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IDAHO STATE U N I V E R S I T Y Volume 43 | Number 2 | Spring 2013

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Luke Nelson’s Endurance goes a long way

• Pipeline of Research • Fishy Discovery • Benny is National Champ

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Beyond the Classroom, Beyond Learning

www.isu.edu 921 South 8th Ave., Stop 8265 Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8265 (208) 282-3620 Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D. University President Kent M. Tingey, D.A. ’97 Vice President, University Advancement Mark Levine levimark@isu.edu Director, Marketing and Communications K.C. Felt, B.B.A. ’71 feltkc@isu.edu Director, Alumni Relations Idaho State University Magazine welcomes letters, comments and story ideas. Direct them to the postal address below, or send an e-mail to franemil@isu.edu.

Idaho State University Magazine staff Editor Emily Frandsen Contributors Teresa Borrenpohl

Chris Gabettas

Mark Levine

Becky Molyneaux, ’13

Jaime Schroeder

Steve Schaak

Andrew Taylor

Casey Thompson, ’86, ’12 Designer Joey Gifford, ’03 Photo Services Susan Duncan, ’95

Bethany Baker Office of Alumni Relations Idaho State University 921 S. 8th Avenue, Stop 8033 Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8033 (208) 282-3755 or (800) 933-4781 or e-mail: alumni@isu.edu

President Arthur Vailas

At Idaho State University, our education reaches much farther than just the communities where we teach and learn.

Our cover story subject, alumnus Luke Nelson, is known for his skills as an ultramarathoner and world-renowned ski mountaineering champion, but some of his most important and exciting work has been in Peru, where he and a group of students and other medical professionals travel each year to provide medical care to people in remote areas. Another group of faculty, students and medical professionals are working to create the first medical clinic in Kacllaraccay, a remote Peruvian village high in the Andes mountains.

The opportunity to provide care in another country is invaluable to our students — Nelson says that nearly all the students have responded that the experience has helped in their future careers.

It’s more than that, however. It’s a way Idaho State University can prepare students and help the world around it at the same time.

Idaho State University continues to be a leader, not only in education, but in research. In this issue, you’ll find the story of the Helicoprion, an ancient fish with an interesting jaw and method of catching and eating prey. ISU scientists were able to study the animal and gain an accurate reconstruction of the animal using the Idaho Museum of Natural History’s Idaho Virtualization Laboratory. The story of the Helicoprion has graced newspapers and journals around the world. The Virtualization Laboratory has also been featured around the world, with its state-of-the-art imaging technology providing a method for scientists everywhere to share information and artifacts virtually.

The work we do at Idaho State University is meaningful and important, and it is because of all of you that we can continue to succeed. Every day, ISU students, faculty, staff and alumni are making a difference in the world around them, and we can all be proud that we are a part of it.

Go Bengals!

Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D. President, Idaho State University

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A message from President Arthur C. Vailas

Maschner named as Fellow Ph.D. in nursing approved Grimes named to lead research at ISU

Benny wins national championship

Giving back is part of life for Fredrickson

Study confirms link in treatment capacity and mental health rates in jails

Bengal on the Quad: Revealed in late

October 2012, the Bengal statue has already become an icon on the Idaho State University campus.

ISU Photographic Services/Dustin Nichols

On The Cover: Luke Nelson and photographer Bethany Baker hit the top of Red Hill on a stormy March afternoon for this cover shot.

ISU Photographic Services/Bethany Baker

Find more stories and news at www.isu.edu/magazine

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Lottery winner remains committed to teaching A crusade for our heads

ISU–Meridian improves access to health care Louis gives even in retirement

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ISU nursing and theatre departments team up for training INBRE is a pipeline for biomedical research scientists Cresendos Alliance creates health care and learning opportunities Cover story: Luke Nelson runs wild

Some other kind of fish in the sea

Man-hours make a map

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MedMan – A unique corporation founded by ISU alumnus Jim Trounson An identity confusion brought career clarity for Bryan Wright Brightest & Best

Why I Teach

Marvin Lewis returns to ISU Homecoming: 50 years of celebrating U Golden and Silver Bengals to be recognized at Commencement ISU alumni at Century High in Pocatello Trackings

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Maschner Named as Fellow Herbert Maschner, director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History and Idaho State University professor of anthropology, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world’s largest general scientific society.

“It is an incredible Herb Maschner honor to be nominated by the leading scholars in the field of anthropology, and wonderful to be elected by the AAAS Council,” Maschner said. “It is a sign that ISU is truly becoming a leader in scientific research.”

Maschner joins newly appointed ISU Vice President for Research and Economic Development Howard Grimes, ISU Professor of Biological Sciences Terry Bowyer, University of Idaho Professor and IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Director Carolyn Bohach, UI Professor and Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Director Jean’ne Shreeve, and Boise State University Distinguished Research Fellow Vernard Yurke as one of six current faculty in Idaho’s universities to be awarded this honor. J. Rogers, associate director of the Idaho National Laboratory, is also a Fellow of the AAAS. Maschner, with more than 100 publications and nearly $8.2 million in research grants, was noted by the AAAS for his distinguished contributions to Alaska archaeology, archaeological method and theory, and to complex systems in archaeology.

This adds to his growing list of accolades. In 2006 Maschner was named Idaho State University Distinguished Researcher, in 2011 he was honored as the Idaho Academy of Science Distinguished Scientist, and in 2012 he was awarded the Idaho State Journal Business Person of the Year – Education.

He is also one of 12 archaeologists appointed to the National Science Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Archaeology committee tasked to create a plan for the next 20 years of archaeology in the United States. As a result of his election as Fellow, the Society for American Archaeology, the largest society of archaeologists in the world, has appointed Maschner to be their representative to the AAAS.

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Ph.D. in Nursing Approved Idaho State University will now offer a second doctoral degree in nursing after the Idaho State Board of Education recently approved a doctoral degree in advanced nursing practice.

“I am very pleased that our School of Nursing is taking a lead with national trends in post-baccalaureate nursing education by upgrading the credential of our nurse practitioners to a doctoral level,” said Linda Hatzenbuehler, associate vice president and executive dean of the ISU Division of Health Sciences.

“Nursing practitioners are key players in the current American health care work force. They will need additional education as they play an even greater role in the delivery of primary care under our new health care system.”

ISU now offers two doctoral-level nursing programs. The first to be offered was a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in nursing that will begin this summer. The ISU nursing Ph.D. program was the state’s first nursing doctoral degree program and is the only nursing Ph.D. program in the state.

The Idaho State Board of Education approved the new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at its February

2013 meeting. The new program will start this fall.

ISU has a Memorandum of Understanding with Boise State University to ensure the delivery of practice doctorates that can benefit the state of Idaho. BSU’s DNP practice doctorate will focus on indirect care, with emphasis in nursing care of populations. ISU’s DNP program will focus on direct care advanced practice nursing.

The ISU DNP will prepare clinical leaders for comprehensive clinical nursing practice that influences health outcomes for individuals, families, communities, or populations. The Ph.D. in nursing, on the other hand, will prepare students to conduct independent research, collaborate as scholars and leaders, and educate nurses for improving health and health care globally.

These doctoral programs will expand ISU School of Nursing post-baccalaureate graduate options, which also include the master’s programs in nursing leadership and nursing education.

For more information on the two ISU nursing doctoral programs contact the ISU School of Nursing, (208) 282-2132 or profnurs@isu.edu.

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Grimes Named to Lead Research at ISU Idaho State University has announced the hire of Howard Grimes as the new ISU vice president for research and economic development.

Grimes has been vice president for research, dean of the Graduate School and the director for the Center for the Environmental Research, Education and Outreach at Washington State University.

“What excites me about ISU is that it has tremendous potential and is on the cusp of major advancement in its research in several strategic areas,” Grimes said. “There’s tremendous potential for growth in health sciences, nuclear science, energy, natural history, life sciences and the development of nano materials, to name a few.”

His varied background will serve him well. As director of WSU’s Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Grimes oversaw an interdisciplinary unit of more than 220 scientists examining the impact of global climate change on living environments and agricultural ecosystems.

In his previous role as WSU vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School, he led the largest growth in grant funding in Washington State University history, an 85 percent

increase. Additional achievements include the growth of student enrollment and interdisciplinary programs and integrated research and graduate school programs that resulted in new National Science Foundation- and National Institutes of Health-funded multidisciplinary doctoral training grants. He also coordinated a network of government, universities, the Howard Grimes Department of Defense, national labs and the private sector to advance WSU research to the market.

To facilitate innovative research, Grimes was instrumental in upgrading a wide variety of research centers and equipment at WSU. He has also created new international opportunities in education and research with exchange programs recently established with some of China’s prominent universities.

Grimes is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published extensively on areas ranging from molecular biosciences to developing new paradigms for facilitating biotechnology develop-

ment in the developing world. He earned his master’s degree in plant pathology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his doctorate in botany from North Carolina State University.

Grimes said he will be enjoying all Southeast Idaho has to offer.

“Both my wife and I are avid outdoors people,” he said. “We run, ski, hike and bike – anything outside we’re pretty much into it. The incredible outdoor opportunities are one of the draws of the Pocatello area. Our lifestyle is a great match for the area.”

Grimes wife, Heidi Jarvis-Grimes, has been the director of external relations and development at the WSU Office of Research and Graduate School.

She completed her 20th season as conductor of the Pullman Community Civic Symphonic Band. She is a clinician and adjudicator at local, state and national levels. She was the recipient of the Pullman Washington Chamber of Commerce Civic Improvement Award, presented for outstanding contribution to the improvement of community and citizen relations.

Jarvis-Grimes has also joined the ISU family, as the new director of development in the College of Arts and Letters.

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ISU PIANO SALE STEPHENS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ISU’s Music Department had the benefit of using more than 30 new grand, upright and digital pianos at no cost as part of a national education loan program. Yamaha Corporation and Kawai Corporation have made this possible.

Faculty, students, alumni and their families may purchase these pianos before the public sale. Selection includes new and used Yamaha/ Kawai upright, grand, digital and player pianos, vintage Bosendorfer and Steinway grand pianos and much more. ISU Credit Union will offer special low interest financing.

Two ways to purchase a piano:

1. You may call 208-233-2214 for an appointment to purchase a piano prior to the public sale.

2. You may attend the public sale at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Friday, May 17 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. or Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Support is needed to continue this program.

For information go to isupianosale.com.

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Benny Wins National Championship championship our football team won and I wanted to bring another national championship back to Idaho State,” Benny said.

In order to win the title, Benny had a two-minute skit he had to perform with only a minute to set up and a minute to take down the props. The skit was “Name

that Movie with Benny the Bengal” and he performed it once on March 17 and another time on March 18. Both times he earned in the 90th percentile or better.

Winning the National Championship did come with its challenges. Once Benny arrived in California he found himself wanting to play in the sun on the beach.

“I wanted to go play when I first got here but I remembered the hard work that it takes to be a national champion,” Benny said. “I took a couple of quick cat naps in between my training and came out a national champion.”

