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A rich tradition of academic excellence Chemistry Experiments Department reacts favorably to expansion and collaborations Summer School in Guatemala From the Past Anthropology offers a field school in Central America “What ever happened to …” A series of friends of the College from days gone by Message from the Dean Dear Alumni & Friends: It might be a cliché, but it is none the less true, that successful educational institutions are made up of three component parts: strong faculty, talented students, and successful and active alumni. Two of the three components—students and faculty—are easy for any dean to know about. I’m asking for your help with the third. It is, of course, my daily business to be aware of the strengths and accomplishments of our student body. I need to know, for example, about how successful we are in placing our students who apply for medical, dental, and veterinary school. I am regularly able to witness the success our students have within student government on campus and the opportunities they are able to take advantage of through internship and study-abroad programs. I know about the high placement rates and career opportunities of our students completing programs such as clinical laboratory science and health physics. I’m also regularly made aware of the work that is being done on campus to improve the quality of education for students, from the establishment of a new and comprehensive Honors Program to a new curriculum in chemistry that will better serve the needs of students who want their background in this discipline to prepare them to interface with the health professions. Faculty are also easy for me to track. I’m regularly informed about faculty successes and achievements. For example, the successful new journal, Idaho Yesterdays, which is being produced in our Department of History, is available to me each time an issue comes out. Or, as another example, it is a part of my job to know that faculty members of our Department of Biological Sciences have received five prestigious and highly competitive National Science Foundation grants during the current year. Through my annual evaluations of faculty and other reporting mechanisms, I am aware of the innovations and contributions that members of the faculty make each year in the fields of teaching, research, and service. And the university also regularly recognizes the excellence of Arts and Sciences faculty: we lead all of the col2 Dr. John Kijinski, Dean Table of contents Social sciences ..................p4 What ever happened to ......p7 Natural sciences ................p8 What ever happened to ....p10 Fine Arts/Humanities......p12 What ever happened to ....p13 Recent news ....................p15 Coming events ................p16 leges on campus in the number of awards received in the areas of teaching, research and service. Alumni, however, are not so easy to know about, and yet they are an essential part of our college’s continued success. When I became dean, I determined that I would make keeping in touch with alumni a key part of my job. Over the past few months, I’ve met with alumni in Pocatello, Boise, Washington, D.C., Colorado, and Michigan. I’m consistently impressed by how many successful and interesting alumni our college can claim. I hope to meet with as many of you as possible for as long as I hold my present position. You can help the college in our effort to do a better job of knowing our alumni. Please let us know what you are up to so we can share your success stories with other alumni through this newsletter. Come to one of the alumni events we will be notifying you about in the future. Or stop by the office of the college for a visit. As I said at the beginning of this message, alumni are a major part of any successful college. We’d like to encourage you all to participate in our college’s continued success. Sincerely, John Kijinski, Dean Message from the Assistant to the Dean In the past year, I have had the privilege of meeting over 100 alumni, and, as I look to my upcoming trips to Nevada, Washington, Maryland, and California, I look forward to meeting even more. When I call to arrange such meetings, many alumni want to know why I am calling them and why I'd like to meet with them. I believe the best response (a response that I borrow from my friend and colleague Dan Dean, Assistant to the Dean of Pharmacy) can be summed up by “T3": I want to meet with alumni to develop Time, Talent, and Treasure for the College of Arts and Sciences. Time and Talent refer to the time we may ask you to spend in advisory roles such as Guest Lecturer, Executive in Residence, or some other capacity in which you share A) what you’ve learned throughout your career with current students in the same field, B) your interesting life experiences, which may be featured in the new “What