho. If you wish to attend please call 282-3227 to RSVP. (read more…)