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ISU Physical Education Students Gain Hands-on Experience at 2022 SHAPE Conference

August 22, 2022

In August, six students within Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV’s Human Performance and Sport Studies Department (HPSS) received a special grant from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV College of Education to attend the 2022 Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) Montana/Idaho Conference in Missoula, Montana.

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Over 35 Paraprofessionals Awarded Full-Tuition Scholarships to Become Certified Teachers

August 15, 2022

More than 35 paraprofessionals working in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 are set to receive full-tuition scholarships awarded by the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV College of Education to earn a college degree and teacher certification through the Paraprofessional to Certified Teacher (PaCT) program.

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Retired Pocatello Principal Establishes Scholarship

June 21, 2022

From making sure her students and their families had enough to eat to spending one-on-one time to make sure each child felt safe, secure and ready to learn, caring has always been a part of Evelyn Robinson’s life. Now, Robinson, a retired elementary school principal, is empowering the next generation of leaders to do the same with the Evelyn Robinson Principal Leadership Scholarship. 

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First-Generation College Graduate Establishes $25,000 Endowment to Support First-Generation Students

June 6, 2022

Growing up in a farming community in rural Idaho in the 1960s, Dr. Blaine Nisson never imagined he would now be a retired college president. From his choice to become the first person in his family to go to college in 1968 to graduating with a doctoral degree in 2003, Nisson says he attributes all of his success and life accomplishments back to that one decision to attend Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV. 

ISU Professor Selected to Facilitate Statewide Idaho Nonprofit Leadership Retreat

May 31, 2022

Nonprofit CEOs and executive directors from Idaho’s 6,000 registered charitable nonprofit organizations will have the chance to learn from Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV College of Education professor Dr. Rob Lion and his wife, Angie Lion, about leadership, management and organization development at this year’s Idaho Nonprofit Leadership Retreat hosted by the Idaho Nonprofit Center June 1-3. 

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College of Education Associate Dean Dr. Mark Neill Announces Retirement

May 2, 2022

College of Education to Host Appreciation Lunches for All School District 25 Employees

April 21, 2022

To show appreciation for all that School District 25 employees have done to support youth, preservice teachers and the community during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV College of Education will serve lunch to more than 1,400 faculty and staff at the district’s 26 schools in April and May.   

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Idaho State Faculty Tackling Idaho’s STEM Teacher Shortage

April 11, 2022

Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV faculty are working to combat the teacher shortage with a new project called IMPACTS, or Idaho Making Progress Against Critical Teacher Shortages.

James and Wendy Ruchti

Idaho Educator Scholarship Established to Help Students Pursue Teaching

April 8, 2022

James and Wendy Ruchti know first-hand the impact a college education can make on one’s life.

Dani Moffit holding her award

ISU Professor First Woman in Idaho to be Inducted into Athletic Training Hall of Fame

April 6, 2022

In April 2022, Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV professor Dr. Dani Moffit was inducted into the Northwest Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame for her untiring efforts in service to the Athletic Training profession, educational organization, and diversity, equity and inclusion in health care.