POCATELLO – Camie Parsons, a current, nontraditional ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø chemistry master’s student, never imagined that being a cosmetologist would prompt her to go back to college to study chemistry. She’s now a single mother to four kids, completing graduate school and starting a business based off her cosmetology and chemistry background.
In this Issue
POCATELLO -- ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s College of Arts and Letters started its on-campus dual-enrollment pilot program in the fall of 2017 and has almost tripled the program’s size from 10 students to 29 in just one semester.
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø senior Kacie Burnett says there isn’t much difference between playing college softball and studying nursing.
News Bites
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Gender Resource Center to host Denim Day to raise awareness for sexual assault
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Gender Resource Center will host Denim Day on April 19 in support of sexual assault survivors and to make a statement against misconceptions about sexual assault. There will be speakers and a pulled pork lunch in the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Canoe Room in the Pond Student Union from noon to 3 p.m.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø welcomes seven Family Medicine Residency interns
POCATELLO – Each year, the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Family Medicine Residency Program graduates seven Family Medicine Physicians, and each year welcomes seven new interns to take their place.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian offers free hearing screenings April 11
MERIDIAN—Get your hearing screened for free April 11 at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Speech and Language Clinic, 1311 E. Central Drive.
Events
Scientific art exhibit opens April 2 at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Oboler Library
POCATELLO — A seldom-seen side of Idaho science will be on display at the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Oboler Library.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø to present operatic version of well-known play “Our Town”
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s School of Performing Arts will present “Our Town” the Opera on April 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Diane and Chick Bilyeu Theatre in Frazier Hall.
Southern rock group Marshall Tucker concert set April 11 at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø
POCATELLO – The Marshall Tucker Band leader and founder Doug Gray has fond memories about Pocatello, despite the fact the band once suffered a mishap here.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø African Student Association to host Hakuna Matata Festival on April 28
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s African Student Association will host a Hakuna Matata Festival on April 28 at 6 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Ballroom. The festival will include different exhibits and African cultural experiences.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Department of Physics to host Science Olympics on March 31
POCATELLO – The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Department of Physics will host a regional Science Olympiad on March 31 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Physical Science Building on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Carter Street on the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø campus.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Japan Club to host presentation Shinto and Japanese Manners
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Japan Club will host the presentation Shinto and Japanese Manners on April 5 at 6 p.m. in the Rendezvous Complex, Room A.
Interested students invited to Lunch with the College of Business to explore majors
POCATELLO – The College of Business at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø will host an informational Lunch with the College of Business event for all students who are interested in learning more about its programs on April 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Wood River Rooms.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø to hold 13th Intermountain Gender and Sexuality Conference April 12-13
POCATELLO – More than 35 presenters from across the western United States will present at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s 13th Intermountain Gender and Sexuality Conference on April 12 and 13. The conference will begin at 1 p.m. on April 12 and 9 a.m. on April 13. Events will be held in the Rendezvous Complex Suites A and B.
Faculty/Staff Updates
Kathryn M. Hildebrand named ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø College of Education Dean
POCATELLO — Kathryn M. Hildebrand has been named Dean of the College of Education at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Physics Professor Steven Shropshire awarded STEM Professional of the Year
POCATELLO – The 2018 inaugural STEM Professional of the Year Award was presented to ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø physics Professor Steven L. Shropshire on behalf of the engineering programs at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø and the Eastern Idaho Engineering Council (EIEC).