ISU Magazine Fall 2018

IDAHO STATE U N I V E R S I T Y Volume 49 | Number 1 | Fall 2018

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On my first day at Idaho State University, I began by walking through the Swanson Arch. I felt the momentous impact of this campus tradition. I could not think of a better way to start my journey at Idaho State University than walking to campus along the same path that thousands before me have taken. It is with this same excitement, hope for a bright future, and a thirst to learn all I can about this great institution that I made the symbolic walk through the Arch onto our campus. I am thrilled by the enormous opportunities that lay ahead.

I started my first several months on a campus listening tour. I met with students, faculty, staff, community members, alumni, donors, and friends. I learned so much about the tremendous strengths Idaho State has to offer. The strength that has resonated most is Idaho State University’s commitment to students.

Every person and group I spoke with emphasized that, at ISU, students come first. It was clear that our faculty, staff, and community show up every day for our students. We do this because the education our students receive in the classroom, the research experience they gain, and the lessons they learn out in the field changes their lives. The improvement in our students’ quality of life improves our communities, our state, and our world.

Idaho State University is making big waves in serving that mission.

Over the last couple of months, a fierce Bengal Pride has taken over. I am so proud of this University for a number of recent accomplishments. This fall heralded the opening of Idaho’s first medical school located on ISU’s campus in Meridian. ISU students have unrivaled access to health education in the State of Idaho. On top of that, ISU will receive a significant part of a new $20 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to Idaho through EPSCoR which will open up new research opportunities for students. The debate team is ranked among the top 10 in the nation. Our very own faculty member pianist Mark Neiwirth, a Distinguished Steinway Artist, was awarded an Idaho Governor’s Award in the Arts for Excellence in the Arts. And to top it off, the Idaho State football and volleyball teams won their respective Battle of the Domes games.

It has been a truly fulfilling and exciting time serving as President of this great university.

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President’s Message Vice President for Research Announces Retirement Sophomore Writes Book on STEM Reorganizaion within Health Sciences Student Emergency Fund Helps Out Thiros Named Interim Athletic Director Attebery to Serve in Glasgow College of Business Executive in Residence Professor Studies Multiple Homicide Bengals Enter Idaho Med School Jumping into Physical Therapy iNaturalist Idaho Amphibian and Reptile Project Cover: President Satterlee Takes the Helm Digging Up a Mammoth in Kimberly Rivalry Gets Vandalized A Look at Homecoming 2018 Alumnus Achieves Climbing Goal Norby Family Roots Run Deep at ISU Join the Alumni Association Alumni News

Stripe the Stadium:

Bengal fans “Stripe the Stadium” at the ISU vs.

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Vice President for Research Announces Retirement

I Love ISU Passes Goal

Idaho State University Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Cornelis J. Van der Schyf has announced he will retire from his position effective Dec. 29.

The 2018 annual I Love ISU scholarship campaign raised $280,285.63 in pledges for scholarships for Idaho students.

After a 35-year career in academics, Van der Schyf said he is looking forward to travelling with his wife, Tosca, and spending time with family.

This year’s total exceeded this year’s goal of $275,000 set for the campaign.

“It has been my great pleasure and privilege to have proudly served Idaho State for more than five years,” Van der Schyf said. “My wife Tosca and I are excited to start a new chapter in our lives, but I am also sad to see this one end. We have become true members of this wonderful Bengal family.”

“Once again the community stepped up and supported scholarships for Idaho students,” said 2018 I Love ISU Chair Kevin Jones, head of loss mitigation at ISU Credit Union. “We want to thank each and every donor and all the volunteers who helped with this effort. These contributions provide essential support for the scholarship recipients and benefit our entire community.”

ISU President Kevin Satterlee said Van der Schyf is a renowned researcher and academic whose skills have benefited ISU greatly.

“Neels has been a tremendous asset to our University,” Satterlee said. “His service and dedication to Idaho State will be missed.”

Before joining ISU in May 2013 as dean of the Graduate School and professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, Van der Schyf was associate dean for research and graduate studies, founding chair and professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and professor of neurobiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Van der Schyf served as a visiting professor in Australia, Belgium, United States, and currently as emeritus extraordinary professor at Northwest University in South Africa. He has received several teaching and research honors, South Africa’s highest honor in drug discovery research, the FARMOVS Prize for Pharmacology and Drug Development. Van der Schyf is also the recipient of the 2010 Olson/Blair Award for Administrative Excellence.

The I Love ISU campaign has been supported in Pocatello for 36 consecutive years. Volunteers dedicate their time to contacting local business owners, alumni and ISU employees requesting their support for scholarships. More than 200 volunteers gathered pledges through two weeks of peer-to-peer contacts and other activities.

For more information on the campaign, or to give a gift, visit iloveISU.org or contact Kallee Valentine at valekall@isu.edu.

Sophomore Writes Handbook on STEM Idaho National Laboratory has published “A Parent’s Guide to STEM,” a resource available to parents in both English and Spanish, that was a project led by INL summer intern Adrienne Petrovic, a sophomore at Idaho State University.

Petrovic was working under the direction of her mentor, Dr. Catherine Riddle.

This guide is designed to provide information and resources to adults with students of any age. The handbook will help parents navigate the steps needed to prepare their students to encounter science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in school, their everyday lives and in their careers.

INL’s K-12 STEM education and outreach program focuses on developing a skilled, talented and prepared STEM-literate workforce. Outreach is focused on students, teachers and the community. “A Parent’s Guide to STEM” can be accessed in English and Spanish on INL’s K-12 website. It joins a suite of other STEM resources available from INL, including “STEM Help Wanted,” a career guide that’s also available in English and Spanish.

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Kasiska Division of Health Sciences Reorganizes to Handle Growth Idaho State University’s Kasiska Division of Health Sciences has added three new colleges to help improve communication and collaboration.

• The School of Nursing is now the College of Nursing.

• The School of Health Professions and Office of Medical and Oral Health have merged to form the College of Health Professions.

• The School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences is now the College of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences.

“This new structure will enhance ISU’s role as a leader in the health sciences and will facilitate the expansion of health science programs to meet state and industry demand,” said ISU Executive Vice President and Provost Laura Woodworth-Ney. Anita Smith, who joined ISU in August, is the new dean of the College of Nursing.

She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Washington and a doctorate from the University of San Diego.

She was previously with the Bureau of Navy Medicine at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, where she held the rank of captain.

Clinical associate professor Laura

Anita Smith College of Nursing

Laura McKnight College of Rehabilitaton and Communication Sciences

McKnight is the dean of the College of Health Professions. She joined the university more than 24 years ago and headed ISU’s dietetics program for 10 years. In 2017, the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics honored her with a regional award for outstanding teaching, mentoring and leadership. A registered dietitian, McKnight holds a master’s degree in public health from ISU. Professor Kathleen Kangas is the dean of the College of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences. Kangas, who began teaching at ISU more than 28 years ago, chaired the School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences, Speech Pathology and Audiology before the reor-

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ganization. A speech language pathologist and researcher, she holds a master’s degree from University of Washington and a doctorate from Purdue University.

