[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter for January 25, 2008

Fri Jan 25 05:54:52 PST 2008

Copied and pasted below is the UI Friday Letter for January 25, 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
January 25, 2008

Dear Friends,

It was just last month that I reported important developments in our quest 
to renovate and expand the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center, as we had received 
our Regents' approval to move forward on aspects of the formal 
engineering, planning and design work. This week at events in Moscow and 
Boise, we officially embarked on our much-anticipated fundraising campaign 
to achieve this goal, and I invite you to become advocates for, and 
supporters of, the work.

The Kibbie Dome is an icon. It dominates the campus landscape, and its 
multi-use capabilities make it central to so many of the academic, 
athletic, cultural and social events that comprise the University of 
Idaho's leading educational experience. But after 33 years of continuous 
service, the Dome needs our help in order to serve the University's 
programs - and our students, employees, alumni and the public - in the way 
they all deserve, for generations to come.

There are two distinct phases to the project. The first, now underway, 
calls for upgrading life-safety features and will be financed by $17 
million in University funds. Improvements include a smoke exhaust system; 
expansion of the fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems; enhanced exiting; 
improvements to the air handling and electrical distribution systems as 
well as the restrooms; and replacement of the structure's two wood-frame 
end walls with translucent fiberglass panels.

The second phase - and the reason for this aspect of our fundraising 
campaign - relies on $35 million in private gifts. Phase Two will upgrade 
and expand seating options, lower the
Dome floor, improve line-of-sight to the floor, create loge boxes and 
suites, enhance natural lighting, renovate concourse areas, modernize 
media services and create a permanent athletic Hall of Fame. 

Our goal is to ensure that the environment of the Dome evokes the 
professionalism, quality and vitality associated with the University of 
Idaho and its leading people and programs.  These actions will improve the 
structure to become a more inviting, welcoming and accommodating venue for 
the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival; commencements; football, 
basketball and other intercollegiate athletic events; as well as concerts 
and community events. You can learn more about the project and giving 
opportunities at:

www.uidaho.edu/kibbie.

Twenty-four of our students and four advisers traveled to Peru as 
volunteers in an Alternative Service Break project over winter break. 
Their adventure exemplifies the leading people and programs to which I 
often refer. In the small village of Cai Cay, the group lived in tents and 
helped build a youth center to expand educational opportunities for 
children in the area. Idaho students have been involved in Alternative 
Service Break projects for the past eight years, but this marks the first 
international project.

Clearly, the project will impact the children of Cai Cay. But what was the 
impact on our students? Senior Matthew Haley was quoted in the 
Argonaut: "I just expected 28 people to work hard and serve. I didn't 
expect to see them affected and changed right in front of me. The people 
that left aren't the same people that came back." I am proud of and humbled
by the dedicated, caring work of our students and their advisers. Thank 
you, and welcome home!

Tim White	
President

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

A special conference February 19-20, "Jazz History and Culture: An 
Academic Conference in Honor of Lionel Hampton's 100th Birthday," will 
kick off jazz festival festivities. The conference keynote 
lecture, "Reading Hamp: Celebrating Seven Decades of Good Vibes," will be 
given by Bruce Raeburn, director of the Hogan Jazz Archives at Tulane 
University in New Orleans. His speech will be "A Lionel Hampton 
Retrospective." Raeburn is a respected expert on jazz, specifically the 
New Orleans roots of jazz. The keynote address is at 10:30 a.m. on 
Tuesday, February 19, and is free and open to the public. Registration 
forms are available at:

www.jazz.uidaho.edu/documents/JAZZ_HISTORY_CONFERENCE.pdf

A deep respect for Dean David Kendrick and wonderful memories of the 
University of Idaho motivated Robert C. Greeley, '70 and his wife, 
Celeste, to establish and fund the Robert and Celeste Greeley Business and 
Economics Scholarship Endowment. "This scholarship began as a payback in 
May 1967 while I walked back to campus from a College of Business and
Economics awards luncheon with Dean Kendrick-a check in my pocket that 
assured me I would return to Moscow that fall." Greeley was a C.W. Moore 
Scholarship recipient his sophomore through senior years. At one point, 
his GPA was falling below the required level to renew the scholarship, so 
he spoke to Kendrick about his concerns. Kendrick told him "I'm confident 
you will find a way to bring up your grades."  Not wanting to let Kendrick 
down, Greeley worked hard and was able to finish the semester with the 
required GPA.  Greeley went to work for Wells Fargo in San Francisco and 
Sacramento, and then formed Greeley Lindsay Consulting Group, a Sacramento 
corporate management consulting firm. The Greeleys hope the scholarship 
they established will assure other young students that they, too, can earn 
their degrees in the College of Business and Economics. To learn more 
about giving to the College of Business and Economics, contact Diane Lugar 
at (208) 885-7148 or dlugar at uidaho.edu.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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