[Vision2020] The UI Friday Letter from UI President White (August 5, 2005)

[Tom Hansen]

Copied and pasted below is today's (August 5, 2005) UI Friday Letter from UI
President White.

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University of Idaho
Office of the President
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3151
Phone: 208-885-6365
Fax: 208-885-6558

The Friday Letter
A Newsletter for University of Idaho Alumni and Friends Aug. 5, 2005

Dear Friends,

This week, the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
celebrated a significant milestone at its Nancy M. Cummings Research,
Extension and Education Center near Salmon. Representatives of the Auen
Foundation and CALS Dean John Hammel joined me to mark the first stage in
the transfer of ownership of the center to the University.

The Auen Foundation, which represents the heirs of Nancy M. Cummings,
donated the former Hot Springs Ranch to the university five years ago with a
series of performance goals written into the agreement. The University
worked with the Idaho Cattle Association and cattle producers to assemble a
research herd of black baldy cattle to meet one of the requirements. The
herd now numbers 280 cows and heifers and research 
projects have begun.	

But the Cummings Center is more than a research facility. The Auen
Foundation has funded construction of a new classroom, and an educational
program is bringing sixth- to eighth-grade students to the facility for
educational field days. This is a wonderful start to a program that will
have a long-term impact on the Salmon area and make a difference to the
community.

Tim White
President

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

~ Lacey Averett, a University of Idaho doctoral student in chemistry, was
elected this summer to serve a two-year term as the student representative
to the executive committee and governing board of the Society for Applied
Spectroscopy. A non-profit international organization with over 3,000
members, SAS promotes the investigation of spectra when light interacts with
matter, as in X-rays, emissions, imaging, microwaves and electro-chemistry.
Averett's research focuses on diffuse reflection mid-infrared spectroscopy.
She currently is working on a grant from the U.S. Army to determine if
chemical warfare agents can be detected remotely and passively using
diffusely reflected infrared radiation. Originally from Burns, Ore., she
received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from UI in 2003.

~ The first Vandal football practice is tomorrow in preparation for the
season opener Sept. 1 at Washington State University. It's not too early to
make plans to attend a Vandal game this fall. Visit VandalGameDay.com to
view activities scheduled for all the Vandal games, both home and away.

~ Judith M. Runstad '66, '68, has distinguished herself by the number of
"firsts" as a career-woman. She served as the first woman president of the
Downtown Seattle Association and chair of the United Way Campaign of King
County. Judith and her husband, Jon, are the first to make a significant
gift to the new "core" curriculum, where teams of faculty and students
explore contemporary issues over the course of the freshman year. Judith and
Jon's gift established the Judith M. Runstad Discovery Lecture Series, which
allows nationally renowned speakers to spend time with students and make a
number of public addresses. Former U. S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky was
warmly received as the first Runstad Speaker by the campus community this
April.

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Take care, Moscow.

Tom Hansen

"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they
are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say
about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."

-- Robert F. Kennedy