Here We Have Idaho | Summer 2013

Here we Have

Summer 2013

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University of Idaho magazine | Summer 2013

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Ben and Jessa Greenfield compete in endurance sports. They’ve always included the twins, River, left, and Terran, in some of their training exercises.

On the Cover: When he’s not training, traveling or coaching other endurance athletes, fitness guru and alumnus Ben Greenfield works from home so he can spend more time with his wife, Jessa, an alumna, and their five-year-old twins, Terran, left, and River. In addition to horseplay, the couple home schools their boys and enjoys watching them grow up.

Cover and photo above ©Rajah Bose

Cover Story 18 Healthy Balance

The Get-Fit Guy’s daily triathlon: Business, family, fitness

Features 6

A Passion for People, Places Pilot/historian captures the past

16 Herbarium Grows Projects

On Campus, Online Photos, data from university plant collection now available to public

26 Elements of Fun

Chemistry professor keeps fire burning

Departments 2

From the President

4 Research News 34 Class Notes

28 Clues to Conservation

Fulbright Scholar examines bats to inform Costa Rica’s land-use decisions

40 Inspired by Nature 44 Vandal Football Joins Sun Belt Conference 1

From the Interim President Serving our university is my way of paying an 80-year-old debt. In 1933, my parents – both from mining families in Wallace – came to Moscow for educational opportunities their own parents never enjoyed.

Attending college during the Great Depression was not easy. My mother worked in the University of Idaho Library for 35 cents an hour. My father walked between Moscow and Pullman hunting quail and pheasants to help feed his fraternity. Yet my parents felt lucky. For them, the University of Idaho was a gateway to the world. Everything they eventually became, and everything they passed on to my brother, Howard, and me, they owed – and therefore we owe – to the University of Idaho.

I was born a Vandal – indeed, I was “imprinted” (as biologists would say) when, as a baby, I was rocked to sleep by my parents singing the Vandal fight song. (They called it “Go Vandals, Go!”) My wife, Karen, another Idaho native, is also part of the Vandal family, having received her MFA degree (in creative writing) here.

The University of Idaho is not only special to us personally, but is also distinctive institutionally. Readers of this column know that our university is part of an historic land-grant legacy that has been called one of America’s most transformative ideas. The University of Idaho has an even greater distinction, however. Although there are universities with land-grant status, and there are universities representing comprehensive, founding institutions in their respective states, few universities fulfill both roles. They include America’s

greatest public universities – such as the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin and … the University of Idaho.

I am humbled by the State Board of Regents’ call to serve one of America’s distinctive universities as interim president. I will endeavor to strengthen our frameworks of excellence, and I will advocate passionately for the historic mission and special character of this university. I will work hard in order to pay my family debt.

I will be guided in this work by historian Rafe Gibbs’ stirring characterization of our university as “a beacon for mountain and plain” and by historian Keith Peterson’s memorable description of our main campus as “this crested hill.” As you’ll read in this issue of Here We Have Idaho, our beacon shines from Moscow to Costa Rica, to Greenland, and to other places around the world where faculty, staff and students are achieving success.

You’ll read about new advances in biology, botany, chemistry and geography. You’ll also meet successful alumni like top-rated fitness coach and triathlete Ben Greenfield.

Next year we will celebrate the 125th birthday of the University of Idaho – a time, we fully expect, when we will also celebrate the successful culmination of our “Inspiring Futures” capital campaign, the largest such campaign ever undertaken in Idaho. When that time arrives, let it be said, from this crested hill, that our beacon reaches farther than ever and has never shown more brightly.

“Go Vandals, Go!”

Don Burnett Interim President

Hear Don’s remarks upon accepting the Board of Regents’ appointment as interim president at: uidaho.edu/newsevents/interim-president-2013.

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Here We Have Idaho

The University of Idaho Magazine Summer 2013 • Volume 30, Number 2 Interim President Don Burnett

Vice President for Advancement Christopher D. Murray

Senior Director of Marketing and Communications Christopher S. Cooney ’13

University of Idaho Alumni Director Steven C. Johnson ’71

Alumni Association President Annie Averitt ’00

University of Idaho Foundation Chairman Laine Meyer ’72

Editor Paula M. Davenport

Magazine Design Scott Riener

Class Notes Editor Annis Shea ’86

Writers and Contributors Amanda Cairo Beth Canzoneri Paula M. Davenport Andrew Gauss Brett Morris ’83 Nancy Nilles Becky Paull Tara Roberts ’07 Kevin Taylor Josh Wright ’04

Photography UI Photo Services Joe Pallen ’96 Melissa Hartley and as credited

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and educational institution. © 2013, University of Idaho Here We Have Idaho magazine is published three times a year.

The magazine is free to alumni and friends of the university.

For address changes and subscription information, visit uidaho.edu/idaho-alumni.

Contact the editor at UIdahoMagazine@uidaho.edu.

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Campus News Sandpoint

Boise

Former Ag Extension Site Sprouts Family-Friendly Outdoor Recreation

Idaho Waters Digital Library Adds Resources, Search Options

Traditional duffers will be swooning over a breathtaking new golf course built on University of Idaho land. However, this beautiful 18-hole, par-64 course – in the center of picturesque Sandpoint – is designed specifically for disc golfers.

In the game of disc golf, players toss flying discs – in the fewest throws possible – into chain-link baskets arranged like the holes on a golf course.

The Vandal Disc Golf Course is on land owned by the University of Idaho. The course sweeps across a 5,680-foot parcel that boasts a pond, stands of trees and open pastures.

It occupies the site of a now-defunct UI Agricultural Extension and Research Center.

Volunteers created and outfitted the course, a source of renewed community pride.

Charles Buck manages the university’s North Idaho facilities. He couldn’t be happier with the community outreach and the positive buzz the place is generating.

“What it really comes down to is this is a beautiful downtown natural resource, and we want to use it,” Buck recently told the Bonner County Daily Bee. Nationally, the course gets a four-star rating on The Disc Course Golf Review website.

Designed to be family friendly and accessible year-round, the Review calls the course “a nice mix of level pasture, trees, water and varied terrain. Pro and family tees for each hole. $1 fee goes directly back into the course.”

In addition to the disc golf course, an all-terrain bike course, or cyclo-cross course, has also been created at the location.

Both activities are expected to attract competitors this summer, Buck said. He’s already exploring opportunities for additional features and expanded recreational offerings. The university, he said, is committed to making the best use of this gem, which has already begun to sparkle.

The University of Idaho Library’s Digital Initiatives project has released a new and improved Idaho Waters Digital Library.

The Idaho Waters Digital Library provides access to information about water issues in key Idaho river basins with particular emphasis on the Coeur d’Alene and Boise Basins. The collection presently emphasizes reports and publications dating from 1958 to 2012 from the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, or IWRRI. The project was initiated in 2008 by Jodi Haire, electronic resources and serials coordinator, as the basis for her master’s degree in environmental science from the University of Idaho.

“The Idaho Waters Digital Library was the first digital collection ever published by the University of Idaho Library,” said Devin Becker, digital initiatives librarian.

“With the addition of new search features and documents, we can now offer the people of Idaho and the region enhanced access to current and historical water research.”

The redesigned Idaho Waters Digital Library includes more than 400 new documents that were digitized, described and uploaded using funds from a U.S. Geological Survey grant administered by IWRRI. The collection will be updated on a rolling basis with the hope that it will include a complete run of IWRRI documents by 2015. Questions and comments may be directed to Becker at dbecker@uidaho.edu.

~ Paula M. Davenport facebook.com/DiscGolf.Sandpoint

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~ Beth Canzoneri www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl

Professor on Top of the World with His Head in the Clouds

Moscow

Von P. Walden likes to think of himself as a polar explorer — a designation rare in a world where the farthest reaches of our planet remain inaccessible to most people.

Walden, a professor in the University of Idaho’s geography department, has spent 25 years studying the poles, first traveling to Antarctica as a graduate student. He has since conducted research at sites across both poles.

His most recent project is ICECAPS — Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state and Precipitation at Summit — which is housed at the Summit Station research camp near the highest point of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Walden leads a team of researchers from across the United States in studying the atmosphere above the ice.

The melt rate of the Greenland Ice Sheet is now at the upper limits of scientists’ predictions, so it’s important to understand what role clouds play, Walden said.

To see the significance of the Arctic atmosphere, look to July 2012, when hot air over Greenland caused a recordbreaking weather event: More than 97 percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s surface melted for the first time in 124 years.

Walden, UI doctoral student Christopher Cox and other ICECAPS researchers co-authored a paper about the event that appeared as the cover story in the April 4 issue of Nature. The paper explains how a specific type of thin, liquid-water cloud cover provided precise conditions for the big melt.

“Clouds are still one of the greatest uncertainties in climate models that we use to predict the future,” Walden said.

“Even though the models are generally correct, we need better measurements to improve them. We’re doing this to avoid future surprises, and we need to expand our knowledge of the details.” ~ Tara Roberts See a slide show of the phenomenon and learn more at: uidaho.edu/research/research-articles/ atmosphere-on-top-of-the-world.

Idaho Falls

Finding Life in Old Nuclear Fuel

Some nuclear waste might have a brighter future above ground, rather than buried under it.

Supathorn Phongikaroon, an associate professor of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Idaho’s Idaho Falls campus, studies efficient ways to reprocess and recycle spent nuclear fuel.

Phongikaroon works with UI’s nuclear engineering program at the Center for Advanced Energy studies. His current research investigates different electrochemical methods to separate zirconium from uranium in the used nuclear fuel. His methods apply positive and negative charges, similar to those in a car battery, to dissolve away the uranium.