ever happened to…?” section of our newsletter, or C) in some instances, your valued input on the Dean's Advisory Board. Treasure is the financial support you generously send to the ISU College of Arts and Sciences. With alumni from 18 different departments, I have met a variety of individuals with multiple areas of expertise including, among others, business owners, lawyers, doctors, waste management specialists, teachers, artists, and politicians. The common denominator is that you, Idaho State University alumni, are interested in making your alma mater even better. Your commitment to your professions and to your College is amazing and appreciated. So when I call you, please know that I want to talk about T3! Thank you in advance for considering what Time, Talent, and Treasure you have to offer. Jill Collins, Assistant to the Dean 3 Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF Anthropology I ISU's Department of Anthropology is offering a unique archaeological field school this summer. Led by Dr. Richard Hansen, an internationally known scholar of Mayan history and an affiliate faculty member in the anthropology department, the archaeology field school will take place in Guatemala in the remote northern Petén. The Mirador Basin, located in the Department of Petén, contains some of the oldest cities in Mayan history. The Mirador excavation is rewriting the book on how we understand Mayan history and involves a number of universities. The field school will offer ISU students the opportunity to work around some of the best Mayan scholars in the business in one of the most interesting parts of the world. Part of the work in which Dr. Hansen is engaged involves reconstruction of the site for future tourism, and he has employed extremely high technology laser mapping to understand the site better. Dr. Hansen’s work is supported through the FARES Foundation. More can be learned about this important work at http://www.miradorbasin.com/. Interested students should visit the anthropology website http://www.isu.edu/departments/anthro/ and click on the Guatemala Field School link for more information about requirements and registration. 4 Archeological resource available Dr. Herbert Maschner´s long awaited two-volume co-edited work on archaeological method is now available through Alta Mira Press. This will be a resource for archaeologists for some time. Dr. Richard Holmer also saw the publication of his book on the Aztec calendar, The Aztec Book of Destiny, by BookSurge Publishing last Fall. In this work Dr. Holmer digs into part of this very interesting past to make the Aztec calendar alive and relevant to the 21st century. Dr. Herbert Maschner DEPARTMENT OF Economics Expanding the options The Department of Economics has been growing rather dramatically lately. We now have 44 majors, many of whom are doing especially well. Perhaps the word is finally getting out about the value of an economics major. Due to this expanded interest in our field, we have also been expanding our degree options. The Law and Economics option now appears in the catalog. This option provides a more clearly delineated path for students planning to attend law school. We are also working with the Department of Mathematics to develop a crosslisted degree plan in Actuarial Studies. We hope to have this degree plan in place before the start of the fall semester. Not only are our students doing well and keeping busy, but our instructors are, too. Cindy Hill was given a half-time administrative position to head the University Honors Program on campus. She is still teaching one class for us each semester. Greg Green is getting ready to go on sabbatical next year. His interest has shifted over to fraud analysis, which he’ll be researching during the next academic year. Bob Tokle’s work was cited in testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee. His study “An Estimate of the Influence of Credit Unions on Bank CD and Money Market Deposits in the U.S.” was central to the testimony presented last April. Cindy Hill 5 T DEPARTMENT OF History The Department of History continues to edit the peer-reviewed state history journal Idaho Yesterdays and has produced three fullcolor, glossy issues since the department took over editorial responsibility of the journal in 2003. Laura Woodworth-Ney, an associate professor in history and the journal’s editorin-chief, notes that the journal is the only scholarly publication devoted exclusively to the state of Idaho and its region. The journal serves as a model of institutional cooperation, as the Idaho State Historical Society publishes and distributes the journal, and production editing is done under the direction of Todd Shallat, professor of history and director of Boise State University’s Center for Idaho History and Politics. Jennifer Attebery, professor of English at Idaho State University, serves