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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. XXIII, NO. 2 WINTER 1998

FEATURES

GREAT EXPECTATIONS 16 Forget the three R's; the demands on today's teachers range from A to Z.

FIRST THINGS FIRST 20 Bilingual education adjusts to meet the needs of Hispanic students.

AN ALTERNATIVE 24 At-risk youths succeed at alternative schools.

PAUNI'S AS PARTNERS 26 Teachers find ways to involve parents in their kids' education.

FUNDING THE FUTURE 29 The Albertson Foundation puts kids first.

UNDER ONE ROOF 30 Educators say kids with learning disabilities are better served in the regular classroom.

DEPARTMENTS

FIRST WORD 7

CAMPUS NEWS 8

SEARCH 32

GIVING 35

ALUMNOTES 36

COACHING CHANGE On the same day that former Boise State football coach Houston Nutt was named coach at Arkansas, BSU named Oregon offensive coordi­ nator Dirk Koetter, above, as its new head man at a Dec. 10 news conference. The 38-year-old Koetter is an Idaho native who played quarter­ back at Idaho State. Although Nutt was 4-7 in his lone season in Boise, he clearly left a program on the rise, as evidenced by the Broncos' season­ ending 30-23 overtime win over Idaho, their first victory in Moscow since 1981. Chuck Scheer photo. FOCUS is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services.

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CHANGE AND STABILITY: THE ESSENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

By Charles Ruch, President

ver the past few weeks I have decisions. Appreciation of beauty, under­ cation with lifelong learning - "learning attended a number of regional, standing of a democratic society, individual about" and "learning to do." Each program state and national conferences. and social responsibility - these too are at Boise State is designed with a different All had a common theme: The enduring elements of the collegiate experi­ balance between these two important ends world surrounding our colleges and univer­ ence. Grounded in the liberal arts, these are of the collegiate experience, often with the sities is changing at an unprecedented pace no less critical for the 21st century than they advice of off-campus advisory groups. that calls for a rapid response by the higher have been in the past. Second, access is a key consideration. education community. So, here is the issue facing every Ameri- Custom-designed courses, classroom sites Those outside the academy argue for around the valley, cooperative programs rapid change, while those inside argue in Twin Falls, a center in Nampa, plans for stability. Yet, most agree the es­ for a branch campus, and a flexible sence of the collegiate experience must schedule are all examples of our intent be maintained. Hence, the major di­ to move higher education closer to the lemma facing American higher educa­ citizens. tion and our university: What should Third, we will continue to keep our we look like in the 21st century? fees as low as possible. While still one of Here is a quick review of those forces the best higher education buys in the impinging on us, a word about the de­ country, in recent years our fees have bate over higher education's future and increased at an accelerated and disturb­ some comments about BSU's unique ing rate. Increased demand for services, place in American higher education. pressure on the state budget and exces­ The changing nature of America's sive regulations are all tied to the cost work force is well documented. Career can college or university: How do you re­ dilemma. After three years of budget reduc­ change, job dislocation, changing skills and spond to the pressures to make the collegiate tions, we have carefully pruned programs enhanced use of technology are all charac­ experience sensitive to the changing world and services, and we will continue to find teristic of today's global marketplace. of work while at the same time equipping ways to make the institution cost effective. Coupled with those changes is the fact that individuals with the internal tools of aesthet­ Fourth is our need to continue to find the teaching and learning in the traditional cam­ ics, values and decision-making skills needed best use of technology as a tool to enhance pus classroom are being challenged. For­ to live successfully in this "brave new world?" our programs and services. We view technol­ profit institutions offer tailored programs Most universities are employing one to ogy as a means to an end; not the end in itself. for the adult student, with certificate/diploma three strategies to cope with this dilemma. On the instructional side, we are experi­ programs readily available by telecommuni­ First, there are those institutions thatwould menting with electronic classrooms, com­ cation, computers or interactive television. reduce the collegiate experience to accom­ puter laboratories, and distance learning via More than 5,000 companies conduct their modate any need of the work force. Other Internet, video and radio. A study group is own in-bouse university programs, and some institutions bold to the proposition that there exploring the future of the laptop computer even offer accredited degrees. is a generic knowledge base that permits for all students. Our Project Access is a The work force of Idaho and the Treasure people to move comfortably in the work multi-year activity to both re-engineer all Valley is not immune to these trends. A world. These institutions resist any influence our business and service functions and in­ report by the Idaho Department of Com­ from the external world in their programs. stall appropriate computer support. merce found that about 12 percent ofldabo's In my judgment, the third strategy being Finally, we continue to invite Boise and gross state product comes from the electron­ adopted by some colleges and universities­ the Treasure Valley to play an important ics sector. The manufacturing sector now that of melding the educational needs of the role in our programs. Internships, advisory employs about twice as many as agriculture. marketplace with a traditional liberal arts committees, joint research projects and ser­ These sectors of the economy bring a education-will be the most powerful insti­ vice learning activities abound. They bring never-ending need for change on the part of tutional strategy for the 21st century. It is the "learning about" face to-face with "learning all involved - change in skills, change in dominant strategy of many metropolitan/ to do," and they strengthen the bridges be­ intellectual capital and change in work re­ urban universities and a hallmark ofBSU. tween the campus and the community. sponsibilities. The need for a responsive The challenge for Boise State is to be As we enter the new millennium, identify­ educational system is an absolute ingredient positioned to respond constructively to the ing needed changes while preserving the to the success of such an economy. many pressures for change, yet to assure the best of the collegiate experience will both Yet, there is more to a society than a core functions and values of the institution. guide our planning and challenge our best healthy economy, as important as that is. The following are strategies that contribute practices. All are welcome in this debate. Also essential are a sense of community, to this important goal. As always I appreciate your comments. I responsible citizenship and a value base that First, we continue to value a curriculum can be reached at 208 385-1491 or by e-mail: permits each individual to make informed that balances learning for immediate appli- [email protected]. 0

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RUUD SELECTED ADVANCEMENT VP After a national search, Boise State turned to one of its own to fill the newly created position of vice president for institutional ad~ancement. Bill Ruud, dean ofthe College of Business and Economics since 1993, was named to the advancement slot, which was created to enhance the university's fundraising and outreach efforts. Ruud will supervise the offices of Devel­ opment, University Relations/News Services and Alumni, coordinate other fund-raising activities and serve as executive director of the BSU Foundation. Boise State last added a vice president in 1972 when the student affairs unit was established under David Taylor. Ruud brings to the position an "excellent blend of experience in development, public Boise State's engineering complex (left ofcenter in foreground) will expand by two buildings relations and academic administration," with funds from the Micron Challenge. While building designs may change, this rendering says BSU President Charles Ruch, who an­ shows the location ofa four-story building ( 1) that will be attached to the existing Engineering nounced the appointment in mid-Decem­ Technology Building (2) and a one and one-half story laboratory (3). ber. Since his appointment CHALLENGE MET AHEAD OF SCHEDULE as business Boise State University has met its match. "These buildings represent a true working dean in 1993, Less than two years ago Micron Technol­ partnership between the university, indi­ Ruud has led ogy offered $6 million toward a new engi­ vidual donors and corporate contributors," the reorgani­ neering building-if Boise State could raise he added. zation of the a matching amount in three years. Micron chief executive Steve Appleton college's aca­ On the day before Thanksgiving, Boise said the buildings are important because demic depart­ State President Charles Ruch announced they will improve programs that train engi­ ments, se­ that the university and the BSU Foundation neers in the computer chip manufacturer's cured several major gifts, strengthened the had met the match, exactly one year, two backyard. college's advisory committee and developed months and 10 days before the deadline. "We compete in a national marketplace new degree programs in the Magic Valley. That new $12 million will give a boost to for engineers. It helps us recruit and retain Last fall, the college received the largest Boise State's growing engineering programs them if we can find them," he said. grant in Boise State's history- $3.2 million that were in the conceptual stage just two In addition to Micron's $6 million, lead to assist the National Economics University years ago. By spring, Ruch said construction gifts of $2 million came from the Harry W. in Hanoi, Vietnam, establish a business will begin on two new buildings. Morrison Foundation and $1 million from program. The largest will be 64,000 square feet and the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation. In addition to his work at BSU, Ruud is four stories high. It will include faculty of­ (See page 11 for a complete list of donors.) on the board of directors for the March of fices, classrooms and laboratories. The sec­ The Morrison donation will be used to Dimes of Idaho, Junior Achievement of ond building, which will enclose 18,500 square construct the civil/mechanical engineering Idaho and the southern Idaho division of feet, will include more than 10 specialized lab building to honor Harry Morrison, the Wells Fargo Bank. laboratories for civil and mechanical engi­ co-founder of Morrison-Knudsen Co. and Before coming to BSU, Ruud was acting neering. Both buildings were designed by the late husband of Boise philanthropist dean of the college of business administra­ CSHQA Architects of Boise. Also included Velma Morrison. tion at the University of Toledo in Ohio. in the plans is a large grass plaza at the corner "He was a true giant in the construction "We were fortunate to have someone of of University Drive and Belmont Street. industry, so it is especially meaningful to Bill's caliber on our staff. He understands "The success of this fund drive indicates honor him through a building that will serve the role of universities that serve metropoli­ exceptional support from the community," future engineering students," said Ruch. tan areas, and his strong ties to the commu­ said Ruch at a lunch for donors and the The new buildings will be located south nity, combined with his experience within volunteers who worked on the "Building of the current Engineering Technology the university, will serve us well," Ruch says. Engineering Excellence" campaign. Building on University Drive. 0 Ruud will begin his new duties Feb. 1. 0

8 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 SALARY INCREASES A BUDGET PRIORITY Boise State and the other Idaho universi­ FOUNDED ties are looking at another tight budget year, Capital but that is a welcome relief compared to 1936 what the schools have faced the last two years, says BSU President Charles Ruch. THIS CREDIT UNION IS Educators FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE "For the first time since 1995, we aren't NATIONAL CREDIT UNION implementing budget reductions when the FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Legislature comes to town," says Ruch. During 1996-97, Boise State reduced its base budget by 5.5 percent, or $2.8 million, SERVING THE FINANCIAL THREE CONVENIENT LOCATIONS after tax receipts fell behind projections. NEEDS OF TO SERVE YO~.'. · -· Those cuts came during a period of steady MAIN OFFICE enrollment growth. BOISE STATE 7450 THUNDERBOLT DRIVE Ruch is optimistic that funding can at (CORNER FRANKLIN & COLE) least keep pace with the growth this year. BOISE, IDAHO Last fall, BSU set a state enrollment record UNIVERSITY of 15,431 students. EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, PARK CENTER "As always, the needs of health and wel­ ALUMNI, AND THEIR FAMILIES! 500 E. HIGHLAND fare, corrections, education and other state (CORNER PARK CENTER BLVD. & HIGHLAND) BOISE, IDAHO agencies must be weighed against the lim­ ited funds available," says Ruch. McMILLAN The top budget priority this year, Ruch NO S U R CHAR GE 12195 MCMILLAN explains, is to secure salary increases for AUTOMATED TELLER (CORNER MCMILLAN & CLOVERDALE) faculty and staff. Last year, the Legislature MACH INES BOISE, IDAHO didn't fund raises for state employees. (ATM'S AT ALL LOCATIONS) CALL US FOR INFORJ~1AT.ION Boise State will request a total budget of $76.4 million, a 9.1 percent increase over 377-4600 last year's base budget of $70.2 million. 8 0 0 -2 2 3 -7 2 8 3(1DAHO) The request includes $3.9 million to main­ tain operations at their current level, includ­ ing $550,000 to fund additional operating expenses, faculty and support personnel needed because of enrollment growth. BSU His eyes are squinty, and his ears will also request $640,000 in salary equity are too big, but he has very to close the gap between BSU's faculty sala­ ries and those in nearby states. attractive symphony tickets. Ruch says the university will request only one capital item: $2 million to fund the first phase of the infrastructure for the branch campus in Canyon County. An estimated $10 million is needed to fund road, water, sewer and electrical systems before the cam­ pus can be built on land BSU has acquired east of Nampa. 0 HYDRO LAB DONATED Boise State's College of Engineering is one hydraulic lab richer thanks to Boisean Eric Norquest. Norquest, senior water resource agent at the Idaho Department of Water Resources, had built a prototype of the lab 10 years ago. Because of rental space costs, he disas­ sembled it, but kept some of the parts in hopes he could resurrect it someday. Opportunity knocked when he and mem­ bers of the engineering faculty coordinated a project to refurbish the lab and house it in BSU's diesel maintenance workshop. The lab consists of a large room filled with tanks, For information about season tickets, call 344-7849. pipes, a circulating pump and a flume that Concept by Williams & Rockwood measures 30 feet long by 8 feet wide. 0

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 9 PROF CO-PRODUCES DOCUMENTARY FILM on video from A documentary film co-produced by a Boise State education professor has gar­ nered national attention for its inside look at the educational system of a Japanese vil­ :!!!!'IDAHO lage. - PUBLIC Heart of the Country, a 90-minute docu­ _ _ TELEVISION mentary filmed in Kanayama, Japan, re­ cently won a Judges Award from the North­ The award-winning OUTDOOR west Regional Video and Film Festival and a CINE Golden Eagle from the Council on IDAHO video production team has Visit the video store International Non-theatrical Events at the captured the best of the Gem State. at Idaho Public annual Golden Eagle Film and Video Com­ Television petition. Visit our video counter for a choice of "The film takes a critical look at learning award-winning Iqaho Public Television weekdays in Japan from the inside," says professor 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Bill Parrett, who along with his co-producer produced videos including the popular and cameraman Leonard Kamerling, favorite "Idaho's Scenic Splendor" and the Second floor lobby, spent three years researching Japanese recently released ~'Imagine Idaho". 1455 N. Orchard St. communities and nine months filming the Boise. documentary in tiny Kanayama, population We also have a selection of OUTDOOR 400. IDAHO programs on tape and t-shirts and Credit card orders The film is in Japanese with English sub­ mugs and more! accepted at titles and tells the story of how the people of 373-7220 the village work together using everyday life Visit our Shop on our IPTV Homepage at events to educate their children, says Parrett. The village's elders are an important part of 1-800-543-6868 the film and the teaching, he added. http://idptv.state.id.us Some of the residents of the community helped the filmmakers with directorial and editorial decisions. "That's what makes it different from other films about Japanese education," Parrett ~~ says, "because it is made from inside a com­ Fine Diamonds and Jewelry munity." 0 GEOSCIENCES OPENS RIVERSIDE NEW LABORATORY Boise State's department of geosciences is the new home to a new high-tech system MANAGEMENT that can link academia, government and in­ dustry. COMPANY, INC. Geographiclnformation Systems (GIS) is a state-of-the art methodology for organiz­ Fu11 Service ing and analyzing spatial, map-based data. Frederick Shute specializes Real .Estate GIS integrates map making with data base in creating exquiste management and statistical analysis to sum­ original jewelry in Mana~m~Il~: marize vast amounts of data in visual, easily 24K gold and platinum. understood formats. Fine diamonds, The new methodology has become a fundamental tool for agricultural managers, sapphires, emeralds, rubies scientists and land-use planners. Data can and other precious stones are be summarized in tables or reports and dis­ bought directly from Belgium played as maps. to guarantee you the BSU geosciences professor Walt Snyder says the new facility offers opportunities for best price anywhere. BSU and its students to develop partner­ Call 208-385-0652 ships with area businesses that may need the to make an appointment. service. In addition, Snyder says a pilot project is 404 S. 8th St., Ste., Boise, ID 83702 under way to take GIS into science curricu­ Email: [email protected] lums at the junior and senior high school levels in the area. 0

