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SCIENCE AND NATURE 26 A look at how BSU helps keep nature natural.

COLLECTOR'S ITEMS . 32 Historic papers have a home in BSU's Albertsons Library archives.

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ABOUT THE COVER: Travel any direction in Idaho or throughout the West and the imponance of natural resources is as vivid as the landscape itself. Scientists and researchers at Boise State are having an impact on how these resources are maintained. From research on water quality to public policy and land management issues, BSU is at the forefront of helping to ensure the air, land and water that sustained the early pioneers will be here for future generations as well. Glenn Oakley photo.

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NO SUCH THING AS A SUMMER SLOWDOWN AT BSU

By Charles Ruch, President

ll institutions have a rhythm third class this fall, further strengthening our theater in July on campus and in August dictated by the ever-changing involvement with the business community at Brundage Mountain in McCall is yet an:­ seasons. Universities are no ex­ in Vietnam. other activity involving faculty, students A ception. With Commencement Funded projects this summer have faculty and community members. This year four 1997 behind us, the campus has moved into in almost every college working on projects weekend concerts are planned. its summer mode - different, but no less of significance to their discipline and real­ Of course the physical form of the campus intense and comprehensive as we seek to world problems. Many of our research is ever-changing. Summers provide a good meet the demands placed on a metropolitan projects involve undergraduate students as time for the many necessary "clean-up, fix­ university. up, paint-up" projects so necessary to keep Before I report on our summer activities, our physical plant first-rate. This summer is a word about Commencement 1997. It was a no exception. memorable celebration for several reasons. In addition, some of the major construc­ First, BSU awarded 2,086 degrees and cer­ tion that has marked the campus is coming to tificates. For these individuals, commence­ conclusion. The new academic building is ment symbolized the accomplishment of now complete and we will move in over the singular import, and we join in their celebra­ summer. A wonderful addition to the cam~ tion. pus, the building provides a new home for The second highlight of this year's com­ the physics department, along with 11 new mencement was the awarding of our first classrooms and a computer Jab with 87 work­ doctorate degrees. Five individuals received stations. their doctorate of education degree and Bronco Stadium construction will con­ hood, symbolic of their achievement of the tinue all summer, with major additions com­ highest degree American universities award. pleted by the opening of the football season BSU's innovative doctoral program is de­ in late August and the balance of the Hall of signed to support talented teachers in their Fame plaza done by mid-fall. efforts to become leaders in school reform Short conferences, summer registration at the local level. For this institution, the for new students, special events - the list awarding of doctorate degrees is the culmi­ goes on. Boise State enjoys the summer nation of our maturation into a university­ with the same enthusiasm and variety of a cause for celebration across the campus. activities that is the hallmark of the aca­ Gone are the days of idyllic quiet on a demic year. campus during the summer; metropolitan Summer is a special time to visit the universities are year-round institutions, as research assistants. One of the many "value­ campus. If you have a family member or indicated by the activities on the BSU cam­ added" dimensions of a BSU degree is the friend who might be thinking about college, pus over the next two months. opportunity for undergraduates to work side or if you just want to know more about the Summer school is well under way. BSU by side with senior faculty engaged in signifi­ campus, we extend you a warm welcome. offers a variety of registration patterns: two cant work. The New Student Information Center is five-week sessions, an eight-week session, As our educational enterprise is fully func­ located in the Student Union. A phone call and a 10-week session. Given these arrange­ tioning, so too are our service activities. to (208) 385-1820 will assure you someone ments, students have several choices and, by Summer camps abound. This summer, more to talk with and a campus tour guide. going all summer, can earn a full semester of than 6,000 youths will spend time on the The President's Office is located in course work. We have every expectation BSU campus engaged in summer programs Room 307 of the College of Business and that our summer enrollment will meet or such as Business Week, Idaho Science Camp, Economics Building. Please come and visit. exceed last year's enrollment of 6,342. Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership seminar We look forward to seeing you! Of special note this summer is the pres­ and other academic, athletic, and recreational As always, I appreciate your comments. ence of the second class of MBA students camps. I can be reached at (208) 385-1491 or by from Vietnam. This class of 27 students, In addition to enriching the secondary e-mail: [email protected]. 0 selected to be part of the leadership of school education of the participants, time Vietnam's business community as it moves spent on the campus will provide students a toward a market economy, will spend much look at collegiate life and expectations. We of the summer on campus taking courses hope that interest in attending college at and filling internship positions with Boise BSU or elsewhere will be enhanced through corporations. BSU faculty have been teacn­ a summer camp experience. ing in Hanoi with this group of students for SummerFest, our summer musical con­ the past two years. We hope to start yet a cert series, held in the Centennial Amphi-

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BSU ADDS 3 NEW MASTER'S DEGREES Boise State added to its growing menu of master's degrees when the State Board of Education approved graduate programs in computer science, computer information systems and biology at its June meeting. The new degrees bring BSU's master's total to 35. Courses in the three programs will be offered for the first time this fall. The university is offering the degrees be­ cause of community demand, says Provost Daryl Jones. "For several years we have had demand from the professional community for these programs. There is an economic develop­ ment aspect to them because they will en­ hance the productivity and career advance­ ment of people who are already employed or who will soon be in the work force," he says. Call her doctor now. Alecia Baker was the first offive students in Boise State history to wear Two of the degrees, biology and computer a light blue hood signifying the completion ofthe university'sdoctorate program in education. science, will be administered through the Above, Baker enjoys the "hooding" ceremony conducted by dissertation adviser Pat Bieter, College of Arts and Sciences. Computer in­ left, and associate dean Glenn Potter as a part of BSU Commencement May 17. formation systems will be offered through the College of Business and Economics. BSU AWARDS FIRST DOCTORATE DEGREES The biology program will be a general degree to accompany the more specialized There was more than the traditional pomp a four-year college, to a university with rap tor biology master's, one of the few of its and circumstance at this year's Commence­ master's degrees and finally, to a doctoral­ kind in the world. The program will include ment ceremony May 17. degree granting university," says Dr. Robert two options, one research-oriented and an­ Television cameras and microphones com­ Barr, dean of the College of Education. other project-oriented. The courses will be peted with home video cameras to capture "This puts us in a whole new league. It is an offered during both day and evening time the five graduates who made history as the official designation that means new oppor­ periods. The initial class of 15 is expected to first-ever recipients of doctorate degrees tunities for extended funding on a national double by the third year. from Boise State U nivcrsity. level." The computer science degree is designed The five graduates - The degree is one of the for programmers, system analysts, software Alecia Baker, Christopher QUICK FACTS few in the country tailored engineers and other professionals. Frankovich, Brenton Allen specifically for classroom The curriculum will focus on areas where Kidder, Eileen Thornburgh teachers interested in cur­ there is faculty expertise and student/indus­ and Patricia Toney - TITLE: Ed.D. in curriculum ricular reform and school try demand: software engineering, networks started in the program in and instruction renewal. The program was and security, data bases, parallel and distrib­ 1994, the first year it was FOCUS: Public school teach- structured so practicing uted computing and possibly graphics. available. ers who have an interest in teachers could pursue a doc­ The computer information systems de­ Each graduate was school renewaiJreform toral degree without hav­ gree is intended to serve practicing data "hooded" by the chair of his ing to resign their positions. processing professionals through a curricu­ or her dissertation commit­ STARTED: Summer 1994 The degree takes about lum that features two tracks, one technical tee and Glenn Potter, asso­ FIRST YEAR ENROLLMENT: 13 three years to complete. and the other managerial. ciate dean of the College of CURRENTENROLLMENT: 31 Students begin the program Some of the topics the coursework will Education and director of full-time in the summer and cover include data base management, sys­ the doctorate program. STUDENTS STARTING THIS then take evening classes tems development, telecommunications and SUMMER: 10 When the hoodings were during the fall and spring networking. The computer science and com­ completed, family and semesters while they are puter information systems programs will friends stood and cheered from their seats in teaching at their respective schools. share some core courses. honor of the graduates who had marked a "This degree is a dramatic departure Courses for both degrees will be held in milestone in the university's history. from traditional doctoral programs that are the evenings to accommodate employees of "In a lifetime, Boise State University has designed primarily for administrators," ex­ the region's high technology businesses and . gone from a two-year community college, to plains Barr. 0 government agencies. 0

8 FOCUS/ SUMMER 1997 BOISE PREPARES TO GO BOWLING At its June meeting the NCAA Special Events Committee unanimously certified IDAHO EATRE the Sports Humanitarian Bowl, which will fl}}; be played in Bronco Stadium during the 1997 holiday season. According to BSU Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier, the Boise Bowl Foundation ex­ pects to get a formal $2 million letter of credit and submit a formalletterto the NCAA by Aug. 1. "I don't foresee any problems," said Bleymaier. "The deal by and large is 99 percent done." ZERO GRAVIlt OcT. 10-12 The bowl will feature the Big West Con­ ference champion vs. an at-large team and rcuPSE ]AN. 9~10 will be televised nationally on ESPN2 the STELLAR AliRIL 3-S~ afternoon of Dec. 29. . ~ F The game will coincide with induction ceremonies for the Boise-based World Bsu SPECIAL EVENTS Q(NJ!R ''-'" Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame that same week. According to Bleymaier, who spearheaded }OIN lOT FOR A EA 0 OF CO TEM PORA RY DANCE THAT IS the effort along with Big West Commis­ SENSU AL. £XGIT!NG AND tiULL OF BEAUTY. sioner Dennis Farrell, Boise River Festival director Steve Schmader will take over as executive director of the Boise Bowl Foun­ Save 15°/owith Season dation. Schmader will report to a board of tickets by calling 331-9592 directors. Andividual tickets at Select-A-Seat "It will be a tremendous asset for us to have this bowl game on our campus," lOT is a pr fessional "company in residence" at Boise State': Bleymaier said. "It will give us national tele­ vision exposure annually and will be a real exciting event for the city and the univer­ sity." 0

WADE RECEIVES L ESS THAN SILVER MEDALLION For years Boise physician George Wade T EN MINUTES has quietly given his support to dozens of Boise State programs. During Commence­ F ROM BSU CAMPUS ment in May, BSU publicly recognized that generosity with a Silver Medallion, the 265 MoDERN GUEST R ooMs university's highest award. Q_))IDY) RESTAURANT AND L OUNGE Wade founded the Idaho Sports Medicine I NDOOR AND OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS Institute on the BSU campus in 1984, a pub­ lic-private partnership that has served as a SAUNAS, WHIRLPOOL AND FiTNESS CENTER • H OLIDOME™ model for other universities across the INDOOR RECREATION AND FuN CENTER • FREE CABLE country. TELEVISION • FREE AIRPORT SHUTTLE • MINUTES FROM THE For several years, Wade and his staff have served as team physicians for the athletic CAPITOL, BSU CAMPus, SHOPPING MALLS AND MusEUMS department at no cost to the students or the ~,, university. I\- He has been a benefactor to several schol­ - Boise Airport arship programs, the physical education de­ \\~ ~'V\W\: partment, the engineering building fund 3300 VISTA AvE. (208) 344-8365 BOISE, ID 83705 drive, the athletic department and the Bronco Stadium expansion project. Convenient access to Interstate 84 at Exit 53 (Vista Avenue) "What is most inspiring is that George's generosity has been at an inverse ratio to the recognition he has received over the years. Where George can help, he does," said President Charles Ruch during the award presentation. 0

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 9 BSU in the 21st Century Master plan calls for widespread changes in the way the university looks, operates

fa st forward to the y~ar 2032, the year Boise State celebrates by the State Board of Education at its April meeting, outlines its centennial. sweeping suggestions that will "change our culture because it Most of the parking lots have been turned into building sites transforms our campus to one more or open green spaces. Traffic funnels into four parking garages, oriented toward pedestrians," says keeping the campus core free of vehicles. There are several new Boise State President Charles buildings, including an engineering/technology complex and a fine Ruch. arts center. Among the suggestions are In Nampa, BSU's burgeoning branch campus includes a these: years cluster of new buildings, all beautifully landscaped with poplar INTEGRATE THE BOISE RIVER 1ast 20 has trees along a meandering stream. MORE INTO THE CAMPUS. The pushed its Such is the future Boise State campus as envisioned in a new original campus was oriented physical size facilities master plan drafted by the Portland firm Zimmer­ toward the river. But as buildings to the limit Gunsul-Frasca Partnership. were added, that orientation of efficient The planning firm spent the fall semester conducting exten­ switched toward University Drive. operation. sive interviews on campus and in the community to determine Thus, most of the current buildings - Mctster Plan llepor1 BSU's growth requirements. The firm's plan, which was accepted have an ''undecided or cautious"

Among the highlights of the master plan: An ova/lawn and parking structure behind the Morrison Center; fine arts buildings on Capitol Boulevard; lawn in place of the current Ad Building parking lot; a parking structure across from the Ad Building; a parking structure and student recreation center across from the Student Union; and a technology/engineering complex, quad­ rangle and parking structure near the current Engineering Technology Building. , ...... ,.,o(9!P"trl .ai~ID ;.:illliiMiri•f.:41iiiiji._';iiiijji• ,.... _ .-.....~ j~~~i] relationship with the river, planners say. Campus Drive also make other changes to the campus," he says. separates the campus from the river. Planners recommend Already, the plan has affected the location of a new continu­ restricted parking and traffic on the street. ing education building that was originally planned for the site of a CLUSTER BUILDINGS ACCORDING TO FUNCnON. That has already parking structure across from the Student Union. The continuing occurred with athletic facilities, which are located at the east end ed building may be located at the corner of University and of campus. The plan envisions, for example, building clusters for Chrisway. engineering/technology, the "'"~,:-::;~~: fine and performing arts, :·'~;t:'~<*" health science, and education/ science. All of those buildings would be built around open space similar to the central quad that now exists between the Administration Building and Albertsons Library. CONSTRUCT FOUR LARGE PARKING STRUCTURES. Some small surface parking lots will still be needed, but the The proposed majority of the cars will park in Canyon Col.mty . _ the four structures (600-1,200 campus will feature cars each) located on the a tree-lined entrance. periphery of campus. A revised Four buildings will be ad_ded to form a central quadrangle, system of walkways will with the temainder of the campus accommodate the increase in develOping around the quad. pedestrian traffic and provide better links to the Greenbelt. Portions of Jots such as those that serve the Morrison Center and What changes can people expect to see in the next five years? Administration Building will be turned into lawn; While many projects are still in the planning stages, here are a few The plan includes potential sites for new buildings for fine that are high on the priority list: arts, performing arts, business, health science, engineering/ CONVERT CAMPUS DRIVE, which technology and student housing. runs along the Greenbelt behind Some of those buildings will flank Capitol Boulevard, giving campus, into a pedestrian zone by the university a more dramatic presence on one of the busiest removing parking and reducing streets in the city. Others will be built in the neighborhood south traffic. of the campus, an area that has long CONSTRUCT NEW ENGINEERING been designated as BSU's growth BUILDINGS, designed as part of a area. larger complex that includes a stronger campus The Canyon County campus, green quad area. BSU is currently organization located north of the new Idaho raising funds for the construction of make the Center, will start with a single mechanical and electricaUcivil building fronted by a large lawn engineering buildings. university easier to understand campus is to have and a tree-lined entrance. Eventu­ START CANYON COUNTY ally, new buildings will enclose the CAMPUS. While BSU has not and use. a pedestrian· lawn on three sides. Over the years, submitted a request for funding to .-..MOSie, Pion Report friendly core, the other buildings will be added the State Board, the first building bulk of parking behind the main quad area. The on the campus is high on BSU's priority list. will need to be campus will incorporate an existing CONSTRUCT A FIRST-EVER PARKING STRUCTURE. One possible consolidated on canal into its design. location is on the corner of University Drive andLincoln. In the the campus With the plan now in hand, BSU proximity of the Student Union, the structure would be five periphery. has a blueprint that will carry the minutes walking distance from most of the campus. Funding university and its branch campus sources have yet to be determined. - Mosfw Plan Report well into the next century, says CONSTRUCT A STUDENT RECREATION CENTER. Three generations Ruch. of student government leaders have supported fee increases to "Obviously, the plan won't be turned into reality overnight. fund the center, which will be located across University Drive Given the amount of time it takes to fund new buildings, the from the Student Union. proposals won't be fully developed for several decades. But this ADD A SOCCER FIELD near the existing BSU Tennis Center off plan will guide future administrations as they add buildings and Protest Avenue. BSU begins women's soccer in 1998. 0 Idaho School of MAsSAGE THERAPY

