University of Idaho Names a Term Dean for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Posted: Tuesday, June 11
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho announced the decision to postpone the national search for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences dean. The search will resume after a permanent provost has been named. The current interim dean, John Foltz, has been named as the college’s dean until June 2015. “I appreciate John’s willingness to remain while the search is adj...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | News Release | Katherine Aiken | Office of the President | Provost Staff | President's Office | John Foltz

University of Idaho Announces Interim Dean for College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Posted: Thursday, June 6
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho has appointed John Mihelich, chair of the department of sociology and anthropology, to serve as the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences interim dean. He takes up the post June 9. Mihelich succeeds Katherine Aiken, who was named interim provost and executive vice president of the University of Idaho. “I am pleased John has accepted th...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Sociology | Anthropology | Anthropology | News Release | Katherine Aiken | Provost Staff | Sociology | Anthropology

University of Idaho Announces WWAMI Interim Director
Posted: Wednesday, May 22
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho announced today that Joe Cloud has been selected as interim director of the WWAMI – Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – Medical Education Program for Idaho. He will take the helm on June 1 from Andrew Turner, who has provided exemplary leadership in the program for the last 10 years. “Along with serving as the former cha...
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Provost Staff | News Release | Katherine Aiken | WWAMI | Provost Backup 2012-04-19

The University of Idaho Announces Katherine Aiken as Interim Provost
Posted: Wednesday, May 8
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho announced today Katherine Aiken, the current dean of the U-Idaho College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences – or CLASS – will serve as interim provost and executive vice president beginning June 3. Aiken has served as the CLASS dean since 2006 and has worked at the University of Idaho for 25 years. "This selection reflects the depth o...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Donald L. Burnett Jr | Presidents Office | News Release | Katherine Aiken | Office of the President | Duane Nellis | President's Office

Longtime U-Idaho Music Professor Receives National Teaching Award
Posted: Thursday, November 15 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – After dedicating nearly 35 years to teaching and inspiring generations of music students, the University of Idaho’s Dan Bukvich is receiving the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year Award in the state of Idaho. “Winning this award is humbling. Whenever people win these awards, it means a lot of people behind the scenes did a lot of work. So I’m very appreciativ...
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Music Education | Music | Master of Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Katherine Aiken | Graduate | Duane Nellis | Music Education | Music

U-Idaho Event to Focus on Media’s Coverage of Political Campaigns
Posted: Wednesday, October 17 2012
BOISE, Idaho – One of the nation’s best-known media critics will dissect election season journalism at this year’s University of Idaho Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, Oct. 19 in Boise. Kelly McBride, lead ethicist at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will deliver the symposium keynote titled “Politicians vs. the Press: A Social Media Cage Fight.” She will examine ethical challenges facing tr...
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Journalism and Mass Media | Kenton Bird | Journalism | News Release | Katherine Aiken | Journalism

Historian Katherine Aiken Examines the Heart of Valentine's Day
Posted: Friday, February 10 2012
By Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho – In her Feb. 14 presentation, “An Historian Looks at Valentine’s Day: The Interplay of Dollars and Cupids,” historian Katherine Aiken promises to examine the left and right ventricles that are the heart of the modern American Valentine’s Day: love and money. Aiken, dean of the University of Idaho College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, w...
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CLASS Dean Katherine Aiken Receives Shield Award
Posted: Tuesday, May 3 2011
Katherine Aiken, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, received the Shield Award of Delta Gamma. The national award recognizes alumnae who have achieved unique and noteworthy distinctions through leadership and verifiable accomplishments in their chosen field. The award was presented in Moscow at the centennial anniversary celebration of the Nu Chapter of Delta Gamma on April 3...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Acknowledgements | Katherine Aiken

Historian Douglas Brinkley to Mark Centennial of Teddy Roosevelt’s Visit to University of Idaho
Posted: Monday, March 28 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – A century after former President Theodore Roosevelt visited the University of Idaho, one of his biographers will speak about Roosevelt’s contributions to the conservation movement in Idaho. Historian Douglas Brinkley will speak on Friday, April 8 – the day before the 100th anniversary of Roosevelt’s historic 1911 visit to Moscow. Brinkley’s talk, “Wild America: From Theodore Roose...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Political Science | History | Political Science | History | Political Science | News Release | Katherine Aiken | University of Idaho

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Receives Grant from Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Posted: Tuesday, February 8 2011
Written by Steven Nelson MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Foundation has received $20,000 from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to support the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. This is the first time the 44-year-old festival has received a grant from the foundation. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation was established in 1996 by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. The foundation’s mission ...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Grants | Katherine Aiken