10 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 COMMUNITY SUPPORT EVIDENT IN CAMPAIGN FOR ENGINEERING The successful "Excellence in Engineer­ ing" fund drive to match Micron Tech­ nology's $6 million pledge for new engineer­ ing buildings included donations from a mix of individuals and corporations, says BSU President Charles Ruch. "This project represents a true working partnership between the university, indi­ vidual donors and corporate contributors," says Ruch. "We began our new engineering degree programs under the assumption that the community would help us support them. The success of the Micron Challenge is evi­ dence that our assumption was accurate." An eight-member fund-raising team and the College of Engineering's 15-member advisory board were key to the success of the campaign, Ruch says. Twenty-seven donors to the fund drive were honored at a lunch in November. Those Velma Morrison became an honorary member ofthe civil engineering club after announcing donors included: a $2 million donation for a new laboratory building. $6 MILLION - Micron Technology. $2 MILLION - Harry W. Morrison Foun­ dation. SCP Global Technologies, BSU Alumni Idaho Statesman, HD R Engineering, Hubble $1 MILLION - Laura Moore Cunningham Association, BSU Foundation. Engineering, Idaho Power Co. Foundation. UNDER $100,000- Pat and Barry Bloom, K2 Construction, Keller Assocates, Doug $100,000 AND ABOVE - Intermountain BMC West, CM Construction, Concrete and Serena McAlvain, Nelson Construction, Industries, Morrison-Knudsen Co. and Placing, ECCO, Extended Systems. Owyhee Construction, Simplot Co., Wright Morrison-Knudsen Foundation, PRECO/ First Security Bank, Gannett Foundation/ Brothers, Dr. George Wade. 0

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SHORE LODGE Ideal weather, enthusiastic out-of-town 501 W. LAKE • McCALL , ID 83638 fans and flocks of geese flying over Bronco Stadium created a nearly picture-perfect setting for Boise's first Humanitarian Bowl. With the sun shining on Boise's snow­ covered foothills and temperatures rising to THE the upper 40s, the University of Cincinnati DISCOVERY trounced Big West champ Utah State 35-19 , CENTER in front of 16,121 fans and a national TV OF IDAHO L audience on ESPN2 on Dec. 29. ' A hands on The bowl game was the culmination of science museum for months of planning and a holiday week full the whole family of festivities that included a dinner/dance, where we the mayor's media luncheon, pep rallies and make a induction ceremonies that enshrined Olym­ science offun! pic distance runner Billy Mills, former NFL ., __ standout Mel Blount and NBA star Kevin ·-- Johnson into the Boise-based World Sports !JJ .. 'f~ ~!J Jj'J Humanitarian Hall of Fame. 0 OwN AN ORIGINAL MARCH MADNESS SET !~J ~Jf J~J Every Linda! home is an original. Spacious, light and imaginative. Each TO RETURN TO BSU is a personal creation carefully designed Boise State will be in the national spot­ to fit your needs and dreams. Bring your light again this spring when the NCAA bas­ custom home to life by visiting your local ketball tournament - March Madness - Linda! dealer. Ask about ORIGINALS, returns to campus. Eight teams will play six our inspiring 266 page idea book with games in the BSU Pavilion March 19 and 21. SCIENCE 115 plans and 680 color photos for This will be the fifth time BSU has hosted OF only $14.95. Call or stop by today. the event, known as the most watched sport­ ing event in America by the time a national MOTION ALindal Cedar Homes champion emerges from the 64-team field. lnd<;pendent)y Distributed By: Tickets are already sold out. Custom Cedars of Idaho Boise State's next NCAA event will be the national track and field championships in i~&r78c8-n4468 1999, an event the university hosted for the first time in 1994. 0

12 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 SPANISH SIBLINGS ENJOY INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT BSU

By Maggie Chenore Owners of a wine and spirits distribution company in Spain, Carrying little more with them than Spanish tradition, four broth- parents Jospmaria and Carman have chosen a non-traditional path ers and sisters from Valls Tarragona, Spain, have made Boise State for their five youngest offspring. Usually, Spanish children live University their home away from home. with their parents until they get married and start their own The close-knit Figueras siblings share a home in household. But the Figuerases encouraged their kids Boise and sit down together for dinner each night. to leave the nest early. So, they came to America to But barring that, they're on their own- trading improve their English language skills. the comforts of home they enjoyed in Spain for The transition to an English-speaking environ- what they believe is a cultural experience ment was not a problem for the Figueras that will last them a lifetime. siblingsbecauseEnglishisarequiredcourse The Figueras' route to Boise State of study in Spain. But early independence began when their parents sent daughter from their parents, something their Amen- Carmen and son Lluis to complete their can peers take for granted, was just one of final year of high school in Boise in 1993 the culture shocks that the Figueras kids through the Academic Year in America encountered in Boise. foreign exchange program. "Kids here leave home when they're 18," Enricfollowedin 1994andAnnaMaria Enric says. "If I had stayed in Spain, I would in 1996. Their 16-year-old brother Jordi Carmen, Enric and Anna Maria Figueras, from still live with my family." will join them next year. left, are thriving in their new environment at BSU. Carmen, who cooks most of their meals in All but Anna Maria started at BSU in the house they share, is horrified by the Ameri- the fall of1995. Now they arefirmly entrenched in daily BSU campus can habit of eating on the run. "People here don't sit down to eat, and life, except for international business major Lluis, who is studying in they eat while they're driving in the car." She shakes her head. "I the Tuscany region of Italy in the BSU Studies Abroad program. refuse to do that." Enric, a modern language/ journalism major, has set his sights on Despite the obvious differences in the way of life, the Figuerases a writing career. Carmen, who is pursuing a degree in bilingual/ agree on the value of their Boise experience. "Our parents came to elementary education, is an intern at Madison Elementary in Boise. visit the first year we were here," Carmen says. "They like Boise Anna Maria is an undeclared freshman. All three have campus- because it's safe and quiet and clean." based jobs to help with living expenses. Enric delivers the Arbiter, And the siblings like it, too. Enric would like to stay after he Anna Maria is employed by international student services, and they graduates from BSU. The Figueras family penchant for togetherness all put in regular hours at BSU's Recreation Center. being what it is, he will probably continue to be in good company. 0

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FOCUS/WINTER 1998 13 The '4 7 Broncos: They Started It All

By Bob Evancho

te 20 men stood outside the construction zone at the south Now, Smith and 19 of the surviving members from the 56- end of Bronco Stadium, craning their necks to view the gigantic player roster gathered outside the 30,000-seat Bronco Stadium. expansion project that rose in front of them. The stadium's 7,000 One of the first people to greet them was then BSU head football new seats alone exceeded Boise Junior College's combined home coach Houston Nutt, whose team was on the blue turf preparing attendance in 1947- the year these men changed the face of for the next day's game against the Aggies. "We appreciate what Boise State football. you have done for the school," he said. "Some day, we're going to When destiny brought first-year head coach Lyle Smith and his try to get an undefeated season like you did. I've been involved in BJC football players together that autumn, the team was a a couple of them, and it's an exciting thing." mixture of 18-year-olds straight out of high school and men in Nutt invited the men into the stadium and onto the field to their early 20s returning from the war. Little did they know that watch the current Broncos practice. "Feel free to talk to any of they would be the founders of Boise State's tradition of football my guys," he said. "I'm sure there's a lot you could tell them." excellence. After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Nutt said he had to get Now, half a century later, the 81-year-old Smith and his former back to practice. "The campus sure must look different than when players were back on campus on this Friday afternoon last you played here," the coach said as he prepared to leave. October- reunited at the BSU Alumni Association's invitation From the back of the group, Don Miller piped up. "That's for for Homecoming '97 in observance of the 50th anniversary of sure. When we played here, you could count the number of their 9-0 season. The festivities were to include a reception that buildings on one hand." evening and a halftime introduction during Saturday's football Miller lives in Eagle, so he's witnessed some of the changes on game against New Mexico State. BSU's campus over the years. But several former Broncos who It seemed only fitting to honor these men, now in journeyed from out of state were astounded by the growth. their late 60s and early 70s, because the '47 Broncos "I haven't seen a football game here since the early '70s," said were not just any team on Boise State's long list of Reno, Nev., resident Terry McMullen. "And I haven't seen the great football teams. They were the first - the booster rocket to the program's rise to promi­ nence, which included the start of a remark­ able four-year, 40-game unbeaten streak and 40 consecutive seasons without a losing record.

Above: Lyle Smith, right, with assistant coach Bill Richter during the '47 season. Left: Running back Bob Mays, with ball, was one of BJC's leading rushers in 1947.

14 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 Three BSU Hall of Famers attended the reunion of the 1947 BJC football team in October. From left, coach Lyle Smith and All-Americans Dick Nelson and Ben layne in Bronco Stadium. campus up close in a long time. I'm Smith's inaugural9-0 season in 1947, the overwhelmed by the changes." Broncos didn't lose a game until the Ben Jayne agreed. "I forgot how big the season-ending Little Rose Bowl in 1950. In stadium was," said the Gig Harbor, Wash., his 20 years as the school's head football resident. "I was awestruck by how it had coach, Smith posted an astounding 156-26- changed with the new expansion. It's an 6 record. In 1981, he retired as BSU's impressive facility, especially when you athletic director. consider that we played on a field that had And it was the '47 BJC squad -led by nothing but wooden bleachers." future BSU Athletic Hall of Fame McMullen, 68, and Jayne, 69, were two inductees Smith, Nelson and Jayne- that of the handful of freshmen on the '47 helped forge Boise State's football squad. "I think coach Smith did an reputation. "Going four years without a excellent job of meshing the talents of the loss gave the program plenty of attention," young guys like me with the more mature, said Nelson. "It just grew from there." tougher players like Dick Nelson," Actually the Broncos' 40-game un­ McMullen said. beaten streak began in 1946 under Jacoby "I think that's what made our 1947 team when they posted two wins and a tie in so good," agreed Boise resident Nelson, their final three games. But even before 72, who played tackle and was named they embarked on the '47 season, the BJC's first All-American that fall. "I was a returning players knew they had someone [World War II] veteran and one of the special taking over the program. older guys; Lyle had a real talent to blend "Lyle was a natural-born coach," said the youthful talent and experience on that Miller, 71, who served in the Navy during squad. It was really amazing; he did World War II before going to BJC. "We everything right that year." learned a lot from him." "What impressed me about that '47 "The one thing that sticks out in my team was that the players were so compat­ mind was the talent on that team," recalled ible," added Jayne, an end who earned Boise resident Pete Call, 70, who quarter­ All-America honors the following season. backed Smith's single-wing offense that "There was never any friction as far as I fall. "We had five guys on that '47 team can remember." who would earn All-America honors." BJC hired Smith in 1946 as head Indeed. In addition to Nelson and basketball coach and assistant football Jayne, quarterback Bob Agee garnered coach. The following year he replaced All-America honors two seasons later Harry Jacoby as football coach. "That while Jack Frisch and Phillriondo wasn't the plan to promote me to head received honorable mention in 1948. coach for football," recalled Smith, who "It was an outstanding team with still resides in Boise. "But it worked out exceptional people," said Smith of his that way, and I guess it worked out pretty former players. "It was a pleasure to coach well." these men. And their loyalty to Boise That's an understatement. Starting with State is quite impressive." 0

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 15 Today's schools are about more

than education. Yes, that is Juggling Act

their prime mission, but social

changes are forcing schools to From A to Z, Teachers Do It All

adapt to new times. Besides By Melanie fltrellceld Mceonnell teaching, teachers have to be

social workers, counselors and surrogate parents. And schools Iifth-grade teacher Connie Bunch is careful which children she pats on the back because some of them have been abused are faced with classrooms filled and they flinch at her touch. She struggles to find quality time for her 31 students on the classroom's two computers. with children from different And more often now than in the past, this veteran teacher of 37 households with different years quiets the growling stomach of an underfed 10-year-old or wipes away the Monday morning tears of a child still hurt by an backgrounds and challenges. In absentee parent who failed to show for a weekend visit. Times have changed since 1960 when Bunch first started this edition of FOCUS, we look teaching, and as a result she and other public school teachers at how education is changing now teach basic social and behavioral skills once taught at home. In today's classrooms, teachers still teach children reading, with the times. writing, arithmetic and community values in addition to teaching them about AIDS, gangs, drug and alcohol abuse, nutrition, conflict resolution, grief, death, sex and on and on. "The reality is kids can't learn until they're fed, clothed, warm and loved," says Bunch, BA, education, '70 and MA, curriculum and instruction, '87, who plans to retire in May from Boise's Mountain View Elementary School. "So we spend more time being sure they have those feelings, the basic needs. If we don't, we lose them, and we lose them early."

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"Clearly there is a growing set of respon­ spend their fifth year working solely on gradu­ standards for sibilities for teachers we never dreamed of in ate education courses. English as a Sec­ the past," says Robert Barr, dean ofthe BSU "You go out to schools and ask teachers ond Language College of Education. "It's a reflection of what they need help with," says William programs in Idaho schools. the nature of our society today." Parrett, BSU education professor, and "it's In November, the state board accepted a While the demands are growing on teach­ not library skills; it's 'How do I work with plan that requires teachers to become profi­ ers to meet the multiple needs of so many these increasingly challenging diverse class­ cient at using computers in the classroom. different children, the support services are rooms?' Teachers' skills are being pushed to The plan includes technology training for 90 increasing as well. Schools now have the limit in terms of how you teach all kids." percent of the state's certified teachers by multidisciplinary teams of social workers, But a shift in societal behavior is not the the end of the 2000-2001 school year, a task school resource officers and counselors. only force behind teachers' struggles to keep BSU's Technology Outreach program has "That support system is critical in any pace with the changing needs of their stu­ already started with teachers in southwest school," Bunch says. dents. Idaho. As the classroom has changed, so too have State and federal mandates now require "Legislatures are investing millions of teacher education programs at universities teachers to prepare for the impacts of cul­ dollars in technology for schools, and it's such as Boise State. tural diversity, technology and special edu­ important teachers know how to use it," Students enrolled in teacher education cation on their classrooms. Barr explains. today are working in real classrooms earlier In the area of diversity, for example, the And because of federal laws, the number than their predecessors. They are taking State Board of Education voted last of students with learning disabilities or se­ additional courses in diversity and social September to require training in multi­ vere emotional problems who enter regular work to better understand their future stu­ cultural education for all Idaho teachers, classrooms has increased over the past 20 dents, and they are applying theoretical ap­ and to commit $3.5 million dollars to de­ years. proaches more often, says BSU education velop and implement statewide educational Federal legislation requires all students professor Jeanne Bauwens. to have a free and appropriate pub­ Additional courses mean some lic education in the "least restrictive students take fewer electives or stay 'How do I work environment." But educators say in school longer, a move that may be there is no room in their budgets to the norm for future students in pay for the additional training that teacher education programs at Boise wi~~- ·~se teachers need to educate these chil­ State. dren. In Idaho last year the number . BSU's secondary education de­ increasingly(: ~hallenging of special education students topped partment is developing a new fifth- 25,200, up 20 percent since 1990. year graduate certification program. diverse classrooms?' BSU's College of Education plans Students would enter the program to require secondary education ma­ with a bachelor's degree and then jors to take additional credits in spe-

