[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter

[Tom Hansen]

University of Idaho

Office of the President

Moscow, Idaho 83844-3151

Phone: 208-885-6365

Fax: 208-885-6558

 

The Friday Letter

A Newsletter for University of Idaho Alumni and Friends October 29, 2004

 

Dear Friends,

 

As we go to the polls next Tuesday, I want to share a success story that
speaks to the quality and enthusiasm of our students. Members of the ASUI
Civic Engagement Board sponsored voter registration about three times a week
this fall starting in early September and running until the registration
deadline earlier this month. 

Their goal was to register 1,000 new voters - very ambitious. By the time
they were finished, they had registered more than 1,100 students who
previously had not been registered! In fact, the drive was so successful
that student Megan Thompson, a journalism major from Hayden, received an
all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. from the United States Student
Association for further training and to share her successes on the Moscow
campus with other student leaders from around the nation. 

At a time when low voter turnout is an issue for our nation, I find great
hope in the energy and interest of our student body. Please take time to
cast your vote on Nov. 2.

 

Tim White

President

 

Here's the latest news from the University of Idaho:

~ The Department of Architecture has passed its accreditation review with
the highest of marks, according to its new chair, Wendy McClure. "We have
been granted the maximum, six-year term of accreditation," said McClure,
"And we met more student performance criteria than ever, 36 out of 37." The
National Architectural Accrediting Board praised several aspects of the UI
program. The team recognized that "The architecture program benefits from
having a cohesive faculty whose commitment is well understood and
appreciated by the students." 

 

~ Ed Souza, professor of plant breeding and genetics in the College of
Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the Crop Science
Society of America. Souza, based at the Aberdeen Research and Extension
Center, directs wheat breeding and genetics research in southern Idaho. He
conducts research on wheat improvement and management and has released 19
spring and winter wheat cultivars since joining the UI faculty in 1988. 

 

~ The Center on Disabilities and Human Development within the College of
Education has won a third federal grant in a matter of months to serve Idaho
families with disabilities. 

The latest comes from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities and
provides $1.25 million over five years to establish, monitor and evaluate a
one-stop family resource center in Lewiston that opens mid-November.
Families with a member who has a developmental disability will receive the
services. The goal is to enable those in rural areas to live at home and
receive community support. The center also recently received two other
federal grants - one for youth with hearing and vision loss; another to
increase representation of people with disabilities in post-secondary
education.

 

~ Just a reminder - Homecoming is the weekend of Nov. 6. Please join us for
the bonfire, parade and the Vandals vs. Arkansas State game at 2 p.m. at
WSU's Martin Stadium.

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