“We hope to be able to purely pull out zirconium in order to use it for other purposes and to minimize waste,” Phongikaroon said. This pure zirconium could be reused as a bonding material in metal nuclear fuel.

He said other methods for separating out the two elements require adding additional materials during the process to ensure stability, which creates additional waste.

Phongikaroon’s research so far has focused on understanding how zirconium and uranium react to different methods separately, in order to predict how they will react when combined. Labs worldwide study using electrochemistry to separate nuclear fuel, but UI’s project will provide a more fundamental understanding of how the process works.

Phongikaroon said this understanding is essential to commercializing the separation process — which South Korean officials hope to do. Seoul National University and South Korea’s Atomic Energy Research Institute are collaborating with and helping to obtain funding for the UI project, which is sponsored by the International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative. ~ Tara Roberts www.if.uidaho.edu/~phonst 5

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A Passion for People, Places Idaho native Richard H. Holm Jr.'s career unites his love of the state's history, its land and flying as he works to preserve stories of the past before they disappear.

By Kevin Taylor Photos by Richard H. Holm Jr .

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Preceding page: Alumnus Richard H. Holm Jr. with his Cessna 182 within the Selway Bitterroot Wildness area.

Left: The Elk Summit lookout tower on the Nez Perce National Forest; the cab at the top was for observation work while a scout used a rudimentary, one-room residence at ground level as living quarters.

“He had an ardent interest in the history of the area, both events and places,” Kingsbury recalls.

Holm says it was almost serendipitous. While growing up in McCall, where some of his family has lived since the early 1900s, Holm says he hiked and took outings to some of the untamed places he’d later write about.

“When you live in a mountain town, you have to take advantage of your surroundings,” Holm says. “I grew up in a place where history was talked about. And growing up somewhere with my family’s lineage, history was around us. We lived in an old cabin,” as did some of his nearby relatives. You can still find some places that older folks remember from their childhoods, he says.

Initially, Holm’s internship assignment was to interview people who’d served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal-era public work program. He found people with stories of working at, constructing or packing supplies into remote old fire lookouts across the forest.

“That’s where I found a passion for forestry. It was really fascinating interviewing those people,” Holm says.

A writing career blooms

Richard H. Holm Jr. ’05 found his life’s calling at the University of Idaho. But it’s not like he simply signed up for a double major in writing and piloting small aircraft.

Idaho still doesn’t offer that combo.

“I was in the environmental sciences program. I took forestry courses and lots of history,” Holm says.

His bachelor’s degree — plus UI’s private pilot ground school courses — led him to what he does now. He writes history and is also a backcountry pilot.

Though he’s only 30, Holm could be a man of an earlier era, a man immersed in the Northwest’s past and the heydays of remote fire lookouts and backcountry airstrips in the wild central portion of Idaho.

“You know, Richard’s a special kind of guy for his age,” says Larry Kingsbury.

Kingsbury, who recently retired from the U.S. Forest Service, was the historian for the Payette National Forest when Holm, then a UI sophomore, showed up as an intern eager to help out.

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UI history professor Adam Sowards remembers Holm.

“I think I had him in the very first class I taught here — fall of 2003,” he recalls.

Holm’s interviews with CCC and early Forest Service workers later helped inform his senior thesis on U.S. Forest Service policies related to wildfire, and the environmental impact of the lookout towers on the landscape.

Sowards was his thesis adviser.

“I think it is actually what led him to the first book on fire lookouts on the Payette. He was a curious student,” Sowards says. “He was an enthusiastic student who was really willing to go places intellectually that not every student is willing or able to go.”

Kingsbury and Forest Service colleague Gayle Dixon were running the Heritage Program for the Payette National Forest when the young Holm joined them as a summer collegian.

“Richard just showed this great interest in people and places and fire lookout history and he met some of the old-timers who were still around then,” Kingsbury says.

“He interviewed people who are no longer with us. He compiled all sorts of history, and before you know it he had enough to write a narrative.”

The grassy airstrip to Allison Ranch on the Main Salmon River. It’s surrounded by the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness area.

“He was an enthusiastic student who was really willing to go places intellectually that not every student is willing or able to go.”

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Fire lookout at Pilot Peak on the Payette National Forest, Idaho. From here, a scout had views of the Salmon River drainage area and the Salmon River Mountains on the horizon.

Environmental Science Program for undergraduates: uidaho.edu/cogs/envs/degreeslandingpage/envsdegrees/bsenvs Aerospace Studies Program: uidaho.edu/schedule/catalog/2012/aerospace-studies

It was a small monograph at first, with Holm’s name on the cover. Kingsbury and Dixon would edit the works of Holm and other volunteers, then print them up as slender monographs that they’d tuck into brochure racks at ranger stations across the Payette National Forest.

The experience was life altering, Holm says.

“There was very much a sense of urgency. These people were elderly and it’s important to get that oral history down,” he says. “It’s something I’ve tried to do in my books ... the oral history is what’s slowly leaving us. That’s what is vanishing. It’s important to capture those experiences in the backcountry and our local communities.”

Holm has dug deeply into those early conversations with the elders and has written books many consider to be the most thorough histories of fire lookouts on the Payette, “Points of Prominence: Fire Lookouts of the Payette National Forest,” and of remote airstrips in central Idaho, “Bound for the Backcountry: A History of Idaho’s Remote Airstrips.”

His work is detailed and accurate — Holm checks oral histories against source documents whenever possible — but it also tells of human foibles, such as the rancher who nearly wore out a Cessna hauling enough bags of cement to his remote property to build a tennis court. Even though he’d never played tennis in his life.

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Kingsbury says Holm’s work was so well researched and so well organized that he quickly began using it as a resource.

“He’s 30. He’s already written two books, he’s a pilot and got a college degree. He’s driven. Driven,” Kingsbury says. “He’s got good energy. He is one of those people who are happy and focused about life.”

Holm says he isn’t sure where his unusual bifurcated career will take him. He spends summers flying a backcountry outfitter’s clients to remote put-ins for rafting trips on central Idaho’s famed white-water rivers. He spends winters researching and writing.

He thoroughly enjoys researching distant sites and then flying to them, he says.

Today, he’s enjoying his multiple passions.

On a personal note, he says his insider access came in handy when he was courting, too.

“I flew my girlfriend, Amy, to a backcountry airstrip near Moose Creek on the Selway River,” Holm says. “After having dinner under the wing of the airplane I proposed.” And that was that, he jokes. “She had no way out!”

Holm’s books are available here: VandalStore, VandalStore.com BookPeople, BookPeopleofMoscow.com

Holm’s Idaho Histories

Holm’s first book was self-published in 2009, growing naturally out of research he'd begun for the Payette National Forest’s Heritage Program while a student at the University of Idaho.

The book is in the university’s library and the archives of the Idaho Historical Preservation Office. In 142 paperback pages, “Points of Prominence” goes from narrow focus — specific histories and anecdotes of every fire lookout on the Payette National Forest — to the wider picture of national wildland fire suppression policies and how they’ve shifted over a century. The book is loaded with photos and is considered a treasure trove of information by history buffs and forest managers alike.

Published in 2012 after three years of research and writing, Holm’s second book is already in a second edition through his own Cold Mountain Press. It’s 558 pages, weighs nearly three-and-a-half pounds and features 1,000 photos. As in his first book, Holm offers fantastically detailed accounts (this time of about 90 remote airstrips) but also brings in much more — settlement history in central Idaho, anecdotes about ranch life, the emergence of a wilderness ethic and tales of heroism in crashes and rescues.

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Capital Campaign News

$225 million

Inspiring Achievement Thanks to student callers in the Vandal Connect Call Center – as well as generous alumni and friends of the University of Idaho – the Operation Education Scholars Program met its Inspiring Futures campaign goal of $1 million to help disabled military veterans pursue college degrees.

$187

As of May 2013

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Operation Education is the nation’s leading scholarship and assistance program for military veterans with disabilities. It is available to military personnel who have sustained permanent disabilities while serving since 9/11.

Perhaps the most touching gift came from first-graders at Bovill Elementary School.

The class held a cake raffle hoping to raise $25 for Operation Education. Teacher Gail Jensen said the experience served as a civics lesson on the value of giving to others. When the till was emptied, the students counted $141.75, more than five times their goal.

“It’s important to teach the kids that a little bit can do a lot,” Jensen said. “Our little story might inspire someone else to give. The kids learned a lot from this experience. We all felt good about doing something positive for someone else.”

More than 20 veterans have been able to earn academic degrees through the support of Operation Education, also available to spouses of qualifying veterans.

It’s one of the reasons that UI ranks in the Top 50 U.S. universities as Best For Vets Colleges in 2013, an annual survey of Military Times magazine.

Inspiring Faculty To date, several colleges and units within the university have attained or are close to their total financial campaign goals.

Each established a sub-set of four separate goals to help support students, faculty, programs and facilities. The total in each of the four pools equals each college’s total gifts to date.

However, the goals for faculty support have yet to be met by several colleges.

“Faculty are essential ingredients to the success of our students, our university, our state and our future,” said Chris Murray, vice president for advancement.

Support for endowed faculty positions allows the university to offer competitive salaries and continued research support to its best teachers and scholars.

“As teachers, they provide the knowledge, expertise and mentorship to enrich the minds and futures of our students.

As researchers and scholars, they lead the necessary discovery

Clockwise from left are UI professors Jon Miller, Scott Metlen, Mike McCollough, Sanjay Sisodiya and Dan Eveleth with donor Dan Alsaker ’72.

and innovation needed to solve global problems, advance Idaho’s economy and better our quality of life,” Murray said.

Donors like Dan Alsaker ’72, College of Business and Economics, agree.

“One of the key ingredients to our education formula is crafting and supporting a strong and talented faculty,” Alsaker said.