18 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 1950s cial education. Elementary education stu­ "The tradi­ dents already must take at least six credit tion in the Sex education Addittona1 foreign language requirements hours in special education. United States Driver educatiori BSU education major Becky Monro, who is to turn to our public schools to address the Safety eclucotion will graduate in May with a degree in special needs of society," says Barr. And in many education, believes that the added training cases, the schools are the best places to do 1960s would be good for all future teachers. "My that. "It's the only place it's going to hap­ Consumer education special education classes have been so great. pen," he says. "It's the last hope to provide Career education I've learned a lot of strategies to deal with kids with a common set of goals." Peace education kids whether I go into special ed or not." Bunch agrees: "The reality is no one else leisure/ recreational education All in all, Bunch believes, teachers are is doing it. We get the children. We do it. better prepared than ever before for the The frustration comes when we get criticized 1970s increasing challenges they face. "We've be­ by an unaware public. Most legislators, most Special eclucafion come better at what we do because we need school board members, don't have a clue Drug and alcohol abuse education to know more and be so much more aware all what's going on in our public schools." Parent education the time." One group that is working to spread the Character education Still, educators say, they're working harder word about today's classroom is Boise Edu­ School breakfast programs than ever to protect classroom time for cators Serving Together, a committee formed 1980s teaching traditional academic subjects. last fall by the Boise School District and the "That's what we're really supposed to be Boise Education Association. Keyboarding and compuier education here for," says Dee Burrow, BA, elementary The group includes volunteer teachers and GlObal education Ethnic education education, '76, MA, '78, principal of other educators who speak to community Multicultural/ nongender education McKinley Elementary in Boise. "But all the groups, parents and businesses about educa­ English as a second language other things - teaching proper behavior, tion and dispel the myth of failing schools. Bilingual education teaching about AIDS - leave us less and "Education is no longer just a one-way EarlY childhood education less time. At some point, we're going to have street," says spokesman Dan Hollar. "It's a Full day kindergarten to look at what we're teaching all over again partnership with parents and businesses. How Preschool programs for children at risk and think about what is essential." well we succeed depends on how much com­ After schoOl programs Stranger/ danger education For Monro, working as a volunteer at her munity support we have." Sexual abuse prevention education children's school has given her an insight to As society continues to ask more of its Child abuse monitoring her role ahead. "I saw children who didn't teachers, Bunch warns them to keep in mind know their colors, their alphabet, the basics. their reason for being. "Public education 1990s Things they could have picked up on Sesame was designed to prepare people to be knowl­ HIV/ AIDS education Street. I saw such a need in these kids," she edgeable citizens. That's still a primary goal Death education says. "You have to be a social worker, a - to be aware and understand the rights Grief education mother, a teacher. It's a vast role and it keeps and responsibilities that go along with citi­ Gang education expanding with our society." zenship. Inclusion But is society demanding too much of its "We teach them coping skills, conflict Multiculturalism/ diversity teachers? Maybe, educators say. But some­ management and conflict resolution. I'm one has to teach the children, and many surprised when I stop and think about it. parents are not carrying their share of the But the reality is, it's necessary for these load. children." 0

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 19 Language Lessons

By Site,.,.,. Stfvires

ocio Vance's Nampa classroom looks like any other second-grade classroom. 'It's like you The walls are lined with the alphabet, numer­ als, student artwork and other sources of inspi­ can see that ration for 7- and 8-year-old minds. The announcement by Mrs. Vance that it's light bulb time to do math and that the subtraction problems are going to require borrowing- produces the coming on.' anticipated sighs. But Room 20 at Central Elementary School is anything but ordinary. One student is from Thailand. Two are from Laos. Two are from India. All of them speak their native language, and little or no English. There are also 11 Spanish speakers and 12 English-speaking students. It could be a formula for chaos. But the performance of Vance's students suggests something else is happening. Spanish-speaking students who once were withdrawn dur­ ing class are quick to shout answers when called upon, and

20 FOCUS/WINI'ER 1998 they are reading at higher levels. says. "Our problems will be solved when we tional bilingual English-speaking students are learning get some academic proficiency." programs. Spanish. And in this bilingual classroom, Fuhriman says most bilingual programs "You take a students are learning at levels that rival any over the last 25 years have been mainly bumper toy-it hits a wall and backs up and of their peers. transitional programs, meaning that they aim turns at a different angle. That's what we're It has a magical air. But it's not magic, to replace Spanish with English quickly. But not doing in our schools. We're not bumpers. BSU bilingual education professor Jay they have unrealistic expectations, Fuhriman We're still standing at the wall revving our Fuhriman says. It's a sorely needed new says. Typically, it takes children about five engines," Fuhriman says. approach in education. to seven years to master a new language. In "That's what this program's doing, back- The Nampa School District is possibly the the old scenarios, students are bombarded ing up and changing direction." first in Idaho to adopt a plan for teaching with academics before they know English. A year ago, there was only one bilingual young Spanish-speaking students basic aca­ "Children never really master the Ian- teacher at Central, where about 35 percent demic concepts in Spanish, while still help­ guage,muchlesstheconceptarea,"Fuhriman of the students were Hispanic and about 25 ing them learn English, Fuhriman says. says. "It's sink or swim." percent of them spoke limited English. Fuhriman, who was born and raised in Statistics uncovered by Fuhriman and Now, thereisatleastone bilingualteacher Nampa and taught and worked in the bilin­ the Nampa district show that students who at each grade level at Central and Snake gual education office there, helped sketch don't speak English proficiently sink fast River elementaries, which qualified for the the framework for the program last Febru­ when taught only in English. federal bilingual grant money because of ary. He wrote a grant that ranked in the top By the end of second grade, they are at their high Hispanic populations. More than 25 percent of those submitted in 1997 to the least 11/2 grade levels behind. By the sixth 30 of those teachers are graduates of the U.S. Department of Education. It will pump grade, when they begin to master the Ian- BSU bilingual program. more than $1 million into bilingual educa­ guage, most are so far behind they can't In addition to the two schools funded by tion in Nampa over five years, allowing the catch up with their classmates. the grant, the district has made bilingual district to hire more teachers and try bold The consequence: a Hispanic dropout education available at other schools. new programs. rate in Nampa and statewide of 40 to 60 Parkridge Elementary School has at least Fuhriman's grant rests on the belief that percent even for those students in tradi- one bilingual teacher at each grade level. At once children ac­ ---==- g WestMiddleSchool, quire knowledge in f5 Nampa High School their native lan­ ~ and Skyview High ::t: guage, they can gJ School, many sub- transfer it to their ~ jects are taught in new language. ~ bilingual environ­ "Knowledge is ments. knowledge regard­ BSU began pre­ less of the language," paring bilingual Fuhriman says. teachers for roles "Math is still math." "They will learn English in spite of what we do. We couldn't keep them from learning En­ glish," Fuhriman ..

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 21 such as Vance's, Fuhriman says, because But Zarchin­ Nampa's program could be easily replicated ski, who works elsewhere. in the reading Consuelo Quilantan, Nampa School Dis­ Jab at the school, says she has seen results trict administrator of federal programs, says from the new approach. Results she didn't the district began seriously assessing student see before. needs about three years ago. "It makes sense to me now. It's like you She recognized that the programs in place can see that light bulb corning on," she says. for Spanish-speaking students were not work­ The results have been classroomwide. in g. No parents have withdrawn their students About 2,000 - or 22 percent - of the from Vance's class. Nampa School District's 9,000 students are "Parents can see the expectations for the Hispanic. About 1,500 students are classi­ bilingual classes are as high as the regular fied as having limited English skills. classes," Central Elementary Principal In 10 years, Nampa could expect to see a Becky Stallcop says. "They see it as an ad­ reduction in its Hispanic dropout rate from vantage now." 60 percent to 20 percent, Fuhriman and The grant money also pays for the district Quilantan believe. to offer Spanish classes to English speakers. But Vance, a December 1996 BSU bilin­ So far, 124 students have signed up. Stallcop gual education graduate, says you don't have says she expected only a handful. to wait 10 years to see the benefits. As for Vance's students, they don't lag She began the new school year feeling her behind their fellow classes, Stallcop says, way with a philosophy that was new to every­ even though they are learning in two lan­ one. Vance, who is Fuhriman's daughter, guages. Instead, Vance had to order more said she has slowly transformed her class­ challenging material for them. room to incorporate the bilingual concepts Two of the three second-graders who that her father helped define. have mastered addition well enough to be In late November, Vance also began en­ listed on the schoolwide Hall of Fame are couraging and helping her Spanish-speaking from her class. students to read in Spanish. "I was trying to envision a classroom like "A lot of the Hispanic students who were this and I was a little nervous about it at first, just sitting there are comprehending what too," Vance says. they are reading now," she says. "They're "But I know now that we do everything answering more questions. They're getting that all of the other classes do as fast and as their work done. It shows in their tests. good, and sometimes better." "I'm watching students have that spark in Eyes likely will be on Vance's class and their eyes because things make sense now." others like it in Nampa as school districts All students are in the bilingual classroom statewide struggle with high Hispanic drop­ at their parents' request. out rates. Still, some parents had concerns in the Vance believes she's making a difference beginning. Vicki Zarchinski was one of them. one student at a time. Her son, Nathan, speaks English. "I love doing this," she says. "I have fun "To be honest, my worry was that if kids in my class, but I have really high expecta­ come here, they should learn to speak En­ tions for my kids. I've seen so many kids glish," she says. "We didn't know how it change their attitude. That's worth so would work." much." 0

22 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 Partners in Education By Melanie J'llrellceld McConnell

B oise State's College of Education reaches beyond the borders BSU students enrolled in the program repair the computers, of the campus to help dozens of school districts throughout south­ install them and then help the school teachers and students learn western Idaho. From counseling to computers, BSU's staff and how to use them. students lend their expertise to forge partnerships that improve the Now in its fourth year, the program has supplied more than 2,500 quality of education in the state's public schools. Here are seven computers to hundreds of area schools and provided a hotline for examples. teachers to call when they need help with the technology. THE CONNECTION -The Connection is a free counseling service WRITING BUDDY - The best way to learn to write is by writing to started by the BSU Counseling Center for students and their parents an audience, says BSU education professor Curtis Hayes, who at 11 Boise elementary schools. The service was established in established the Writing Buddy partnership between Garfield El­ partnership with the elementary schools' counselors who refer ementary School and Boise State three years ago. The first- through qualified families to the service. third-grade students at Garfield write letters to Hayes' students in "We don't just parachute in and leave again; we actually become his integrated language arts class for 16 weeks. part of their system," explains Lynn Miller, a BSU licensed profes­ The college students make no overt corrections to the youngsters' sional counselor and a coordinator of the program. Counseling is letters, allowing their own letters to the children to serve as models provided by BSU students who are in the second year of their master's degree program in coun­ seling. The service was started because free counseling or counseling with payment on a sliding scale was not available in the Boise area, Miller says. The program also ben­ efits the master's-seekingstudents by allowing them to gain more practical experience, which in turn will make them better theoreti­ cians, she says. SCHOOL-TO-WORK - The Col­ lege of Education's Center for School Improvement and the Southwest Idaho School-to-Work program recently completed a massive research project con­ ducted by more than 600 area school teachers. The project teamed area busi­ nesses with the teachers to determine the skills and attitudes essen­ of good writing. The progress in the tial for success in the workplace and the degree to which employees children's writing can be seen when the entering the work force meet those requirements. The collaboration college students compare the youngsters' between the university, area teachers and businesses signals a move letters from the beginning to the end of the 16-week program, toward the establishment of relationships between educators and Hayes says. businesses to better prepare students for the workplace. TRAIN-THE-TRAINER is a partnership program between BSU's CENTER FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT - The center is an outreach Educational Technology Outreach Program and the Twin Falls branch of the College of Education that assists schools and commu­ School District, the Meridian School District and the Vallivue nities with educational reform. The center conducts conferences, Consortium, a group of 10 schools. sponsors national speakers and provides research and other re­ The goal of the two-year program is to train teachers to provide sources to educators interested in learning new ways to improve staff development in technology. The program was established to schools and classrooms. help teachers meet new requirements that they be competent in TECHNOLOGY OUTREACH - BSU's Technology Outreach program technology by 2002. in the College of Education is helping schools throughout south­ LISTSERV was created to enhance communications among educa­ western Idaho to incorporate technology into their classrooms and tors in the state. Listserv technology uses electronic mail to link curriculum. The program has developed a strong partnership with subscribers, who exchange views on a topic or search for answers to area citizens, businesses and government agencies to recycle their a problem. BSU technology specialists are online to answer ques­ unused computers for needy schools. · tions and moderate the discussions. 0 Comfort Zone At-risk students find a home in alternative schools

By Bob EYa11clto v te.an teoche< Bob Taylm ""in h. That Work, which was co-written last year behavioral problems. "The majority of the Meridian Academy classroom. On his desk by Bob Barr, dean of Boise State's College kids here have failed for one reason or an­ are two quarters. "They've been sitting of Education, and Bill Parrett, education other in the regular school system," says there out in the open since 1990," he says, professor and director of the Center for Taylor. "There are as many reasons as there referring to the year the alternative high School Improvement at BSU. are kids." school opened. "I call them 'trust quarters.' The students attending the 43 secondary According to Tom Farley, chief of the "They're there because they're there. They alternative schools in Idaho are considered Bureau of Instruction for the Idaho Depart­ were taken just once. But all the students at risk. They may come from disadvantaged ment of Education, alternative schools in were so upset when it happened, the quar­ backgrounds, struggle academically or have Idaho are becoming more popular because ters were back on my desk the of their effectiveness. Across the next day. The kids don't touch ~ state, one or two new alternative them; it would be like stealing from Q schools have been started each your own family." Qyear for the last five years, he says. In many ways, alternative ~ "If we can help keep kids in schools take on characteristics ofa :;! school and facilitate their earning surrogate family. In an age of ~ a high school diploma through al- single-parent households, two ternative schools, we are helping working parents, increased mobil­ everyone," Farley adds. ity, dysfunctional families, grow­ Barr and Parrett's book refers ing numbers of children living to dozens of model alternative below poverty levels, and more non­ schools nationwide. "But you don't English-speaking children enter­ ing school, alternative schools fill a huge void in the lives of youth, both high-risk youth and many who lead more stable lives. The above passage is taken from the book How to Create Alterna­ tive, Magnet, and Charter Schools

