Posted on July 30th, 2008 by admin
Professor Lynn Lubamersky was one of eighteen participants in the 2008 Silberman Seminar for University Faculty, organized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. The faculty members who participated in this summer’s seminar entitled, “Teaching the Legacy of the Holocaust: Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine,” were competitively selected from a national pool [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by admin
JIM YOST, BA, history, ’71, was appointed one of two Idaho members of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. He previously worked for Union Pacific Railroad and the Idaho Farm Bureau, and served two terms in the Idaho Senate representing the Magic Valley’s North Side. Yost served as a natural resources adviser to Governors Phil [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by admin
For several years Boise State Anthropology Chair Mark Plew has been working in partnership with the University of Guyana, training undergraduate students in Archaeology. The following article appeared in the Stabroek News, Guyana’s leading news source, on July 28, 2008:
UG students complete archaeological course at FairviewSix students from the University of Guyana (UG) have completed [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
From working with crime victims to working with people from other cultures, the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State University has a summer workshop or conference to help you do it right. A brief description of several programs, some offered by Boise State faculty and others coordinated through campus departments, is [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
The past and future of Boise’s streetcar and electric rail system will take center stage tonight at the Fettuccine Forum, presented by Boise State. The free event is in the Rose Room on the historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
The Spring/Summer 2008 edition of “Idaho Yesterdays,” titled “Telling Truthful Tales,” is now available. The issue takes a broad look at Idaho’s folk traditions, represented by legends, tall tales, festivals and customs. “Idaho Yesterdays” is the journal of the Idaho State Historical Society.
This issue includes a look at how rhetorical strategies are used to give [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
Will Rainford (right), an associate professor in the Boise State University School of Social Work, has been named the 2008 Idaho Social Worker of the Year by the Idaho chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Rainford is the fourth Boise State faculty member to receive this award since 2003. Previous honorees are Doug [...]
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