What's Happening in CoSE

Our inaugural group of SPARK a FIRE scholars met for the first time on Monday.


Through the program, transfer students looking to earn a bachelor’s degree in biology, microbiology, biochemistry, or chemistry are eligible for up to $10,000 in scholarship funding and have access to tools and resources specifically tailored for the transfer student experience. 


The SPARK a FIRE program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (DUE 2220844).

CoSE and the Office for Research are looking for a Senior Accountant.


The Senior Accountant will provide accounting and financial support to the College of Science and Engineering and to the Office for Research, and assist the University Business Officer for these units in monitoring and controlling budget status for appropriated, local and grant funds. This position will analyze financial transaction data, research and resolve variances, prepare management reports, and will provide direct support as needed to account directors.

Faculty Voting for CoSE Executive Committee Closes Monday, 8/28 at 8 a.m.


Currently, there are two open seats on the CoSE Executive Committee.


Voting will close at 8 a.m. on Monday, August 28.

CoSE Fall Forum and Social Set for Sept. 28


Join us for CoSE’s Fall Forum on Thursday, September 28, at 3 p.m. in Lecture Center Room 10. The Lecture Center is Building #67, near the Gale Life Sciences Building and north of the Speech Pathology and Audiology Building.


A social hour for faculty and staff will be held at Goody's Deli, 905 S 5th Ave., after the meeting. Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Students Needed for Bannock Development Corp. Focus Group


Bannock Development Corporation is looking for CoSE students to participate in a focus group that will ask questions relevant to their experiences as college students, their needs in the workforce, and for their livelihood.


This focus group is student-led, and all student responses will remain anonymous to protect student identities.


The group will meet Wednesday, September 13, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Google Meets.


Bannock Development Corporation is a nonprofit private/public corporation that focuses on economic development for the Portneuf Valley.

From Around ISU

Notice of Fall Fire Evacuation Drills


The ISU campuses in Pocatello and Idaho Falls will practice a fire evacuation drill between the dates of August 28 and September 8. The evacuation schedule and instructions are available on Public Safety's website.


In an effort to simplify the process and be more student-centric, we have updated the locations of Areas of Assembly across campus and created an online map for Meridian, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello to utilize.

New Academic Integrity Council


ISU faculty have heard a lot about chatbots in the last year. Should you allow your students to use them to complete their course assignments? How would you even know if students are drawing upon generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing?


One of the most important predictors for ensuring student integrity is for faculty to have clear academic standards and policies for a course, and the newly formed Academic Integrity Council may be able to assist you.

Call for proposals: Cultural Events Committee


The Cultural Events Committee invites all ISU faculty members to submit a funding application for cultural events that serve any ISU community.


The committee understands “cultural event” to mean any event that celebrates human creativity or human experience, with particular attention to human diversity and its relevance, from the perspectives of the arts, the humanities, or those aspects of the social sciences, the sciences, and technology which have artistic or humanistic content and employ artistic or humanistic methods.

A Living Canvas: ISU Welcomes Visiting Artist Brian Collier's Ecological Exhibit


A patch of lawn at ISU is being un-lawned to welcome native plants and pollinators.


On the Pocatello Idaho State University campus, a small fenced-off patch of lawn by the Fine Arts building has been left unmowed. 


This is part of a project hosted by ISU Department of Art and artist Brian D. Collier, Professor of Art & Design at Saint Michael's College, Vermont.

First to ROAR Event Set Aug. 28


The Access and Opportunity Programs at Idaho State University are hosting First to ROAR, a gathering for first-generation students, Monday, August 28, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wood River Room, Pond Student Union, Pocatello campus. 


This event will bring together first-generation students, faculty, and staff to showcase resources available on campus. The first 40 students will receive free lunch sponsored by ICCU and Lookout Credit Union. Students will also be able to add a sticker to their water bottle and learn about valuable resources. 


For more information about the event, contact Reinalyn Echon at [email protected].

ISU Researchers Looking for Older Adults For Study


The META and Aging Lab at Idaho State University is conducting a research study that is investigating the health benefits associated with listening/singing to music and exercise. The researchers are interested in studying healthy older adults between the ages of 60 to 90. 


Participants will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card.


If you are interested in participating in this research, email the researchers at [email protected] or call (208)-282-1243.

Dates to Remember

September 4

Labor Day holiday (no classes)

October 2

Early 8-week course grading opens

October 9

Mid-term week

October 16

Late 8-week courses begin

October 17

Early 8-week course grading closes at 5:00 p.m.

November 20

Fall recess (no classes -- Thanksgiving Break)

Upcoming Events in the College of Science and Engineering 

For a complete list of CoSE events, check out the College Event Calendar. Updates can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. To add events to the calendar, please contact the Administrative Assistants in your department. The university-wide calendar of events is available here.

Department/Program


Physics


Event


Colloquium: Challenges and Opportunities in Neutrino Physics


Joachim Kopp

CERN and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz


Details


Mon, Aug 28

4 - 5 p.m.


https://isu.zoom.us/j/86102896950

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Biology Social


Details


Thurs, Aug 31

3:30 - 4 p.m.

GLS Lobby

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Promotion Seminar: Keith Reinhardt


Details


Thurs, Aug 31

4 - 5 p.m.

LC 10

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Biology Social


Details


Thurs, Sept 7

3:30 - 4 p.m.

GLS Lobby

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Seminar: 2023: A space, size, mass, & metabolic odyssey


Curt Anderson

Idaho State University


Details


Thurs, Sept 7

4 - 5 p.m.

LC 10

Department/Program


Chemistry


Event


Seminar: Investigating Transient Charge Delocalization in a Ru-Ru Dimer with Ultrafast Infrared and X-ray Spectroscopies


Ben Poulter


University of Washington Ph.D. Candidate and ISU Chemistry Alum


Details


Fri, Sept 8

1 - 2 p.m.

PSC 144

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Biology Social


Details


Thurs, Sept 14

3:30 - 4 p.m.

GLS Lobby

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Seminar: Title TBD


Madelyne Willis, PhD candidate in Ecology & Environmental Science, Montana State University


Details


Thurs, Sept 14

4 - 5 p.m.

LC 10

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


Biology Social


Details


Thurs, Sept 21

3:30 - 4 p.m.

GLS Lobby

Department/Program


Biological Sciences


Event


T and P Seminar: Brandon Peecook


Details


Thurs, Sept 21

4 - 5 p.m.

LC 10

Help Us Share Your Accomplishments!


Our College’s outstanding faculty, staff, and students achieve many notable research and professional accomplishments. In addition, our departments regularly have newsworthy advancements. We want to make sure those stories are shared publicly. Here are a few ways you can provide a news tip to help get the word out:

 

Use this Story Submission Form to send your news tip to the Office of Marketing and Communications.


Send an email to Logan McDougall ([email protected]) with a brief description of the news to be shared.


You are always welcome to create a draft story, submit it via the Story Submission Form, or send it to Logan. The Office of Marketing and Communications and Logan will coordinate to get the story finalized and distributed to the media outlets/platforms that best tell the story.

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