[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter (August 31, 2007)

[Tom Hansen]

Copied and pasted below is the UI Friday Letter from UI President wite for
August 31, 2007.

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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 Aug. 31, 2007

Dear Friends,

Next Wednesday, we will flip the switch to launch the redesigned University
of Idaho Web site. You'll see a new look to our home page and the "top
layer" of pages across the site, and new content primarily in pages directed
at prospective students and parents. The new design also will be more
user-friendly with improved navigation and clarity of design and messaging.
Our Web communications team and Information Technology Services will
continue to integrate the new design and content into the pages of interest
to alumni, faculty, staff and current students, and develop even more
enhancements to the student recruitment Web pages.
 
The new, fresh design of our Web site coincides with Phase Two of the
University's brand marketing campaign that features the theme "Leading."
When we talk about the attributes that make the University of Idaho an
outstanding place to live, learn, and lay the path for future success, we'll
emphasize:

* Leading Education - The University of Idaho is an academic leader; we
provide an environment of passion and discovery that fosters intellectual
growth, new ideas, and thinking beyond the expected.

* Leading Community - The University of Idaho provides a distinctive student
life experience at its robust and supportive residential campus community in
Moscow, as well as through educational centers statewide, that offer
exceptional opportunities for involvement.

* Leading Outcomes - The University of Idaho's alumni lead by example. They
are well prepared for success in their personal and professional lives and
ready to impact the lives of people throughout the state and the world.

I thank all of you for your contributions, both individually and
collectively, that provide the solid proof of the University of Idaho's
legacy of leadership.	

Tim White
President

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

This year, 11 Gates Millennium Scholars chose the University of Idaho to
help them continue achieving positive outcomes in life. The scholars program
is a $1 billion initiative aimed at reducing the financial barriers to a
college education for 20,000 young people over a 20-year period. Supported
by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the program is
administered by the United Negro College Fund, in partnership with the
Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the American Indian College Fund. The award
provides necessary funding to cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and
living expenses from undergraduate through doctoral programs.

As complex scientific issues continue to shape our daily lives and our
future, humanities-trained professionals have a lot of explaining to do,
suggests University of Idaho Distinguished Humanities Professor Gary
Williams. "The general public is under-informed about scientific issues,"
says Williams. "People with training in history, communication or analysis
of ideas can be very useful in bringing these issues to people's attention."
Williams will present a lecture titled, "How Do I Love Thee, Science? A
Taxonomy of Sorties Across the Great Divide," Thursday, September 13 at 7:30
p.m. in the University Auditorium in the Administration Building. The talk
explores the work of contemporary novelists, biographers, philosophers, art
historians and others who interpret complicated scientific concepts, and
shed light on their implications. The event is free and open to the public.

Ben Brooks '49 has always said that Dr. Erwin Graue, professor of economics
from 1928 - 65, was one of the most influential people in his life. He is
helping to ensure the Graue legacy continues with an irrevocable bequest of
$100,000 to the College of Business and Economics in Graue's name. "Dr.
Graue was a great professor and an even better friend, and that is why I
wanted to honor him," says Brooks, who retired as vice president of Murphey
Favre which now is part of Washington Mutual Bank. He and his wife, Annette,
currently live in Spokane, Washington. Dean Jack Morris says, "The Brooks
gift will help the college attract the best and brightest students to the
Graue Scholars program - surely the ones who would have felt the same way
about the 'good doctor' had they experienced his teaching." A reunion for
Professor Graue's students is September 7-8 on the Moscow campus. To learn
more about the reunion or ways to support the College of Business and
Economics, contact Chandra Zenner Ford, (208) 364-9908 or
chandra at uidaho.edu.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)