Ruth Haefer, C.M.T Cindy Langston, C.M.T. Nationally Certified Therapists • Treatment Tailored To Individual Needs • Classes & Wlllkshops for Personal Growth & Professional Applidltlon Summer physics courses are being taught in BSU's new classroom building as work crews put (lSO br. to 500 hr. Certification) the finishing touches on the $7 million facility. The 54,000-square-foot building includes • Swed,ish, Connective T18SQe, Spom. $300,000 worth of audio/video hardware and software, a 90-seat lecture hall, a 170-seat ~Reflexology lecture auditorium, a computer lab with 87 workstations, 11 classrooms, eight labs and Celebrating Fre.edom OJ;MDvement offices for the physics department. The building will be totally functional when the 1997-98 academic year begins in August. 5353 Franklin Rd. Boise, ID 83705 • 343-1847 FOUR DEANS NAMED TO BSU POSITIONS For the last six months Boise State has LARRY BARNHARDT, currently director of combed the country for candidates to fill strategic planning for career education , WHERE four dean positions that were vacant for the Minnesota state colleges and through a combination of resignations and universities system, is the new dean of the WAll STREET retirements. Larry Selland College of Applied Technol­ The searches are now over: Three new ogy. MEETS deans have been selected to oversee aca­ Barnhardt has served as president of demic or technical colleges. The fourth St. Cloud Technical College in St. Paul, THE administers Boise State's admissions func­ Minn., and executive director of the North ROCKIES tions. Dakota Council on Vocational Education. Here are profiles of the new faces who will JAMES TAYLOR, current director of the ajullr-se:rvfu rC'[Jlonat be sitting around the table when the Dean's School of Allied Health Sciences at North­ Council meets again next fall: east Louisiana State University, replaces / ~ .{{. tnvesbr!ent_; ,:rm ... BSU's first College of Engineering dean is Eldon Edmundson as dean of health LYNN RUSSELL, current dean of the College of science. Edmundson resigned last July to committed to the needs Engineering at the University of Alabama in take a job at Eastern Washington; Anne of the individual investor Huntsville. Payne served as interim dean last acaderilic Last fall the State Board of Education year. • Retirement Planning gave permission for BSU to begin the new Taylor has held administrative posts in college, which previously was included in the the Office of the Surgeon General, the • 401 (k) Direct Rollovers Larry Selland College of Technology ad­ Academy of Health Sciences and the School 3! Tax-free Bonds ministered by Dean Tom MacGregor. He of Allied Health Professions at St. Louis ~,~ 'QGali~y Stocks will retire in June. University. This will be the third time Russell has led MARK WHEELER was selected dean of en­ , • Profes~ional Money ~ the development of a new engineering pro­ rollment services, replacing Steve Spafford, Management gram. He also served as dean of the engi­ who will retire this summer after 25 years at ';.... neering college at the University of Tennes­ BSU. see at Chattanooga. Wheeler, Boise State's assistant dean of 801 W. Main Russell brings a variety of experience from admissions since 1991, will lead the transi­ Suite 100 business and industry, including posts with tion to an enrollment services concept where Boise, ID 83702 TRW Systems, Lockheed and NASA, where students can receive financial aid, admis­ 388-4200 D.A. Davidson & Co. he worked on Apollo flights and the first sions and registration information in one M!mbl!rSIPC 1 DAOCO~ 800-413·2326 manned lunar landing. location. 0

12 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 PROFS TEACH INNOVATIVE MARKETING CLASS FROM COSTA RICA Two Boise State business professors put a While marketing on the Internet courses possible, Ray adds. new twist on distance learning last semester have been taught at many universities, Ray The Boise State professors also taught a when they taught a class on marketing on the says this is the first time, to her knowledge, class on ecotourism marketing while in Internet from a classroom in Costa Rica - that such a course involved locations in two Costa Rica, which garnered some interest even though most of the students enrolled different countries. because ecotourism is the country's major were living in Boise. "The diversity of students added an inter­ industry. ROBERT MINCH, computer information sys­ esting dimension," Ray says. "We had stu­ Ecotourism marketing was a fairly tradi­ tems, and NINA RAY, marketing, taught the dents whose native languages were English, tional course - unlike marketing on the class on the campus ofUniversidad N acional Spanish, Chinese and French. While the Internet, which was modified several times in Heredia, Costa Rica, as part of the Uni­ major language of instruction was in En­ during the semester to take advantage of versity Studies Abroad Consortium, of glish, there were times that the professors in new innovations in navigating cyberspace. which BSU is a member. The students who Costa Rica conducted the class in both Span­ Says Minch: "Our students gained some valu­ enrolled included 10 in Boise, five in Costa ish and English." able experience." Rica and one in Wisconsin. When students conducted a marketing You can visit the class website at http:// "We thought that it worked very nicely," research survey over the Internet, they minch.idbsu.edu/marknet. Pictures and a says Minch. "There were lots of cross­ quickly learned about the problems of con­ description of an informal videoconferencing cultural exchanges that were very valuable." ducting research in different countries while experiment that was part of the class are at Since all assignments and instructions were trying to keep the survey form as similar as http://minch.idbsu.edu/marknetNC.htm. 0 conducted via the Internet, the physical dis­ tance between instructors and students didn't RAYMOND TO LEAD HONORS PROGRAM matter, according to Minch and Ray. Students turned in assignments via e-mail, Political science professor GREG RAYMOND has published seven books and more than 50 carried on electronic discussions with peers has been named director ofthe BSU Honors journal articles and has presented papers at and professors, and clicked to a web site to Program. Raymond served for six years as conferences throughout the world. review the course syllabus and a calendar of chair of the political science department and Raymond replaces Bill Mech, who founded assignments. has been recognized with awards for his the Honors Program 27 years ago. Mech The innovative marketing course received teaching and research. In 1994 he was se­ drew national attention to the BSU Honors some notice from the Costa Rican media; it lected by the Carnegie Foundation as Idaho Program in his role as secretary/treasurer of was written up in La Nacion, the country's Professor of the Year. the National Collegiate Honors Council. major newspaper. A specialist in international relations, he Mech will return to teaching this fall. 0

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FOCUS/ SUMMER 1997 13 AFTER 25 YEARS, BSU'S MASTER'S PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO GROW

By Janelle Brown BSC's class catalog for 1970-71; although Boise State's graduate council also ex­ It's been a quarter century since the first the index includes a reference to graduate changed minutes with councils at the UI and master's degrees were awarded at what was programs, the pages where those programs ISU, a move aimed at fostering cooperation then Boise State College, but Gail Heist still are supposed to be listed are totally blank. between faculty at the different state institu­ remembers the occasion well. Hollenbaugh explains that the catalog was tions. "It was a cold and windy day, but it was already at the printer when questions sur­ Today, the biggest challenge facing the also fun," says Heist, one of three candidates faced over whether the graduate programs graduate college is keeping up with the de­ to receive a master's in business administra­ the State Board of Education had directed mand for more programs, says Hollenbaugh, tion at the May 1972 graduation ceremonies. Boise State to plan were also approved for who has served as dean since '75. Six new "When you're the first to go through, it's implementation. Faced with some last­ master's degrees - in biology, computer pretty special." minute indecision by board members and a science, criminal justice, accountancy, com­ Heist, who taught in the College of Busi­ directory waiting to be published, college puter information systems and fine arts - ness after graduation and later went to work officials pulled the graduate listings and were added in 1996-97. And there is a grow­ for Pioneer Title in Boise, says he's put his added an insert to the directory explaining ing demand for advanced degrees in engi­ MBA degree to good use over the past 25 that the pages were blank. The State Board neering, for diversification in health science years. He's proud to have played a small role then decided to have outside consultants degrees and for more doctoral programs. in the university's history:- and like many review BSC's credentials; when those con­ With an average age of 35, graduate stu­ others, has watched with a personal interest sultants supported the graduate program, dents possess maturity and skills that en­ as Boise State's graduat~ programs have the state board authorized classes to begin in hance the university, Hollenbaugh notes. grown dramatically over the years. 1971. "As our region grows, the demand for pro­ A few statistics highlight that growth. At "Getting a master's program approved grams will also continue," he says. "It's a the '72 ceremonies, eight students received was one of the major landmarks," says Giles fairly steep curve." 0 master's degrees in the two programs of­ Maloof, who served as the first dean of the fered- elementary education and business Graduate College from 1970-75 and is now administration. A quarter century later, some a professor of mathematics and computer 300 students received master's degrees from science. "It meant Boise State University among the university's35 graduate programs wasn't far behind." and options and the first five doctoral de­ Maloof remembers seeing student plac­ grees were also awarded in curriculum and ards that read "BSU in '72" after the gradu­ instruction. ate program was approved. Although BSC This past school year, about 1,200 stu­ didn't gain university status until the non­ dents were formally enrolled in graduate rhyming 1974, Maloof and others note the Scenes from programs and working on master's degrees. master's program helped build the momen­ history­ In addition, nearly 3,000 students took gradu­ tum for that to happen. making ate-level coursework, including many who Several early decisions helped shape the 1972 planned to seek admittance to graduate pro­ direction of graduate-level education at graduation grams. Boise State, Maloof adds. It was decided to ceremonies. "The growth in our graduate program is organize the elementary education and reflective of the growth in our community," MBA programs around a separate graduate says Ken Hollenbaugh, dean of the Gradu­ college in anticipation that more advanced ate College. "We now have a much broader fields of study would eventually be approved. capacity to serve the needs of Idaho and our service region." Hollenbaugh is among those still at BSU who have a firsthand recollection of the struggles BSC went through in the early '70s to get the master's program established. It wasn't easy for President John Barnes to convince a skep­ tical State Board of Education that the college was ready to offer master's degrees so soon after gaining approval to become a four-year institution in 1965. And there were also regional issues with the Univer­ sity of Idaho and Idaho State University to contend with. "It was a tug of war," says Hollenbaugh, who served on the first graduate council. One of those struggles is documented in

14 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 BSU'S DISTANCE LEARNING NETWORK LINKS IDAHO STUDENTS The wide-open spaces of southwest Idaho "A few years ago, the concern was that the This means, for example, that a Harvard don't seem as wide open these days - at state was not able to offer a 'thorough' edu­ law professor could be a guest lecturer in a least from an educational standpoint. That's cation throughout school districts," says Paul government class at Caldwell's Vallivue High because the area's school districts are now Kjellander, DLN director. School. connected to Boise State and each other via "But that concern is partially resolved Similar hubs are in various stages of compressed digital video and audio technol­ with this technology. With BSU serving as construction throughout Idaho. In the fu­ ogy through the university's Distance Learn­ its hub, the schools connected to the DLN ture, it is anticipated that the DLN will con­ ing Network (DLN) are potentially connected to every college nect to similar systems in Idaho as well as Administered by BSU's College of Tech­ course offered at Boise State, or they can Montana, Utah, Washington and Oregon, nology and developed through a grant from share high school courses among themselves. says Kjellander. the Economic Development Agency with which is a major selling point." "It just opens up a lot of flexibility in our additional state funding, the DLN is a con­ The dial-up component of the DLN sys­ area school districts," he adds. "The poten­ sortium of 10 school districts that have in­ tem also allows remote sites from around the tial is just enormous. What we do when we stalled state-of-the-art distance-learning country to be added as a participant in a add more sites is potentially enlarge the classrooms capable of receiving video con­ video conference or course. number of course offerings." 0 ferences and courses. With their classroom hookups, students can now take interactive courses from BSU and from high school instructors in neigh­ boring communities. Not only can the students see and hear the instructor, but the teacher can see and hear the pupils in real time. If a remote-site stu­ dent has a question or wants to have the Eagle, Idaho 83616 teacher look over an assignment, it can hap­ pen instantly. (208) 939-0377 The first course, electronics fundamen­ tals, was offered in February. It will be of­ \1\/RIGHT BROTHERS fered again in the fall along with calculus, several engineering courses and in-service THE BUILDING COMPANY training courses for teachers. ExPlORE YoaR OPTIONS . ~ CONnNUE YOUR LEARNING~ l1fi As knowledge continues to expand, continuous learning is a critical component of r,. enhancing your productivity. BSU's Division of Continuing Education makes learn- 1.1 ing ACCESSIDLE by providing educational opportunities in locations and time frames that are convenient for you.

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FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 15 CANYON CO. CENTER product can o be as gog as ~he sum of · FACE-LIFT FINISHED A parts... the same is ,n "~ Like Cinderella before the ball, the Can­ yon County Center has undergone its final and with highly trained employee -superior customer transformation with the completion of a "Service; and state-of-the-art equipmtj L are $2 million renovation. S,econd to none! The 77,000-square-foot structure now features 45 classrooms and laboratories, a entury Publishing Company n co itted to broadcast studio and a library with com­ puter terminals linked to the Boise campus. Cproviding pre ., 'tr quality printing at the lowest Started in 1985 in what was formerly a possible rates. We hn.:11e. the ~taff and c _rti-bilities to Boise Cascade building supply center, the p oduce your entire m ?:ine, cat og or brochure Canyon County facility currently serves more than 6,000 students each semester. entirely in-house, from to finis . "We're now equipped to serve students in Adult Basic Education through academic programs," says Dennis Griffin, center di­ Let us take rector. "I look forward to offering more daytime sections of academic classes." full color pr The remodeled building will include a television studio for distance learning pro­ grams and lab space for BSU broadcast technology students. Funded with a federal Century Pub 'is ...... Economic Development Administration grant, the studio and equipment will be used for compressed video classes to be P.O. Box 730 • Coeur d' pe, I beamed to 10 sites in southwest Idaho. The center also houses several BSU ap­ (208) 765-6300 • (800) 8 plied technology programs. This is the second of a two-phase renova­ tion project. The first phase, completed in 1993, included a two-story classroom addi­ tion, a new entrance and parking area. 0 EDUCATION, NURSING REACCREDITED Two of BSU's most prominent programs received the stamp of approval from their national accrediting organizations. The College of Education was reaccred­ ited by the National Council for Accredita­ tion of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the baccalaureate nursing program was re­ accredited by the National League of N urs­ ing (NLN). NCATE cited as exemplary practices the College of Education's programs in com­ puter recycling and computer training for beginning teachers. College of Education Dean Robert Barr caiJs the accreditation report "the most posi­ Witches, fools, ghosts, lovers, thanes, merchants and a shrew tive ... and accurate report I have ever re­ take to the Festival stage, JUNE 12- SEPT. 13. Join us ceived in my years at Indiana University and as Idaho's PROFESSIONAL repertory THEATER produces Oregon State University." More than 1,800 students are enrolled in four GREAT PLAYS and celebrates its 20th Anniversary. the college, including 796 in elementary education, making it BSU's largest major. The NLN team renewed the baccalaure­ ate nursing program's accreditation for eight years. The team evaluated such criteria as the quality of faculty, library collection, graduates' success and clinical facilities. 208.323.9700 • fax 323.0700 • box 336.9221 • [email protected] The program is BSU's third largest major, with 429 students enrolled. 0

16 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 PHONATHOIV '97

• • . sSU Alumn\ Ca\hng ~ October & Fr\P,nds \n

· October BSU students will be calling alumni and friends to say "hello•, update information and ask you to make a pledge for academic programs at Boise State.

Our goal this year is $210,000. All gifts are tax-deductible and are used for academic purposes only, unless specifted otherwise by the donor.

