Regional Livestock Processing Forum Supports Local Meat Sales
Posted On Monday, October 29, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: livestock, Meat Sales, University of Idaho, USDA Rural Development
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho is promoting the distribution and sale of local livestock products through its Regional Livestock Processing Forum on Monday, Nov. 5 from 8-11:30 a.m. in the Great Room at the 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St. in Moscow.
Following the forum, a lunch and keynote ...
Grants For Afterschool Programs Now Available
Posted On Thursday, October 25, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: CCLC, Grants, State Department of Education
Boise – The State Department of Education will award $1.8 million in grants to fund afterschool programs across the state for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year. Now is the time for school districts and other organizations to apply.
The funding is available through the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st ...
Idaho To Partner With HP On Students Come First Mobile Devices
Posted On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Governor, HP Probook Notebooks, Superintendent, Tom Luna
(BOISE) – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter joined State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna today in announcing that HP – one of Idaho’s largest private employers – will be the State’s mobile computing devices contractor under the “Students Come First” education reforms.
The Governor and Superintendent joined HP executives and employees ...
U-Idaho Enrollment Positive Under New Reporting Guidelines
Posted On Friday, October 19, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: enrollment, Idaho State Board of Education, SBOE guidelines, University of Idaho
MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho official enrollment stands at 12,493 students using the new Oct. 15 ‘census’ date and reporting guidelines set by the Idaho State Board of Education.
The new SBOE guidelines replace the traditional 10th day of the fall semester reporting date with Oct. 15. They also limit ...
U.S. Department Of Education Approves IDAHO’S New Accountability System
Posted On Thursday, October 18, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: ACCOUNTABILITY, Idaho’s, No Child Left Behind, U.S. Department of Education
BOISE – The U.S. Department of Education announced today it has approved Idaho’s new accountability system.
Under this new system, Idaho is able to move away from certain provisions of No Child Left Behind and create a new system of increased accountability that is based on multiple measures of student achievement, ...
U-Idaho Event to Focus on Media’s Coverage of Political Campaigns
Posted On Thursday, October 18, 2012 By USA Education News. Under FEATURED, IDAHO Tags: Kenton Bird, Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, Political Campaigns
BOISE, Idaho – One of the nation’s best-known media critics will dissect election season journalism at this year’s University of Idaho Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, Oct. 19 in Boise.
Kelly McBride, lead ethicist at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will deliver the symposium keynote titled “Politicians vs. the Press: A Social ...
U-Idaho Helping to Build the Best Defense Against a “Cyber Pearl Harbor”
Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: American intelligence agencies, cyber Pearl Harbor, University of Idaho
POST FALLS/COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- American intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran is behind a recent barrage of network attacks on computers across the Saudi oil industry and US banks. In light of the attacks, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US risks a “cyber Pearl Harbor.”
In the 21st Century, ...
Superintendent Luna Announces Holiday Card Contest
Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Bugs Bunny, grades K-6, Idaho, labeled, Tom Luna
BOISE – Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna today called for elementary students across Idaho to participate in the annual Holiday Card Contest.
“The Department’s annual Holiday Card Contest is a great way for Idaho students to showcase their artwork and for the state to recognize the importance of arts in ...
New English Faculty Bring Department to Forefront of Literature and Environment
Posted On Thursday, October 11, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: English Facult, Forefront of Literature and Environment
MOSCOW, Idaho – The recent addition of two new faculty members has vaulted the University of Idaho English department into a leadership role in the field of literature and the environment.
Professors Scott Slovic and Erin James joined the U-Idaho faculty this fall. Their publications and international recognition will help build ...
Acts of Chairs Exhibit to Open at the Prichard Art Gallery
Posted On Saturday, October 6, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Acts of Chairs Exhibit, Prichard Art Gallery
MOSCOW, Idaho – The Prichard Art Gallery’s latest exhibit, Acts of Chairs, sets out to tell the stories a chair might have in its lifetime through an interactive installation. The exhibit will run Oct. 12 – Dec. 1 at the Prichard Art Gallery.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, ...