as book review editor, and Ronald Hatzenbuehler, professor of history at Idaho State University, acts as associate editor. The journal also offers excellent opportunities for Idaho State University graduates and undergraduates in history and English. English graduate students William Donovan and Nancy Wall provided editorial assistance during the past year, and Crystal Hazlett and Krystal Dixon, both undergraduate majors in history, served as research interns. The new issue, Sacred Places, is available from the Idaho State Historical Society. For more information about the journal, or to access lesson plans linked to the current issue, go to www.idahoyesterdays.com. DEPARTMENT OF Political Sciences The Department of Political Science welcomes its newest tenure-track faculty member, James Newman. James was hired to teach courses in our rapidly expanding Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program. He has completed his dissertation which examines interest group influence on interstate water policy in the South, and has been awarded his Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. Due to both the quality and the growing size of our Masters of Public Administration Program (MPA), and to our commitment to professional public service education and training, the Department has become a member of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). The 35th annual Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs, named in honor of the late Idaho Senator Frank Church, was held on campus March 1-4, 2006. This year’s topic was “Disease, Disaster, and Diplomacy.” Twelve national and international experts attended the conference to discuss topics ranging from the lethal H5N1 variant of Lee Feinstein, avian flu to the East symposium speaker Asian tsunami relief and reconstruction efforts. Journal wins award We are proud to announce that Idaho Yesterdays has recently been awarded the annual Idaho Heritage Trust Award. The award is given yearly to a production or publication--tv, radio, print--that has given extraordinary support to the preservation of Idaho history. Contact: Laura Woodworth-Ney 6 What ever happened to … F For those of you who have lost track of Doug Bohi, class of ’62, I recently found him on a trip to the Washington, D.C. area, where he’s lived for more than 25 years. Currently, Doug is the Vice President of Charles River Associates in Washington, D.C. He and Margie, his charming wife of 26 years, reside in Bethesda, Maryland, during the week and spend weekends at their lake house in northwestern Virginia, near Winchester, where they “fish, boat, and just enjoy the scenery.” Doug speaks fondly of his time at Idaho State University. As a Pocatello native, he came to ISU thinking he’d major in Geology, but, thanks to Dr. Cor Hoffman’s “more interesting” courses, he switched to Economics (no offense to Geology – it was just a personal preference!). He credits some of his educational and professional success to his professors here, who recommended that he continue his education in graduate school, which he did, and who also provided excellent guidance during and after his time at ISU. He cites Dr. Cor Hoffman as an excellent role- Doug Bohi model for how a professional behaves. After earning a Ph.D. in Economics from Washington State University, Doug spent some time working in the world of academia. He both taught in, and was Chair of, the Department of Economics at Southern Illinois University, while doing some consulting on the side. When he realized he enjoyed the consulting work more than his “day job,” he decided to do that full-time instead, which helps explain how he ended up at CRA. So that briefly covers his past and his present. However, what does he see in his future? Besides enjoying time at the lake house with Margie, he plans to spend a lot of time with his children, James and Heidi, and with his two beautiful granddaughters, Emelia and Audrey, which is not only fun, but easy, since they live less than two miles away! prenatally food-restricted rat as an issue of food having a more hedonic, or pleasurable property to it. She has found that prenatally food-restricted rats, compared to controls, will work harder to gain access to food, and the effect is even more pronounced in some conditions when the food is sweet. She is also collaborating with Dan Selvage from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences to determine whether the cannabinoid system in the brain (neurotransmitters involved with feeding) is structurally different in the prenatally food-restricted rat. ? E DEPARTMENT OF Psychology Erin Rasmussen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. Her research involves how maternal food restriction during pregnancy affects obesity in the offspring. A growing literature suggests that when fetuses are undernourished as they gestate, their