Announcing Open Nominations for the ASBSU Golden Apple Awards.

               

Each year the Associate Students of Boise State University seeks to honor outstanding faculty members who have distinguished themselves as so in the eyes of students.

We encourage students to participate in the nominations process by submitting an application for any faculty member(s) that has(have) gone above and beyond in the past academic year.

Nomination forms are available at the ASBSU Office in the Student Union Building or by download at http://asbsu.boisestate.edu/.

All nominations must be submitted to ASBSU no later than Friday, November 20, 2009. For more information, visit the ASBSU site at http://asbsu.boisestate.edu/.

Commencement
10:00 a.m., Friday, December 18, 2009

Winter Commencement will be in the Taco Bell Arena to celebrate Winter graduates.

The ceremony will include the processional and recessional of candidates as well as individual recognition of each person and hooding of the doctoral candidates.

• "Investigate Boise" - New Urban Based Summer Course Series announced by SSPA.
  
  
  
  
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  Check out the History Department Blog - The Scribe
  
  
  
• The Karen Kelsch Memorial Scholarship has been established and will be awarded to non-traditional Bachelor of General Studies students.

• Engage with SSPA - a publication highlighting the work of our faculty and staff as well as the successes of our alumni.
• Current Spotlight on Policy Podcast Series

• A chapter by communication professor Ed McLuskie was just published by Hampton Press in "Audiences and the Arts: Communication Perspectives." From BSU Update - November 11, 2009.
• John Freemuth, a professor of public policy and administration and political science, was recently invited to be a contributor to The Grange, a western issues blog offered by the High Country News. From BSU Update - November 2, 2009.
• Gary Moncrief, professor of political science, recently had his book "State Legislatures Today: Politics Under the Domes" published. His co-author on the book was Peverill Squire of the University of Missouri. From BSU Update - October 30, 2009.
• Psychology professor Eric Landrum received grass roots lobbyist training during the Education Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4-5, sponsored by the American Psychological Association. From BSU Update - October 7, 2009.
• Gary Moncrief, professor of political science, was part of a six-person panel at the Council of State Governments Annual Meeting, Oct. 5-8 in Santa Fe, NM. From BSU Update - October 6, 2009.