Campus-wide Self-assessment Ensures Strong Stewardship
At Boise State University, our foremost focus is to create the best possible educational experience for our students. In doing this, we not only prepare them to lead happy and successful individual...
View ArticleTraditions of Change at Homecoming
Next week is Homecoming Week at Boise State – one of our favorite times of year. Broncos from all eras will descend on campus to celebrate their alma mater. Alumni and friends will have a great...
View ArticleDistinguished Alumni Build a Better Boise State
Once a Bronco, always a Bronco – a no matter where life takes you. This Friday, the Boise State Alumni Association will celebrate that sentiment and honor eight alumni whose accomplishments and service...
View ArticleAlumni and Friends Center Starts New Era
Last Saturday – with kickoff for the Broncos’ victory against Louisiana Lafayette just a couple of hours away – a group of ardent alumni and friends gathered across the street from Albertsons Stadium...
View ArticleChange, Innovation, Philanthropy and Success
One of the most remarkable things about Boise State is the pace at which it adapts to the ever-changing needs and challenges of offering a higher education in and for a world and workplace marked by...
View ArticleStudent Philanthropy Builds Ties to the Future
Students are typically the beneficiaries of philanthropy at Boise State University. Generous donors fund scholarships, give to building projects and support academic programs, all of which ultimately...
View ArticleLearning Goes Far Beyond One’s Major
What is a college education worth? It’s an often-asked question that implies a simple, quantitative – even monetary – answer. And while it’s easy to respond to this question in that way, especially...
View ArticleBoise State Still Growing, Improving Each Year
Last week we announced that Boise State’s student body has climbed 1.2 percent this year to 22,259. We are excited about this increase because it counters the trend around Idaho and the country — the...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Philanthropy
The face of philanthropy is changing — and that is creating opportunities for both institutions and donors that will help all of us reach our goals to leave our communities, our nation and our world...
View ArticleGiving is Living
As the holiday season approaches, we all hear a great amount about the needs that exist in our community. Struggling families need help putting food on their tables. Many need help providing holiday...
View ArticleThank You for all That You do for Boise State
On this Thanksgiving week, I am pleased not only to have a chance to express my gratitude— but to have an avenue to reach the very people it concerns. Here at Boise State, we are thankful for you. We...
View ArticleMilford Terrell, a Paragon of Service
Anyone who has attended a Boise State University commencement ceremony for the past several years has seen just a bit of the energy, excitement and zeal that define Milford Terrell. His booming voice...
View ArticlePartnerships Provide Unprecedented Student Opportunities
If you have been through downtown Boise lately you may have seen the major construction project that has overtaken half of The Grove and started to dig a new hole around the U.S. Bank building in the...
View ArticleBoise State Graduates are Broncos for Life
This week, Boise State University celebrates the graduation of some 1,700 Broncos at our annual winter Commencement. That sets another record for us, and it looks like these bachelor’s, master’s and...
View ArticleOur Tradition of Innovation Continues
What a happy New Year we are having at Boise State University! Like so many of you, I rang in 2015 among friends and family down in the Phoenix area for Boise State’s third Fiesta Bowl victory in less...
View ArticleInvestment in Students Make Stronger, More Engaged Communities
It has been said that great cities need great universities, and it has long been one of Boise State University’s priorities to fulfill that need here in Idaho’s capitol. Yes, a university must educate...
View ArticleInvestment in Higher Education Pays off Locally and Nationally
I am sure you have heard about our recent distinguished visitor. Wherever you stand on national politics today, it is still exciting to think about the President of the United States coming to our...
View ArticleNewest Recruit to Focus on Innovation and Design
Here’s a headline from a Boston-based magazine that should get every Bronco excited: “Harvard I-Lab Leader Leaving for Boise State to Revamp Education.” The Boise State fan site BroncoCountry tweeted...
View ArticleMake Extraordinary Happen
The growing cost of an education is an impediment. Seventy-five percent of students at Boise State require financial aid. To keep students engaged in their studies and to attract the brightest students...
View ArticleThe importance of supporting research: Changing and saving lives.
Many people might like the opportunity to hear directly from someone who is working on cancer research, especially if they have good news to share. This week at the first Bronco Discovery and...
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