In the midst of all the training, Benny did make friends with other mascots such as Pistol Pete from New Mexico State and Bruno from Salt Lake Community College.

Benny wants to thank the Bengal Athletic Boosters who helped ship his props to California, and all those involved that allowed him to go to the salon to get his fur done in preparation for the competition.

“It really left an impression on the judges,” Benny said.

Northern Arizona, Montana, Weber State and Portland State also competed in the competition.

“Our conference was well-represented and did an outstanding job,” Benny said.

Benny also wants to give a shout-out to the cheer and dance team, who placed fourth in their national competition.

Steve Schaack ISU sports information director

ISU Athletics/Karsen Welch King

Benny the Bengal is a national champion. After spending the last two weeks training for nationals, Benny was crowned the national champion in the 2013 US College Championship Mascot Division in Anaheim, Calif. The competition was March 17-18.

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Giving Back is a Major Part of Life for Fredrickson ISU Photographic Services/Susan Duncan

Terry Fredrickson was a heavilyrecruited and accomplished debater when he came to Idaho State University.

“I fell in love with ISU the minute I stepped foot on campus and saw the orange ‘I’ atop Red Hill,” Fredrickson recalls. He spurned an offer from Boise State University and joined the ISU debate team. The next year he received the Sarah Partlow debate scholarship and made it to the national debate finals in California.

His attention turned to politics and in 2004 his fellow students elected him ASISU president. “I decided that instead of sitting back and complaining about things, I would work to improve the things that concerned me.”

After earning a degree in political science Fredrickson’s life reached a seminal moment when his older brother died of a heroin overdose.

“At that point I decided to dedicate my life to counseling so I could make a difference and perhaps help another family avoid the pain of losing a loved one to substance abuse,” he said.

“I was very close to my brother — he was more like a best friend — and the pain of losing him caused me to assess my career goals. I decided to devote my life to being a full-time counselor. I began working at MK Place, a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents, and worked there seven years. In fact, I still work as a part-time addiction counselor.”

Continuing to practice his philosophy of giving back to the community, Fredrickson accepted the challenge to lead New Day Products and Resources, becoming CEO and executive director in October 2010. New Day provides employment for more than 100 people with disabilities and offers a wide range of services from car detailing to making wood products.

New Day operates The Orange and Black Store, an independent ISU school spirit shop specializing in a wide array of officially licensed Bengal merchandise.

In addition to the retail operation, New Day offers an extensive line of wholesale custom screen printing.

The creation of The Orange and Black Store addressed a perceived community demand for reasonably priced ISU apparel.

“The heart of our business plan was to create a line of quality merchandise that anyone could afford. We initially took out a three-month lease hoping the concept would catch on. What happened just blew us away.”

Today, The Orange and Black Store offers an extensive line of ISU merchandise

Terry Fredrickson from jewelry to dog apparel to souvenirs.

Under his leadership, New Day has been successful in securing several governmental grants, thus allowing the company to expand its service line and create additional opportunities to train area residents and provide them a means to be self sufficient. Fredrickson jokes that “one of the rules I have is a dress code … every Wednesday, every employee is expected to show their Bengal pride by wearing orange and black.”

When asked his personal philosophy Fredrickson quickly says, “What

you have to give, people need to have.”

That’s a philosophy that he and his wife Erica practice on a daily basis. The Fredricksons have “adopted” the ISU club baseball team and are frequent spectators and have helped with a few fundraisers.

Most recently, they donated warm-ups to the team. Their interest extends beyond baseball. On the coldest of Idaho spring days you’ll find him cheering on the ISU women’s softball team with the same enthusiasm that marks his love for ISU. What does the future hold for New Day and Fredrickson? “New Day has the capacity to continue to grow and provide even more services to those with disabilities. There is no better feeling than helping someone achieve their dreams.

Our motto is ‘Do not dis our ability.’”

As for personal future plans Fredrickson is eying a possible career in Idaho politics. “Erica and I feel strongly that we need to give back to the community because we, as well as the rest of Southeast Idaho, have benefited from the amenities provided by ISU. We want to make a difference.”

Mark Neil Levine

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Study Confirms Limited Treatment Capacity and High Mental Illness Rates in Jails Findings from a national study of women in jail suggest that these women have high rates of serious mental illness, along with co-occurring posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders.

“These findings suggest that many women in jail have multiple disorders and, subsequently, have complex treatment needs,” said the study’s lead investigator, Shannon Lynch, professor and chair of the Idaho State University Department of Psychology, who worked with investigators Dana DeHart of the University of South Carolina College of Social Work, Joanne Belknap of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Bonnie Green of Georgetown University.

Between June 2011 and June 2012, 491 women in rural and urban jails in Colorado, Idaho, Washington, D.C., Maryland and South Carolina participated in structured diagnostic interviews for the study funded by the United States Department of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance.

The investigators report that 43 percent of the participants met criteria for a lifetime serious mental illness, with rates including: • major depressive disorder, 28 percent; • bipolar disorder, 15 percent; and • schizophrenia spectrum disorders, 4 percent.

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In addition, 82 percent of the women met criteria for a substance use disorder, and just over half, 53 percent, met criteria for lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

These rates of major depression, bipolar, substance use disorders and PTSD are 1.4 to 5 times higher than rates for women in the general population.

Women in jail also demonstrated high rates of co-occurring disorders. One in four women met lifetime criteria for a serious mental illness, posttraumatic stress disorder and a substance use disorder. In addition, about 25 percent of women with disorders reported severe functional impairment in their daily lives.

“Women’s mental health struggles were linked to their pervasive victimization histories—these women suffered many different types of abuse in childhood and into adulthood,” DeHart explained.

“This is important as we know multiple experiences of victimization increases risk of mental health problems,” Lynch said.

And jails have a hard time treating those mental health problems.

“It’s not what we are resourced to do,” said one correctional officer interviewed for the study.

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Corrections administrators and staff uniformly expressed awareness of mental health as a serious problem for female offenders but also noted scant funding for mental health programming in jails, as well as deficient resources for coordinating efforts of correctional staff with mental health services in surrounding communities.

“It is important to recognize that allowing women to go untreated represents a serious risk for recidivism,” said Lynch.

Findings suggest that serious mental illness was associated with more experiences of victimization prior to incarceration, more extensive criminal histories, with more violent offenses, and with earlier onset of offenses such as running away, substance use and drug-related crimes.

“Assessment of victimization experiences and mental health, especially recognizing the extent of co-occurring disorders, is critical to inform treatment programming and to interrupt the cycle of reoffending,” Lynch said.

This is one of the first and largest studies to include women in multiple states, including both urban and rural sites.

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Lottery Winner Remains Committed to Teaching Photo by Chris Gabettas

Ever dream of winning the lottery and quitting your job — or at least scaling back a bit?

It never crossed Mark Wendelsdorf’s mind after he won a $1 million Powerball prize in September 2012. He never thought about stepping down as Caldwell fire chief or giving up his teaching job in the Fire Services Administration program at Idaho State University-Meridian.

“I love my job and the people I work with,” he said.

Wendelsdorf struck the jackpot last Sept. 19, the day after he bought $10 worth of Powerball tickets at a Stinker Store in Caldwell, 25 miles west of Boise. One ticket matched five numbers in the Idaho Lottery drawing, which was good enough to win the million bucks.

“My head was spinning a million miles an hour,” said Wendelsdorf. He’d won $5 or $10 playing the lottery, but never big money.

Wendelsdorf and his wife, Kim, contacted their tax accountant and bank.

Three weeks later, the couple stepped forward to claim their prize.

Federal and state taxes took a chunk of the $1 million, leaving them with $520,000 “free and clear to do what we wanted,” said Wendelsdorf. The couple paid off their mortgage, cleared their debts, put money in savings and bought two new vehicles.

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Wendelsdorf, a 22-year veteran of the Caldwell Fire Department, is passionate about firefighting and helping people. He asked Caldwell city bosses if he could stay on the job after winning the lottery. They told him yes.

Wendelsdorf, who grew up on the south side of Chicago, earned a bachelor’s degree in fire service management at Southern Illinois University and a master’s degree in public administration from Governor’s State University in University Park, Ill. He serves as president of the Western Division of the International Fire Chiefs Association, which is made up of 10 western states.

For the past four years, he has taught online courses in ISU-Meridian’s Fire Services Administration program, which is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in firefighting.

Wendelsdorf says he’s grateful to the teachers, firefighters and supervisors who’ve mentored him throughout his career and he wants to do the same for others.

“I love teaching. It’s an opportunity to raise the bar higher for the next generation of fire-service professionals,” he said.

And that’s good news to Michael Mikitish, ISU-Meridian’s emergency services director and coordinator of the Fire Services Administration program. He describes Wendelsdorf as a “dedicated professor and mentor” who has helped shape the program, which offers associate and bachelor’s degrees.

“I continually rely on Mark to provide me feedback on the direction of the program and changes or improvements we can make to better the program,” he said.

As for Wendelsdorf, he says he’ll probably retire in another 10 years. But no slacking off until then. He plans to teach, run the Caldwell fire department and work on a doctorate in emergency management.

“Then maybe it’ll be time to pass the baton to the next generation,” he said.

Chris Gabettas

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A Crusade for Our Heads

IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR CAROLINE FAURÉ RAISES CONCUSSION AWARENESS Without the efforts of Idaho State University’s Caroline Fauré, Idaho would not have a new concussion law or the ISU Center for Sports Concussion.

Idaho passed initial concussion legislation in 2010.

Idaho made that law stronger in 2012 (House Bill 632).

“Idaho was the third state in the nation to act on concussion, and now Carolyn Fauré there are 42 other states that have responded to the concussion crisis,” Fauré said. “That speaks volumes.”

Support for the bill came from many, including coaches, parents, athletes, school superintendents and the State Department of Education. The 2010 bill required that the Idaho State Board of Education and the Idaho High School Activities Association provide access to appropriate concussion identification and management guidelines to all member schools that administer or promote organized athletic leagues and

sport programs. In 2012, the law was strengthened to include mandatory concussion education for all coaches, parents and athletes as well as requiring those athletes who are suspected to have sustained a concussion to be immediately removed from play. Only with written medical clearance from an appropriate health care provider may those athletes return to athletic participation.

“It was a tremendous amount of work (getting the concussion bills passed), but I’m ecstatic that Idaho stepped up to the plate and recognized this injury is something that needs to be dealt with responsibly so these kids are safe,” Fauré said.

Her initial efforts to get a concussion bill passed were given a boost by a $60,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation five years ago, and she worked hard since then to help spread awareness about the risks associated with concussion and to get legislation passed in Idaho to better protect kids.

After the 2010 effort ended with a new law that just addressed concussion awareness, Fauré reached out to the NFL

to ask for their assistance in getting a stronger bill passed in 2012. The NFL took up the cause, largely because of Fauré’s efforts.