The College of Pharmacy—the fourth college in the KDHS—will operate under the direction of interim dean, Christopher Owens.

“We wanted to pursue this reorganization because we’re interested in having the right kind of representation for our growing programs,” said Rex Force, ISU vice president for health sciences.

The KDHS submitted a formal request for restructuring to the Idaho State Board of Education in January and received approval in May.

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Student Emergency Fund Helps Student through Challenges It had been two years since John Njeri last saw his mother. This time, if he could make it, would be his last chance.

Njeri’s mother, who lived in Kenya, had passed away, and he wanted to return home from Idaho State University for the funeral, but he didn’t have the money for the last-minute plane ticket.

“I hadn’t seen her in a very long time,” he said. “I wanted to be able to see her for one last goodbye.”

On the advice of fellow students, Njeri visited the Office of Student Affairs, where he met Kris Clarkson and learned about the Student Emergency Fund.

Njeri didn’t have much time — the journey home took two days, and Njeri had less than a week until the funeral. Through the Student Emergency Fund, Clarkson was able to offer Njeri $1,400 for the plane ticket, and, when the bank said they needed to hold the funds for two days, wrote a letter to the bank explaining the circumstances.

Njeri booked his flight on Monday evening and left at 4 a.m. Tuesday, just in time to make the funeral on Friday.

“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been there,” he said. “I didn’t miss anything. I was able to see her again, for one last goodbye.”

When he returned to campus, Clarkson

The Student Emergency Fund began two years ago with $10,000 in one-time funding. The idea behind the program, Clarkson says, is to help students with unexpected, short-term needs. The fund has helped students with car repairs and unexpected health expenses. It has also helped crime victims.

Along with providing monetary help when needed, Clarkson also offers students community options for assistance. There also are ISU resources available, such as

“We talk about people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, but firstyou have to have the boots.”

– KRIS CLARKSON counseled Njeri on what hardship paperwork could be filed because of his missed classes, and helped make sure he had access to any needed services.

“I didn’t have any idea of these things,” he said. “They helped me out.”

Benny’s Pantry, which provides food assistance for students and their families.

For students who have trouble with rent or utility bills, the Office of Student Affairs provides financial counseling to help them become self-sustaining.

“The whole idea is that these are unanticipated costs,” Clarkson said. “We

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talk about people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, but first you have to have the boots.”

Often, Clarkson says, a little bit of help can mean the difference between staying in school and leaving, and those decisions can have a lifetime effect.

For Jonathan Martinez, a little bit of help was all he needed to go from struggling to back on his feet. Martinez, a freshman at ISU and an Army combat veteran, needed help with one month’s rent when his wife was out of work. The Student Emergency Fund was able to help, and now his family is back on track and Martinez can focus on school.

When he graduates, Martinez says he and his family plan to repay the fund, and help others as he was helped.

“It’s something we’ve talked about,” he said. “If it can help another family, we definitely will do whatever it takes. It’s not just the fund that’s there – it’s the people.

It’s so nice to have that help there.”

The Student Emergency Fund accepts gifts to help students stay on the road to success. To give to the fund, visit isu.edu/ give.

Thiros Named Interim Athletic Director Idaho State University has named Pauline Thiros interim athletic director.

Thiros will lead the day-to-day department operations while a national search is undertaken to permanently hire for the position.

“I am excited to appoint Pauline as interim athletic director,” President Kevin Satterlee said. “Pauline has demonstrated a unique ability to lead effective operations and build successful relationships with the community and friends of ISU. Her passion for athletics is evident and will surely translate to a strong focus on the success of our students athletes.”

2001. The campaign raised more than $152 million and resulted in the construction of the Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Thiros came to ISU in 1990 as a walk-on volleyball player, and her teammates voted her captain all four years. She earned Big Sky all-academic honors in her junior and senior seasons and was named the Big Sky Conference Scholar Athlete of

the year in 1994. She was inducted into the ISU Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Thiros holds a bachelor’s degree in health care administration and a master’s degree in athletic administration.

ISU will conduct a national search for a permanent athletic director. The hiring process is expected to take four to six months.

Thiros said her main goal as interim athletic director is to make real and meaningful progress regarding challenges currently facing Idaho State athletics.

“I believe our potential is great,” Thiros said. “I love Idaho State, and I am dedicated to elevating our programs and expectations. I’m committed to helping our student-athletes, coaches and staff succeed at the next level.”

Thiros, a Pocatello native, has spent the last 23 years working in various roles at ISU and is currently the associate vice president for development. She has previously been the director of planned giving, director of Alumni Relations, and assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator. Thiros successfully directed ISU’s first capital campaign, which kicked off in

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Attebery to Serve as Visiting Professor in Glasgow Brian Attebery has been selected to serve as Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow during spring semester of 2019.

The Leverhulme Trust sponsors up to 15 highly competitive visiting professorships a year, bringing scholars in all disciplines and from all over the world to institutions in the United Kingdom. The University of Glasgow offers one of the few graduate programs in fantasy literature and is in the process of creating a Fantasy Research Centre.

“Professor Brian Attebery is the pre-eminent name in the field of fantasy literature, author of three of the most influential monographs in the field and editor of its most respected journal,” said the program’s director, Robert Maslan. “At a time when the University of Glasgow is seeking to set up the world’s first Fantasy Research Centre, professor Attebery’s expertise and global network of contacts will be invaluable in helping us to develop a research plan and programme of events for the Centre over the next five years.”

As part of Attebery’s residency at the university, he will give five lecture/seminars, consult on developing the Research Centre, deliver a keynote address at the annual Glasgow International Fantasy Conference and work on his current research project, which examines the relationship between fantasy and dreaming.

He will also travel around Britain, meeting with students and conducting seminars at the Universities of London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Lancaster and St. Andrews and Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

“I look forward to representing ISU’s College of Arts and Letters, which is partially supporting this venture, and the English department, which has quietly grown into one of the strongest and most innovative segments of the University,” Attebery said.

Attebery is a professor of English and director of graduate studies in English at ISU. He edits the “Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts,” a publication of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including “Stories About Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth” (Oxford UP, 2014) and the Library of America’s series of Ursula K. LeGuin editions.

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College of Business Executive in Residence The Idaho State University College of Business has hired its first Executive in Residence, Doug Crabtree, to the health care administration programs.

academic program directors and the College of Business dean with advice in the initial launch of the master of health care administration program.

“These persons are often experts in the classroom and highly effective at mentoring and coaching the rising generation of health care leaders,” Farnsworth said.

Crabtree recently retired from the Idaho Falls hospital Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) where he worked as the chief executive officer for 18 years. As the program’s executive in residence, Crabtree will take the role as instructor in both graduate- and undergraduate-level health care administration and master of health care administration programs.

“Mr. Crabtree’s direct mentoring of students – helping them develop the knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in the field – will be invaluable,” said Tracy Farnsworth, ISU health care administration associate professor and program director.

Upon his retirement from EIRMC, Crabtree was the longest serving hospital administrator in the state. And, prior to his tenure there, he served as CEO of Riverton Memorial Hospital in Wyoming and chief operating officer and assistant administrator at EIRMC through the early and late 1990’s.

