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

Fri Sep 16 13:50:56 PDT 2005

Donavan,

Many years ago, I worked for 8 years in billing and
collections at Pullman Memorial Hospital. I can’t tell
you how many students came in with VERY serious
medical problems, with no insurance.

For instance, 13 years ago, a young man was injured in
a head-on collusion with an uninsured motorist. The
bill for the emergency room alone was over $10,000.00.
His car insurance only covered $5,000.00 of that! He
had to stay in the hospital for almost 3 months, to
the tune of more than $125,000.00. Thankfully, he was
in Washington, and was able to get on Medicaid.
However, Medicaid does not reimburse at 100%, as most
of us know
. We had many, many students admitted due
to over intoxication, accidents, and just the regular
things that happen to people, because we are people
and get sick.

In Idaho, it is difficult, if not impossible for an
adult to get Medicaid. Where do they turn to? Latah
County. If they are approved, why should I, as a
taxpayer have to pay for a student who has no
insurance? I shouldn’t. Gritman has a charity care
policy as well. In my opinion, both programs should be
used for those in need. If you can afford school
. And
I know it IS tight, you need to just figure in the
cost of insurance. Period. If you can’t afford it,
then work a semester or two until you can.

I don’t know about the computers. My daughter, a
single mother, attends U of I and purchased her own
for $800.00. She also has insurance with no assistance
from family. I am proud of her perseverance in
obtaining higher education. 

Janesta

--- Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> "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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Janesta Carcich

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