Here We Have Idaho Fall 2016

Here We Have

FALL 2016

BUILDING the FUTURE TOGE THER

VANDALS TODAY. VANDALS TOMORROW. VANDALS FOREVER. GEAR UP.

University of Idaho magazine | Fall 2016

Here We Have

On the Cover:

A blueprint of the new Integrated Research and Innovation Center overlaying an artist's rendering of the building's atrium.

Above:

An artist's rendering of the Integrated Research and Innovation Center, which will open spring semester.

Correction:

In the Spring 2016 issue of Here We Have Idaho, the article on page 18 misidentified the organization that runs the Eat Smart Idaho program. UI Extension operates Eat Smart Idaho, which collaborates with 4-H Food Smart Families.

In Every Issue

Features

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From the President

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On-Campus Living

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Around the State

10

The Future is Wide Open

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Class Notes

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Vandal Snapshot

The Grand Challenge of Protecting Our Connected Future

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Evolving Learning

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A New Era in Library Design

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A Strategic Vision

24

Campus of the Future

26

A Vision Comes to Life

30

Helping People Accomplish Their Goals

32

The Future is Bright

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Herd Mentality

40

Meet the New Leadership

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The University of Idaho Magazine Fall 2016 • Volume 33, Number 1 President Chuck Staben Vice President for Advancement Mary Kay McFadden ’80 Executive Director Communications and Marketing Stefany Bales ’96 Executive Director Office of Alumni Relations Kathy Barnard ’81 Alumni Association President Ben Rae ’83 University of Idaho Foundation Chairman Karen Gowland ’81, ’84 Editor Savannah Tranchell ’08 Creative Director Emily Mowrer Class Notes Editor Annis Shea ’86 Writers and Contributors Andrew Gauss Kim Jackson ’96 Stacie Jones Brian Keenan Bill Loftus Christina Lords '09 Maria Ortega Rob Patton Tara Roberts ’07 Whitney Schroeder ’10 Allison Stormo Steven Tarlow Jodi Walker Photography UI Photo Services Melissa Hartley Joe Pallen ’96 Mark VanderSys Right: This photo of ivy climbing the Bruce M. Pitman Center on UI’s Moscow campus was taken by Melissa Hartley.

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and educational institution. © 2016, University of Idaho Here We Have Idaho magazine is published twice per year. The magazine is free to alumni and friends of the university.

For address changes and subscription information, visit uidaho.edu/alumni/stay-connected.

Contact the editor at UIdahoMagazine@uidaho.edu.

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From the

President I

t’s an exciting time to be a Vandal.

The last few years have seen big changes at the University of Idaho. New leadership team members have brought renewed energy and ideas to Idaho’s land-grant institution. The next decade will bring even more changes as our forward-looking vision for UI begins to take shape.

Guiding that vision is UI’s new strategic plan, which helps take those ideas from the drafting table to reality — in our research and scholarship, in the way we engage communities, and in the lives of our students. In the coming decade, we will build on our strong foundation to become one of the nation’s great public research universities.

What does UI look like 10 years from now? You can catch a glimpse of that future in the pages of this issue of Here We Have Idaho.

One thing is certain: The UI of the future bustles with students.

I am dedicated to meeting our state’s demand for college-educated employees and entrepreneurs in our growing economy. We will continue to offer a highquality education at an affordable price, coupling comparatively low tuition with increased financial aid. UI offered more than $25 million in scholarships for the current academic year.

Bringing in more students isn’t the end game: We also have to improve freshman-to-sophomore retention rates and continue to be a leader in graduation rates. That means improving our student spaces to foster success and aligning pedagogical approaches with an increasingly diverse learning community.

It’s work that has already begun. This summer, UI completed a remodel of the Wallace Residence Center. All students in the center now have updated living spaces. We’ve improved technology in the residence halls to meet student demand and redesigned the first floor of the UI Library to enhance

collaborative learning. Our newly reopened College of Education offers technology-enhanced classrooms that are created to adapt as the technology changes, so students will always have access to the newest and best equipment to enhance their learning.

UI will continue excelling as Idaho’s academic leader, with an educational experience that pays off for students. Our students learn by doing, with opportunities for research and scholarship alongside faculty members who are renowned in their disciplines.

Our research mission has supported the economic progress of Idaho and the world for more than 100 years. We currently double all other Idaho institutions combined in research expenditures. We are Idaho’s only “higher research activity” university, as classified by the Carnegie Foundation. Every day, our talented faculty and students contribute insight into ideas that matter for Idaho, in everything from wildfire management to cybersecurity.

We can do more. Over the next 10 years, I want to deepen our research activity and strengthen our leadership in key areas in everything from aquaculture to medical research to the humanities. We’ll focus on work that unites faculty members and students. Work that meets the needs of our partners in industry. Work that leads to invention and innovation that supports our economic growth.

We will need to bolster faculty ranks and program areas commensurate with those goals. By 2025, with focused effort and broad commitment, we can be Idaho’s only “highest research activity” university.

Our land-grant mission informs our forwardlooking approach to big goals in outreach and engagement across Idaho and beyond. For example, we can leverage our policy and research expertise to change our college-going culture, our statewide Extension network to meet community needs, and our emphasis on service and leadership to make a bigger difference outside our campus. We’ll take on challenges in disciplines that can improve our world.

And we’ll connect with our alumni to ensure we’re leveraging our best strength — the success and passion of our Vandal graduates.

Chuck Staben, President

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AROUND THE STATE Moscow

Coeur d'Alene

By Kim Jackson

By Tara Roberts

Mapping Habitats from the Sky

University of Idaho researchers and partners from regional universities are using unmanned aerial vehicles — also known as UAVs, or drones — to better understand Idaho’s sagebrush habitat and help the state’s pygmy rabbit population.

Sage habitat is one of the most threatened ecosystems in North America. A $341,000 grant from the National Science Foundation is funding the research, which is led by UI professor Janet Rachlow in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences in the College of Natural Resources. UI is joined by researchers from Washington State University, Boise State University and Idaho State University. The team is using a quadcopter loaded with a camera to analyze the chemical properties and forage quality of sagebrush in east-central Idaho. Researchers can then determine how to protect and restore the pygmy rabbit habitat with highquality sage.

“You can look at two plants next to each other, one will be browsed down to nothing, and the other is untouched,” Rachlow said. “We are interested in understanding and mapping the nutritional differences that cause such foraging behavior.”

Analyzing and mapping sagebrush and pygmy rabbit habitat is just one of many ways UI is utilizing UAVs in research.

CNR is also using the small, Learn more about how unmanned aircraft fixed with the College of Natural Resources is using cameras for wildfire mapping drones at uidaho.edu/ and to catalog forest vegetation. magazine. uidaho.edu/cnr 4

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An In-Depth Look at Idaho Lakes North Idaho lakes draw anglers and boaters, attract tourists, and support vibrant wildlife and plants. Lakes also serve as harbingers of change in watersheds, social structures, climate and more.

Researchers at the University of Idaho’s new Lake Social Ecological Systems laboratory, or LaSES, located on the lakeshore at UI Coeur d’Alene, will study North Idaho lakes’ interacting natural systems and how they affect — and are affected by — the human communities around them.

The lab is a project of UI’s Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, and closely cooperates with scientists from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

One of LaSES’ most important elements is student research: The lab’s first cohort from UI and North Idaho College conducted projects on Lake Coeur d’Alene over the summer.

Student Steve Van Horn of Coeur d’Alene, who transferred from NIC to UI this fall, spent the summer studying how zooplankton — tiny creatures that drift in bodies of water — respond to changes in healthy Lake Coeur d’Alene and more troubled Fernan Lake.

Van Horn said his research is driven by his love for North Idaho and its lakes.

“We want to be able to use this lake,” Van Horn said. “We live in the Northwest for a clear reason, and that’s because we love the outdoors.”

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Idaho Falls

Keeping an Eye on Plutonium

By Tara Roberts

South-Central Idaho

Rock Creek Ranch: A Partnership of Management, Science and Outreach

By Jodi Walker

University of Idaho Nuclear Engineering Program faculty member Robert Borrelli and graduate student Malachi Tolman are helping ensure that plutonium used in future pyroprocessing facilities never falls into the wrong hands.

Pyroprocessing is a way to recycle nuclear reactor waste back into fuel. It’s not yet happening on a commercial scale, but it’s developing globally.

Borrelli and Tolman are writing computer code that would track the amount and location of plutonium in a pyroprocessing facility, ensuring that the nuclear material can’t be diverted for non-fuel purposes — like bomb-making.

The code will be customizable so it can be incorporated into the design process of any facility.

“Around the world, safeguards are really strong. No one has built a nuclear weapon from a civilian nuclear power plant program,” Borrelli said. “Now as we move to the new technologies, we want to make sure we’re ahead of the curve.”

Borrelli and Tolman are based at UI Idaho Falls, at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, a collaboration that includes UI and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

Graduate students like Tolman are part of UI Idaho Falls' expanding investment in graduate-level nuclear engineering education. This semester, the largest class of graduate students ever entered the program. uidaho.edu/idahofalls/caes

A new collaboration is building good science and best practices for Idaho’s rangeland owners and managers in south-central Idaho.

The 10,400-acre Rock Creek Ranch near Hailey is owned

by The Nature Conservancy and the Wood River Land Trust, and is managed to conserve the area’s grasslands and to prevent future development. The University of Idaho joined the two landowners this summer as the research and outreach arm of the three-pronged collaboration.

The first project is the Rock Creek Restoration and Reconnection Project, intended to improve water quality, stream function and provide fish passage between Rock Creek and the lower Big Wood River. A second phase of the project, addressing the needs of the northern part of the ranch, is slated for 2017.

A $1.1 million project is planned to improve riparian areas, wet meadows, and fish and wildlife habitat. It would also address recreational elements and public access.

Grazing management is a key component of the future of the property, which hosts 150 cows from the UI Nancy M. Cummings Research Extension and Education Center at Salmon. The UI Rangeland Center is leading the grazing management research in its mission to provide science-based answers for supporters such as the Idaho Cattle Association and the broader public.

UI research will encompass the many aspects of the watershed — including wildlife habitat, water quality, grazing and more. The ranch has sage grouse, pygmy rabbits and elk, among other species.

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n 1962, the University of Idaho constructed the Wallace Residence Center. Its four wings and 20 floors have held thousands of Vandals over the years, and as the sons and daughters of alumni came to the university, there was one thing their parents could count on: Wallace looked exactly the same.

But that has changed drastically over the past few years as UI Housing and Residence Life embarked on a multimilliondollar facelift of the aging facility.

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renovated room. And in addition to the physical upgrades, the experience of on-campus living is changing as well.

The Renovation

Housing staff launched the Wallace renovation in 2010, renovating one to two floors per year, as resources allowed.

Last year, the Idaho State Board of Education authorized the university to hire an outside contractor to speed up the renovation, and this past summer UI completed renovating 10 of the remaining 12 floors in just 10 weeks.

Housing spent nearly $6 million on construction, giving

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each room a floor-to-ceiling update — including installing new carpet, replacing lights with more efficient LED bulbs, painting, replacing metal doors with wood, and adding new built-ins, new vanities, new sinks and new seal coats in the bathrooms. Separate from the physical renovation, the residence center is also getting upgraded wireless capabilities to accommodate students’ technology demands, said Dee Dee Kanikkeberg, director of Housing and Residence Life.

The outside of the structure also got a facelift, with a remodeled courtyard.

It’s only the beginning of new things for on-campus living as the university develops a housing master plan and

evaluates future needs to accommodate growing enrollment and the changing needs of students.

A Paradigm Shift

It’s not just changing spaces, Kanikkeberg said: Housing and Residence Life has also changed how it interacts with students and expanding its academic support role to help each student have a successful experience at UI. “There’s truly been a shift in how Housing and Residence Life supports students who live with us,” she said.