“Because we had set the table so well, the NFL assisted us,” she said. “It takes thousands and thousands of dollars to get something like this passed. The NFL would not have been interested in coming unless it had the support at the grassroots level. They hired a lobbying firm in Boise and we gave them any support, anything they needed us to do, from writing letters to providing background information to soliciting statewide support and testifying before the legislature in person.”

Following the passage of the concussion bill, the Center for Sports Concussion at ISU, with the help of additional funding from Portneuf Medical Center, spearheaded the statewide effort to help schools and sports programs implement the new law. The Center (www.knowconcussion.org/about-us/) is housed in the ISU College of Education’s Department of Sports Science and Physical Education.

The Center’s main objectives are to offer educational outreach on concussion identification and management practices and to facilitate baseline and post-concussion neurocognitive testing to athletes participating in sports programs throughout eastern Idaho. It also encourages research in the area.

Since fall 2010, Fauré and the Center have helped distribute more than 40,000 information packets on concussion throughout the United States and Canada; have tested between 2,500 to 3,000 athletes for concussion in Southeast Idaho; and have delivered nearly 100 seminars on sport concussion throughout the region and the United States.

“We’re an educational resource for schools. We teach people how to identify and manage concussions,” Fauré said. “We don’t manage them. We’re not running a clinic. We just want to provide the right resources and provide the tools they need to make their jobs much easier.

It’s all about education.”

Andrew Taylor

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ISU-Meridian Community Health Screens Improve Access to Health Care Photo by Chris Gabettas

In early November, Truman Bishop sat on his skateboard in front of the CATCH office in downtown Boise, the site of a free Community Health Screening sponsored by the Idaho State University-Meridian Health Science Center and its community partners.

“I don’t get to a doctor on a regular basis,” said the self-employed Web technician. “I’m about to turn 40 and I want to make sure I don’t have any major health problems.”

Bishop is among the estimated 300,000 Idahoans who have no health insurance or limited access to health care.

He says money has been tight in recent years, and he worries if he gets seriously ill, he won’t be able to pay his medical bills.

The screening process takes 70 minutes and includes: • A basic physical exam, blood pressure check, and medication review • Dental evaluation • Hearing, depression and alcohol screenings • Glucose, HIV and hepatitis C testing • Mammogram referrals • Nutrition assessment • Flu shot • Preventive health education ISU-Meridian is able to provide the screenings for uninsured adults through a partnership with Ada County, Central District Health and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Services are provided by ISU-Meridian student clinicians and faculty, who volunteer their time.

Screening co-directors Rick Tivis and Glenda Carr say the goal is to identify people at risk of preventable diseases and get them the medical care and health education they need before they become so ill they end up in hospital emergency rooms.

Carr, an assistant clinical pharmacy professor, says the screenings also give Meridian health science students realworld experience that extends beyond the classroom.

“They’re able to see firsthand the value of an interdisciplinary approach to treating patients,” she said.

SCREENING STATIONS

After completing a brief questionnaire, Bishop entered a room to have his hearing checked.

Truman Bishop gets his finger pricked for a glucose test during his health screening.

“Do you have any ringing or dizzidiscussing plans to expand the program ness in your ears? Any pain?” a student to neighboring Canyon County, said clinician asked him.

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Using an instrument called a tympaThe screenings are garnering national nometer, she measured the air pressure in attention too. In August 2012, Carr and each of his middle ears.

ISU-Meridian academic dean, Bessie She was looking for scar tissue, Katsilometes, traveled to the National tumors, fluid or injury that could affect Association of Local Boards of Health his hearing, explained Amy Hardy, an 20th Annual Conference in Atlanta, to ISU-Meridian assistant clinical professor present research highlights from the first and speech-language pathologist, who two years of the program. was supervising the student.

The research showed that of the At other stations, clinicians took 400 adults screened between March 2010 Bishop’s vital signs, tested his blood and April 2012, the majority were at high glucose and cholesterol levels, screened risk of diabetes, obesity and poor dental him for HIV, administered a flu shot, health because they didn’t have access counseled him on nutrition, and referred to preventive health care services. The him to a community dental clinic to have report also highlighted the importance of a filling repaired and teeth cleaned at providing preventive health education at minimal cost. the screenings.

“There are resources out there. It’s a matter of getting patients plugged FILLING THE NEED in,” said screening co-director Tivis, a Former Ada County Commissioner biostatistician in ISU-Meridian’s Institute Sharon Ullman and Ross Mason, the of Rural Health. southwest regional director for the Idaho Screening organizers have secured Department of Health and Welfare, slots for follow-up visits at low-cost say the screenings are an example of clinics throughout the Treasure Valley, what communities can achieve through including the dental, counseling, and cooperation and dedication in the face of speech and language clinics on the ISUlimited resources.

Meridian campus. Carr says 90 percent of Medical laboratory sciences graduate participants leave a Community Health student Lily Struchen relishes the opporScreening with a referral for additional tunity to interact with patients. care, and 74 percent keep their appoint“It’s a great way to give back to the ments. community, gain work experience and Since March 2010, more than 600 work with the other health science disciAda County adults have participated plines,” she said. in 19 screenings, and organizers are Chris Gabettas

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Louis Gives Even in Retirement Dr. Galen Louis remembers what it part-time students and achieved nationwas like being a financially strapped ally recognized accreditation. graduate student, struggling to fund his Many of his students have landed top research. jobs in the public health arena. Vivian So when he retired Dec. 31 as an Lockary, a 2009 graduate and a past assistant professor and director of ISU’s president of the Idaho Public Health Master of Public Health program, he Association, manages the diagnostic wanted to leave something behind. laboratory at Elmore Medical Center in Louis, who began as an adjunct Mountain Home. professor at ISU in 1998, set up the She says Louis’ real-world experiGalen Louis Endowment Fund ence coupled with his passion to help future MPH students for public health, community To contribute to the ISU nd, with research and thesis service and research have Fu t en Galen Louis Endowm projects. made a lasting impact on send a check to: “It’s my way of her life. ty rsi ive Idaho State Un giving back,” said Louis, “The MPH program op vel De ector of c/o Joan Hansen, Dir h Sciences who contributed the was awesome because of alt He of ment, Division ent first $5,600. The fund, Dr. Louis,” she said.

Galen Louis Endowm which reached $13,000 When asked several 921 S. 8th, Stop 8288 in January, will operate years ago why he loved Pocatello, ID 83209 off of interest, preserving to teach, Louis responded: the principal for generations “My graduate students are to come. not only my educational charges, Louis, who taught at the ISUthey are also my partners in this learning Meridian Health Science Center, became experience. For me, the learning experiMPH program director in 2006. Under ence is more than just about the acquisihis leadership, the 48-credit program tion of knowledge. It is about critical doubled its enrollment to 60 full and thinking and the ability to translate

complex ideas and theories and weave them into the fabric of our lives.”

Louis also played a major role in securing more than $500,000 dollars in MPH research grants to improve the lives of vulnerable Idahoans. Projects include creating an anti-tobacco campaign for Hispanic teens living in Canyon County, evaluation of medical interpreter services in Idaho hospitals, and research to improve services for HIV/AIDS patients in the Gem State’s seven public health districts.

Louis holds a doctorate in community health from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an interdisciplinary degree in public administration and health policy from ISU. In 2012, ISU honored Louis with a Master Teacher Award for teaching excellence and the Idaho Public Health Association celebrated his outstanding service in public health with its annual President’s Award.

In 2009, he was a finalist for Idaho Health Care Hero Educator, a statewide competition sponsored by the Idaho Business Review newspaper.

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ISU Nursing, Theatre Departments Team Up to Produce Realistic Trainings

Above: Adam Mendez, Jr., a theatre student, applies makeup to Tricia Kimpton, a first-year dental hygiene student, who was acting as a patient.

Below right: Nursing student Cinthia Evans tends to volunteer patient Rosemary Nett.

The ISU Department of Theatre is collaborating with the ISU School of Nursing to help add realism for training sessions held in the nursing simulation laboratory.

That collaboration within ISU also assists an external collaboration between the ISU School of Nursing and Southeastern Idaho Public Health, which this academic year teamed up to hold epidemiology exercises to train nursing students on identifying communicable diseases to help prevent large breakouts.

“It’s real people in a simulation world,” said Kathy Reynolds, an epidemiologist for Southeastern Idaho Public Health who participated in training simulations at ISU. “But it is a very realistic simulation world and the students are learning how to recognize the illnesses and take the proper steps to stop their spread.”

The scenario presented in the simulation lab, which is a model of a medical clinic, was of eight patients, each with a different malady. The patients were dressed in character, had makeup applied to help show their symptoms and were scripted on how to act out their symptoms for the nursing students to interpret.

The lab also has manikins that can be programmed, and are made-up by ISU theatre students to present different disease symptoms. Although the actors and manikins were allegedly suffering from diseases from hepatitis A to tuberculosis, the exercise was organized to see if the students could recognize and triage a Pertussis, or whooping cough, outbreak.

“These simulations are very important because it is now harder to gain access to clinical sites and they provide important training for our students,” said Deb Reiland, ISU clinical assistant professor of nursing, whose nursing students participated in the exercises. “We actually have manikins that can

cough, blink and bleed. We can use a touch-screen to program their vitals and we can talk through the manikins from another room.

“However, manikins are not real people,” continued Reiland. “With the help of volunteers, many with medical backgrounds and who know the diseases they are portraying and get very much in character as patients, the students have a much more realistic experience.”

There are cameras throughout the laboratory filming, so students can be critiqued by their instructors and themselves by watching how they performed.

“It is a great learning experience,” senior nursing student Michelle Sorenson said. “It’s relatively realistic and it gives us hands-on experience thinking through a situation. It’s nice to be able to see what was done and what should have been done in a controlled environment before we get out in the real world.”

The collaboration has benefits for the theatre students as well.

“Working on other people for an exercise like this makes you work harder to be creative,” said Jordan Tanner, a political science major who was a minor in theatre and was among the student makeup artists on hand who is in a stage makeup class. “Because I’m not a health science major I had to look up the symptoms of the diseases the patients are supposed to have. I looked up the side effects of pneumonia and tuberculosis. I know what those things look like now.”

The collaboration between the ISU School of Nursing and the ISU Department of Theatre began in December 2011 after Kathy Olsen, a recently retired nursing professor, contacted Tara Young, ISU director of theatre, to see how the theatre department could help make simulation experiences more realistic.

Since then the two departments have been working together on various train-

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Artfully applied makeup, Joy detergent used to look like mucus, and special vomit made from corn, instant tea, oatmeal and parmesan cheese are among the finishing touches applied and given to volunteers and manikins to help provide realistic training scenarios for nursing students at Idaho State University.

And don’t forget the acting by volunteers, who take their roles seriously as patients suffering from various illnesses.

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“Any time you have two groups from different disciplines working together you create a positive learning experience,” Young said. “The theatre students learn how to do all types of makeup for the stage, but this helps them have a better understanding of what they can do and expands their repertoire.”

