News
August 2009
Boise State University adjunct professor of English Alan Heathcock has been
named the 2009 Carol Houck Smith Scholar at the national Bread Loaf Writers’
Conferenc
e,
taking place Aug. 12-23 in Ripton,Vt. More than 1,800 writers applied, with
170 accepted as general attendees and 16 named scholars of fiction, non-fiction
or poetry. One of five in the fiction genre, Heathcock’s distinction
is named for the late Carol Houck Smith, a legendary editor and champion of
short fiction.
May 2009
Tony Roark was named associate dean in Boise State University’s College
of Arts and Sciences, effective June 29, 2009.
Dr. Roark received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho in 1992 and his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Washington in 1999. After a visiting professorship at The Ohio State University, Roark joined Boise State as an adjunct professor in 2000 and was hired as an assistant professor in 2001. He hadserved as chair of the Philosophy Department since 2007.
May 2009: Statewide Biomedical Research Network Awarded $16.5 Million Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Boise State University is one of 10 higher education and research institutions
in Idaho that will share a $16.5 million grant from the National Institutes
of Health to continue efforts to enhance biomedical research through the Idaho
IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, or INBRE.
The overarching goals of Idaho INBRE include:
• Strengthening Idaho’s biomedical research infrastructure and expertise by building on the established INBRE network
• Supporting Idaho faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students to increase the research base and capacity
• Providing research opportunities to Idaho undergraduate students and serving as a pipeline for these students to continue in health-related careers
• Enhancing the scientific and technological knowledge of Idaho’s workforce
• Expanding Idaho research opportunities across the Western IDeA Region
Spring 2009: Inaugurating the Marge Peek English Scholarship:
Key individuals celebrate a new scholarship named for Emerita Professor of
English Dr. Marge Peek
.
Left to right: 2009 scholarship winner Kathaleen White; Wendy Peek; Marge
Peek; lead donors Brian and Karen Ballard.
Fall 2008: Participants in the 5th Annual Court Interpreters Conference
jointly sponsored by Modern Languages & Literatures, Ada County, and the
Idaho
Supreme Court. The conference is part of Fatima Cornwall's Community Engagement
with the Court System, supported in part by a College of Arts and Sciences
grant.
Dr. Matthew Kohn, Geosciences Department, was name
d
a Fellow in The Geological Society of America at their May 2008 Meeting.
11/01 - Art 221 Student Create Art Work for Deer Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Students from both sections of the ART 221 chose to work with the Deer Flats
National Wildlife Refuge for their Service-Learning Project this semester.
The students were asked to collaboratively create pieces for the 
Deer Flats National Wildlife Refuge's planned new auditorium, coming this
spring. Using the flora and fauna of the Refuge as inspiration, the students
created metal sculptures that will be installed around the refuge buildings.
11/01 - Dean Schimpf's Visit to the Studies Abroad Program in Costa Rico
In September, COAS Dean Martin Schimpf visited three University Studies Abroad
Consortium (USAC) program sites in Costa Rica - Heredia, Puntarenas and San
Ramon - with 16 administrators and faculty members from across the United
States. Boise State was integral in creating USAC over 25 years ago and continues
to send a significant number of students abroad each year on USAC programs.
As a result, visits such as these are conducted to continuously assess current
programs, meet faculty 
and
on-site administrators. Dean Schimpf indicated:
"Being able to see the students in action, in order to see the quality of the programming and activities; and to visit with students in order to hear from them directly about their experiences, their impressions of the program, and the impact it was having on them was very beneficial to my work with students."
Corrine M. Henke, the Boise State representative on the USAC Board of Directors indicated, "As a member of USAC, these programs are important education abroad options for Boise State students. The new site in San Ramon is being established to send more science students abroad, and we feel lucky that Dean Schimpf was able to take time out of his schedule to participate in this visit."
09/01/07 - Fulbright Scholar
We're pleased to welcome to campus the College's first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence.
Irish poet and playwright Kevin Kiely, from University College Dublin, will
spend 2007-08 in residence on the Boise State campus, 
teaching
classes in the English and Theatre Arts departments. Kevin is accompanied
by his wife, Maeve McCarthy, a landscape, still life, and portrait artist.
For further information, contact Associate Dean Helen Lojek (208-426-1414).
Kevin Kiely Curriculum
Vitae: Diploma in Creative Writing, University College Galway, (Ireland).,
Hon. Fellow in Writing Iowa University, Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), PhD Candidate University College Dublin
(Ireland).
4/5/07 Conference Room Dedication
The College of Arts and Sciences Conference Room was renamed the Phillip E. Eastman Conference Room in recognition of his 28 1/2 years of service to Boise State University. Phillip E. Eastman became dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Boise State University in July 1994. Prior to that he served as associate dean of the College, director of the university-wide Interdisciplinary Studies Program, and as chair of the Faculty Senate.