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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shouldn’t it be <a href="mailto:board@sboe.idaho.gov">board@sboe.idaho.gov</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>sboe = state board of education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>osbe = of state board education?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just wondering. Perhaps a misdirection? Or BSU grads made the email address . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>DC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Donovan Arnold<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 17, 2012 3:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tom Hansen; Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: Idaho's Flagship University<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Let the spamming begin. <a href="mailto:board@osbe.idaho.gov" target="_blank">board@osbe.idaho.gov</a> Even better, Mr. Hansen, is if you can get us the individual emails of the board members. Maybe <span class=mark>ASUI</span> can also send out a mass student email informing where to complain about the demotion of the institution where they will be getting their degree. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Donovan Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 17, 2012 4:29 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Fwd: Idaho's Flagship University</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=yiv688073785><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=yiv688073785apple-style-span><span style='color:black'>Begin forwarded message:</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> "Michael Higgins, President, University of Idaho Alumni Association" <<a href="mailto:alumni@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">alumni@uidaho.edu</a>><b>Date:</b> February 17, 2012 15:16:13 PST<b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>><b>Subject:</b> <b>Idaho's Flagship UniversityReply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:alumni@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">alumni@uidaho.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;right:auto'><div><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><img border=0 width=200 height=61 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://idaho.imodules.com/s/1349/images/editor/lisa_case/2007_alumni-black.gif" alt="University of Idaho Alumni Association"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Fellow Alumni:As you may have read, the State Board of Education voted yesterday to remove the word “flagship” from the University’s mission statement. President <span class=mark>Nellis</span> has expressed his great disappointment in this decision. I write to tell you that I share President <span class=mark>Nellis</span>’ reaction and have heard from a great many of you on this topic.The fact remains that Idaho was and is the state’s flagship research university. The generally accepted definition of a flagship university is a state’s “first” established university, usually with a land grant mission, and usually a research and PhD granting institution. Of course, Idaho is all of those things – and more.If you are like me, flagship is a part of what our institution is – it is part of our legacy, our history, and it is part of our brand. Removing this distinguishing identifier is akin to Apple computer changing its mission statement from “Apple designs the best personal computers in the world” to “Apple designs computers.” It would not adequately recognize who they are, what they do, or what they are proud of.If you share my concern over this change, you can register your concern by calling or writing to the State Board of Education at 208.334.2270, <a href="mailto:board@osbe.idaho.gov" target="_blank">board@osbe.idaho.gov</a>, or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com</a>.I am grateful for President <span class=mark>Nellis</span>’ leadership on this important issue. It is one thing to develop policies that encourage and enable our university to succeed; it is quite another to require that the University change its mission in a way that will harm the institution’s ability to distinguish itself as Idaho’s first university, successfully promote its important educational research and outreach programs, and celebrate all that is unique and true about the University of Idaho.Thank you for all you do as a member of the Vandal Family.Best,<img border=0 width=200 height=60 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://idaho.imodules.com/s/1349/images/editor/lisa_case/higgins_blue.jpg" alt="Michael Higgins signature">Michael Higgins `98President, University of Idaho Alumni Association<o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#999999'>University of Idaho Web Communications<br>1102 Blake Ave, <span class=mark>CBE</span> Room 115A<br>Moscow, ID 83844<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>=======================================================List services made available by First Step Internet,serving the communities of the <span class=mark>Palouse</span> since 1994. <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a> <span class=mark>mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>