IDAHO TEACHERS SELECTED AS FINALISTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL TEACHING AWARD
Posted On Saturday, October 6, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: IDAHO TEACHERS, K-12, TEACHING AWARD
BOISE – Six Idaho teachers have been selected as state finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the nation’s highest honor for U.S. mathematics and science teachers for grades K–12.
“These teachers are representative of the great teachers we have across the state of Idaho. ...
Idaho State University researchers Kirkwood, Stamm, Story contribute to book series on veterans’ health care
Posted On Thursday, October 4, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Ann Kirkwood, Beth Stamm
October 3, 2012
The Idaho State University Institute of Rural Health's Ann Kirkwood, Beth Stamm and Chandra Story have written two chapters for a four-volume set of handbooks to assist health professionals in providing services to military personnel and veterans.
Ann Kirkwood
The Praeger Handbook of Veterans' Health: History, Challenges, Issues, and Developments was published ...
Distinguished Alumni Awards Honor Seven on Oct. 19
Posted On Thursday, October 4, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Alumni Awards Honor, BOBBIE ALLAIRE, Boise State Alumni Association, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS, ERIC UHLENHOFF, MARK DUNHAM, MARK URNESS, MARYANN REESE, PAT ALLAIRE, ROB PEREZ
OCTOBER 3, 2012
The Boise State Alumni Association will honor seven outstanding individuals at the Presidential Alumni Recognition gala. The annual event is at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in the Stueckle Sky Center Double R Ranch Room. The awards recognize exemplary loyalty, passion and vision.
Tickets are $60 for Alumni Association members ...
Growing Recreation and Tourism in North Idaho
Posted On Thursday, October 4, 2012 By USA Education News. Under GEORGIA, IDAHO Tags: Growing Recreation, Tourism in North Idaho
Tuesday, October 3
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Idaho overnight visitors statewide spent more than $1.8 billion in 2008, and in Kootenai County alone, recreation and tourism employs nearly 14 percent of the work force.
To support this growing sector of the region’s economy, University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene is introducing a Recreation ...
Idaho State University IRH offers free ethics webinar for mental health clinicians Oct. 31
Posted On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Ann Kirkwood, Ethics and Informed Consent, Idaho State University, Rural Health
October 1, 2012
Idaho State University's Institute of Rural Health is sponsoring a free ethics webinar for Idaho mental health clinicians 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 31.
"Research, Ethics and Informed Consent" will feature expert clinicians with the Human Subjects Protection Unit of the National Institute of Mental Health.
Speakers will provide an overview ...
Theatre Arts Opens Season with Evening of Short Plays
Posted On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: BECOMING: AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS, RILEY CALDWELL-O'KEEFE
OCTOBER 1, 2012
The Department of Theatre Arts will begin the 2012-2013 season with “Becoming: An Evening of Short Plays,” a series of five short plays that grapple with central human questions. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 10-13, and at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 and Oct. ...
Popular Literacy Academy Now a Year-Round Program
Posted On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: ANNE GREGORY, LITERACY CENTER ACADEMY
OCTOBER 1, 2012
Boise State’s Summer Literacy Center Academy has become so popular with children and their families that the Literacy Center has expanded it to a year-round program on Saturday mornings.
“This is not a sixth day of school,” said literacy professor Anne Gregory. “We focus on children’s imaginations to make ...
Boise State Fraternity Hosts Alzheimer’s Run Sept. 30
Posted On Friday, September 21, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Ann Morrison Park, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Boise State’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity will host a 5k fun run Sept. 30 to support the Alzheimer’s Association. The run starts at 9 a.m. at the Student Union Patio. Packet pickups and late registration begin at 8 a.m.
Participants at all levels, dogs and strollers are welcome. Registration ...