metabolism slows as a survival mechanism. Since metabolism is programmed during gestation, a slow metabolism persists into adulthood. If the organism is born into a food-plentiful environment, it is essentially physiologically programmed to eat excessively, but expend few calories, which eventually leads to obesity. Rasmussen’s lab examines a rodent model of this phenomenon and views overeating by the 7 Natural Sciences DEPARTMENT OF Biological Sciences Researchers in the Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences are on a roll, having been co-recipients of five competitive and prestigious National Science Foundation grants this past summer and fall. The exceptional number of new NSF grants will be used to conduct departmental research, train undergraduate students, support graduate students, and improve research infrastructure in molecular biology and bioinformatics. “I believe this impressive array of NSF grants speaks to the quality of the Department of Biological Sciences and its faculty,” said Dr. Terry Bowyer, Department Chair. Recipients and their research are the following: R • Dr. Nancy Huntly, with Herbert Maschner and Katherine Reedy-Maschner of the Anthropology Department, received a $1.15 million grant to study the ecological complexity of Alaska’s Sanak Island ecosystem. • Drs. Richard Inouye, Colden Baxter, and Daniel Ames from the Geosciences Department received a $1,006,000 EPSCoR grant for work on nutrient limitation and carbon export from southeast Idaho’s Portneuf River. • Dr. Scot Kelchner helped procure $650,000 to coordinate international efforts to determine the evolutionary history, distribution and classification of the world’s bamboos. • Dr. Ken Rodnick is the lead investigator of a $490,000 grant to determine sex-specific effects of sex steroids on cardiac function in rainbow trout. • Drs. Marjorie Matocq and Michael Thomas received a $140,000 grant for purchase of molecular DNA sequencing equipment. 8 T DEPARTMENT OF Chemistry The Department of Chemistry has recently developed a Bachelor of Arts degree program designed for students who are interested in working at the chemistry/biology interface and for health sciences-oriented students preparing for professional school. As such, a new bank of specialized lecture courses has been developed, most of our existing laboratory offerings have been modified, and entirely new laboratory courses are being offered for the first time. These curricular changes have contributed to more than a doubling in the annual number of students majoring in chemistry. The Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, one of the most prominent international journals in the field, has moved onto the ISU campus and is housed in the Chemistry Department on the second floor of the Physical Science Building. In support of the research efforts within the department, the Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry has donated funding to support five undergraduate research assistantships per year. The Department of Chemistry and AMI Semiconductor, Inc. have established the first annual Fall Undergraduate Research Conference; this conference was attended by 80 ISU faculty and students. This event enables AMI scientists and engineers and ISU researchers to present their work to one another, encouraging future collaboration. This has resulted in a joint project between the ISU chemistry and engineering programs and AMI in the area of generating printable electronics utilizing organic semiconductors. A similarly motivated interaction with the Idaho National Laboratories (INL) has been established whereby an ISU chemistry faculty member and his or her research students travel to INL each semester to provide a talk and, each semester, an INL scientist travels to ISU to provide us with a seminar. Research collaboration with INL will soon be announced. Chemistry workshop coming this summer T This upcoming summer we will host a Flinn Scientific Chemistry Workshop, a oneweek content delivery workshop focused on enhancing high school science teachers’ knowledge of chemical demonstrations and hands-on laboratory activities. Upon completion of the workshop, the 30 - 40 regional high school teachers will meet National Education in Science standards for chemistry. As further outreach, we will host two or three Project SEED students. Project SEED is designed to encourage economically disadvantaged high school students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences. 