In this role, Crabtree will also use his extensive background working in the health care administration field to provide

According to Farnsworth, including health care executives in active, on-campus roles in undergraduate and graduate health care administration programs is becoming more and more common.

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From Serial Murder to Mass Murder, ISU Sociology Professor Studies the Why and How Behind Multiple Homicide When a mass murder happens, everyone speculates what made a person switch and become violent. Was it family issues?

A job loss? Mental health issues? Revenge?

Idaho State University sociology professor DJ Williams decided to look at mass murder through a new theoretical lens: leisure.

According to leisure theory, diverse enjoyable activities are structured according to a continuous scale ranging from casual to serious. Casual leisure is spontaneous, often playful, and requires little to no skill.

Serious leisure takes planning, effort, perseverance, skill acquisition and determination. Williams said there is also a third type: project-based leisure, an infrequent project where details are carefully planned out over months or even years of time.

Many mass and serial murders can be classified as specific forms of deviant leisure, according to new research by Williams. Unlike serial murder, which is

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often but not always a form of serious leisure, he suggested that many mass murderers structure their killings as unique leisure projects. They enjoy planning the minute details that will take place on the day of their attack.

Williams and colleague Michael Arntfield, from Western University in Canada, recently published an article on the October Route 91 shooting in Las Vegas in the journal “Homicide Studies.” They studied news reports, hotel videotape and shooter Stephen Paddock’s family background.

They also looked at relevant literature on the different types of massacres and underlying themes for each type. Through their research, they were able to suggest that this was a leisure retirement project of sorts, with similar personal benefits often found in legitimate leisure projects.

“Paddock planned this for years,” Williams said. “He traveled to Boston and Chicago to study similar concert events and research crowd behavior. He accumulated weapons and planned every detail of what he wanted to happen on this particular day.

He enjoyed the extensive planning and skill development necessary to carry out this ultimate project.”

Their research also showed that Paddock liked to gamble, but his habit wasn’t sustainable. He gambled large amounts of money, which yields a high rate of suicide and depression in problem

gamblers. Williams said Paddock chose to target Las Vegas because he likely wanted to hurt the city of Las Vegas and the state of Nevada as much as he possibly could.

“A lot of mass murderers want to get power or revenge on a particular group of people, or sometimes society generally— they are ‘collectors of injustices,’” Williams said. “Their perceptions of somehow being treated unfairly build up over time, they fantasize about a potential crime of retribution, and the fantasy eventually is operationalized and becomes their actual leisure project. Planning and executing revenge and gaining power is fun for them, and that is when it becomes a leisure pursuit.”

One of the main points about mass shootings that Williams stresses is that most times, there are no obvious markers or signs to figure out what is happening ahead of time, which makes it hard for anyone to recognize and prevent.

“Often times the public thinks that there is a big marker or some obvious warning sign to see this ahead of time, but most of the time any signs are very subtle, not obvious,” he said. “The public tends to latch on to a single cause on why a mass shooting happened, but we can’t find a particular cause. These offenders often are loners and blend into society well, and these traits along with several other factors seem to combine to lead them to commit such violent crimes.”

Williams said that although most people think mass shootings are occurring more frequently, in reality they are not.

Instead, he said there is far more media reporting, and thus the visibility of such crimes has significantly increased.

Although the driving factors behind mass shootings are hard to pinpoint, Williams has also explored potential solutions to keep these crimes from happening.

James Alan Fox, Williams’ colleague from Northeastern University and a leading international expert on mass murder, said that in order to address effectively the nation’s problem with mass and school shootings, schools must look more like schools and the nation must foster a culture of inclusion.

“Schools need to have smaller class sizes, more counselors and have a culture of inclusion,” Williams said. “Having more guards, metal detectors or active shooter drills will impede learning because of increased fear that students have. Research shows that a majority of students are fearful that a shooting may happen in their school.”

Williams has published recent studies on serial homicide as leisure and presented multiple papers at the annual meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group.

Williams is continuously studying new cases of expressive multiple homicide to further understand homicide and leisure.

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Four Bengals Enter Idaho’s First Medical School Tyler Cunningham, 25, was working in the emergency room at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls when he got a phone call last January.

It was the admissions representative from the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine in Meridian telling him he’d been accepted into ICOM’s inaugural class that would begin in fall. The private medical school is located next to the Sam and Aline Skaggs Health Science Center on the east side of the Idaho State University-Meridian campus.

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“I was ecstatic,” said Cunningham, who’d been interested in medicine as a kid. “Watching my grandmother battle cancer cemented my decision to become a physician.”

Amber Wright, 23, was visiting a friend in Pocatello last February when she received her call. “When they told me I was accepted, I was so excited,” she recalled.

The next chapters of their lives will be daunting—four years of rigorous classroom study and clinical rotations, followed by medical residencies that can last three to eight years, depending on the specialty.

Cunningham and Wright are two of four Bengals in ICOM’s Class of 2022, which contains 162 students. Both hold bachelor’s degrees from ISU in biology with an emphasis in biomedical science— Cunningham earned his in 2015 and Wright in 2017. The other Bengals are Julian Franzen, who graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, and Kallie Harrington, who received a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2014.

“It’s an exciting opportunity for me ... not only to study medicine but to set the standard for generations to come,” said Cunningham, who hopes to practice in Idaho after medical school.

ISU APPRECIATION DAY Construction of the three-story, $34 million ICOM building began in spring 2017, 15 months after Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced plans to locate the state’s first medical school on the ISU-Meridian campus. An affiliation agreement approved by the Idaho State Board of Education allows the independently operated ICOM to lease the land from ISU for 40 years.

On Aug. 1, ICOM administrators hosted an ISU Appreciation Day, celebrating the partnership and inviting ISU faculty and staff to tour the 94,000-square foot building.

“We are Bengals at heart,” said ICOM Founding Dean and Chief Academic Officer Robert Hasty, pointing to the Bengal logos that appeared on electronic screens throughout the building for the occasion.

“We want this to be a rich, long-lasting and meaningful partnership,” added ICOM President and Chief Executive Officer Tracy Farnsworth.

ISU and ICOM leaders note the partnership will allow for interprofessional education, sharing of resources and collaboration on research.

Above: Three Bengals in first ICOM class, Tyler Cunningham (left), Julian Franzen and Amber Wright Below: Fourth Bengal Kallie Harrington Idaho currently ranks 49th in the nation in the number of doctors per capita and 50th in the number primary care physicians.

“Together we will make a difference. We’re going to put Idaho where it needs to be in terms of having access to excellent and high-quality care in all of Idaho, including the rural areas,” Hasty said.

Cunningham and Wright believe their undergraduate education at ISU has prepared them well for the rigors of medical school.

Both worked as medical scribes—Cunningham at EIRMC and Wright for a women’s health clinic in Boise—before entering med school.

Wright, who grew up nurturing “tons of pets and animals” near Idaho City in rural Boise County, knew as a teenager she wanted to study medicine. Working in home health and shadowing community doctors reinforced her desire to become a physician.

She’d like to practice in Idaho—perhaps operating a free women’s clinic in rural Boise County where patients have limited access to medical care.