24 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 need to leave the Boise area to see a great at Eagle High School the previous year. "I and Parrett state liiililliililll example," says Barr. "Just go to Meridian wanted to come here, but at first my mom in their book. Academy. Now that is how you run an alter­ wouldn't let me," she says. "She thought it "You get more personal attention from native school." was full of drug addicts, and she was afraid the teachers here," Hall says. "Since I've The greatest power ofan alternative school I would get into drugs. But that isn't the been here, I've gotten almost all A's." is the simple fact that people choose to partici­ case. Nobody is judgmental at this school. [T]he alternative school allows teachers pate, write Barr and Parrett. No one is as­ Here, everyone is on a first-name basis with who care deeply about [their] students to join signed; participation is not mandatory. each other. The teachers are more like friends together in a small, intimate learning environ­ Some students dropped out or were ex­ than authority figures." ment. pelled from their previous schools. Others Alternative schools with significantly Taylor, who graduated from Boise State are pregnant or have babies. The incidence smaller enrollments provide a dramatically in 1984 and returned to get his master's of drug/alcohol abuse, academic woes and different educational environment. Everyone degree in 1997, knows what works and what domestic problems is higher than normal. knows one another, and this familiarity doesn't. A high school dropout himself, he Still, the 150 students at Meridian Acad­ tends to foster mutual respect and far less didn't enter college until he was 50. "The emy are not here for punitive reasons. Quite violence. reason this school works is because it has an the contrary, Taylor says. "We have a wait­ "If kids here had previous trouble, it was outstanding staff that cares about these kids," ing list. These kids are here because they usually with their [previous] school, not with says the government and economics teacher. want to be here." the law," Hall says. "The atmosphere is great. We keep the en­ Are these students at risk? Yes, Taylor A key reason that so many students drop rollment at 150, and we keep the classes allows, most of them are. Are they trouble­ out of school or fail academically is that they small." makers? "This is not a college prep school by simply are lost in a big, confusing junior/ The research is unequivocal on this aspect any stretch ofthe imagination," he responds. senior high school. of alternative schools: If students are sur­ "What they get here is a good, well-rounded "At Eagle High School, the classes were rounded by teachers who both care about education and the opportunity to get their large and crowded, and if you couldn't them and demand high-quality work, signifi­ high school degree. But if the truth were figure things out, they just left you behind," cant learning occurs. known, we have fewer problem students says Hall. "That's what happened to me; Here's one other reason why Meridian here than at other schools." that's why I dropped out. There's no way I Academy works: Bob Taylor, 67, leans back Alternative schools provide a place for would have graduated from Eagle. Now I'm in his chair with a satisfied look. His eyes safety and respect for students, a place to going to graduate. I plan to take a year off twinkle as he looks around his empty class­ learn and a place to belong. They provide and then go to college." room. In a few minutes, it will be filled with them with an opportunity to create a positive [The alternative school's] community of kids. And he knows the quarters will still be identity. support enables students to become educa­ on his desk when the students go home. Seventeen-year-old Danielle Hall is a tionally engaged in relevant, meaningful "This," he says, "is the best teaching as­ Meridian Academy senior. She dropped out learning in an intimate small setting, Barr signment in the state of Idaho." 0

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 25 Education Comes Home

By Cllris Bounefl

he perception is pervasive: Education is in crisis. A new age is needed. Teachers and schools must 'It's amazing change. Broad experiments with charter schools and vouchers are necessary. National testing the power may become a requirement. The traditional role that educators filled - parents have teaching children - has expanded to include and the resource social and economic issues. With this sea of change, you don't hear much about parents. we have Schools and educators are being called upon to evolve. Should parents also undergo a metamorphosis? available to In many ways, they already have, and that's part of the challenge facing schools today. tap into.' Schools once taught children from two-parent homes in which one parent stayed home, engaged the kids, read to them, and helped them with their homework until the algebra

26 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 grew too complicated. of family homework. Families can put as children's education. But economic evolution makes today's little as 10 minutes into daily assignments, As families changed and time became more battle a survival of the fittest. And to be fit, but the tasks guarantee that parents and scarce, families lost their ability to involve both parents often have to work full time. children sit down, interact and talk. themselves through traditional means, Throw social evolution into the mix with its Parents and children read stories, draw Milton says. She sends home one packet a higher divorce rate, and you have a blossom­ pictures and practice writing, even writing week that includes a storybook and a math­ ing number of single-parent households that letters to each other. Each activity reinforces related game that parent and child play to­ have no choice - they have to work, full a writing skill, such as organization or word gether, helping parents to stay active and time, to make ends meet. choice, that Cline teaches in class. show their children that school matters. The victim in all this is time, parents and The program is too new to quantify its "I feel I'm also involved in parent educa­ educators say. Time with children, time help­ advantages, but Cline says children who tion," says Milton, who now teaches first ing with home­ grade at Linder El­ work, time for ementary School in one-on-one ac­ Meridian. "Parents tivities. And un­ want to help their chil­ less there's a dren, but they don't change on the know what to do. Help­ social and eco­ ing your child at home nomicfronts, it's is the most important up to schools, thing you can do for again, to adapt. your child's develop­ But educators ment." want parents to One of Milton's par­ come along for ents, Juli Nail, says the this ride because games are not only fun the research is for her daughter, but undisputed : they bring mother and Children are daughter together. more likely to And as a single mother succeed in of two, sometimes she school if their struggles to find time. parents are ac­ "It makes me have to tive in their edu­ sit down with her," cation. "Involv­ Nail says. "I sit down ing parents will withher,andit'sgood make a difference," saysJohnJensen, a Boise would never be excited by writing glow one-on-one. And it State University secondary education pro­ with pride when they read their par­ tells me the level she's fessor and director of the Center for ents' letters in class. learning at." Multicultural and Educational Opportuni­ "When you ask parents to model some­ Jensen says many educators now recog­ ties. "Schools have to find a way to make ... thing, you have to ask how much modeling nize that parents are an important part of the parents feel school is accessible." do we really do? How often do we sit down equation. And more and more educators are But how do you increase participation ... to write?" Cline asks. "The advantage of trying to bring parents into the fold. when parents don't have the time to volun­ this program is that parents come along with The efforts are more advanced at the el­ teer at school or join a parent-teacher orga­ us. This is where we can tap into the parent ementary levels, especially among early child­ nization? to complement what's done in school." hood educators from Boise State, who are It takes some innovation from a system Another BSU education graduate student, required to take a class focused on parent that once erected a barrier between home Linda Milton, developed a series of home participation. and school, when the only communication math games while teaching at Star Elemen­ But programs are active at the middle and with parents was a quarterly report card or a tary School because parents asked her what high school levels, as well. Teachers send call from the principal when a child misbe­ they could do to stay involved with their home regular notes, require parents to sign haved. Now, teachers are beginning to look homework logs for their children, and hold at parents as partners - as an educational more teacher/parent conferences at night to aide with tremendous influence over chil­ ...... accommodate working parents. dren. At Franklin Elementary in Boise, the If a parent believes school is important, have to re•amlaar school has a regular support group where the reasoning goes, then a child will believe parents can share their experiences over the same. "It's amazing the power parents why we're here - donuts and coffee. And for families in need, have and the resource we have available to who educators often overlook, the school tap into," says Judy Cline, a first-grade to educate children. offers clothes, food and immunization fairs. teacher at McKinley Elementary School in Jensen says some resistance remains, how­ Boise. And the first ever, as teachers cling to the idea that they Cline, who has taught for nine years, ad­ are the education experts and the parents dressed the problemas an education master's educator Is the are just parents. Jensen says he experienced candidate at Boise State. For her final project, such treatment firsthand when teachers at she developed a home writing program that parent.' his older daughter's school dismissed his brought parent and child together- a form questions until they learned he was a profes-

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 27 sional educator. Only then did they take him seriously. ''blu ;biversity bf Teachers and administrators have to en­ A VIDEO INTRODUCTION to courage parents to get involved, Jensen says, 11 18 contemporary and teachers have to do more than send a AHstr~tti~tn eer~t~nttS Australian ceramists note home with children when they misbe­ revealing through have. Produced by glimpses of their daily Call with praise as well as punishment, he lives, facets of artistic advises teachers, and make home visits so john Takehara you understand the homes from which your production which students come. 1:40 min. characterize each artist's "I don't know why educators have had a run time unique and professional problem with parental involvement," he says. style. "We seem to have to remember why we're here - to educate children. And the first educator is the parent." But Jensen and other educators also real­ ize that homework packets and more phone calls can't replace traditional parenting. Molding a good student also takes more effort at home. Former BSU students Sandi and John Thiel of Boise decided they would make a commitment to their young son and daugh­ ter, who are in first grade and kindergarten, respectively. Sandi found a part-time job as a cartographer with the state so that she could spend more time with the children. She reads to the pair for at least 30 minutes MESA PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL each night; John, a full-time attorney, prac­ To order, write 2834 Starlington Dr. • Boise, ID 83712 tices chess with his son, who regularly beats USA or call/fax (208) 345-3429 his mom and challenges his dad at the com­ plex game. "I like the fact one of the parents is home," John Thiel says. "It's important to have that contact." Staying home is easier for someone in a two-parent, middle-class family. As a single mother, Nall works full time and can't afford to drop to part time, so she makes time for her two children even on hectic days. She turns off the TV and reads to her children, and she arranged through her work to volun­ teer at Linder Elementary one day a month. "Being a single parent is tough enough, but I want them to achieve," Nail says. "If I stay involved in their school, that helps them love their school." Even Jensen says he's rearranged his life to spend more time with his 13-year-old son. ~you like where your career is going? Is the path you're on a fast track or a dead He comes to work at 8:30 each morning · end? And what about your income, are you happy with that. Wouldn't you like to feel instead of 8 so that he can drive his son to good about what you do? Then you're exactly the kind of person Northwestern Mutual school and gain personal time. Life is looking for. You'd receive the best investment in your future - training. The kind And he tries to make time for his son even no one else can match. The kind you need so you can run your own business. What's when it would be easier to relax than talk more you'd represent a company that has the highest possible financial ratings from during that free five or 10 minutes each Standard & Poor's, Moody's, A.M. Best and Duff & Phelps. Call Jan Fleck, recruiter, at (208) 383-0210 if the road you're on is going nowhere. night. It's time to get on track. "It's important in today's society that par­ ents find some time to talk with their kids and to share some insight into their values The Rice Agency and why they think those values are impor­ 1555 Shoreline Dr. Suite 210 tant," Jensen says. Because, in the end, Boise, Idaho 83702 The Quiet Company® schools can modernize and teachers can be­ (208) 383-0210 come more proactive. But it's still old-fash­ http://www.NorthwestemMutual.com ioned parenting that has the greatest influ­ For sales career opponunities. 1·800-CAL- NML ence.D

28 FOCUS/WINnR 1998 A Foundation for Change By Janelle Brown and Larry Burlce

I daho schools are just beginning to sense the ripples of change like IMC. Almost overnight, it became one of the 30 largest founda­ caused by the arrival of the J. A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation tions in the United States. It may be the only one of its size limited on the Idaho education scene last year. Soon, they could experience primarily to one area of giving- in this case, education. a tidal wave. Mrs. Albertson's decision to accelerate her estate planning meant With the cachet that comes from a $700 million endowment, the foundation could greatly expand its efforts to foster educational the foundation has the potential to tum Idaho into a national leader excellence in the state, says Sharron Jarvis, the foundation's execu­ for innovative programs to improve schools, says Robert Barr, dean tive director, a former Boise elementary school principal with 32 of Boise State's College of Education. years' experience in education. "It has the funds to do things we can never possibly do otherwise. But Jarvis says it's important that the foundation doesn't usurp "Idaho could evolve into one of the most provocative settings in the what should be state-funded programs. country for education ... we'll attract some of the best and brightest "The state needs to bake the education cake. We'll put on the in the field to come to Idaho," says Barr. frosting," she says. "We don't intend to take over what the state is The name of the foundation's largest effort to date -the Idaho supposed to do." Management of Change-is a not-so-subtle reflection of its agenda. Partnering with Idaho's colleges and universities to start new "The foundation is clearly looking to make systemic changes in programs is something the foundation is particularly interested in, our schools- it's about restructuring. And they have the resources says Jarvis. to make a huge impact," says William Parrett, director ofBSU's Center for School Improve­ ment. Ifthe Idaho Management of Change (IMC) project is any indication, the foundation can, and will, act swiftly when it finds the right projects. And its reach will extend to even the state's smallest school districts. The project began in October when 2,000 educators gathered in Boise to hear school reform guru Willard Daggett hold forth about the need for change in America's edu­ cational system. Buoyed by the enthusiasm of those who heard him, the foundation began the IMC project so schools could incorporate Daggett's concepts at the local level. Less than three months after Daggett's appearance, 34 school districts and individual schools were awarded the grants, which will enable them to work with consultants from Daggett's International Center for Leader­ ship in Education. Their goal: to bring schools and communities together to make curricu­ lum more rigorous and relevant. "The foundation wanted to do more than run a conference and In addition to its work with Boise leave the scene. It realized the potential for a sustained effort to State on the IMC project, the founda­ change our schools ... and acted very quickly to make things hap­ tion has joined with Idaho State to help pen," says Parrett, who is assisting with the grant project through teachers pursue national board certification and with the University the Center for School Improvement. of Idaho to bring teaching workshops to 14 school districts. The IMC project is just one example of how the foundation is Some funding issues are still being decided. Jarvis says the using some $35 million annually to improve - and in some cases, foundation is wrestling with whether it should fund building projects. restructure- Idaho's schools. Preparing students for technical vocations and enhancing early Another major grant will focus on reinventing teacher training childhood education are other possible issues it may address. programs at Idaho's universities. All colleges in Idaho have been "We're proud of what we've funded during our process of getting invited to submit proposals. started-we've experimented on some of the early things," she says. "They want us to think out of the box ... to come up with some Barr predicts the Albertson Foundation's projects will attract original ideas on how teachers should be trained," says Barr. worldwide attention and keep Idaho on the cutting edge of new The foundation was established in 1966 by the late grocery store concepts in education. magnate Joe Albertson and his widow Kathryn. But it wasn't until And while that prediction may come true, Jarvis says the basis Mrs. Albertson transferred her shares of the company's stock, a gift of all decisions will always rest on the answer to a simple question: of some $700 million, that the foundation began to fund projects What is best for Idaho's kids? 0 Under One Roof Educators make case for classes with mixed learning abilities

By Bob fvancho l e nine adults -two parents and seven Boise educators - "In order to provide the best program for a student with gathered in the elementary school classroom, forming a circle as learning difficulties, you need that collaborative effort," says the they sat at undersized desks. For the sake of a single child -a Boise State graduate who is now working on a master's in fourth-grader with learning problems - they had assembled on education at the university. this winter afternoon. "Depending on the student's needs and the situation, a number The parents were at the end of their rope. When their son was of people, in addition to the parents, can be involved. It's like a in kindergarten and first grade, he had difficulty sounding out puzzle. The various players- the regular teacher, principal, letters and confused words that sounded similar. In grades two speech therapist, occupational therapist, school psychologist, through four his difficulties mounted. No matter how hard he special ed teacher- are all pieces to the puzzle." tried, the child struggled to read and write. School was torture. As A decade or so earlier, however, the puzzle was much simpler a result, his self-esteem was battered and his confidence was shot. in many school districts: Students with learning disabilities were His frustration manifested itself regularly in bursts of anger, often removed from the regular classroom to receive "special" frustration and tears- especially while doing homework. assistance. And while the schools' intentions were good, many In addition to IQ and aptitude testing, the parents and the educators today believe such an approach was detrimental to child's school had him undergo a battery of diagnostic exams: those students because they were labeled as slow learners or just psychological, hearing, vision, fine motor skills. Finally, at the plain dumb. start of fourth grade, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and auditory "We know that kids with learning disabilities are not dumb," processing difficulties. Bigelow says. "Most of them have average or above average IQs. This child is among an estimated 20 percent of America's The best thing is to maximize their strengths and work to population that suffers from some type of learning disability- a remediate their weaknesses." neurological disorder that hampers one's ability to store, process Fortunately for the learning disabled, the concept of "inclu- or produce information {dyslexia is just one form). sion" is helping point schools in that direction. While federal law Now, the nine adults convened to assess the child's problems now mandates "free and appropriate education" for the learning and discuss strategies to help him. The afternoon gave way to disabled, there is a more compelling reason for concerted efforts early evening; all of the educators -the child's teacher, his like the one described above: the belief that most kids with mild principal, a school district administrator, and four special services learning disabilities are better served in the regular classroom providers- had already put in a full day's work. But they alongside their normal-achieving peers. remained, sharing their expertise with the parents and each other. Certainly, the need to address a child's learning problems is According to Joan Bigelow, a special education teacher at crucial. But not at the cost of his or her self-esteem, which often Mountain View Elementary in Boise, such meetings are now occurs when he or she is singled out and removed from the commonplace. regular classroom, says Manuel Barrera, a BSU professor of elementary education and specialized studies. disabled students while trying to meet the demands put on today's To take a learning-disabled student out of the regular class­ teachers, Bauwens and others espouse the collaboration of the room to spend an inordinate amount of time on his or her regular classroom teacher and the special educator in the same weaknesses only adds to the frustration, he says. classroom. "Research shows that separated instruction definitely is not "[IJt is no longer practical," said Bauwens in an education helpful to kids with learning disabilities," Barrera says. "Gener­ journal article she wrote with fellow Boise State professor Jack ally speaking, if you put them in self-contained situations, they Hourcade, "to continue pulling out and segregating the students don't get a chance to learn as much and do work commensurate who represent diverse ability levels .•• [T]he question is not with what their normally achieving peers are doing." whether students with diverse backgrounds should be included in What needs to be done, he says, is to help the learning disabled the general education classroom, but instead how instruction develop their own strategies and approaches to being successful in might be provided most effectively for all students." the classroom. "If certain kids have learning difficulties, it makes That's easier said than done, Bauwens acknowledges. While sense that they are not able to do what other kids are able to do inclusion is gaining acceptance in many teacher preparation 'naturally' in the regular classroom," Barrera says. "And teachers programs, some teachers and prospective teachers disdain the need to find ways to modify and adapt their teaching to assure idea of teaching students other than those considered "normal" that all kids can benefit from instruction, especially those kids learners. who do not historically benefit from regular instruction." "My response is that 'normal' is an indicator on a washing If that's the case, doesn't that mean the onus is on teachers to machine," says Bauwens. "Many teachers have been trained in become more flexible to meet the needs of students of varying content. Sure, they know how to teach U.S. history and they know learning abilities? how to teach math, but they don't know how to train a broad base Precisely, says Jeanne Bauwens, also a BSU elementary of kids. They say, 'I have to treat all my students equally.' I say education and specialized studies professor. And to help learning- you don't treat them all equally, you treat them all fairly.'' 0 D IJ D