9 During the summer, these high school students will work in an ISU laboratory doing hands-on research with an ISU Chemistry faculty member. Both Project SEED and the Flinn Workshop are funded by external sources with matching money from the College of Arts & Sciences and College of Education or ISU Office of Research. Finally, this past summer Highland High School chemistry teacher Susan Mayo received a Murdock Foundation Summer Research Fellowship to work in Dr. Jeff Rosentreter’s laboratory. The Murdock work will continue next summer. What ever happened to … B Anka Andrews Back in the early ’70s, Anka Andrews had headaches - bad headaches. She went to the doctor, expecting to be told she had a tumor or some other life-threatening malady. Instead, she was told her headaches were caused from boredom. The doctor suggested she go back to school. However, as an English as a Second Language student, before she could register for classes, Anka had to take an admission exam. She scored 1598 out of 1600. So began Anka’s time at Idaho State University. Anka graduated from ISU with a BS in Microbiology in 1976, but couldn’t stay away. In the early 1990s, she was back again, this time studying microcomputing. She earned her second degree, an ATC, from the College of Technology in 1995. Since leaving ISU, Anka has certainly been busy. She is currently employed as a Network Manager where her duties are to keep the systems functioning, which is, she states, “a far cry from microbiology.” Other work that occupies her time includes translating texts about Canine genetics, breeding, and training from German to English. As for her family life, she is married to Dr. Richard Ball, a crystallographer at Merck. At their home in Pennsylvania, she and Richard have four German Shepherd dogs, two of which are certified service dogs. One of the two, Jake, is also a registered therapy dog and is called in by rehabilitation staff to assist in various tasks. Although no longer living at home, other family members include two daughters, ? 10 Shari and Krista, from a previous marriage. Because, like her dogs, Anka is also compelled to do her civic duty, she recently joined the volunteer fire department and is training for fire policing duties. In her spare time, she does graphic arts using Photo Shop. As for her experiences at ISU, she blames Dr. Rufus Lyman for getting her into biological research because he challenged her as a freshman to prove Mendel's theory using fruit flies. Dr. Kenneth Faler in the Chemistry department taught her chemical bonds. Dr. Myron Arcand “fired up [her] love for precision.” Dr. Gayl Wiegand “despaired at [her] inability to grasp simple organic chemistry concepts.” Dr. Ulrich taught her a healthy respect for bugs and the importance of the cotton plug in a pipette. Dr. Larry Farrell allowed her to look through the ocular of an electron microscope. Anka misses working in the sciences -- she loved the smells, sights, equipment, detail and precision. She states that, “deep down I still think of myself as a Richard Ball and Anka Andrews scientist.” She says of ISU, she was taught to be a thinker here. After all of this, there are two obvious questions: 1) what happened to the 2 points on her admissions exam? and, 2) what spare time could she possibly have? DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC D E PA R T M E N T O F T H E AT R E & D A N C E The Merry Widow April 21, 22, 27, 28, & 29 7:30pm Frazier Auditorium The Merry Widow, an operetta by Franz Lehar, has enchanted audiences around the world for nearly 100 years. Lehar's wonderful operetta features delightful music set amidst the dazzling world of the salons and cabarets of Paris in 1905. True love triumphs despite past heartaches, current suspicions, and international intrigue. 11 Fine Arts & Humanities F Fall 2005 brought many of you up to the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center to take part in the increasing cultural atmosphere of Pocatello. Theatre/Dance ISU was welcomed by a full house opening weekend as they kicked off their production season with a comedic adventure through the witty words of Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest. With original costumes designed by resident costume designer Tara Marshall Johnson and set design by Brett Harwood, this production was able to showcase the talents of the theatre faculty as well as the students participating as actors and technicians. The success of the opening production brought them right into preparing for The Idaho Moving Project (I~MOVE) in the Rogers Experimental Theatre. This professional contemporary dance company, made up of students and faculty, performed before sold-out crowds this past November. It featured original costumes and lighting by Johnson, Harwood, and Amy Edel, and choreography by faculty members Nicole Dean, Melanie Kloetzel, Lauralee DEPARTMENT OF Theatre & DANCE Zimmerly, and guest artist Nicholas Leichter. I~MOVE provoked audiences with its avantgarde movement contributing to sold-out performances every night. A delightful Readers Theatre production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever started December off right. Matinees were presented for area elementary schools, another matinee was given in conjunction with The Festival of Trees, and an evening presentation for the general public capped off Theatre/Dance ISU’s Fall Season. Both the Theatre and Dance programs have kept busy in their new home. Theatre now boasts more than 50 majors and the Dance Program now flaunts over fifty minors. More theatre classes are being offered than ever! The Dance Program has a brand new minor emphasis, Performance and Choreography, which went into effect in Fall 2005, as well as many new classes and a brand new dance studio. The Dance Program also presented an imaginative evening of students’ works produced by DANSON, ISU’s Student Dance Theatre Company. 