[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter from UI President White (September 16, 2005)

Fri Sep 16 12:14:01 PDT 2005

"UI's fall semester enrollment is 12,476 students
statewide: up from spring semester's 12,203 and down
slightly from last fall's 12,824."--UI Presidential
Letter.

Humm, I guess when we compare this fall semester to
spring's semester it appears that enrollment is up.

But when you compare enrollment fall semester of 2005
to fall semester (like a normal person would for an
accurate measurement because enrollment is always less
in the Spring) of 2004, we lost 350+ students
statewide.

Maybe next year if enrollment declines even further
they can compare next year's fall enrollment to this
year's summer enrollment, that would be, WOW, a 100%
increase in enrollment. This is such a better approach
then dealing with the issue that UI is losing
enrollment. 

My suggestion, do not require students to purchase
$1000 of worthless heath insurance and a $600 notebook
computer for $2000 on top of 10% increases in fees
(every year) while students get 0% increase in
financial aid for living expenses.

Donovan J Arnold

--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Copied and pasted below is today's (September 16,
> 2005) UI Friday Letter
> from UI President White.
> 
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> 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 Sept. 16, 2005
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> University of Idaho researchers continue to be in
> the forefront in advancing
> alternative fuels. That's evidenced by several
> events in Boise and Moscow. A
> group of UI researchers and educators are presenting
> in Boise today an
> alternative fuel workshop that focuses on
> cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel
> with an emphasis on school bus fleet usage. Also, as
> part of the Alternative
> Energy Festival at the Discovery Center this
> weekend, University of Idaho
> students and faculty are showcasing the Volkswagen
> BioBug and a Dodge Ram
> truck, both fueled on 100 percent biodiesel.
> Chemical engineering students
> have their own alternative energy project on
> display; a shoebox-sized car
> that uses hydrogen fuel cells as a power source. 
> It's a wonderful opportunity to see what our faculty
> and students are
> accomplishing...ideas, innovation and inspiration.
> 
> Next week, the campus hosts a sustainable
> transportation conference and
> workshop. Our National Institute for Advanced
> Transportation Technology
> sponsors the event, and more than 160 participants
> will consider ways to
> achieve environmentally friendlier transportation. 
> These efforts are important for our community and
> support the University's
> goals of promoting science, technology and
> sustainability in an economic and
> environmental sense.
> 
> Tim White
> President
> 
> Here's the latest news from the University of Idaho:
> The academic quality and size of UI freshman class
> hits a record. 
> This fall semester, 1,715 freshmen joined the
> University of Idaho, 50
> percent of whom were in the top 25 percent of their
> high school classes.
> This is a 4.4 percent increase compared to last
> year's entering freshman
> class. UI's fall semester enrollment is 12,476
> students statewide: up from
> spring semester's 12,203 and down slightly from last
> fall's 12,824. "This is
> a planned year of rebuilding, after a record number
> of students - 2,331 --
> graduated last year," said Linda Morris, vice
> provost for academic affairs
> and enrollment management. "I'm thrilled with the
> promise of our quality
> freshman class, the increase in numbers of students
> of color, and I'm
> optimistic the university's Plan for Renewal will
> build overall enrollment
> by next year."
> 
> The 2005 Sherman J. Bellwood Memorial Lecture will
> feature Minnesota Supreme
> Court Justice Alan C. Page. He will present the
> Bellwood Lecture Oct. 20 at
> 4 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom. The former Minnesota
> Viking earned a place in
> the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988. 
> 
> While still playing in the NFL, Page entered private
> practice with a major
> law firm in Minneapolis, which led to a career of
> public service as
> assistant attorney general for Minnesota. In 1993,
> he was elected to the
> state's Supreme Court - the first African American
> elected to state office
> in Minnesota. He is a champion of education, public
> service by the legal
> profession and maintaining the independence and
> integrity of state
> judiciaries.
> 
> The Division of Health, Physical Education,
> Recreation and Dance received a
> land-sale gift of approximately $190,000 from Elsie
> Krey Matthews. As a
> result of the gift, the Human Performance Laboratory
> will double in size to
> 3,500 square feet and receive new equipment. The
> Elsie Krey and Richard I.
> Matthews Endowment, which was established in 1996
> for faculty and student
> professional development, will be enhanced to more
> than $100,000. Finally,
> the Elsie Krey and Richard I. Matthews Health,
> Physical Education,
> Recreation and Dance Scholarship endowment fund will
> be created to recognize
> student academic achievement.
> 
>
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> 
> Take care, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> 
> "What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about
> extremists is not that they
> are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil
> is not what they say
> about their cause, but what they say about their
> opponents."
> 
> -- Robert F. Kennedy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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