Please say YBS when a BSU student calls. Your financial support is an important investment that makes a difference!!!! THANK YOU! RETIRING PROFESSORS, DEANS LEAVE LASTING LEGACY AT BSU Ten Boise State faculty and deans may Prior to being hired at BSU, MacGregor taught at BSU for 33 years, serving as de­ . have retired this year from BSU, but their helped establish the school's construction partment chair for eight years. He has taught legacies will live on through what they have management program and served as presi­ in BSU's studies abroad program and spent accomplished for the university and its stu­ dent ofthe BSU Foundation and the Bronco the past two years teaching at Lithuania's dents. Athletic Association. He has received Silver University of Vilnius as part of his involve­ Although a collective 233 years of teach­ Medallion and Br9nze Bronco awards for ment with the Yale Civic Education Project ing leaves with them, these educators also his support of BSU. in Eastern Europe. He is one ofthe founders leave behind the seeds of knowledge, wis­ THEL PEARSON, who taught in the College of the social sciences at BSU, teaching soci­ dom and talent in the minds of the thousands ofEducation for 16 years, was a co-organizer ology and anthropology at BSU in the 1960s of BSU students they have touched. of the BSU Environmental Math/Science when it was still a junior college. The sociol­ CATHERINE ELLIOTT first taught in the music Camp for Minority Youth and worked closely ogy department named its first academic department in 1970. During her 27-year ten­ with the Duck Valley Reservation schools. scholarship in his honor. ure she was an active STEVE SPAFFORD recitalist and per­ retired after working former in the North: for 25 years in the west and was the first admissions office, recipient of the March 11 of those as its of Dimes "White dean. During that Rose" award for out­ time, Boise State standing community streamlined its ad­ service. She has been missions procedures active in numerous and expanded its re­ national music educa­ cruiting programs. tors associations and Under Spafford's di­ with what is now Op­ rection the university era Idaho, Boise Phil­ implemented many harmonic, and Stage student services, in­ Coach Theatre. cluding recruitment, Music professor non-traditional stu­ MADELEINE DEMORY dent advising and HSU first performed at foreign student as­ age 13 in Vichy, sistance as well as France. Some40years Boise State's Inter­ later - 26 of those national Food, Song teachingmusicatBSU and Dance Festival. - she will continue He also served as her piano perfor­ head of admissions mances as a Fellow at counseling and Yale University. At taught in the politi­ BSU, Hsu established BSU's 1997 retiring faculty members include, front row, Monte Wilson, Thel Pearson and cal science depart­ several scholarships John Robertson. Back row, Marjorie Williamson, Madeleine Demory Hsu and Steve Spafford. ment. for piano students, in­ Not pictured are Catherine Elliott, George Jocums, Tom MacGregor and Martin Scheffer. College of Tech­ cluding a program for nology associate foreign students. She also recorded two CDs She also served as associate chair for teacher professor M ARJORIE WILLIAMSON served and wrote a book on French composer Oliver education, interim chair for elementary BSU for 29 years, first in the College of Messiaen. education, started the advising office for Business, then as a business technology For 24 years, GEORGE JOCUMS taught Ger­ students in teacher education and super­ teacher. Williamson served as secretary of man language, culture and history in the vised student teachers in rural schools. She the Faculty Senate for 28 years. During her department of modern languages. He served spent the last three years as chair of the tenure at BSU she was honored with the as a chair of the department, vice president master's program in teacher education. Delta Kappa Gamma Achievement award of the Faculty Senate, and was a member of French professor at BSU for 23 years, and as the Idaho Business Teacher of the numerous committees including the JOHN ROBERTSON will spend part of his re­ Year. She also served as president of the Committe to Develop Ethnic Studies at BSU, tirement working on his book of French Idaho Business Education Association. the Divisional Curriculum Committee and poems with a colleague who lives in France. In his 28 years, geology professor MONTE the University Reduction in Force and Fringe Robertson served as department chair and WILSON has been honored as an outstanding Benefits comittees. He helped create majors was instrumental in establishing the professor, researcher and leader at the uni­ in German and Spanish during the 1970s. bachelor's degree in French. He was a mem­ versity and in the community. He is the TOM MAC GREGOR was hired in 1990 as the ber of the Faculty Senate, Curriculum Com­ university's first Fulbright Scholar, and associate dean of the College of Technology mittee, student policy boards and Honors a recipient of the Arts and Sciences Dean's and was named dean in 1992. Under his Committee. He organized the Office of Stud­ award for excellence in teaching: Wilson direction, BSU established bachelor's de- · ies Abroad and served as an officer in the twice served as chair of geosciences, served grees in engineering, renovated the Canyon State Foreign Language Professional Asso­ six terms in the Faculty Senate, including County Center and expanded applied tech­ ciation. one as its president, and served as interim nology programs. Sociology professor MARTIN SCHEFFER dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. 0

18 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 BSU FACULTY RECEIVE 7 OF 1 4 GRANTS Boise State faculty were awarded half of the 14 research grants given this year by the State Board of Education. "The large number of BSU recipients is really indicative of a growing involvement of faculty in research activities," says Alan Brinton, associate vice president for aca­ demic affairs. Funding for each BSU project ranges from $27,500 to $33,100. Each year the board, through its Special Research Grant program, awards funds based on the recommendations of peer evalu­ ators from outside the state. Faculty and their projects were: LES ALM, political science, on how scien­ tists view their roles in environmental policy­ making as it pertains to acid rain. He will analyze why it is so difficult to reach scien­ tific consensus on important environmental problems. PATRICIA DORMAN, sociology, on the ben­ efits provided by Idaho employers that are Four Broncos, the most in school history, can now call themselves All-Americans after their considered "family friendly" and the role peiformances at the NCAA National Track and Field Championships. Above are javelin those play in recruitment and retention of thrower Casey Fischer and triple jumper Abigail Ferguson. Also named All-American by finishing in the top eight at the NCAA meet were Cormac Smith, 5,000 meters and Jarred productive employees. Rome, who recorded the highest national finish for the Broncos by taking second in the discus. MIKE MARKEL, English, to write a book that integrates ethics more directly into the edu­ cation of technical communicators. BRONCOS OPEN BIG WEST WITH 4 TITLES CAROL MARTIN, English, to prepare the Clarendon Edition of George Eliot's Adam Boise State's first year in the Big West was ever. Patton also won the prestigious coach­ Bede for publication by Oxford University. a successful one as the Broncos captured ing award in 1987 when he was the head GEORGE ROBERTS, art, on the possible uses four team titles - more than any other coach at Cal-Irvine. of Du Pont's Riston and other photopoly­ school in the conference. Under Patton, the BSU men's tennis team mer film technology in the creation of fine Unlike the Big Sky, the Big West does not won the Big West championship and quali­ art prints. award an all-sports trophy, but according to fied for the NCAA tennis tournament. The SUSAN SHADLE, chemistry, on DNA and a Max Corbet, BSU senior sports information Broncos eventually fell to the University of process that can lead to genetic mutations or director, the Broncos' four league champi­ Mississippi in quarterfinals. carcinogenesis in cells. onships - cross country, gymnastics and The men's tennis team was ranked in MICHAEL ZIRINSKY, history, for a book­ men's and women's tennis- were the most the top 10 in the nation throughout the sea­ length history of American Protestant mis­ garnered by one school during the 1996-97 son and at one point were rated as high as sionaries in Iran to explain the roots of late academic year. second. The 1997 season also marked the 20th century U.S. relations with Iran. 0 And BSU's spring sports athletes finished fifth straight year in which Patton has led the with a flourish with four track athletes earn­ Broncos to an undefeated league season. STUDENTS INVEST ing All-America honors and the men's ten­ The BSU women's tennis team also won nis team compiling the best season in that the Big West title. $50,000 DONATION sport in school history. In addition, men's In gymnastics, the Broncos ended up Finance students at Boise State will have tennis coach Greg Patton was named the 14th nationally with Diana Loosli qualifying a hands-on opportunity to learn about in­ nation:s tennis coach of the year. for the nationals in the all-around competi­ vesting mutual funds, thanks to a $50,000 At the NCAA track and field champion­ tion. gift to the College of Business and Econom­ ships in Bloomington, Ind., four Bronco Led by Dustin Young, who won the Pac- ics from Timothy A. Schlindwein, owner of athletes earned All-America honors under 1 0 142-pound championship, five BSU wres­ a Chicago investment firm and a member first-year coach Randy Mayo, marking the tlers qualified for the NCAA tournament. of the college's advisory board. largest number of BSU competitors ever to In other sports news, the expansion of Schlindwein says he wanted to provide a earn track's top honor at the national meet. Bronco Stadium is near completion. With program for students to learn how to counsel The Boise State All-Americans are Jarred 6,000 seats being added to the south end of people on their investment needs. Students Rome, second in the men's discus; Abigail the facility, Bronco Stadium's capacity will will develop investment goals for typical Ferguson, eighth in women's triple jump; increase to 30,000 when the 1997 season clients and invest the $50,000 in shares of Casey Fischer, sixth in women's javelin; begins on Aug. 30. mutual funds. and Cormac Smith, seventh in men's 5,000 Work continues on the addition of the "I decided to focus on mutual funds be­ meters. Bronco Athletic Association offices and the cause they are an increasingly popular in­ By a vote of his fellow coaches, Patton was Athletic Hall of Fame portion of the expan­ vestment, both for discretionary assets and named 1997 NCAA Coach of the Year after sion. Completion on that part of the project retirement programs," Schlindwein adds. 0 leading the Broncos to their best season is expected at the end of the calendar year. 0

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A BURNING ISSUE: 25 to 50 years without fire suppression. native vegetation for food or shelter. They Projections also indicate it will require up in turn are the food source for golden STUDY EXAMINES to 80 years to recover from the vegetation eagles and prairie falcons, two raptor WILDFIRE' S EFFECTS changes that occurred in the 15 years species whose numbers also are down. between 1979 and 1994, if recovery is Already land managers and users are By Melanie Threlkeld McConnell possible at all. implementing measures to help balance ark Fuller has lived in Boise "We're changing dramatically from a the damage done by fire and other for only four years, but native plants and animal state to an altered disturbances. The Idaho Army National already the career ecologist state," Fuller says. "We don't know the Guard is doing an environmental impact has noticed the dramatic consequences of losing all these native study to find ways to reduce its effects on decline of the Snake River plants and the overall effect on the the area. The BLM is starting controlled Birds of ~rey National production of the ecosystem. For example, fires to burn out potential fuels and Conservation Area, a delicate ecosystem cheatgrass is not a good food source for researching ways to prevent cheatgrass that is deteriorating one species at a time. cattle. It greens up early in the year and from spreading so quickly. The cause? Primarily, bigger and hotter then it's dry, it's gone. It is replacing other The study is important too, Fuller says, wildfires inexhaustively fueled by plants that are viable food sources. because it can be applied to other areas in cheatgrass, a flourishing non-native plant "It's really an important issue for people the West that are much larger than the that is wiping out Idaho's native vegeta­ who live on the Snake River Plain ... Snake River Birds of Prey, and because it tion; and to a lesser degree, the effects of cattlemen and livestock raisers in general. linked several ideas of the food chain military training in the area by the Idaho They have to be concerned about how theory that had been documented by Army National Guard. these changes in vegetation affect their scientists nearly 30 years ago . "If you drive down Swan Falls Road, ability to use the land." "From a conservation of species and even the untrained eye can recognize the The research also noted that the long­ biodiversity standpoint, one would expect huge differences in areas that were burned term use of tracked military vehicles these dramatic environmental changes to the last two years. There are no shrubs and during training had destroyed some of the affect the distribution and abundance of very few bunch grasses, compared to native vegetation needed by ground native plants," Fuller says. "There are beyond the burned areas where you can squirrels and jackrabbits, both of whose decreases in the number of animals, and see sagebrush," Fuller says. "It's a populations are in decline. now it becomes a policy and manager's dramatic example of how these wildfires Interruption of the food chain has a issue of 'what do we want to save?' Our completely eliminate the sagebrush." domino effect, explains Fuller. As the contribution has provided decision makers Fuller is the director of the Rap tor native plants disappear, so do Townsend with much more information and I hope a Research and Technical Assistance Center ground squirrels or black-tailed jackrab­ better understanding of the links among at BSU. He served as the administrator of bits, both of whom are dependent on the plants and animals." 0 a comprehensive study that documented the changes in vegetation, habitat, raptors and prey in the 485,000-acre area, which lies along an 81-mile stretch of the Snake River Canyon in southwest Idaho. The results were published recently in a report titled "Effects of Military Training and Fire in the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area" (NCA). The study was a collaborative effort by a group of scientists from BSU, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Idaho Army National Guard and the Snake River Field Station of the U.S.G.S. Biological Division. The results reveal that more than 50 percent of the shrub land in the NCA has burned since 1979, due in part to too much fire suppression, which allowed non-native plants and other fuels to proliferate. Fuller: We don't know the consequences of losing all these native plants and the overall effect on Computer simulations project the the production of the ecosystem. complete loss of shrub lands within

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ANTHROPOLOGIST historical photos at the University of Utah "Then he patted the horse like it was a in Salt Lake City, organizing them into big puppy and talked to it until it was DOCUMENTS LIVES OF computerized archives and interviewing calm," says McCarl, who took notes while RANCHING FAMILIES families on the reservation. This summer, Sope was at work and later asked him how he plans to make a number of trips to he learned this technique. By Janelle Brown Duck Valley for more interviews. McCarl is also documenting the work of hey wear cotton shirts He'll talk with people like Reggie Sope, Duck Valley's artisans and skilled buttoned at the neck, flat­ a third-generation rancher, former craftspeople. He's visited saddlemaker brimmed "Petan" hats, buckaroo, ceremonial drummer and tribal Spider Teller in his shop in Owyhee, Nev., scuffed leather boots. council member. During a recent visit to and talked with him about the unique, Handwoven riatas, used to the reservation, McCarl asked Sope about handmade tools he uses to build and repair rope cattle, hang from their the early days of ranching in Duck Valley, saddles for working buckaroos. Dsaddle horns. They take great pride in the what it was like to grow up there and to When a prominent Duck Valley family work they do. ride the rodeo circuit. gathered for spring branding, McCarl The Shoshone-Paiute ranchers who live "Reggie has an amazing way of working documented the event, focusing on one of on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation on with horses," says McCarl, describing an the family's middle-aged daughters who the Idaho-Nevada border share a rich incident that occurred one day when he was working the herd from horseback and tradition of buckarooing, storytelling and visited the rancher's property. While who also joined in branding and castration. craftsmanship. It's a tradition not well­ McCarl watched from outside a corral, He even sampled the delicacy of the day known outside the reservation's borders, Sope threw a rope loop around the back - the euphemistically named "prairie even as the mythology of the West foot of a frantic horse, pulled it tight and oysters," also known as calf testicles - continues to grow. gentled the horse down. and managed not to choke. But as these ranching ..,.--;,--:'!'.._~.,..,-~~~-.... ~ "There is a tremendous :> families pass their skills and ~ amount of communal labor," stories from one generation to 12 says McCarl, when asked the next, there is a growing ~ what surprised him about realization that these personal Q reservation life. "Those histories should be preserved. 0 ranching families start at Boise State anthropologist 5 a.m., seven days a week. Robert McCarl is working to They work till dark and do just that. With a grant beyond with no letup." from the State Board of The work can be danger­ Education, McCarl is ous and violent, McCarl documenting the lives of adds. "People are constantly ranching families on the getting cut, run over, stepped reservation located about 100 on. Some of them spend the miles south of Boise. He plans entire day in the saddle." to organize the photographs, McCarl hopes his project interviews and other docu­ will provide Duck Valley ments into computerized families with accurate archives for both a BSU descriptions of their work collection and for use by the and lives that they will want tribes. to share with the next "There is this incredible generation. cultural diversity right next The reservation currently door to us, that for the most has no archival center, but part we're not even aware of," McCarl says there are says McCarl. tentative plans to create a "I think the primary value place where documents could of this project is that it be housed. recognizes cultural strengths "These conversations and contrasts that largely go reveal a marriage of artistry, unnoticed." tenacity and skill that is the McCarl, who was a result of more than 100 years folklorist for the Idaho of struggle by Shoshone­ Commission on the Arts Paiute ranchers to retain before joining Boise State in their culture while adapting 1994, began his project last Teller is among the many Shoshone-Paiute natives interviewed by McCarl. to the economic realities of summer by poring over the West." 0