12 What ever happened to … D Terri Brooks Determined to graduate in four years so she could move onto the next phase of her life, Theresa Brooks began her quest for higher education at Willamette University. However, during her second year at Willamette U., plans were announced for a radically different scheme of counting credits toward graduation. Since this new scheme interfered with her goal to graduate in four years, it was time to look for a new school. She visited Oregon State U., U. of Oregon, Washington State U., and finally, during spring break, she took the train from Everett, Washington, to Pocatello to visit ISU. After a warm welcome from everyone she met and a lengthy visit with Dr. Lawrence Rice, who was the Chair of the English Department at that time, Terri filed her application immediately and was accepted as a transfer student within a couple weeks. Although she has many, two of her fondest memories from her time at ISU revolve around Dr. Kenneth Faler’s chemistry class and reconnecting with her now-husband Arthur Brooks. Of Dr. Faler, Terri says “[He] was the best! He made the subject come to life. I enjoyed [the class] so much that I registered for the second semester, organic chemistry….As an added bonus, his wife Lois was my boss, working in the Serials Section of the ISU Library!” Of Art, she says, “[We] met our freshman year at Willamette. We dated for only a few months, then parted ways. The next year he went to school in Iowa, but we struck up a steady correspondence. Quite by coincidence, he also transferred to ISU. We dated that first ? year back together, then got married a week before senior year began. Thirty-six years later, we’re still happily married. Thanks, ISU!” She’d also like to thank both Dr. Rice and Dr. Faler, her two favorite professors here, for “taking the many extra steps and exerting the special considerations of caring, compassion, and counseling – far above the basic teaching requirements – [which] made a huge difference in my experience at ISU, and in my life ever since!” So, what has happened to them since they left ISU? The US Marine Corps brought them to the Washington D.C. area. Art drew #17 in the Draft Lottery, which meant that big decisions had to be made during their senior year. Art chose marine aviation. Part way through his military career, he had the good fortune of 13 Terri Brooks, continued Portland, and the D.C. area. The only jobs at that time were in D.C., which is where they have happily stayed. Along the way, Terri earned her graduate degree in librarianship. Over an enjoyable and challenging 28-year career, she has managed 5 libraries, all in the corporate sector – for a small engineering firm, a research institute, a subsidiary of a Fortune 50 firm, a consulting firm, and currently Investment Company Institute, the trade association for the mutual fund industry. Although she has plenty to keep her busy in the northern Virginia town they call home, including 2 grown children and 3 grandchildren, Terri and Art also enjoy spending time at their recently purchased second home in Wintergreen, Virginia, which they enjoy year round. For the future, they eventually plan to retire, but don’t “want to venture any further away than Wintergreen – close to everyone by car and plane (via Dulles Airport).” Terri and Art Brooks at Wintergreen. being selected to return to school to pursue an MBA (organizational theory) to fulfill a Marine Corp need. For this he returned to ISU, in consideration of the rewarding experience he had enjoyed in the Business School as an undergraduate. Following graduation he was sent to Japan for a year followed by a payback tour at Headquarters Marine Corps in Arlington, Virginia. When he decided to leave the Marine Corps 3 years later, he conducted a job search in Seattle (Terri’s home), First ISU Research Day, a success T The College of Arts and Sciences held its first Arts and Sciences Research Day in the Beverly B. Bistline Theatre inside the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. The event was designed to provide faculty of other colleges, as well as the public, a better insight into the research being done by faculty within the College of Arts & Sciences. The