U-Idaho Women’s Center Celebrates Women with Award-Winning Films at LUNAFEST
Posted: Friday, March 8
MOSCOW, Idaho – The U-Idaho Women’s Center will celebrate its eighth anniversary of hosting the only national touring festival of short films by, for and about women. The LUNAFEST Women’s Film Festival will take place in Moscow on Thursday, March 21, 2013. LUNAFEST™, produced by LUNA, The Whole Nutrition Bar for Women?, provides a national platform for independent women fi...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity | Equality

Cruise the World in a Day
Posted: Tuesday, February 26
MOSCOW, Idaho – Take in the sights, sounds and tastes from around the world during this year’s University of Idaho Cruise the World event on Saturday, March 2 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom. With booths from nearly 30 countries, Cruise the World, hosted by the University of Idaho International Enrichment Program, allows students from different count...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity | International

Three Benefit Performances of “The Vagina Monologues” Scheduled for Feb. 14-16
Posted: Thursday, February 7
MOSCOW, Idaho – Promoting awareness and an end to violence against women and girls, the University of Idaho Women’s Center is presenting their annual V-Day benefit production of Eve Ensler’s celebrated play, “The Vagina Monologues,” Feb. 14-16 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in downtown Moscow. The global V-Day campaign includes the performance of creative ev...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity

U-Idaho to Host Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Posted: Wednesday, January 9
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an on-campus showing Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 12:30 p.m. of his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, filmed in 1963. The screening will take place in the Teaching and Learning Center, attached to the Idaho Commons, in its Student Diversity Center, room 229. He delivered his stirring remarks on Aug. 28, ...
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News Release | Diversity | Multicultural | Leathia Botello | Office of Multicultural Affairs

Engineering Student Receives President’s Award for Minority Doctoral Candidates
Posted: Wednesday, November 28 2012
In an effort to promote diversity within graduate education and recruit the best and brightest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the University of Idaho’s President’s Doctoral Scholars Award helps minority students continue their studies and research. President M. Duane Nellis has named mechanical engineering student Anthony Rey DeLeon the recipient of...
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Science | Engineering | Research | News Release | Diversity | ibest | engineering | Office of the President

U-Idaho Enrollment Positive Under New Reporting Guidelines
Posted: Thursday, October 18 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho official enrollment stands at 12,493 students using the new Oct. 15 ‘census’ date and reporting guidelines set by the Idaho State Board of Education. The new SBOE guidelines replace the traditional 10th day of the fall semester reporting date with Oct. 15. They also limit all Idaho higher education institutions to reporting enrollment numbers for students in c...
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News Release | Study Abroad | Diversity | Duane Nellis | International | President's Office

U-Idaho Celebrates LGBTQA Students’ Success with Lavender Graduation
Posted: Wednesday, April 11 2012
By Emily Frank MOSCOW, Idaho – Steve Martin, development organizer for the Pride Foundation will give the keynote speech at the University of Idaho’s 2012 Lavender Graduation on Tuesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Idaho Commons Clearwater/Whitewater Rooms. Lavender Graduation celebrates the accomplishments and lives of LGBTQ – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Quest...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity | Equality

University Announces Spring Enrollment; Looks Ahead to Fall
Posted: Wednesday, February 1 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s snapshot of enrollment on the 10th day of spring semester totals 11,707 students statewide, nearly identical to the previous spring. The numbers for the University of Idaho include full-time and part-time students at the university, whose main campus in Moscow features a residential living and learning experience. Enrollment on the Moscow campu...
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News Release | Financial Aid | Housing | Scholarships | Admitted Students | Diversity | International

Latino Law Caucus Sheds Light on the Unauthorized Practice of Law by Notarios
Posted: Friday, February 4 2011
By Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho – Individuals and organizations billing themselves as “notarios publicos” are misrepresenting themselves and their clients. The notarios, who lack credentials to legally practice law, promise “notary” services to recently arrived immigrants, but instead provide expensive and potentially harmful “representation.” Their would-be “clients” are vulnerable to confusion...
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Law | News Release | Diversity | Multicultural | Office of Multicultural Affairs

University of Idaho Freshman to Introduce Rev. Jesse Jackson
Posted: Friday, February 4 2011
Written by Chelsey Remitz MOSCOW, Idaho – When the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to University of Idaho audiences on Monday, Feb. 7, there won't be a long line of university dignitaries introducing him. Rather, Christina Boddie, a freshman from Port Orchard, Wash., will do the honors. Mark Edwards, assistant to the president for diversity, equity and community, anticipates 4,000 people will attend...
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Science | Chemistry | Chemistry | News Release | Diversity | Multicultural | Mark Edwards | Office of Multicultural Affairs