Two years ago, Housing opened the Student Success 7

Watch videos from this fall’s move-in experience at uidaho.edu/magazine.

Program in Wallace, which offers academic workshops and study space. The program works with first-year students to help them transition to college and to develop strong academic skills. Housing has added new staff and invested resources in increasing retention and improving the student experience, Kanikkeberg said.

“One of our goals is to keep more students on campus and at the University of Idaho,” she said. “We believe that we contribute to that in many, many ways.”

In the 2014-15 academic year, Housing and Residence Life launched a pilot program that changed how resident advisors (RAs) interact with students. Called the Intentional Interaction Model, the program focuses on building specific one-on-one connections to students through targeted conversations about their transition to college and their academic performance.

The model was tested in Upham Hall, the only allfreshman building in UI’s Living Learning Communities (LLCs). The program has four main elements, said Bart Sonnenberg, assistant director of resident engagement: n One-on-one interactions between RAs and students to build relationships. n Weekly events (called “traditions”) chosen and organized by the students living in the hall. n Monthly programs geared specifically to the needs of the students in the hall, such as presentations on homesickness or Seasonal Affective Disorder by Counseling and Testing Center staff. n Monthly attendance at and support of Student Success Program workshops and activities.

The new model meets the needs of the millennial generation, which is used to more individual attention, Sonnenberg said. RAs do goal setting with students, check in with them frequently and help when students are struggling. The LLCs student staff also meet frequently with Sonnenberg to talk about the issues facing their students and learn about resources available to help.

“We’re having these intentional conversations with students, and we’re showing them that individual support,” he said. “We’re investing in them, so the student knows that ‘I care about you as an individual, and I’m going to invest my time in making sure you’re successful.’”

The results from the first year of using the model were phenomenal, Kanikkeberg said: The students who participated in the program had a 92 percent retention rate, compared to a typical rate in the mid-70s.

This fall, Housing implemented the model for all firstyear students living in the residence halls.

“The thing that I’ve been most excited about is how willing students are to share their information, once they feel comfortable with their staff members,” Sonneberg 8

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said. “Our students want to talk. They just need assistance finding their path."

Future Changes

Kanikkeberg hopes the Housing and Residence Life master plan will be completed in spring 2017. The plan will give a vision for which facilities are next for upgrades and remodels, and where new housing options could go. As the city of Moscow grows and more off-campus housing becomes available, the demand and expectation for university housing changes.

Over the summer, the university removed three family housing units that had been closed for years, said Brian Johnson, assistant vice president for Facilities. There’s no immediate plan to replace them.

“We have a lot of aging structures in apartment housing that truly don’t meet today’s housing needs and expectations,” Johnson said. The master plan will provide guidance as to what type of housing options could replace those units.

“We collectively are exploring lots of different possibilities for future campus housing projects,” Kanikkeberg said.

Housing is a self-sustaining unit, and all projects are funded through bonds and existing funds.

The university also will not bring Targhee Hall back as a housing option, Johnson said. The former house, which served as a non-traditional housing option for fine arts students, was converted to offices during the College of Education’s remodel. The cost for remodeling the aging structure didn’t support reopening it as housing, Johnson said. The building is also isolated from the rest of campus housing, making it inconvenient for students who live there to access resources.

On the top of Kanikkeberg’s priority list for upgrades is remodeling Bob’s Place, the dining hall in Wallace that serves all on-campus housing students.

“It’s our next highest priority in terms of benefits to students,” she said. “The trends we’re seeing in terms of residential dining are fantastic. Dining halls are no longer seen as a place to come in and eat. It’s about developing community in your residential dining spaces.”

“The trend certainly is all about a blend of personal space and the opportunity to connect in public ways.”

Housing is also reducing its environmental footprint, such as through the installation of LED lighting and waterconserving fixtures.

But however the university adjusts its housing offerings to meet the needs of future students, Kanikkeberg emphasizes one thing: It’s not just about offering a place to live.

“As the university grows and changes, we will be there to support students,” she said.

We’re investing in them, so the student knows that ‘I care about you as an individual, and I’m going to invest my time in making sure you’re successful.’ ~Bart Sonnenberg Photo by Joe Pallen

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By Tara Roberts Photo by Joe Pallen

UI'S INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTER BRINGS SCHOLARS TOGETHER TO TAKE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH NEW PLACES

Researchers from the Center for Modeling Complex Interactions check out one of the completed labs in July.

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One of the first research groups to be housed in IRIC is the Center for Modeling Complex Interactions, which includes a team studying potential mutations of the Ebola virus, as shown in this model.

he University of Idaho’s new Integrated Research and Innovation Center (IRIC) is all about space.

It’s bright and open, with daylight streaming in from all angles in common areas, offices and laboratories. Glass-walled conference rooms line IRIC’s three-story atrium, which overlooks the campus mall and includes an enormous door that can open the lobby to the outside pavilion on nice days. Outdoor stadium-style seats etched with the university seal stand beside a grasscovered, rain-watered roof — one of the features that make the building LEED Gold targeted for sustainable design.

It’s flexible space, too. The IRIC floors are made of square panels that can be reconfigured to bring power, internet and phone connections anywhere they’re needed. The laboratory appliances can be rearranged to fit different research groups.

Special features, like a visualization lab with ceiling-mounted supports for slow-motion cameras or lighting equipment, open the door to even more projects.

But above all, it’s space that’s designed to be filled with people: students, staff and faculty who will gather from the sciences, humanities, engineering, arts and social sciences to work together to ask big questions, explore big ideas and discover big solutions.

“Space is really an important part of developing an interdisciplinary culture,” said Holly Wichman, a UI Distinguished Professor of Biology who leads one of the first research groups moving into IRIC in spring semester. “You really need to spend time together if you’re going to do interdisciplinary work that’s integrated, rather than parallel.”

This means digging into the complexities of the modern world, which can’t be divided along a university’s traditional disciplinary boundaries.

“Our biggest problems are complicated problems that are going to require this kind of approach: infectious disease, energy, fire and so on,” Wichman said. “They are

Holly Wichman

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OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS ARE COMPLICATED PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THIS KIND OF APPROACH: INFECTIOUS DISEASE, ENERGY, FIRE AND SO ON. problems that have many different faces, and it takes people from many backgrounds to approach them well.”

IRIC is the fulfillment of a longtime dream. An interdisciplinary research building was on the university’s wishlist for more than a decade, said UI construction manager Richard Rader. The Idaho State Board of Education approved the IRIC project in 2012, and administrators and researchers gathered to break ground in August 2014.

Construction is slated for completion in October 2016, followed by furniture installation and space customization for the building’s first occupants, who will move in January 2017.

Who exactly those first occupants will be is still coming into focus. A facility committee governing the building formed over the summer and began laying down a procedure for assigning space.

IRIC is open to any research group on campus, selected through a formal process. Faculty members generally won’t move their existing offices and labs to the building, but rather carve out space for project-specific needs, like offices for graduate and postdoctoral researchers, laboratory space for certain experiments and meeting space for cross-campus teams. The building will house projects for set lengths of time, often based on the lifespan of a grant — though that, like much of IRIC, is flexible.

The university has already tabbed a few projects to go in IRIC outside the selection process. UI’s newly established Center for Modeling Complex Interactions, or CMCI, leveraged the promise of future IRIC space in its grant application to the National Institutes of Health.

It paid off. Directed by Wichman, CMCI — which focuses

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on using advanced computer and mathematical modeling techniques to answer biomedical questions, such as how viruses evolve and how social interactions contribute to disease spread — received $10.6 million from NIH. A reviewer of the grant that funds CMCI even noted that IRIC is a sign of commitment to interdisciplinary work, commenting that it turns the university’s relatively small size into a strength.

Wichman said UI has a productive history of team-based science.

For example, she is also part of the group that founded the university’s Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies. IBEST began as friends meeting for lunch and conversation, and grew into a decades-long, university-wide collaboration that has brought in millions in research dollars.

IRIC will foster the same sort of casual, collegial interactions that created IBEST. “I think it really changes the culture when you have places people can interact readily,” Wichman said CMCI’s space in IRIC revolves around this idea. A corner of the third floor is dedicated to the center’s Collaboratorium, where working groups of students, faculty and staff can gather to discuss their projects. CMCI leaders met with IRIC building staff to customize the furniture and technology for the Collaboratorium, which will be near CMCI laboratory space and offices for center-dedicated postdoctoral researchers and the CMCI deputy director.

“This group of people has been wonderful to work with in terms of listening to what we want to do and making sure it’s the right kind of space — every detail,” Wichman said.

Another confirmed IRIC tenant isn’t a research group, but a central facility dedicated to serving multiple projects. The Genomics Resources Core contains top-of-the-line tools for DNA and RNA sequencing, and its staff assists researchers in designing experiments, analyzing results and visualizing data.

“Basically we take projects and ask, ‘How can we answer this question?’” said data scientist Alida Gerritsen, who works in the core.

Gerritsen is excited for increased refrigeration and storage space compared to the core’s current home in Life Sciences South, and hopes IRIC’s central location will introduce new researchers to the lab’s services.

“I have noticed that even with this technology-based

world, physical proximity is a big factor still,” she said.

“Meeting people face to face at the establishment point is really important to beginning a project.”

Though IRIC’s first confirmed occupants are based in the hard sciences, the building is by no means limited to just one side of the university research enterprise.

Traci Craig — a psychology professor, associate dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, and a member of the Facility Committee — expects scholars, artists and researchers will come up with creative and unexpected uses for the building.

“I hope that faculty reach out and have conversations with the committee and the facility manager if they have even the slightest interest,” Craig said.

Craig envisions IRIC as a place where social science and humanities researchers can create research-dedicated space, even when their work isn’t physical. For example, a theater professor writing a play or a psychologist working with data gathered from online surveys don’t need laboratories, but would benefit from spaces set apart from their teaching duties.

“I think there are a lot of possibilities," she said.

Like Wichman, Craig believes IRIC’s best feature is its focus on bringing people together.

All the project leaders in IRIC will meet on a regular basis, so the presence of historians or political scientists could give science and engineering researchers different perspectives on their work and help spark ideas for new projects.

Students, too, will be a major part of IRIC, whether they’re stopping at its coffee stand on their way across campus, dropping in for a presentation or working in one of its labs.

“I think being able to give that hands-on experience in a state-of-the-art facility will make undergraduate students better prepared for graduate education, and make our graduate students ready for academy or industry,” Craig said. “I think there’s an opportunity to feel like research is valued and taken seriously, and they can be part of something that’s important.” uidaho.edu/iric 13

THE 21ST CENTURY’S

GRAND ENGINEERING CHALLENGES

PROVIDE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER PREVENT NUCLEAR TERROR

The National Academy of Engineering, at the request of the National Science Foundation, convened a committee of leading technical thinkers to identify the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st century.

UI’s College of Engineering has joined the Grand Challenges for Engineering national initiative to graduate undergraduate students who complete a program of study and research specifically designed to address Grand Challenges topic areas over the next decade. The UI Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars program began this fall.

Learn more at uidaho.edu/engr.

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Jia Song

SECURE CYBERSPACE

ADVANCE HEALTH INFORMATICS

ENGINEER THE TOOLS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

GRAND CHALLENGE

OF PROTECTING OUR CONNECTED FUTURE

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hen Jia Song was about to graduate from high school in China in 2005, her family’s computer contracted a virus. So when she heard that Sichuan University was offering a new degree in information security, it caught her attention.

“It sounded interesting and important,” said Song, who had been fascinated with computers since childhood. “Our desktop was infected, and I was thinking it was important to keep my information secure.”