“I know that being a doctor is a lifelong experience of learning and service to others and those are both things that bring me a lot of joy,” Wright said.

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Jumping into Physical Therapy New Digs and a Doctorate: Physical Therapy Program Expands to Meridian As a professional jump roper, Krysia Rousseau is used to defying gravity—whether she’s performing on a Disney cruise ship in the middle of the Caribbean or on a stage at the Tulsa State Fair.

But for the next three years, Rousseau, 26, will be grounded in the Treasure Valley as one of 24 students in Idaho State University-Meridian’s physical therapy inaugural class which began in August.

“I was over the moon,” said Rousseau when she learned she’d landed a slot in the new cohort. “It means I can become a physical therapist at home.”

Rousseau, who was born and raised in Eagle, assumed she’d have to leave the Treasure Valley to earn her doctorate in physical therapy. That changed several years ago when the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences announced plans to expand its Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, adding 24 seats in Meridian to complement the existing 24 in Pocatello.

It took some time to secure funding, construct teaching laboratories, hire new faculty and get the final stamp of approval from the national Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, which came in early June.

“The place is beautiful. It’s amazing. I am so impressed,” Rousseau said.

First-Class Facility with a Student Focus The new digs are part of a $3.4 million, 30,000-square-foot build-out on the second floor of the Sam and Aline Skaggs Health Science Center at ISU-Meridian. The project includes neuromanagment and orthopedic skills laboratories, faculty offices and classrooms equipped with distance-learning technology connecting Meridian to Pocatello.

“This is really a first-class facility in terms of the technology that is available to teach students in two locations at one time,” said Evan Papa, assistant physical therapy program director, who is based in Meridian.

Classrooms and labs in Pocatello have been upgraded to accommodate the expansion and ensure physical therapy students on both campuses share comparable educational experiences, said

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physical therapy program director, Deanna Dye, whose office is in Pocatello.

Highlights of the Meridian construction include a neuromanagement lab where students will learn to treat stroke survivors and people with injuries or neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease. There are lifts to move patients from hospital beds to wheelchairs, a walking bar with an overhead harness and a balance machine.

Much of the lab’s equipment will support the occupational therapy program which expects to offer the master’s degree in Meridian in 2020, Dye said.

Next door is the orthopedic skills lab and classroom containing 12 adjustable treatment tables and orange-and-black Buoy chairs that wobble and spin. The chairs, which students have the option of using during classroom instruction, are ergonomically designed to promote active sitting and good posture.

“Physical therapists are all about proper posture,” quipped Papa.

But the real beauty of the combined setup is the heightened educational experience for students. They’re able to get classroom instruction and hands-on experience in one location without the disruption of moving from floor to floor.

Students also have access to an exercise science lab, equipped with high-level treadmills, stationary bikes and machines for occupational rehabilitation. Dye says the program’s focus is to meet student expectations and provide a top-notch educational experience on both campuses.

“We like to say we train our students in hands, head and heart,” she said. “We train their hands and head to make sure they have the knowledge base they need, and their heart to be compassionate and caring.”

Wanted: More PTs Physical therapists help people improve their movement and manage pain after an injury, surgery, disease or a catastrophic event like a stroke, spinal cord or traumatic brain injury. And they are in high demand, thanks to the nation’s aging population.

The U.S. Department of Labor projects employment of physical therapists to grow

Opposite: ISU-Meridian student Krysia Rousseau entered the program this fall.

Above: Physical Therapy Program Director Deanna Dye and Assistant Program Director Evan Papa in front of distance-learning screen in neuromanagement laboratory at ISU-Meridian.

25 percent nationally through 2026. In Idaho, the job outlook is even better with the profession expected to grow 30 percent through 2024, paying a median hourly wage of about $38, reports the Idaho Department of Labor.

Expanding to Meridian not only increases the number of graduates in Idaho’s job pipeline but enables the university to hire more faculty members with a wider range of specialties and expertise.

“That exposes students to a greater knowledge base that they wouldn’t otherwise have,” Dye said.

ISU offers the only doctorate degree in physical therapy in Idaho and more than 500 people applied this year for the 48 slots.

Rousseau says becoming a physical therapist has been her dream since she took a sports medicine class in high school years ago.

“I absolutely love that it’s about getting to the root of a problem or pain and fixing it by strengthening muscles... instead of pushing medicine to mask symptoms,” said Rousseau who holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Boise State University.

She’d like to practice in the Treasure Valley when she graduates in 2021, which will be the 30th anniversary of ISU’s physical therapy program.

As for her career jumping rope, Rousseau hopes to fit in a few performances this year with the Orlando-based team Flight Crew, a 2014 semifinalist on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”

That’s if she gets her homework done.

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iNaturalist Idaho Amphibian and Reptile Project Idaho State University Professor Charles Peterson has combined his passions for photography and herpetology throughout his life and career. Photography of amphibians and reptiles has never been more important, Peterson says. He is encouraging the public to share, as he has, their photos of these creatures to help provide essential data for tracking the populations of these creatures.

Peterson, who has taught at ISU for 30 years as a professor of zoology and as a curator of herpetology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History, said his photography is a hobby, but it could have become more.

“When I was 16 I started working at a private zoo for reptiles in Rapid City, South Dakota, and with my first paycheck I went down and bought a camera so I could take pictures of amphibian and reptiles,” Peterson said. “I considered becoming a professional photographer while was in college, but decided I’d rather be a scientist. I’ve pretty much been taking photographs continuously since I was 16.”

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The ISU and Pocatello communities were able to see some of his work on display this year from July through September in Peterson’s “Snakes of Idaho” exhibit in the Eli M. Oboler Library. The oldest picture in the exhibit was from 1973 and was a photo of a juvenile Racer snake that Peterson shot when he was earning his master’s degree doing field work in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming.

The exhibit also included Rubber Boa and Ringneck snake photos from his time earning his Ph.D. from Washington State University. However, most of the photographs in the exhibit were taken in Idaho while Peterson has been an ISU professor.

Peterson has devoted his career and significant amount of his photography to amphibian and reptiles.

“As a kid we had a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin and I loved going out and finding turtles,” he said. “And luckily for me, I

was able to continue pursuing that interest into my professional career.”

Why does he love these often-feared animals so much?

“Why do some people love fish, why do some people love eagles?”

Peterson said. “It is my feeling that certain animals or organisms just appeal to certain people. I’ve just been interested in amphibians and reptiles for as long as I can remember. I like all of them. They are all fascinating animals.”

As part of his love for these animals, Peterson is encouraging other scientists, land managers, wildlife lovers, amateur naturalists and any other member of the public to help monitor these animals by engaging in some citizen science by participating in the Idaho Amphibian and Reptile iNaturalist Project that is documenting the occurrence of reptiles and amphibians throughout the state. Peterson describes iNaturalist as “sort of a Facebook for naturalists.”

Opposite: Prairie Rattlesnake A: Western Skink “iNaturalist allows people to share their obserB: Desert Horned Lizard vations via an application or website that requires C: Ring-necked Snake photographs,” he said. “This is a little unusual, but D: Painted Turtle the strength of it is that you can confirm what is entered with accuracy.”

