|
Your source for U of I employee news.
|
|
Support Idaho Nonprofits During Idaho Gives Thursday
Make your impact, Vandals! Visit Idahogives.org on Thursday, May 3, 2018, and send a little love to one of over 500 Idaho nonprofits, including the University of Idaho Foundation.
Individual Sessions with TIAA Financial Consultant May 15-16
No matter where you are in life - just getting started or planning for retirement - a session with Patrick Egan can help you create a plan for your goals. And, it's at no additional cost as a part of your retirement plan.
Content for Last My UI of Year Due Today
In May, the University of Idaho's email newsletters will go to their academic break schedule. The Last My UI for the academic year is Monday, May 7. Submissions are due by noon today, May 2. My UI will resume for the 2018-19 academic year on Monday Aug. 13. Submissions will be due by noon Wednesday, Aug. 8. The last This Week at UI newsletter will be sent out Sunday, May 6. Events should be submitted to the U of I calendar by noon today, May 2. The Daily Register will be sent weekly on Mondays beginning Monday, May 14.
Host a Russian Student This Summer
The International Programs Office is pleased to announce an opportunity to host a Russian student in your home for three weeks (July 28 or Aug. 2-16) as a part of the Year of Exchange for Russians Program (YEAR). This program is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and administered by American Councils for International Education in partnership with the University of Idaho. Host families will be compensated $450 to host the student. Read more.
Volunteers Needed for Big Sky Track and Field Championships May 10-11
The University of Idaho hosting the Big Sky Track and Field Championships Thursday, May 10, and Friday, May 11, in Moscow. All 12 teams and more than 600 athletes in the Big Sky Conference will compete at the Dan O'Brien Track and Field Complex on campus. It is a big meet, a big endeavor, so any volunteer help would be incredible and appreciated. Organizers are in need of volunteers to help with the meet operation and to assist our officials. Events are also happening Tuesday, May 8, and Wednesday, May 9, for anyone interested in watching the events. Find out more and sign up.
|
|
Events are held in Moscow unless otherwise noted.
• Search Committee Training: 10 a.m., Room 040A, Pitman Center
• The Essentials of Employee Onboarding: 11 a.m., Room 045, Pitman Center
• Women's Center Candidate Open Forum: 1-2 p.m., Horizon Room, Commons
• Green Dot Overview for Faculty and Staff: 3:30 p.m., Crest Room, Commons
• SAS (Short and Sweet) Talks: 4-7 p.m., IRIC Step Auditorium
• College of Art and Architecture Spring Awards Celebration: 5:30-7:30 p.m., AAN Patio
• Composers Concert: 7:30 p.m., Haddock Performance Hall
Thursday
• Freshstart Tobacco Cessation Course: Noon, Student Health Center Conference Room
• Going Full Tilt: Transparency in Learning and Teaching: 2 p.m., ED 341, Doceo Center
• School of Music Students and Ensembles - Convocation: 2:30 p.m., Haddock Performance Hall
• Policy Pub - Public Lands: 5:30 p.m. Mountain time, Pengilly's, 513 W. Main St., Boise
• U of I Idaho Falls Commencement: 7:30 p.m. Mountain time, Willard Arts Center Colonial Theatre, Idaho Falls
• Dance Off Hand: 7:30 p.m., PEB 110
Get more events at uidaho.edu/events, or subscribe to the weekly events newsletter, This Week at UI.
|
|
|
89 Students will Graduate May 15 from U of I Boise
BOISE — A total of 89 University of Idaho students will graduate from the University of Idaho Boise this spring. U of I Boise graduates are eligible for 89 degrees. Boise graduates have applied for six bachelor’s degrees, 43 law degrees, a doctoral degree, five specialist degrees and 34 master’s degrees. Read more.
1,478 Students will Graduate from U of I This Spring
A total of 1,478 University of Idaho students statewide are eligible for graduation this spring, earning a combined 1,564 degrees. U of I students have applied for 1,155 bachelor’s degrees, 93 law degrees, 35 doctoral degrees, nine specialist degrees and 274 master’s degrees. Some students will have earned multiple degrees. This year's commencement brings the university's all-time total to 117,335 graduates and 125,567 degrees. Read more.
|
|
Retirement Reception for Bill Cone and Chuck Morrison May 7
Please join the Counseling and Testing Center in saying goodbye and celebrating the retirements of Dr. Bill Cone and Dr. Chuck Morrison. Both have had distinguished careers serving our students through the Counseling and Testing Center. After many years of practicing general adult psychiatry in the private sector, Cone was hired as a board-certified psychiatrist at U of I in 2003. Dr. Morrison was hired by the CTC in 1987 and has served as both a faculty member and licensed psychologist for more than 30 years. The reception honoring them is 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, May 7, in the Commons Clearwater Room.
Chair of English Department Scott Slovic Edits Book of Ecocritical Essays
Department of English's Scott Slovic, along with University of Hawai'i, Manoa's Peter Quigley, edited a book of essays titled "Ecocritical Aesthetics: Language, Beauty, and the Environment." The book, which was published in April, discusses how beauty influences our relationships with places, other species, and our own lives. The essays suggest that beauty sways how we experience the world and also inspires cultural change. Slovic specializes in ecocriticism and Native American, Western American and environmental literature.
U of I Graduating Senior Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Spring 2018 graduate J. Tyrell Styhl has been selected as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient. Styhl, originally from Idaho Falls, graduates this may with a Bachelor of Science in ecology and conservation biology with minors in wildlife resources and statistics. He starts graduate school in Fall 2018 with an emphasis on studying changes in the diet of southern Idaho sage grouse from chicks to adults. Read more.
Faculty and Staff Help Vandal Giving Day 2018 Set New Record
Thank you to everyone who participated in Vandal Giving Day on April 24-25, 2018. Your generous gifts and social sharing helped U of I raise over $483,000, up from 2016's total of $441,313! To learn more, go to https://vandalsgive.uidaho.edu.
U of I Senior to Study in Tanzania in Fall 2018
University of Idaho student Ian Hahn has been awarded a prestigious Boren Scholarship to study in Tanzania during the 2018-19 academic year. Hahn, originally from Portland, Oregon, is a senior in journalism with minors in international studies and anthropology. He will study Swahili this summer at the University of Florida and then transfer to MS Training Center for Development Cooperation in Arusha, Tanzania. Read more.
Retirement Reception for Erik Anderson Thursday
The Department of Agricultural and Extension Education would like to invite the campus community to a retirement reception for Erik Anderson, Extension professor. Anderson will be retiring after 33 years of service to the University of Idaho. The reception is scheduled for 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3 in the Ag Biotech Courtyard in the Ag Science Building, Moscow.
|
|
|
For a complete listing of career opportunities available at the University of Idaho, click here.
|
|
|
|
|
