Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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The Idaho State University College of Arts and Letters awarded the first six Road Scholarships of the year on Feb. 11 during a joint event with School District 25. 
The event was titled “Education as Power” and featured workshops with ISU professor DJ Williams and Independence High School teacher Dan Grimes. The event was concluded with a presentation by Carine McCandless, author of “The Wild Truth” and sister of literary icon Chris McCandless. More than 500 high school students from southeast Idaho and northern Utah were in attendance. Read More

The Idaho State University Spirt Squads are looking for a little help from their friends to help the Cheer Squad and Bengal Dancers compete at national competitions this spring. Read More

It was a daunting task – condensing thousands of words and hundreds of hours of research into a three-minute presentation before a live audience. But five Idaho State University graduate students rose to the challenge at the state’s first Three Minute Thesis/3 Minute Masters Competition Feb. 12 in Boise.    Read More