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Monday, December 21, 2020
"Bengals helping Bengals” is how Idaho State University got involved in a plan to share freezers cold enough to store the COVID-19 vaccine with health districts statewide. David Jeppesen, director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and an ISU alumnus, knew the state was going to need cold storage of -70 degrees Celsius to store the incoming Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Idaho State’s College of Arts and Letters will host a virtual New Year’s Eve Gala on Dec. 31 to benefit student scholarships. The 2020 Gala, which marks the eighth year of the event, will feature work by art, music and theatre and dance students, who have been hard at work practicing their craft and adapting to virtual formats.
Dr. Gabriel Bargen is the new Interim Executive Director at ISU-Meridian. Prior to being appointed to her new role, Bargen was an associate professor of audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and director for the PhD in Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences program.
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