Photos courtesy of Since starting the Idaho Amphibian and Charles Peterson Reptile Project iNaturalist Project with Patrick Dan Giltz, now an ISU graduate student, about two years ago, the number of entries in the iNaturalist database of amphibians and reptiles in Idaho has gone from around 60 observations to more than 1,400, and that number is being added to almost daily. Peterson has added many of his old photos and observations and will add more in the future.

He is inviting the public to help with these efforts.

Crowd-sourced and citizen science data are becoming ever more important as the relative number of museum data and professional survey data are decreasing.

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“There are gaps in our information. We just don’t know how many populations are doing,” Peterson said. “You can’t plan if you don’t have information. Contributed, crowd-sourced data are becoming a major form of information about populations of non-game species, like amphibians and reptiles.

The main source of data for Idaho amphibians and reptiles before 1975 was museum records. From about 1975 to 2000 surveys done in response to environmental legislation provided the bulk of this information, but since 2000 contributed observations have become a major source of new information.

“There are two benefits with citizen science and crowd-sourced data,” Peterson said. “One is the benefit that organizations get from the data themselves, and that has been my interest in it, getting reptile and amphibian data for conservation purposes.

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“But, on the other side,” he continued, “it involves the public and they get more interested. It is fun to do and it is rewarding because they have contributed to science and conservation.”

Peterson has become an ambassador for iNaturalist, providing training for state and federal entities such as Idaho State Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service, educators, ISU faculty, students, staff and others.

“There just isn’t enough funding for studying and conserving nongame species,” Peterson said. “We need all the help we can get.”

For more information on iNaturalist, visit www.inaturalist.org.

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Forging

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a New Path through Old-Fashioned Work Ethic No matter where his career has taken him, Kevin Satterlee has kept a few photos in his office. The black and white pictures show hard-working men and women at a logging camp in Northern Idaho. These are Satterlee’s family photos.

“I keep these on the wall to remind me of my roots,” he says. “No matter how hard work is, it was harder there.”

Satterlee became Idaho State University’s 13th president July 1, but he didn’t have to travel far to take the job. An attorney by training, Satterlee has built his entire career in the Gem State and in public service.

A fourth-generation Idahoan, Satterlee was born in Priest River, Idaho. He graduated from Boise State University magna cum laude and was named a Top Ten Scholar.

He earned his law degree from the University of Idaho, magna cum laude. As a lifelong resident, he understands Idaho, and, as a first-generation college graduate, he understands the importance of education. His parents worked hard and instilled in him the importance of doing well in school.

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Left: President Satterlee in the Homecoming Parade with his wife, Margaret.

Below: President Satterlee greets Michael Dean as the football players walk through the pregame tailgate for the Bengal Walk.

Satterlee said. He also points to ISU’s status as a center for excellence in cyber-security, coupled with its relationship with INL and the FBI, as another opportunity for national prominence. In the next 10 years, he sees ISU emerging as a known regional leader in the health sciences, along with pursuing more research opportunities at the Idaho National Laboratory and throughout the region.

“I grew up here in small-town Idaho,” he said. “I know what higher education can do for a person, and for a community. I can see how it transforms. It gives people a chance to make a better life for themselves.

I see what it did for me.”

Satterlee’s road to working in higher education was not part of his original career plan. In fact, when the State Attorney General’s Chief of Staff asked him to serve as lead counsel for the State Board of Education, he said no at first — he was happy with the work he was currently doing for the state. In the end, he took the job and hasn’t looked back for more than 20 years in higher education. After serving as the chief legal officer to the Idaho State Board of Education, Satterlee spent 17 years in leadership roles at Boise State University, most recently as the chief operating officer, vice president and special counsel to the president.

When asked about the university, Satterlee is quick to point out the opportunities not seen by everyone, such as ISU’s partnership and proximity to the Idaho National Laboratory, and what that partnership means for students looking for research opportunities. He talks about the School of Performing Arts and Stephens Performing Arts Center, recently ranked among the top college performing arts centers in the country, and the fact that ISU’s Meridian campus is the home of Idaho’s only medical school, the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The University’s unique relationship with a medical school, combined with ISU’s College of Business, providing unique programs in health care administration and informatics will bring ISU to the forefront,

Satterlee readily admits that he doesn’t have the same background as many of his faculty and that he has taken a less-traditional route to become a university president. “To me, it’s about understanding,” he said. “The president’s role is really to appreciate what the faculty does, to empower faculty and to work with them to eliminate barriers,” he said. “It’s my job to advocate for our university.”

In his first few years at ISU, Satterlee said he plans on focusing on two of the biggest issues facing universities nationwide — increasing our enrollment and increasing our funding. He says that starting to tell the Idaho State University story to a broader audience will help with both of those challenges. One of the keys, he said, is making sure others see the great opportunities available at Idaho State.

“We have a great story at Idaho State.

We just have to tell it,” he said.

“Getting a chance to work in higher education was a fantastic opportunity, and I didn’t even know it at the time,” he said.

“It’s an incredibly fulfilling job. Higher education affects the individual, but it makes all of our society better. I realized it was a calling.”

It was with that same mindset that Satterlee put his name in the running for Idaho State University’s next president last year. ISU was the only place he was applying. Satterlee said he wasn’t looking for a presidential position just anywhere — he saw tremendous potential in ISU.

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Mammoth Dig ISU DIGGING KIMBERLY MAMMOTH

Digging a hole for a backyard pond, Kimberly Idaho resident Joshua Olsen first thought he’d found an old wagon wheel, or perhaps even a grave. After all, the Oregon Trail runs through Olsen’s property.

“Then I got down and examined it and saw that it was laminated and I knew exactly what it was,” Olsen said, referring to the eight-foot long prehistoric mammoth tusk he’d just uncovered.

“It was exciting, really exciting.”

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12 to 14 feet tall at the shoulders and weighed between 18,000 to 20,000 pounds.

Mammoths had giant curved tusks and lived in the area throughout the Pleistocene period from around 1.5 million years ago until 10,000 years ago when they went extinct.

His excitement was shared by Idaho State University Anthropology Professor Andy Speer and students during ISU’s 2018 Archaeology Field School, who continued to unearth, excavate and learn about this

Opposite: Joshua Olsen, left, and Andy Speer stand next to part of the mammoth tusk Olsen discovered.

Above Right: Recent ISU graduate Mariska Allen sifting. discovery. Speer held a four-week long excavation this summer and will likely have six- to eight-week long excavations in 2019 and 2020.

The tusk and remains of this animal poses many mysteries. Was it a Mastodon or Mammoth? If it was a Mammoth, was it Woolly or Columbian Mammoth? What was its age and its sex? And, possibly, did humans interact with this particular animal?

The latter possibility, though unlikely, is particularly intriguing to Speer. He had radiocarbon-dated several bone and tusk fragments found at the site, which dated the mammoth between 14,000 and 16,000 years old.

“Humans may have been in the New World as long as 22,000 years ago. That puts this animal within range of humans potentially interacting with the animal in some way: either killing it, scavenging it, or even using bones and/or tusks after it was long dead to make tools,” Speer said.