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HISTORIAN STUDIES 7-11 at night. Their parents know where "They're there, they're heard, they're not they are." hidden in family papers." FARM LIFE AMONG Schackel admits that historians have For her interviews, Schackel asks the WOMEN OF THE WEST been slow to acknowledge the significance women about the history of their farm or of farm and ranch women. Rural sociolo­ ranch, the nature of their work, informa­ By Amy Stahl gists have studied families and communi­ tion about how decisions are made on the artha Ascuena knows the ties, but it wasn't until the women's farm, and the scope of their community of meaning of hard work. A movement gained momentum in the 1980s family and friends. farm wife on a 60-acre ranch that historians began to study the role of She also questions them about the south of Mountain Home, rural women in the social fabric. Now it's a changes they have seen in the last few she's helped irrigate, cut corn, "thriving" field, says Schackel. decades, the amenities they may have drive the trucks and move The author of Social Housekeepers: missed by living in a rural area, and their 100 head of cattle. She can't imagine a Women Shaping Public Policy in New level of satisfaction with ranching/farming better way to make a living. "I always Mexico, 1920-1940, Schackel developed an as a way of life. thought I would be a farmer's wife," says interest in researching farm and ranch While most of the women Schackel Ascuena. "It was all that I knew and I women after receiving a call from an interviewed prefer to work on the farm, .loved it from the very start." editor at an agricultural history journal. many have also found jobs in town. Lila Boise State historian Sandy Schackel A literature search turned up some Hill is among those who work in both has heard similar words spoken over and material about farmers in the Midwest and worlds. Lila and her husband, Earl, live on over by dozens of women she's inter­ South, but very little about the men and a 147-acre dairy farm in Meridian. In the viewed for a study of farm wives in the women farming and ranching in the West. early 1980s they found themselves at a West. Despite long hours, economic Now Schackel is gathering oral histories crossroads in an era of rising farm costs hardships and the increasing pressures of from throughout Idaho, Oregon, New and falling dairy prices. agricultural conglomerates, farm families Mexico, Arizona and other western states Lila, who already taught music lessons are tenaciously holding on to a lifestyle. for her second book. to students in her home, found that she "The similarities between the women Oral histories provide a valuable record needed another way to make money. So I've interviewed is the satisfaction they've of a segment of the population that was she completed a computer course and received from being a farm wife or ranch frequently overlooked until recently. Not found work as a church secretary. woman. They think it's a wonderful life," until1978 did the U.S. Census begin to "It is apparent that farm women make she says. "The women almost all refer to identify American farmers by gender, for the choice to work off-farm in order to the quality of life for children growing up example. "Women's voices are present in provide the family with necessities," says on the farm. The kids don't hang out at a the oral history process," says Schackel. Schackel. "It's almost required now because it's so hard to make a go of ~ farming without a second income." ENor is this income pin money for • ~ frivolous purchases, she says. It's ~ used for "survival" to buy groceries, ===-·,.__.._=n:a;;:=,_a-._§ school clothes, tires for the pickup Cl or a new tractor. Although most of the women she's talked to treasure their quality of life, Schackel says that many have convinced their children to go to college to learn something other than farmwork. "The kids want to leave because of the hard work and lack of travel." Or the family may decide to subdivide the farm for housing developments or sell out to agribusinesses. Despite the hardships, it's a life many farm and ranch women wouldn't give up. Editha Bartley, owner of a 4,000-acre cattle ranch and sawmill in northeastern New Mexico, says: "I love people and working with people, but I Jove the Schackel has interviewed farm women in all cormers of the rural American West. quiet and isolation. I love this kind of country." 0

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§ "We're pretty much a microcosm of the na- 9. tion," he says. "There are many issues to !'; address." [jj :;; Jarocki and Weatherby credit Sen. Dirk :;! Kempthorne, R-ldaho, with playing a piv­ ~o otal role in getting the center established. Kempthornesponsored the 1996Safe Water Drinking Act Amendments, which included provisions that the EFC network address the issues of safe drinking water and the viability of public systems. "Sen. Kempthorne put us on the map. Designating an EFC to do this work elevated it tremendously," says J arocki, who formerly directed the Idaho Division of Environmen­ tal Quality's drinking water protection pro­ gram and helped lay the groundwork to get Boise State designated as the center's home. Jim Aho, city manager of the tiny town of Burns, Ore., says he's also glad there is ex­ pert help on water system issues nearby. When this community of 3,000 undertook a $6 million project to expand its public works, Aho knew he'd need more than a calculator "There are nuzny issues to address," says Environmental Finance Center director Jarocki. to figure out how that would affect the town's water and sewer rates. So he drove the 200 BSU CENTER HELPS The EFC is likely to receive a national miles to Boise and attended an EFC work­ demonstration grant from the Environmen­ shop on how to use a new computer pro­ IDAHO COMPLY WITH tal Protection Agency this summer to de­ gram, RateMod, to crunch the numbers for WATER STANDARDS velop models to help states assess how viable him. their systems are. "This puts a national focus "The workshop was a tremendous help," By Janelle Brown on BSU," says Jim Weatherby, chairman of says Abo, who was among officials from nine ne statistic speaks gallons about the Department of Public Policy and Ad­ communities who attended. "I was very im­ the challenges Idaho faces ministration. "We're pleased to have the pressed." when it comes to meeting gov­ EFChere." The RateMod workshop is among anum­ ernment standards for safe With a first-year budget of nearly $360,000, ber of outreach programs the EFC has drinking water: the Region 10 center is the newest of the planned. Jarocki is also finding ways to use In Idaho, there are 200 cit­ six university-based facilities that comprise the expertise of BSU faculty and students, ies. There are 2,000 public water systems. the network of EFCs in the U.S., and serves from helping set up an EFC web site to "Can you imagine that?" says Bill J arocki, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. providing technical aid. as he leans back in his chair inside his office Funded by the EPA and other agencies last The center also developed criteria the at Boise State University. "If you have 15 November, the EFC is charged with helping DEQ can use to determine if water systems water connections, or 25 people, you have a communities in the Northwest address the are viable and, hence, eligible for state public water system. A day care, a church, a "how-to-pay" issues of environmental regu­ funds. trailer park-they all have to meet national latory compliance. Its activities are coordi­ "It's a valuable service for us, and for the standards." nated with the University ofldaho and Idaho communities involved," says Bill Jerrel, a Jarocki, director of the recently funded State University. DEQ loan specialist who uses the EFC study Environmental Finance Center headquar­ A major challenge for many water sys­ as he reviews loan applications. tered at BSU, knows firsthand the challenges tems is generating enough money to main­ There's more. Lots more. J arocki is full of of complying with the provisions of the Safe tain the infrastructure and make improve­ energy, enthusiasm and ideas when it comes Drinking Water Act in both Idaho and other ments, says Jarocki. to the EFC and what it can accomplish. Northwestern states. Technical expertise is often an issue. Many "I love this job. It allows me to be an He's worked with city officials from communities need help with financial plan­ entrepreneur," says the recipient of two Chignik, Alaska, to Pocatello at EFC-spon­ ning and rate setting. Establishing sound National Performance Review "Hammer" sored workshops. And the center he heads is management practices over the long term is awards from Vice President Al Gore for his taking a national role in designing methods another concern. work on reinventing community compliance to assess the viability of public water sys­ Idaho's large proportion of small public with mandates. "This is what public service tems. water systems is not unique, Jarocki adds. is all about." 0

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 25 Of Politics and Plants BSU professors ponde r, tap and probe the Wests natural resources.

FREEMUTH EXPLORES woods," adds Freemuth, LANDS MANAGEMENT referring to the Interior John Freemuth doesn't Columbia Basin Ecosystem mince words when it comes to Management Project which is public lands. Even if he steps headquartered in Boise. on a few toes. The controversies surround­ "I'm a real believer in ing public lands management applying one's knowledge to aren't going to disappear, says the world, not pontificating Freemuth, and neither are the from an ivory tower," says the politics. Boise State political scientist. "Science is a necessary but "That doesn't mean we have insufficient condi tion for public all the answers, that we're policy," he says. "We make always right," he adds. "But we decisions based on societal need to be engaged." values." For more than a decade, Freemuth has done just that, PROFESSORS LEAD adding his voice and expertise STUDENTS TO WATER to the debates raging in Idaho To help their students learn and the West about managing important construction public lands. principles, Charlie Gains and Freemuth is the author of David Small have gone to the Islands Under Siege: National well. Parks and the Politics of It's not much to look at, just External Threats, and is now at a 35-foot, 8-inch diameter pipe work on a new book, Reinvent­ sticking a foot or two out of the ing the GospeL· The Politics of ground near a parking lot. "But Ecosystems Management, to be 6 feet below is a pool of published in 1998. groundwater," explains Gains, books and illustrations; it's building foundation, the side Freemuth 's latest book "and what this well gives us is a another to demonstrate such slopes to a canal or a trench for examines the new partnerships model to illustrate the impor­ concepts with the real thing. a pipeline, it's critical to know being forged by land managers tance of water conductivity and So this spring with funds the amount of moisture in the and user groups under an the motivating forces of water from the BSU department of ground," says Gains. "The interdisciplinary approach to in soil." construction management, primary goal is to avoid lands management. He Gains, a BSU professor of Gains and Small had a well dug catastrophic failures at explores whether ecosystem construction management, and less than 100 yards from the construction sites, in deep management is "living up to its Small, an adjunct engineering construction management trenches, cofferdams, tunnels, PR" as a superior way to instructor, wanted to illustrate offices and classrooms in etc." manage lands or whether the the critical need to ga uge water BSU's Engineering Technol­ "By using this well, our turf wars between government tables at construction sites. It's ogy Building. students can learn how to agencies still remain. one thing, they say, to teach The decision to drill the well ascertain how much water is "We're on the cutting edge soil mechanics as it relates to was driven by construction going to be in the soil and of this issue, because it's being fo undation and earthwork industry needs. "Whether a predict where the groundwater played out in our neck of the construction with lectures, construction project is a table is going to be." .. BSU professors work with Idaho's natural resources in a number of ways. Far left, College of Engineering's David Small (white beard) and Charles Gains. Left, biologist Stephen Novak. Below, biologist Marcia Wicklow-Howard.

Moss is important because it is one of several components needed to establish a microbi­ otic crust that forms on the surface of the soil. The crust prevents soil erosion, helps water retention and water penetration in the soil, and holds and protects native seedlings in its crevices. The microbiotic crust on some Idaho lands has disappeared because of fires and other disturbances. For native plants to return and survive, a microbiotic crust has to recover NON-NATIVE GRASSES squirrels that depend on native much of Idaho's rangelands first, Wicklow-Howard says. THREATEN ECOSYSTEM vegetation. and fuels wildfires. Finding an effective solution A biological invasion is BSU biologist Marcia to rid rangelands of cheatgrass RESTORING CRUST Wicklow-Howard is conducting going on in Idaho, but only MAY STOP CHEATGRASS is critical to restoring an those with a scientific eye two research projects, funded important piece of the ecosys­ know what it is and the There's a lot more to moss by the U.S. Bureau of Land tem. "Unless you get rid of the devastating effects it could than its association with rolling Management and the U.S. Air cheatgrass, there's not a lot you have. stones. It could be a key factor Force, that relate to moss' role can do otherwise," Wicklow­ The invader? Medusahead in helping to restore native in preventing chcatgrass from Howard says. Rye, a non-native plant that's plants on land that has suc­ growing on land degraded by thriving on Idaho's ranges and cumbed to cheatgrass, the non­ dry, hot weather and the hard, STUDENTS TURN DETECTIVES fueling summer range fires. It native plant that dominates sharp hooves of cattle. In the charred lava flows grows so well here that it north of Idaho Falls, Mark potentially could overtake Plew and a team of BSU cheatgrass, another non-native students scrutinized the plant, as the most common landscape for evidence. It plant in the Intermountain wasn't a crime scene. Rather, West, says BSU biology they were searching for rock professor Stephen Novak. He alignments, fissures and other is collaborating with Dean archaeological clues as part of a Marsh, a Nyssa (Ore.) High five-year agreement Plew has School science teacher to study reached with the Idaho a variety of Medusahead Rye National Guard to survey the species in Idaho. artillery ranges and tank "Medusahead doesn't get as training areas in the deserts and big as cheatgrass, but there are forests across the state. more individuals per unit area The survey will require so it gets really packed into a intensive study of 25-30 sites thick mat," Novak says. "It has that reach from the desert the potential for building up sands of the south to the more fuel for fire than heavily forested mountains of cheat grass population." the north. Research indicates that "Because these lands are Medusahead Rye and other scattered all over the state, it unwanted annual grasses are will allow us to look at sites in a blossoming across the 485,000 variety of contexts," says Plew. acres of the Snake River Birds In most cases, the sites have of Prey National Conservation yet to be systematically Area. The problem, says surveyed, he says. Workers will Novak, is that these grasses search for resources and then burn easily and could cause an document their findings in "ecosystem collapse" by wiping order to build baseline data for out the birds' food source­ the Guard to develop a long­ jackrabbits and ground range management plan. D FACULTY PROFILE

RESEARCH MAY HELP FORESTS FLOURISH By Melanie Threlkeld McConnell or two nights a week this summer, while many of us are asleep or just getting home from a late night out, BSU biology graduate student Kris Ablin-Stone will be tromping through the Boise National Forest squeezing water from seedlings. These 3 a.m. seedling stress tests are all part of a research project (and Ablin-Stone's master's thesis) that she and BSU biology professor Dotty Douglas are conducting to study the relationship between Douglas-fir seedlings and neighbor­ ing shrubs. The researchers hope their work will yield information to assist reforestation efforts in areas where forest fires and logging have occurred, especially in dry, hot areas such as south central Idaho. The project is an offshoot of Dotty Douglas and Kris Ablin-Stone are researching ways to help Douglas-fir seedlings survive. research by Douglas on whether there was an association between the Soil and air temperatures are important Determining the plant's water potential presence of shrubs and the survival and/or for the survival of seedlings because when is what's getting Ablin-Stone out of bed growth of seedlings in southwest Idaho. the temperature rises over 60 degrees and into the forest at 3 a.m. on Saturday "The dogma is that [neighboring Celsius, the soil can get so hot that it burns and Sunday mornings. She measures the shrubs] are bad in that they are competi­ or scalds the base of the seedling, Ablin­ amount of stress or squeeze it takes to get tive, and therefore detrimental to the Stone says. A neighboring plant, depend­ water from the plant by pumping nitrogen seedlings," Douglas says. ing on its location, could provide enough gas into an airtight container that holds a But her research showed that under shade to prevent the seedlings from sample of the seedling. Those early local hot, dry summer conditions, some burning. morning trips are necessary because later shrub species actually helped young Soil moisture is important because in the day plants begin to perspire and lose seedlings. Forest Service employees traditionally their moisture. Now, Ablin-Stone's goal is to find out remove neighboring plants if they think The study is funded by a three-year how these shrubs, such as willows and they are competing with the seedlings for $10,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain buckbrush, affect the seedlings' survival water. Ablin-Stone may provide data that Research Station of the U.S. Department and/or growth. support a new theory that some neighbor­ of Agriculture, National Forest Service. "The Forest Service is looking at a ing plants actually provide water to the The equipment, tools and laboratory space number of new methods to help increase seedlings. are provided by the USDA's Agriculture the survival rate of these seedlings, and "The shrubs that Dotty found to be Research Service. The Boise School this research is one of them," says most helpful to the seedlings tended to be District, where Ablin-Stone teaches junior Kathleen Geier-Hayes, a fire ecologist taprooted," Ablin-Stone says. high life science, also allowed her to take a with the National Forest Service. That means that the deep-rooted plants part-time sabbatical to complete her Ablin-Stone is conducting her research probably tap into water farther down into degree. on 800 seedlings, noting their location to the ground than the seedlings can reach Besides being able to share new neighboring plants, the air, soil surface and and pull it up like a hydraulic lift. The information with her junior high students subsoil temperatures, their moisture water then leaks out of the upper soil and earn a master's degree, Ablin-Stone's content and the amount of moisture in the layer, where it may be absorbed by the research could help some forests in the soil around the seedlings. roots of the neighboring seedlings. Northwest region grow more trees. 0