EXPLORING THE THIN BLUE LINE By Chris Bouneff We ask police officers to shield us from the worst that society offers. Yet, we also hand­ cuff police with a strict code of conduct that mandates they do so dispassionately and without relying on force, Boise State Uni­ versity professor John Crank writes in a new book that explores police culture. It is a tough balancing act for police and contributes to a secretive culture among the brotherhood of officers that the public often misunderstands, Crank writes in Understand­ ing Police Culture, which was released in October. Crank, a criminal justice administration professor, says most books about police prac­ tices analyze the culture from the top down. He says he wanted to write a book that looks at police culture from the eyes of officers on the street-the ones who deal with society's unsavory elements on a day-to-day basis and risk their lives on even routine calls. Augmented by Crank's field observations, Understanding Police Culture is one of the first compilations of published research on police behavior, he says. The book is a major achievement for the 50-year-old educator who started down the path of academic life at age 35 after a decade in construction. "I felt old, and in construc­ tion work I was old," Crank says of his return to the classroom. "I thought, 'There has to be another way to have a life.'" He chose criminal justice administration when a researcher asked him to assist with some statistical analysis on police chiefs. His interest in cultures led to his book that ex­ plores police culture rather than policy. Crank also spearheaded a recent joint project with the Ada County Sheriff's De­ partment. With help from a $91,000 grant, Crank measured public attitudes toward the department and crime in the county. Sheriff Vaughn Killeen says the results, released last fall, will be used to introduce several new initiatives. In his new book, Crank uses his research experiences to describe a secretive clique that shies from public praise and scrutiny and that lives with a chain of command ready to shackle it at the slightest mistake. The job creates stress, but surprisingly not from its life-and-death dangers. Instead, What started as a college research project 15 years ago led to Understanding Police Culture, Crank says, a police force's organizational a book by BSU professor John Crank. structure generates anxiety. The tension for front-line officers and detectives is not so

32 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 different from popular television shows such as NYPD Blue in which the stereotypical beat cop struggles regularly with the prover­ bial captain. And as on TV, officers also are bound by an unwritten code of silence. Even when officers abuse their authority, the public won't hear one officer criticize another, Crank says. "An officer will not criticize a fellow of­ ficer in public, but he will criticize a fellow officer mercilessly in private," Crank says. Silence is a type of survival mechanism that keeps police actions from the public, who my view, i real ~re professional c6mbina officers believe overlook the patrol work pe~ ~mce and sensitivitY~~ · ~~~ and 1)~ work. I'd that protects them, he says. "Their culture is l:w: fiio~: to . that:~e ofp_mre8s~Ualisniff6 1~~ ~eeds. " Call how they protect themselves while they do .tO<,iax,3k4 )1~ 1 the satisfuction of working wil:n ~ r~m r whowiU what they do without us wanting to know make you '!Number One." about it." In fact , police often feel ignored until an event such as the lethal use of force sparks a Experience • AUitude • Integrity • Success community debate over police tactics, Crank says. And then, the coverage is usually nega­ 1403 W. Franklin St. Boise, ldabo 83702-5097 FAX (208)343-3578 tive, from the police's perspective. "The police are exactly what the public of them," he says. "But we oftentimes expects ,Republic MortgBJle. Sbanna JJ. Wroten don't like to see what it takes to deal with Loan Officer [criminal suspects]." * * * * IXOID~ * * * * Understanding Police Culture is a timely release with the recent incidents involving EOUALreJ HOOSING the Boise Police Department. Mark Stall be­ 545 N Benjamin • Boise, Idaho • 1 (800) 259-6510 ll'I'OII11HTY carne the first Boise police officer killed in Office (208) 322-3606 • Pager (208) 887-2628 • Fax (208) 322-3607 the line of duty when a traffic stop in Sep­ tember escalated into a shoo tout, highlight­ ing the innate dangers police face every day, Crank says. Incidents such as this in which an officer Idaho School of and two suspects were killed also explain why police maintain a healthy suspicion of nearly everyone they come in contact with, MAsSAGE he says. Without casting judgment on officers' ac­ THERAPY tions, Crank says that the ensuing debate in the community and within the Boise Police Department about the use of force affects aju11--servfce r'tllonal the police and their culture. "Something like this is alienating," Crank "nve.st:ment_;/ " .{{. vrm ... says. "Officers really don't understand why they don't have more public support." committed to the needs , Despite the stress and the dangers, police of the individual investor do experience moments of joy on the job. Police cherish the freedom associated with • Retirement Planning patrolling a beat and connecting with the ; • 401 (k) Direct Rollovers l Ruth Haefer, C.M.T public, he says. Cindy I;anpt.on~ C l;r..f~T. Officers also enjoy a solid, air-tight arrest :• Tax-free Bonds !\ , in a big case. And solving a case from scratch, .-. ·auali_ty Stocks ~~.\ N~#~~~Y Cel1lfi~ ·~iaw with little or no evidence to start, elates the ~ '~ 'Thilored 1'9·Jti!liVidu;!! .!\~.~ • Profes~ione3,l Money • ~ • "(,~ for PersQijal detectives charged with piecing together .OJoWib &. ~ Annlir.10ri criminal mysteries. . Management -4tSQhr. to soot~t'~~'l!l­ Police also find satisfaction in the belief . ,~frtssiu;, SpOrts. that they have the moral authority to control ology their territory, Crank says. 801 W. Main "If you believe you're morally right and Suite 100 Boise, ID 83702 that you can take care of your area," Crank 388-4200 D.A. Davidson & Co. says, "you believe you can make a differ­ l'1elllbft" SII'C a DADCO COfiiPIY 800-413-2326 ence." 0

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By Chris Bouneff truth when she denied harming the boy in evidence. And Honts authored a "friend of Boise State psychology professor Charles her care - an appearance that garnered the court" brief that details recent science Honts' rise as a national expert on polygraph Honts national media attention in recent supporting the reliability of polygraphs. tests started, of all places, in retail. months. In criminal cases, Honts says the tests are As a fresh psychology graduate in 1974, But more importantly, Honts may help set 90 percent effective, putting the lie detector Honts found he could do little with ------,~ " on a par with tests used in accident a bachelor's degree in his chosen ~ reconstructions and identification

field. He settled as a retail man­ 1 "' of paints and fibers. ager with a national chain, but his ~ g • ~ However, Honts continues to interest branched as he watched ~=::lr:==~i support the legal ban on screening an examiner screen prospective l .,~ prospective employees. Poly- employees with a lie detector test. graphs are accurate on specific "I got to know the polygraph questions, but he says they can't examiner," Honts, 44, says, "and predict whether an applicant will what he was doing seemed a lot be a productive and loyal em­ more interesting than what I was ployee. "It's much less reliable doing." then, because the issues are un­ Honts trained to be an examiner clear," Honts says. and returned to school. A master's As for the future, Honts expects degree and doctorate later, he is to be busy if the Supreme Court now one of the nation's leading rules in favor of polygraph tests. If researchers in polygraph testing not, Honts will continue his re­ and reliability and a hot property search into ways the machine can for high-profile cases and the me­ Honts: Laptop computers have replaced this antique polygraph. be beaten to improve test reliabil­ dia. ity. Also, Honts will work to fur­ Defense attorneys for British nanny Louise legal precedent. The U.S. Supreme Court is ther remove human error from the tests. Woodward called on Honts to interpret her weighing this term whether polygraphs, "The reason I continue to do it," Honts polygraph test. He testified during an evi­ which are generally barred as evidence, are says, "is it's a useful technology. So, I see it as dentiary hearing that Woodward told the reliable enough to stand with other forensic a service to the criminal justice system." 0 DRESSING ACTORS STARTS WITH SCRIPT, SAYS COSTUME DESIGNER By Sherry Squires Idaho Commission on the Arts fellowship She then researches the period in which Remember the half-finished, rotting wed­ for her work with regional theater. the play is set, or the period in which the ding dresses worn by actors in Boise State Though some of her work may appear piece was written, with special attention in University's production of The Praying simple by design, there's nothing effortless each case to the colors, the fabrics of the era, Mantis last winter? Or the elaborate gar­ about her approach. Hoste begins by read­ and their societal significance. ments worn in The Idaho Shakespeare ing the script several times, then meeting "Once you're there, it's as if you exist in Festival'srenditionof A Midsummer Night's with the director. She's lookingforthe mood, that space, in tltat time," Hoste says. Dream?" Or how about the apparently the period, the action. After she has a concept, Hoste sketches skimpy costumes in Boise it. If the director is satis­ State's spring production fied, the search for the of Cabaret? right fabrics begins. They were all BSU Hoste follows with a theatre arts professor color rendering of each Ann Hoste's creations. costume that matches the Hoste joined BSU in the mood of the play. fall of 1990 with a master For Cabaret, the of fine arts degree in cos­ sketches took on a sinis­ tume design from the ter look with black back­ University of Texas at grounds. For A Winter's Austin. Tale, they were pure in She has since designed theme and color. thousands of costumes Though a work of art for close to 50 produc­ themselves, the render­ tions, including most ings are only a tool in the BSU main stage produc­ costume shop where the tions and several for The clothing is actually made. Idaho Shakespeare Fes­ "The finished product tival, the Repertory The­ is the costumes on the ater in Moscow and the actor on stage," Hoste Idaho Theater for Youth. Hoste 's costume sketches come to life in local productions. says. "The fulfillment for Hoste was awarded an me is in the process." 0

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FOUNDATION NAMES OFFICERS, DIRECTORS BERNASCONI GIFT The BSU Foundation re-elected its offic­ Winston Goering, former Nampa mayor; ers at a recent meeting. Officers are as fol­ Richard Jordan, partner with Jordan­ ASSISTS SCHOLARS lows: Wilcomb Construction Inc.; and Barbara After 20 years President - Jim Nelson, president of Wilson, Idaho vice president and CEO for of flying planes Nelson Construction. US WEST Communications. for the Idaho Air Vice president- Roger Michener, presi­ Ray Smelek, Extended Systems Inc., was Guard and 16 dent of Michener Investments. the only new director appointed to the board. years of managing Secretary-Sam Crossland, attorney and Directors serving one-year terms on be­ real estate, Leland retired Morrison-Knudsen executive. half of associations are Dale Babbitt, J.A. "Lee" Bernasconi Treasurer - Dale Nagy, president of Terteling & Sons, for the Bronco Athletic decided it was time Wenco,Inc. Association and Anne G. Glass, Anne G. to retire. How­ Directors who received renewed three­ Glass, Investments, for the BSU Alumni ever, being finan- year terms are Roger Michener; Dale Nagy; Association. D cially secure and leading a satisfying life, Lee also decided that "it was time CONTRIBUTIONS TOPPED $2 MILLION IN ' 97 to give something back to society." With this in mind, he chose to "give The Boise State University Foundation have grown significantly in quality and back" by providing educational oppor­ received $2,034,609 in private contributions quantity in order to meet the needs of our tunities for people who might other­ for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. outstanding students. This growth has been wise not have them. Since Lee and his Contributions came from a record 4,542 do­ made possible by the generous support of sons had graduated from Boise State, nors, up 7.2 percent from the previous year's our many donors who share our vision in he established the Bernasconi Family number of 4,233. providing an educational experience second Scholarship for business, education, or The Foundation's scholarship endowment to none," said Bob Fritsch, executive direc­ engineering students at his alma mater. balances also grew 16.7 percent from tor of the BSU Foundation. Today, in addition to establishing $17,379,040 to $20,289,853. In addition, the "We are truly grateful for the outstanding the scholarship, Lee is urging other Foundation's permanent assets increased financial support our many alumni and members of his family to contribute to 12.3percentfrom$41,044,470to$46,110,632. friends provide for our academic programs the fund. D "Over the years BSU's academic programs atBSU."O

DONOR NOTES • Mary K. Abercrombie, $5,000 to the and the Institute oflnternal Auditors, $2,900 'II ~9rijld and Bri1l. ~ Q'ReiUy, $1,500 to Single Parents Scholarship Fund. to the Accounting Department Adrninistra­ the Alma Mae O'ReillY Memorial Schol­ • Anonymous donors, $10,000 to tive"Account. arship. Warren McCain Lip'rary Endowmeqt; •James and Diane Cra~f~rd;$1,(}00; Ore:: • Donald and DoliObee, $3,$00 (or the $1,000 to Nursing Library Resources Ida Foods, Inc., $25,00Qadd ll.J.Heinz CO; D.J; Obee BiolowScholarShip. ... , · Fund; and $1,000 for the William and F~n1p9ation. ~zs~~t() the Fund for~ra.du· • Barbara W. Oldenburg, $3,000to the .. . . . Bill and Barbara Oldenburg Music Schol- Anne Martin English and Engineering ate Account!!~~ n 1 .~:':~,~· ,-': r• .. Scholarship. g ..'Jlhomas aDd Linda Dixon, $2,00Dfm ~the arship. · • Balukoff, Lindstrom & C0;,$1,000 to ThomaS.'riixon Finance Scholarsbip. • C. L. "Butch" Otter, $1,000 to the the Account.

