Idaho State University's Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center will host a discussion on Judith Levine's book "Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping" at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 10, at the Anderson Center Library in Gravely Hall; Room 114. [Read more…]
ISU Preston center to open array of adult ed, job-training classes Oct. 10
The Idaho State University Outreach Center in Preston will offer numerous classes beginning in October. The Outreach center offers classes to "fill the gap between K-12 and technical/higher education." [Read more…]
Visiting Chinese scholars schedule lectures at ISU
Two visiting professors from Nantong University (NTU) in China, Dean Wu Xingdong of NTU's School of Foreign Studies, and Dean Gu Haiying of the NTU School of Public Health, will deliver a series of lectures at Idaho State University during the week of Oct. 2-6.
Dean Wu will address issues of contemporary education, culture, and history in China, and Dean Gu will devote his remarks to various specialized topics concerning the electrochemistry of cells, proteins, and enzymes. Dean Gu's lectures will be sponsored by the Institute for Biomedical Technology. [Read more…]
ISU to present High School Choral Invitational Festival Concert Oct. 14
The Idaho State University music department will present the High School Choral Invitational Festival Concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
The concert will feature nearly 500 students from 14 high schools from throughout Idaho who are participating in a two-day workshop for choral groups hosted by the ISU choral music program. In addition, the ISU Concert Choir and ISU Women's Choir will be featured in the evening performance.
Weston Noble, an internationally known choral conductor, will direct the concert and workshop.
ISU historian Hatzenbuehler to discuss new book on Jefferson Oct. 12
Idaho State University history professor Dr. Ron Hatzenbuehler will present "I Tremble for My Country: Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Salmon River Suite of the ISU Pond Student Union Building in Pocatello.
This lecture is free and the public is welcome to attend. [Read more…]
Retired ISU employees set reunion Oct. 26 in Pocatello
daho State University's retired employees will hold their third annual reunion on Oct. 26 at the Juniper Hills Country Club. All retired ISU faculty and staff and spouses of deceased retirees are invited to attend.
No-host social activities start at 5:30 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner at 7 p.m. [Read more…]
ISU to help teachers learn to use ‘virtual’ stock market game
Idaho State University will host a teacher-training workshop to instruct teachers on how to use a "virtual" stock-market game in the classroom. It is scheduled Oct. 6, at Century High School in Pocatello and is free for the first 1,000 teams to sign up. [Read more…]
‘Vagina Monologues’ auditions set Oct. 3, 7
Idaho State University will hold auditions for "The Vagina Monologues" at the Pond Student Union Building Bengal Café from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 and from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 7.
The performance is an annual event to raise money to stop violence against women and girls. All proceeds will go to local organizations supporting that cause.
"You don't need acting experience to be in the production, just a willingness to help a good cause," said Dr. Debra Easterly, research administrator for ISU.
For more information, contact Easterly at 282-2618 or eastdebb@isu.edu.
Teacher-training workshop Sept. 29–30 to focus on economic summit
Idaho State University will host a teacher-training workshop Sept. 29-30 for high school teachers that will prepare them to take their students to the International Economic Summit this November and April.
The summit is an interactive trading simulation that will teach students the intricacies and challenges of a global economy. [Read more…]
Orchestra at Temple Square, Russian pianist set Sept. 22 concert
The Orchestra at Temple Square, with Russian guest pianist Ilya Itin, will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 as part of Idaho State University’s “A Season of Note” series at the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.Tickets are $24 for the main level or $18 for the upper level. Information and tickets are available by calling the Stephens Center Box Office at (208) 282-3595.