28 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 SCIENTISTS LOOK Barrash and his co-workers are developing The researchers are also testing the use measure permeability differently than with of accelerated hammers or small explo­ FOR NEW WAYS TO traditional pumping tests in wells. This sives to send seismic waves into the TRACK WATER FLOW means new information for scientists to ground. The manner in which these add to the information already known seismic waves propagate is an indication of By Melanie Threlkeld McConnell from the test wells. Non-invasive tech­ the structure and properties of the ike a shopper thumps a niques also allow scientists to gather new subsurface. cantaloupe to tell how ripe it information about permeability without The group also uses radar waves for the is and a doctor takes X-rays having to drill new wells, which are costly. same purpose. All of the geophysical before performing surgery, "The more information you can get from information is combined with laboratory scientists at Boise State are the surface on permeability the better," and well measurements to learn how the looking for ways to measure Barrash says. geophysical data relate to permeability. the flow of underground water without One method uses electromagnetic fields Barrash and his team received a five­ disturbing the Earth's surface. to stimulate a response that reveals the year $2 million grant from the U.S. Army The results of the project could have a geometry of subsurface geologic layers. Research Office for their experiments. significant impact on the way contami­ The field is created by laying cables on top These explorers of sorts work through nated water and toxic spills are cleaned up. of the ground near a well site and turning BSU's Center for Geophysical Investiga­ BSU hydrogeologist Warren Barrash the electrical currents on and off. Scientists tion of the Shallow Subsurface, a research and his team of scientists and students are record the response digitally and compare center established by the State Board of researching a variety of non-invasive it to information collected from the nearby Education in 1991 with a $1 million grant. geophysical techniques to measure test well. The center focuses its research on the permeability, the ease with uppermost part of the which water flows under­ ~ Earth's crust at depths of a ground. ~ few meters to several By measuring properties @kilometers. of subsurface soils and !il"" The center is making a rocks between already ~ name for itself locally and established well sites, Cl nationally as a principal researchers hope to take the investigator of problems information, compare it to related to natural resources, what is already known at natural hazards and the wells and link it to environmental quality. project a distribution The center has attracted pattern for permeability. more than $4.5 million The new procedures can worth of competitive help scientists worldwide research grants from determine how contami­ sources not associated with nants in water flow through BSU or the State Board of the Earth's subsurface, thus Education. making cleanup of toxins While projects like faster and easier. Barrash's involve BSU "Imagine the Earth's scientists and students, shallow subsurface as a many of the center's mixture of different research and professional materials," explains activities involve collaborat- Barrash. "Then imagine ing with other institutions, water flowing through the such as the Geological mixture. Water flows more Survey of Japan, Massachu­ easily through some of setts Institute of Technol­ these materials than others. ogy, the University of Utah, "It is important to know the Idaho Transportation where the higher permeabil­ Department and many ity material is so we can more. design groundwater cleanup I Results of the projects are systems to intercept these documented in a wide high permeability pathways variety of publications, where most of the contami­ including peer-reviewed Hydro geologist Warren Barrash reviews results from recent field experi­ nated water moves." journal articles, theses and ments at the Boise site. The new techniques technical reports. 0

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PROFESSOR STUDIES sources. The placard said: "We serve fried and federal agencies with jurisdiction over owl eggs here." the watershed. IMPLICATIONS OF "It seemed to imply that you could have Chartered by the Legislature in 1994, RESOURCE DEPLETION a job or you could have owls," she says. the Henry's Fork Watershed Council "The opposite is true. You can't have a meets eight times a year to discuss ways to By Amy Stahl healthy economy if you don't have a improve the coordination of decision­ n eastern Idaho, 25 federal, sustainable resource base on which to making between 1,600 farmers in Fremont state and local agencies are build." and Madison counties, the Environmental working with residents to "I think people have been misled by Protection Agency, the Shoshone­ improve the waterway for an ideological agenda: Either you can have Bannock Tribes, soil conservation districts one of the country's most a decent way of life or a clean environ­ and other organizations. fabled trout fisheries. ment. I don't think they are mutually While the organization has no legal Farmers in the former Soviet republic of exclusive." authority, it does have the goal to improve Kazakhstan are trying to improve irriga­ The concept of sustainable development water quality by supporting projects tion practices that have devastated entered the mainstream with the publica­ endorsed by the entire group. Among the nutrient rich soils. tion in 1987 of Our Common Future, a group's successful projects is a stock A group on the Washington coast is book commissioned by the United Nations watering system proposed by a Henry's helping loggers, fishermen and conserva­ that established links between environ­ Lake rancher that preserved more water tion groups restore a fragile ecosystem. mental depletion and prospects for for a tributary that supports native Indians in the Brazilian rain forest are economic and social development. cutthroat trout. marketing natural dyes for cosmetics from In her book, Hoff cites one Idaho Rather than dwelling only on the a local plant. example where people from differing negative, Hoff most enjoys talking about Communities around the world are viewpoints have found common ground. interventions and solutions to problems. finding solutions to dire environmental In eastern Idaho, farmers, anglers and It's inevitable that we humans will use the problems without sacrificing jobs, says conservationists have been more successful Earth's resources, she says. And that's BSU social work professor Marie Hoff. in reaching a consensus about how to OK. "But if we need to use resources, how Their experiences with the sustainable improve the water quality of a blue-ribbon can we do so in such a way that we don't development are providing Hoff with fishery that serves thousands of farmers in degenerate the resource itself?" material for a book she's editing titled the Henry's Fork area. The controversy We must work harder to find solutions, Sustainable Community Development: pitted neighbor against neighbor in a she says. "What other way is there for the Case Studies in Economic, Environmental contentious battle over a fragile resource. future of human life on the planet? We and Cultural Revitalization. Despite intense opposition, a non-profit have no other choice but to learn how to Scheduled for publication later this year organization was founded just over three harmonize our human economy with the by St. Lucie Press in Florida, Hoff's book years ago to provide an exchange of ideas needs of the natural world if we are to describes case studies, or ''natural experi­ between residents and the 25 state, local survive and live well." ments," that can be used by students, scholars and community activists hoping to learn from the experience of others. By providing practical applications and theoretical foundations for solutions, Hoff hopes the book will show the relevance of environmental issues to social work. "My job is trying to help people see connections between issues and a new way of looking at things," she says. Hoff developed an interest in sustainable development in the 1980s when the political spotlight was shining brightly on the spotted owl controversy. At the time, Hoff was living in Seattle where she enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle and hiking opportunities in the rain forest. A sign she saw in the window of a North Bend, Wash., restaurant, however, seemed to capsulize the polarization she saw as people chose Hoff hopes the book she is editing will show the relevance of environmental issues to social work. sides in the battle over natural re-

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BSU INTERNS ASSESS QUALITY OF IDAHO RIVERS, STREAMS By Bob Evancho URP. Oh ... beg your pardon. Actually, that wasn't a bout of indigestion. BURP has a different meaning in the context of Idaho water quality standards and rnEnvironmental Protection Agency mandates. The Beneficial Use Reconnais­ sance Project is a statewide river and stream habitat assessment program administered by Idaho's Division of Environmental Quality. While its acronym is a bit amusing, there's nothing frivolous about the 4-year­ old project, which is designed to help DEQ meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act and help determine if state waterways are meeting their "beneficial use" designa­ tions. And since 1994 Boise State student­ interns, most of them majors in the College of Health Science environmental health program, have played a key role in Lee Stokes and BURP intern Angela Petersen examine a local stream. helping DEQ work to maintain those federal standards. with a variety of parameters," says Stokes. can do calculations on the amount of living Commissioned and supervised by DEQ, "The objective of the BURP teams is to space where fish eggs can grow and the the students serve paid internships with examine the physical characteristics of the small fish can be harbored." BURP to perform physical analyses of state's rivers and streams and their The teams also examine the hydrody­ habitat in and along segments of Idaho biological communities." namics of the river and streams - the rivers and streams to help determine if the Stokes, BSU's campus environmental pools, riffles and glides that exist. They state is in compliance with EPA's non­ compliance officer, coordinates the look at the large organic debris and woody point source pollution regulations. (As internships and teaches the water quality material among the rocks and make direct opposed to concentrated and easily course in the environmental health measurements of temperature and other identifiable sources of pollution, non-point curriculum - a class that most of the climate conditions. In addition, some source pollution is the diffuse dumping of students take before they start their teams capture, measure and release fish waste into waterways. Runoff from internships. "With that class, BSU is and other creatures- including snails and agriculture, road building, surface mining providing a little bit of ready-made insects- that occupy the waterways. and logging are potential causes of non­ expertise, but the water quality training Some of the assignments are in pretty point source pollution.) the students get from DEQ is quite remote places in deep canyons and high "Non-point source pollution produces valuable," he adds. country, says Stokes, sometimes requiring effluent that is difficult to measure, yet is The BURP teams' assessment of each trips of four to six days. causing problems," says Lee Stokes, Boise segment is exhaustive. Among other The data provided by BURP teams State professor of environmental health. things, they measure and record water allow DEQ to determine if water quality "To determine the non-point sources' flow, width and depth; bank stability and objectives can be reached. "What our relative impact and how to manage [those the degree of shade produced by vegeta­ students get is a lot of practical experience sources] is one of the reasons for BURP." tion on the sides; aquatic plant growth; in water quality management," says Including this summer's internships, 15 siltation; and the various materials in the Stokes. "We've had several students who BSU students have participated in BURP. riverbed - pebbles, rocks, sand, boulders. have completed BURP internships who The internship fieldwork requires the "There are techniques for measuring have gone on to secure permanent students to accompany DEQ workers to objects and materials at the bottom of the employment with DEQ and other various river and stream segments in Idaho river or stream," says Stokes, "and agencies." (there are 962 segments all told) to sometimes it's more than just enumerating And, thanks to BURP, Idahoans get "characterize river and stream integrity them. Based on certain information, DEQ cleaner water. D

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 31 Tales from the Archives AI bertsons Library holds true gems of Idahos history

Ina quiet corner of Boise State's says Virta. "The archives tell us about the Albertsons Library, the_remains of pitched important decisions that made Idaho what it political battles over Idaho's wilderness now is today." rest silently in cardboard boxes. Photographs But the archives contain more than politi­ and articles once used to lure far-away cal history. One ofthe most colorful charac­ tourists to Idaho now fill only filing cabinets. ters whose past now rests on the shelves is Welcome to BSU's Special Collections, "Two-Gun" Bob Limbert, who was a one­ more commonly known as the archives, man department of tourism for Idaho in the where shelves full of priceless documents 1920s and '30s. Limbert was one of the first stand ready to tell the story of Idaho. to photograph the Sawtooth Mountains, Special Collections director Alan Virta Craters of the Moon and Bruneau River. He says many of the library's 100 collections personally lobbied Congress and the presi­ focus on the Idaho landscape. dent for federal protection for the Craters of "The collection is built around our the Moon. strength, which is obviously material about His photos and other memorabilia pro­ Idaho and the West," says Virta. "And being vide rare glimpses into a pristine Idaho that a state where land and natural resources was on the verge of discovery, says Virta. have played such an important role, it is only The collection continues to grow. Most natural that those topics are very prominent recently, the library received 300 pieces of in our collection." personal correspondence from Idaho au­ The flagship collection came from the late thor Vardis Fisher to his son Grant. Those U.S. Sen. Frank Church, who had a hand in letters, says Virta, provide a heretofore un­ practically every federal land issue that con­ known glimpse at the personal affairs of the cerned Idaho from 1956-80. ,He was the au­ Archivists Alan Virta and Mary Carter. Hagerman farmer-writer whose book Moun­ thor of federal legislation that set aside por­ tain Man was the basis for the 1972 film tions of Idaho for wilderness designation as Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford. well as legislation that protected several area and expanded the Alaskan wilderness. The recently-added collection from the Idaho rivers from development. · "If people take the time to look, they can Wolf Education and Research Center has Special Collections also holds the papers find some fascinating stories behind many already drawn the attention of researchers. of U.S. Sen. Len Jordan, who worked on of the tourist attractions we take for granted," The archives are important, says Virta, many of the same issues as because they add a research Church. dimension to the library. In some cases, such as wil- Special Collection Highlights "These are single-source derness designation for the documents ... the only place Sawtooth Mountains, the col­ In capsule for:m, .here are highlights they can be found is here," he lections provide differing of the s~fQ{~ons that relate lo adds. Church-Jordan approaches. ldohO Ond i~ kindscape . . The collections are attract­ • GOV. Cecil And~Solmoh and Taken together, they are valu­ nudeo.r waste. ing a growing stream of re­ able to researchers because • Sen. frank Churdr-Sowtooth searchers, Virta says. they tell the story from both and River of No RetUrn Wikleme$$ What are they searching sides of the political aisle, areas,. Hells~tOO ond wild and for? Information on every­ says Virta. scenitri~~ thing from Snake River wa­ Two years ago, BSU also • Marshall fdSorii&»se conserva­ ter rights to migrant workers received the papers of former tionist-logging, salmon and Idaho to photos for television docu­ Gov. Cecil Andrus, who came Wildlife Federation. mentaries. The archives are to office in 1970 vowing to • fredHutchison~ ~vir()nmemal · also used by students re­ protect the White Cloud aSsistant :to Sen. Chutfh.;....Witderness searching term papers. area in central Idaho from and public lands. The material in the archives mining. Later, as U.S. Secre­ • Sen. len .kida~Sawtooth is summarized on the World wildernes. tary of the Interior, he ex­ . _• Rep. tarry taRocc

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LEARNING LIFE ON THE STREETS By Janelle Brown Mark Lettiere knows firsthand what it's like to spend a cold, sleepless night under a freeway bridge in San Francisco, listening to the endless th-th-thump of cars three feet above him and the groans of heroin addicts huddled nearby. The '89 Boise State sociology graduate knows how it feels to be filthy and cold, with no place to go to the bathroom or wash up. He knows what it feels like to become "invis­ ible" to passers-by - or worse yet, to be tauntedbythem.Andheknows,frommonths of painstaking observation, how desperate the lives of the homeless and heroin-ad­ dicted are. Lettiere, who's working on a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California­ Davis, is living on the streets of San Fran­ cisco, studying how HIV is transmitted among homeless heroin users as part of a three-year project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He plans to write a Lettiere: I want to put a human face on suffering. There are people living in abject misery. book about his experiences and a disserta­ tion on homelessness and crime. many huddle under for warmth. Still, the are in a stuporous bliss, watch street people His work is lonely and at times, danger­ noise of cars, the "cacophony of coughs" panhandle or leave for odd jobs, and per­ ous, but Lettiere wouldn't trade it. He hopes from addicts desperate for another fix and haps talk with others about the petty theft or his research will help shed new light on how his own unease makes it difficult to sleep other illegal ventures they undertook to make the virus that causes AIDS is transmitted, more than a few hours a night. money to buy drugs. and how homelessness, poverty and sub­ "It can be very overwhelming," he admits. Although it makes him uncomfortable, stance abuse are intertwined. There is a per­ It can also be dangerous. Lettiere's physi­ Lettiere is also present when his companions sonal connection here, too. Lettiere's uncle, cal size- he's 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds­ buy heroin from a dealer, then gather with a longtime heroin addict, died of AIDS in offers some protection. So does the trust and others to "cook" it and inject it in their veins. 1985. friendship he's built with his subjects. Users sometimes share the paraphernalia "I want to put a human face on suffering," "Mark is mature, articulate and intelli­ they use to prepare the drug as well as share says Lettiere. "In this beautiful, wealthy city, gent," says BSU sociology professor Michael their needles; Lettiere's research may help there is an underbelly. There are people Blain, who was Lettiere's faculty adviser and scientists determine whether sharing para­ living in abject misery." still stays in contact with him. "He has the phernalia can also spread HIV. Lettiere spoke about his work in a tele­ self-confidence and ability to handle himself He's gotten to know people like Cal, who phone interview from his apartment in San on the streets." once had a sign-painting business and a fam­ Francisco. For the past 15 months, the apart­ Lettiere wears disheveled clothes and ily, an dis now homeless because of his heroin ment has been a place Lettiere could return sports a "scruffy" beard to blend in, but he addiction. Cal likes to sit in the park and read to some nights. But he won't sleep there this doesn't pretend he's really homeless. He Hemingway, Lettiere says. He's articulate s~mmer. Lettiere plans to live on the streets tells his subjects that he is a sociologist doing and smart, but his illness has destroyed his full time until September, essentially be­ research, and finds most are willing to talk life. coming homeless himself. with him. He even has a nickname - "The Lettiere will finish his on-the-street re­ "It's important I do this," he explains. Professor." search this fall and begin writing his disserta­ "The more time I spend with these people, "They are aghast at their existence, and tion and book, tentatively titled "Under the the more dynamic the relationship, and the they're also very interested in the research Fault Line: Homeless and Addicted San more willing they are to tell their life sto­ I'm doing," Lettiere explains. "They want Francisco." He plans to receive his doctor­ ries." people to know what their lives are like." ate from UC-Davis in 1998. Letti~re has already spent enough nights On a typical day on the street, Lettiere "I'm afraid to death of heroin, I'd never camped under freeway bridges or in alleys to might accompany a homeless friend who is try it," Lettiere says. "I'm completely ap­ know what he's in for. He has a sleeping bag, ill to the hospital, hang out at the park with palled that a little black ball, the size of an a luxury compared to the cardboard and rags users who have gotten their morning fix and eraser tip, can completely rule your life." 0

34 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 NEW PLYMOUTH TEACHER'S LOVE OF SCIENCE IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