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MICRON EXEC AIMS FOR GLOBAL MARKET By Janelle Brown Rob Subia knows how it feels to climb the corporate ladder, one rung at a time. Eleven years ago, Subia, BS, marketing, '86, accepted an entry level position on the production line at Micron Technology, a job that had him punching the clock on week­ ends and nights. Today, Subia is the president and CEO of Micron Custom Manufacturing Services, a Nampa-based company that provides ser­ vices for electronics firms that outsource manufacturing needs such as circuit boards and memory modules. MCMS employs more than 1,400 people worldwide and in fiscal 1997 its revenues exceeded $290 million. "It's been a phenomenal journey," says the 35-year-old Subia during an interview in Rob Subia's climb to the top of Micron Custom Manufacturing began on the production line. the conference room of his company's spa­ cious new 216,000 square-foot plant in turing. "It allows companies to concentrate meeting with customers over dinner. After Nampa. on research and development, and sales and he returns home, Subia might log onto his As of last Dec. 22, Subia's journey got marketing, which are traditionally their core personal computer or talk with staff in Ma­ more interesting when MCMS's parent competencies." laysia, where it's already the next day. company, Micron Electronics, announced Micron Custom Manufacturing employs Subia says his marketing degree and his that it would sell 90 percent of MCMS to about 800 people at its Nampa site, about years working in sales have proved helpful in Cornerstone Equity Investors of New York 500 in Durham, N.C., and 100 in Malaysia. his current position. The months working on for $271 million. The purchase is expected to The company recently expanded into Eu­ Micron's production line were also invalu­ be wrapped up by February. rope with a plant in Belgium that will even­ able, he says, because it taught him a lot It was Joe Parkinson, then CEO of Micron tually employ another 100 workers. about teamwork and about the technical Technology, who offered the new BSU The company has been on a growth fast aspects of the business. graduate a job on the production line, telling track, with sales increasing from $188 mil­ "To sell something, you have to under­ him it would give him an opportunity to lion in fiscal1995 to a peak of $373 million in stand it and you have to believe in it," he learn about the business from the ground fiscal1996. Plummeting prices in the semi­ says. Because Micron Custom Manufactur­ up. Subia spent nearly a year making conductor industry resulted in an $81 million ing provides a service rather than a product, memory chips before he landed a job in downturn in revenues duringfiscal1997. But customer relations and communications are marketing. Subia says the company is on solid ground especially crucial, Subia adds. From there, he started his upward climb, and will flourish as it continues to diversify BSU marketing professor Doug Lincoln, first in inside sales, then as district sales from assembling memory intensive circuit says he isn't surprised at how far his former manager, regional sales manager and IBM boards to more complex board level and student has climbed in the corporate world. account manager. In April 1995, Micron system level assemblies. "As a student, Rob was very hard working Computer, ZEOS International and Micron "The sky's the limit for us. That's part of and sharp," Lincoln says. "He was also very Custom Manufacturing merged to become the fun," Subia says. "We want to expand outgoing. He had a nice combination of Micron Electronics, and Subia became CEO geographically. We wantto be the top player skills." of Micron Custom Manufacturing. in the industry." Subia credits his success to perseverance Micron Custom Manufacturing has be­ Subia's days are long and often harried. and the desire to succeed. "I've been very come a "virtual manufacturer" for compa­ He usually leaves his Boise home about 6:30 fortunate; I've had some tremendous oppor­ nies such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard a.m. and uses the 25-minute drive to Nampa tunities," he says. And while he hesitates to and Apple Computer by designing and as­ to check in via cellular phone with managers speculate exactly what lies ahead for him sembling the goods to the customer's speci­ at the company's North Carolina plant. Meet­ and for Micron Custom Manufacturing, he's fications and integrating them into the ings and telephone conferences with cus­ clearly excited about the possibilities. customer's systems. tomers and managers occupy much of his "When you sign up with a company, you "It allows companies to be more effective day; it's often late afternoon before he have to like what you do," says Subia. "My and competitive," says Subia about the snatches enough time to catch up on his work has been very rewarding. I look for­ industrywide move to outsource manufac- electronic mail. Evenings sometimes include ward to coming here each day." 0

36 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 ACTRESS' JOURNEY ACROSS THE GLOBE FUELED BY BSU TRAINING By Maggie Chenore ~ members of Cleveland's Theatre Laby- Holly Holsinger, BA, theatre arts, 2 rinth. z . '87, has gone through a lot of stages in g The umque aspect about Theatre her career. Labyrinth, Holsinger says, is that ev­ On her varied journey as an under­ eryone is involved in every aspect of graduate at Boise State University to the production - "from costume and the master of fine arts program at the prop construction, to directorial and University of California, Irvine, to her performance decisions." current involvement with an experi­ She enjoys the "create as you go" mental theater company in Cleveland, format as well as the control over prod­ Holsinger's belief that "we learn the uct even though it involves a huge in­ most by doing," has become a profes­ vestment in terms of time and creative sional standard. energy. Holsinger's "hands-on" philosophy Apparently, Holsinger's personal took root in the fertile medium of Boise commitment has paid off. One review State's theatre arts department. ofherperformance in Transformations Because the department is relatively of Lucius, for which she wrote original small, and there is no theatre arts gradu­ songs and music, describes Holsinger ate program, she was able to act, sing as "part Faye Dunaway, part lioness and dance in a wide range of roles. and part Roman candle." "[During] the three years I spent Holsinger's most recent appearance getting my master's at Cal-Irvine, - a one-woman show called the graduate students took all the Frankenstein's Wake that opened off­ really great roles," Holsinger says. Broadway - completed a monthlong "That gave me a whole new perspective run in Cleveland and will open in on the opportunities I'd had at Boise Holsinger says BSU prepared her for the world stage. Chicago this spring. Reviews described State." her as "a tour de force," "captivating," After her BSU graduation, Holsinger the principle that "an actor is always experi­ "a woman with bucketloads of stage pres- spent a year acting with Idaho Theater for menting physically and vocally to find new ence." Youth before enrolling in the MFA program possibilities." She remained a member for Holsinger would like the chance to strut at Cal-Irvine. two years, touring both Europe and South her stuff in Boise. "I'd like to bring Later, she joined the New World Perfor­ America. Frankenstein's Wake back to where I began mance Lab where she was able to practice Now, Holsinger is one of three permanent my theatrical career," she says. 0 STAR·STRUCK SLEUTH SEARCHES UNIVERSE TO SOLVE MYSTERY

By Janelle Brown as team leader of the Whole Earth Tele- observations of white dwarfs to test other Sean O'Brien is a cosmic sleuth. He has scope, a consortium of a dozen observatories theories in astronomy traveled the world and probed the heavens across the globe that are connected via the "It's the most exciting thing I know," says in his quest to understand how stars die. Internet and allow scientists to observe stars O'Brien about studying the stars. "I still "It's a bit like a murder mystery," explains continually. can't believe I can get paid for doing some­ O'Brien, BS, physics, '92, who plans to re­ O'Brien has figured out a way to use his thing that is this much fun." ceive his doctorate in astrophys­ ,., Since he was a 12-year-old ics from Iowa State University ~ and peered at the heavens l"l in May. ~ through his first telescope, "We have our corpse- the ~ O'Brien wanted to be an white dwarfs. Now we just have ~ astronomer. Stars fascinate him, to piece together how they died." 5 he says, because they are public This groundbreaking research a objects that are in front of hu- looks at the structure and physics manity all the time. of stellar bodies that are in their O'Brien attributes his success final phase of existence-the so­ to enthusiasm as much as intel­ called white dwarfs. Extremely lectual prowess. An average stu­ dense and only one-millionth of dent at Meridian High School their former size, the dying stars and an "up and down" student offer fascinating insights about at BSU, O'Brien says he started the nature of the universe, to excel when he found what it O'Brien says. was he loved. He recently presented some "For me, the most magical of his preliminary research at place in the world is looking the American Astronomical So- through an 82-inch telescope ... Happiness for some is a corner office with a view; for Sean 0 'Brien, ciety meeting in Washington, it's amazing what you can it's the solar system and a telescope. D.C. He also spent the past year see."O

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 37 HENRY R. PARKER, BA, social work, '75, taught in Kimberly and Potlatch and most recently retired from the Army and Veteran recently in Kettle Falls, Wash. Alumni in Touch Affairs Medical Center in Boise. During his JOHNA M. REEVES, BS, physical education/ career Parker was selected Idaho's Outstanding secondary education, '77, recently received her Our policy is to print as much "In Touch" Disabled Veteran and was twice named Idaho's master of arts degree in counseling and information as possible. Send your letters to Social Worker of the Year. educational psychology from the University of the BSU Alumni Association, 1910 University GEORGE S. TELFORD, BBA, finance, '75, is Nevada, Reno. Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. In addition, if you senior vice president with Eberhardt Commer­ STEVEN L ROACH, BS, physical education/ know someone who would make a good cial Real Estate Finance and Advisory Co. in secondary education, '77, is a sales manager feature story in our "Alumnotes" section, contact the office of News Services at the Salt Lake City. with First Security Insurance in Boise. Roach same address. WILUAM A. TRUEBA, BFA, art/secondary previously worked for Hoyle Insurance Agency education, '75, recently was a featured artist at in Boise. the Minds Eye Gallery at Idaho State Univer­ CHEU.Y A. (MORT ) KENNEY, BA, English, '78, 50s sity. Trueba is an educator and artist. He lives in teaches at Abraham Lincoln High School in LARAE D. (DUNN) CARTER, AA, general arts and Mountain Home. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Kenney was named the sciences, '52, teaches music at Claremont High JOHN "LANCE" GUISASOLA, BBA, finance, '76, school's teacher of the year for 1996-97. School in Claremont, Calif., where she is also is an assistant manager at First Security Bank's MICHAEL K. MOSSMAN, BBA, management/ the chair for visual and performing arts and Boise Business Financial Center. Guisasola behavioral, '78, is director of TCI's Boise choral director. She was named teacher of the previously was a special projects coordinator at Customer Satisfaction Center. Mossman year in L.A. County in 1996 and has also Key Bank in Boise and has more than 27 years previously was a customer service supervisor for received the L.A. Music Center Bravo Award. of experience in the financial services industry. United Airlines in Denver. THOMAS W. SWITZER, AA, general arts and PATRICK H. VAWANT, BS, physical education, DAVID E. SHORT, MBA, '78, is vice president of sciences, '57, has been appointed chairman of '76, is principal at Clark Fork Junior/Senior business banking with Idaho Banking Co. in the airport commission for John Day Airport in High School in Clark Fork. Valliant has also Boise. John Day, Ore. 70s BIG APPLE, BIG JOB, BIG BUDGET V. EMMETT BROWER, BBA, marketing, '70, is vice president and manager of First Security By Janelle Brown Bank's Twin Falls area Business Financial Any way you look at it, Peter Center. He is also a Jerome County commis­ Lempin has a very taxing job. sioner and a member of the Jerome Chamber of As deputy finance commis­ Commerce. Brollier previously was a manager sioner for New York City, for the bank's Jerome office since 1981. Lempin, BA, social sciences, '72, JACQUEUNE S. TAYLOR, BA, social work, '71, is serving a third term in the Oregon State oversees the collection of all real Legislature. Taylor serves on the general estate and business taxes in the government and regulations commission, Indian Big Apple. services, state flood control task force, Oregon How much money are we talk­ Commission for Women, and the Pacific ing here? Northwest Economic Regional Council. She Hold onto your wallets. Ac­ lives in Astoria, Ore. cording to Lempin, the annual MARSHA ANNE (PONCIA) JOHNSON, BA, elementary education, '72, and her husband take runs about $12 billion. That Greg H. Johnson celebrated their 25th wedding includes $353 million in parking anniversary in October. They reside in Boise. tickets, $650 million in delinquent J. IRENE MURPHY, BS, mathematics/secondary property and business taxes, plus education, '72, teaches pre-algebra and algebra millions more on upscale Man­ at McCain Middle School and Payette High hattan properties such as the Peter Lempin's days are very taxing. School in Payette. Murphy lives in Fruitland. Empire State Building and the IVAN F. RICE, BA, general business, '72, is co­ World Trade Center. ran school security and athletic programs owner of Hansen-Rice Inc., a metal builders company based in Nampa. Lempin, one of three deputy commis­ for the Board of Education and served as JERRY F. ALDAPE, BBA, accounting, '73, is a sioners in the city's finance department, the deputy commissioner of consumer senior vice president in support services for was appointed by the mayor's office in affairs from 1984-1996, when he was tapped Pioneer Bank in Baker City, Ore. June 1996 and is responsible for planning for his current job. UNDA L (YEWN-BEATTY) KASTNER, BA, and complianCe. He is also the city collec­ "I get to see results very quickly," English/secondary education, '73, is corporate tor and oversees a large staff scattered in Lempin says about his work. "It's very trainer and assistant vice president for 25 buildings throughout the city. hands-on. There's little bureaucracy." His Continental Savings Bank in Seattle, Wash. Lempin, a New York native, came west days are crammed with meetings with staff ROWENA M. (FISHER) SNAVELY, MA, education/ reading emphasis, '73, has been elected when he served in the U.S. Air Force at and with elected officials from New York's corresponding secretary for Kappa Chapter, Mountain Home. He enrolled in what was five boroughs, but Lempin says he also Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. She then Boise State College in 1967 while still makes it a point to talk with taxpayers has worked in the education field for 35 years. in the military and moved to Boise to each day. DEBRA L MASINGIU., BA, communication/ finish his degree after he was discharged. "It has its difficulties," Lempin says secondary education, '74, teaches computer He later earned a master's at Southern about being the official tax man for this classes at McCain Middle School in Payette. Oregon State before heading back home city of 8.5 million. "But the law requires ROBERT B. BURNS, BBA, accounting, '75, is to the big city. an associate with Moffatt Thomas Barrett you to pay property taxes and business Rock and Fields, Chtd. in Boise. Burns Lempin has spent his entire career in taxes, and we try to make that as simple previously was a division president with the public sector in New York City. He and easy as possible." 0 The Baldwin Co. in California.