“Together with curious and eager students, the combination continuously yields remarkable award-winning results. When our family foundation considered financial support for the university and the college, we naturally wanted to first address the need for a more sustainable faculty.

“The deliverable is salary enhancement, which brings stability and makes lasting impacts on great numbers of students,” he said.

Inspiring Employees The Inspiring Futures faculty and staff campaign committee has been active in getting university employees involved.

Many have joined the campaign efforts to support their institution.

To learn more or make a gift visit: uidaho.edu/inspire.

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Inspiring Generations Bob and Jan Cowan with their son and daughter-in-law, Dave and Julie, at the ASUI Kibbie Dome.

Inspiring Those Who Inspire Us “If you choose to study natural resources, you have to do it because you love it,” said Tom Prewitt ’07 ’12, who came to the university after serving in the Army.

Through the Operation Education Scholarship Program, Prewitt earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife resources and his master’s degree in natural resources.

“Operation Education helped me with financial support. While working toward my undergraduate degree, it helped pay for childcare for my son. While I was in graduate school, it again helped us financially.

Without this support, I wouldn’t have been able to afford a college education,” said Prewitt.

Today, he applies the knowledge from his coursework to his career as a wildlife habitat biologist for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.

Prewitt is just one of many veterans who have received financial support through the Operation Education Scholarship Program since its inception in 2007.

Alumni Bob ’59 and Jan ’57 Cowan of Richland, Wash., are longtime supporters of several programs at the University of Idaho, including those in business, agriculture and athletics, as well as renovations to the Kibbie Dome.

"Our experience at the University of Idaho provided us with the foundation for our careers, as well as the beginning of life-long friendships that are very dear to us today," said Bob. "Our support of the university and its programs and students is our way of giving back so students receive the first-rate educational experience like we did."

In recent years, the couple has taken advantage of an IRA rollover bill that allows those 70½ and older to make taxfree transfers from a traditional IRA or Roth IRA directly to the University of Idaho Foundation Inc. Congress instituted the IRA rollover tax benefit program in 2010. It permits tax-free transfers of up to $100,000 per person to charitable organizations.

Please consider acting now by making a gift directly from your IRA. For more information, contact Bob Scholes, Office of Estate, Trust and Gift Planning. He can be reached at (208) 885-5371, (866) 671-7041 or by email at rscholes@uidaho.edu.

To learn more about the Operation Education Scholarship Program, visit: uidaho.edu/operationeducation.

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Herbarium Grows Projects on Campus, Online Photos, data from university plant collection now available to public

By Tara Roberts

The University of Idaho’s Stillinger Herbarium is helping scientists gain new insight into plant evolution and giving the public access to a vast collection that represents a historical archive of the plant diversity in Idaho and the Pacific Northwest.

Founded in 1892 and supported in part by a trust established by Charles R. and Nettie Mae Stillinger, the herbarium is home to more than 200,000 preserved plant specimens.

It's the largest herbarium in the state of Idaho.

Several scientists use the specimens for research, including herbarium director David Tank, who has received a five-year, $800,000 National Science Foundation Career Award. His work focuses on plants in the genus Castilleja, commonly known as the paintbrushes, which are diverse and abundant across the West.

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Tank studies systematics, a discipline that pairs the naming and classifying of organisms with the study of their evolutionary histories. His research seeks to understand how the patterns and processes of evolution resulted in the diversity of life on Earth today. His past work includes contributions to the NSF-supported “Angiosperm Tree of Life Project,” which maps the evolutionary relationships of flowering plants.

The herbarium offers a wealth of data allowing Tank to examine species-specific traits, including the morphology, geography, ecology and genetics of individual species, while furthering a deeper understanding of those traits.

Traditionally, species are described by their physical variations. But improvements in DNA sequencing are creating new tools that can examine species’ boundaries at a

molecular level. Because species are fundamental to our understanding of biodiversity patterns, being able to more accurately delimit and name species is vital in conservation policy developments, Tank said.

“The collections allow us to quantify diversity and understand the processes that create that diversity.”

The herbarium benefits UI students, too. Its teaching collections are used in several courses, and students have helped gather specimens for it.

A riot of lupine and paintbrush in the Northern Cascades National Park, Wash.

www.pnwherbaria.org

Additionally, Tank’s Career Award will support an advanced field botany course to be offered at UI’s McCall field campus this summer.

Students also have been heavily involved in digitizing the herbarium’s vascular plant collection, thereby making it available online to people beyond the laboratory.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, Tank’s work has enabled several Northwest universities to collaborate in creating a digital database

of plant collections. The University of Idaho's contributions include more than 160,000 high-resolution images and specimen data, making the Stillinger Herbarium one of only a few collections worldwide with photos of all its vascular plants online.

“Every time I talk to people about this project it generates a lot of excitement,” Tank said. “Aside from the images — which are spectacular — this project has produced a number of tools that are really

useful, including the ability to generate species lists for every county in the Pacific Northwest, or by simply drawing an area on a digital map.

“This is a really cool tool that gives both plant professionals and botanical enthusiasts the ability to know what species they might encounter in any given geographic area.

And the coolest part, in my opinion, is that this information is based on our hard-earned scientific knowledge that until now was largely inaccessible to the general public.”

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A Healthy Balance

By Josh Wright 18

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Ben Greenfield, aka the Get-Fit Guy, has built a reputation as a fitness and training expert through tireless research and writing, while still being home to watch his boys grow up.

Ben Greenfield ’04 ’05 had barely settled into a taxi on one of the world’s most stunning islands, deep in southern Thailand, when he pulled out his laptop and started typing.

The fitness expert and his podcast co-host, Brock Skywalker Armstrong, were in Phuket for the Laguna Phuket Triathlon in December, an event Greenfield has competed in several times. But Greenfield is rarely working on just one thing. On the 10-minute cab ride from their hotel to a downtown shopping district, Greenfield opened a few files on his MacBook and picked up where he’d left off: He was writing an article for a magazine.

“Where I was just sitting in the cab looking at the Thai scenery go by the window,” Armstrong said, “he was researching and writing.”

Greenfield’s work ethic has helped propel him from a personal trainer and triathlete to a respected expert on exercise, triathlons and nutrition. He has hundreds of thousands of blog readers and podcast listeners each month.

His two podcasts — the Get-Fit Guy and the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast — have been rated No. 1 in the fitness category on iTunes. He runs a thriving dot-com business, speaks internationally, writes for popular magazines and websites, and coaches and advises endurance athletes.

Oh, and he’s competed in four Ironman World Championships.

Yet Greenfield, owner of Pacific Elite Fitness, has found a way to manage all this while still making time for his family — a goal that also happens to be one focus of his triathlon training program for others who want to compete but don’t want it to take over their lives.

Greenfield's overarching mission is to help as many people as he can “rise above the status quo of what is accepted as ‘healthy.’ ” Along the way, he works to help his clients find the same balance among health, performance and life that he's struck.

Greenfield’s high-intensity training plans were inspired by his own experience competing in the 2011 Hawaii Ironman, where he set a personal best after training only 10 hours a week.

The Lewiston native credits much of his success to his tenacious focus on his research and writing about fitness and nutrition — even if it’s in short bursts from a taxi in a tropical paradise.

He’s continually reading studies and researching in his effort to make exercise and nutrition science “palatable for the masses,” Greenfield said recently in an interview at Bucer’s, a favorite Moscow coffeehouse and pub owned and operated by his mother.

Underpinning this daily diet of new research is the education he received at the University of Idaho, where he earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the College of Education, specializing in sports science and exercise physiology.

Opposite page: With his business now based from his home in Spokane Valley, Wash., Ben Greenfield enjoys having the chance to see his sons grow up. ©Rajah Bose

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Greenfield’s entrepreneurial focus is at the center of his livelihood. He’s a sought-after speaker, coach and trainer.

His self-generated website, podcasts, guest columns, books, DVDs and online coaching harness his expertise, experience and vast understanding of health and fitness.

©Rajah Bose

Making time for family

Training to endure

Greenfield’s workday begins the same way every morning. He shuts off his email, closes Facebook and focuses on the lifeblood of his business: information.

In a scramble to stay current and produce informative, interesting content, he sifts through journals, academic papers, studies — anything relevant that catches his eye.

Then he translates the often-dense information into something meaningful and accessible for readers of his blog at BenGreenfieldFitness.com.

His early-morning work spurt lasts perhaps 90 minutes, then he’s done — for the moment.

Greenfield chose to start his business from his home in Spokane Valley, Wash., in large part so he could spend more time with his wife, Jessa (Casebolt) ’04, and their 5-year-old twin boys, River and Terran.

So when the boys wake up he takes a break to snuggle with them, and he and Jessa each spend an hour home schooling them every day.

It’s an ideal situation, Greenfield said.

“I’m pretty much at my house all the time. So I’ve been getting to see my kids grow up. Every minute of it.”

Naturally, fitness and family time often blend together for the Greenfields. Jessa, who ran cross-country for the Vandals, said she’s incorporated River and Terran into her fitness routines “since they were old enough to hold up their heads.”

Now the twins have moved from riding in a stroller or bicycle trailer with their mom to pedaling beside her while she runs. The family also goes hiking and rock climbing.

“There has never been a time in their life where fitness was not a huge aspect in our family,” Jessa said.

Even as a child, Greenfield was absorbed by everything he tried — the violin, swimming, tennis, even stand-up comedy for family and classmates.

He was reading by the time he was 4, said his mother, Pat. “And I don’t mean reading a word on a sign.” He buried himself in his books.

Greenfield’s persistence extended to athletics, too.