The makeup and acting by volunteers has improved the quality of the trainings.

“The results have been tremendous,” Olsen said. “Putting students in a real-life environment is very beneficial because it elicits an intellectual and emotional response from the students coupled with the consequences of their interventions, which we could not allow them to do in the hospital.

Students don’t get that studying a book.”

In addition, the simulation laboratory provides an opportunity for the students to experience many types of patients that they may not see during their clinical rotations in the hospital, specifically pediatric and hospice patients.

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INBRE: A Pipeline for Biomedical Research Scientists new body of knowledge that I had a part research. The program has been successin. My experiences in Michele’s lab solidful at universities throughout Idaho. ified my decision to go to grad school to There cannot be up-to-date, effecdo research. I know what to expect and tive medical treatment if there isn’t the feel accomplished in the lab.” research to back it up, guide it and take it Vincen-Brown said that working in to new levels, but many Idaho biological biological science Associate Professor sciences and health professions students Jason Pilarski’s neuroscience laboratory overlook medical research as a career changed his career aspirations. option. The stories of these two Idaho “Before the INBRE Fellowship I State University students demonstrate was on the fence between research and how the program is succeeding in attractpharmacy,” said ing new students Vincen-Brown, a this demanding I was sometimes putting in 60-hour to junior biochemfield. istry major from In a sense, the weeks. It was exhausting, but worth Boise. “But INBRE program it. I learned a lot of procedures and is a minor league my exposure to neuroscideveloping got to really know how labs work for ence piqued scientists who will and what it takes to run them. my interest and be asking imporappealed to my tant questions and — Tiffany Doherty curious nature pursuing tangible and I decided that results, all for the research is just a better fit. Neuroscience sake of advancing humankind’s quest is about what goes on inside your own for knowledge and contributing to our head. It’s just amazing to me that someunderstanding of human diseases and thing so complex as our brains is based disorders. off the activity of a few cells. My experi“INBRE is a research program,” said ences with INBRE have persuaded me to Michael Thomas, ISU INBRE director and pursue a Ph.D. research program.” associate professor of biological sciences.

One of the major goals of Idaho’s “These students are not here playing INBRE program is to be a pipeline for kickball. They’re playing hardball, doing attracting biomedical researchers to real science, with the expectation that the enter the big leagues of university-level research they are doing at Idaho State University will be published in scientific journals.”

One thing the summer researchers do is work.

“I was sometimes putting in 60-hour weeks,” Doherty said. “It was exhausting, but worth it. I learned a lot of procedures and got to really know how labs work and what it takes to run them.”

Doherty’s mentor, Assistant Professor Brumley, emphasized that Doherty was more than just a lab technician. She had to figure out the protocol and design for her experiment.

“She had to be an independent thinker, to take initiative and problemsolve because other people weren’t going to tell her how to do it,” Brumley said.

Vincen-Brown found his fellowship equally demanding. He said the first four or five weeks he encountered an especially steep learning curve, being introduced to his laboratory, the project he

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For Tiffany Doherty, her seminal moment occurred when she was collecting data giving treadmill training to infant rats for an Idaho State University psychology department study that shows how sensory feedback shapes locomotion behavior.

For Michael Vincen-Brown, his decision to pursue scientific research as a career occurred while working in an ISU biological sciences neuroscience laboratory, contemplating how the research he was assisting with explained the processes going on inside his own brain.

These two ISU students were among the 13 undergraduate students who participated at the INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program at ISU last summer. For both participants, the intense, 10-week program was transformative, cementing their desires to become research scientists.

“It was just exciting every day to go to lab,” said Doherty, a senior ISU psychology major from Idaho Falls, who worked last summer in ISU psychology Assistant Professor Michele Brumley’s developmental behavioral neurosciences laboratory.

“The first time I got results out of the project, the first graphs I saw were amazing,” she continued, “I knew all the work I was doing was going to be applied to a

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was working on and having to learn the background about his subject in his spare time. Each of the ISU students also met twice a week for professional development to learn the fundamentals of being a scientist with ISU INBRE co-directors James Groome, a biological sciences associate professor, and Erin Rasmussen, a psychology assistant professor.

“It was definitely total immersion,” Vincen-Brown said. “You learn a lot.

The first four or five weeks are really intense learning, but the last four or five weeks are even more intense because you’re doing what you’ve learned and then you have to present on the research you’ve been working on at the end of the summer.”

Vincen-Brown did an exceptional job during his fellowship, winning the top prize among the 136 INBRE Fellowship Scholars statewide who presented on their research findings at Idaho INBRE Conference in Moscow in August at the conclusion of the summer program.

Besides the 13 students at ISU, there were students completing fellowships at the University of Idaho and Boise State University. Vincen-Brown won $300 for his efforts, judged on by faculty members involved with INBRE, and the respect of his peers.

“We’re really proud of him,” said Thomas. “He worked really hard.”

Both students have continued to work on university-level research projects at ISU as undergraduates in their respec-

From left, ISU INBRE director Mike Thomas, ISU assistant professor Jason Pilasrski and undergraduate researcher Michael Vincent-Brown in Pilarski’s lab. tive departments this academic year. is tedious,” Doherty said. “Science is not Both are trying to become co-authors on made up of a lot of ‘eureka’ moments; ISU studies published in peer-reviewed that just isn’t true. Research is a long journals, something that could boost process taken up by a lot of people over their chances of getting into the graduate a long period of time that leads up to program of their choice. those ‘eureka’ moments.”

The INBRE program gives solid Biomedical researchers in Idaho may training and offers its participants have more of those ‘eureka’ moments to gain their own insights into that benefit many due to the science.

INBRE program.

More informat “I found out, in a good Andrew Taylor on Idaho INBR ion E is way, that scientific discovery available at inbre.uidaho .e and inbre.isu. du edu.

What is INBRE? INBRE (Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) program is a statewide program funded by the National Institutes of Health to the tune of $16.5 million over a five-year period.

Its mission is to increase Idaho’s competitiveness for federal biomedical research funding. Part of reaching that vision is developing new scientists.

INBRE, which is administrated through the University of Idaho, sponsors undergraduate students from Idaho’s universities for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. These students serve researchers at Idaho State University, University of Idaho, Boise State University and Boise Veterans Administration Medical Center.

INBRE’s five major goals are: 1) To strengthen Idaho’s biomedical research infrastructure and expertise by building on the established INBRE Network; 2) To provide support to Idaho faculty, post-

doctoral fellows, and graduate students to increase the research base and capacity; 3) To provide research opportunities to Idaho undergraduate students and serve as a pipeline for these students to continue in health research careers; 4) To enhance the science and technology knowledge of Idaho’s workforce; and, 5) To expand Idaho research opportunities across the Western IDeA Region, consisting of the states of Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada and Wyoming.

2013 INBRE Summer Fellowship participants have already been selected.

However, students interested in summer 2014 fellowships or other INBRE opportunities should contact Michael Thomas at mthomas@isu.edu.

In light of the success of the INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, ISU has decided to build on this program by folding it into

the larger ISU Career Path Internship program. The CPI program is designed to provide students with substantive, career building opportunities, and hundreds of students have benefited. The CPI program has formed a partnership with INBRE, and intends to use INBRE’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program as a model for future programs in other disciplines, including ecology and conservation biology, history, geosciences, psychology, and dozens of other fields, according to Thomas.

“The CPI-INBRE partnership represents an intersection of research, education, and career development that creates outstanding opportunities for our students,” Thomas said. “The partnership is unique in the state of Idaho and reflects ISU’s commitment to ensure our programs reflect the changing needs of our students, preparing them for exciting and productive careers.”

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Cresendos Alliance Creates New Health Care, Learning Opportunities in Peru’s High Andes there, staffing the clinic, providing care or tive from Northwestern University a roof teaching.” was put on in November and the clinic While visiting Peru, Cole did everyhad its inauguration on Nov. 26, 2012. thing from helping to lay tile at the new “All the different people pitched in building, to helping train some of the new and made it happen,” Cartwright said. health care providers and giving villagers “Now there’s a clinic for villagers who medical examinations. previously had to walk two hours down The physical creation of the clinic a trail to get health care. This is the first came together relatively quickly, time they have access to any kind of according to Elizabeth Cartwright, permanent health care in their an ISU anthropology profesown village.” sor. Cartwright, along with The clinic will be staffed For more info rm Diana Schow, who earned her by a Peruvian nurse and on the projec ation Master of Arts in anthropollocal health promoters, who www.crescend t, visit osalliance.com . ogy and Master of Health are local villagers trained Education degrees from ISU, in basic health care. Trained and Justine Macneil, an emerdoctors will also visit the gency department physician at clinic to provide care. The clinic Emergency Physicians in Pocatello, will provide basic first-aid health are co-founders of Crescendos Alliance, screenings and treatment for chronic the non-profit organization that created illnesses. It will also provide basic health the clinic. care education and help facilitate people Cartwright, Schow and Macneil joined who need more health care to get to the with villagers, local authorities from the nearest health clinic. Currently, Joseph Peruvian Ministry of Health, and with Brown, a fourth-year medical student representatives from the Northwestern from Northwestern University in Chicago, Global Health Initiative to plan the buildis spending six months in residence in ing of the clinic.

Kacllaraccay. Brown, working with the In November 2011 villagers began other members of Crescendos, is develmaking the bricks for the building and oping a culturally appropriate health ground was broken. By May 2012 a promoter training curriculum. Over cement foundation was completed and the next few months, the three new the walls were started. Local villagers village health promoters will be trained provided most of the labor. With the help

by Brown in basic first-aid and health of the Northwestern Global Health Initiaprevention topics.

“We’re working up to training the

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Idaho State University students have a new place they can learn about and help solve global health problems at a remote village in Peru that is “way up and way out there.”

This village is Kacllaraccay, which sits at an elevation of 13,000 feet in the high Andes Mountains and is located near the town of Cusco near Peru’s famous Machu Picchu region. It now has its first health clinic, due in a large part to efforts of an Idaho State University professor, a former ISU master’s student and an emergency room doctor from Pocatello.

So far, one resident from ISU’s Family Medicine Residency program has volunteered his services to the clinic and more ISU students will be involved in the future.

“Other projects organized by ISU and Operation Condor to help out in Peru do short-term interventions,” said ISU Dylan Cole, a second-year resident in the ISU Family Medicine Residency program who spent a month in late 2012 working at the new clinic. “Those projects set up shop for a week or two and provide a ton of care and see a bunch of people.

“Our project has a different focus and adds to that work,” Cole continued. “We are working with the people of the region and the people of the villages to create something that is sustainable, lasting and ongoing, even after we are no longer

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health promoters as emergency first responders,” Cartwright said. “There are lots of accidents from heavy labor and agricultural work, things like bull gorings, that they’ll be trained to treat, but we will also will be working on things like nutrition education, prenatal education and prenatal screening, catching emergencies before they happen.”