38 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 JOHN S. CHURCH, BBA, economics, '79, is owner of Idaho Economics, an economic consulting business in Boise. Church previously worked as a chief economist with Idaho Power Co. DIANE CRAWFORD, is general manager of LIBERTY Steele, Stoltz and Associates in Boise. Crawford joined the company in 1987 and has 25 years experience in the advertising industry. MUTUAL. 80s VIKKI PEPPER ASCUENA, MA, education/ 'fhe freedonz ofLibert1l English emphasis, '80, received a 1997 excel­ lence in teaching award from the Brigham Young University Alumni Association. The award honors instructors who have had the greatest impact on their students and who have is pleased to be a best prepared their students for college. Ascuena teaches in Meridian. ROBERT R. WATKINS, MBA, '80, is a sales associate with RE/MAX Executives in Boise. corporate sponsor of the Watkins previously was assistant director of the BSU Bookstore. NORBERT J. DEKERCHOVE JR., BA, communica­ BSU Alumni Association. tion, '81, recently was awarded the Certified New Home Marketing Professional designation by the Institute of Residential Marketing of the National Association of Home Builders. DeKerchove is an associate broker with Group One in Boise. SARA J. DUGGIN, BM, music, '81, is a mathematics teacher at Valley Oakes School in Petaluma, Calif. LIBERTY' MARIANNE M. (GEIER) NELSON, CC, dental assisting, '81, is owner of Muk-Tuk, a I------MUTUAL. - polarfleece clothing design and manufacturing company in Boise. PEGGY (POULTER) HURD, BA, elementary education, '81, teaches fourth grade at Riverside Elementary in Boise. Hurd and her husband Capital Accou.-tltmg Dale recently completed writing a computer report card program for the Boise School Tax jrv"ice District's elementary schools. ALICE MARIE (MYERS) SCHENK, BS, physical education/secondary education, '81, recently earned a master's of health education degree "I.n~ome tax 'Qteparation • Bookkeeping ! ''iPayrMf from Idaho State University in Pocatello. Small business & Individual J. MICHAEL LEE, AAS, electronics, '82, is regional telecommunications manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1. S. Roosevelt St. KERRY PHILIP ROHWEDER, BA, history, '82, recently opened Rohweder Law Offices in BOise,,_~,,:·_y,::)> ,, ID 83705-·- j Denver, Colo. Rohweder previously worked for rrulie Anderson Lozow & Lozow in Denver. PATRICK JAMES RUSSELL, BS, communication, '82, has been appointed as tribunal advocate for marriages, Diocese of Catholic Church in Idaho. Russell also is in Who's Who in the West 26th edition 1998-1999 and Who's Who in the World 15th edition. Russell works as a Catholic chaplain at both Bishop Kelly High School and Chateau de Boise. JOHN THOMAS BERG, BBA, accounting, '83, has been named Man of the Year by the P.O. Box637 Meridian Chamber of Commerce. Berg recently Eagle, Idaho 83616 completed a one-year term as president of the chamber. Berg has been a CPA with Ripley (208)93~77 Doorn & Co. since 1983. MATIHEW C. EAMES, BA, political science, '83, is the 1997 president of the Idaho Council on \NRIGHT BROTHERS Industry and the Environment. Eames works for Idaho Power Co. THE BUILDING COMPANY JERRI J. HENRY, BBA, accounting, '83, owns

FOCUS/WINTER 1998 39 her own certified public accounting firm in program at Idaho State University in Pocatello. ties. Jones lives in Boise. Longview, Wash. Henry was a 1982 Top Ten CAREY H. McNEAL, BBA, marketing, '88, is vice GREGORY P. HOPKINS, MS, education/ Scholar at BSU. president with First Security Bank's Idaho educational technology, '89, is a training NANCY RUTH MARSHALL, MA, education/ Private Client Group in Boise. McNeal account specialist in the training and business curriculum and instruction, '83, is principal of previously was a trust-and new business officer development center at Linn-Benton Community Middleton Primary School in Middleton. for the bank. College in Albany, Ore. Marshall has been with the school for eight THORPE PETER ORTON, BS, political science, AMY R. LIENTZ, BS, environmental health, '89, years. '88, is deputy chief of staff for the Idaho is manager of BDM International in Idaho Falls. TERESA ANNE SACKMAN, BBA, marketing, '83, Attorney General's Office in Boise. AMY M. STEPHENS, BA, elementary education, is executive director of the Meridian Chamber GAY H. POOL, BA, music, '88, has been named '89, was selected employee of the month for of Commerce. Sackman has been with the the piano chairman for the 1998 Suzuki Institute November at Harrison Elementary in Twin chamber since 1992. summer music camp at Northwest Nazarene Falls. FRANK SHANE FINLAYSON, BBA, finance, '84, College in Nampa. Pool is president of the TODD W. WINSLOW, BA, art, '89, is chairman is vice president and corporate treasurer with National Federation of Music Clubs in Idaho. of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Morrison Knudsen Corp. in Boise. Finlayson SUSAN (KIRK) DAY, BA, social science, '89, is a Industry's subcommittee on workers' compensa­ previously was vice president of project finance. self-reliance specialist for the Idaho Depart­ tion. Winslow was recently named president of He has been with the company for 13 years. ment of Health and Welfare in Boise. Payne & Associates in Coeur d'Alene. He is ROBERT WILLIAM HUBLER, MBA, '84, is a JEFFREY SCOTT GLENN, BBA, accounting, '89, is also regional vice president for Settlement product planning specialist for Ore-Ida Foods in director of fmance with Trus Joist MacMillan. Associates based in Los Angeles. Winslow Boise. He has been with the firm for 19 years. Glenn is a certified public accountant and has resides in Coeur d'Alene. RODNEY E. JENSEN, BBA, economics, '84, is a been with TJM for three years. He previously water resources economist with the Idaho worked for Arthur Andersen LLP. 90s Department of Water Resources in Boise. JOSEPHINE ANNETTE JONES, MA, English, Jensen also is an adjunct faculty member in the '89, recently conducted a writing workshop at LANA JEAN BELL, BA, management/entrepre­ BSU economics department. the Gem State Writers Guild conference in neurial, '90/BA, music, '90, is vice president and COWEN MARIE MARKS, AAS, drafting Nampa. Jones has 20 years experience as a operations manager of the Western Direct technology, '84, is owner of Marks Land writer and editor and was recently selected by Lending Center for KeyBank in Boise. Bell Surveying in Boise. Marks previously worked the Montana Arts Council to serve as an artist joined the bank in 1991. for J.J. Howard Engineering for 10 years. in residence in Montana schools and communi- KEVIN DEWAYNE SATTERLEE, BS, political MARK s. SEELEY, BA, political science, '84, is a contributing writer for Boise Weekly. His latest work, titled Angel, I write these things, is a DAUGHTER FOLLOWS MOTHER'S LEAD tribute to his father. The writing comes from By Theresa Langer more than 60 letters sent home during the Vietnam War by his father, Captain JohnS. Alba Marie White and Carol Seeley, before he was killed. Mulder have more in common CHARLES EUGENE WARD, BA, elementary than just being mother and education, '84, is vice principal at Caldwell High daughter. For them, Boise School. Ward previously was principal of Sacajawea Elementary in Caldwell. He has been State's Alumni Association is a with the Caldwell School District since 1980. family affair. LAWRENCE W. BENNETT, BBA, marketing, '85, White graduated from Boise is a PC/LAN technical analyst with NordicTrack Junior College in 1942, and 25 in Chaska, Minn. years later was selected as one JEFFREY T. LOWE , BBA, marketing, '85, is of12 members ofthe committee manager of Sente Financial Corp. in Boise. responsible for organizing the Lowe previously was manager of branch Boise College Alumni Associa­ operations for Imperial Credit . tion. During that time, White JAMES DAWSON MOFFATT, BBA, general business '85, owns River Vista Ranch in also served as the association's Lockeford, Calif. first secretary, a position she held DANIEL LAWRENCE GIVENS, BBA, marketing, for three years. '86, is an account executive in cable advertising "I have had the privilege of at TCI Media Services in Boise. watching the Alumni Associa­ NANCY MEUA MCINTOSH, BA, English/writing, tion grow for 30 years," says Marie White, left, and daughter Carol Mulder. '86, is currently president of the Caldwell White. "I have seen the associa­ chapter of the Idaho Writer's League. Mcintosh is a freelance consultant. tion go from being a purely social group to "My mother and I take a great deal of LORRI A. MORGAN, BS, sociology, '86, is an association raising scholarship funds pride in supporting BSU through the general manager of Heaven and Earth Massage and promoting academic excellence." Alumni Association." Center in Boise. The years of support and commitment Currently, Mulder is working on her MARY A. BIELENBERG, BBA, marketing, '87, is a that her mother gave to the Alumni Asso­ master's of health policy at BSU and is human resource representative for Quantum ciation had an impressive influence on thrilled to be a student again. Her daugh­ Corp. in Milpitas, Calif. Mulder, who graduated from BSU in 1976 ter, Mackenzee, is also a student at BSU. JESUS DeLEON, MA, education/curriculum and with a degree in accounting. When asked "I couldn't be prouder that she is the instruction, '87, was recently elected to a three­ year term on the Caldwell Fine Arts Board. four years ago to join the Alumni third generation in our family to attend DeLeon is principal at Van Buren School in Association's board of directors, Mulder BSU," says Mulder. Caldwell. couldn't pass up the opportunity. "My family truly believes in the value JAMES I.. MARTIN, BS, criminal justice, '87, is a "It is such an honor to sit on a board of higher education at BSU, and sup­ partner in the law firm of Moffatt Thomas that my mother helped create years ago," porting the Alumni Association is just Barrett Rock & Fields Chtd. in Boise. says Mulder, who was elected treasurer of one way for us to give something back to SEAN PATRICK HACKETT, BS, biology, '88, the Alumni Association two years ago. the school." 0 recently graduated from the physician assistant

40 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 science, '90, is a deputy attorney general with the Idaho Attorney General's Office. Satterlee is assigned as the chief legal officer for the product can on he as goo as the sum of its Idaho State Board of Education. He was a 1990 Top Ten Scholar at BSU. A parts... the same is trfl ,., a · ing tiitnpanj. .. TAMARA ANN SULLIVAN-WATSON, BA, criminal justice administration, '90, is self-employed as a and with highly trained employe ~uperior, c'ustdmer freelance paralegal, travel agent and PartyLite 'Service; and .¥ifte-of-the-art equipmf our pa. :s are consultant. She lives in Meridian. DORIS E. DENNEY, MBA, '91, recently received suond to none! an outstanding community service award from the Idaho State Pharmacy Association. Denney entury Publi ·bing Company Js co t~Jitted to is a pharmacist with Terry Reilly Health C providing 1' · quality Ptinting at the lowest Services in Nampa. JOHN G. ELLIOn, BA, communication, ·nj is a possible rates. We hav~ #aff and cttpbilities to commercial account manager for Kinko's in Boise. oduce your entire m zine, ca og or brochure TERRY R. HEFFNER, BBA, marketing, '91, is' a stock broker with Prudential Securities in Boise. entirely in-house, fro'ljl to f1.nish. Heffner previously worked for Pioneer Title Co. of Ada County. JERRY MICHAEL WARD, BA, philosophy, '91, Let us take e o all your recently graduated from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, Calif. CHARLES BARRY WINKEL, BFA, design, '92, owns full color pr ttng ne tis. and operates Charles Winkel Masonry in Boise. MICHAEL J. EISENBEISS, BBA, general business management, '92, is assistant regional o~ra­ tions manager with StoragePlus, Inc. in :ijoise. JEFFREY DOW EREKSON, Coin BBA, general Century Publis .ing business, '92, is manager of Mutual of New York's Boise office. P.O. Box 730 • Coeur e, I DIANA B. (KOTEWA) BORRERO-LOWE, BA, communication, '92, is assistant dean of student life and director of multicultural student life at (208) 765-6300 • (8 0) 8 Central College in Pella, Iowa. JOHN DOUGLAS SRHOLEC, BA, history-social science/secondary education, '92, teaches at South Umpqua High School in Myrtle Creek, Ore. Srholec also is the head varsity football coach and wrestling coach. He was named head coach for the East team of the Oregon East­ West All Star Shrine football game last August. CAROL A. ANDERSON-TODD, BS, nursing, '93, is a medical disability nurse manager in workers' compensation for Industrial Indemnity Insurance Co. LAVETRA ANN CASRES, BS, criminal justice L administration, '93, is probation and parole district manager for the Idaho Department of Correction's field and community services division in Idaho Falls. DEREK ALLEN DAVIDSON, BA, history, '93, CONTINUE THE TRADITION recently graduated from the Northwest Intermediate Commercial Lending School at the University of Portland. Davidson is TAK. . 'PART-IT'S. .._ ,_. UP TO YOU! wholesale credit officer at First Security Bank in Boise. He has been with the bank since 1991. KELLY ANNE LANE, BS, biology, '93, has earned a medical doctorate degree from the University Your pledge fa the Campaign .will ltJ!f.tiJ1ue th of Washington in Seattle. Lane currently is in residency at the University of Texas Health 20 year tradition _qf Shak~speare Unfler Jhe Stars. " Sciences Center in San Antonio. Com"fonity support wilkdeke tflis...ptoject a teali"­ BRENDA K. MCCOY-WELCH, BS, nursing, '93, is a certified family nurse practitioner at St. Mary's Helf}us;build mfam phitlu;pter wher< all the magit Hospital and Clinics in Kamiah, Craigmont and ? .,ANA . "" Cottonwood. ·i.of professional theater takes life. HEIDI ROSE (VOET) MUNRO, BS, health sciences, c_·f"!lt. ., ., '93, is a physician assistant at Memorial Medical Center in Mountain Home. For information and partnership opportunities DIA REBECCA LOGAN, BS, biology, '93, teaches biology and chemistry for the Homedale School cont;ta the Festival at 323-9700. District in Homedale. WILLIAM ALEXANDER STEINER, BA, psychology, '93, has received his "Wings of Gold" and was

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JAN. 26 "Boise State at the State Capitol" day, Boise. JAN. 28-FEB. 14 Treasures of Costa Rica cruise. FEB. 14 "Toy Story," presented by Walt Disney's World on Ice, BSU Pavilion. (Limited number of discounted tickets available to current Alumni Association members by calling the Alumni Office; deadline Jan. 21.) MARCH 3 College of Business and Economics Chapter meeting and tax tips presentation, Louie's Restaurant, Boise. (Regular chapter meeting held first Tuesday of each month.) MARCH 11 Alumni Board meeting, BSU Canyon County campus. APRIL 11 The Grapes of Wrath- Alumni Night at the Theatre, Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. (Discounted tickets available at Morrison Center box office to current Alumni Association members.) APRIL 30 Top Ten Scholars and Distinguished Alumni Banquet, BSU Student Union. 6 p.m. social hour; 7 p.m. dinner. Tickets: $15. MAY9 Alumni Career Conference, BSU Student Union. MAY 15 Graduation Celebration, BSU Student Union patio. KATHY HARRIS MAY21 Alumni Association Annual Meeting, BSU Student Union.