“I tend to be relatively stubborn when it comes to sinking my teeth into a task and not stopping until it’s done, or starting into a book or story and not putting it down until I’m 100 percent finished,” he said. “And I think these same traits cause me to both love and be relatively decent at endurance sports.”

With parents who enrolled him in several team sports as a child, Greenfield said, “I was a fan of movement and physical activity from an early age.” But he didn’t get into structured fitness until high school, “when I realized that being strong and fast could make me a better tennis player.”

He was in college, where he played tennis, volleyball and water polo, when he decided to try endurance sports and “fell in love” with the triathlon.

Greenfield has competed in roughly 75 triathlons worldwide as an amateur and has plans for a fifth Ironman World Championship in Hawaii this fall. The most memorable of his racing career, he said, came at the 2011 Hawaii Ironman, when he finished the 140.6-mile race in a personal-best time of just over 9½ hours — after adhering to a non-traditional condensed but intense weekly training regimen.

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Greenfield believes in shorter, higher-intensity training methods. When it comes to running, he said it’s a matter of “no junk miles.” ©moxieimages.com

His success that year helped him realize that the minimalist approach to training could work for others, too.

“It was a 9½-hour Ironman at one of the toughest races on the planet,” he said, “and at that point the light bulb really went off on what the proper way is to train for endurance.”

On his blog and podcasts, Greenfield balances his own triathlon experiences with the latest research in the field, all while emphasizing that what works for one person won’t necessarily work for another. This has helped him connect to a cross-section of readers and listeners.

“When you’re talking about the newest techniques and the newest science, you can often come off as a flake who doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” said Armstrong, Greenfield’s podcast partner.

But Greenfield, he added, has the ability to understand the science and present it in a way that’s accurate and digestible for the public.

Getting started Greenfield didn't set out to be a trainer on a national scale. By the time he finished his master’s degree in 2005, he had an extensive portfolio of work experience and academic study, from courses in statistics (which come in handy for culling nutrition studies) to research in UI’s biomechanics labs.

After transferring from Lewis-Clark State College, he did a practicum working with Vandal athletes at the UI Athletic Training Room, followed by an internship with the university’s strength and conditioning staff. He also landed a summer internship at Duke University’s Sports Performance Program before working as a graduate teaching assistant for UI’s Peggy Hamlett, a lecturer in the health and wellness program.

Always be moving, Greenfield suggests, by doing jumping jacks, push-ups and body weight squats throughout the day.

Standing at work can also keep your muscles working all day, he says. And even fidgeting (chewing gum, tapping your feet, rolling your head in circles, etc.) makes you more likely to burn fat.

Focus on sprints and heavy lifting instead of too much endurance exercise. Even with his Ironman clients, Greenfield focuses on exercise that “gives you the most bang for your buck while depleting the body of as few hormones and energy as possible.” Sprint workouts are one of the fastest ways to get rid of fat, and combining them with heavier weightlifting helps release a fat-burning hormone that exceeds what you’ll get from lighter lifting with lots of reps, Greenfield says.

Eat more fat. “It’s a complete myth that fats increase the risk of heart disease,” Greenfield says. He suggests cooking with butter from grass-fed cows, lard from pigs or coconut, avocado, olive, palm and palm kernel oils. For salads, use extra virgin olive oil or expellerpressed sesame, peanut or flax oils.

And he recommends taking cod liver oil or fish oil supplements, plus getting omega-3 fatty acids from raw seeds and nuts, cold-water fish and eggs from pastured chickens.

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In competition, Greenfield tweaks his bike for each course so such things as access to his water bottle and sports gels is unrestricted.

Because endurance training can be so isolating, Greenfield suggests clients also participate in some group sport to maintain social connections.

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Greenfield had been accepted to a few medical schools before pursuing his master’s degree, and still thought he might go that route after he joined a surgical sales company in Post Falls. Yet almost every physician he encountered told him the same thing: Unless you want to get burned out, stay clear of the medical field.

“So I got back into what I knew, what I had done for the past four years at Idaho — offering personal training and managing fitness programs,” he said.

In 2007, Greenfield helped start Champion Sports Medicine in Spokane while working as a personal trainer and setting up a wellness studio on the side. He had a hectic schedule, and was spending more and more time writing for his personal website, which he'd pieced together himself. He started an online newsletter and eventually figured out how to self-publish his first book — all in an effort to promote his personal training and spread his fitness and nutrition advice to a larger audience.

His turning point came the following year, when he was named Personal Trainer of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and was invited to speak at a business fitness conference in Orange County, Calif. There, he heard another speaker detail how he made more than $1 million a year by publishing an e-book.

That’s all it took to energize Greenfield. Right then and there he mapped out a new business plan: He was going to teach Ironman triathletes how to train while 22

not neglecting their families, careers and other interests.

Within six months, he’d developed a full product line of training materials, including an e-book and DVDs, which he launched at the 2009 Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.

“I made more money in those five days than I made in a year of personal training and running a studio,” he said. “It was at that point that I began to seriously consider moving full-time into this whole dot-com business … and spending more time at home.”

Greenfield cut back from 30 personal training clients to three or four. Now, he devotes most of his time to writing for his blog, developing training programs and working on his latest startup, REV Supplements.

The popularity of triathlons and Ironman competitions has exploded around the globe — particularly among business executives and other people with time and money to invest in training. Greenfield knows this bodes well for his business endeavors.

His research-based training plans, books and products are resonating in a fast-growing market. And he continues to expand his reach.

Through all this, though, Greenfield’s long-term goal remains the same.

“Ultimately, he wants to be able to write and be home with his kids,” Jessa said. “That’s his dream.”

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The Ultimate Fitness Gut Check

The College of Education’s Movement Sciences Department: uidaho.edu/ed/movementsciences The department offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees and runs the only U.S. doctoral program in athletic training: uidaho.edu/ed/movementsciences/athletictraining

Training for a marathon can be daunting enough. Now imagine running 26.2 miles after a 2.4-mile open-water swim and 112-mile bike ride.

That’s what an Ironman triathlon entails.

To feed the growing obsession of fitness and endurance freaks, Ben Greenfield provides training plans, books, DVDs and custom coaching programs on his website, BenGreenfieldFitness.com.

Greenfield has qualified for four Ironman World Championships, the pinnacle for many triathletes, with plans to compete in a fifth this fall. In 2011, after training just 10 hours a week (for Ironman athletes, that’s not a lot), Greenfield logged a personal-best time of 9 hours, 36 minutes and 53 seconds.

He came away convinced of the minimalistic approach to exercise and training. “Basically no junk miles,” Greenfield said.

Greenfield created a separate training plan based on the quality-over-quantity approach, and he’s got a new book in the works that’ll lay it all out.

“My clients look around at all their peers who are training obsessively and getting hurt and having hormonal depletion and low libido and plantar fasciitis and everything else that goes along with overtraining, and they’re happy that they’re not experiencing that,” he said.

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Global Inspirations

Micaela Iveson’s passion is exploring the complex policies between our world’s nations, states and cultures.

“I believe strongly in blending our ideas and perspectives with those of other cultures and ideologies. It’s the best way to solve the global problems of our times,” she said.

As the recent recipient of the Boyd and Grace Martin Memorial Scholarship, Micaela was able to study Arab and Muslim culture while in Morocco for a year.

“I was transformed by my experiences,” she said. “Immersion into another culture and traveling abroad has enhanced my understanding of Muslim and Arab societies.”

The College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences is the largest division of the University of Idaho.

For more information about supporting CLASS, contact College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Dean’s Office (208) 885-6426 classalumni@uidaho.edu

Micaela credits her professors and the staff of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, or CLASS, for encouraging her to pursue a degree in the University of Idaho’s International Studies program.

“They’ve inspired and challenged me to pursue my own dreams.

Gifts to scholarship endowments like this one provide students with the resources they need to excel.

“Your support of the Martin Institute in International Studies has enabled me to live in and explore a rapidly evolving international community. Please take a moment today to continue your tradition of giving. You’ll be helping future students to follow their dreams, too.”

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Elements of Fun Love of research keeps fire burning for chemistry professor Jean’ne Shreeve

By Tara Roberts

The chemistry program of The best of chemist Jean’ne Shreeve’s early years was larger Shreeve’s days can be summed than it is now, though much in a word: fun. less technologically advanced.

Shreeve has designed rocket When she first came to camfuels, experimented with the pus, the department had only most reactive element on one tool — an unreliable infraEarth and taught hundreds of red spectrometer. students during her 53 years Shreeve drove every weekwith the University of Idaho end to the University of WashDepartment of Chemistry. ington in Seattle, where she’d She’s legendary for toiling received her doctorate, to use in her lab at all hours of the other equipment. day and night conducting her Jean’ne Shreeve keeps pushing the boundaries of chemistry at UI. Shreeve chaired the chemresearch. istry department for 14 years “My feeling is we only do after Renfrew’s retirement and served as the university’s things because it’s fun,” says Shreeve, one of just a handful vice president for research for 12 years. She sat on the of University Distinguished Professors. board of directors for the American Chemical Society and The delight Shreeve takes in her research is one reaAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science, son for her longevity at the university. She also credits the and spent more than 25 years as Idaho’s project director boss who hired her in 1961 and visited with her daily, even for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive years after his retirement: Malcolm Renfrew, professor Research, or EPSCoR. She remains involved with EPSCoR emeritus of chemistry. and speaks about her research around the world.

For decades, Renfrew would stop by Shreeve’s office She’s kept her lab running all the while, producing more every day to ask, “What have you done since yesterday?” than 500 publications. She’s been known to spend up to “I had the world’s best boss,” she says.

80 hours a week on her research.

Shreeve arrived at UI for a one-semester appointment.

“I never left research," Shreeve says. "I never left. It was When a faculty position opened, Renfrew offered and just natural to come back to it full time.”

