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FOCUS Is Published Quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 1063725 Somewhere in this ci!y are ten First SecurirY offices. Can you find diem? You'll find them ncar your home. Near your than every other financial institution in the work. NCJrly everywhere you turn. Inrermountain West? Because you have better They're conveniently scattered throughout things to do than drive from here 1O eternity for Boist.: in the locations you rlI.:t:u them most. a bank. Plus, you'll find them in 160 other For convenient locations, First Intermountain locations. you'll find we're right _ Why h~ls First Security built more offices ;"herc you want us to he. !iecunty Bank ~'rc right wtK:n:you w.mt us tobe Boise Magazine takes a bold new stand on six education. We're for it. We don't believe you should have to learn about your own city on the streets. 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I encl~ S ________ . 8,11 me. 0 Know Your Place We've put thousands back on their feet .. ... you~, it's a fact of Iiie that But the latest medicaJ advances Here at the Idaho Elks Reottbili· every year IDjUries will diSable aJ'(! only part of the story. It tation Hospital we're helping thoUS3nds of otherwise healthy takes mud> mort> than SUlxessful patients acromplish these goals. peoplt:'. surgery to get folks back on their Our therapists are doing sOJr\{' of feet, and that's where OUT hand­ the :">lorthwe>t's mo<;t innOVlltilft' 'These problems not only strike pick ......; staH of medical profes­ work in rehabilitation. .. feet, but hands, hips, wrists and sionals and rehabilitation thera~ other joints. Thanks to new pists comes in. They supply the ".our patients wouldn't stand for materials and new surgical tech~ understanding. encouragement, less. niques, many peopJe are now and technology to put thousands able to get off crutches. out of back on their feeL, bed and back on the move agam ~Idah()Elb ~ ~RE'hahilitati(jn ~I1ospital If you should have a question about rehabilitation, call us at (2OS) 343-2583. --,,-""YI+A Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital. 204 Fort Placer Boise, Idaho 83702 Vol. XIII, NO.1 Fall, 1987 16 26 RISKY BUSINESS 42 ENTERPRISING The Idaho entrepreneur DEPARTMENTS ALUMNI - a legacy of chance. 6 Campus News These alums have found 16 }-rom China their niche in the business 30 WORLDS AWAY 18 Foundation News world with CUSfOm farm­ The non-American 22 People ing equipment, dog entrepreneur - defini­ 48 Alumni News saddlebags. and a party­ giving company. tions differ. S4 l'residcnt's Comments 34 WINNERS' CIRCLE 45 OUT OF AFRICA Boise State graduate Three Idahoans discuss COVER Linda Clemens relates her how [hey raced (0 the top Tom Trusky - Boise State's film-sleuthing, award-winning experiences while on a with their business mission in Uganda. ventures. English professor - appears on pages 8 and 9. Photo by Glenn Oakley. FOCUS Is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 1063725. OHices are located in room 724 of the Education Building, phone (208) 385-1577. PLEASE SEND ADDRESS CHANGES (WITH THE ADDRESS LABEL. IF POSSIBLE) TO THE BSU ALUMNI OFFICE, 1910 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BOISE. 10 83725. If you receive duplicate co pies of the magazine, please notify the Alumni Office at the above address. Friends of the university who wish to receive FOCUS can do so by sending their names and addresses \0 the Alumni Office. Correspondence regarding editorial matter should be sent to the editor, Unless otherwise noted, all articles can be reprinted as long as appropriate credit is given to Boise State University and FOCUS. The staff of FOCUS includes Larry Burke, editor; Jocelyn Fannin, Marie Russell, Bob Evancho and Glenn Oakley, writers; Chuck Scheer and Glenn Oakley. photos and graphics; Sharon Charlton. Ed Clark and Jim McColly. student assistants: Lana Holden, alumni news; Brenda Haight. editorial assistant; and Dana Robinson, typographer. The FOCUS advertising representative is Point of View Advertising, 411 South 5th Street. Boise, 10 63725. phone (208) 385-0338. 5 Enrollment mark at 10,700 It's official. Final enrollment figures from the State Board of Education coo­ firm what bulging classrooms already indicate-that a record number of students are attending HoiM: State this fall. BSU's "head count" enrollment, which includes full- and part-time students in academic programs, is 10,700, 157 more than the previous record sel in 1982 and " 475 students more than last fall. Boise State's "full-time equivalent" enrollment also set a new record with 7,498 students, 6.8 percent over last year. lFTE is figured by dividing total credit hours of all students by a theoretical full­ time course loau of 15 credits for under­ graduates or 12 credits for graduates.) The new figures make BSU the largest university in Idaho in both head count and full-time equivalent categories. Enrollment in the School of Vocational Technical Education also increased, but not to record numbers. This fall 655 students are enrolled in the school's pro­ gram.~ compared to 551 last fall. To accommodate the additional students, 8SU increased clas.~ sizes and added new sections, especially in founda­ tion courses such as math, English, biology and history. Some delicate cfanework was needed when workers Installed Idaho's first satellite uplink 8SU Executive Vice President Larry eanler Ihls lall on lhe BSU campus. The $515,000 AT&T system will broadcast programs origi­ Selland said 33 new sections were added nated at BSU to anywhere In North America. The 9-meter dish and its control equipment will during registration in August. be ready fOf operation by mid-November. Photo by ChUCk Scheer "We took extraordinary measures to find space for every student who registered. In some cases, this filled our classrooms beyond capacity, but we de­ BSU uses this year to plan future cided that was better than denying Boise State's campus, which has en­ explained Chase. students the opportunity to attend joyed a history of opportunistic growth, The plan will cover future needs in classes," said Selland. will expand in a morc orderly, planned several areas, including facilities, land ac­ Selland added that BSU is studying fashion in the future. quisition, parking, academic programs, possible reasons for the enrollment in­ That is the intent behind short- and and support services. crease, but said his initial opinion is that long-range plans now being prepared to Chase said several suggestions will be students this fall have a more positive at­ guide ttle university into the next century. considered that could modify the campus litude toward Boise State in particular and Led by Brian Chase, former director of in the future. One plan under considera­ Idaho's higher education system in general the state's Division of Public Works, all tion is to focus future growth in the because of budget increases approved university departments are involved in the residential neighborhood east of Bronco during the last legislative session. planning process that will be complete by Stadium. Another is to route non­ BSU's summer session also jumped 12 the end of this school year. university traffic around campus by using percent over last year. Continuing Educa­ The plan, said Chase, will communicate Boise Avenue rather than University tion Director William Jensen said 3,926 the needs and capabilities of the univer­ Drive. students took classes, the most since 1981. sity to the State Board of Education, The planning team is divided into two Jensen said the university made a special Legislature, and the general public. committees - academic/vocational effort to meet the graduate education "It should represent a blend of vision technical programs led by Executive Vice needs of teachers last summer. In addi­ and pragmatism to ensure that Boise State President Larry Selland and support ac­ tion, the university expanded its selection satisfies the needs of the prescnt while tivities/facilities led by Asa Ruyle, finance of evening courses.
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