http://engagewithsspa.com a publication of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State Unversity Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:01:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Idaho Public Television, in conjunction with the League of Women Voters and the Idaho Press Club, continues the more than 30-year tradition of broadcasting statewide political debates. During May, IdahoPTV handles the production for the debates among candidates for congressional and Idaho state offices that have primary contests. The Idaho ... http://engagewithsspa.com/uncategorized/sspa-to-sponsor-debates-on-idaho-public-television David Walker, a special lecturer in the Boise State Department of History, has been named an academic fellow by the Foundation of Defense of Democracies and will travel to Israel in June for an intensive course in terrorism studies and how democracies can defeat the worldwide terrorist threat. Walker teaches classes ... http://engagewithsspa.com/news/boise-state-history-professor-to-study-in-israel This Fall, in combination with the Political Science course on campaigns and elections, students will also be able to register for a one unit course that provides hands-on experience interning with the Idaho Statesman. Political Science Professor Gary Moncrief describes the course as follows: This one-credit course (to be designated as ... http://engagewithsspa.com/uncategorized/bsu-launches-statesman-fellows-program Following the smash-hit success of last summer's "Investigate Boise" class series, the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs will again offer the urban field school in June, and July. The two course series held in downtown Boise offers students 6 units in 10 days. Both courses have an urban ... http://engagewithsspa.com/uncategorized/earn-six-credits-in-10-days-at-this-summers-urban-field-school The Director of the Frank Church Institute, Garry Wenske, asked that we pass along notice of a memorial service for Forrest Church. Details are below: You are invited to attend the Idaho memorial service for Forrest Church at 2:00pm, Saturday, Jan. 16 in the Simplot Ballroom of the BSU Student Union ... http://engagewithsspa.com/news/boise-memorial-service-planned-for-forrest-church The inaugural urban lunch was a big success with well over 100 people showing up to hear City of Boise Economic Development Director Cece Gassner talk about the street car proposal. If you missed it, Nate Hoffman at the Boise Weekly has been doing great work covering the streetcar, including ... http://engagewithsspa.com/news/crowd-fills-water-cooler-for-urban-lunch It's "Urban Lunch!" What is it? A new monthly lunch where we get together and talk about the urban issues of the day. Brought to you by the University of Idaho Urban Research and Design Center, Boise State University's College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, and friends from ULI ... http://engagewithsspa.com/news/sspa-co-sponsors-new-urban-lunch This past Sunday and Monday Dr. Landrum received some grass roots lobbyist training during the Education Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, sponsored by the American Psychological Association. There, Landrum lobbied for support for an appropriation that will fully fund the Graduate Psychology Education Program - a request of $4 ... http://engagewithsspa.com/news/psychology-professor-eric-landrum-lobbies-us-senate-for-graduate-funds The 26th Annual Frank Church Conference happens this year on October 20 from 8:30 - 4:00 pm in the Jordan Ballroom in the Student Union Building. The event is free to attend. The luncheon with keynote speaker William Meadows, President of the Wilderness Society, is $30. Make plans to attend ... http://engagewithsspa.com/conferences/frank-church-conference-adds-speakers A new report from the National Governor's Association shows the number of "green jobs" in the state. Idaho's largest concentration of green jobs is in the area of air and environment. Idaho also places far ahead of the national average in the green agriculture category. Would have been very interesting ... http://engagewithsspa.com/reports/green-jobs-in-idaho