following presentations were included: • Dr. Jim Aho from Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, “Accounting and Confession." • Dr. Alan Hunt from Physics, “Applied Nuclear Physics in Nonproliferation, Fuel Reprocessing, and Homeland Security Technologies." • Ms. Tamra Kress from Theatre and Dance, “A Rollick in Research – The Importance of Being Earnest." • Dr. Paul Link from Geosciences, “How Long Has the Lost River Been Lost? Geology and Hydrology of the Snake River Plain Over the Last 10 Million Years." • Dr. Bern Mulvey from English and Philosophy, “Japanese Women Poets and the Search for a Uniquely Japanese Aesthetic." • Dr. Shannon Novak from Anthropology, “Networks of Memory: The Hidden Histories of the Mountain Meadows Massacre." 14 RECENT News Please use the survey below to let us know about your recent news. Photos are welcome! Louis V. Johnson 1970 BA Journalism, 1978 BS Music Louis was the first concert performer in the new L.E. & Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center at ISU. Louis has performed in California, Spain, Argentina, and Norway. Joan Wyzkoski Weiss 1979 DA Mathematics Joan was promoted to Professor of Mathematics in 2005 and is the President of the national mathematics honor society, PiMu Epsilon. Rick Owens 1983 BS Microbiology, 1985 MS Microbiology Rick has been married for 27 years and has four children. He was recently promoted to Director, Plant Manager for the Indianapolis drug manufacturing facility Eli Lilly. William Thackeray 1985 DA English William was promoted to Senior Professor and has published two novels, River of Milk ‘n Honey and North to Sweet Grass. He has another novel expected to come out next year called Bound for Bull Hook. Allene Parker 1996 DA English Allene was invited to present a paper at Lincoln College, Oxford University in August 2005 at a round table on Religion, Education, and Public Policy. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor for Humanities & Communications at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Troy and Melissa Chavez 1992 Ex A&S Undecided 1997 Early Childhood Education Troy Chavez attended ISU and was an active member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. The ISU experience helped prepare Troy to run his own business, Cabinet Masters L. L. C. Melissa has spent the last eight years in the education field and was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2002 and was nominated for Disney Teacher of the Year award in 2002 and 2005 (pending). She is thinking about returning to ISU to pursue a Master’s degree. Jeffrey Conin 1997 D.A. English Jeff is teaching writing courses in Oklahoma. He was recently appointed tenure track and became the Director of a new university press, which will publish an original Cherokee language text for the only BA in Cherokee in the world. Jeff has had two novels published and is working on his next project, a non-fiction book. William & Lena Taylor Cox 1956 BS Chemistry 1952 BA Elementary Ed. Dr. William Cox, a graduate in Chemistry at ISU in 1956, closed his office in 1994 and traveled with his wife Lena, filling in for other doctors around the U.S. William passed away in 2004; they were married for nearly 53 years. Lena has written a few children’s books and now does oil paintings at their home of 40 years. Kenneth A. Steele 1953 BS Mathematics Kenneth is no longer gainfully employed after retiring from his job as a softball umpire. He began umpiring at Idaho State in 1951. Now he goes to games just to watch and to encourage the umpires. Terry R. Melton 1959 BS Art If you happen to be in the area, drop by and check out Terry’s exhibits at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT, or at the Salem Art Association in Salem, OR. Eugene Sarver 1973 DA Political Science Eugene was appointed Global Marketing Director for FX4Cast, the world’s leading foreign exchange forecaster while also doing film finance and scrap steel exports. We want to hear from you! 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May 2006 3 - Idaho State Youth Orchestra 5 - ISU BANDS 6 - ISU CHOIRS 12 - Camerata Singers 17 - ISU Children's Choir, Goranson Hall, 7:00 p.m. (free admission) Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Auditions for this summer's CAT (Community Alumni Theatre/Dance) production of THE MUSIC MAN will be on May 20th. The delightful family musical will be directed by Sherri Dienstfrey, with musical direction by Trent Clegg and choreography by Jared Fletcher. Workshops have been added this year for teens and children focusing on musical theatre and improvisation. Performances: July 27, 28, 29, 31, August 3, 4, & 5 at 7:30 PM in the Bistline Theatre. Idaho State University College of Arts & Sciences Campus Box 8087 Pocatello, ID 83209-8087 Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Pocatello, ID Permit No. 42