There have only been a handful of mammoth finds in the world that have had credible links to human interaction.

Although the likelihood that humans interacted with this mammoth are slim, the possibility is still important and adds a new element of meticulousness to an already thorough and painstaking recovery process.

“All those things factor into our strategy for excavation,” Speer said. “If it was older and there wasn’t any potential for human interaction, we could approach it from a different strategy. We wouldn’t be too worried about standing around on the soil, or possibly erasing a stain in the soil that could indicate the butchering of the animals or uncovering a piece of antler or bone used as a projectile point.”

The project’s meticulousness began even before any serious ISU excavation started. Although anthropologists still use classic tools such as shovels, trowels and dirt-sifting boxes, they also employ new, sophisticated tools. When he first began work at the site, Speer ran a ground-penetrating radar over the surface to identify where major sections of bone could be. The radar ensured that Speer and his students would dig in the right area.

This summer, nine students participated in the ISU Archaeology Field School, including high school student Carter Olsen (Joshua and Rebecca Olsen’s son), recent high school graduate Hagen Moore, several ISU undergraduates and two graduate students. The students, who spent about eight hours a day at the site, collectively put in about 1,500 hours of work and excavated and sifted through enough material to fill up a small dump truck.

“They have removed it mostly with hand tools, so they have done an incredible job, not only removing soil and finding bone, but also about learning about the past environment,” Speer said.

The students needed to excavate nearly a meter and a half deep before they get down to the depth the bones are located.

The soil over and around the bones tells its own stories.

“The soil tells us a lot of what was going on in the past,” Speer said. “We can see the organic horizon on the top, that goes down to a certain level and then stops, then we have this ancient buried soil, called a paleosol, beneath the modern soil formation, formed over the last 8,000 to 10,000 years or so. A lot of soil develops

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Above Right: Dave Parker, recent master’s student, measuring a unit with the Total Station Prism. here from several different processes such as water action, gravity moving dirt around and wind-blown dust.”

“I’m putting to use what I’ve learned about archeology the last few years,” said Bryan Harvey, a senior studying anthropology. “Reading about how archaeologists excavate in units and dig with trowels is one thing, but actually getting to practice it is another thing altogether.”

“It has been awesome and a lot of fun,” said Moore, a freshman studying anthropology. “It is not just digging in the dirt. You have to pay attention to what is happing in the dirt and it is a lot more meticulous than most people probably think.”

The students have excavated through troweling soil and sifting dirt, finding parts of bones and working through tough layers of compact carbonate soil. A 4-inch by 4-inch piece of bone was exposed but not

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yet recovered.

“We have found a couple little sacks of bone, all fragmentary pieces, and we are going to work our way carefully back in time towards the animal and be cautious to not expose it all right away because if we uncovered it and left it, it would quickly turn to dust,” Speer said. “We have to be vigilant about how we preserve this resource. It has been in the ground for 15,000 years so we don’t want to lose it in a couple of afternoons.”

Sometimes it gets really hot and humid when the students are digging. There are bugs that bite and sore muscles from digging, sifting and kneeling for long hours. But these challenges don’t dampen the enthusiasm of the students.

“My least favorite part is the heat and this carbonate layer we are running into here. It is really tough to get through,” said Ethan Kumm, from Malad, who is a second-year anthropology graduate student. “The best part is, I love this. I love being here excavating outside, finding some interesting bones. This is the first

time I’ve excavated a mammoth so it is just really exciting.”

“It always ends too soon,” said Daniel Parker, from Hansen, a second-year ISU anthropology graduate student. “But talking with Dr. Speer, I can probably come back next year or the year after and help out.”

None of these archeological activities

by ISU would have been possible without the generosity of the Olsen family.

“The Olsen family is super excited about it and they have been very gracious to us for letting us be out here, but also by offering up their home whenever we have needed it, not to mention they’ve allowed us to tear up their beautiful lawn” Speer said. “We are very appreciative for all that they’ve done for us.”

For more information on the future field schools, please visit the ISU Department of Anthropology website, www.isu. edu/anthropology or contact Speer directly at speechar@isu.edu Andrew Taylor

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On Oct. 6, he returned to see it happen again. In a historic return of an in-state rivalry, Clarke and more than 11,000 fans cheered as the Bengals defeated the Vandals 62-28 in the “Battle of the Domes.”

When Clarke learned that the Vandals would once again return to Holt Arena, he called up his former teammate Jim Galagher, and the two made the trek back to Pocatello together, travelling more than 2,100 miles from Virginia and New Jersey to see history in the making.

“We played in the (1969) Idaho-Idaho State game, so we know how big this is,” Clarke said. “That’s why we came back, to watch the team.”

Idaho State and Idaho hadn’t squared off on the field since 2008 in Moscow, and the Vandals hadn’t played in Pocatello since 1997. The last time ISU beat the Vandals was in 1995, a time before many of the players on the current team were born.

“This rivalry is important to our entire Bengal community. It gives us a chance to reach out to our fans and supporters to instill pride and build enthusiasm for the institution,”

said Pauline Thiros, interim athletic director.

“It was a great stage for everyone in Idaho to have their eyes on ISU for a day.”

Attendance at the game was the largest crowd at Holt Arena since 2003, with just over 11,000 fans striping the stadium in orange and black. In addition to successfully pulling off ISU’s first color striping of Holt Arena, the crowd witnessed a number or new records set.

Idaho State racked up 754 yards of total offense, 518 coming through the air and 236 on the ground. Quarterback Tanner Gueller was featured on ESPN for his record-setting day, where he passed for a career-high 492 yards and a school record eight touchdown passes. He was 19-30 and had nine completions of 20 yards or more.

Mitch Gueller, his brother, caught six balls for 184 yards and one touchdown.

Five of his receptions were for longer than 20 yards, and Michael Dean caught six passes for 156 yards and a career-high four touchdowns. The four touchdown receptions also tied a school record.

the University of Idaho by Bengal fans didn’t end when the game was over. Prior to the game, the ISU Alumni Association challenged the U of I Alumni Association to the first-ever Bengals versus Vandals Food Fight, a canned-food drive. The losing side’s alumni director had to wear the rival’s colors and post a video on social media touting the other school’s accomplishment. ISU collected more than 12,000 cans in comparison to U of I’s 1,800.

In a similar contest, Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad and Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert wagered wearing the opposing team’s colors on their tie to a city council meeting. Mayor Blad called out Mayor Lambert in a video posted on Facebook asking if he wanted to make a friendly wager.

“It was incredible to have the University of Idaho back in Pocatello for the Battle of the Domes,” Blad said. “Mayor Lambert and I had a great time with our good-natured bet. The pride of Idaho State and Pocatello was at stake, and our Bengals delivered in a big way.”

Idaho State will travel to Moscow on Oct. 19, 2019 to play the Vandals.

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Seeing the Big Picture

ISU alumnus Yuki Fujita is not one to give up easily.

Every spring, since 2011, Fujita, a lifelong climber, has made plans to climb the Eiger North Face, one of the three great north faces in the Alps, and arguably the most challenging.