By Janelle Brown room is Klug's passion. She has been in­ She has helped secure funding for a number When a prototype of the Rocky 7 rover volved in a number of space-related pro­ of space and astronomy workshops through­ lands on Mars in 2001, Sheri Klug will likely grams, including a 1995 NASA project to out the state, and visited space dynamics and feel a thrill of pride. study an eastern Washington flood plain robotics labs at Utah State University with After all, Klug and 16 of her elementary that has similar geological features to Mars. 47 middle school students. school students in the New Plymouth 0 Klug was a presenter at Planetfest '97, School District helped conduct the field ;:;; a massive expo in Pasadena, Calif., cen­ test on this newest generation of planetary ~ tered around the Mars Pathfinder mis- rovers. '"~ sion, and was invited by NASA's Jet "It was a wonderful experience," says ~ Propulsion Laboratory to teach an Klug, a '94 Boise State graduate in earth 0 educators workshop. sciences education, about the NASA ex­ At her schools in New Plymouth, Klug periments last May. "Thisissomethingmy is known as simply "The Science Lady." students will remember for the rest of She teaches enrichment classes, runs their lives." teachers workshops, organizes science The New Plymouth School District was clubs and does many other jobs. "I try to one of six in the world chosen to partici­ make science fun," she says. pate in the NASA tests, and one of only Klug is continuing her education at two designated to perform an extended BSU while working full time in the New mission. The students gave the rover com­ Plymouth schools. She was awarded a mands via an Internet link, then watched NASA fellowship from the Idaho Space a live video monitor to see how the rover Grant Consortium, and is completing a responded at its test site in the Mojave master's in education this summer. She'll Desert. then start work on a doctorate in curricu­ Klug, the district's gifted and talented lum and instruction. education teacher and science enrichment "Boise State's support has allowed me coordinator, says she applied for the to survive and thrive," says Klug, a single NASA program because she knew her mother with three children when she en­ students would learn a lot. "They got to rolled at BSU in 1991. experience some of the triumphs and frus- "Going back to school was the most trations science involves," she says. As an educator, Klug needs her space. enriching and rewarding thing I've ever Making science come alive in the class- done." D

IDAHOAN'S BOOK TAKES SATIRICAL LOOK AT STATE'S GROWTH

By Renee White fects of growth in Idaho. station in the early 1980s, Just suggested Cars forced off the road. Rude notes left Working as a disc jockey for a Boise radio that the station provide a traffic report to underneath windshield wipers of out-of-state boost ratings. "They practically laughed me vehicles. Government offices pummelled out of the station," Just recalls. "Now there with gunfire. While these may sound like big isn't a station on the air that doesn't have city occurrences, all of these were Idaho one." incidents that sparked the imagination of Just acknowledges that growth has its Boise State alumnus Rick Just ( communica­ down side, like watching the pristine water tion/English, '79). from Crystal Springs piped across the Snake Just, an Idaho native from the tiny town River to a fish hatchery. He doesn't think of Firth, has watched Idahoans struggle with growth is all bad either. As the director of the influx of newcomers and the changes communications for the Idaho Department that growth has brought. He used these ob­ of Parks and Recreation, Just has met many servations for the basis of his fictional book, "transplants" who have become boosters of Keeping Private Idaho. their adopted state. The story pokes fun at a community of "It tends to be the newcomer who has miners, loggers, ranchers and farmers who seen everything there is within 150 miles ...... are fed up with state commerce officials who - _...... and has a real appreciation for Idaho's have the "more-tourists-at-all-costs" men­ ...... uniqueness," he says . tality...... Just's next project, Idaho Family Album, Residents, disgruntled with increasingly will be "a remembering of where we have crowded fishing holes, seek vengeance. Their been." He plans to visit with the descendants actions are harmless at first - like giving of pioneers from every county in Idaho in tourists wrong directions- then escalate to hope that they will share their stories and food poisoning. family albums. While Just is quick to point out that the "We tend to accept what is here now and book is a satire and all the characters are Just's book on Idaho speaks volumes. forget what used to be here 100 years ago," purely fictional, he himself has seen the ef- he says. D ·

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 35 New York. He previously was deputy commis­ Key Bank of Idaho in Boise. Johnson joined sioner of consumer affairs for the city. Lempin Key Bank in 1991 and most recently was an Alumni in Touch lives in West Hempstead, N.Y. assistant vice president and loan officer in the LYNNE M. (BEGUHL) EKSTROM, BA, elementary income property department. Our policy is to print as much "In Touch" education, '73, has been·norninated for the third H. CHARLENE STEWART, BA, psychology, '74, is information as possible. Send your letters to time for Who's Who Among America's assistant to the president of the North American the BSU Alumni Association, 191 0 University Teachers. She has taught for 24 years in Bend, Export Grain Association in Washington, D.C. Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. In addition, if you Ore. PETER M. BOLZ, MA, know someone who would make a good DAVID V. GARDNER, BS, mathematics, '73, has elementary education, '75, feature story in our "Alumnotes" section, been named general manager of Boise Cascade has been appointed contact the office of News Services at the same address. Aviation in Boise. Gardner also is a colonel in superintendent of the Basin the Idaho Air National Guard. He has served in School District in Idaho City. the guard for 27 years. He was formerly superinten­ 50s MARY L PEARSON, BBA, general business, '73 dent at the Arlington School ELDON EVANS, AA, general arts and sciences, was elected president of the Northwest Indian District in Arlington, Ore. '53, has been inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall Bar Association at its annual meeting last fall. GLEN E. KRAUSS, BBA, of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy DENNIS L. WARD, BA, elementary education, general business, '75, Bolz in Colo. Springs, Colo. Evans lives in Twin '73 is a sales manager with New York Life recently retired after 20 Falls. Insurance in Tacoma, Wash. years with the U.S. Navy. After completing his AUENE L. (SIEBE) McDOWELL, diploma, general STEPHANIE JOHNSON, BBA, finance, '74, has degree at BSU, Krauss earned a master's in arts and sciences, '54, recently retired from been promoted to vice president and manager public administration and a master's in human Kirkhill Rubber Co. in Brea, Calif. She now of the residential construction department at relations from Golden State University. In 1990, owns Lattice and Lace, a business that makes custom porcelain dolls and English garden sweatshirts. JERRY WHimNG, AA, general arts and sciences, '55, retired last December after field forestry and management careers with the State of Washington Department of Natural Resources and Weyerhaeuser Co. For the past 27 years, Whitting has been involved with Weyerhaeuser's timberland acquisition, sale and exchange programs. 60s HARVEY Y. NISHIMURA, BA, marketing, '68, is a purchasing agent for Nestle International in Nampa. His wife KATHLEEN (HUNT) NISHIMURA, BA, elementary education, '70, teaches third grade at McMillan Elementary School in Boise. DAVID A. DESPAIN, BA, general business, '69, is an agent with Allstate Insurance in Boise. background to.. fle MARY G. GAMEL, BA, elementary education, develop a way was develop­ '69, recently celebrated her 60th wedding to help cu - ing the game, anniversary. She and her husband Sanford live tomer service Hickey solic­ in Emmett. workers bone ited the a i- BIU R. McCRACKEN, BA, general business, '69, their kills. But has opened his own accounting and tax service he wanted office in Oregon City, Ore. something dif­ ing club Delta ferent than the Epsilon Chi. 70s standard offer­ Faculty ad­ V. EMMEn BROLUER, BBA, marketing, '70, was ings of expen­ viser Starla elected Jerome County Commissioner. He sive seminars Haislip and her assumed office in January. and boring videos. students proved to be very helpful - FRED E. FRASER, MA, art/secondary education, Her concept is-ta-da-a cardg!lt,l)e,; providing not only feedback on the game '70, is an elementary art specialist for Richland Its name? DEAL with IT. itself, but~ on marketing strategies Public Schools in Richland, Wash. He recently once the product was ready for manufac­ presented an art education workshop at the ;· (:~;;~ho graduated fiorit BSU in national convention of the National Ad ~~~M;~l@:a degree in marketing. ktiQW,& ture. Education Association. tb:Siband 6f ~ pitfalls §t=thf~K>n; Betore 'sfte:to&~!tjoff says Hickey. '~ID'llt it is also designed to president of human resources for RMT Inc. in as dif&tor·otaiark~ for BSU Radio. develop some actual skills that can help a Madison, Wis. RMT is a national environmental in the late 1980S;l1~~y work® as-the company maK.'emoney. Ufiebtidget al--· engineering consulting company serving eus:tilib.ef set:vice lft1

36 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 he completed a doctorate of Christian education at Freedom University. Krauss now lives in Florida. KRAIG L WIWS, BA, history/secondary education, '75, and his wife SARAH E. WILUS, BA, elementary education '78, each received a master of library science degree from Texas Woman's University in 1996. They are now employed as children's librarians at public libraries in the Denton, Texas, area. STEPHEN T. WILSON, BA, economics, '75, has been named general manager of the Coeur d'Alene Inn and Conference Center in Coeur d'Alene. GORDON PAUL SCHERBINSKE, BA, psychology, '77, ran in this year's Boston Marathon, WHEN WELLS FARGO STARTED BUSINESS IN 1852 , finishing in just over three Wilson OUR GOAL WAS SIMPLE: hours, 20 min. Scherbinske lives in Bel Air, Md. to always he where we were needed, when we were needed. MONS L TIEGEN JR., BA, accounting, '77, is employed at the H&R Block office in Kuna. Since then, our ahility to come through for our customers has Tiegen previously worked in accounting with made us one of the strongest financial institutions in the West. the State of Idaho. IDOUNA (ORDONEZ) VOLZ, BA, general TODAY, OUR DEVOTION TO OUR CUSTOMERS IS business, '77, has been promoted to program STRONGER THA N EVER. analyst in specialty taxes with the Internal Revenue Service national office in Washington, We are proud to he a part of the Northwest, and we renew our D.C. pledge to heing the hank you can count on. w. FRED DePEU, BA, economics, '78, has been named executive vice president of financial services at Northwest Farm Credit Services in WELLS FARGO Spokane, Wash. DePell will supervise 42 branches throughout Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana. LINDA ANNE GARRETT, BBA, accounting, '78, is owner of the Center for Creative Learning, a creativity and learning consulting business in Boise. KAREN M. GLENNON, BA, English/secondary education, '78, is the author of the children's book Miss Eva and the Red Balloon. Glennon teaches reading and creative writing at Nampa • Custom Packing HighSchool. • FAX CLEVE CUSHING, BBA, accounting, '79, is controller at Gary's Westland Motors Group in • FED/EX, UPS Next Day Twin Falls. He will oversee financial operations • Shipping for the five dealerships that comprise the group. • Bulk Mailing 80s • Money Grams DONNA (PRICE) SHINES, BS, physical education/ • Private Mailboxes secondary education, '80, teaches special education at Caldwell High School. • Laminating DENNIS E. WHITE, BS, political science, '80, is a • Rubber Stamps recruiting manager with Johnson Service Group in Woodstock, Ga. • Notary NICHOLAS JOSEPH BRUNEW, BA, social science, '81, is a leasing officer at First Security's Leasing Co. in Boise. Brunelle previously worked as a leasing officer for U.S. Bancorp and has more than 16 years of experience in the fmancial services industry. Parcel & Post JOSEPH HANS GREENLEY, BS, biology, '81, recently turned a woodworking hobby into a 1810 State Street business when he started Redfish Custom Boise, Idaho Canoe and Kayak in Boise. Greenley also remodels existing homes as a profession. 342-7678 • FAX: 342-4996 SALLY A. GROSSO, BA, communication, '81, is retiring from government service after 26 years. She is employed by the Bureau of Reclamation HouRs: MoN-FRI 8:00- 6:00PM • SAT !O:OOAM- 2:00PM in Boise.

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 37 MARILYN SWORD, BA, political science, '81, is and instruction, '85, is a special education companies. a graduate student in the master of public teacher at Pacific High School in North PATRICIA McALLISTER, BA, communication/ administration program at BSU. Highlands, Calif. English, '86, has just signed a multi-book DEBORAH L. BRADY, CC, surgical technology, SUSAN L. (WEST) URQUIDI, BBA, administrative contract to write romance novels for a large '82, has been recognized as a Woman of services, '85, is a telecommunications consultant Canadian publisher. She already writes for a Achievement by Zonta of Pocatello. She was for Boise Cascade Corp. in Boise. major New York publisher. McAllister is an nominated for the honor by the EE Dah How LARRY DUANE BUTTEL, BA, communication, '86, assistant news editor at the Times-News in Twin chapter of the American Business Women's is an agent with New York Life Insurance Co. in Falls. McAllister's husband KEVIN RICHARD Association. She was woman of the year for Boise. His wife MELODY LYN PLOETZ-BUmL, AS, MEYER, BA, anthropology, '87, is a state park ABWA for 1996-97. nursing, '76, is an R.N. with the American Red ranger. They live in Gooding. RICHARDT. DALTON, BBA, accounting, '82, is Cross in Boise. JIU (RHODES) QUINN, BS, computer informa­ managing director of Broadview Associates, CORINNE TAFOYA FISHER, BA, social work, '86, tion systems, '86 I BBA, management/ LLP, in San Mateo, Calif. Dalton previously recently received a Valiant Woman Award, the behavioral, '86, has joined worked for Touche Ross and then British highest award given by Church Women United, CRI/The Resource Group, a investment bank Robert Fleming, Inc. Dalton in recognition of her efforts as a Hispanic Boise-based computer and and a colleague purchased the west coast advocate. Fisher is program/clinic director of a network consultant firm. She merger and acquisition portion of Fleming and counseling and referral service operated by the is currently working with later merged the company.with Broadview Idaho Migrant Council. CRI's custom programming Associates. DARREL L. HAMMON, MA, education/English, team on several health care RAE JEAN AGUERO, BA, elementary education, '86, has been named associate vice president of applications. '83, is a teacher at Fairacres Elementary in Las extended programs and community develop­ LOUIS D. "JIM" VOULELIS, BS, Cruces, N.M., where she is currently administer­ ment at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. Quinn pre-medical studies, '86, is an ing a grant from the Boston-based Institute for He previously was acting anesthesiologist with Responsive Education. dean of instruction at Anesthesia Associates of Boise, P.A. Voulelis MARK K. JARRATT, BBA, management/ Eastern Idaho Technical completed his residency in anesthesiology at UC aviation, '83, has been named the officer College in Idaho Falls. San Diego Medical School in 1995. instructor of the quarter for 1996 for the 97th PAULINE MARIE "PAT" Army Capt. JAMES D. BURDICK, MBA, '87, has Training Squadron. Jarratt is an instructor and MARKER, BBA, accounting, been decorated with the Meritorious Service aircraftman commander at Altus Air Force '86, is chief financial Medal. Burdick is an observer-controller with Base in Altus, Okla. controller for CRI/The the Combat Maintenance Training Center in ANTHONY P. TIMERMAN, BS, chemistry, '83, is a Resource Group, a Boise­ Hohenfels, Germany. professor at the University of Wisconsin­ Marker based computer and network DOREEN L. (HEINRICH) COMPTON, BA, commu­ Stevens Point. He recently received a grant consultant firm. Marker has nication, '87, is the 1997 president of the Boise from The Research Corp. to continue his studies a variety of accounting experience with both chapter of Executive Women International. of calcium homeostasis in skeletal muscle. large corporations and smaller, locally owned Compton, director of sales and marketing for TAMMY NAKAMURA WHEELER, BBA, finance, '83, has been named vice president and business banking center officer at Western Bank, a division of Washington Mutual Bank. Wheeler has 14 years' experience in banking, previously with US Bank. She lives in Meridian. XAN STARR (FOX) CLOUDTREE, BA, social sciences, '84, is currently employed at Boise Public Library. She will attend graduate school this summer at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she received a minority scholarship to the school of information and library sciences. Boylan leads a program RAYMOND JOSEPH several ways to r~ waste HASTINGS, BBA, marketing, partment of Energy's Office of Pollution '84, is a certified dietary Prevention. manager and is director of the food and nutrition The White House program received department at Cox Health 255 nominations from 12 federal ag n­ Systems North in Springfield, cies. Boylan's was one of21 selected for Mo. awards. MARK THOMAS HOUSTON, Ironically. the Closing the Circle pro­ Hastings BBA, finance, '84, is senior gram is based on a DOE-~Pre­ vice president and chief vcntion Awards Program designed by credit officer with Syringa Bank in Boise. Boylan. LAURI ANN HURST, BFA, art/secondary education, '84, was named teacher of the month "The White House apparently liked for February at Glenns Ferry High School, thewayljtworked. and used itasa~~ where she teaches English and speech. Hurst fot their-program even larger hi: scope," taught in Boise before joining the Glenns Ferry say~Boylan. · Idaho Falls to work at tht:IdalioHaticlnal School District last year. Boylan started llist:Pmml,lJli~ati.Qil ca­ Erigl®~dng ~liurntoty~ n~1J}ihg the LORRAINE S. ALDAN, BS, environmental health, reer at KBSU Radio in the ~ly 1980s. n.udear site des\gn ®cl :u.ltrMment its '85, is head of the wastewater division of He Jiloveti from radio to the state of J):ollvtion: pt~(}ntio:n prog®n; · Commonwealth Utilities Corp. in Saipan. Idah-o Hazardous Materials Bureau, In 199~, Boy~an and his family moved Marine Capt. ROBERT M. MILLER recently completed a six-month deployment to the where he taUght businesses about haz­ to Maryland, where he became director Persian Gulf with the 11th Marine Expedition­ ardous and solid waste regulations. After -of pollution prevet:ltionJor WASTREN, ary Unit. three years with the state he moved to a private c(msvlting firm. D CLINTON D. RITCHIE, MA, education/curriculum