Schow, one of the other cofounders, noted that community involvement is critical to developing stronger, more sustainable projects.

“We rely heavily on the communities we work with to guide their own interests and goal setting,” Schow said. “We do not make assumptions about what they need or can achieve in relation to health and quality of life. We are simply there to assist with knowledge and options. They are the experts regarding their realities, trials and successes.

“Crescendos Alliance,” Schow continued, “is trying to incorporate the best, most promising approaches to improving health and quality of life. I do believe what we do is transferable, because at its core, Crescendos’ work is about listening, learning and innovating. You can do those things anywhere.”

The Crescendos Alliance clinic may

also become a model for other villages in the high Andes.

“Our focus is teaching promoters and getting infrastructure in place and gathering data on different health indicators,” Cole said. “Later, we’ll be able to assess the impact we’ve made, and hopefully have the data available on why we should expand this project to reach other similar villages in the region.”

The clinic will be able to provide a broad range of opportunities for ISU health and social science students.

“I will continue carrying out my community-based participatory research on the health care needs of these Quechua speaking villagers and we will be having students from the ISU Department of Anthropology joining the research team down in the village this summer,” Cartwright said. “This is a very, very exciting new research and service project. We will be involving students from the Family Medicine Residency, nursing and other health care professions, too. We are on our way to creating a really superb place for our students to learn about global health in a truly inter-disciplinary fashion.”

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Today, the Idaho State University alumnus is world-renowned in the sports of ski mountaineering (a grueling sport that involves nordic and alpine skiing, with a bit of technical cliff climbing and endurance) and ultramarathoning, logging thousands of miles skiing and running over mountains on four continents.

For the past three years, he has stood on the medal podium at the National Ski Mountaineering championships — in 2012 he won and in 2013 he placed third. In both of his sports, he boasts sponsors — names such as Patagonia, La Sportiva, Ultraspire and First Endurance.

It’s been a wild ride since he first began the sport six years ago, when he said he was “hanging out with the wrong friends, other ski mountaineering competitors.”

“I wanted to see how I stacked up against the mutants. It turned out, I was one of them,” he said.

It was the same in his running career. He was working at Scott’s Ski and Sports in Pocatello, without air conditioning on a hot August day. He and a co-worker were both hot, tired and a little delirious, Nelson said.

“He looked over to me and said, ‘I bet you can’t run the Pocatello marathon,’” he said.

Nelson went on one 3-mile training run. Two weeks later, he ran the Pocatello marathon, and placed third in his age group. He was hooked. Today, he runs several races each year with courses 50 miles or longer, and is the director for the annual Pocatello 50, a 50-mile race that sends ultramarathoners on a scenic trip up and down the mountains of Southeast Idaho.

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When he isn’t in the air to his next destination, or climbing up a mountain, Nelson is a physician assistant at Idaho Sport and Spine in Pocatello, a job he loves. He also volunteers for the National Ski Patrol and does design work for Patagonia and Ultraspire, a company that specializes in equipment for ultra runners.

A Blackfoot native, he first chose Idaho State University because it was close to home. He soon realized, however, that the University offered Nelson a way to combine his interests into a rewarding career. He was one of the first graduates of the Outdoor Education program in 2006, pairing it with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. He worked as a river and ski guide for a few years, then returned to Idaho State University, earning his Physician Assistant degree.

“It is a fantastic program,” he said. “We’re lucky to have it here.”

In recent years, Nelson has been able to combine his love of traveling, his interest in Latino culture and his medical expertise as president of the board of directors for the Idaho Condor Humanitarian Services program. Each year, a large group of Idaho medical care providers teams up with students from many disciplines to travel to Peru and provide care.

This spring, Nelson helped gather a group of 72 people, including 37 ISU students, for a humanitarian medical mission to villages in Peru.

The experience, especially for students, is life-changing and could even be career-changing, Nelson said. In fact, 98 percent of students in pre-professional programs were accepted into their chosen professional health program, he said.

Mountain photo by James Hlavaty

Luke Nelson is the president of the board of directors for Operation Condor.

It’s just one of the many great opportunities that ISU students have, Nelson said.

“I tell people all the time, ‘be proud of the education you get at ISU,’” he said. “You are getting as good of an education as you will get anywhere. If anything, you have a leg up.”

With humanitarian missions, world ski mountaineering championships, 100-mile races, a wife and two young children, Nelson says one of his biggest struggles is maintaining balance. His passport only has three pages left unstamped.

Often, he can be found well after dark climbing mountains and skiing back down them, or taking long training runs at 4 a.m.

Unlike many who struggle to get in a morning workout, for Nelson, it is less of a burden and more like a “sanctuary.”

“It really boils down to a love of the outdoors, of being outside,” he said. “I spend a lot of time out running and skiing in the dark.”

For his family, it means vacations that are connected to race trips — not a bad thing considering the beautiful spots where races tend to be. His oldest daughter, Brynlee, 6, asked to go to Zion National Park for her birthday after a fun race trip to the area. The whole family, including his wife Tanae and youngest daughter Chloe, 2, has become close with other families who they only see at races each year, and all are always happy to cheer Nelson on in his pursuits. He is incredibly grateful.

“They recognize it’s important to me,” he said. “They are saints for how much they support me.”

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Some Other Kind of Fish in the Sea Using CAT scans and making 3-D virtual reconstructions of the jaws of the ancient fish Helicoprion, Idaho State University researchers have solved some of the mysteries surrounding large spiral fossils of this fish’s teeth.

The Idaho Museum of Natural History has the largest public collection of Helicoprion spiral-teeth fossils in the world. The fossils of this 270-million-year-old fish have long mystified scientists because, for the most part, the only remains of the fish are its teeth because its skeletal system was made of cartilage, which doesn’t preserve well. No one Photo and drawing by Ray Troll

Leif Tapinilla with Idaho Museum of Natural History Helicoprion fossils. could determine how these teeth—that look similar to a spiral saw blade—fit into a prehistoric fish with a poor fossil record, long assumed to be a species of a shark.

“New CT scans of a unique specimen from Idaho show the spiral of teeth within the jaws of the animal, giving new information on what the animal looked like, how it ate,” said Leif Tapanila, principal investigator of the study, who is an ISU associate professor of geosciences and Idaho Museum of Natural History division head and research curator.

The results of the study, “Jaws for a spiral tooth-whorl: CT images reveal novel adaptation and phylogeny in fossil Helicoprion,” were published in the Royal Society’s journal, Biology Letters. The Royal Society, based in London, England, is a self-governing fellowship of approximately 1,450 of the world’s most distinguished scientists, including more than 80 Nobel Laureates.

In the IMNH’s Idaho Virtualization Laboratory Tapanila and his colleagues have virtual reconstructions of the Helicoprion’s jaws, based on firm evidence, that clear up the biggest mystery surrounding these teeth.

“We were able to answer where the set of teeth fit in the animal,” Tapanila said. “They fit in the back of the mouth, right next to the back joint of the jaw. We were able to refute that it might have been located at the front of the jaw.”

Located in the back of the jaw, the teeth were “saw-like,” with the jaw creating a rolling-back and slicing mechanism. The Helicoprion also likely ate soft-tissued prey such as squid, rather than hunting creatures with hard shells.

Another major find was that this famous fish, presumed to be a shark, is more closely related to ratfish, than sharks. Both of these species are fish with cartilage for a skeletal structure, rather than bone, but they are classified differently.

“It was always assumed that the Helicoprion was a shark, but it is more closely related to ratfish, a Holocephalan,” Tapanila said. “The main thing it For more informat has in common with sharks is the structure ion ab of its teeth, everything else is Holocephalan.” Laboout the Idaho Virtualization ratory, visit vl.imnh .isu.edu.

Based on the 3-D virtual reconstruction For more informat of the Helicoprian’s jaw, the ISU researcher ion on the Royal Society, visit can infer other characteristics about the fish. royalsociety.org.

Using this information, the Idaho Museum of Natural History is creating a full-bodied reconstruction of a modest-sized, 13-foot long Helicoprion, which probably grew as long as 25 feet. This model will be part of the IMNH’s new Helicoprion exhibit that will open this summer, which includes artwork by Ray Troll, a well-regarded scientific illustrator as well as a fine arts artist.

The ISU team of researchers on this project included Tapanila, Jesse Pruitt, Alan Pradel, Cheryl D. Wilga, Jason B. Ramsay, Robert Schlader and Dominique Didier. Support for the project, which will include three more scientific studies on different aspects of the Helicoprion, was provided by the National Science Foundation, Idaho Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History, University of Rhode Island and Millersville University.

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Man-Hours Make A Map The new geological map of Idaho, Link noted that ISU’s input was a work of both “art and science,” was critical in creating the map. The new released last fall from the Idaho Geologimap has its roots in ISU’s Idaho Digital cal Survey and was created with extenAtlas project, which was an ISU project sive input from Idaho State University. that created new geological maps for The first geologic map of Idaho in counties in Southern Idaho. The initial 35 years, called “a perfect wall poster” compilation for the Digital Atlas of Idaho by one of its creators, the map has been was funded by an Idaho State Board of compiled from nearly 100 sources, includEducation Technology Incentive Grant ing work from Idaho State University, and a National Science Foundation grant the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Idaho to Link.

Geological Survey and the University of For the new geologic map of Idaho, Idaho.

Link was responsible for creating the “This map updates our understandportion of the map that covers most of ing of Idaho geology,” said Idaho State southern Idaho. He was assisted by Long, University geosciences Professor who was responsible for compiling Paul K. Link. “It is a map that is the geology south of Pocatello in The new Idaho of poster size, can hang on the Malad area, be Geologic Maps may walls in schools and class“Long’s work was ho Ida the gh purchased throu rooms and makes Idaho totally new. We had never s plu 0, $2 st is Geological Survey. Co g if mailed. geology accessible to the compiled a geologic map lin nd ha d any shipping an it general public.” of the geological feature, vis , on ati For more inform d an sen , Geologic maps – in the Malad City Sheath,” org gy. olo ge ho www. ida o.edu or addition to showing Link said. “He put email to igs@uidah regular features like together unpublished data call (208) 885-7991. d at the mountains, rivers, plains, to make a coherent map It can also be purchase al tur Na of m Idaho Museu towns and roads – include sheet that became part of History. details on the distribution, this project. We had a bunch of nature and age relationships of ISU graduate students who worked rocks, faults and strata. on it and it helped develop their careers.”

The map, its graphic cross sections Long was a master’s student from of the Earth’s crust and accompanying 2002 to 2004 under Link’s advisement. He booklet on rock layers and layering repremapped an area southeast of Malad City sent 12 years of compilation and editing for his master’s project. After graduation

by Link, former ISU graduate student he stayed on at ISU as an adjunct instrucSean P. Long (now at the University of tor, and worked on several other mapping Nevada Reno), Reed S. Lewis and Loudon projects with Link and other ISU geosciStanford of the Idaho Geological Survey ences faculty members, including David at the University of Idaho in Moscow.

