College News

Experts Offer Students History of Local Water Health and Restoration Efforts
Posted: Friday, May 11
By Donna Emert PINEHURST, Idaho—Approximately 20 Silver Valley Upward Bound students will wade into local waters, and local history, on Saturday, May 19. The field day is designed to help the students better understand the past and future of the Silver Valley, and the vital connections between environment, industry and education. Two University of Idaho programs, Upward Bou...
» Read More
Education | Coeur d' Alene | News Release

DancersDrummersDreamers® Shuffle, Slide, Stomp and Roll into Coeur d’Alene, May 14
Posted: Tuesday, May 1
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho--The University of Idaho dance/percussion/performance art phenomenon, DancersDrummersDreamers® will appear at 7 p.m., May 14, in the Lake City High School Auditorium, 6101 Ramsey Road, Coeur d'Alene. This year, for the first time, DDD will perform at four separate locations across the state. University of Idaho student da...
» Read More
Education | Dance | Music | Coeur d' Alene | News Release | Dance | Music

New KTEC Teachers to Receive Training Through U-Idaho-Coeur d’Alene
Posted: Friday, March 9
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – Kootenai Technical Education Campus director Mark Cotner has announced a cooperative relationship with the University of Idaho to provide courses in Coeur d'Alene for KTEC faculty seeking professional-technical teacher certification. Cotner said KETC enrollment is now at 900 students, exceeding enrollment capacity, so the need for certified instructors is great. ...
» Read More
Education | Coeur d' Alene | News Release

Think College Grant Award
Posted: Friday, December 2 2011
The Center on Disabilities and Human Development within the College of Education, has been awarded a Think College strategic planning grant funded through Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts. Matt Wappett is the principal investigator. The one-year grant will provide funding to support planning for post-secondary education initiatives for students with intellectual dis...
» Read More
Education | Acknowledgements | Register Features
  I like this! (+2)

Students to Build Lunar Rovers in Coeur d’Alene
Posted: Friday, June 24 2011
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Student teams from Asotin, Clarkston, Lewiston, the Silver Valley, Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls high schools will get hands-on science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education this summer as they build a lunar rover. The experience is made possible through a partnership between the University of Idaho-administered Silver Valley Upward Bound pro...
» Read More
Science | Engineering | Education | Coeur d' Alene | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Register Features

Professional Practitioner Doctorate Opens New Doors
Posted: Monday, June 20 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – In response to a national and regional need, the University of Idaho is opening new opportunities in education through a professional practitioner doctoral program starting this fall in Rexburg. The doctorate focuses on applied research, teaching/learning and service/outreach for professionals in or related to education. “In the recent past, the differences between the Ph.D. and ...
» Read More
Education | James Gregson | Idaho Falls | News Release | Graduate | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | Graduate Education

A Scholarship Fundraiser that Rocks: Local Student Talent to Stage Music and Art Festival June 4
Posted: Wednesday, June 1 2011
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Generation-Next rockers hope to raise some cash for potential first-generation Americans seeking higher education through the Educational Talent Search (ETS) Rock for College Concert, Saturday, June 4, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Long Ear record store, 2405 North 4th St. in Coeur d’Alene. The show features singer/songwriters from Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls ju...
» Read More
Education | News Release | Northern Idaho | Post Falls | Scholarships | Kootenai County

Idaho Assistive Technology Project Receives Award
Posted: Tuesday, May 10 2011
The Idaho Assistive Technology Project, a project of the University of Idaho's Center on Disabilities and Human Development, has been awarded the Group Citation Award presented by the International Association of Workforce Professionals, Idaho Chapter. Winners of the award are honored for their promotion of specialized customer services, health and working conditions, professional advancement, and...
» Read More
Education | Acknowledgements
  I like this! (+1)

Education Film Series Wraps Up with "The Race to Nowhere"
Posted: Thursday, March 31 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – As graduation looms around the corner, many students are feeling like the race is on for the finish. But just exactly what is that race and where is it going? The University of Idaho and Washington State University colleges of education will be discussing that metaphor with the film “The Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America’s Achievement Culture” on April 14 as a wrap up in ...
» Read More
Education | Melissa Saul | Elementary Education | News Release | News Release | Elementary Education | Cori Mantle-Bromley

Hamlet’s Dilemma Proves Timeless: Shakespeare Debuts in Post Falls Fourth Grade Classrooms
Posted: Monday, March 21 2011
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – More than 70 Post Falls fourth graders are gaining a fundamental understanding of the Elizabethan era and insights into its most renowned spokesperson, William Shakespeare. After talking with Seltice Elementary School (Post Falls) Principal Mike Uphus, University of Idaho professor Emily Duvall, director of the Northwest Inland Writing Project and program ...
» Read More
Education | Emily Duvall | Elementary Education | News Release | Northern Idaho | Post Falls | Elementary Education