38 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 U.S. Suites in Boise, has been involved in hotel sales and marketing for nine years. CRAIG ALLEN OSBORNE, BAS, '87, is western regional sales manager for International Thomson Publishing. He lives in Sacramento, Calif. JAMES A. COZINE, BAS, '88, has been promoted to colonel with the Idaho Army N a tiona! Guard. He is currently deputy chief of staff, Army operations and lives in Boise. PHYLLIS (NILO) STEELE, BS, mathematics, '89, is a Independent study in Idaho wants you to be a life long learner! programmer/analyst for CRI/ The Resource Group, a Independent Study in Idaho makes it easy for you to take college courses Boise-based computer and network consultant firm. in a way that fits your needs, schedules, and day time commitments. Steele specializes in writing • over 1200 undergraduate and graduate courses batch and online applications • reasonable course fees ... with no out-of-state tuition in the mainframe environ- • professional programs in library science and counseling Steele ment. TONI RENEE McMILLAN, BA, • opportunities for high school students to get a running start on their college careers advertising design, '89, owns Toni's Personal­ • easy registration procedures ized Portraits and Framing, a Boise business specializing in original pencil portraiture. FOR MORE INFORMATION & YOUR FREE CATALOG, CALL 208.885.6641 or fax us at 208.885.5738 90s e-mail us at DONNACLAIRE BLANKINSHIP, MA, education/ or complete and return the request form. curriculum and instruction, '90, recently retired after 16 years at Vale (Ore.) High School where Yes! Send me an Independent Study Catalog. she was English department chair and also taught senior English and humanities. ~~------Blankinship also authored two texts for Md~~------advanced placement high school humanities City State_ Zip ______courses. SHARON c. CARTER, MS, education/educational Mail to: Independent Study, Attn. Jeanne • University of Idaho • Moscow, ID 83844-3225 technology, '90, is an investment services representative located in the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Meridian. Carter specializes in retirement planning, long-term care insurance Limits, what limits? and investment counseling. Limits are for people who follow the rules. At BRUCE EDWARD FEWKES, BS, nursing, '90, Micron Technology. Inc .. we break them. That's received his master of health sciences degree why we continue to lead the semiconductor from Texas Wesleyan University in December. industry In developing technological advantages. Micron designs and manufactures He is currently with the U.S. Air Force, the most competitive semiconductor products stationed at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. not only In the U.S .• but the world. Our LINDA K. SCHMIDT, MA, music education, '90, reputation for excellence and innovation is has been named music educator of the year for a direct reflection of motivated and highly· 1997 by the Idaho Music Educators Association. skilled people like you. Schmidt is director of choirs at Capital High At Micron. we are seeking new team members School in Boise. to fill positions In the following areas: SUSAN GAYLEAN (BLACKETER) DANKERT, BA, • Administration B 0 I S E communication, '91, is a technology integration • Semiconductor Engineering specialist for North Platte Public Schools in • Plant Operations/Facilities North Platte, Neb. • Equipment Support Technicians CO·OP MICHAEL N. JEROME, BFA, advertising design, • lnformallon Syste.ms '91, is owner of Jerome Design, a graphic design • Manufacturing company in Meridian. Jerome also owns West Experience In the semiconductor industry is Wind Lawn and Maintenance, a landscaping preferred. For a complete listing of available and lawn care service. positions in all areas. please call our Boise's Finest MATTHEW V. BURNEY, AS, marketing/mid­ JOBLINE at 1-800-932-4991. management, '92, recently received his bachelor Fax: (208) 368-4841 Most of arts degree in management and marketing Attn: Department HT Comprehensive from the University of Washington in Bothell. Web: www.mlcron.com/mtl 8000 S. Federal Way EVELYN M. CATES, BA, music, '92, is serving as P.O. Box 8 MS707·HT Selection of president of the Treasure Valley chapter of the Boise, ID 83707·0008 Idaho Music Teachers Association. Cates lives Wines & Beers in Boise, where she operates a private piano studio. Case Discounts Available REBECCA A. FORD, BA, communication '92, is employed at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where she is also pursuing a Ph.D. Prinrlpal,.; onl~·. ]~iBH liB i!Jl!JH'" DANmE LANSING, BS, physical education/ f:Of1M. !J!J]JJ !JD]]J, secondary, '92, is president-elect of the Idaho

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 39 Association for Health, Physical Education, her husband, Paul, recently opened a new and accountant for Hewlett Packard in Boise. Recreation and Dance. Lansing is an elemen­ used computer hardware and software store in DIANNA L. WIUIS, BA, political science, '93, is tary P.E. specialist for the Meridian School Boise called Cyber Exchange. a graduate student in the department of District. MARJORIE ANN (WALKER) HANSEN, BA, demography at Georgetown University in KELLEEN L NILSSON, BS, nursing, '92, has been political science, '93, is the special events Washington, D.C. promoted to clinical services orientation coordinator for the Central Washington ROSS ANN CHILDS, BA, political science, '94, program coordinator with Community Home Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis recently received her juris doctorate from Health, Inc., in Boise. She also serves as Society in Yakima, Wash. Gonzaga University law school. She is secretary of the Idaho Nurses Association. AMYL JANIBAGIAN, BA, English/secondary employed as a legal intern at Dellwo, Roberts JANE EVA PAVEK, BBA, finance, '92, has been education, '93, is a technical writer for Idaho and Scanlon in Spokane, Wash. promoted to community reinvestment officer at Power Company's corporate publishing group CAMY MELINDA MILLS, BA, political science, the First Security Mortgage Loan Department in Boise. '94, has been admitted to the master of arts in in Boise. Pavek joined First Security in 1993 and KAREN KESSINGER, BA, mass communication/ legislative affairs program at George Washing­ previously worked as a mortgage loan officer in journalism, '93, is employed as a news writer at ton University in Washington, D.C. Mills will the Boise Mortgage Production Center. KING-TV in Seattle after working at KTVB­ continue in her capacity as a legislative aide to BEVERLY J. (STONE) PEDERSON, BFA, art, '92, TV in Boise for almost five years. U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne while attending owns Underground Pottery Works in Boise. GARY SHANE MOTZNER, BBA, management/ graduate school. SIMONNE SUZANNA REINIER, BA, advertising human resource, '93, is employed by Key Bank MARTHA A. STEVENS, BS, political science, '94, design, '92, owns Young at Art in Boise, a in Idaho Falls. is director of Nampa Neighborhood Housing business specializing in instruction in all forms DARREN M. OKE, BBA, accounting, '93, is an Services. of art to children and adults. accountant at Extended Systems Inc. in Boise. CANDICE LOUISE CARLEY, BS, social science, '95, JEFFREY ALLEN STOPPENHAGEN, BA, political MEUSSA OSGOOD, BA, is an intervention specialist for the Weiser science, '92, has been promoted to financial advertising design, '93, is art School District. supervisor at First Security Bank's Fairview director at Green House, TRICIA J. DAIGLE, BS, political science, '95, is office in Boise. He is also volunteer program Inc., a Boise-based advertis­ attending graduate school at St. John's College coordinator for St. Luke's Auxiliary. ing design firm. Osgood in Santa Fe, N.M. GEOFFREY CLAYTON EITER, BS, criminal justice previously was a graphic SHANNON E. (GILBERT) NATION, BA, political administration, '93, is employed in the Idaho designer for the company. science, '95 I BA, Spanish, '95, teaches Spanish governor's office as a special assistant on TIMOTHY WILUAM PETERS, and social studies at Middleton Middle School. criminal justice issues. BBA, finance, '93, is store She lives in Fruitland. MEUSSA ANNE GOFF, BA, English/writing, '93, director for Albertson's in An article by BRENDA GAY SPARGO, BM, has been named vice president of Redden­ Pembroke Pines, Fla. Osgood music/performance, '95, appeared in the winter Nicely & Associates, a marketing, advertising ROBERT M. SHAPPEE, AS, 1997 issue of Idaho Music Notes. "Pearls of and public relations firm in Boise. She has been marketing/mid-management, '93, recently Wisdom" shares some of the tools that have with the company since 1993. received the Navy and Marine Corps achieve­ made her journey through music education and WENDY J. (McWIUIAMS) GRAHAM, MA, ment medal. Shappee joined the Navy in 1993. early years of private teaching a rewarding education/curriculum and instruction, '93, and KEVIN E. SWEAT, MBA, '93, is an operations experience. Spargo teaches private voice lessons and is pursuing a master of music degree in vocal pedagogy. • Help Your University Celebrate the Past and look to the Future MICHELLE C. TURNER, BA, social work, '95, is working in the chemical dependency field with Join the BSU Alumni Association Today! adolescents at the Caldwell Port of Hope. JESSICA MARIE ANGER, BS, biology, '96, is a Membership Benefits: • West One Mastercard research data technician for the Nature • Invitations to alumni gatherings • Low-cost life insurance Conservancy and Idaho Fish and Wildlife. She lives in Boise. in your community • Movie theater discount tickets JEFFERY JAMES AUEN, BS, social science, '96, is • Use ofBSU Library • Capital Educators Federal Credit operations manager for Coors Distributing Co. • Homecoming/reunion Union in Meridian. announcements • Use of campus recreation KATYA BAJENOVA, BFA, art, '96, is a self­ employed artist. She has a painting studio in the • Worldwide travel programs facilities (with purchase ofP.E. pass) Idanha Hotel in downtown Boise. AMY E. CATES, BA, music, '96/ BA, elemen­ Name ______Soc. Sec. # tary education, '96, is a second grade teacher at Joplin Elementary in Boise. Year of Graduation or Year Last Attended scon ROSS CLEGG, BBA, computer informa­ Major Degree ______tion systems, '96, is a programmer analyst at Micron Electronics. He lives in Meridian. Address Phone ______TAMARA BETH DIETRICH, BBA, accounting, '96, works for Moss Adams LLP, a regional public City______State _____ ZIP ______accounting firm. Dietrich lives in Beaverton, Ore. CHERYL S. (PAOLI) EPPERSON, BA, social work, Alumni Dues: $25 annually '96, is residential services manager with WCA - __ Check (Payable to BSU Alumni Association) Women's and Children's Crisis Center in Boise. CRAIG J. FISHER, AAS, marketing/management Visa/MC# J D D D 0 D DO technology, '96, works for Century 21 All American Realty in Nampa. Signature ______"Expiration Date______HEIDI WISE FRY, BA, elementary education, '96, is a first-grade teacher at Ustick Elementary in Boise. 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40 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 DAVID A. HRITZ, AAS, automotive technology, DAVID ALLEN SIEVERS, MM, performance/ '96, is employed by Ada County at the Western pedagogy, '96, is director of music ministries at Idaho Fairgrounds, where he repairs and St. Joseph's Parish in Kennewick, Wash. maintains vehicles and other equipment. KENNETH DALE SKINNER, BS, geology, '96, SEAN KEWHER, BA, history, '96, has been works for the U.S. Geological Survey and also commissioned as a second lieutenant through attends graduate school at BSU. the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He is CALLAE ANNETTE STIVERS, BA, elementary currently attending the U.S. Army helicopter education/bilingualmulticultural, '96, is a flight school in Fort Rucker, Ala. kindergarten teacher in a bilingual/multicultural ERICK ALLAN KURKOWSKI, BA, political classroom at Holmes Elementary School in science, '96, is a position classification specialist Wilder. with the Bureau of Land Management in Boise. SHELLI RUTH TAYLOR, BA, English teaching, Kurkowski is also pursuing a master's degree in '96, teaches ninth and 12th grade English at public administration at BSU. Eagle High School in the Meridian School MICHAEL ALAN KINZEL, BA, criminal justice District. administration, '96, is employed by the Ada AMBER MARIE THURSTON, BA, communication, County Sheriff's Office. '96, has been hired as a sales associate for F&C KIM LYNN MIDDLEMAS, TC, practical nursing, Corp. in Boise. Thurston will be responsible for OwN AN ORIGINAL '96, works in the subacute unit at LifeCare sales and marketing of F&C Corp.'s four Boise Center of Treasure Valley in Boise. properties: Best Western Vista Inn, Best Every Linda! home is an original. GARY L. PALMER, BS, construction manage­ Western Airport Motor Inn, Sleep Inn and Inn Spacious, light and imaginative. Each ment, '96, is an engineer with Gilbert Western America. is a personal creation carefully designed Corp. He lives in Salt Lake City. WENDY KATHALEEN WILDER, BS, social science/ to fit your needs and dreams. Bring your MARK PATRICK PETTEYS, MS, geophysics, '96, is liberal arts, '96, is food service manager for custom home to life by visiting your local a research scientist at Sunset Laboratory, Inc., Thomas Management Corp. at the Idaho Center in Forest Grove, Ore. inNampa. · linda! dealer. Ask about ORIGINALS, BARBARA J. RADICH, BA, elementary our inspiring 266 page idea book with education, '96, teaches eighth grade pre-algebra, 115 plans and 680 color photos for math and English at South Middle School in WEDDINGS only $14.95. Call or stop by today. Nampa. She also coaches eighth grade girls RENEE J. WATERS and Michael G. Ford, (Boise) sports. Oct. 26 ALindal Cedar Homes ODIW ILDIKO RELK, BA, English/liberal arts, CHRISTOPHER JOHN BLAKEMAN and Molly Jane Indcpcndencly Disuibuted By: '96, is a secretary at the Idaho Commission on Ziegler, (Boise) Nov. 16 Hispanic Affairs in Boise. SUSAN ROCHEUE TRAMMEL and Seth Johannes Custom Cedars of Idaho TIMOTHY JOE RELK, BA, political science, '96, is Edvalson, (Boise) Dec. 7 employed as a photographer for the Idaho LISA MARIE WOODALL and Michael Ranieri, Press-Tribune in Nampa. (Boise) Dec. 28 i~8&r7884468 Walk Without Pain Do you experience a sharp pain in your foot that will not go away? Numbness, tingling, weakness of the foot, and joint pain in the shoe can all be warning signs that there is a foot problem that needs expert attention. Common foot problems include bunions, hammertoes, pinched nerves, ingrown toenails and heel pain. All can be successfully treated with outpatient care and minimal inconvenience. Bunions are bony growths on rhe outside of the big toe joint which are unattractive and make wear­ ing shoes crippling. Bunionertes occur on the outside of the little toe and can lead to increased fric­ tion and irritation that can be disabling. Ingrown toenails are responsible for more than I million Americans suffering each year. Matrixectomy is a painless permanent procedure that restores a normal appearance to the nail and allows you to return to work the next day. Heel pain is an often long term disabling condition with multiple manifestations which can be painful with the first step out of bed or increases by days end. We have revolutionized a non-surgical approach for treatment of this common problem. Varicose veins have been with us since primitive man first began to walk erect. Forry percent of the entire population inherit this disease, and it can affect women and men of all ages and lifestyles. Varicose veins are unsightly, unhealthy and unnecessary. Sclerotherapy is the outpatient, non-surgical procedure that safely and effectively treats varicose veins. Expen advice is available from one of the most advanced foot care programs in the western United States. The Foot Institute can provide you with treatment alternatives and relief from foot pain through its unmatched resources and total approach to foot care. We bill all insurances. Medicare Participating Provider.