Shreeve accepted.

For much of her career, Shreeve’s research focused on Shreeve says Renfrew’s connections helped launch her synthesizing compounds with fluorine, an extremely reacin the chemistry world, and his support made her research tive element that can be used in rocket fuel oxidizers. possible. When she approached him with new ideas, he While her heart still lies with fluorine, she’s shifted focus always encouraged her enthusiastically. “Just because it in recent years. Her interest in energetic materials — subhadn’t been done before — why couldn’t it be done? Why stances that contain high levels of stored chemical energy couldn’t we do it here?,” she’d ask rhetorically.

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— was sparked when she learned of the subject as a member of a National Research Council committee.

“I thought to myself, ‘This is fun. We can do that. Let’s give it a try,’ ” Shreeve says.

One of her lab’s projects is creating antibioagent materials. If the military were to attack a biological weapons storage facility, for example, a traditional bomb would leave dangerous residue undestroyed. Shreeve and her team are developing iodine-based materials that can be packaged with bombs to destroy any residual biological agents such as viruses and spores.

Another recent project involves designing rocket fuels that react vigorously with oxidizers, eliminating the need for a starter.

Shreeve’s team has been creating and testing these hypergolic fluids to determine which react with oxidizers in no more than five milliseconds.

The team uses a high-speed camera to record the time from the moment the substances meet to the moment they burst into flames of yellow, blue or green.

“It adds a little color to our life,” Shreeve says with a smile. “Chemistry is all exciting, but it’s a little bit spectacular when we get those flames.”

Creating such useful and volatile substances is exhilarating for Shreeve because researchers must balance a compound’s valuable properties with its less-desirable side effects.

“It is a constant battle, if you will, with Mother Nature,” she says. “A lot of our work is designing these materials and thinking about them and trying to guess their properties before we go into the lab and make them.”

Shreeve is never alone in her battle.

More than 200 graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting faculty have passed through her lab. She calls them all “co-workers.”

53 Years at UI

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200 Students and researchers mentored

511 Research papers published

“These kids are bright, they’re fun, they’re enthusiastic. They have great ideas and they want to try those ideas,” she says. “I always have a lot of fun, and I hope that most of my co-workers are having almost as much fun as I am.”

As dedicated as Shreeve is to her research, she maintains that the university’s top priority must be education — through hands-on learning in the laboratory. She says the most rewarding part of her job is seeing students who lack confidence and knowledge blossom in her lab, then move on to their own projects and independent careers.

Shreeve keeps in contact with most of her students, who now live and work around the world.

“That sad thing is a lot of them are retiring,” she says laughing. “I don’t know why.”

Shreeve makes no mention of retirement plans, and continues to spend her days — and evenings — experimenting alongside her younger co-workers. Shreeve doesn’t work as late as she used to, but she recalls previous years of socializing with her co-workers until midnight. After everyone else drifted home, Shreeve would make a beeline back to her lab.

“If I had my druthers, I would always work graveyard,” she says. “Graveyard is so nice because it’s so quiet. The phones aren’t ringing and the emails have stopped.”

But at 5 p.m. every day, she leaves Renfrew Hall to visit the man it’s named for. Malcolm Renfrew will soon be 103 years old, and he’s no longer able to visit Shreeve in her office.

“I just sit with him while he eats supper, see what he’s been up to,” she says.

He’s finally stopped asking his daily question, she says with a laugh. “I think he’s decided I’m so hopeless he just doesn’t bother anymore.”

That, or he already knows the answer.

Jean’ne Shreeve has been having fun.

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Clues to Conservation Fulbright Scholar and doctoral student Kate Cleary is studying bats in Costa Rica in hopes of improving land-use policies

By Amanda C airo

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Studying bats up close and personal near pineapple plantations is University of Idaho doctoral student Kate Cleary’s idea of a slice of paradise. The fact that she's doing it in the lush countryside of Costa Rica makes that slice a whole pie.

The natural resources student was drawn to UI by the lure of working with her adviser, Lisette Waits, and the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, or IGERT program, which focuses on interdisciplinary training for scientists pursuing Ph.D.s. Now Cleary has received a 10-month Fulbright Scholarship that’s helping her complete her dissertation research on conservation in human-dominated tropical ecosystems in Costa Rica.

“I feel privileged to have this time to live, work, learn and play in Costa Rica alongside the diverse group of scientists at CATIE [Centro Agronómico Tropical de Enseñanza y Investigación], my fellow IGERT students and, of course, all the Costa Rican collaborators without whom none of this would be possible,” Cleary wrote in an email.

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of other countries. While Cleary’s hard work and research put her among the best, her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 2007 to 2009 and her participation in the IGERT program elevated her and her passion for conservation to Fulbright status.

“In Guatemala, I learned that in dynamic, human-dominated landscapes, the most successful conservation projects are the ones that engage and involve local communities,” Cleary said. “The IGERT at UI offered me the opportunity to work with an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty to apply this lesson to a new tropical landscape.”

Cleary’s dissertation focuses on how rapidly expanding pineapple plantations are affecting bat species and their ability to move among remnant habitat patches in an agroecological landscape.

The goal? Cleary hopes local communities and land managers will better understand the effects of plantation expansion and land-use changes on native flora and fauna and essential ecosystem services, like the ones that bats provide.

“My research will shed light on the long-term response of native animal and plant populations to land-use change in these landscapes, and will hopefully inform future conservation plans both in Costa Rica and in other humandominated tropical landscapes,” Cleary said.

Clockwise, from left: UI graduate student Kate Cleary demonstrates the wingspan of a greater false vampire bat freed from one of her study’s nets in Costa Rica. The largest bat in the Americas – with wingspans up to 36 inches – it feasts on frogs, mice, small birds and other bats.

Cleary’s project examines how the impact of habitat fragmentation, like that which occurs when forests are cleared for pineapple plantations, may be minimized to ensure forest-dwelling species like bats as well as the people who depend on the fertile land can best coexist.

Cleary, left, with Lisette Waits, her adviser and a UI professor of fish and wildlife resources, on one of the countless skywalks, or suspension bridges, that ease travel through the lush landscape and lift visitors to the upper reaches of the rainforest’s canopy.

Through a unique joint doctoral program offered at UI, Cleary was able to get more mileage out of her academics and become a joint doctoral student at CATIE, a renowned Costa Rica-based research institute that works to develop sustainable agricultural and forestry practices in the New World tropics, or Neotropics.

Costa Rica is a biodiversity hotspot, making CATIE’s location ideal for ecological research. The country boasts especially high bat diversity: Out of the world’s more than 1,200 bat species, 110 are found in Costa Rica.

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role in tropical ecosystems as the primary pollinators and seed dispersers of hundreds of native plants.

While in Costa Rica, Cleary and her field assistant head out most evenings with 10 40-by-8-foot mist nets to place along animal trails or riverbeds. After they set up the long mesh nets, Cleary and her assistant spend four hours checking the nets for bats every 30 minutes. When they snare one, they gently remove it and place it in a cloth bag.

At the “base camp,” the researchers identify each bat’s species and record its age, sex and size. If the bat is one of Cleary's focal species, they take a small biopsy punch from its tail membrane. The sample will be stored for Cleary to analyze in the UI lab to determine how much the bats in each patch are related to each other. The more related the bats are, the more connectivity there must be between the patches.

Connectivity is a good thing.

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connectivity for their mutualistic plants, and thereby improve the health of both animal and plant communities in these fragmented forest patches,” Cleary said. “Bats are amazing!”

Beyond her research, Cleary has found living and working in Costa Rica to be an incredible experience.

“Whether it’s giving me permission to work on their land, welcoming me into their homes for a shared meal of ‘gallo pinto’ [a traditional dish of rice and beans], stopping on a muddy back road to help me fix a flat tire, taking time out of their day to teach me the maze-like paths through the pineapple plantations or explaining to me very important local knowledge like where to get a nice cold beer on a hot day, Costa Ricans cheerfully help me overcome the everyday challenges of field work in the tropics, and I can’t thank them enough,” Cleary said.

In addition to supporting Cleary while she finishes her field research, her Fulbright Scholarship is opening more

Above left: Cleary uses a landscape genetics approach to determine the functional connectivity of the San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor in Costa Rica for nectivorous and frugivorous bats.

Right: This long-tongued bat, photographed in flight, belongs to a group of bats that feast on plant nectar and are important pollinators within ecosystems.

doors for opportunity. She’s been able to organize outreach projects and make connections in Costa Rica, including scientists with similar research interests, students at science-centered high schools and previous Fulbright Fellows.

“The Fulbright connects me to a wide network of other Fulbrighters, past and present, both in the U.S. and internationally,” Cleary said. “This gives me access to thousands of creative, independent, dedicated people who I could potentially collaborate with on future interdisciplinary, international projects.”

While she’s in Costa Rica, Cleary is mentoring UI undergraduate students who are studying abroad. Last year, she worked with Waits to develop a senior thesis project for undergraduate Rhianna Hohbein. The project focuses on using mitochondrial DNA to look at the phylogenetic history of and recent impacts of land-use change on one of Cleary’s focal frugivorous bat species, Carollia castanea, or the chestnut short-tailed bat. She's hoping for additional students in the fall.

While she's hard at work in Costa Rica, Cleary continues to work with Waits, who founded the university’s Laboratory for Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics, or LEECG. It focuses on using genetic analysis to study plants and animals and address research questions.

“While I was at Colorado State University for my master’s degree, I heard about some of Waits’ work, and I was immediately fascinated by the idea of using genetic approaches to inform conservation actions,” Cleary said. “I am excited to be part of the LEECG, where I learn something new every day from Waits, from the other faculty involved in the lab and from my fellow students.”