Now a research assistant professor in the University of Idaho Computer Science Department, Song works for the College of Engineering’s Center for Secure and Dependable Systems (CSDS). She is among the more than a dozen faculty members across the university working to train the next generation of engineers to combat the challenges facing the global cyber network.

A world of ubiquitous connectivity presents not only great opportunities, but also great risks. That’s why the College of Engineering, under Dean Larry Stauffer, recently joined

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a national educational initiative committed to addressing the National Academy of Engineering’s 14 Grand Challenges — complex yet achievable goals to improve national and international health, security, sustainability and quality of life in the 21st century.

One of the challenges is securing cyberspace.

UI’s entry into the cyber domain is not new; faculty members have been engaged in interdisciplinary research and education in information assurance since 1999, when the Idaho State Board of Education approved the CSDS. The center has since been designated one of seven National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the National Security Agency. The CSDS is the only computer science-based center in the Northwest to receive the designation.

“We have established excellent programs in the college to create solutions to defend against what are traditional software and network attacks,” Stauffer said. “What we need to do now is be a leader in the next phase of cybersecurity

innovation. That will require us to build capacity to protect systems connected to the internet that underpin key sectors of our economy, such as our power grid, transportation network and water supply infrastructure.”

The reputation for excellence in computer science is one thing that drew Song to UI in fall 2009. Since then, she has earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in computer science. Several U.S. universities had accepted her, but UI offered her a teaching assistantship and stood out for its quality.

“The department here offers a very good security program, and they have a very good reputation in information assurance education,” she said.

Song spent her time in graduate school delving in-depth into how computer systems work, enhancing her programming skills and learning to approach problems creatively.

After she graduated in 2014, former CSDS Director Jim Alves-Foss, who had been her advisor, invited her to begin working with him on a special cybersecurity challenge through the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She was drawn to the project by the chance to challenge herself and think innovatively.

“When I solve a complex problem, I feel excited,” she said.

The College of Engineering hopes to attract even more students excited to solve the complex problems facing the world through its Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP).

Students began applying to the program this fall. The graduates of the program will receive a Grand Challenge Engineer endorsement from UI and the National Academy of Engineering.

GCSP recognition will be given to undergraduate engineering students who complete coursework and/or experiential opportunities within the five components of the program: hands-on project or research experience, interdisciplinary curriculum, entrepreneurship, global dimension and service learning.

"The Grand Challenges Scholars Program is designed to support students who have a passion to work toward solving some of society’s biggest problems, such as keeping cyberspace secure," Stauffer said. "We will pair Grand Challenge students with faculty, distinguished alumni and corporate partners who all have expertise in the student's area of interest and will also help fund student research and domestic and international experiences that satisfy their plans of study."

COMPETING ON A GLOBAL SCALE REVERSE ENGINEER THE BRAIN

UI’s Team CSDS (Cyber Security Development Solutions) — made up of computer science faculty members Jim Alves-Foss and Jia Song — was one of seven finalists in the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Cyber Grand Challenge competition this August in Las Vegas.

Billed as the world's first all-machine hacking tournament, Cyber Grand Challenge finalists competed for nearly $4 million in prizes in a live network competition and the opportunity to revolutionize the field of cybersecurity. The UI team finished in sixth place.

ENERGY FROM FUSION ENGINEER BETTER MEDICINES

MANAGE THE NITROGEN CYCLE ADVANCED PERSONALIZED LEARNING

ENHANCE VIRTUAL REALITY

RESTORE AND IMPROVE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOP CARBON SEQUESTRATION METHODS MAKE SOLAR ENERGY ECONOMICAL

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ENGINEERING GRANT PUTS $2.1 MILLION TO SECURE PHYSICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

By Rob Patton

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By Rob Patton

he College of Engineering’s dedication to cybersecurity issues isn’t limited to training future engineers.

A new grant will help the college build the next layer in our cyber defense.

Dean Larry Stauffer is leading a team of faculty on a project that will create innovative products for safeguarding Cyber Physical Control Systems, or CPCS — those critical infrastructure systems like the transportation and power grid — that rely on the internet.

The team received a $2.1 million Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission (IGEM) grant to pursue education and research into security management of CPCS. The team has identified four key components of its project and ways UI can be a leader in addressing security issues in the nation’s cyber infrastructure: 1) Add key faculty and enhance laboratories at UI in order to deliver improved education and R&D products in CPCS, which will accelerate economic development; 2) Strengthen collaboration with Idaho industry and other Idaho universities with collaborative cybersecurity education, research and deployment activities; 3) Foster technology transfer and commercialization through technology development and incubation; and 4) Strengthen and expand the workforce by delivering cybersecurity expertise to Idaho industry and improve the talent pipeline with computer science and engineering graduates.

UI already has a number of partnerships and programs in place to meet these goals, including the Control Systems Cyber Innovation Center at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, which receives support from UI computer science professor Michael Haney, who works out of UI’s Center for Advanced Energy Studies. Haney will be instrumental in building a state-of-the-art, hands-on computing classroom laboratory at UI Idaho Falls, where cyber physical systems "attack and defend" techniques will be taught to students across the state.

The Cybersecurity Training and Operations Center (CTOC) in Coeur d'Alene offers statewide training courses and seminars for businesses, as well as a cybersecurity certification program (see next page).

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As the final piece to this statewide cybersecurity framework, the IGEM CPCS program will create a Resilience Research Incubation Center at the Moscow campus, with a focus on research, development, deployment and demonstration in order to make significant improvements in security management of cyber physical control systems.

“Key to the success of our CPCS program is early involvement with industry and expanding our cybersecurity talent pool,” said Rick Sheldon, chair of the UI Computer Science Department. “Our industry Larry Stauffer partners will help us to develop better methods of assessment and the vetting of promising technologies. Together we expect to develop an ideal CPCS profile, localized for the state that graduates professionals with the essential skills necessary to address existing and potential threats to CPCS.” Sheldon, who formerly served at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee as a senior research scientist on the Cyber Warfare Research Team, is working closely with Stauffer and Charles Buck, UI's associate vice president and executive officer of UI Coeur d’Alene, on complementary cybersecurity goals to fulfill the goal of providing a fouryear computer science degree program and training in North Idaho. Sheldon, Stauffer and Buck are meeting with North Idaho industry leaders to collaboratively develop academic programs that satisfy industry needs and, in turn, will have a positive economic impact on the region and state.

“Our approach toward leadership in cybersecurity is multi-fold,” Stauffer said. “We understand securing cyberspace is a Grand Challenge. With support from the IGEM grant, we will address the problem by hiring cybersecurity expertise, enhancing our labs, working with other universities and industry, fostering technology transfer and ultimately expanding the cybersecurity workforce to face the challenge.” uidaho.edu/engr

INDUSTRY PARTNERS PLAY KEY ROLE IN NORTH IDAHO-BASED CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AND OPERATIONS

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mong the four components of the University of Idaho’s plan to address cybersecurity issues are increasing workforce training and graduating more students with computer science and engineering expertise.

Executing that mission is UI’s Cybersecurity Training and Operations Center (CTOC). Based in North Idaho, the CTOC has a statewide focus of working with industries to supply needed employee training in cybersecurity.

This fall, the CTOC opened its lab at the UI Research Park in Post Falls. The lab is supplied by a secure 1 gigabitper-second fiber optic line, isolated from other university networks, which provides the ability to test scenarios and introduce security risks without impacting the university’s operations, said Karen Thurston, director of the CTOC. The line was donated by fiber optic company Fatbeam.

The $3.2 million donation includes two Fatbeam-owned private fibers and a long-term contract to provide 1-gigabit internet access for the research park.

“Today as you look at the cyber attacks on our government systems — like the FAA, large banking and retail corporations — it just hit me that the careers and jobs of the future are without question technology based and security is of the utmost importance,” said Greg Green, Fatbeam co-founder.

Fatbeam, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, owns 338 miles of fiber in markets throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Oregon and is in the process designing and deploying another 200 miles in other Northwest markets.

“It was a natural extension for us to invest in the idea and donate fiber optics, internet access and human resources to the university,” Green said.

“High-speed optical fiber is required infrastructure for economic development today,” said Charles Buck, UI's associate vice president and executive officer of UI Coeur d'Alene. “This partnership and generous donation from Fatbeam will enable us to better support technology business development. Coupled with our middle and high school computer science training efforts to build tech awareness, workforce training in cybersecurity, and bachelor’s degree in computer science education, this gift will support an emerging tech strength right here in northern Idaho.”

Industry partnerships have been core to the CTOC since its inception. The center launched in April 2015 with the announcement that UI had received a $463,000 two-year grant from the Idaho Department of Labor to develop a cybersecurity training program. Among its original partners are Fatbeam, Idaho Power, Kootenai Health and Highpoint Medical. Since then, more than a dozen organizations — including the cities of Moscow, Pullman and Coeur d’Alene, banks, colleges and Hewlett Packard — have sent employees to CTOC trainings.

The program offers short-term training and preparation seminars for certification exams, on-the-job training and hands-on experience in the lab. The lab also serves as a resource for students enrolled in UI Coeur d’Alene’s new four-year computer science program, which is being offered in partnership with North Idaho College.

The reach of the lab goes beyond students and experts, though. Thurston — who has a master’s degree in computer science from California State University —also plans to collaborate with local businesses to demonstrate cybersecurity control measures in an effort to raise awareness of threats and vulnerabilities.

Last spring, the CTOC joined the National CyberWatch Center, a consortium of higher education institutions, public and private schools, businesses and government agencies focused on building and maintaining a stronger information assurance workforce. The partnership gives the center access to curriculum and lab resources, as well as the opportunity to collaborate on curriculum development.

So far, the CTOC has trained nearly 200 IT professionals, with the capacity to reach nearly 500 students during the two-year grant window. The training sessions are taught by cybersecurity experts, commercial training vendors and professional associations, such as the nonprofit Community Security Coalition. Some are offered free of charge or at low cost.

“We’re looking to be a community resource that provides more than just the traditional, semester-long, fee-based trainings,” Thurston said. “Wherever we can find good training, we’ll bring it in, whether it costs or not.” uidaho.edu/cda 17

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UI grant program funds creation of video game design studio that’s taking an evolutionary approach to shooting space aliens

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n alien swarm could change the way kids look at science — and the way the video game industry looks at it, too.

The University of Idaho is home to Polymorphic Games, a video game design studio that uses evolutionary principles to create revolutionary games. Last summer, a team of students with specialties in computer coding, art, writing, music, videography, virtual design and biology created Polymorphic Games’ first full-fledged product.

On the surface, it appears to be a reimagining of a classic arcade game where players defend themselves against rows of attacking alien critters.

But these aliens aren’t typical digital villains. They’re creatures with hundreds of genes that determine things like speed, shooting pattern, movement and appearance. If they survive a player’s defenses, they’ll pass their genes to the next wave of the swarm.

As the aliens adapt, the game highlights these evolutionary moments to the player.

“It’s actually somewhat difficult to teach evolution because it integrates lots of concepts in biology, so having a fun thing that demonstrates evolution is important,” said Barrie Robison, a professor of biology who co-founded

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Polymorphic Games with Terry Soule, a professor of computer science.

Understanding evolution is important far beyond the walls of biology classrooms, Robison said. “If you care about antibiotic resistance and how to cure disease, growing better crops, protecting our natural resources, all of those kind of things, then you care about evolution.”

But adding evolution doesn’t create teaching tools alone.

The Polymorphic Games team argues it makes games more fun.

“Every time you play, you potentially get a different outcome, especially if you adapt your strategy,” Soule said.

Nicholas Wood, a master’s student in integrated architecture and design who led the Polymorphic Games summer studio, said he’s interested in bridging the gap between education and excitement.

