Idaho State University will host the Metropolitan Opera National Council district audition, which is the preliminary tryout for the most prestigious opera company in the United States, on Nov. 16.
The auditions, open to public, will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, beginning at 10 a.m., in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. [Read more…]
The Young People’s Saturday Art Studio at Idaho State University is holding the First Annual Children’s Art Class Exhibition at the John B. Davis Gallery inside the Fine Arts Building. [Read more…]
Idaho State University assistant professor of English, Bethany Schultz Hurst, recently won the 2013 Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry for her collection, “Miss Lost Nation.” [Read more…]
Recently-retired ISU English Professor Susan Swetnam was honored by the Idaho Library Association with the Idaho Book Award for 2012 this month. [Read more…]
Idaho State University’s School of Nursing has hired five faculty members, including an associate director of undergraduate studies in Pocatello and a coordinator for the accelerated nursing program at ISU-Meridian. [Read more…]
Idaho State University’s Meridian campus has a new assistant professor of nursing, Susan Tavernier. She is also the campus’s new Accelerated Nursing Program coordinator. [Read more…]
The Idaho State-Civic Symphony’s Family Concert, “Halloween Spooktacular,” sponsored by Heinz, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26 in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Arts Center. [Read more…]
Highlights of Idaho State University’s mid-November Opera Week include a performance by Idaho Opera and ISU hosting the Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions.
On Nov. 14, Idaho State University’s Season of Note concert series will host Opera Idaho’s production of Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” at Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the Stephens Performing Arts Center. This will be the first time a full-length opera has been presented in the hall. “Figar” will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. [Read more…]
Idaho State University has numerous supporters throughout the region but what many may not know is how beneficial supporting the ISU Massage Therapy Student Clinic can be. Not only will the students have the opportunity to train in their field but clients will also see the benefits of relaxing, inexpensive massage therapy. [Read more…]
Idaho State University Facilities Services, Associated Students of Idaho State University (ASISU), and the Green Up club are teaming up to implement 350 new recycle bins, one in every classroom, through a $1,100 grant from the Coca-Cola Company.
Three years ago, ISU Facilities Services began the recycling program. The program was run by custodians who took on the extra role of gathering recyclable materials daily and sorting it weekly. In addition, facilities services purchased two John Deere Gators which run on biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil collected from the College of Technology kitchen, Garrison Hall and the Pond Student Union. [Read more…]