HOME SPB:!ALTJES For more information, call the Alumni Office at 208 385-1698. •lbre ~ Sl:tat:Eyie3 •H:ne 9:ill.iry S:zal:e;;jje3 •R;pi.ty krele-atim I:rogram designated a naval aviator with the U.S. Navy. secondary education, '95, teaches Spanish at nNA D. (DICKEY) THOMPSON, BA, English/ Gooding High School in Gooding. secondary education, '93, is a career consultant JASON I. ROSEN, BS, political science, '95, Free 24 Hour with Organizational Consultants to Manage­ works with at-risk youth as a Peace Corps Home Finder Service ment Inc. in Boise. volunteer in Guyana. TIMOTHY WALTER TYREE, BA, English/general, LEEANN MARIE THOMPSON, BS, psychology, Hotline '93, is an associate attorney practicing real '95, is an account executive with USWeb Boise. estate and general business law with Meuleman, Thompson's company offers consulting and 208-939-497 6 Miller and Cummings in Boise. development services for Web sites. KAREN LEE (VOGLER) PORTSCHE BECK, MA, DALELYN AUEN, BBA, management, '96, is education/special education, '94, teaches at general manager for Hampton Inn in Boise. 208 342-2700 Hawthorne Elementary in Boise. She is the SANDRA RANAE BARNES, BA, elementary author of Educational Strategies for Fetal education, '96, is a resource teacher for the ~~~land. Alcohol Effects and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Weiser School District in Weiser. Beck also was included in the 26th edition of SUSAN M. DUBNER, BS, sociology, '96, works 1919 W. State St. Who's Who in the West 1998-1999. for First Security Bank in Boise. Boise, Idaho 83702 DAVID JAMES ARTHUR, BS, environmental PATRICK LEWIS DUNGAN, BBA, international health, '94, works for the University of Findlay business, '96, is a professor of international Environmental Resource Training Center in trade at University of Temuco, Chile. Findlay, Ohio. NATHAN DENNIS GILLAN, BA, communication/ MICHELLE MARIE STONEMAN, BA, elementary training and development, '96, is a Western education, '94, is an elementary and high school Europe account representative with Boeing. special education teacher in Payette. Gillan lives in Mukilteo, Wash. ERIC JOHN WERNER, BBA, finance, '94, an JEDEDIAH T. HAILE, BA, mathematics/secondary ensign in the U.S. Navy, was recently designated education, '96, is a senior engineer/scientist with a naval aviator while serving with Training Air Lockheed Martin in Idaho Falls. Wing Two, Naval Station in Kingsville, Texas. MICHAEL JAMES REED, BBA, CRAIG BARBER, BA, English/writing, '95, is a computer information graduate teaching assistant at Wright State systems, '96, is a programmer

42 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 treatment program at Horizons Treatment Center in Pocatello. JUSTIN E. CAGLE, BS, mathematics/secondary education, '97, teaches mathematics at Emmett High School in Emmett. HEATHER L. JORGENSEN, BA, communication, You know them. They're the bright people you see every day at the '97, works for Remedy Staffing in Boise. gym, in church, grocery shopping, next door or at work. The people WENDY J. LEE, BS, social sciences/public affairs, '97, is a home health visitor for Boise County. who could really go someplace if given the encouragement. MATTHEW DAVID MCLAUGHLIN, BS, biology, '97, has been accepted at the University of Health That encouragement begins NOW. Send the names of potential Science College of Osteopathic Medicine in students to the BSU New Student Information Center and we'll Kansas City, Mo. follow your lead by contacting them to see if they would like to visit CHRISTY LEE MCNEAL, BA, English, '97, teaches English at Payette High School in Payette. campus, meet with an Admissions Counselor, or simply receive an TIFFANY NOEUE MURRI, BA, communication/ information packet. journalism, '97, has been selected to attend the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Mail to: New Student Information Center, Boise State University, 1910 University Petersburg, Fla. Drive, Boise, 10 83725 MARGARET DIANE SANKEY, MA, history, '97, is Call: 385-1820 in Boise an instructor at Treasure Valley Community Toll free in Idaho: 1-800-632-6586 / nationwide: 1-800-824-7017 College in Ontario, Ore. She recently received the Congressional Achievement Award in First Middle Last recognition of her personal achievement and Name ______Name ------Name------hundreds of volunteer hours. Address ______JOHN ROBERT SCHLEICHER, BS, geology, '97, is an environmental coordinator for the city of City ______State _____ Zip Code ------Mountain Home. i __i __ !_ CASANDRA LEE NELSON SIPES, BA, communica­ Phone (_ ) ______Soc. Sec.# __ Birthdate __/ __ tion, '97, is an account executive with Harlan High School YearofGraduation ______Campbell Communications in Boise. M~or ______

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FOCUS/WINTER 1998 43 STACY JACOBS and John Kurtin, (Twin Falls) NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR ALUMNI AWARD May10 STEVE NUXOLL and Judy Reece Jones, The Alumni Association is seeking nomi­ guished Alumni since the award program (Hawaii) May 12 nations for the 1998 Distinguished Alumni began in 1988 are: GREGORY G. ARNOLD and Theresa Renee Award. 1997: Preston Q. Hale, Ralph Peterson, Brucks, (Boise) May 24 The award is presented annually to indi­ Merle Wells. 1996: Keith Bishop, Lois B. MELANIE ANN CORNELL and CASEY RYAN 1995: GAGNEPAIN, (Boise) May 31 viduals who have excelled in their careers or Chaffee, James "Dyke" Nally. Steve CHERYL A. ARNZEN and Jacob W. Heuett, in community service. Appleton, Earl Boen, Jackie Cassell, Hal (Cottonwood) June 7 To nominate a former student of Boise Thiederman. 1994: Charles Hummel, Mary KEITH DOUGLAS HAHN and Heidi Lynne Junior College, Boise College, Boise State Pearson, John S. Zapp. Hauser, (Boise) June 7 College or Boise State University, send a 1993: Marie Specht Bulgin, Robert KATHLEEN ANN NUTSCH and CLIFF STARMAN, letter of nomination (500 words or less) to Fulwyler, Edward J. Lodge. 1992: John (Jerome) June 7 the Alumni Office before Feb. 1. Please Carley, Bethine Church, Jay Luo. 1991: ANITA HENRICKSON and Todd Simonson, include the accomplishments of the nomi­ Harry Fritchman II, Kathleen "Kitty" (Nampa) June 13 MICHELE LYNN CENTANNI and Jon S. Rachael, nee along with his or her name, address and Gurnsey. (Boise) June 14 telephone number. 1990: William Anderson, R.E. Bakes, NADINE MARIE MICHALSCHECK and Douglas Jay The awards will be presented at the an­ Gary Bennett, Diane Russell. 1989: William Reece, (Meridian) June 21 nual Top Ten Scholars and Distinguished Agee, C. Patrick Fleenor, Michael Hoffman, ANTHONY M. nNo and Suzanna Young, Alumni A wards Dinner on April 30. Anne Millbrooke. 1988: John Elorriaga, (Cascade) June 21 Those who have been named Distin- Karl Knapp, James D. McClary. 0 RICHARD FERNAND and Karen Greenfield, (Caldwell) June 28 DANA RENEE LAMBSON and Dennis Ray ASSOCIATION EXPANDS OUTREACH EFFORTS Ferdinand II, (Caldwell) June 28 The Alumni Association is reaching out. dent body leaders and Valkyries. DAVID SEAN MODROW and Michelle Marcee Lewis, (Boise) June 28 Alumni chapters have started, or will be Chapters or affiliate organizations are used MARCI J. BANGEMAN and Will Holsonback, started in Canyon County, Idaho Falls, Magic to help provide alumni programs and activi­ (Denver, Colo.) July 5 Valley, Mountain Home, Payette/Ontario, ties for alumni and family members. Past KIPP ARTHUR BEDARD and Sally Manchester, Pocatello, Portland, Seattle, Spokane (in­ activities hosted by chapters include recep­ (Anguilla, British West Indies) July 5 cluding Northern Idaho). tions, golf tournaments, scholarship GORANE EGUREN and Derek L. Stormoen, The association also is interested in form­ fundraisers or small-group social events. (Boise) July 12 ing affiliate organizations and programs for Alumni who would like to help establish ANGELINA WEBER and Daniel Kaufman, graduates within the past 10 years; each of chapters can contact the Alumni Office for (Boise) July 12 the colleges; Intercollegiate Knights; stu- more information. 0 DAVID A. BOURFF and Jennifer A. Hogan, (Caldwell) July 18 ERIC ESCANDON and Diane Frederick, (Boise) July 19 Help Your University Celebrate the Past and look to the Future ROBERT BRIAN KING and SONJA JANE RUD, (Meridian) July 26 Join the BSU Alumni Association Today! WENDY MICHELLE RUSSELL and Jason Scanlan, (Boise) July 26 Membership Benefits: • First USA credit card program AARON MATTHEW JAQUES and KIMBERLY ANN • Invitations to alumni gatherings • Low-cost life insurance LAMBERT, (Boise) Aug. 2 JONELLE DIANE ANDERSON and Michael in your community • Movie theater discount tickets Darrow, (Boise) Aug. 9 • Use of BSU Library • Capital Educators Federal Credit CHARLES L. PARKINSON and Tiffany S. • Homecoming/reunion Union Gongaware, (Boise) Aug. 9 announcements • Use of campus recreation LUCINDA B. PRICE and G. LEE SCHRACK JR., (Pocatello) Aug. 9 • Worldwide travel programs facilities (with purchase ofP.E. pass) SHERI DAWN SHERMAN and Robert Scott Carruthers, (Boise) Aug. 9 Name------Soc. Sec.# ______FAFA ALIDJANI and Eric DeBord, (McCall) Aug.15 Year of Graduation or Year Last Attended MARNIE M. ANDERSON and James L. Mesplay, Major Degree ______(Boise) Aug. 16 SEAN GOITIA O'CONNOR and KIMBERLEY ANN Address Phone------City______State _____ ZIP------

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44 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 HABERMAN, (Caldwell) Aug. 16 MARK R. FRAAS, BBA, finance, '90/BBA, '71, died Sept. 28 in Brentwood, Tenn., at age KURT W. ROEDEL and Giselle A. Ward, accounting, '90, died Sept. 6 in Hood River 46. Miller was a rehabilitation nursing supervi­ (Longmont, Colo.) Aug. 16 Ore., at age 40. Fraas was owner and operator sor at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. PATRICK J. REILLY and Billie Jean Siddoway, of AirTime, a clothing company for mountain ZOEANN MARIE (TEILMANN) PERRY, AS, office (Ennis County Clare, Ireland) Aug. 18 sports in Hood River. systems/word processing, '83, died Nov. 29 at DENNIS C. BUDELL and Erika N.H. Jensen, RICHARD " DICK" B. FOOTE, BA, social science, age 35. Perry worked for Boise Cascade Corp. (Boise) Aug. 23 '75, died Oct. 3 in Middleton at age 70. Foote for 14 years. BETH ANGEL STARK and Matthew Jake Cofer, retired from the Idaho State Police in 1983 after HOWARD SHANE PORTER, CC, electrical (McCall) Aug. 30 31 years of service. lineworker, '86, died Oct. 8 in Boise at age 33. KELLY MICHELLE BURNHAM and Bryan Douglas WILLIAM ANTHONY INGLES, BA, history, '88, Porter was founder and co-owner of the Barker, (Boise) Aug. 30 died Aug. 20 in Boise at age 47. Ingles was an Northwest Lineman College in Meridian. X-ray technician at St. Luke's Regional Medical LUCILLE GERTRUDE THOMPSON, AS, general arts OBITUARIES Center in Boise. and sciences, '63, died Aug. 29 in Glendora, DELORES "DEE" JANSEN, BA, English, '72, died Calif., at age 81. Thompson taught elementary LARRY BEREND, BBA, accounting, '74, died Nov. 3 in Tacoma, Wash., at age 61. school and retired from teaching in 1976. Oct. 3 in Salt Lake City at age 45. Berend CARL CURDS KEYES, AS, marketing, '89, died LAURENCE C. WIKLUND, AA, general arts worked for the U.S. Postal Service in both Boise Sept. 25 in Caldwell at age 43. Keyes had spent and sciences, '39, died Aug. 27 in Boise at age and Salt Lake. 25 years working in the grocery business. 79. Wiklund farmed in Emmett and retired RICHARD DEAN CALLAHAM, BA, social work, MARSHA ANN (WALKER) MILLER, AS, nursing, in 1980. 0 '73, died Aug. 1 in McCall at age 62. Callaham worked for the State of Idaho Vocational Rehabilitation before retiring to McCall. ALUM ASSOCIATION BEGINS DUES DRIVE PAULA JOAN (KINSER) DEMAREE, MBA, '76, died Aug. 13 in Boise at age 65. Demaree was a Last year, the Alumni Association made The association works with legislators to special lecturer in the accounting department at great strides to encourage new members to gain support for the university and assists BSU for 12 years. join. And many alumni did. In fact, dues­ current students in finding internships. MARY ANN "POLLY" EDWARDS, diploma, paying membership was the highest in the The Alumni Association also has a schol­ general arts and sciences, '37, died Sept. 28 in history of the Alumni Association. arship fund of $1.3 million that provided New Plymouth at age 82. Edwards had taught With the funds from those new members, more than $80,000 in academic scholarships school in Boise and later in Malheur County, the association was able to expand its ser­ this year alone. Ore., where she was a special education teacher. vices to reach as many alumni as possible. The 1998 Alumni Association member­ ELIZABETH " BETTY" JEAN (HEARNE) EVANS, AA, general arts and sciences, '38, died Aug. 26 in Recent association activities include the ship campaign is under way. Boise at age 79. In 1965 she and her husband, second annual alumni juried art show, pre­ Letters have already been sent requesting Clifford, started Evans Lumber Co. in Eagle, game parties before football games, dis­ membership in the association or you may Meridian and Ontario, Ore., and worked counted tickets to athletic and theatre events use the convenient dues application located together until they retired in 1981. and an upcoming Alumni Career Seminar. on the opposite page. 0

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FOCUS/WINTER 1998 45 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Alum News By Jim Davis, President BSU Alumni Association ALUMNI CAREER CONFERENCE At a recent meeting, I overheard one of the Looking for assistance in landing a pro­ participants remark, "We haven't been making motion? Considering a job change? Or are enough noise." His comment was not directed at you trying to get a foot in the door in a new career? Experts in the field will be on hand the sufficiency of the progress made on the group's to answer questions and help you develop various projects. In fact, the group was ahead of strategies May 9 at the Alumni Career Con­ schedule. Rather, the speaker was lamenting that ference. The event is sponsored by the the group's constituency did not seem to notice. Alumni Association and the BSU Career He wondered whether the meeting participants Center. For details, call the Alumni Office. should be telling everyone what a good job they ALUMNI ART SHOW PLANNED had been doing. Attention, artists! Plan now to submit His remark caused me to pause and consider entries for the Alumni Juried Art Show whether the Alumni Association has been "mak­ scheduled for October. More than 100 en­ ing enough noise.'' Are we active and dynamic? tries were submitted for the 1997 show, which Do our members notice? Should we "toot our own hom?" featured work by Kathelene Gall oway, The answer to the first question is easy. Yes, we are active and dynamic. In Janette K. Hopper, Helen Grainger Wilson, Christine Zimowsky, Reba Robinson, J. Lisa the space provided here, I could not begin to list everything your Association Buck-Summa, Glenda Connolly, Jean Bybee is doing. Martin, George Gladhill, Sandy Marostica, We are active in the community. For example,two teams of alumni and their Scott Kolbo, Patricia Sadler, Paula Tripp, family members recently participated in Rake Up Boise, an annual event Anna Arrants and John Nettleton. whose participants rake leaves for people who cannot do so themselves. Call the Alumni Office for details. Moreover, we are raising money to fund scholarships and help build the new REUNIONS ••• REUNIONS engineering building. Annually, we sponsor literally hundreds of alumni and Reunions are planned this year for INTER· student events throughout Idaho and the United States. COLLEGIATE KNIGHTS, VALKYRIES, and former The answer to the second question is also yes. Our members do notice. The BAND MEMBERS. In order to make each re­ number of dues-paying alumni is steadily increasing. The number of alumni union special and unique, the Alumni Office chapters is growing. More and more alumni are attending the many events needs help from alumni who participated in these activities while they were students. sponsored by the association. (If you haven't been to an alumni-sponsored Call the Alumni Office for details. event recently, you should join us!) The answer to the third question is more difficult. While we could always VOLUNTEERS NEEDED do a better job of vocalizing our accomplishments, we are so busy having fun Do you have a special talent, skill or time and helping our university that it is difficult to devote time to telling others of to share with your Alumni Association? our achievements. Volunteers are needed to assist with activi­ ties such as establishing alumni programs, The noise the Alumni Association is making is self-evident in its many and helping at events. Volunteers also are contributions to Boise State and its support of alumni and students. Even needed to serve on Alumni Association though we do not shout about our successes, the association's growth speaks committees, including events, legislative af­ for itself. We are, as Jimmy Buffett sings, "quietly, quietly, quietly making fairs, membership, public relations and stu­ noise." 0 dent relations. If you can help, call the Alumni Office. 0

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46 FOCUS/WINTER 1998 BSU ALUMNI AND FRIENDS EXCEED PHONATHON '97 GOAL

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he BSU Foundation and Phonathon '97 student callers thank all Boise State alumni and friends who said "yes" when we called in October. Through your generosity we exceeded the $210,000 goal and raised $225,634 in pledges for academic programs at B S U. This amount was a 12.4 percent increase over the previous year's total: In addition, the average pledge increased from $52.90 to $62.30. Once again, thank you for supporting academic excellence at BSU!

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