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ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø will honor 15 current and retired faculty and staff, alumni and supporters with awards at 2006 Homecoming.

Recipients will be honored at the President's Alumni Recognition Dinner at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, at the Red Lion Hotel Pocatello, 1555 Pocatello Creek Road. A 6 p.m. reception in the Red Lion Atrium will precede the dinner. Those wishing to attend should contact the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Alumni Office at (208) 282-3755. The cost is $35.

Following are the honorees and their awards:

The Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes exemplary professional and personal contributions resulting in national or international recognition.

• Michael M. Mooney, a Pocatello native, started his banking career in Pocatello in 1974 and received his MBA from ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø in 1983. He is currently president of Farmers & Merchants State Bank in Boise. Mooney is past president of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation board of directors. He was honored by the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø College of Business in 1995 with its Professional Achievement Award and in 1996 as the Idaho Business Leader of the Year.

The Bartz Award recognizes continued support and development of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø through personal actions, participation in University affairs and financial support.

• Joyce Seppi says that the Seppi family roots run deep in ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø soil. She has made numerous gifts to the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø and Bengal Foundations, most recently to support the library in ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø's planned Alumni and Visitors Center, in the name of the Seppi Family and her late husband, Dr. Leno Seppi, a former Lava Hot Springs dentist and member of the State Board of Education from 1974 to 1984.

The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Achievement Award recognizes personal actions, generosity and self- sacrifice on behalf of the University by a faculty or staff member.

• Dr. Steven Shropshire, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø associate professor of physics, has research interests in physics education, teacher preparation and improving K-12 science education. He has conducted more than 750 science presentations and 350 science workshops for K-12 teachers.

The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Distinguished Service Award recognizes ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø staff who have shown exceptional loyalty to the University through an extended period of employment.

• Debbie Henricksen has been employed at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø for 30 years, and says she has had the great fortune to have worked with wonderful mentors and colleagues in the Offices of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, Alumni Relations, Enrollment Planning, Radiographic Sciences, Academic Affairs, and most recently in the Office of the President. She is currently executive assistant to her third ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø President, Dr. Arthur C. Vailas.

The President's Medallion was established in 2001 to honor friends and alumni whose outstanding accomplishments and exemplary service and support bring distinction to the University and advance higher education.

• Ted and Barbara Crumley have supported ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø in many ways. He is an ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø graduate in accounting who held various executive positions including senior vice president and chief financial officer with the Boise Cascade Corp. He is now senior vice president and chief financial officer for OfficeMax. He is a past president of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation and served on its board of directors for 14 years. He co-chaired the general campaign for the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center, for which the Crumleys were generous donors.

• Dr. Jo Elliott-Blakeslee is currently a general-practice physician in Boise. Her extensive involvement with the Alumni Association includes serving four years on the Alumni board of directors. She chaired the Alumni Centennial Committee and was the driving force in completing the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø History Walk, the Alumni Association's Centennial gift to the University. Her generosity to ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø includes gifts for the planned Alumni and Visitors Center and an endowed scholarship.

• Dr. H. Gene and Sue Ann Hoge have actively supported the dental-hygiene program in the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Kasiska College of Health Professions, the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Bengal Foundation and the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. Their support includes both generous gifting and private efforts to encourage the support of others. The Hoges worked together in his dental practice, he as dentist, she as dental hygienist, before he sold the practice earlier this year.

• Ray and Effie Kaufman are both ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø graduates, he with a bachelor's and MBA in business, she in elementary education. He retired in 2002 after a 25-year career at the J.R. Simplot Co., most recently as group president. They have supported ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø financially with the Ray G. and Effie Kaufman Scholarship Endowment in the College of Business and gifts for the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center and the Alumni Association. He currently serves on the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation Board of Directors and is a past recipient of the College of Business Professional Achievement Award.

• Gary D. Campbell, who was unable to receive the 2005 President's Medallion last year because of Hurricane Rita's impact on his hometown of Houston, will also be honored.

Homecoming Parade marshals are ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø faculty, staff or alumni who have made a significant impact on the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø community and enjoy popularity among their colleagues and students.

• Nancy Graziano is in her 21st year with the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø department of athletics. She is currently associate athletic director for student support service and senior woman administrator. As the liaison between ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø's student-athletes and academic resources, she advises and assists the student athletes in achieving their academic goals and has had a positive impact on thousands of students.

• Dr. Richard J. and Donna L. Sagness came to Pocatello in 1979 when he began his duties as dean of the College of Education. Donna worked for Workforce Training in the College of Technology. Both retired from ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø in 1999. With the help of friends, they endowed a scholarship in the College of Education to help single mothers further their education.