[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter for February 22, 2008

[Tom Hansen]

Forwarded below is the UI Friday Letter for February 22, 2008.

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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
February 22, 2008

Dear Friends,

It has been an exceptional, highly entertaining week here in Moscow, 
thanks to the nearly non-stop activities associated with the University of 
Idaho Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. In the evenings we have 
experienced rousing New Orleans jazz with Dr. John, youthful exuberance 
from Regina Carter and Aaron Weinstein - both jazz violinists - remarkable 
vocals from Roberta Gambarini and strikingly modern jazz from Roy 
Hargrove's RH Factor. There are still two concerts left, with dozens of 
artists yet to take the stage.

Campus has been full of jazz during the day, as well. Thousands of 
elementary, middle, junior high and high school students have streamed 
across campus to perform for adjudicators, attend clinics and perform at 
their own Young Artists Concerts. Our award-winning jazz festival is a 
wonderful opportunity to showcase the University of Idaho to thousands of 
prospective students, and I appreciate the hospitality our campus 
community has extended to all of our visitors this week.

On a non-jazz note, I want to recognize an invaluable addition to the 
University Library that honors Warren and Pauli Owens. Warren served as 
dean of the University of Idaho Library from 1968 to 1987 and passed away 
in November 2006. Family members and friends provided funds for the 
library to acquire materials that would add to the library's Lewis and 
Clark research collections in a significant way. The library was able to 
purchase an 1810 French language version of a journal by Lewis and Clark 
expedition member Patrick Gass. Gass' account was first published in 
Pittsburgh in 1807 - seven years before official authorized expedition 
accounts were available. The edition acquired by the university is one of 
only 58 known to exist in public research libraries around the world - and 
the only one in Idaho -and is unique because it includes the first 
published map to accompany the narrative. The journal will be on display 
in the Special Collections and Archives of the library during April 13-19, 
National Library Week.

Tim White	
President

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

Architecture students will present their concepts for an art park in 
Palouse, Washington, today. The town has expanded over the last decade 
from solely an agricultural community into a mecc a for artists. The city 
is considering building an open public space at the south side of the 
Palouse River to serve as an exhibition place for public arts and an 
outdoor green space as a riverside park for the community. The students' 
designs will focus on the connection between the urban space to the 
proposed park, new use of land, social and cultural meaning of urban 
space, green design for sustainability, and the use of art and open space 
as a tool to satisfy local needs. The presentation is from 1:30-5:30 p.m. 
at the Bank Left Gallery, 100 South Bridge St. in the Old Bank Building in 
Palouse.

Janeille Branen '07 has a heart for helping people and she's making a 
difference for families in Coeur d'Alene. The University of Idaho Coeur 
d'Alene graduate in education is using a $1,000 grant from 
Starbucks' "Make Your Mark" program to help the wellness of young families 
and the educational, nutritional and medical needs of preschool and early
elementary school children. Branen teamed with Starbucks in Post Falls to 
donate more than 60 hours at local preschools to read books to the 
children and worked with teachers on ways to prepare the children for 
kindergarten. Branen's work is a continuation of her master of education 
thesis on kindergarten readiness. Proceeds from the Starbucks grant also 
were used to purchase 300 literacy-rich books that will be given to 
children during wellness visits by Dr. Geoff Emry of Ironwood Family 
Practice in Coeur d'Alene.

Dorothy '55 and Lloyd Moote of Princeton, New Jersey, made a generous 
contribution to the University of Idaho's Microbiology Department through 
the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Dorothy studied in that department and 
earned her degree from the university in 1955. She treasures the knowledge 
she received there and said, "Lloyd has taken great delight as an honorary 
Vandal." The Mootes are among many university donors who have collectively 
contributed nearly $1.4 million through IRA rollovers since the 
introduction of the Pension Protection Act. For information about giving 
through your estate plan, contact Peter Volk at (208) 885-5760 or 
pvolk at uidaho.edu.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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