“Video games to me right now are not being used enough for simulation and teaching potential, and some simulations lose storytelling and gameplay,” Wood said. “This is a great incubator for what a gaming studio should be in the future.”

Polymorphic Games is an incubator made possible by investment from outside and within the university.

A $65,000 award from the inaugural Vandal Ideas Project

Read more about Polymorphic Games and play the game at uidaho.edu/magazine.

laid the groundwork for the summer studio, and a $55,000 award from the National Science Foundation’s BEACON Center for Evolution in Action allowed Soule and Robison to get a head start on the project.

The Vandal Ideas Project is a UI-funded competitive grant program designed to spark new research, creative work and scholarship that brings together faculty from across the university. University leaders selected innovative but feasible projects likely to either have a lasting impact within the university, or position UI to tackle a topic of regional or national relevance. “We are excited and honored to invest in these projects that leap beyond the traditional boundaries of academia to create new knowledge, advance groundbreaking ideas and provide tangible benefits to our students, state and world,� UI President Chuck Staben said when the winners were announced.

In addition to Polymorphic Games, four other projects earned funding: n Hydrodynamic Simulator for Brain Therapeutic Development: This project will create an anatomically realistic 3-D model and computer visualization system of the fluid spaces surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This will help researchers and clinicians understand how materials move through this system, and how they could use it to treat neurological disorders. n Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning: The center will provide space, technology and support to help faculty develop new techniques for analyzing data, understanding and interpreting the resulting information and knowledge, and distributing these understandings in ways that take advantage of digital connectedness. n Theory, Practice and Social Aspects of Reproducible Science: This project will use research, education and outreach to promote the practice of reproducible research. It will use statistical theory and modeling to better understand what drives nonreproducability. n Visualizing Science: This project will pair UI artists and designers with UI scientists to visualize their scientific research, resulting in a professional exhibition, catalogue, education program and relationships for further art and science collaborations.

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Check out the first-floor tech and furniture on Instagram at instagram. com/uofilibrary.

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Libraries are storehouses of knowledge, filled with books that “permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors,” writes the late astronomer Carl Sagan.

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ut that time travel doesn’t mean libraries should become time capsules — dusty spaces filled with outmoded media and silent reflection. At the University of Idaho, a $1.3 million remodel turned the UI Library’s first floor into a modern, collaborative, interdisciplinary learning space with the flexibility to evolve and meet the needs of UI students, present and future.

The goal is to help mold learners into leaders, said Lynn Baird, dean of the UI Libraries.

“Information is powerful, and being a librarian is an opportunity to enable people to change their lives,” she said.

“Libraries provide opportunities for people to be successful.”

Baird knows that modern students thrive in collaborative, technology-driven spaces that offer many of the comforts of home, not the traditional library cliché of silent spaces where individual students study alone. This collaboration is central to the library's plan for the first-floor remodeling project, addressing an ongoing need for modernization.

“Our library did not have the physical space or technological advancements needed for high-level, collaborative study,” said David Levine, a 1976 UI graduate and donor to the project. “My wife Julie and I felt it was important to support the library’s growth, as we both used it as a study center when we were students.”

The remodel effort was funded by public and private support. University President Chuck Staben spurred giving efforts to meet this threshold by offering a $200,000 university match, said Jim Zuba, UI’s director of development.

Donors like the Levines and Carolyn and Gary Strong responded, well aware of how important an upgraded library

is to a thriving university.

“We believe it is a vital hub for learning,” said Gary Strong ’66.

The first-floor remodel came down to removing barriers — the first being a barrier to entry for new students. According to the National Association of College and University Business Officers, 54 percent of prospective college students nationwide consider a university's library as a key part of their decision-making process. Nearly a third of those students said they had rejected a college completely because it lacked a top-flight library facility.

The remodel effort — which began in the summer 2015 and was completed in spring 2016, with final furniture shipments arriving over the summer — was designed to be attractive to current and prospective students.

The redesign introduces lots of new offerings for students, including a place to buy study snacks and new seating in the “Fishbowl” — the glass-enclosed space that looks out into the heart of campus.

Then the open floor plan leads students toward collaborative learning spaces and living-room-style furniture, as well as places for quiet study in the computer lab and reading rooms.

“There’s a flow to it, from loud to quiet,” Baird said.

A tech upgrade was also a huge part of the remodel: Learning rooms have green screens, webcams, podcasting and vodcasting equipment, touchscreen displays and 3-D printers. The first-floor is also now totally mobile: Tables and chairs have wheels, and large whiteboards roll around to create distinct spaces for workgroups. Books and tech resides on carts staff can easily move to accommodate students and instructors.

“It’s an agile environment,” Baird said.

Richard Stoddart, head of User and Research Services at the library, loves how the first-floor remodel brings learning even more to the forefront for students. The reading rooms, study spaces and furniture create a more open, inviting feel.

Even the carpet pattern has proven to be a hit. And the more open design of the floor admits more natural light to an area that used to be more like a cave.

“It’s like night and day,” Stoddart said.

Students have also given rave reviews.

“I love the furniture,” said Micaela Johnson, a 20-year-old from Meridian who is studying exercise science and health and dance in UI’s College of Education. “And the natural light.”

Yet the upgrades represent more than mere window dressing, said Baird: “It represents a new era in library education.” www.lib.uidaho.edu 21

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rom the top of the University of Idaho’s ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center — the domed icon of the Moscow campus — President Chuck Staben takes in a rarely seen view of the historic university. From this high point, he can see modern research, educational and living spaces taking their place next to UI’s venerable facilities.

The 360-degree view invites reflection: What will our university be in the future? What does it need to be for the state, the students, and the research and outreach goals that it serves?

“A public research university is an incredible asset to students and to the state of Idaho,” Staben said. “Higher education and the research we do at this university have never been more valuable.”

Charting the future of Idaho’s land-grant university requires two things: A vision for the institution, and a blueprint to transform that vision into action. A comprehensive institution needs a comprehensive plan.

“The good news is that the University of Idaho is already in an outstanding position,” Staben said. “We have an opportunity to apply our land-grant and research university strengths to expand our impact, and especially to make higher education relevant for more students.”

Over the past year, Provost and Executive Vice President John Wiencek, a 2015 arrival at the university, has led the development of a strategic plan that lays out UI’s path through 2025. The process, which included input from faculty, staff, alumni and stakeholders across the university, resulted in a document that outlines the agenda for UI’s next decade. Ambitious goals include expanding access

to higher education for more students, generating research that benefits Idaho and the world, broadening engagement to transform communities, and ensuring a vibrant campus community for students, faculty and staff.

“A good strategic plan provides the blueprint for a university’s growth and sustained success,” Wiencek said. “We’re confident we’ve arrived at an effective road map that will help us continue to evolve to higher levels of excellence in the next decade.”

Into the Future

In 2025, the University of Idaho holds the door open to a diverse student body, with 50 percent more students than in 2016. On their way to rewarding careers and great lives, those students enjoy technology and facilities that hold up to the test of time and adapt to changing needs. Among those spaces are the renovated College of Education, remodeled UI Library and new facilities for medical education in Idaho’s WWAMI Medical Education Program.

Students are living in revamped and newly constructed residence halls, and the university has completed its effort to build stronger connections across campus, linking the Arboretum and Greek housing along Nez Perce Drive with the Shattuck Arboretum and academic mall. The Idaho Arena, just north of the Kibbie Dome, contributes to an exciting environment for students and fans and realizes a long-awaited dream of a stand-alone facility for studentathletes in basketball and volleyball.

In 2025, research projects aimed at addressing the challenges of the future have a home in the Integrated Research and Innovation Center and the Aquaculture Research Laboratory. The Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center in Boise gives students the opportunity to earn a three-year law

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degree in the state capital. In order to attain R1 “highest research activity” status from Carnegie — a national standard for assessing colleges and universities —the UI of 2025 has bolstered its research capacity, added terminal degree paths and dramatically increased invention disclosures and technology commercialization.

The View Beyond Moscow

What you can’t see today from the Kibbie Dome roof is how UI’s mission expands beyond Moscow. UI is constantly looking to meet the needs of Idaho’s residents and create new collaborations in areas such as dairy and beef cattle, rangeland research and water management. Science and technology — in everything from clean energy to cybersecurity — remain important teaching and research topics from Idaho Falls to Coeur d’Alene. In every corner of the state, UI leads a change in Idaho’s college-going culture to cultivate a welleducated, more prosperous citizenry.

What will a 2025 climb to the top of the Dome find?

What kind of institution will be revealed below — and beyond? What kind of world will that institution have helped shape? The view is lofty — and so are the university’s aspirations.

“When I look at UI in the next decade, I see a university that reaches more people, changes more lives, and accelerates innovation and discovery on a new scale,” Staben said. “We have a bright future ahead of us. The University of Idaho can and will become one of the nation’s great public research universities. That success can transform the world we live in.”

Over the next decade, UI will tackle ambitious goals to excel as a leader in research, outreach and education

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Hear President Chuck Staben talk about his vision for UI at uidaho.edu/magazine.

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ith open space that will fill with cheers and Vandals of all eras standing shoulder to shoulder, the Idaho Arena will showcase all that is right about the University of Idaho, Vandals and the state.

“It’s time to have an arena that will establish an identity for Vandals basketball,” said Don Monson, a former UI basketball coach who led the team to championships in the early ’80s. “Fans are hungry to get over the top. There is a need for an arena with good seats, lighting and tradition. When you get to a place where you have an established home-identity, then you really have something.”

The arena will not only be a home for Vandal court sports, but also a gathering space for a variety of events to enhance student life on UI’s residential campus.

The project has been on the drawing board for about 50 years. When President Chuck Staben hit campus two years ago, UI Athletic Director Rob Spear introduced him to the project and it quickly became a presidential priority.

“A modern, stand-alone arena is essential for ongoing excellence in basketball and volleyball,” Staben said. “It’s part of the recipe for an exciting campus environment for students and student-athletes.”

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The arena also has become a priority for students, led by the enthusiasm of former ASUI President Max Cowan.

Under his leadership, in 2015-16, the UI student body agreed to assess a fee against itself to financially support the project.

“The students came together to support this project. We know it can become an integral part of campus life, helping to improve the quality of the student experience,” Cowan said. “Connecting students, alumni and faculty and staff around athletics and other events is a great way to grow Vandal pride.”

“I’m grateful our students share that enthusiasm for the future of Vandal Athletics and our residential campus,” Staben said.

UI’s vision and support of the project has brought donors out of the woodwork. Plans call for the arena to be constructed using Idaho’s natural, renewable timber resources. Forest industry partners and architects have been quick to show their support of the plan to use engineered wood in the construction. So far, UI fundraising has secured about $15 million of the $30 million project.

Vandal alumnus and former UI basketball player (’65-’67) Dave Goss was eager to contribute to the project.

This is an investment in Vandal excellence, and a significant statement about what we can achieve when Vandals join together.

“Having played basketball in Memorial Gym, I learned firsthand, while sitting on the bench, what ‘home court advantage’ really means,” Goss said. “The Vandals have not had that advantage since moving to the Kibbie Dome over 40 years ago. The new arena provides the opportunity for a winning environment and a place among the mid-majors.”

The arena’s impact on the university goes beyond its purpose as an event center and court sports facility. It also has a large educational component.

“It is a great opportunity for the institution to show its leadership in helping develop deeper relationships with our timber industry, which is incredibly valuable in this state, and to train a workforce to meet those industry needs,” said Kurt Pregitzer, dean of the College of Natural Resources (CNR).

The planned arena will be made in large part with wood and wood products. About 70,000-square-feet of space will be encased in wood — a contemporary building technique that blends thousands of years of construction technology with modern desires to use renewable materials.