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“There were several new maps that came out in the few years preceding this, in particular a series of USGS maps of central Idaho, so I sized them to fit our compilation, simplified the map units to fit the compilation and traced out the line work,” Long said. “The end product of my work was a substantially-revised draft of the geology of southern and eastern Idaho.”

Other ISU students played lesser, but still valuable roles in the map’s creation.

One who contributed is James Blair, who is now a geoscientist working for the Bureau of Land Management in Delores, Colo. Blair was an ISU graduate student from fall 1998 to December 2001. During that time he helped create the geologic map of Wakley Peak Quadrangle in Southeast Idaho with Link and another student, Arron Pope.

“This map contributed a tiny fraction of the geology that wound up in the new state geologic map of Idaho,” Blair said. “ I also worked on the Digital Atlas of Idaho in 2001 as I was finishing my thesis. Most of the work I did on the Digital Atlas was digitizing, computer tracing existing geological maps of Idaho counties at an appropriate scale. I never had any idea at the time that the work I was doing would be used to help compile a new geologic map of Idaho.”

At first glance, a casual onlooker might not be cognizant of how much work went into creating the new map.

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several tens of thousands of person-hours of work by hundreds of field geologists on dozens of smaller maps, each with a slightly different opinion of what is going on,” Blair said. “Making the edges of each map line up with its neighbor is a tremendous undertaking.

“Just how difficult is hard to understand unless you have done it,” continued Blair. “Deciding what to take out was just as tough as what to leave in. The level of detail on this map is great, without making it too busy. Aesthetically, the map is great too, one of the best I have seen. It is truly a work of both art and science. Few states are geologically as interesting as Idaho, and now Idaho has a geologic map that really does it justice.”

Link said the map should be of interest to a wide variety of people.

“Anybody that is doing anything with natural history or geological hazards, from rivers to earthquakes, needs to refer to this map,” Link said. “It contains the most recent information on a lot of these issues.”

The new map is available in both print and GIS formats, the latter of which allows online users to query the map’s database to locate such features as active faults and specific types of rocks. A booklet of explanatory information accompanies the map and includes an index of the map’s many sources, which can be consulted for more detailed geologic information.

Andrew Taylor

Paul Link and Diana Boyack, geosciences digital mapping lab supervisor and long-time geotechnical advisor, on production of the Idaho geology map.

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Profitably Blurring the Lines Between Work and Play Before an early morning business meeting this CEO might be casting dry flies to native cutthroat trout in the middle of the largest wilderness area in the continental United States, rather than commuting through traffic in a busy city.

The company’s only office space, besides an airplane and airplane hanger, is 220-square feet above a coffee shop in downtown Boise.

The CEO’s secretary, who the CEO has never met in person, lives in India, and the company’s informational technology hub is in Alaska.

In its unorthodox and profitable manner MedMan, led

by Idaho State University alum and supporter Jim Trounson, expanded when many other companies contracted.

“We’re doing great,” said Trounson, a fourth generation Idahoan from Wendell who graduated from ISU with a business degree in 1969. “We decided not to participate in the recession and that has been a good tactic. During a recession is the best time to increase market share and get new business that other people are nervous about.”

He said in recent years he hired better people (MedMan, by the way, likely hires more ISU Division of Health Sciences health care administration program graduates than any other entity) and bought a better airplane for the company.

MedMan, an abbreviation for the Boise-based Medical Management, Inc., has steadily expanded since its founding in 1977.

The company specializes in operating medical groups and clinics by providing on-site medical managers. It offers 35 years of expertise over the network it serves. MedMan had about $4 million in revenues in 2012.

Although the company has managed medical groups as far away as Guam, Singapore and on the U.S. East Coast, its focus now is the Pacific Northwest where MedMan manages dozens of medical facilities and works with hundreds of physicians, primarily in Idaho, Washington, Alaska and Nevada.

“Being in a smaller echo chamber (the Pacific Northwest) we have grown faster and delivered a better product to hospitals and cooperatives,” Trounson said.

In 1999, the company rid itself of most of its office space and became a less conventional business entity. Since then it has relied on video and Internet conferencing, electronic libraries, phone calls and airplane travel to work with clients and to communicate between company employees.

“By cutting down on overhead we can be more cost-effective to our clients,” Trounson said. “It is a good time to be in this business because of all the ways technology can add value to our service. By utilizing it we can be with our clients more.

Ironically, I started this business from a spare bedroom in my house, and that is where I spend a lot of time working again. ” When Trounson attended ISU he was in the ROTC program and worked at a variety of jobs to put himself through school, including working at a Simplot mine, fighting fires during the summer and playing piano, “popular music, honky-tonk and sing-alongs,” at a Shakey’s Pizza restaurant and at the Bannock Hotel.

The Bannock Hotel, noted Trounson, was where another famous ISU alumnus, Roger Williams, also started out. Troun-

Left: Trounson is a pilot and has been featured in “Flying” magazine.

Right: Trounson was able to take the step of eliminating most of the business office space.

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son said he was thrilled when he met the much enjoys is the company airplane pilot with commercial and instrument late Roger Williams, the greatest selling and air travel. Trounson is a pilot (who ratings, Trounson completed an England piano artist of all time, at an ISU Homewas once featured in Flying Magazine) to Australia World Vintage Air Rally in coming celebration. “It was great meeting and the company also has another pilot.

1990 and flew to the Arctic Circle and Roger Williams,” Trounson said. “My The company’s new plane is set up back in 1993. In his 50s, while living in main claim to fame is that I started out in for high-tech business correspondence Ketchum near the Sun Valley Ski Resort, the same bar he did.” including video conference calls and he skied one million vertical feet in a After graduating from Idaho State it allows for frequent business travel, season.

University, Trounson spent four years in allowing more face-to-face interaction Trounson, honored as a Distinguished the Army as a health Alumni in 1991 by care administrator the ISU College of and traveled through I live by the ‘balance is bunk’ theory. To have a work life separate Business, and his wife, most of Europe and a are generous from a play life, for me, is crazy-making. If you are a knowledge Julie, lot of Asia. The expesupporters of Idaho rience in the miliState University. Jim worker, it is tough to have a hard edge between your personal tary, from which he has served on the ISU and professional life. I gave up on it. I created a life that I don’t Foundation Board earned a Bronze Star, prepared him well for the Advisory care whether what I’m doing is work or play. Both are enjoyable. and his first post-UniverBoard of the former sity civilian jobs, two ISU Kasiska College — Jim Trounson years as CEO at Steele of Health Professions.

Memorial Hospital in He and Julie also fund Salmon, and two years as administrative between Trounson, his employees, and the ongoing accreditation for the ISU director for Family Medicine Residency the company’s clients. health care administration program. of Idaho in Boise before founding It also allows unique business experi“ISU has been such an important and MedMan. ences for both company employees and positive factor in my life and continues His life and work philosophies have clients. For example, Trounson has been to be,” Jim said. “And I like hanging changed as his career has progressed. known to pick up and fly clients into a around here when I can.”

“I live by the ‘balance is bunk’ private lodge inside the Frank Church He also said he continues to keep theory,” Trounson said. “To have a work River of No Return Wilderness area to working. life separate from a play life, for me, is have a business meeting.

“Really, perfect jobs are created, not crazy-making. If you are a knowledge“I can go fly-fishing in the Middle found,” Trounson said. “I have the perfect able worker it is tough to have a hard Fork of the Salmon River before work,” job, I feel, and I am lucky doing this. I edge between your personal and profesTrounson said, “and I can take potential am 65 years old, but I don’t see a reason sional life. I gave up on it. I created a life clients into the backcountry for a unique to ever totally retire. I hope to continue that I don’t care whether what I’m doing kind of power breakfast.” to do this at some level as long as I have is work or play. Both are enjoyable.”

His personal life, arguably, is as my wits about me.”

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A Confusion Brings Career Clarity Photo: Jonathan Barker is one of Bryan Wright’s hires from ISU. ISU Photographic Services/Bethany Baker

Bryan Wright’s passion for physical therapy came after his mother had a significant knee injury. He was able to accompany her on visits to the physician.

When her doctor confused Bryan for her therapist, he became very interested in physical therapy.

Wright took his passion for physical therapy and joined the Physical Therapy program at Idaho State University.

After graduating, Bryan’s interest in the spine led him to become the first mechanically-certified back and neck specialist in the physical therapy field in Twin Falls. He then started his own company, Wright Physical Therapy, and it is off to a strong start.

Wright Physical Therapy currently has four Doctors of Physical Therapy and one physical therapist assistant all of whom are ISU graduates. The ISU “connection” is helping the people of Twin Falls improve their quality of life.

ISU graduate Jonathan Barker completed his Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science and later went on to complete a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree at ISU and now works at Wright Physical Therapy.

“ISU was a great facility for learning especially in my program,” Barker said.

“Exercise sciences lead me directly into what I wanted to do and that was to be a physical therapist.”

Barker was positive that he wanted to go into the health care professions, but was unsure which route to take. He said that throughout his studies at ISU and by interacting with influential professors, it

became clear to him that physical therapy was the career for him.

“It was a great transition program with awesome professors,” Barker said. “I felt I was prepared going into the professional world and I felt I learned the skills to be a competent practitioner.”

The facility was built two years ago and new additions to it were made last fall. Wright Physical Therapy specializes in spine, joint and sport injury and it provides several different services to help clients. The therapists assist a wide range of patients to get them back to their daily activities; from the young, competitive athlete wanting to rise to the top or get back in the game, to the pregnant mother that has three others to care for. They care for the grandparent wanting to play more with their grandkids to the hard worker who needs to get back to the job. They specialize in working through an injury from start to finish, and provide a takehome program to prevent injury from repeating in the future.

Shawn Higbee is another ISU Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate at Wright Physical Therapy. His studies led him to understanding the importance of preventing injury in children.

“Young kids should not be doing a lot of strength training. We should make sure young kids do not overuse their bodies,” said Higbee. “It is important to have a balance with children because there are changes that happen in the body and those things need time to develop fully.”

At Wright Physical Therapy, its practitioners provide knowledge of exercise

and training to help prevent injuries in all different types of people. They believe it is important to strengthen several muscle groups in the body to help prevent injuries.

Wright Physical Therapy is just one example of how ISU has impacted the health and welfare of the people in the Magic Valley. The opportunities the people of Twin Falls have are increasing every day. ISU produces the most health care professionals in the state and many pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses and other health care professionals in the Magic Valley are Bengals.

ISU programs in Twin Falls have had major success ranging from producing the region’s educators to providing its health professionals. ISU began providing courses in the Twin Falls area in the 1960s. In 1981, the University established the Twin Falls Resident Center to meet the growing demand for higher education in Southern Idaho. It was later moved to the College of Southern Idaho Campus in 1992, where it is still housed today.

The ISU presence in Twin Falls is something for all Bengals to be proud of.

