ISU’s Feit given award from counseling association
POSTED: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 07:07 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Idaho Counseling Association, Idaho State University, Stephen Feit
Idaho State University interim dean of the Kasiska College of Health Professions Stephen Feit has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Idaho Counseling Association for 2010.
Feit is also a professor of counseling and former chair of the ISU counseling department.
He graduated from the University of New Hampshire, with a degree in sociology. Feit [...]
Children’s Home Society names new CEO
POSTED: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 07:18 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Children's Home Society, Patsy Fedrizzi, Philip Herink, Teresa Alexander
The president of the Children’s Home Society board of directors, Patsy Fedrizzi, has announced that Teresa Alexander has been named chief executive officer and Philip Herink has been named director of business operations for CHS.
Alexander formerly managed charitable contributions and community affairs for Albertsons/Supervalu. Herink formerly served as CEO of Boise Behavioral Health Hospital. These [...]
Public Relations Society announces new slate of officers
POSTED: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 08:01 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Public Relations Society of America, Sydney Sallabanks
Idaho’s chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has announced its slate of officers for 2010.
The chapter will be led by president Sydney Sallabanks, principal at Gallatin Public Affairs in Boise. Sallabanks’ areas of expertise are in media relations and crisis mitigation. She recently served on the planning committee for the Capitol Rededication Celebration [...]
Chief nursing officer named to Genesis board
POSTED: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Genesis World Mission, Karen Hodge
Genesis World Mission recently announced the acceptance of Karen Hodge to its board of directors. Hodge is currently vice president of nursing and chief nursing officer at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
She has been a registered nurse for 36 years and believes in the marriage of compassionate care with the clinical skills health [...]
Belliston elected to national accounting board
POSTED: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 10:26 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Cooper Norman, CPA Associates International, Ronald Belliston
Ronald L. Belliston, managing member of Cooper Norman in Boise was elected to the North America Board of Directors of CPA Associates International Inc., a leading association of accounting firms.
CPA Associates International is comprised of 142 member firms and represents 285 offices worldwide, with 52 member firms in the United States and 90 member firms in [...]
Some good news found in state employment picture
POSTED: Monday, March 1, 2010 at 04:54 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Employment, Idaho Department of Labor, jobs, state of Idaho
The recently released Idaho Employment newsletter for February, produced by the Idaho Department of Labor, opens with a not-so-positive recap of job and wage losses during the year ended June 30 of ‘09, but some positive news can be found.
Some sectors added jobs, and there are signs that work hours are starting to increase even [...]
Seamons promoted to district post at KeyBank
POSTED: Monday, March 1, 2010 at 07:11 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Jennifer Seamons, KeyBank
KeyBank has announced the promotion of Jennifer Seamons to vice president, real estate relationship manager, community development, for the Idaho District.
As part of her expanding responsibilities, Seamons will be responsible for the financing of affordable housing developments throughout Idaho, Utah and Alaska.
Seamons, who will be based in Boise, will work with local for-profit and nonprofit [...]
Bolinder to serve on BSU Foundation board
POSTED: Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 07:46 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Boise State University Foundation, Clint Bolinder, Givens Pursley
Givens Pursley partner Clint R. Bolinder was recently appointed as a member of the board of directors for the Boise State University Foundation. He will serve a two-year term and joins a group of men and women with diverse economic, geographic and educational backgrounds who are responsible for supporting the excellence of Boise State University.
The [...]
Idaho House passes hospital debt measure 65-5
POSTED: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 09:55 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: debt, hospitals, Idaho Legislature, Walter Knox Memorial Hospital
The Idaho House has voted 65-5 to back an amendment of the state Constitution to restore public hospitals’ authority to go into debt without a vote of the people.
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Feb. 23 to back a joint resolution that would amend the Constitution to clarify that county and district hospitals could incur debt without a [...]
ISU’s Rasmussen gains recognition for obesity studies
POSTED: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 07:05 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Erin Rasmussen, Idaho State University
Idaho State University associate professor of psychology Erin Rasmussen is gaining recognition for her studies on the obesity epidemic.
Rasmussen, with the help of ISU undergraduate and graduate students, is studying the epidemic from several different angles and has also completed studies of drugs that may someday be used in the United States to fight the [...]
