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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Friday Letter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A Newsletter for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alumni and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>September 17, 2004<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Friday Letter reader,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fall semester must be underway; I see some very serious
studying going on at the Commons, in the library and around campus. One group
that has been working on its assignment since last May is the University Vision
and Resources Task Force. I appointed this group of 25 - primarily faculty,
with student and staff representatives as well - to take a comprehensive look
at how best to bring our program offerings in line with the resources
available, and at the same time, create a high aspiration that serves the state
with quality and distinction. This group has been working late into the
evenings and on weekends to complete their very important work. The report will
spark a thorough conversation with constituents on and off campus, which will
inform critical decisions in the coming year. I will share more details as our
work progresses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tim White<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here's the latest news at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~ Robert Wrigley, acclaimed <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
poet and UI creative writing director, will receive a 2004 Governor's Award for
Excellence in the Arts Oct. 2 at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Warhawk</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Air</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nampa</st1:place></st1:City>. He is
one of 16 to be honored, the only one in the literary arts. Wrigley's work has
appeared in the most prestigious and widely read journals and magazines of the
nation, including Poetry, The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~ UI scientist Vladimir Aizen and colleagues from <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Maine</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> hope
global climate change will become a central topic for the American Geophysical
Union. Aizen, a research professor of geography, specializes in collecting ice
cores from glaciers to preserve the natural climate records they contain. The
cores preserve a rich source of information that is rapidly melting away. The
melting glaciers represent the loss of natural libraries of climate records.
"We would like to bring more attention to this problem," Aizen said.
"We would lose valuable records that go back thousands of years."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~ Eight young, professional Russian jazz musicians will be
experiencing American jazz at the 2005 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Open</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">World</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Leadership</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>,
housed in the Library of Congress in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, has selected the university
to receive a $61,000 grant to support the visit. UI is one of four grant
recipients, along with the Thelonius Monk Institute in <st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State> and <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State>, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Louisville</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and the
Dave Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~ The student-to-employer ratio will be 15 to 1, and chances
are rosier this year for students to find jobs or internships at the 2004
Career Expo of the Palouse, Sept. 29, in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Kibbie-ASUI</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Activity</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. "National
figures show the job market is on the bounce, and we're hoping that our eighth
annual effort between UI and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
to bring employers to the Palouse will reflect that trend," said lead
organizer Dan Blanco.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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