When her Fulbright ends in the fall, Cleary will return to the University of Idaho to finish data analysis, work on publishing scholarly papers and present at academic conferences to complete her doctoral degree in natural resources.

After she graduates, she plans to continue working on tropical research and community-based conservation projects in Latin America.

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Alumni Class Notes I Want to Shake Your Hand

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50’s Hal Pickett ’50, ’52 is one of the oldest health care professionals in the state of Idaho at 86. He also is one of six prosthodontists (a dentist who specializes in fixing and replacing teeth and the structures around them) working in Idaho. He has been seeing patients since the 1950s.

William Stephens ’59 is retired and spends his summers in Elk City, Idaho and his winters in Lewiston, ID.

I had the privilege of shaking hands with Clifford Pratt ’49 at an alumni golf outing a few months ago. A humble man, he doesn’t usually talk about his many accomplishments.

After his 1943 graduation from Grangeville High School, he landed a University of Idaho football scholarship. But the Army had different plans. They included earning battles stars in Europe as a World War II paratrooper.

Landing back home in 1946, he headed to Moscow, where he enrolled in spring semester classes. He was snapped up by the Vandal football team and offered a new scholarship. He graduated in 1949 with a degree from the College of Education.

Then, he re-upped in the U. S. Army. The Korean War was on and Pratt was named a second lieutenant in what was then a new branch of service: the U.S. Air Force. He continued to serve during the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis and the war in Vietnam.

After 26 years, he mustered out at the rank of colonel. From there, he became a high school principal in Nebraska, a post he held for more than two decades.

Pratt was permitted to keep his paratrooper uniform back in 1946. This spring, he and his sons traveled to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans to donate it. Museum curators were ecstatic. They asked Pratt if he was sure was ready to part with the piece of history.

“Gosh, I don’t think I’ll need it any more,” Pratt joked.

Mr. Pratt, it was my honor to shake your hand.

Steven C. Johnson ’71 Executive Director of Alumni Relations

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60’s Gary Blank ’60 was elected USA President 2014 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) with 200,000 members in the U.S. IEEE is the largest professional technical association in the world.

Ralph “Freddie” Jannino ’61 reunited after a fifty year separation with Jerry Kramer ’58 in Malden, MA where Jerry was for an autograph session. They spent the evening with friends enjoying a gala time.

Joseph Delfino ’65 has been a professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida for the past 30 years.

He served as Department Chair for 10 of those years. He has been elected Fellow of two professional societies and received several departmental “Teacher of the Year” recognitions. He previously served as professor at the University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is married to his wife Dotti and has two adult children, Janelle and Justin.

Charlie Hinds ’67 was inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, OK as a coach.

Douglas ’68 and Arthur “Skip” ’68 Oppenheimer received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Idaho.

Honorary degrees are awarded to alumni whose impacts include outstanding public service.

70’s Bob Dixon ’70 retired in September 2012 after 22 years as a Deputy Assistant Director of the Division of Engineering & Architectural Services for the State of Washington. He passed the Washington State Architectural Licensing requirement in 1977 and opened a private architectural firm in 1980. During his time with the State of Washington he managed a biennial budget of $500-$650 million in capital projects for various state agencies.

Dennis Jones ’73 is the new Chief Marketing and Development Officer for the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care in Portland, OR. Dennis lives in Troy, MI and has had over thirty years’ experience in the not-for-profit fundraising field and including 20 years as a consultant for national consulting firms, as well as his own company. He has worked with major hospitals, colleges, national health agencies, social service, arts and cultural institutions throughout the United States raising over $500 million for his clients.

Danny Rich ’73, Manager of the Color Research Laboratory, Sun Chemical Corporation, Carlstadt, NJ, is the recipient of the 2013 Robert F. Reed Technology Medal recognizing outstanding engineers, scientists, inventors, and

To be profiled, mail information, including reunion/graduation year, to Annis Shea, Office of Alumni Relations, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or email information to alumni@uidaho.edu. Photos can be emailed in a .jpg format. Please limit your submission to no more than 35 words.

researchers in the graphic communications industry. He holds 15 patents, contributed to 4 books, has 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 10 publications, including solicited book reviews.

Targhee National Forest in eastern Idaho. He has been with the Lolo National Forest at Superior, Montana for the past 30 years as a realty specialist, engineer and forestry technician.

Mark Workman ’74 has been named the new city supervisor for Pullman, WA.

Terry Cornelison ’76, small business adviser with the WSU Small Business Development Center, will act as treasurer for the Palouse Knowledge Corridor.

Grant Burgoyne ’75 was elected to a third term in the Idaho House of Representatives at the November 6, 2012 General Election. He was subsequently elected Assistant Minority Leader of the House Democratic Caucus.

He also continues his legal practice serving as the Managing Partner of the Boise law firm of Mauk & Burgoyne.

Larry Halvorson ’75 has joined the Principal Financial Group Boise Office as a senior financial adviser.

Bob Madden ’75 is the recipient of The National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award for his 33 years of fundraising for the Boise State University Bronco Athletic Association. He has helped raise financial support for eight multimillion dollar capital projects and played an integral role in growing the scholarship endowment fund from $30,000 to $15,400,000.

Currently as associate AD for fundraising, he focuses on soliciting financial support for capital projects and the scholarship endowment program.

Ron Schlader ’75 has been named the U.S. Forest Service District Ranger for the Dubois Ranger District on the Caribou/

J. Walter Sinclair ’78, a partner at Stoel Rives in Boise, ID has been appointed as a lawyer representative for the United States District & Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho. He will serve a three year term.

80’s Scott Fehrenbacher ’80, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ, has been named Executive Producer of “The Roadshow” feature documentary.

Scott Axline ’84 has been named the new Bannock County (ID) magistrate judge.

Leigh Selting ’85, University of Wyoming Theatre and Dance Department Head, was awarded a second Kennedy Center Medallion for his years of service to Region VII, culminating in his service the last three years as region chair. The award recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the teaching and producing of theater, and who have significantly dedicated their time, artistry and enthusiasm to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Selting previously received the Kennedy Center Medallion for his work as an acting coach.

Lisa Steele ’85 accepted the position of Deputy Director of the Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) which manages a $12.4 billion pension fund on behalf of over 100,000 members, which include retirees and public employees at some 700+ employers across the state of Idaho. In her role, she will be overseeing the operations of the organization helping to ensure that PERSI provides a sound retirement system and high quality services and education to help public employees build a secure retirement.

Rick Bollar ’86 was selected as the new Minidoka County (ID) Magistrate Judge. He has been a magistrate judge in Cassia County (ID) since 2003.

Brett Burdick ’86, after operating his own engineering consulting business, has launched Brex Golf which makes CNC-milled golf putters that feature a patented alignment aid and a unique modular design that allows golfers to customize their putters for a perfect fit.

Steven Hagen ’87, ’92 has been promoted to senior vice president of pharmaceutical development and manufacturing for AMRI. Peter Uchiyama ’88 has been promoted to Associate with Shimokawa + Nakamura in Hawaii.

Amanda Brailsford ’89, ’93 has helped found Andersen Banducci PLLC, a new, high-stakes civil litigation practice that is based in Boise, ID where she is an associate.

90’s Jill Beck Klein ’91 is the Director of Songs for Saplings, an international music ministry dedicated to sharing Biblical truths with children around the world.

Brian Daluiso ’94 was added as an associate at Snell & Wilmer’s Orange County office. Daluiso focuses his practice in Commercial Litigation.

Meyla Bianco Johnston ’95 is copy editor for Alpaca Culture magazine. The quarterly publication has just released the March 2013 issue, which completes the first volume of four issues. Alpaca Culture also includes a robust web site, social media platforms and a video channel (www.AlpacaCulture.com).

Clint Gunter ’98 has been selected as the 2013 president of the Pacific Furniture Dealers (PFD).

With 60 member stores, PFD is the largest retail furniture buying group in the Northwest.

Brad Rake ‘96 is Marketing Manager of Bay Equity, LLC in Portland, Oregon.

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Alumni Class Notes 00’s Abdulrhman Uthman Alghannam ’00 is currently the head of the Department of Agricultural Systems Engineering at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia.

Vic Pearson ’01 is the newly elected prosecuting attorney for Franklin County (ID). He has been chief prosecutor for Bannock County (ID) since 2003.

Gina Taruscio ’02, the executive director of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce, will act as a vice chair for the Palouse Knowledge Corridor.

Nick Weber ’02 accepted a position as a Cybersecurity Auditor at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council in Salt Lake City, UT. Dara Parker ’05 is an associate at the new law firm Andersen Banducci PLLC, a high-stakes civil litigation practice that’s based in Boise, ID. Emily Davis Arthurs ’07 was hired at Morton Salt Company as the Senior Associate Brand Manager.

Joseph Arthurs ’07 received his M.A. in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is now a PhD candidate in the same field/program.

Christopher Horgan ’07, ’09 passed the Professional Engineering Exam.

He is employed by J-U-B Engineers, Inc. in their Coeur d’Alene, Idaho office and is now a licensed professional engineer in Idaho.

Jamie Hass ’08, ’11, ’12 founded MJ3 Industries in Cataldo, ID last year. She’s the sole owner and operator. Her other job is coowner and veterinarian at two northern Idaho animal clinics.

10’s Megan Mecham ’10 graduated from Oregon State University with a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering. She is now working for Florida Transportation Engineering in Miami, Florida.

Katie Pemberton ’11 has been honored with the Idaho Teacher of the Year award for 2012. The Canfield Middle School teacher also received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for 2011 and was awarded the Coeur d’Alene School District Teacher of the Year for 2012.

