[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter

[Tom Hansen]

The Friday Letter

A Newsletter for University of Idaho

Alumni and Friends

August 6, 2004

 

Here's the latest news at the University of Idaho:

 

~ Incoming UI President Tim White officially assumed his new
responsibilities on Monday and has spent much of the week meeting with
university faculty and staff, touching base with the Vision and Resources
Task Force and unpacking boxes. The Idaho Board of Education/UI Board of
Regents selected White, formerly provost at Oregon State University, as UI's
16th president last February. 

"It will take some time to get settled in completely, but Idaho already is
starting to feel like home for us," White said. "I am very glad to be here,
and my wife, Karen, and I are looking forward to meeting members of the
university community in Moscow and around the state." President White and
his family were scheduled to attend the Ada County Vandal Boosters'
Governor's Gala on Thursday. 

 

~ The North American Power Symposium presents 84 scholarly works in electric
power engineering Aug. 8-10, in the UI Student Union Building. This forum is
an opportunity for 67 students, 30 faculty and 14 industry engineers to
share results of their work, discuss the activities of their colleagues and
publish their technical findings. Students and researchers are coming from
the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Southwest Asia and East
Asia. Keynote speaker is Wayne H. Litzenberger, Bonneville Power
Administration. 

Ed Schweitzer, CEO of Schweitzer Engineering Labs in Pullman and an expert
in electrical power systems protection and automation, will speak following
a group tour of his facilities.

 

"Stability and deregulated economics have received much attention in the
national news in the past few years," said Herb Hess, one of the UI
organizers. "Renewable energy is always important, particularly in the West.
And, UI students have studied about the East Coast blackout of '03 and the
electricity markets." The conference is held annually at a university with a
strong, growing electric power systems engineering program. The past three
years, the sponsoring universities were University of Missouri-Rolla,
Arizona State, and Texas A&M. 

 

~ Charles L. (Chuck) Peterson, a pioneer in biodiesel fuels research and
former chair of the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, has
been named interim dean of engineering. "Chuck is an accomplished
administrator and faculty member with deep roots in the College of
Engineering," said Provost Brian Pitcher. Peterson began transitioning into
the position Aug. 1. He will continue in this role until the position can be
filled. A national search currently is underway, and the university expects
a new dean will be named fall semester.

 

~ As many as 1,600 students living and learning in UI's nine sororities and
18 fraternities earned a collective 3.11 grade point average during spring
semester, according to their adviser in the Office of the Dean of Students.
This compares to the 3.08 grade-point-average for all undergraduate students
on the UI campus last semester, said Cori Hammock, Greek adviser. The
all-sorority collective grade average was 3.26; all-fraternity average was
2.99. 

For results of all 27 Greek living organizations, go online at
www.uidaho.edu/greeklife, under Greek Living.

 

 

 

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