The arena is also a teaching lab. From the College of Art and Architecture’s Design Lab through the College of Engineering’s civil engineering program to CNR’s renewable

UI student-athletes talk about what playing for the Vandals means to them. uidaho.edu/magazine

materials program, students and faculty members from a variety of programs have the opportunity to get hands-on experience during the design and construction of the facility.

When it’s finished, the university will have a beautiful, sustainable structure for Vandal Athletics. It will be an exciting new site for UI’s basketball and volleyball teams.

“An arena has been a passion of mine since I became director of Athletics, because it is easy to visualize the success that is possible in our court sports with a dedicated facility,” Spear said. “This facility will enhance our ability to recruit quality student-athletes and build on already competitive programs.”

The arena’s current plan will seat 4,700 people, providing a vibrant and intimate experience for fans — a vital part of building a competitive athletic program.

The new facility will be a showpiece for UI’s studentathletes, tell the story of Idaho’s heritage and provide a unique gathering place for generations of Vandals to come.

“Between students, alumni and friends of the university, I’m proud of how we’re coming together as partners to build something special,” Staben said. “This is an investment in Vandal excellence, and a significant statement about what we can achieve when Vandals join together.” uidaho.edu/idahoarena 27

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he Idaho Arena is home for past, current and future Vandals. A place where student-athletes, coaches and Vandal sports fans will promote athletic talent, foster personal character and values, while celebrating achievement and growth.

The 70,000-square-foot arena will serve as our platform for success — a place for students to strive for their personal best and carry on the legacy of competitive grit and determination that earned us the nickname we now so cherish, the Idaho Vandals.

Its comprehensive design provides a dedicated home for our court sports, with a main home court, practice court, men’s and women’s locker rooms and staff office space, as well as designated areas for conferences and special events that benefit the campus community beyond athletics.

With a comfortable seating capacity of 4,700, the arena will add immeasurably to the fan experience, rallying support for our teams while enhancing recruitment.

It will place our athletics facilities on an equal footing with our competitors among Division I universities.

Excellence requires commitment on the part of all involved, and we are committed to competing at the highest level of athletic performance. This arena is being built through generous philanthropic contributions. About half of the funds needed for the $30 million project have already been secured. We need your support to secure the remaining funds.

Now is the time for alumni, parents and all those who take pride in the University of Idaho to come together and build the championship-level platform we need to succeed. Learn more about the Idaho Arena project at uidaho.edu/ idahoarena.

For details on how you can support Idaho Arena, contact: Michael Perry Special Assistant to the President Office of the President 208-885-1029 michaelperry@uidaho.edu

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I am so excited that we are able to move forward with the arena and event center.

The students came together to support this project, with 60 percent in favor of a $15 fee. We know it can become an integral part of campus life, helping to improve the quality of the student experience. Connecting students, alumni and faculty and staff around athletics and other events is a great way to grow Vandal pride.

MAX COWAN ASUI President 2015-16 When I think about coaching a sport, I relate it to being a professor in a classroom. You want a great teaching environment where students can focus. This multi-purpose facility will affect each and every individual at the university in a positive way.

DON VERLIN Men’s Head Basketball Coach A permanent home will enrich our ability to have a competitive edge in our student-athletes’ practice and play, as well as an advantage in our recruiting efforts.

DEBBIE BUCHANAN Women’s Head Volleyball Coach

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By Maria Ortega

As demand for rehabilitation counselors increases, College of Education scholarship program puts master’s degree within reach

UI received a $1 million grant from the Department of Education to offer scholarships to students studying rehabilitation counseling. The program is offered at UI Boise, pictured, and UI Coeur d'Alene.

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he demand for rehabilitation counselors is expected to outpace the average for other occupations through 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The need is no less in Idaho.

In fall 2015, the University of Idaho’s College of Education received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to educate new rehabilitation counselors, who help people with physical, mental and emotional disabilities find jobs. The grant will cover 42 scholarships over a five-year period for students seeking a master’s degree and covers tuition, fees, books and supplies, and travel to professional conferences.

Students who receive the scholarship agree to work two years at a vocational rehabilitation agency for every year they receive a scholarship. UI offers the program at its centers in Boise and Coeur d’Alene.

“Training high-quality rehabilitation counselors is a key investment in the well-being of our communities,” said Bryan Austin, Ph.D., grant project director and program coordinator for UI’s Rehabilitation Counseling and Human Services program, part of the College of Education’s Department of Leadership and Counseling. “Idahoans with disabilities are far less likely to be employed than members of the general population, and rehabilitation counselors work with them to close this gap, help them to achieve their vocational goals and become independent.”

Caldwell resident Aaron St. George graduated from UI in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in addiction studies. He wanted to continue his education, but was struggling to find a graduate program that matched his interests until he learned about the Rehabilitation Counseling and Human Services program at UI Boise.

“Graduating from this master’s program opens the door to several career options beyond social work, which was one of my main goals,” St. George said. “The scholarship also allows me to focus on the classes and not have to work full time.”

For Alecia Harris, who currently works with children with disabilities for the West Ada School District, going back to school was a big decision.

“After leaving academia 15 years ago, going back to school and working full time was a huge step in my life and a big transition.

The scholarship makes the transition easier and takes the stress off,” she said. “I’ll be leaving my job to focus on the classes knowing that when I graduate I have a job lined up with several options.”

UI graduates can work in places such as the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Community Partnerships of Idaho, Access Behavioral Health Services, Disability Action Center and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Idaho’s State Vocational Rehabilitation program reports that it helps more than 13,000 people annually and the numbers are growing. Entry level counselors are paid $41,000 annually.

“Our caseload is very full,” said Nanna Hanchett, field services chief for the state’s department of vocational rehabilitation. “But it’s extremely rewarding work. We’re helping individuals with disabilities accomplish their goals. When they do, it’s a tremendous feeling.” uidaho.edu/ed/leadershipcounseling/rehab-counseling 31

Sunshine and state-of-the-art technology are signature features of remodeled College of Education

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fter more than four decades teaching the educators of the future — and two years of renovation — the University of Idaho’s College of Education reopened its doors this fall as a vibrant, modern learning environment.

“The building inspires creativity, confidence and collaboration,” said Cori Mantle-Bromley, who served as dean from 2010 until her retirement in June.

The original building — completed in 1969 — was vacated in 2014 to be stripped to the bone for a $19 million makeover. The remodel gutted the building — removing asbestos, a crumbling exterior and leaking windows and ceilings. The college has been transformed into a space that is brightly lit throughout, LEED certified for sustainability, with halls, team rooms and classrooms with comfortable, moveable furniture conducive to implementing key principles in active learning.

“When I first arrived with the college, I felt the building was tired. It felt dreary and there wasn’t much light.

There weren’t any spaces that were inviting, welcoming or comfortable,” Mantle-Bromley said. “Now, the building shows respect for people who use it, and I hope it creates a

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respect for what teachers do.”

During the renovation, the College of Education was scattered across campus, making it difficult for students to connect with advisors, and for faculty members to connect with each other. Reunifying the college in one space makes access easier and strengthens a sense of community, MantleBromley said.

New lounge areas and team rooms were intentionally created to increase community and collaboration among students, as well as with faculty members. From the design to colors to the furniture, the details were selected to be inviting, and she hopes students will engage in the space and spend time in the building beyond their class hours.

“Students struggle to meet and collaborate, and often are fighting for space in the library,” said Madison Seymour, a junior from Rathdrum who is studying elementary education. “The new building will make it easier to meet with advisors, access better technology and increase the ability to collaborate in new student spaces.”

Seymour, who is a student ambassador for the College of Education and represents the college at recruiting events,

said she believes promoting the renovation has been influential to future students and their parents.

“Having a building where everything you need is in one space simplifies a scary process,” she said. “It helps that it is right in the hub of campus.”

The high-tech learning laboratory, the Doceo Center for Innovation and Learning, was relocated into the new education building. Since its inception in 2013, it has been located in the basement of the Bruce M. Pitman Center. The Doceo Center is now more visible, usable and centralized.

“It has been challenging to support faculty and students,” said Cassidy Hall, the Doceo Center’s interim director and technology integration specialist. “Now, there will be myriad opportunities for the center to be integrated not only with the college, but also the university.”

The relocated Doceo Center has increased seating capacity and is located next to the new Curriculum Center to allow equipment to be checked out alongside books. Students will have more hands-on time and greater access to the tools they will need to use in their own classrooms upon graduation.

In addition, the building now has a Technology Enhanced Active Learning space — known as the TEAL Room — and a science room, which house additional technology.

“The students will be able to learn about the possibilities of integrating technology — not just what is best practice,

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but using what is available,” Hall said.

Hall said the technology is highly collaborative and created so students can learn from each other. Having the Doceo Center integrated into the building and equipped with brand new technology sets the groundwork for increased active learning.

“With the active learning model, students get involved in learning and not just sitting passively,” she said. “The more students feel involved in classes, the more they will be devoted to learning.”

Brant Miller, assistant professor of science education, is excited about being engaged in the new building. He recalls being a new faculty member at UI in 2011 and being devoted to exploring technology integration into his classes, but facing a dated Smart Board in a classroom.

“I spent hours on the phone with IT trying to bring this tired old Smart Board back to life,” he said.

Miller said he is thrilled that the college now has a space that is up-to-date, collaborative and collegial.

“The new space provides the latest of what we know to be effective tools in teaching and learning. It allows us to explore the possibilities to inspire students broadly and creatively to influence change,” he said. “As a state, regional and national leader in education, we need to inspire. We will be a showcase for teaching and learning.”

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The Doceo Center for Innovation and Learning, a high-tech learning laboratory, has expanded technology and increased seating capacity. In addition, the Technology Enhanced Active Learning center, known as the TEAL Room, and science room house technology similar to Doceo Center, increasing the access and availability of cutting-edge tools used in a teaching environment.

The Mother’s Room is a quiet, private space for nursing mothers and parents. It is equipped with a sink, refrigerator, comfortable seating and a resource center. It is conveniently located on the first floor next to a family restroom with a changing table.

A rooftop garden patio features a number of planters several feet long and benches designed to encourage access and use of the outdoors.

The building is LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council to increase efficiency and sustainability. Natural light penetrates all spaces.

Tools are installed throughout the building to increase sustainability through energy efficiency, reduce water use and reduce waste, including low-flow toilets and water bottle refill stations.

Six team rooms offer private spaces for group discussions, study groups, collaboration and meetings for all faculty, staff and students.

To pay for the project, the state State of Idaho provided $7 million in asbestos abatement and renovation funding, UI bonded $7.5 million toward the project and donors gave $4.5 million.

SOWING SEEDS THAT WILL ENDURE

Debra Murata Ujiiye ’73 and Dennis Ujiiye ’70, second generation Idaho farmers, consider the UI education they received a blessing. They have left a gift in their will to accomplish their dream of enabling future generations of students to have the opportunity to learn, grow and make a difference. Leave a gift for UI in your will and create your own enduring legacy.

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he Johnson family bloodline runs deep with silver and gold. Joel ’80 and Lori Johnson ’84, have fond memories of their time attending the University of Idaho, and now their children — Erin Johnson Hitchcock ’07 and Kyle Johnson ’11 — are also Vandal alumni, leaving no question about this Lewiston family’s loyalty to the University of Idaho.

“I remember fall weekends tailgating with friends and family at the football games,” Joel said. “We would fix meals for the football equipment staff on Game Day during Kyle’s tenure as equipment manager for the football team. I also remember the Vandals winning the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl.”

Their support as Vandals also includes financial contributions to the university for 23 years, including to a fund close to their hearts — the Vandal Scholarship Fund (VSF).