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1. Xander Neil and Karson Wayne, sons of Chad and Autumn Nowell ’04 Bogart

Christopher Waybright ’11 is a project engineer with Boeing and lives in Mukilteo, WA.

2. Charley Mae, daughter of Charlene Huston ’11 Franck

Jamie Thomas Waybright ’11 is an assistant manager with the Sherwin-Williams Company and lives in Mukilteo, WA.

5. Griffin Gregory, son of Matt ’08 and Samantha Arneberg ’09 Guho, nephew of Mike Guho ’11, Mark Guho ’07 and Jess ’05 and Katie ’05 Giuffre, grandson to Jeff Arneberg ‘79

Samantha Perez Parrott ’12 is the new Development Coordinator with the Idaho Humane Society.

3. Colton Ryan, son of Casey ’00 and Katie Schachte ’00 Gepford 4. Carly Nicole, daughter of Ryan ’05 and Amber Saval ’08 Gerulf

* Sofia Harper Anne, daughter of Michael ’04 and Laurel Harper ’04 Kitzman 6. Neil Henry, son of Brant ’05 and Whitney Johnson ’08 Osiensky, grandson of Vickie Fadness ’81, ’95 and James “Jim” Osiensky ’79, ‘83 7. Rowen Brett, son of Brett and Jenna Osiensky ’07 Rode, grandson of James L. (Jim) ’79, ’83 and Susan Osiensky

Marriages Laura Johnson ’03 to Aaron Hughes

8. Ara Nyla and Zain Jamal, children of Mahmood ’01, ’07 and Amity Vacura ’00 Sheikh, niece and nephew of Amtul Sheikh Siddiqui ’95, niece and nephew of Zahrah Sheikh Khan ’96, ’99, and grandchildren of A. Mannan ’75 and Ismat Sheikh

Melissa Obermeyer ’10 to Matthew Renfrow ’09

10. Ava Elizabeth, daughter of Toby ’97 and Sarah Wilson

Jamie Thomas ’11 to Christopher Waybright ’11

9. Sylvia Paige, daughter of Mike ’99 and Hailie Lewis ’00 Thomas 11. Jonah Owen, son of Justin ’06 and Holly Owings ’07 Wuest and cousins Brianna and MacKinsey, daughters of Nicholas ’00 and Beth Cavalieri ’03 Owings, grandchildren of Keith ’74 and Vickie Kinsey ’75 Owings, great grandchildren of Henry ’49 and Betty ’48 Kinsey * No Photo

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2013-2014 Officers President Annie Averitt ’00 Vice President/President Elect Pat Sullivan ’73 Treasurer Travis L. Thompson ’97 Past President Lou Aldecoa ’76

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Alumni Class Notes In Memory

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Irene Schlegel Bevens ’47, Redmond, WA, Dec 27, 2012

Sylvia Gochnour Peterson ’45, Payette, Dec 30, 2012

Patricia “Trish” Parsons Cothern ’56, Davis, CA, Jan 25, 2013

Sidney Brown ’48, Mesa, AZ, Jan 9, 2013

Muriel Dustin Phippen ’43, Phoenix, AZ, Feb 3, 2013

William Craven ’59, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb 15, 2013

Charles Chandler ’40, Placerville, CA, Sep 30, 2012

Mavis Schuepbach Procter ’43, Spokane, WA, Nov 30, 2012

Dolores Hove DePell ’52, Genesee, Nov 27, 2012

John Dana ’48, Yakima, WA, Mar 13, 2013

John Ringdahl ’40, Kent, WA, Dec 11, 2011

Victor Edwards ’57, Albany, OR, Jan 11, 2013

John Durtschi ’49, ’51, Boise, Mar 2, 2013

Wolffe “Bob” Roberts ’47, Boise, Nov 29, 2012

Carmon Estheimer ’53, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar 1, 2013

Edward English ’47, Spokane, WA, Dec 3, 2012

Alice Fulton Rodgers ’44, Spokane, WA, Jan 27, 2013

Geneva Hughes Farnam ’56, ’60, Moscow, Jan 29, 2013

Thomas Evans ’48, Fort Collins, CO, Feb 3, 2013

Fenton Roskelley ’40, Spokane, WA, Jan 30, 2013

Jack Haler ’52, Grand Prairie, TX, Nov 26, 2012

Margery Gordon Fulton-Smith ’40, Mackay, Nov 29, 2012

Leopold Scott Jr. ’47, Georgetown, SC, Jan 18, 2013

Welland Hansen ’50, Blackfoot, Mar 20, 2013

Fae Harris Gagon ’40, Moscow, Dec 26, 2012

June Nash Shurtliff ’48, Phoenix, AZ, May 19, 2012

James Henry ’52, Santa Fe, NM, Feb 3, 2013

John Osgood ’39, Boise, Dec 4, 2012

Vyrl Goff ’46, Preston, Nov 20, 2012

Robert Sutphen ’44, Yakima, WA, Jun 8, 2012

Darwin Hunt ’57, Conrad, MT, Dec 7, 2012

Homer Peterson ’35, Lynnwood, WA, Oct 25, 2012

Walter Harris ’41, Boise, Dec 8, 2012

Janece Klink Thornton ’47, Burley, Jan 10, 2013

Frank Hutchison ’52, ’59, Arroyo Grande, CA, Mar 8, 2013

Benjamin Thomas Jr. ’34, ’35, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 3, 2012

Lucile Scrivner Haynes ’43, Moscow, Jan 4, 2013

Thomas Wilkins ’49, Boise, Nov 28, 2012

Warren Jensen ’59, Boise, Dec 4, 2012

Gertrude Gnaedinger Turley ’38, Seattle, WA, Mar 18, 2013

Marion Jensen James ’40, Melba, Dec 16, 2012

Lovina Marsh Yates ’41, Coeur d’Alene, Jan 6, 2013

Lamont Jones ’58, Chubbuck, Mar 10, 2013

The University of Idaho extends its condolences to the family and friends.

30s F.E. Anderson ’39, Lincoln, NE, Feb 5, 2013 Sherwin “Sam” Barton ’38, Boise, Dec 12, 2012 Ina Peterson Fogarty ’32, ’33, Walla Walla, WA, Dec 20, 2012 Joseph Greer ’37, ’60, Pass Christian, MS, Mar 8, 2013 Judith Pellervo McCoy ’38, Kent, WA, Sep 24, 2012 John McManamin ’35, Anchorage, AK, Nov 12, 2012

40s Eva Parker Abrahamson ’40, Dallas, TX, Mar 21, 2013 Earl Acuff ’41, Blacksburg, VA, Feb 13, 2013 Beverly Whitson Akers ’49, LaVerne, CA, Dec 8, 2012 V. Joyce Hanson Anderson ’48, Hamilton, MT, Mar 20, 2013 Henry Ard ’47, Lewiston, Nov 5, 2012 Walter Barnum ’47, Long Beach, CA, Aug 17, 2012 Marjorie Roubinek Bauscher ’43, Boise, Feb 22, 2013

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Marjorie Aeschliman Jordon ’45, ’53, McMinnville, OR, Jan 7, 2013 Peter Lanting ’47, Moscow, Dec 10, 2012 Donald Leeper ’48, Corvallis, OR, Dec 31, 2012 Charles Mansius ’49, ’53, Kennewick, WA, Dec 16, 2012 Dora Dau McIntosh ’46, Lewiston, Jan 31, 2013 Marion “Ted” Merrill ‘48, John Day, OR, Feb 26, 2013 Donald Milliken ’43, Whidbey, WA, Feb 12, 2013 Geraldine Elder Nyman ’41, Casa Grande, AZ, Dec 30, 2011 Rex Ottley ’48, Cedar Hills, UT, Feb 3, 2013

50s Louise Longo Adams ’54, Cincinnati, OH, Feb 7, 2013 Russell Allan ’59, Seattle, WA, Feb 23, 2013 Eleanor Rich Ballard ’51, Port Angeles, WA, Nov 25, 2012 Mary Ann Schultz Barton ’57, Boise, Dec 30, 2012 Pauline Farr Bennett ’56, Redding, CA, Oct 9, 2012 Elwood Bizeau ’51, Moscow, Dec 28, 2012 Patricia West Booth ’50, Los Gatos, CA, Dec 15, 2012 Colin Campbell ’56, ’69, Missoula, MT, Jan 18, 2013

Eugene Jordan ’50, ’53, McMinnville, OR, Feb 19, 2013 Hugh Judd Jr. ’50, Central Point, OR, Nov 17, 2012 Gilbert Keithly ’57, Spokane, WA, Feb 9, 2013 Kenneth Kyle ’53, McMinnville, OR, Nov 23, 2012 Robert Linck ’50, Sacramento, CA, Nov 21, 2012 Lucille Driggs Madson ’50, Tacoma, WA, Jan 29, 2013 William McBirney ’56, San Jose, CA, Jun 22, 2012 Kenneth McCormack ’50, San Francisco, CA, Dec 10, 2012 Russell Merriman ’59, Coeur d’Alene, Dec 22, 2012

To be profiled, mail information, including reunion/graduation year, to Annis Shea, Office of Alumni Relations, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or email information to alumni@uidaho.edu. Photos can be emailed in a .jpg format. Please limit your submission to no more than 35 words.