He had climbed the other challenging face, the Grandes Jorasses. The Eiger, however, had been a dream 50 years in the making.

Fujita began climbing at home in Japan when he was in high school, and was hooked. When he arrived at Idaho State University for graduate school, he soon found friends in Bill March and Ron Watters at the ISU Outdoor Education Center, and spent time as a student assistant, helping to teach mountaineering safety. He listened to March’s stories about the Alps, and learned new techniques for high-altitude climbs. He says he knew he would need the information later.

“There’s so many things to climb,” Fujita said. “Eiger is the one that drew my eyes, always.”

Nearly every year, however, something stopped him. The first year, he was stopped by a broken femur from a bicycling accident. Weather stopped him on other planned occasions — on one particularly devastating trip, Fujita received notice he was being laid off from his job just before getting on a plane to

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the Alps. Although he quickly was rehired in another position, his lifelong dream had to wait. Eventually, Fujita’s climbing partner of 20 years decided against climbing the Eiger and his wife was too nervous about his safety. It took Fujita a year to find another partner.

After more failed attempts, Fujita, at the age of 71, finally got his chance to summit the Eiger. After 12 hours of climbing, on Halloween night 2017, he found himself sleeping at “Death Bivouac” in a pack tied to a ledge not any wider or longer than a couch, thousands of feet above civilization.

He met his new partner, Jonathan Bracey, a mountain guide who lives in Chamonix, France, in 2014. They made plans for 2015, but again the weather proved to be too much. In 2016, they climbed together for the first time, and Fujita was thrilled that his age (68) did not deter him.

“Fortunately, I didn’t think of the spookiness of Halloween nor of the two climbers who died on this ledge in earlier attempts,” Fujita said. “Just don’t roll over.”

The first day of climbing, Fujita felt good, despite the fact that he had not yet acclimated fully to the elevation. By the second day, however, he could not catch his breath. He was hurting, and asked his partner if they could stop for the night. With the help of his partner, however, he pushed on, and the two made the summit by headlamp.

“I didn’t feel any accomplishment at all,” he said. “I was so tired.”

It wasn’t until he looked out, with clear skies, the next morning, that he realized the beauty of where he was.

And it took even longer to realize his accomplishment.

“I didn’t really get a grasp of my excitement until a month later,” he said.

Today, Fujita still has many mountains to climb. He hopes to climb the third north face, the Matterhorn, before he “gets too old.”

“I have a lot of unfinished climbing,” he said. “I wouldn’t mind going up Eiger again.”

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For Norby Family,Ro For the Pocatello Norby family, its Idaho State University roots run deep.

“ISU is ingrained in my family and it is pumping through our blood,” said Callan “Cal” Norby, a junior majoring in chemistry. “We’ve been here basically since the beginning of the school. It opened up in 1901 and nine years later Ed senior was here and the Norbys haven’t left since.”

Cal with his younger freshman brother Ian are attending ISU this fall. The first Norby to attend ISU was Cal’s aforementioned greatgreat grandfather Ed who attended ISU in 1910 when it was still Academy of Idaho and then became the Idaho Technical Institute.

The next generation of Norbys isn’t represented, but Ed senior, was able to attend ISU for 12 years and play in six different sports, including football, during that time because he gained extra eligibility when the school changed classifications. He’s inducted into ISU Sports Hall of Fame and is mentioned in the ISU history book, Idaho State University, A Centennial Chronicle.

The next Norby to attend ISU, when it was actually named Idaho State University, was Ian’s and Cal’s grandfather, Craig, who attended from 1973-77, graduating with a business degree in finance and came to ISU on a football scholarship.

Craig was a wide receiver on the football team and led ISU in receiving his junior and senior years.

One of the highlights of Craig’s career was beating the University of Wyoming in Laramie the first game of his junior year in 1975.

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Roots Run Deep at ISU “I have a lot of great memories from ISU,” said Craig, who now manages Robertson Supply Company in Pocatello.

“I played with a lot of great guys, we had a pretty good team and Holt Arena was a unique facility back then. At the time, it was only the second domed stadium on a college campus. That was pretty special.”

Craig’s son and Cal’s and Ian’s dad, Aaron, attended ISU from 1992-98 and earned a nursing degree. He now works at the Portneuf Medical Center in the operating room. Aaron, too, played football at ISU and came to the school on a football scholarship.

“I played my first two years and then got hurt (two ACL surgeries), so it wasn’t much of a football career for me,” Aaron said. “My dad and great grandpa had better football careers than I had, but I had a good experience. It was great meeting people and traveling with them throughout the West

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sis on undergraduate research.”

Aaron’s wife, Jill Johnson Norby, who now works in hospice at Heritage Home Health in Pocatello, also graduated from ISU and ran track. Other family members who attended ISU include Aaron’s mom, Susan, who is a nurse, and his aunt Nan (Norby) Phinney who is also a nurse.

Craig’s sister, Jackie Czerepinski, also graduated from ISU and is a former instructor at the University.

“We think ISU is a great school,” Aaron said. “We have that running through all of us. We are just real thankful everyone is so close and it is as inexpensive as it is because it is a very good school.

This is not an extensive list of all the Norbys who have attended ISU, but demonstrates the roots the family has in ISU. All the Norbys interviewed for this story complimented ISU’s scholastics.

“I love the chemistry program,” Cal said. ”In my opinion it is the best chemistry program in the state because of its empha-

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“I thought it was a great education but the more I talk to people, like my son, the more I appreciate how good it is. It is a great school, with great professors.”

Aaron’s sentiments were echoed by his father.

“We all have a special place in our hearts for Idaho State University,” Craig said. “We just have a lot of pride in the school and hopefully it achieves its goals academically and athletically. It is an absolutely excellent institution as far as its academics go. It provides an education second to none.”

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Alumni Association Makes Changes with Membership It’s now easier than ever to maintain a connection to Idaho State and our community of more than 100,000 Bengal alumni worldwide.

Idaho State University is now offering lifetime Alumni Association memberships to all alumni free.

All graduates of Idaho State University and former students who completed at least 24 credits are now automatically lifetime members of the Alumni Association.

Simply visit isu.edu/alumni to learn more and receive your card.

An ISU Alumni Association membership card gives you access to signature on-campus events and services, a network of regional alumni chapters and affinity clubs, educational opportunities, travel discounts and special communications.

In addition to these programs, the alumni

association works with partners inside and outside of Idaho State to create special offers for Bengal alumni.

Most importantly, signing up for your free membership card helps you stay in touch with Idaho State, and with your

fellow Bengals. Updating your information ensures we can keep you up-to-date on what’s happening at ISU, invite you to special events and make sure you gain access to all the perks of being a Bengal.

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Mary Ann Ranells, ’73, superintendent of the West Ada School District, was named the 2018 Idaho Superintendent of the Year, selected by members of the Idaho Association of School Administrators (IASA). This award considers student achievement, instructional leadership, community engagement and relationship with the board of trustees.

Linda K. Ambard, ‘83, is recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Platinum Member in the field of Military Services in recognition of her role as Community Support Coordinator with the US Air Force Federal Service.

