Boise State’s TECenter receives $1M grant for expansion 

The TECenter, Boise State University’s business incubator in Nampa, received word from the federal government Sept. 3 that it would get a long-awaited $1 million grant for a 10,000-square-foot renovation that will fill in the rest of the 38,000 structure.
Director John Glerum, told the Idaho Business Review, the money will be used to build out [...]

BSU starts master’s program for regional, community planning

To address a shortage of locally-trained planners, Boise State University is starting a master’s degree program in community and regional planning. The program will teach professionals how to balance needs like transportation, air quality, crime, housing, economic development, recreation, and other components of growth.
Boise State is hiring faculty now for [...]

Rental textbooks now an option at Idaho universities 

Parents and students who are trying to save money on college costs are taking advantage of a new option: Rental textbooks that can cut bookstore bills in half.
Textbook rentals started up this year at many Idaho campuses, including College of Idaho, Idaho State University, University of Idaho and Boise State University.
About 20 percent of students [...]

Boise State studies ways to accommodate growth, attract top faculty 

Dr. Juliette Tinker doesn’t have much, if any free time to spare during the course of her work day. Not only is she an assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Boise State University who teaches courses, writes grants, and fulfills other departmental duties, she also happens to be a microbiologist developing vaccines in her research lab [...]

Northern Idaho voters approve technical school levy

Residents of the Lakeland, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls school districts voted Aug. 24 to approve a $9.5 million levy for a technical school.

Kootenai Technical Education Center, or KTEC, will train welders, mechanics, builders and health workers. The project was started in 2007 after a group of northern Idaho manufacturers asked the local school [...]

Idaho Museum of Natural History receives accreditation

The Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University in Pocatello has received accreditation that will enable it to increase its collections and attract more researchers and research grants.
The museum, which focuses on anthropology and natural history in the intermountain west, has a large collection of Pleistocene mammals from west of the Rockies, such [...]

Committee to interview finalists for Morrison Center position 

A search committee at Boise State University will interview three to five finalists for the job of executive director of the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts over the next few weeks.
The leader of Morrison Center is responsible for managing all the operations of the 2,000-seat performing arts center, including fundraising, programming, staff operations [...]

Idaho could get $51M under federal jobs bill

Idaho public schools are expected to receive about $51 million to protect teaching positions as part of a job-saving measure signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
The money is part of a $26 billion bill aimed at helping teachers and other public workers avoid layoffs, and will be funneled to Idaho schools as [...]

U of I plans third-year law program in Boise

By Ysabel Bilbao
The University of Idaho has received approval to start its third-year law program in Idaho’s capital following a favorable recommendation by the ABA Accreditation Committee.
“The third-year program in Boise will enhance opportunities for our students and will enable our faculty to provide more direct service to state government, the legal profession, the business [...]

Northern Idaho levy to decide future of tech school 

Eve Knudtsen heard about a nationwide shortage of skilled auto mechanics and expects it to hit her own auto dealership soon.
Knudtsen, co-owner of Knudtsen Chevrolet in Post Falls, already has trouble filling openings for mechanics and technicians. And several of her most skilled workers are set to retire.
“Two years ago, our national trade association [...]