In the early 90s, ISU had a health care mission to bring completion programs to the Magic Valley area. Since then many different programs have been offered.

Many Magic Valley residents go to the main campus for health care programs and then return home to take up practice, providing services and helping to improve the lives of their community, families, and friends.

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Kole H. Spaulding HOMETOWN: Mountain Home, Idaho HIGH SCHOOL: Mountain Home High School CLASS YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Physical education, exercise science emphasis HOBBIES: I enjoy most sports and exercise but I particularly enjoy playing racquetball since it requires a combination of both athleticism and skill. I also camp, hike, fish, hunt and love being outdoors.

CAREER GOALS: I plan to attend medical school and train to become an orthopedic surgeon. I am most interested in sports medicine but have serious interest in doing total joint replacements.

WHY ISU? I transferred to ISU when my wife began the physician assistant program. I have found that it was “meant to be” for me to attend ISU as it was perfectly suited to meet all of my educational, personal and professional needs.

Ashleigh Vella HOMETOWN: Melbourne, Australia HIGH SCHOOL: Upwey High School CLASS YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Sports management HOBBIES: Besides basketball and working hard in the classroom, I enjoy sky diving, rope courses and cliff jumping. I also like to play Skip Bo and Phase 10 with my teammates.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: First and foremost, winning the 2011-2012 Woman’s Basketball Big Sky Championship will always be one of my greatest achievements. Also being selected for the Big Sky Tournament Team was a huge honor. I have been selected as the sports management major of the year winner as well.

CAREER GOALS: To someday hopefully become a Division I women’s basketball coach. My dream school to coach would actually be here at Idaho State. It would be really cool to win a championship as a player and also again as a coach.

WHY ISU? I originally considered ISU merely for its athletic offerings. However, after further looking into the school, I discovered it had a great sport science and physical education department and offered many majors that were appealing to possible career opportunities.

ISU EXPERIENCE: The ISU experience has far exceeded any expectations I had. I have felt a great sense of belonging to a community and acceptance. I have loved every moment being here. I have formed some close bonds and life long friendships. Most importantly, ISU has helped shape me as a complete and well-rounded person.

Editor’s Note: Ashleigh was named to the 2011-12 Big Sky All Tournament team and received All-Conference Honorable Mention. She holds dual citizenship, in both Australia and Malta, and helped Malta win a gold medal in the Games of the Small States of Europe.

ISU EXPERIENCE: I have had great experiences with my professors in the sport science and physical education department. During my pre-medical coursework, I have had the opportunity to develop relationships with professors in the physics, chemistry and biology departments. My teachers made it easy for me to seek them out for guidance and instruction. I feel like they truly care about helping me attain my educational and professional goals. They are also extremely knowledgeable in their fields of work and exhibit exceptional teaching skills. Living in student housing and working as a building manager for ISU’s housing department has also been very influential. The opportunities, training and experiences that this position has provided would have been difficult to acquire anywhere else. I meet new people every day and have made many friends, which has greatly enriched my experience at ISU.

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Michelle L. Smith HOMETOWN: Lockport, Ill. HIGH SCHOOL: Carl Sandburg High School CLASS YEAR: Master’s student, anticipated graduation date is 2015 MAJOR: Dental hygiene HIGHER EDUCATION: AAS in dental hygiene 1990-Loyola University Chicago, BS, dental hygiene 2010-Minnesota State University, Mankato HOBBIES: Scrapbooking, exercise (spin class and tennis), reading (I’m on my second Kindle), visiting caves and taking pictures.

CAREER GOALS: I have been a dental hygienist for more than 22 years. My goal is to be an educator for dental hygiene in both an online format and clinical aspect. Even back when I was in dental hygiene school I knew I wanted to teach dental hygiene. I could envision myself teaching others what I love to do professionally.

WHY ISU? I researched many schools, but I always knew in the back of my mind it would be ISU. So many amazing women of leadership in our profession are faculty at ISU! Where else would I get an opportunity to work with some of the most well-known names in dental hygiene AND receive a top-notch education?!

ISU EXPERIENCE: This has been the best experience at ISU. I have been to ISU twice this past year for Graduate Seminar I & II allowing me to meet faculty and fellow students to form bonds that we will share the rest of our lives. I wouldn’t trade this experience for the world.

ADVICE TO STUDENTS: Follow your passion. Work hard. It is a lot of work, but so worth it. One step at a time—I find if I look at the whole plan it can be overwhelming, but take it one step at a time. Enjoy the journey!

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Sonja Nehr-Kanet Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Laboratory Science Kasiska School of Health Professions, Division of Health Sciences Nehr-Kanet is based at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center. She joined ISU in 2002 as an assistant clinical professor before her promotion to associate clinical professor of medical laboratory science in 2007. From July 2008 to January 2012, she served as program director.

WHY TEACH IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING? When I first graduated from college, I told myself I would never be a teacher. Then I interned for a year in a hospital laboratory where I had both horrible and terrific clinical preceptors. I learned valuable lessons from both.

Before joining ISU, Nehr-Kanet was a technical consultant and senior technical trainer at Seattle’s Puget Sound Blood Center, one of North America’s top centers for transfusion medicine. She holds a master’s degree in reproductive technology and a bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Northern Michigan University, Marquette.

While completing my medical lab science certification in Canada, the lab manager and staff at my local hospital took me in.

They offered me a part-time job which led to full-time work. I succeeded through their patience and kindness.

WHAT IS A MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST? Medical laboratory scientists are the “medical detectives” of health care. They are responsible for testing and analyzing body fluids and tissues to aid in diagnosing and treating disease and illness. Seventy percent of all medical decisions are based on information provided by medical lab scientists.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BE A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR? I’ve been influenced by great mentors throughout my life, including a professor who inspired me and believed in me when I did not have the courage to do that myself.

I felt it was my turn and my duty to give back. I was thrilled at the opportunity to work at ISU. It’s been a dream job, enabling me to stretch my teaching and knowledge to the highest level within my profession.

When it came time to mentor other young workers, I realized I had a talent for teaching. I returned to school to obtain my master’s degree to become qualified to teach in an academic environment.

At ISU, I’ve had the pleasure of working with curious and talented students with diverse backgrounds. I also love the interaction with other health care professionals.

We are able to learn and benefit from each other.

IF YOU WEREN’T A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE DOING? I’d probably be doing clinical and applied research with platelets and other blood products.

WHAT HAS TEACHING TAUGHT YOU ABOUT YOURSELF? Patience. As a teacher, I want my students to love medical laboratory science as much as I do, but it doesn’t happen instantly. I am here to educate, mentor and guide them

during their journey. I am thrilled when I go to clinic sites and see former students who are now lab managers or serving as preceptors for new students.

WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT OF TEACHING? The most difficult aspect is the lack of resources to do what I want to do. Adding more faculty members would allow me to do more research and keep on top of advances in the discipline.

IS THERE AN IDENTIFYING MOMENT WHERE YOU KNEW YOU HAD A PRONOUNCED POSITIVE IMPACT UPON A STUDENT? It takes about six months for that “ah ha” moment to happen, when a light bulb goes off in a student’s head and he or she thinks, “Hey, this is fun. I can do it.”

I recall one student in particular. She came to the United States from Russia as a new bride. It was a pleasure to watch her achieve her American Dream. She graduated with top honors, passed her certification exams, became a new mother and landed a full-time job at St. Alphonsus Medical Center. Now she’s studying to become a medical doctor.

WHAT CAREER/LIFE MESSAGES DO YOU TRY TO IMPART UPON YOUR STUDENTS? I try to get them to aim for excellence and love what they do.

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cal part of my church service. I was pretty darned scared but I soon realized that my youthful inability to sing alone in public was history. Thanks to teaching, I was no longer afraid of the sound of my own voice. That’s a perfect metaphor for all those other things I’ve gained over 40 years in the classroom.

WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT OF TEACHING? Finding the time to do it right! Real teaching requires staying current, which requires reading, and lots and lots of planning—I can never understand teachers who do the same thing every semester or who simply read the material to students out of the textbook.

Susan Swetnam, Ph.D. Professor of English College of Arts and Letters WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BE A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR? As a new college student at the University of Delaware in 1968, I realized that I’d come home to a setting where I could begin to grow into a new person, to explore potential I hadn’t known I possessed. I’d never met anybody like my professors.

They loved ideas in a way nobody I’d ever known did; their breadth and depth of intellectual curiosity took my breath away.

They modeled for me what it could be like to live the life of the mind, pushing yourself hard, asking difficult questions and losing track of time as you explored them with others and wrote about them.

WHY TEACH IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING? Students tend to come to universities— whether as traditional or non-traditional students—at key thresholds of their lives.

They’re not in school because they have to be, marking time; they’ve made a voluntary decision to take risks, try something new and grow. They also have more life experience than students at earlier levels and so have better contexts to help them explore and make shapes with new ideas. Universities traditionally encourage questioning of received truths and past authorities more

enthusiastically than high schools. I believe that mindset is crucial for real learning.

IF YOU WEREN’T A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE DOING? I’d be a full-time writer. Next year, after I retire, I’m going to do that—sort of. I’m also taking classes in the massage therapy program at ISU, and during my first year of retirement I’ll do the full-time year and be certified by the end of summer 2014. I want to be a volunteer massage therapist, specializing in infant, premi and hospice massage.

WHAT HAS TEACHING TAUGHT YOU ABOUT YOURSELF? Many things. These might be summed up in a story about singing. When I was an undergrad, I sang in the select choir at Delaware and took serious voice lessons.

But I was so young and insecure that I could never sing solos. In the years that followed, I sang only in private—mostly with my Girl Scouts and my late husband (who loved late-night bluegrass). After he died of cancer a decade ago, I got finessed into starting to sing at mass and soon people were asking me to lead the musi-

IS THERE AN IDENTIFYING MOMENT WHERE YOU KNEW YOU HAD A PRONOUNCED POSITIVE IMPACT UPON A STUDENT? There have been many. One recent example: one of my former MA students— now a Ph.D. student and faculty member at College of Southern Idaho—has been invited to deliver papers based on her thesis at national and international conferences—an MA thesis. Her work has been so well received that she’s been elected grad student representative to the board of directors of the regional chapter of the Modern Language Association, and she was chosen to be a session chair at the upcoming annual meeting in October. In that latter capacity she solicited—and bless her, accepted—a paper proposal from an expert in the field she just happened to know … me!

WHAT CAREER/LIFE MESSAGES DO YOU TRY TO IMPART UPON YOUR STUDENTS? Wide-ranging intellectual curiosity is one of the most exciting, enabling things in life.

If you don’t cultivate it in yourself, your time on earth is going to be immeasurably poorer. You’ll only know how good you are, what your potential is, if you push yourself and allow your teachers to push you. “This is too hard” is the worst comment a student can make. Reading and writing and teaching are hard work, but they’re also among the greatest delights on earth.

