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Boise State University recently saved nearly $1 million (present value basis) by financing its College of Business and Economics building project largely through the Build America Bonds program. The program would be extended from the end of this year to ...

New Boise State University engineering graduate Hector Ocampo made a conscious decision to steer clear of the high-tech jobs that are open to electrical engineering and computing graduates like him in Idaho. Instead Ocampo, who has years of experience in ...

The College of Western Idaho‘s first trip to the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference was a success, with students placing in the top ten in seven of 51 competitive events. The team of business management, administration and information ...

University of Idaho students amassed a total of $24,000 in cash prizes during the annual Business Plan Competition organized by the school’s Vandal Innovations and Enterprise Works – VIEW – program on May 1. This year, 15 teams competed in ...

The National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation announced late last month that a Lewiston senior would receive a $1,000 scholarship as part of the eighth annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage ...

The Idaho Small Business Development Center received a second year of funding for an energy audit program, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced April 30. The grant is $125,000. The university-based center based at Boise State University uses student teams ...

A $55 million housing project at Boise State University has been thrown off track after the State Board of Education declined to approve a public-private arrangement in late April. The school and Austin, Texas-based developer American Campus Communities had been ...

The College of Western Idaho will cut positions and employee pay to save $770,000 next fiscal year. The college’s Board of Trustees approved a plan that will affect approximately 50 faculty and staff to address declining state financial support and ...

Boise State University‘s new home for the College of Business and Economics will be known as the Micron Business & Economics Building. The State Board of Education approved the naming of the building earlier this month. “This is a fitting ...

R2EV, a team of Boise State University business students, finished strong in a competitive field of 20 international universities at the New Venture Championship, hosted recently by the University of Oregon’s Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship. R2EV took second place overall ...