[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter for June 22, 2007

[thansen at moscow.com]

Copied and pasted below is the UI Friday Letter for June 22, 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
June 22, 2007

Dear Friends,

What happens when a former president of the Associated Students of the 
University of Idaho
(ASUI) and a dedicated, energetic current student leader get together? 

Evidently some very good things, such as a new initiative to provide 
future leadership
development opportunities to our students. Yesterday in Washington, D.C., 
we signed an
agreement to create the U.S. Senator Larry E. Craig ASUI Student 
Leadership Endowment. You
can credit the initiative to the generous support of Senator Larry 
Craig '69 and the
vision and drive of one of our student leaders, Chelsea Smith. 

Senator Craig has for many years directed that his honoraria for speaking 
engagements be
donated to an endowment fund at the University of Idaho, and the fund now 
has grown to
more than $25,000. Through her work in student government, Chelsea became 
aware of the
endowment fund and took a proposal to the Senator last year to use the 
endowment to
provide "opportunities outside of the traditional classroom setting, 
where students can
engage, learn and gain skills from hands-on, real-life leadership 
experiences. Simply put,
learning by doing."

The proposal, and Chelsea's enthusiasm and leadership abilities, struck a 
chord with
Senator Craig, who served as ASUI president in the late 1960s. Chelsea 
completed her
economics studies and is pursing additional degrees in international 
studies and French.
She also is involved in ASUI fundraising. 

My thanks and congratulations to Chelsea and Senator Craig. Their efforts 
identified and
created a new way to let our students explore their leadership potential 
and achieve their
educational and life goals.  I am grateful for their leadership, as it 
will inspire and
create opportunities for others.
	
Tim White
President

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

A silent auction at the Prichard Art Gallery to benefit the Shantelle 
Scott Memorial
Scholarship Fund culminates at a reception tonight from 5-8 p.m. at the 
Hoffman Building
at 504 South Main Street in downtown Moscow. The event will raise funds 
for the
scholarship that helps Native American women attend the University of 
Idaho. Thirty-seven
pieces of art by 26 artists are up for bid, including works by George 
Flett, Ross Coates,
Marilyn Lysohir, Louise Barber, Cheryll Halsey, Kay Montgomery, William 
Voxman, Kemo
Scott, Ray Esparsen and Sarah Penney. The Nez Perce drum group Lightening 
Creek will
provide entertainment for the finale.

For the seventh consecutive year, the School of Journalism and Mass Media 
has received a $10,000 grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation to 
sponsor a summer
workshop for high school students. The seventh annual Scripps Howard 
Multicultural Journalism Workshop runs June 24-30. Up to 20 high school 
students from around
the Northwest will spend the week learning about the news business from 
professional journalists and Idaho students and faculty. To learn more 
about giving to the
School of Journalism and Mass Media or the Scripps Howard Multicultural 
Journalism Workshop, please contact Jennie Hall at 208-885-5013 or 
jenniej at uidaho.edu.

Trudy Anderson has been named as the University of Idaho Boise's 
associate vice president
and center executive officer - a newly configured position that she'll 
step into on July
1. Anderson has served as dean of the University's Boise center since 
2002 and focused on
diverse issues of higher education in urban areas, such as access, 
research and creative
activities. The executive position was revised with an emphasis on 
educational
entrepreneurism. Anderson will balance the University's key focus areas 
of teaching,
learning, scholarly and creative activity with strategic development 
goals. She will
enhance outreach and engagement with an eye toward improving the quality 
of life in
southern Idaho, and explore deeper ways for the University to intersect 
with social,
economic, science and public policy issues and initiate innovative 
programs with
community, state, private and University stakeholders.

For more information about these items, please contact University 
Communications and Marketing at (208) 885-6291 or uinews at uidaho.edu.

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Later, Latah.

Take care, Vandals.

Tom Hansen
Thousand Oaks,
California

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