WHAT DO YOU WANT STUDENTS TO TAKE FROM THEIR ISU EXPERIENCE? As the above suggests, not just narrow vocational knowledge but also experiences in class that have piqued their interest in unrelated fields they might not have known existed, fields they can explore in the years to come.

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HOMECOMING 2013

50 Years of Celebrating ‘U’

Idaho State College became Idaho State University in 1963. Students all over campus celebrated while the official signing ceremony, in Boise, was witnessed

by ISU Student Body President Judi Day and ISU President Donald E. Walker.

After supporters worked years toward making Idaho State College a university, Gov. Robert Smylie made it official after passage of the “ISU Bill” by the legislature in February, 1963.

Marvin Lewis Returns to ISU

Valentine’s Day 2013 was a memorable day for many ISU alumni and friends. Marvin Lewis and his wife Peggy returned to the Pocatello campus.

Plans for their visit were put into motion when Marvin was recognized with the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus award at Homecoming. NFL scheduling conflicts prevented Marvin from attending the 2012 Homecoming festivities and the Valentine’s Day event was planned.

More than 130 alumni, friends, university and community members shared a delightful evening in the picturesque Marshall Rotunda of the Stephens Performing Arts Center.

As the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, Marvin is the longest serving head coach in Cincinnati Bengal history. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach for ISU’s

1981 championship football team under head coach Dave Kragthorpe. Coach Kragthorpe and his wife Barbara were in attendance at the Valentine’s Day dinner recognizing Marvin for his personal and professional accomplishments. Many of Marvin’s teammates and friends were also in attendance as well as college roommates and friends of his wife Peggy.

President Arthur C. Vailas presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award to Marvin. Marvin spoke to those in attendance citing how special ISU has been to him over the years and the impact his attending ISU has made on him throughout the years. He recognized in particular the lessons learned and the meals shared with Coach Jim Koetter, his wife Barbara, their sons Dirk and Brent, and daughter Jill. Barbara Koetter remarked that Marvin was just like another son and they are extremely proud of his success.

A little known fact—the pen used

by Gov. Smylie to sign the ISU Bill into law was the same pen used by Gov. Frank Hunt to create the Academy of Idaho in 1902, by Gov. Robbins to create Idaho State College in 1947.

To celebrate 50 years as a four-year university, the annual Homecoming celebration for Idaho State University is scheduled for September 30 through October 5, 2013.

The annual Kickoff Celebration will be Thursday, October 3, at Pinehurst Nursery and Floral. The Alumni board of directors will hold their fall meeting on Friday, October 4, and the President’s Alumni Recognition Dinner, hosted by President Arthur C. Vailas and Dr. Laura I. Vailas, will be Friday, October 4.

The Homecoming parade will take place Saturday, October 5, starting at 10 a.m. The ISU football team plays North Dakota that same day at 2 p.m. in Holt Arena.

For questions or additional information contact K.C. Felt, director of Alumni Relations at 282-4735 or feltkc@isu.edu.

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Golden and Silver Bengals to be Recognized at Commencement The Office of Alumni Relations and the Alumni Association will once again recognize a special group of graduates at Commencement 2013. Alumni who graduated in 1963, our Golden Bengals, and alumni who graduated in 1988, our Silver Bengals, will be recognized at an evening ceremony and reception in the Stephens Performing Arts Center on the Pocatello campus, Thursday, May 9, 2013.

Each year, these 50- and 25-year graduates are invited back to campus.

Special tours are provided to locations and areas of interest selected in advance by the alumni themselves.

Each alumnus is individually recog-

ISU Alumni at Century High At Century High School, students are educated about and encouraged to learn beyond high school. To do so, the school has implemented a “Think College” program. On the first Friday of each month, all staff members wear a T-shirt from their alma mater or a Think College T-shirt. During the first 10 minutes of the day, students are exposed to information about college

nized and presented their Golden or Silver Bengal pins by Dr. Laura I. Vailas, the first lady of Idaho State University.

This special group of alumni are also part of the March Through the Arch Senior Salute to be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at noon at the Swanson Arch.

This event marks the successful completion of the ISU career for current graduating students and their transition into a new phase of their lives.

For more information on Golden and Silver Bengals events and activities, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (208) 282-3755 or alumni@ isu.edu.

ISU alumni currently working at Century High School

preparation, career options, college admissions tests, scholarships and college applications, as well as advice from former Diamondbacks concerning college preparation. College posters cover the hallways, and the counseling center hosts visits from many college representatives. Fifty-six of Century’s 66 faculty are proud graduates of Idaho State University. At Century, we all “think college.”

The ISU Office of Alumni Relations welcomes the opportunity to recognize any other K-12 schools that ISU alumni are a part of. Contact the Alumni office at (208) 282-3755 or alumni@isu.

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Have you received a promotion, gotten a new job, relocated to a new city, joined a new organization, been appointed to a board? Share the good news with ISU. If you know of other ISU alumni who need to be lauded for their efforts, share that as well. You can send any information to alumni@isu.edu or post it on our Facebook page.

Dr. Cynthia Pemberton, associate dean,

Graduate School; professor, educational leadership. BS 1980, Willamette University; MS 1983, Southern Oregon State College; Ed.D. 1996, Portland State University, has been hired as the new chief academic officer at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. She has worked as a professor and administrator at Idaho State University in Pocatello. She began her new position Sept. 1, 2012.

Bryan J. Wheat, ’08, BS biology, has joined

Max A. Hansen and Associates, P.C. in serving the Butte, Mont. area as an attorney. Wheat was active in student government and served as student body vice president at ISU. He attended law school at the University of Idaho and received his Juris Doctor degree in May of 2012.

Megan Sanger, ’12, MPE athletic

administration, has been named as the varsity volleyball coach at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina. During the 2011 volleyball season, Sanger was an assistant varsity coach with the Century Diamondbacks who won the 4A Idaho State Volleyball Championship.

For the last 18 months alumnus Dr. Peter Frischmann (’05, BS chemistry) has lived in Würzburg, Germany where he studies artificial photosynthesis as an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow. His research is inspired by nature and focuses on the direct conversion of solar energy into storable fuel such as ethanol or hydrogen.

Photosynthetic plants and bacteria store energy in the form of chemical bonds which enables long term energy storage on a scale that far surpasses the potential for storing electricity generated by solar panels in batteries. Any breakthrough in the field of artificial photosynthesis that makes the capture and storage of solar energy cost competitive with fossil fuels will revolutionize the energy landscape of modern society and greatly mitigate anthropogenic climate change.

After his fellowship ends in May of 2013 he intends to seek a research position in the US where he can apply his talents to developing renewable energy technologies. Recently, as part of his two year fellowship awarded by the German government, he had the opportunity to visit Bellevue Palace in Berlin and meet the President of Germany, Joachim Gauck (pictured).

Dr. Ray Salvatore Jennings, ’90, DA political science, has published a new book, Democratic Breakthroughs: The Ingredients of Successful Revolts. Dr. Jennings is the author of numerous publications and his media appearances include CNN, CBS, ABC, CBN, CSPAN, NPR, and the BBC. He is presently a senior social development specialist with the World Bank and senior field advisor with the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives.

John Spicer, `84, BBA management and

organization, has been elected to the Bank of Idaho board of directors. Spicer is the senior director and site general manager of ON Semiconductor in Pocatello. He served as the United Way Campaign chair in 2011 and is a frequent speaker at ISU, where he serves on the advisory board for the College of Business.

Stacey Gibson, `12, MPA political science,

has been appointed as the director of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Diversity

at ISU. Gibson began her employment at ISU in 2006 as the employment coordinator in Human Resources, and in 2009 was promoted to the position of HR consultant. Gibson was appointed as the assistant director of EO, AA, and Diversity in February 2012.

Donna Miller-Parker, `70, BA English, has

been selected as vice president of instruction at South Seattle Community College. Miller-Parker has taught at Seattle University, Seattle Central Community College and Renton Technical College. Her 30 years’ experience in adult basic skills education encompasses instruction, curriculum and professional development, program creation and implementation, and policy setting at the regional, state, and local levels. She earned her Master of Arts in adult education from Seattle University.

Rick Martin, `90, BS nursing, recently retired

from a 20-year career in the US Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel. Martin graduated in 1990 from the USF Nursing program in the ROTC. He would like to thank his professors for the education he received that prepared him for a successful career in the Army Nursing Corps.

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Tracy Olsen, `93, BS engineering, is one of the top 50 Idaho business women as recognized by the Idaho Business Review. Olsen also just received the WTS Member of the Year Award for the Treasure Valley Chapter. WTS is a professional society for advancing women in transportation.

Shari Fernandez, ISU development associate,

has been recognized by the Idaho Business Review as one of the top 50 Idaho Business Women. Fernandez, who works in the ISU Foundation’s Boise office, joined the university in 2007. In 2011, she raised substantial funds for campus programs and scholarships, including the Dr. Brenda Williams Memorial Scholarship for ISU-Meridian accelerated nursing students, ISU-Meridian’s Toddler Early Listening and Learning program, and the ISU Center for Sport Concussion.

Dr. Henry T. Evans, `12, DA political science, has accepted the position as assistant director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Diversity. He has worked at ISU in various roles for over 10 years and received his BA in mass communication, as well as his master’s degree in political science from the College of Arts & Letters.

Belinda Isley, `77, BA art, a Boise artist, has

been added to the roster of national publishing company, Masala Cards, and her designs will be included in the 2013 Masala line, and sold and distributed nationwide. Isley studied design at

Utah State University, and law at the University of San Diego, before graduating with a BA in art from Idaho State University in 1977. She has won awards in national juried shows. Recently she was honored with a public art award from the City of Boise. Her original butterfly and assemblage boxes are included in more than 80 private collections throughout the U.S. To view her talents, visit her website at www.inside-thebox-art.com/index.html.

Ray Schnabel, `68, BS physical education,

a former ISU wrestling champion and long time Idaho high school wrestling coach, was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Boise on May 5. ISU’s wrestling team won three Big Sky Conference championships from 1966 to 1968.

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Robert S. Gerrish, ’05, MS microbiology,

worked as an agriculture specialist for the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Derby Line, VT. He is now a registrant of the National Registry of Certified Microbiologists (NRCM). On December 18, 2012, he became certified as a registered microbiologist in food safety and quality microbiology. Gerrish first met rigorous educational and experiential eligibility requirements and then passed a comprehensive written examination. He demonstrated the knowledge and skills necessary in a food microbiology testing laboratory.

Carl Lovell, ’92, MBA business administration, retired from the Idaho National Laboratory after 31 years in nuclear reactor operations,

Ray Schnabel with other ISU alumni information technology systems and project management in 2011. In 2012, he completed and submitted for publication a book titled, Life Transitions - From Glory To Glory. The book is for those who have experienced a life change or are currently experiencing a life change. All change and transition have an ending and beginning; however, the problem is that we often get our endings and beginnings in the wrong order.

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