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The members of the Johnson and Hitchcock family from left to right: Kyle Johnson, Amanda Johnson, Joel Johnson, Lori Johnson with Brantley Hitchcock in front, Erin Hitchcock with Orion Hitchcock and Richie Hitchcock.

we believe strongly in UI Athletics’ ability to bring the students and alumni together,” Joel said. “We also feel this is a good recruitment tool for UI as a whole.”

The VSF helps Athletics’ provide scholarship and program support for all 16 intercollegiate athletic programs. The fund’s goal is to provide students with a world-class academic and athletic experience by building an environment that will produce tomorrow’s leaders.

“We also give to the VSF to assist student-athletes who commit 100 percent of their time and energy to their education and their sport,” Joel said. “We believe strongly in the education system that UI provides these students and the advantages it gives to help them succeed in life.”

The Johnsons encourage all Vandals — individuals and families — to help build strong teams by attending games and giving back to the university.

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lumni play a pivotal role in the recruitment of future Vandals and bolstering Idaho’s statewide initiative to increase college enrollment. No one knows better than UI alumni the power of a Vandal education. This past summer, UI launched Summer Send-Off events to connect our alumni with enrolled students. Alumni were able to enjoy camaraderie with fellow Vandals and share their UI experience with incoming students and their families.

Summer Send-Offs are one of many ways alumni can support new students. The Vandals in Partnership program provides numerous ways for alumni to get involved: from a simple referral through Grow the Gold or showing your Vandal pride through Pave the Road with Silver and Gold, to attending luncheons and recruitment events, or becoming a VIP Recruitment Partner.

We will continue celebrating the Vandal spirit, and our alumni who so strongly embody it, and look forward to more Vandals joining us in partnership. Sign up today!

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Herd Mentality UI’s statewide approach to veterinary education teaches students modern techniques that focus on overall herd health and working closely with industry

By Bill Loftus Photo by Mark VanderSys

UI veterinary professor Dr. Jim England, from left, and students Dan Harmer and Cat Van Dusen spent a day examining a herd at the Wilson Creek feedlot near Caldwell.

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The decision coincided with a n an early spring low point in research activity and day at the Wilson requests for diagnostic services, and Creek feedlot south UI's new approach to veterinary education spreads the need to refill faculty vacancies, of Caldwell, two students and researchers said Caine Center administrator students in the Washington, across the state.

Mark McGuire, who also serves as Idaho, Montana and Utah the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Veterinary Medical Education Station interim director and past Program based at Washington head of UI’s Animal and Veterinary State University are working Science Department in the College with University of Idaho veteriof Agricultural and Life Sciences. nary professor Dr. Jim England.

Instead, UI will maintain a The day’s goal focuses on faculty position in Caldwell but relocate new faculty veteriassessing the health of yearnarian positions to the Magic Valley, Salmon and Moscow to lings and giving vaccines. The pace is fast. With hundreds better serve livestock production centers. The Magic Valley of cattle to work, the students take the lead and learn the — mainly Jerome and Twin Falls counties — has emerged economy of scale that is modern agriculture. as the launch pad for the Idaho dairy industry’s rapid rise to As Utah State University vet student and UI alumna No. 3 nationally in milk production.

Cat Van Dusen vaccinates animals coming through the “We want to give students the best opportunity to gain squeeze chute, fellow Utah State fourth-year vet student Dan experience in food animal medicine as it is practiced today,” Harmer installs ear tags and inserts capsules into the steers’ McGuire said. ears.

With hundreds of thousands of dairy cows concentrated They also screen the animals for pink eye or other malain the Magic Valley, often on dairies milking 5,000 cows dies and, if warranted, give them antibiotic shots. or more, veterinarians focus less on individual animals and As part of the day’s training, England selects a steer to more on herd health. demonstrate field treatment for aggravated cases of pink The same is true for Idaho’s beef and sheep operaeye, then advises the students’ efforts to perform the procetions. Veterinarians in independent practices seldom visit dure themselves. Within two hours, the veterinary crew large-scale sheep operations, feedlots or dairies to treat an and feedlot workers run 138 animals through the chute — individual animal. Most of that treatment is performed by approximately one a minute. the workers who are directly involved with feeding or caring for the animals. n that day, the students were participating in a teaching Veterinary medicine has changed, too, so that cost effiblock based at the Caine Veterinary Teaching Center ciencies in animal testing mean that diagnostic services are near Caldwell. The blocks immerse them in the practical centralized. experiences they will encounter as veterinarians. Their Decline in animal health research projects based at the training corresponds with a shift in the University of Idaho’s Caine Center, which was dedicated to advance veterinary participation in the regional veterinary education program education in 1977, opened the door to relocating faculty. And from a place-based program at Caine to one with a more that allowed new strategies to prepare future vets to expand statewide approach. statewide.

Van Dusen, who earned her bachelor’s degree in animal England, who joined the UI faculty in 1995 as Caine science from UI in 2012, loved the educational opportunities Center director, said the center’s mission was always focused she gained at Caine, both as an undergraduate intern there on connecting students with livestock producers. and as a vet student in food animal, small ruminants and The biggest hurdle with the center’s closure will be cow-calf training blocks. connecting cattle and sheep producers to give vet students The modern veterinary practitioner who treats food vital, real-world experience. The Caine Center’s clinical and animals, however, more often than not works mostly indediagnostic services helped make those connections. pendently, away from a central office and close to large-scale “An advantage, if they can make it work, is getting livestock operations. students into the dairy center,” England said. He referred to It is that reality that led UI administrators to shift away both the Magic Valley’s geographic status as the center of from continuing to operate the Caine Center. This past Idaho’s dairy industry and to UI’s goal of establishing a large summer, the center ended its 40-year run as the base of research dairy there. “And if they could designate UI faculty Idaho’s contribution to the regional veterinary medical as herd veterinarians, it could be a tremendous advantage.” education program.

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Meet the New Leadership The University of Idaho is excited to introduce new members of our institutional leadership team.

YOLANDA BISBEE

Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Tribal Relations “Creating a culturally inclusive, welcoming environment is critical to our success in our increasingly global and diverse world. I look forward to working with our UI Vandal family to create a more robust educational environment for everyone. I am proud to be a part of a leadership team that is dedicated to reaching out to students, faculty and staff members from across cultures and backgrounds.”

JANET NELSON

Vice President for Research and Economic Development

“It is clear that the faculty and staff at the University of Idaho care deeply about developing the minds of our future leaders, improving lives and strengthening our society. It is an honor to serve the university and community in building the research and scholarship programs that will contribute the success of this landgrant university.”

ALISON CARR-CHELLMAN Dean, College of Education

“The College of Education is uniquely positioned to live out the land-grant mission of teaching, research, service and outreach — a nearly sacred trust that the state and the nation have placed in us. I’m looking forward to sharing and supporting this work across the disciplines of the College of Education.”

MARC CHOPIN

Dean, College of Business and Economics

“The College of Business and Economics is known for its innovative curricula and significant engagement with the business community. I am excited by the opportunity to work with President Staben, Provost Wiencek, the administration, faculty, staff and all stakeholders as we work to shape the future of the University of Idaho and higher education in Idaho and the region.”

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MICHAEL PARRELLA

Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

“It has been an exciting first few months on the job as I learn more about CALS, our university and the state of Idaho. I have been very impressed with the strong support that CALS enjoys throughout the state, due in large part to the work of our teaching, research and Extension faculty. I look forward to meeting more people who are passionate about agriculture, the college and the University of Idaho as I travel across the state and region. It is a great time to be the CALS dean! The table is set for great things to happen, and I’m privileged to lead that effort.”

To be profiled, mail information, including reunion/graduation year, to Annis Shea, Office of Alumni Relations, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or email information to alumni@uidaho.edu. Photos can be emailed in a high resolution .jpg format. uidaho.edu/alumni Please limit your submission to no more than 35 words.

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Connecting a New Generation

By Whitney Schroeder The Office of Alumni Relations (OAR) wants all University of Idaho students to know ─ from their first moments on campus ─ that they are joining an amazing 100,000Sara Valoff plus member family. It is a family that lends support and provides a strong community well before they throw their cap in the air on graduation day.

a piece of paper, and I look forward to continuing to honor traditions as well as build new ones.”

In her role, Valoff will mentor the Student Alumni Relations Board (SArb) and assist its members with the many events they orchestrate, from the Vandal Walk to Moms’ and Dads’ Weekends. She will also work to increase student-alumni engagement across campus as well as continue to engage recent graduates in valuable ways to stay connected to the school.

The new face for students at OAR is Sara Valoff, UI’s student and young alumni program coordinator. A native of Portland, Oregon, Valoff said she looks forward to learning more about the traditions of UI and what it means to be a Vandal.

“Graduates of the last decade are the fastest-growing segment of our Vandal family,” said Kathy Barnard, executive director of Alumni Relations. “We absolutely need to focus on understanding and meeting their emerging needs in addition to the more traditional alumni programming we offer.”

“I am very excited to tap into the energy and enthusiasm of students and young alumni,” she said. “It is clear the connection Vandals feel runs much deeper than

Valoff will oversee and cultivate young alumni events ranging from networking, professional development, community service and good old-fashioned Vandal fun.

Class Notes ’50s Tom Reveley ’59 was recognized for the sixth consecutive year on the Barron’s America’s Top 1,200 Advisors: State-byState list. The honor recognizes his accomplishments over his 54 years at Merrill Lynch.

’60s Gary Randall ’61, ’64 was awarded the 2016 Gonzaga Law Medal at a commencement ceremony in May at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Randall founded Gonzaga’s tax law program in the 1970s and taught from

1970 to 2008. He was awarded emeritus status in 1999.

As an undergraduate at UI, he was co-editor of The Argonaut and one of the top 15 graduating seniors in 1961.

’70s Ken Stafford ’71, ’75 has retired after 42 years in higher education. He worked at UI for 15 years, then served as vice president/CFO at two University of Maryland campuses, vice chancellor of the University of Maryland System, vice chancellor/CIO at the University of Denver, and vice president/CIO at Kansas State University. He and his wife, Kris, plan to remain in Manhattan and travel the country.

Elaine Ambrose ’73 was voted one of the top three authors in the Best of Treasure Valley Reader’s Choice awards.

She was a keynote speaker at three national conferences, including the prestigious Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop.

Russell Graham ’77, ’81 has been promoted to an STgraded position in recognition of his contributions and leadership on understanding and conserving North American forests. ST is a category awarded to federal scientists for performance of high-level research and development.

Kathleen (Shannon) Walker ’77, ’78 is the special education coordinator for McMinnville (Oregon) School District serving students in grades K through age 21 with special needs.

Dennis Johnson ’79 received the 2016 Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame Award.

’80s Michael Ripp ’80 retired from a 30-year career with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. He now serves as the Branch II Circuit Court security officer/bailiff for his county sheriff’s department.

Tim Arnold ’82 has been named president of the Society of Mining Engineers.

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Alumni Class Notes Reed Larsen ’85 has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America.

Tom Havey ’86 started a new career with Kaiser Permanente as senior occupancy planner for its northwest region after retiring from Hewlett Packard.

During that transition he visited friends in Key West where he proudly flew the Vandal flag at the U.S. most southern point.

Martin “Todd” Grande ’87 is general manager of MAXGiving, a technology company dedicated to nonprofit fundraising.

He serves as chairman of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County and on the Government Affairs Committee for the Meridian Chamber of Commerce.

Michael Kerner ’89 had a oneman show of watercolor paintings in San Francisco, California, titled “pink flora: the view from here” at the Castro Country Club last spring. This year is also the 10th anniversary of Michael Kerner Photography.

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’90s Jamie Wagner ’94 has received a Master of Communication with an emphasis in communities and networks from the University of Washington’s Communication Leadership program. She is the senior employee communications specialist for global services at Concur Technologies and serves on the executive committee of UI’s Alumni Association’s board of directors.

