[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter for June 20, 2008

[Tom Hansen]

Coppied and pasted below is the UI Friday Letter for June 20, 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 and Heartfelt Farewell for University of Idaho Alumni and 
Friends
June 20, 2008

Dear Friends,

Two plaques on campus have inspired me as I've walked by them these past 
four years. One, near the foot of the stone steps that lie between the 
Niccolls and Administration buildings, commemorates the enduring 
resilience and pride of the University of Idaho and its faculty, staff, 
students, alumni and friends: "These historic steps formed the grand 
stairway leading to the main entrance of the original University of Idaho 
Administration Building. Constructed 1889-1899, the building was destroyed 
by fire March 30, 1906. The stairway was reassembled 30 years later on 
this site as a monument to the University's first structure and in tribute 
to the enduring spirit of the University of Idaho."
	
The other plaque that captures my attention dedicates the current 
Administration Building, which grew out of the ashes of that first one in 
1907. Placed at the entrance, the engraved words reaffirm the mission and 
aspiration of the University of Idaho: "Erected by the Commonwealth of 
Idaho for the training of her future citizens to their highest usefulness 
in private life and public service."
       
Our work together has been directed at strengthening, emboldening, 
inspiring and executing the core mission of this wonderful university. 
That mission is to create, transmit, preserve and apply knowledge to find 
solutions for - and to advance - society. We seek, with great success, to 
create leaders who will design a better world for all of us, and for the 
generations that follow. 

As I serve my last weeks as president, and after I move on to the 
University of California as well, I will continue to be inspired by the 
University of Idaho's mission, spirit, remarkable people and its history 
of service to Idaho, the nation and the world. This institution is a 
treasure, and its future potential is boundless. I am proud to have 
contributed to both that history and that future. It has been a true 
privilege to work with you to make a great university even greater ? to 
build it for its next century of service, discovery and inspiration.

President-designate Daley-Laursen has identified priorities for his own 
tenure at the helm of this special place. He will write about those 
priorities next week, in his first Friday Letter. I am pleased and proud 
to pass the presidential baton to him. But I also pass the care, 
leadership and future of this wonderful institution to Provost and 
Executive Vice President Doug Baker, and the talented team of deans, vice 
presidents and administrators who are in place; to the University of Idaho 
faculty and staff, who sustain our institution and nourish our students, 
and each year at Commencement build our legacy of leaders; and to you, our 
dedicated, passionate alumni and friends. I am indebted to each of you.

It has been an honor to serve as the 16th president of the University of 
Idaho. Thank you.

Tim White	
President

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

The public is invited to a farewell event honoring Tim and Karen White, 
Wednesday, June 25 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom. A program will 
begin at 5 p.m. 

The June 2008 edition of Men's Journal magazine lists Moscow as one of the 
five "Best Places to Live: College Towns." It describes Moscow as "a hip 
little city... an hour from Hells Canyon and five from the Bitterroot 
Mountains." Bloomington, Indiana, topped the list, and Moscow joined 
Durham, North Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; and Missoula, Montana, in the 
top five.

A collection of columns by New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose 
is the selection for the University's first summer reading program. All 
incoming freshmen are expected to read the book, "1 Dead in Attic - After 
Katrina," prior to the start of fall semester. Transfer students and 
members of the University community also may participate.

The summer reading program is designed to give students a common academic 
experience before arriving on campus and help students see how various 
disciplines take different perspectives on a common read. A facilitated 
discussion about the book will take place as part of student orientation 
activities, and many CORE classes, introduction classes, and English 
90/101 also will incorporate the book into classroom activities.

Richard Thatcher is creating the Richard and Anne Thatcher College of 
Agricultural and Life Sciences Scholarship Endowment to honor his wife and 
her association with the University of Idaho. The endowment will be funded 
with a gift of $100,000 from Richard's estate. Anne Marie Mays Thatcher 
received a scholarship from the Union Pacific Railroad and studied home 
economics at the University of Idaho. Richard said, "I am proud to provide 
scholarships to students at the University of Idaho. This was important to 
Anne and continues to be important to me as well." Anne Thatcher passed 
away in October 2007. For information on giving to the College of 
Agricultural and Life Sciences, contact Mary Hasenoehrl at (208) 885-4038 
or mhaseno at uidaho.edu.

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Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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