Ryan McDermott, ‘92, was recently named Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix Global Mining. McDermott has over 25 years of experience in the mining sector. He has held various senior positions in the mining industry in the USA and internationally in exploration, mine development and operations in base and precious metals projects.

Reed Brimhall, ’78, was named a 2018 Excellence in Finance honoree by the Idaho Business Review. Brimhall is the current executive senior vice president and chief financial officer of Scentsy in Meridian, Idaho, a former senior manager for Deloitte & Touche in Boise and the former director of Office and Government Cost and Rate Studies for Stanford University.

Kent Oram, ’83, the chief executive officer of Idaho Central Credit Union, headquartered in Chubbuck, is an Idaho Business Review 2018 CEO of Influence honoree.

Myron Nield, ‘88, joined D. L. Evans Bank as vice president commercial loan officer at the Twin Falls Center. Nield has 17 years of banking experience, especially in SBA lending.

He has served on the Kimberly School District board of directors for 12 years. He has also been the lead singer and guitarist for the past 15 years in the band Kimberly Road.

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Steve Hegge, ‘94, has been named development director of Children’s Law Center.

Hegge has over 20 years of experience in the local nonprofit arena and has raised funds for United Way, Campbell Lodge Boys’ Home, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the University of Cincinnati. He will oversee all fundraising and development activities at the Children’s Law Center, and will coordinate special events.

• Audiology, AuD • Counseling, MCoun, PhD, EdS • Dental Hygiene, BS, MS • Dentistry Residency • Dietetics, BS and Internship • Emergency Management, AS, BS • Family Medicine Residency • Fire Services Administration, AS, BS • Health Education, BA, BS, MHE • Health Sciences, BS • Medical Laboratory Science, BS, MS • Nursing, BS, MS, PhD, DNP • Occupational Therapy, MOT • Paramedic Science, AS

• Pharmacy, MS, PhD, PharmD • Physical Therapy, DPT • Physician Assistant Studies, MPAS • Community and Public Health, MPH • Radiographic Science, BS • Sign Language, AS, BS • Speech Language Pathology, BS, MS Partnering with other colleges: Clinical Psychology, PhD Social Work, BA Health Care Administration, BS, MS Health Informatics, BBA, MS Spanish for the Health Professions, BA College of Technology, various

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Sargent Named ISU Director of Alumni Relations Ryan Sargent, a Pocatello native and an ISU alumnus, has been the associate director of ISU Alumni Relations since 2015. His official start date as director was Aug. 27.

“Ryan is a proud Idaho State Bengal, and his passion for our university is evident in all he does,” said Kent Tingey, vice president for University Advancement.

Following his graduation from Highland High School, Sargent attended Idaho State University where he served as student body president, was a student lobbyist, an ISU Ambassador, peer advisor and a member of Phi Sigma Alpha. He graduated in 2009 with his bachelor’s degree in political science.

“I’m honored to serve as the alumni director at my alma mater,” Sargent said.

“Bengal alumni are successful and they use their knowledge and abilities in the service of their families, friends, colleagues and neighbors. They help enrich the lives of people around them with greater meaning, happiness, health and fulfillment. Their contributions to their communities are a powerful extension of Idaho State’s impact across the state and around the globe.”

Sargent earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Idaho, College of Law, where he also served as student body president.

Prior to returning to his alma mater ISU, he practiced law for a private civil litigation firm in Boise and served as a prosecutor in Power County.

“Idaho State’s effect on my life cannot be understated,” Sargent said. “I am proud to be a Bengal and know that ISU changes lives because it changed mine. I’m excited to help strengthen our alumni’s ties to the university, its students and to each other in this role.”

Ryan and his wife Brandi Reeder Sargent have a daughter, 17-month-old Emmeline Ivy, and enjoy ISU athletics, traveling, good food and hiking with their dog, Lilly.

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Dr. Mohamed Abdelrahman, ‘94, was recently named provost at Arkansas Tech University. Abdelrahman previously served as vice president for academic affairs at Arkansas Tech. A 10-member search committee recommended Abdelrahman from a national pool of more than 60 applications. As provost, he will serve as chief learning officer, responsible for the University’s academic quality and student learning.

2000s Aaron Sanns, ‘00, has earned the Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (AACRAO).

Sanns’ name will soon appear in the national registry.

Sanns is among an elite group of only 22 individuals to earn this endorsement nationally. Sanns is currently the Managing Director of Institutional Planning at BYU-Idaho. His responsibilities include supervising the areas of strategic enrollment management, space management and planning, and data and analysis services.

Liz Georg, ’00, has been appointed as a board member to the Deep Creek Watershed Foundation. Georg is an attorney at Deep Creek Title Group in Oakland and offers legal and professional experience in business law, estate planning, real estate, and oil, gas and civil litigation.

Laura Smith, ‘04, was a finalist for the Idaho Business Review’s Woman of the Year award.

Smith is director of public relations at Idaho Central Credit Union.

Shelly Sayer, 06, the CEO of Premier Technology, based in Blackfoot, was named an Idaho Business Review 2018 CEO of Influence honoree.

Krystal Chanda, ‘07, was a finalist for the Idaho Business Review’s Woman of the Year award. Chanda is a civil engineer with A & E Engineering.

James Dunkelberger, ’08, was recently made partner at Bennett, Tueller, Johnson and Deere. Dunkelberger attended Brigham Young University Law School, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and clerked for Honorable N. Randy Smith 2012-2013.

2010s Luke Nelson, ‘10, finished 8th internationally at the Tor des Geants, an endurance race covering 231 miles and climbing 90,000 feet in the Italian Alps. Nelson is a physician assistant with Idaho Sports and Spine.

The Idaho Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has recognized Chelsea Schoenfelder, ‘12 and ’13, as Idaho’s Young Dietitian of the Year. Schoenfelder is a registered dietitian with Dairy West and oversees the nutrition education materials and curriculum provided to all health and school professionals. As health and wellness manager, she also serves as a vital link supporting nutrition science and research to educators, school foodservice professionals, and health professionals.

Kelli Baker, BS ’13 and MBA ’16, was hired as a Civil Engineer in Training (Civil EIT) by WH Pacific in Boise, Idaho. She will be training to become a Transportation Engineer.

Drew Bagley, ’14, has joined the T-O Engineers survey team in the Meridian office.

Bagley has been working on surveying projects since 2014. Bagley will be helping out on a wide variety of survey-related projects in the Boise, Meridian and Nampa areas.

Karlie Jill Petti, ’17, is now a clinical dietician at the Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California, beginning in that position in August 2018.

ETCH YOUR NAME IN ISU HISTORY In 2017, Marilyn Kent Byrne and Bill Byrne donated the “Valentine� sculpture to ISU in celebration of the role that ISU had in their lives. ISU is honored to build a patio of pavers around the sculpture at the new ISU Alumni and Visitor Center. Join us in celebrating the special people and organizations that made ISU so memorable to you. Commemorative pavers are ideal for alumni, donors, former student-athletes, teams, families and friends to leave a lasting impression, or even a wonderful gift for the special Bengals in your life!

Your donation of $1,000 is tax deductible and all gifts will support the building of the new ISU Alumni and Visitor Center. idahostateu.com/paver

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