Rochelle Nagata-Wu ’95 has been named an associate with WRNS Studio in Honolulu.

She is helping deliver a diversity of sustainable, community-forward projects for the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Department of Education, The Michaels Organization and Kamehameha Schools.

Brandon Bruins ’96 opened the Portland, Oregon, franchise of Velofix, mobile pro bicycle shop in January 2016.

Brandon lives in Portland with his wife, Dr. Sara Bruins ’96, and their two children.

Ken Gallegos ’96 has been promoted to the position of Senior Architect with LCA Architects.

Kimberly (Bielenberg) Jackson ’96 has taken a position as the marketing and communications manager for the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho.

David Lyman ’96 has relocated to the Austin, Texas, area to serve as a technical review project manager at the University of Texas at Austin, Project Management and Construction Services Department. He is married to Amy K. Pratt and has two children, Malia Grace Lyman and Charles David Kunane Lyman.

John Marble ’97 has been hired as project manager for Vogts Construction Company in Newton, Kansas.

Eric Swenson ’97, ’03 was inducted into the Business Professionals of America Hall of Fame during the 2016 National Leadership Conference held in May in Boston.

Ian “Lawdog” Donovan ’98 won the 2016 UI/Alpha Kappa Lambda Annual Decathlon in Boise, Idaho. The event has seen over 150 UI alumni participate throughout the 16-year history.

Jackie (Dyer) Hovey ’99 is a policy analyst in the personal income tax division of the Oregon Department of Revenue in Salem.

Jennie Hall ’99 has been promoted to the director of communications and strategic initiatives for the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Idaho. She has been with the UI for 17 years.

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Geoff Metts ’99 has been selected as the 2016 Oregon Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. His business, Five Star Guitars, operates in Hillsboro and Tanasbourne.

Zach Tarter ’99 has been named a principal with Edward Jones’ holding company, The Jones Financial Companies, L.L.L.P. He was one of only 51 individuals chosen from more than 43,000 associates across the United States and Canada to join the firm’s 353 principals. He also holds the Accredited Asset Management Specialist professional designation.

Staci (Mio) Woolsey ’99 has been named vice president of finance for AECOM Oil & Gas in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

’00s Lesley Lambert ’00 has accepted an international tax manager role for Amazon in their Luxembourg tax office. She will assist in local country tax preparation, process improvement and implementation of Corptax.

Jim “Gpa” Paterson ’00 won the 2016 UI/Alpha Kappa Lambda Annual Decathlon in Boise, Idaho.

Nick Weber ’02 has been hired as the security manager at Grant County Public Utility District.

To be profiled, mail information, including reunion/graduation year, to Annis Shea, Office of Alumni Relations, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or email information to alumni@uidaho.edu. Photos can be emailed in a high resolution .jpg format.

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Mark Heazle ’04 has been promoted to the position of senior architect with LCA Architects.

Cynthia “Cindy” Hollenbeck ’04 has been hired as senior writer/ editor at the Washington State University Foundation. Cindy received her MFA in creative writing from UI in 2004.

Captain Kirk Steinhorst ’04 assumed command of the Combined Arms Company in January 2016.

The company, also known as the CAC, is an experimental company combining Marines from five units into one fighting force. Steinhorst and his company are deployed to the Black Sea for eight months and based out of Nove Selo Training Area in Bulgaria and are part of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force.

Chris Dockrey ’05 works for the Carnegie endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., as the government affairs manager.

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Alexis (Elliot) Townsend ’05 has been promoted to the position of senior architect with LCA

Robert Schermeister ’06 is living the dream in Napa Valley as winemaker/owner of Schermeister Cellars.

Sam Taylor ’06 is the new deputy city administrator for the city of Coeur d’Alene. He will be responsible for internal and external communications, city liaison to the Arts Commission and CDA 2030, city parking issues, assisting with supervision of departments and helping with special projects.

Megan Thompson ’06 has served as U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s legislative assistant on health and child welfare for the last three years.

Emily (Davis) Arthurs ’07 is the brand manager of Sparkling Ice at Talking Rain Beverage Company. She has relocated to Seattle from Chicago, Illinois.

Joe Arthurs ’07 received his doctorate in behavioral neuroscience from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2016. He has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship with the University of Washington. His research will be funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Joseph Lovell ’08 accepted a position with Dixie State University in St. George, Utah, as an assistant professor of recreation and sport management.

Samantha (Perez) Parrott ’08 has been hired by the University of Idaho in Boise as the associate director of development for the Vandal Scholarship Fund.

’10s Jessica Bean ’10 is one of Realtor Magazine’s 30 best realtors under 30.

Helen (Williams) Clippinger ’10 was recognized by US Bank as an Annual Pinnacle Branch Manager for her success in 2015. Clippinger has worked for US Bank since April 2011. She was promoted to branch manager of the Colfax, Washington, branch in November 2014.

Kyle Miller ’10 has accepted a position at a nonprofit organization called Auburn Youth Resources as their marketing and communications coordinator. Auburn Youth Resources provides services to youth and young adults for homelessness, drug and alcohol counseling, mental health counseling, job and school support.

Ashley Brain ’11 has earned her Master of Science in child life from Loma Linda University.

Collin Hill ’11 has earned his Idaho state license to practice architecture. Collin joined CSHQA in 2012. He is involved with every phase of a project, from schematic design to construction administration and is the current team leader of CSHQA’s advancement team.

Jessilyn Matthias ’14 graduated with her Master of Science in adult organizational learning and leadership from the UI. In October 2015, she was hired as the program technician for the UI Center on Disabilities and Human Development Assistive Technology Project.

Jared Hight ’15 has been appointed general counsel for Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC.

Marriages Meghan McCabe ’08 to Derek Gunderson

Collette (Kirby) Edwards ’11 graduated from Gonzaga University with a Master of Arts in organizational leadership.

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Remembering

Paul Joyce

Paul Joyce, dean of the College of Science, died in a car accident April 22, 2016, near Orofino, Idaho.

Those wanting to honor Paul’s memory can give to the Paul Joyce Memorial BCB Fellowship Endowment at www.uidaho.edu/ giving or by sending checks to the UI Foundation/Paul Joyce Memorial: University of Idaho Foundation Gift Administration Office 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3147 Moscow, ID 83844-3147

Paul was a committed member of our university leadership team, a dedicated scientist and researcher, and a valuable teacher and mentor.

Before his death, Paul was awarded the honor of University Distinguished Professor for his work in mathematics. His family accepted the award posthumously.

Faculty, staff and students remember Paul for his contributions to his field, the quality of his research, his charisma and sense of humor.

"He could look you in the eye, shake your hand, bring out the best in you, and make you laugh," said Holly Wichman, a professor in biological sciences and close colleague of Paul’s. "He was a tremendous credit to the University of Idaho, and for those lucky enough to call him a friend, it is difficult to face going on without him."

In Memory The University of Idaho extends its condolences to the family and friends of Vandals listed below.

’30s Laura (McGrath) Wood ’36, Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 16, 2016 Virginia (Peters) Walstra ’39, Boise, March 4, 2016

’40s Robert Abbey ’40, Sacramento, Calif., May 6, 2016

Ruth (Stember) Christianson ’40, Malibu, Calif., Dec. 23, 2014 Elmer Emery Jr. ’40, Spokane, Wash., March 3, 2016 Olga (Hoge) Klinke ’40, Twin Falls, April 15, 2016

Terry Crabb ’42, Kennewick, Wash., March 25, 2016

Evelyn (Thomas) Kemery ’46, Sandpoint, Jan. 17, 2016

Robert Murphy ’42, Quincy, Ill., March 2, 2016

Kathleen (Kemmery) Mallery-Sacco’46, Spokane, Wash., March 9, 2016

Donald Williams ’42, Spokane, Wash., April 29, 2016

Robert Snyder ’40, Twin Falls, Feb. 6, 2016

Marjorie (Smith) Burggraf ’43, San Diego, Calif., March 30, 2016

Phillip Marsh ’41, Boise, Jan. 23, 2016

Arden Harris ’43, Ririe, Jan. 23, 2016

Armour Anderson ’42, Twin Falls, Feb. 19, 2016

Molly-Jean (Wilson) Laubenstein ’44, Northridge, Calif., May 1, 2016

Marian (Partner) Cornish ’42, Oakland, Calif., March 11, 2016 Audrey (Anderson) Cox ’42, Hockessin, Del., Feb. 23, 2016

Amy (McGregor) Beil ’45, Mukilteo, Wash., March 15, 2016

Eugene Thompson ’46, Pullman, Wash., March 25, 2016 Volney Wallace ’46, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 22, 2016 Ann (Magnuson) Conley ’47, Wallace, May 6, 2016 Hyrum Kershaw ’47, Blackfoot, Oct. 8, 2015 Rupert Miller Jr. ’47, Winthrop, Maine, March 11, 2016

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Alumni Class Notes Robert Hofmann ’48, Boise, April 21, 2016

Charles Shoun ’50, Brigham City, Utah, Jan. 19, 2016

Frances (Adams) Spofford ’48, Boise, April 8, 2016

John Thorpe ’50, Portland, Ore., Feb. 20, 2016

John Wren ’48, Davis, Calif., March 3, 2016

Edward Anderson ’51, Spokane, Wash., June 2, 2016

Bill Berry ’49, ’50, Nampa, March 9, 2016

Margaret (Orme) Bain ’51, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2, 2016

Barbara (Hindle) Ellis ’49, Boise, March 5, 2016

James Baker ’51, Plant City, Florida, Jan. 24, 2016

Stan Godecke ’49, ’58, Bakersfield, Calif., May 28, 2016

Elvan Bean ’51, Boise, April 13, 2016

Alvard Kiler ’49, Boise, April 24, 2016 Mertia (Nelson) Kohl ’49, Moscow, Feb. 4, 2016 Elizabeth (Wetter) Resta ’49, Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 23, 2016 Dorothy (Danquist) Smith ’49, Sandpoint, April 26, 2016 William Wood ’49, Discovery Bay, Calif., Nov. 22, 2015

’50s Richard Adams ’50, Lewiston, April 5, 2016 Donald Campbell ’50, Sandpoint, March 24, 2016 Clair Christianson ’50, Malibu, Calif., May 30, 2015 David Crane ’50, Fair Oaks, Calif., April 19, 2016 Josephine (Bauman) Durtschi ’50, Draper, Utah, Feb. 24, 2016 Ardelle (Mickelson) Holderness ’50, Boise, April 8, 2016 Florence (Smith) Neal ’50, Boise, March 17, 2016 Wayne Phillips ’50, ’63, ’71, Garden City, April 13, 2016

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James Chadband ‘51, Idaho Falls, May 29, 2016 Joseph Downing ’51, Boise, May 23, 2016 Noreen (Daugherty) Fry ’51, Idaho Falls, June 3, 2015 Philip Guilfoy ’51, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 22, 2016 Benny Martin ’51, Camden, S.C., Feb. 13, 2016 Richard Meyer ’51, Hailey, Nov. 14, 2014 Sherman Nesbitt ’51, Reardan, Wash., Feb. 1, 2016 Leonard Rodig ’51, Edmonds, Wash., June 13, 2016 Jeanne (Richards) Sorensen ’51, Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 14, 2016 Faye (Poppie) Stone ’51, Jerome, May 28, 2016 James Baggett ’52, Corvallis, Ore., Jan. 21, 2016 Robert Baird ’52, Roswell, Georgia, June 4, 2016 Don Evans ’52, Malad City, April 7, 2016 Margaret (Clarke) Gray ’52, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 21, 2016