Joan Wittman Morgan ’50, Bellevue, WA, Dec 22, 2012 J Dean Mosher ’51, ’52, Lewiston, Feb 1, 2013 Richard Naish ’56, Sun City Center, FL, Oct 17, 2012 Joseph Oppe ’59, Parkersburg, WV, Dec 31, 2012 William “Bill” Parish ’52, Moscow, Dec 29, 2012 Charles Parks Jr. ’56, Lewiston, Jan 28, 2013 Erdwin “Bud” Pfuhl Jr. ’55, Kalispell, MT, Mar 14, 2013 Edward Purdy ’52, Spokane, WA, Dec 1, 2012 Roger Randolph ’55, Boise, Mar 11, 2013 Robert Robel ’59, Manhattan, KS, Jan 16, 2013 Elmer Routh ’50, Forest City, NC, Jan 31, 2013 Marilyn Clarke Seeds ’50, Longview, WA, Mar 3, 2013 Jon Skovlin ’59, Cove, OR, Feb 14, 2013 Merle Stratton ’50, Chattaroy, WA, Dec 14, 2012 Shirley Longeteig Strom ’52, Craigmont, Dec 5, 2012 Clayton Turner ’53, Rosemount, MN, Jan 2, 2013 Valeta Hershberger Wallace ’50, Boise, Mar 3, 2013 Leslie Wilde ’53, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Jun 11, 2011 Roger Williams ’51, Meridian, Jul 6, 2012 George Woodie ’51, Howe, Dec 27, 2012 Robert Zwirtz ’58, Selma, CA, Jan 23, 2013

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Alton Reay ’64, Federal Way, WA, Jan 20, 2013

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Scott Anderson ’64, Gooding, Feb 27, 2013

William Shamion ’60, Orofino, Feb 16, 2013

Colette Blum ’80, Coeur d’Alene, Mar 15, 2013

James Assendrup ’64, Thousand Oaks, CA, Jan 5, 2013

Robb Stradley ’66, Kimberly, Dec 19, 2012

James Cox Jr. ’84, Island Park, Feb 9, 2013

Klova Beck ’60, Walla Walla, WA, Feb 16, 2013

Sally Anderson Strohmeyer ’66, Danville, CA, Dec 11, 2012

John Dudley Jr. ’80, Summerville, SC, Jan 1, 2013

Roger Bissell ’63, Boise, Jan 13, 2013

Ronald Van Cleef ’63, Beaverton, OR, Jul 19, 2012

Jennifer Holmes Hansen ’81, ’92, Boise, Nov 29, 2012

Frank Bonacquisti ’69, Poulsbo, WA, Mar 3, 2013

Ruth Webbert ’65, Northburough, MA, Sep 19, 2012

Mike Hanson ’87, Bremerton, WA, Dec 27, 2012

Jacqueline McConnell Carlson ’64, Morristown, TN, Jan 8, 2013 Gary Chipman ’67, Weiser, Jan 14, 2013 Tom Croson ’60, Spokane, WA, Feb 12, 2013 Merrill Davis ’64, Butte, MT, Feb 19, 2013 Linda Larson Decker ’68, Ellensburg, WA, Feb 22, 2013

70s Roy Anderson Sr. ’71, Spokane, WA, Jan 30, 2012 Robert Crowton ’75, Idaho Falls, Jan 15, 2013 Thomas Finch ’78, Butte, MT, Mar 17, 2013 Peg Ann Fuhrman-Kitt ’79, DeSmet, Jan 22, 2013

Gilbert Harris ’81, Emida, Feb 4, 2013 Dennis Kimberling ’86, ’93, Coeur d’Alene, Dec 5, 2012 Barry Moore ’84, Bedford, NH, Dec 19, 2012 Marsha Sneed ’81, Somerset, KY, Dec 15, 2012 Orin “Lee” Squire ’85, Orofino, Dec 24, 2012 Clifford Trana ’85, Bovill, Nov 29, 2012

Richard Dobbins Jr. ’62, Seattle, WA, Feb 20, 2013

Kenneth Hall ’70, ’76, Viola, Mar 17, 2013

Gerald Green ’65, Santa Cruz, CA, Nov 25, 2012

Joel Henderson ’75, Pullman, WA, Dec 29, 2012

Thomas Griffith ’69. Twin Falls, Mar 17, 2013

Hubert Hogaboam ’70, Lewiston, Mar 19, 2013

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Gerald Hovland ’68, Bozeman, MT, Jan 5, 2013

John Lukens ’70, ’73, Las Vegas, NV, Feb 1, 2013

David Freer ’96, Mountain Home, Jan 1, 2013

Elizabeth Misner Johnson ’61, Phoenix, AZ, Dec 20, 2012

Arla Leatherberry Marousek ’76, Moscow, Feb 23, 2013

Erick Heintz ’95, Spokane, WA, Mar 13, 2013

Kernan Longua Sr. ’65, Idaho Falls, Jan 13, 2013

Diane Merkle Martin ’71, Kalispell, MT, Jul 4, 2011

Talia Reyna ’99, Seattle, WA, Mar 3, 2012

Galen Marr ’66, Moline, IL, Nov 30, 2012

Saul Murillo ’79, Vancouver, WA, Dec 5, 2012

James Slavens ’91, Fillmore, UT, Dec 12, 2012

Donald Martin ’68, Caldwell, Dec 1, 2012

Jean Brockway Riedle ’71, Colfax, WA, Nov 30, 2012

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Jim Middendorf ’61, Huntley, IL, Dec 4, 2012

Robert Schreiber ’72, Coeur d’Alene, Feb 12, 2013

Brian Cotton ’06, Rupert, Mar 15, 2013

Jane “Lee” Munroe’64, Olympia, WA, Dec 7, 2012

Randall Wheeler ’73, Kapaau, HI, Jul 1, 2012

Eric Haley ’09, Grand Prairie, TX, Dec 15, 2012

Marion Snyder Powers ’60, McCall, Feb 7, 2013

Kent Womack ’71, Buhl, Dec 16, 2012

Lu’i Tuato’o ’80, Chico, CA, Feb 2, 2013

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Inspired by Nature These photographs were selected from entries in this spring’s photo contest, conducted by the university’s Outdoor Program. uidaho.edu/outdoor-photo-contest

Portraits ©Matt Leitholt

“In Time,” dock on Sandpoint’s Pend Oreille River

©Jesse Hart

Jesse Hart Junior in architecture I was very blessed to be born and raised in Sandpoint, which fueled my love of the outdoors and outdoor activities. I can enjoy hiking in the morning, and swimming or wake surfing in the afternoon – all in a picturesque environment. I can do my favorite activities while being absolutely blown away by the views. This is a haven for nature lovers and photographers alike.

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Jennifer Good Junior in elementary education, second-generation Vandal running enthusiast The landscapes and outdoor activities give us opportunities to visually take in breathtaking and memorable views and to be physically involved while enjoying God's beautiful creation through hiking, mountain biking, camping, fishing and so much more. ©Jennifer Good

“Dirt bike jump” in Murphy, Idaho

The annual competition sought images that highlight human-powered outdoor recreation, beautiful landscapes and wildlife.

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Small wonder that UI lands in the top tiers of Outside Magazine’s rankings for best college recreation programs and best universities for those wishing to embrace adventure.

“Full moon on Fairy Meadows hut in B.C.”

©Philip Higuera

Philip Higuera Assistant professor of fire sciences The outdoor opportunities within a few hours drive of Moscow were an important reason I chose to start my career here. Getting outside – whether backcountry skiing, backpacking or mountain biking – is a very important way for me to recharge outside of work. It also helps keep me inspired and excited about studying the natural world, and particularly forest and fire ecology.

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Philip Vukelich Sophomore in chemistry I grew up spending time in the outdoors bonding with my grandpa, dad and sister. The nostalgia of family bonding and the beauty of the mountains keep me returning to the outdoors. I will never cease to enjoy photographing the natural landscape of the Pacific Northwest. ©Philip Vukelich

“Tiger in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo”

The Outdoor Program, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is one of the offerings of the award-winning Student Recreation Center on the Moscow campus. uidaho.edu/studentaffairs/campus-recreation

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Vandal Football to Join Sun Belt Conference

By Beck y Paull

Rob Spear had good reason to smile as he addressed the media in late March. The University of Idaho’s director of athletics was announcing he’d found a conference home for Vandal football.

“This is a tremendous opportunity as we continue to position the Vandals for the future,” Spear said in confirming that Idaho’s football program will join the FBS Sun Belt Conference beginning with the 2014 season. “The landscape in college athletics has been changing continually.

With this, we have our feet on solid ground,” Spear said.

There’s more to a league affiliation than a name, he added. As a member of the Sun Belt Conference — which touches Idaho, New Mexico, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina — the Vandals will have scheduling partners. They will have a chance to play in a conference championship game, will join a league with multiple bowl affiliations and will gain television exposure, along with the associated revenue of a TV package.

More importantly, Idaho football remains a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) and all that comes with it — a status that translates to as much as $1 million annually for the athletic department. So as the conference landscape continues to shift, the Vandals will be at the FBS table.

“It’s going to provide great stability for our student-athletes who represent the University of Idaho,” Spear said.

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Coach Paul Petrino applauded Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson’s invitation.

“We’re extremely excited to get into the Sun Belt Conference,” Petrino said. “It’s a great football league. It’s a great thing for the University of Idaho football program.”

Vandal football will compete as an FBS independent in 2013 before heading to the Sun Belt, where they also played from 2001-04. It won't be Idaho’s first foray into independent football. After they left the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were independent for six seasons, from 1959 through 1964, before the Big Sky Conference formed.

While Vandal football returns to a former home in 2014, so will most other Idaho sports as the Vandals renew their Big Sky Conference affiliation in 2013-14. After more than 30 years in that conference, the university left the Big Sky in 1996 and most recently was a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The swimming and diving team will remain in the WAC because the Big Sky doesn’t sponsor those sports.

“We look forward to renewing our association with the Big Sky Conference,” Spear said. “Our rivalries with Montana and Montana State date back almost 100 years.”

The Big Sky includes schools in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Washington, California, Colorado and North Dakota.

A look at the new conference logo.

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