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FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 41 JASON ELLIS HENDRIKSEN and TIFFANY R. SHIELDS, (Boise) Jan. 12 ALAJNA D. RUEB and Donald Robertson, (Boise) Jan. 18 BRIAN CHRISTO TOSHCOFF and Mary Catherine Avery, (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Feb. 15 DARCI DAWN ERICKSON and John Parley Thompson, (Boise) Feb. 22 DUSTIN DWAYNE EXLEY and TRACY RENEE POWELL, (Meridian) March 8 DAVID JAMES BIRCH and Amy Lynn Campbell, (Boise) March 21 JONI·BEUE KIRKPATRICK and RICHARD BYRON SWIFT JR., (Boise) May 2 RYAN DAVID BUTLER and Janis M. Mohler, (Emmett) June 21 OBITUARIES ~you lik~ where your career is going? Is the path you're on a fast track or a dead JOHN E. ANDREWS, diploma, general arts and end? And what about your income, are you happy with that. Wouldn't you like to feel sciences, '35, died April13 in Bay City, Mich., good about what you do? Then you're exactly the kind of person Northwestern Mutual at age 83. Andrews was personnel director Life is looking for. You'd receive the best investment in your future- training. The kind of plants with the Chevrolet Division of no one else can match. The kind you need so you can run your own business. What's General Motors in Saginaw, Livonia and Bay more you'd represent a company that has the highest possible financial ratings from City, Mich. He retired from the Bay City plant Standard & Poor's, Moody's, A.M. Best and Duff & Phelps. Call Jan Fleck, recruiter, in 1978. He was active in the Chamber of at (208) 383-0210 if the road you're on is going nowhere. Commerce, United Way and state and local It's time to get on track. budget committees. He served on the boards of the American Cancer Society and the Bay Medical Education Board. He also was on The Rice Agency the Bay Osteopathic Hospital board of directors. 1555 Shoreline Dr. Suite 210 MICHAELS. BERMENSOLO, BA, social science, Boise, Idaho 83702 The Quiet Company® '70, died April 27 in Boise. Bermensolo, 52, was (208) 383-0210 http://www.NonhwestemMutual.com a member of the Idaho Army National Guard For sales career nppon un itil'" 1·800-CAL- NML while attending BSU. After graduating, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. His flight training was at Pensacola, Fla. and Top Gun School at Miramar, Calif. He was a flight instructor at Pensacola and later at El Toro, Calif. He retired Capital Accounting from the Idaho Air National Guard with 27 years of active service in the military. He was a Tax Service pilot for American Airlines based in New York at the time of his death. JEANEnE ANNA (ROBISON) GIBB, AA, general arts and sciences, '41, died Feb. 26 in Boise at Income tax preparation • Bookkeeping • Payroll age 76. Gibb retired in 1985 as a mortgage loan Small business & Individual officer for Boise Loan and Realty, which later became Utah Mortgage Loan Corp. She was a member of the Veterans of World War I 1425 S. Roosevelt St. Women's Auxiliary. NORMAN ROBERT LADWIG, AA, general arts ~Qise, ID 83705 and sciences, '69, died recently in a La Grande, Julie Anderson Ore., nursing home at age 51. He is survived 208-336- 251 by his son Robert Bjorklund of Cheney, Wash. JOAN L. NELSON, MA, education/curriculum and instruction, '91, died Feb 16 in Boise. Nelson, 65, was active in alcoholfdrug educa­ tion, prevention and rehabilitation programs and was founder of the Nelson Institute, a non­ RIVERSIDE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. profit alcohol!drug outpatient treatment center in Boise. She was named a "Distinguished Full Service Citizen" by the Idaho Statesman in 1989. Nelson Real Estate Management was working on her doctorate at the time of her death. JAMES ADOLPH NOONAN, AAS, electronics Bonded & Insured • Competitive Rates service technology, '90, died April17 in Boise at Locally Owned age 31. Noonan was an engineer for Micron Technology in Boise at the time of his death. He 1425 S. Roosevelt St. 208-331-9696 had worked for the company for 13 years. TED JOSEPH NYDEGGER, AA, welding and Boise, ID 83705 Fax 208-331-9797 metals fabrication, '77, died March 7 in Boise at age 69.

42 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 JOHN JOSEPH PONTIER, AAS, culinary arts, '90, died March 7 in Boise at age 57. Pontier was owner and operator of the first Taco Bell in Idaho. JAMES "JIM" ROBERT SCHULER, diploma, general arts and sciences, '68, died May 12 in Nampa at LIBERTY age49. JACK HARVEY SMITCHGER, AA, general arts and sciences, '48, died March 16 in Montclair, Calif., MUTUAL. at age 71. Smitchger had worked for Gate City Steel in Boise and Sunkist in California. KAYE L. STEWART, BA, elementary education, '71, died March 14 in Boise at age 57. 'fhe freedonz of Libert\! JAMES L VOULEUS, AA, general arts and sciences, died Feb. 23 in Boise at age 76. Voulelis taught history and political science in the Meridian and Boise school districts, completing his career at Hillside Junior High is pleased to be a as a football coach and teacher in 1986. He also was a retired master sergeant in the U.S. Army. RICHARD A. " DICK" WARD, corporate sponsor of the BA, elementary education, '70, died April14 in Cottonwood, Ariz., at age 53. Ward taught in Idaho and Oregon for 20 years before moving to Arizona, BSU Alumni Association. where he was self-employed. CHARLES THOMAS YOUNG, AA, general arts and sciences, '53, died Feb. 2 in Parma at age 73. Young served in the U.S. Air Force during FoR AuTo & World War II. After the war he worked for the National Guard at Gowen Field in Boise. HOME INSURANCE MUSIC STARS AT LIBERTY. SUMMERFEST '97 MUTUAL. - SummerFest '97, the Treasure Valley's premier outdoor summer music festival, will return this July with a lineup of concert band and orchestral music under the stars. Concerts begin at 8 p.m. Friday and Satur­ day nights July 11-26 at the BSU Centennial Amphitheater and at 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 1-3 at Brundage Mountain in McCall. JULY 11 · 12 - BSU music professor Marcellus Brown will conduct the concert band in a production of "Great Music for Great Stories" featuring music from "Lord of the Rings," "Evita," and "Candide." JULY 18·19 - Steven Michael Rosen will conduct the SummerFest Orchestra in a pro­ ..•• •••r "dn my viewt a real estate professional combilies gram of "Classical Favorites for a Summer personal service and sensitivity with expert knovvledge and hard work. I'd Night, " featuring compositions by Mozart, be proud to apply that degree of professionalism to your needs." Call Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. today and experience the satisfaction of working with a realtor who will JULY 25·26 - SummerFest '97 will con­ clude with Rosen conducting the make you "Number One." SummerFest Orchestra in "America's Musi­ cal Moments," featuring selections from Experience • Attitude • Integrity • Success "West Side Story," and " American Fantasie." Season tickets for Boise shows are $22 adults, $16.50 students, seniors and BSU 1403 W Franklin St. Boise, Idaho 83702-5097 FAX (208)343-3578 faculty and staff. Single tickets are $8.50 and $6.50. In case of bad weather, all concerts will be moved to the Student Union. Repuhlle Mortgace Sbanna Jl. Wroten Tickets for the Aug. 1 and 2 performances * * * * CXOlD~ * * * * Loan Ojficer in McCall are $7 adults and $4 children 12 and under. The Aug. 3 show will feature ~ EOUALI-OUSiNG Gene Harris and Friends; all tickets are $10. 545 N Benjamin • Boise, Idaho • 1 (800) 259-6510 """"'1\H" Tickets are available at Select-a-Seat. For Office (208) 322-3606 • Pager (208) 887-2628 • Fax (208) 322-3607 more information, call 385-1766. 0

FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 43 ALUM ASSOCIATION When she's too mad for flowers, NAMES LEADERS but not mad enough for diqmonds, JIM DAVIS, '75, has been elected president oftheBSU Alumni Association for the 1997- try symphony tickets. 98 year. Davis, a Boise attorney, has served on the association's board of directors for seven years. In his acceptance speech, Davis stated, "Externally we are going to continue the successful course Pat Sullivan started and Anne Glass so ably raised to new levels. "We will focus on increasing alumni par­ ticipation in association events and the number of dues-paying members. Internally, we are going to review the way we conduct our business. "We will ask ourselves why we are doing what we are doing and is there a better way. And I would like to see more ethnic and geographic diversity on the board of direc­ tors to more accurately reflect our alumni base." Boise physician DR. MICHEAL ADCOX, '81, is the new first vice president and president-elect. For the last three years he has chaired the Alumni Scholarship Com­ mittee. MICHELLE (MORRISON) KELLER, '71, will serve For information about season tickets, call 344-7849. as second vice president. Keller is employed by the State Liquor Dispensary in Boise. She Concept by Williams & Rockwood has served as treasurer and secretary for the association. JOEL HICKMAN, '79, is the newest member of the executive board and will serve as secretary. Hickman has served on the board of directors for two years. He served as co­ Capital Founded chairman of Auction '97. Other board members are: Candi Allphin, Susan Bakes, Connie Bunch, Nick Casner, 1936 Robin Denison, Mark Dunham, David THIS CREDIT UNION IS Educators FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE Eichmann, Layne Hepworth, Carol Hoidal, NATIONAL CREDIT UNION Jeanne Lundell, Kip Moggridge, Dave Ober, ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Bruce Parker, Pat Reilly, Mike Reynoldson, J effRussell, Doug Shanholtz, Roland Smith, Lynnette Townsend and Deanna Watson. THREE CONVENIENT LOCATIONS Alumni chapter representatives are Serving the financial needs of TO SERVE YOU Emmett Brollier, Magic Valley, and Gregg Alger, College of Business and Economics. MAIN OFFICE Other representatives are Mike Bessent, Boise State 7450 Thunderbolt Drive Past Presidents' Council; Peter Richardson, (Corner Franklin &Cole) • Boise, Idaho BSU Foundation; and Bob Madden, Bronco Athletic Association. 0 PARK CENTER University 500 E. Highland (Corner Park Center Blvd. &Highland) • Boise, Idaho THE LINES ARE OPEN Contact y,out Ah#iini Offic~J't~ employees, students, McMILLAN PHONE:· (BOO-) 824~1017 ext lb98 or 12195 McMillan (200}3$5,1698 ' (Comer McMillan & Cloverdale) • Boise, Idaho FAX: {ZQ$.)38}4(101 alumni and E·MAIL: blina11itn~su.l4bsn.edu CALL US FOR INFORMATION HOME PAGi; . ~f/~.idosu.edul alumni 377-4600 MAIL: Boise StatecUniversity Alumni their familks! A~tiatibn~ 1"910 University Drive, 800-223-7283 Odaho) B9i$e; ld:abo :s~2s. a

44 FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 I PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Alum News By James J. Davis, President BSU Alumni Association NEW ALUMNI CHAPTER The history of Boise State University includes the The College of Business and Economics individual stories of more than 53,000 alumni and Alumni Chapter has been formed under the former students. Written histories of universities typi­ guidance and leadership of GREGG ALGER, cally include the development of the campus and the '89, PHIL BARTLE, '89, LAURA KUBINSKI, '87, persons principally responsible for that development. KIMBERLY LAMBERT, '95 and KIRK SMITH, a The complete history cannot be told, however, without professor of marketing and finance. The considering the intertwining stories of the university chapter was developed to support the col­ and its students. As students, we added something to lege, its alumni and the university. Boise State University's history. In turn, the education The new chapter has developed three we received and the experiences we shared enhanced standing committees: education, social and our own histories. Homecoming. If you are interested in par­ While at Boise State, many of us were profoundly 1 ticipating, please call the Alumni Office, affected by an event, a class, a faculty member, or (208)385-1698. another student. Some of us met our spouses at BSU. Others formed friendships or started careers which have lasted a lifetime. Annually at the alumni-sponsored Top Ten Scholars and Distinguished Alumni CYBERSPACE ALUMNI awards ceremony, I am reminded of the importance of this university and its mission BSU Alumni Association information is to each of us. During the ceremony the honored students and alumni describe the now available on the World Wide Web. impacts their time at Boise State University had on their lives. Each of them describes To access the Alumni Association home how they were "touched" by their BSU experience and how each has become a page, use the Alumni link from Boise State's stronger, better person because of it. The top ten scholars and distinguished alumni home page (http://www.idbsu.edu). There -who include doctors, movie directors and presidents of international companies­ are many new features on the Alumni page, attribute their successes to the education they received and the experiences they including a chat line. enjoyed while at BSU. Each and every one of our alumni, like the top ten scholars and distinguished HOMECOMING '97 SLATED alumni, has a story to tell-something that happened at BSU that added to our own histories. The event may have been simple, but nonetheless had a significant impact. Join other alumni in "Seventh Heaven" I remember an impressionable young man fresh from high school, an average student, Oct. 6-11 as Boise State University celebrates taking a summer class on political theory. One day after class he was invited to have its traditions and history during Homecom­ coffee with the professor and another student. The other student happened to be the ing week. young man's favorite high school teacher. Imagine an 18- or 19-year-old student The Alumni Association will be hosting critically discussing the day's lecture and sharing ideas on political theories with his many events during the week, including a former high school teacher and the professor. The event, as simple as it was, was a reunion for the classes of '37, '47, '57, '67 turning point for the young man. He learned his ideas were valid. He became and '77. acquainted with the professor who became his adviser. The event triggered the young A special reunion will also be held for man with average grades to graduate magna cum laude. Lyle Smith's first football team. If you were As your new Alumni president, I look forward to the coming year. I am proud of my a member of the '47 Bronco football team, education at Boise State University, the role the university has played in my history, plan on attending the 50th anniversary re­ and the current direction our university is headed. Your alumni association would like union on Friday, Oct. 10. to know your BSU history. Did you have an experience at Boise State University that If you would like to help with reunion made a positive impact on your life? Please write and tell us about it. BSU's history activities or participate in other Homecom­ can only be completed with your story. 0 ing events, or need further information, call the Alumni Office, (208)385-1698. 0

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FOCUS/SUMMER 1997 45 BSU Distinguished Alumni Award winners, from left, Merle Wells, Preston Hale and Ralph Peterson have contributed greatly to their communities through their work.

3 ALUMS EARN 'DISTINGUISHED' AWARD Among them they lead one of the nation's to decide ... it was just that easy," he said of largest engineering firms, develop businesses the far-reaching decision to select blue and in a leading Western city, and educate the orange colors and a Bronco mascot. public about Idaho's history. Hale later moved to Reno, Nev., where he These three are the recipients of the 1997 became one of the early developer/entre­ Distinguished Alumni Award given annu­ preneurs who transformed the city into a ally by the BSU Alumni Association. At the major metropolitan area. Hale has helped Top Ten Scholars and Distinguished Alumni the community attract new businesses as banquet in April, they shared memories of well as beginning several of his own. He has their college days and the faculty who helped received several awards for his accomplish­ them write the opening pages of their suc­ ments, including Distinguished Nevadan and cess stories. Reno's Business Leader of the Year. He is a "I owe a great debt to this university ... I member of Nevada's Business Hall of Fame was helped by a lot of great faculty," said and serves on the board of the Smith RALPH PETERSON ('65), chief executive officer Kettlewell Eye Research Foundation in San at CH2M Hill headquarters in Denver. Francisco. Peterson recalled the outstanding student MERLE WELLS ('39) was influenced by BJC award he received from CH2M Hill his final President Eugene Chaffee, himself a histo­ year at Boise College. Thanks to that award, rian. "My whole academic and professional Peterson and the company got to know each career was organized by Gene Chaffee ... other. Now, more than 30 years later, that is how consequential his guidance was," Peterson has helped develop CH2M Hill said Wells of his role model. into a global giant that operates with 7,000 Wells, once a college history professor in employees on six continents. Idaho and Pennsylvania, founded the Idaho In addition to his corporate responsibili­ State Archives and became known as Idaho's ties, Peterson has served as the industry co­ preeminent historian. Thousands of people chair for the Clinton administration's Tech­ have come to know Idaho's history through nology for a Sustainable Future Initiative. Wells' 15 books and more than 100 articles. PRESTON HALE ('33), was among the hand­ Wells was the guiding force behind Idaho's ful of students who selected the colors and historical marker program that notes impor­ mascot for Boise Junior College during its tant sites on virtually every highway in the first year. state. In 1972, he oversaw the opening of the "Five of us sat on the lawn in front of St. state historical library. Wells retired as state Margaret's Hall. It took us all of 10 minutes archivist in 1986. 0

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