Theodore Krein ’52, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 18, 2016 Patricia Mackey ’52, Lewiston, March 11, 2016 Fred Stringfield ’52, McCall, March 30, 2016 Clifford Blegen ’53, Kennewick, Wash., March 7, 2016 Maurice Horlen ’53, Spokane, Wash., April 13, 2016 Herbert Jeo ’53, Walkersville, Md., Jan. 1, 2016 Milburn “Judd” Kenworthy ’53, Coeur d’Alene, May 9, 2016 Marjorie (Hattan) Nichols ’53, Canby, Ore., Jan. 24, 2016 Barbara Reeves ’53, Portland, Ore., Jan. 30, 2016 Fred Stringfield ’53, McCall, March 30, 2016 William Taylor ’53, Moscow, Feb. 16, 2016 Charles Wilfong ’53, Ephrata, Wash., May 5, 2016 John Bengtson ’54, Lewiston, April 12, 2016 J. Dan Creswell ’54, Boise, April 7, 2016 Chuck Lamb ’54, Kenosha, Wisc., May 17, 2016 Dallas Pence ’54, ’59, Buhl, March 7, 2016 Jeanne (DeMott) Rigby ’54, Idaho Falls, April 1, 2016 Ernest Bedke ’55, Tampa, Florida., Dec. 25, 2015 June (Bucholtz) Briggs ’55, Marsing, Feb. 3, 2016 Robert Briggs ’55, Marsing, Jan. 14, 2016

Hazel (Bell) Haegele ’52, Santa Cruz, Calif., Feb. 1, 2016

Charles Carman ’55, Eagle, March 5, 2016

Marion “Bud” Homan ’52, Bothell, Wash., March 12, 2016

Maurice Clements ’56, Nampa, April 5, 2016

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Bradford Gauss ’56, Garden City, April 1, 2016 John Hillman ’56, Sugar City, April 10, 2016 James Lynch ’56, Boise, March 15, 2016 Joann (Reynolds) Munro ’56, Hancock, N.H., May 8, 2016 Dwayne Savage ’56, Eagle, May 17, 2016 Wayne Benson ’57, Smelterville, May 4, 2016 Dale Carlisle ’57, Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 14, 2016 Clayton Cochrane ’57, Martinez, Calif., April 23, 2015 JoAnn (Shriver) DeLoach ’57, Caldwell, April 20, 2016 Kendall Johnson ’57, Logan, Utah, May 21, 2016 E. Crawford Jones ’57, ’58, Moses Lake, Wash., June 4, 2016 Betty (Hutchison) Raymer ’57, ’61, Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2016 Larry Welch ’57, ’65, Clark Fork, May 29, 2016 Norman Bratlie ’58, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 17, 2016 Richard Jackson ’58, Walnut Creek, Calif., May 13, 2016 Richard Schultz ’58, Cottonwood, May 18, 2016 Donald Chambers ’59, Claremont, Calif., Jan. 17, 2016 Mildred (Garth) Christian ’59, Moscow, Jan. 30, 2016 Clayton Hampel ’59, Grangeville, Feb. 21, 2016 James Howland ’59, Green Valley, Ariz., Feb. 26, 2016 Nick Karagianes ’59, Gilbert, Ariz., Jan. 7, 2016

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Leonard McKinney ’59, Anchorage, Alaska, April 26, 2016

Andrew Hattery ’62, Greenacres, Wash., March 25, 2016

August Mueller ’59, ’61, Troutdale, Ore., Feb. 12, 2016

Paula (Towery) Huber ’62, Nampa, April 28, 2016

Herbert Owsley ’59, Hagerman, Jan. 7, 2016

Larry Profitt ’62, Seattle, Wash., May 4, 2016

Barbara (Wheeler) Vogt ’59, Spokane, Wash., April 30, 2016

John Rider ’62, ’68, Durham, N.C., April 20, 2016

’60s Earl Burdick ’60, Mesa, Ariz., May 30, 2015 Robert Fields ’60, Boise, April 24, 2016 Donald Freeman ’60, Nampa, April 23, 2016 Dennis Hague ’60, Coeur d’Alene, March 31, 2016 Kent Harrison ’60, Leavenworth, Kansas, June 10, 2015

Richard Lawrence Roby ’62, Salem, Ore., Feb. 25, 2016 Gary Heidel ’63, Castleford, May 1, 2016 Garry Loeffler ’63, Coeur d’Alene, May 12, 2016 Sterling Schow ’63, Dallas, Texas, May 21, 2016 H. C. Studer ’63, Bonners Ferry, March 9, 2016 Donald Watts ’63, Rochester, Minn., April 26, 2016 Dale Kalbfleisch ’64, Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 2, 2015

Cassandra (White) Wyatt ’60, Lewiston, April 21, 2016

Dale Thornsberry ’64, Boise, Feb. 28, 2015

Kay (Casteel) Hurtt ’61, Cape Coral, Florida, Nov. 13, 2015

James Arriola ’65, Boise, March 6, 2016

Bruce McCowan ’61, Antigua, Guatemala, Aug. 14, 2015

David Cahill ’66, Bellingham, Wash., June 12, 2016

Wayne Noble ’61, ’63, Kennewick, Wash., April 29, 2016

Norman Rees ’66, Port Angeles, Wash., Jan. 27, 2016

Milo Pope ’61, Baker City, Ore., Feb. 24, 2016 Robert Shawen ’61, ’62, Spokane, Wash., June 8, 2016 Joan (Berdahl) Weis ’61, Escondido, Calif., May 10, 2016 Don Barlow ’62, ’67, Spokane, Wash., June 2, 2016 Gene Bates ’62, ’68, Lewiston, March 16, 2016 Jack Fuller ’62, Belfair, Wash., Oct. 1, 2015

Philip Rumsey ’67, Pocatello, Jan. 27, 2016

Leonard Celmer Jr. ’68, Caldwell, May 14, 2016

Peggy (Drooger) Haren ’73, Meridian, March 26, 2016

David Perkins ’68, Spokane, Wash., June 7, 2016

Michael Heck ’73, Woodbridge, Virginia, March 24, 2016

Jennifer (Shortt) Bingham ’69, Burley, Feb. 29, 2016

John Shreve ’73, Seattle, Wash., March 11, 2016

Marjorie Parkington ’69, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 2015

Paul Alexander ’74, Idaho Falls, April 3, 2016

Clemens John Pederson Jr. ’69, ’70, Spokane, Wash., April 5, 2016

John Anderson ’74, Spokane Valley, Wash., April 16, 2016

’70s

Dee Halls ’74, Gilbert, Ariz., April 19, 2016

Betty (Crawford) Chase ’70, Orofino, April 17, 2016

Michael Justman ’74, Brookings, Ore., Feb. 5, 2016

Larry Nielson ’70, Jerome, Feb. 29, 2016

Roger McKinley ’74, Marion, Mont., April 9, 2016

John Ready ’70, Lewiston, Feb. 13, 2016

Donald Olson ’74, Fernwood, April 27, 2016

Patricia (Russsell) Roberts ’70, Vestal, N.Y., May 6, 2016

Jacqueline Duncanson ’75, Meridian, March 17, 2016

Doug Schmick ’70, Portland, Ore., June 14, 2016

Phillip Born Sr. ’76, Nampa, March 25, 2016

Steven Estep ’71, Gooding, April 1, 2016

Bill Cridlebaugh ’76, ’82, Clarkston, Wash., May 25, 2016

Gregory Hagan ’71, Saint Maries, May 29, 2016

Mary (Baker) Eckert ’76, Fountain Hills, Ariz., March 9, 2016

David Hilton ’71, Penn Valley, Calif., Jan. 2, 2016 Dexter Leonard ’71, Albany, Ore., Feb. 5, 2016

Larry Babb ’74, Potlatch, March 25, 2016

James Fisher ’76, Moscow, April 19, 2016 Bryson Trexler Jr. ’76, Cary, N.C., April 29, 2016

Nancy (Nelson) Savage ’67, ’70, ’85, Moscow, April 3, 2016

Norman Reny ’71, Saint Augustine, Florida, May 14, 2016

Roger Swalley ’67, Colfax, Wash., March 11, 2016

Vernon “Ray” Spencer Sr. 71, Cocolalla, April 3, 2016

Doug Fisher ’77, ’94, Moscow, March 23, 2016

Albert Wildman ’67, Scottsdale, Ariz., March 16, 2016

Gail Ulrey ’71, Boise, May 9, 2016

Mary Hagen ’77, Coeur d’Alene, Dec. 24, 2015

Howard Ahlskog Jr. ’68, Greenfield, Mass., June 3, 2016

William VanEngelen ’71, Twin Falls, March 30, 2016

Lee Roberson ’77, Boise, April 27, 2016

Curtis Austin ’68, Hayden, Feb. 8, 2015

Houghton Whithed III ’71, Rockport, Wash., June 7, 2016

Lowell Carlson ’78, Naples, Nov. 12, 2015

Darell Bentz ’68, Lewiston, March 27, 2016

Daniel Parker ’72, Oilton, Okla., April 13, 2016

Robert Lauderdale ’78, Fresno, Calif., Jan. 23, 2016

Karl Dinger ’77, Eau Claire, Wisc., April 25, 2016

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Alumni Class Notes Kenneth Petticolas ’78, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 17, 2016

Gregory Cleveland ’87, Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct 26, 2015

James Shawver ’78, Afton, Wyo., April 20, 2016

Ronald Crossley ’87, Rigby, Feb. 29, 2016

Rocky Stephens ’78, Boise, March 31, 2016

Corinne (Boutillier) Carlisle ’89, ’91, ’92, Aberdeen, Scotland, April 6, 2016

Shirley (Watkins) Trexler ’78, Cary, N.C., Feb. 16, 2016 Doak Britzmann ’79, Moscow, April 24, 2016

’90s

Thomas High ’79, Twin Falls, March 27, 2016

Toni Denney ’90, Boise, March 26, 2016

Mary Irving ’79, Post Falls, Oct. 11, 2015 Andrew Jolliff ’79, Pinehurst, June 5, 2016 David Snyder ’79, Spokane Valley, Wash., Jan. 27, 2016 Lamona (Arthur) Stinnette ’79, Coeur d’Alene, April 21, 2015

William Love ’90, Maud, Okla., April 19, 2016

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Hans Bechtel ’94, Albuquerque, N.M., April 18, 2016

Leif Erickson ’80, Kennewick, Wash., April 19, 2016

William Grant Miller ’98, Washougal, Wash., March 11, 2016

William White ’82, Lafayette, Colo., Aug. 6, 2015

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Gloria Williams ’93, Salem, Ore., May 25, 2015

Michael Williams ’95, Chandler, Ariz., Feb. 23, 2016

Richard Alden ’82, Nampa, Jan. 23, 2016

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Charlotte (Leicht) Fullerton ‘93, Shoreline, Wash., March 11, 2016

’80s Donald Walters ’81, Idaho Falls, June 14, 2016

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Timothy Scott ’98, Denver, Colo., March 18, 2016 Cheryl Gilliland ’99, New Orleans, La., Jan. 29, 2016

Kenneth Clausen ’83, Boise, March 17, 2016

’00s

Wendi (Hronek) Mendiola ’83, Eagle, April 28, 2016

Zachary Cheeley ’08, Coeur d’Alene, June 13, 2016

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Christopher Smith ’09, Ketchum, Dec. 4, 2015

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Helen (Grover) Bowles ’85, Idaho Falls, March 2, 2016

’10s

There are many ways to show your Silver and Gold while also supporting your alma mater.

Richard Bachman ’86, Sequim, Wash., March 25, 2016

Steven Nelson ’11, Boise, April 29, 2016

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Jodine (Keech) Lowell ’86, Twin Falls, March 4, 2016

Mark Hagen ’14, ’15, Boise, May 17, 2016

April (Kehoe) Anderson ’84, El Monte, Calif., May 11, 2015 Joan (Shull) Morris ’84, Twin Falls, Jan. 6, 2016

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