Idaho State University
Motto:	Veritas Vos Liberabit (Latin for "The Truth Will Set You Free")
Established	1901 (university status 1963)
Type:	Public University
President:	Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D.
Faculty:	452
Students:	13,802
Location:	Pocatello, ID, USA
Campus:	1,000 acres (250 acres developed)
Sports:	Bengals
Colors:	Black and Orange
Mascot:	Benny the Bengal
Website:	www.isu.edu

Idaho State University (ISU) is a public university operated by the U.S. state of Idaho. Its main campus is in Pocatello with outreach programs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls, Boise and Twin Falls. Image File history File links Idahostate_seal. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Arthur C. Vailas, Ph. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Gateway to the Northwest Location in Bannock County and the state of Idaho Coordinates: , Country State Counties Bannock, Power Government  - Mayor Roger W. Chase Area  - City 28. ... For other uses, see Idaho (disambiguation). ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... For other uses, see Idaho (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Gateway to the Northwest Location in Bannock County and the state of Idaho Coordinates: , Country State Counties Bannock, Power Government  - Mayor Roger W. Chase Area  - City 28. ... Coeur dAlene (pronounced ) is the county seat and largest city of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. ... Coordinates: , Country State County Bonneville Founded 1864 Incorporated 1891 Government  - Mayor Jared Fuhriman Area  - City  17. ... Boise redirects here. ... Motto: People Serving People Coordinates: , Country State County Twin Falls Founded 1904 Incorporated 1904 Government  - Type council-manager  - Mayor Lance W. Clow  - City Manager Tom Courtney Area  - City 12. ...

Enrollment for fall semester 2006 was 12,676 students, including 8,848 undergraduates.^[1] ISU previously enrolled a large number of older, non-traditional students who live and work off-campus; this demographic is making up less of ISU's population as it attempts a transition towards a more traditional undergraduate population. It is believed that the transition of Brigham Young University-Idaho to four-year status in 2001 impacted ISU's ability to attract students who belong to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, due to BYU-I's church affiliation. ISU's enrollment shrunk from 13,977 for fall semester 2005. Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU-Idaho or BYU-I) is a four-year college owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... For other uses, see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (disambiguation). ...

Notable programs at ISU include liberal arts, business and health care. Its College of Pharmacy is regarded as one of the best in the western United States. In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... For other uses, see Pharmacy (disambiguation). ...

History

On March 11, 1901, Governor Frank W. Hunt signed Senate Bill 53 establishing the Academy of Idaho contingent upon private land donations being made for its site. The Academy of Idaho was officially opened in Pocatello on May 1, 1901². By 1910 enrollment had reached nearly 300 students. The academy purchased four city blocks in Pocatello to help meet its needs. is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Frank Williams Hunt (December 16, 1871–November 25, 1906) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Idaho from 1901 to 1903. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1915, it became Idaho Technical Institute. The end of World War I brought an influx of students to the school, and the enrollment surged to over 1,000 students. The early 1920s saw the beginning of intercollegiate competition. At this time the institute adopted the Bengal as the school mascot, as one of its early coaches was from Princeton. Princeton's colors are also black & orange, and its mascot is the tiger. Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The 1920s they were sexy referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Trinomial name Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris or Panthera tigris bengalensis) is a subspecies of tiger primarily found in Bangladesh, India and also in Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and in southern Tibet. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ...

In 1927 the school was renamed the University of Idaho - Southern Branch. In 1947 it was renamed Idaho State College and became a four-year school for the first time. The following year its enrollment reached 2,000. Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Idaho is the states prominent institution of higher learning, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 10, 1952 ten employees of Idaho State College organized Idaho State College Federal Credit Union with just $5 each to provide a cooperative system of low cost loans to coworkers. On October 28, 1963 the Credit Union was renamed Idaho State University Federal Credit Union to reflect the college’s new name.

In 1963, the school was renamed to Idaho State University, reflecting its new status as a full four-year public university, the state's second. In the ensuing years, ISU continuously expanded in both enrollment and programs offered. The presidency of Dr. Richard L. Bowen from 1985-2005 is regarded as an era of particular growth. Bowen resigned after a vote of No Confidence from the faculty, who were angered by generous pay raises for administration members during calls for fiscal austerity. As of 2006, ISU had colleges in arts and sciences, business, education, engineering, health professions, pharmacy, and technology. For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Richard L. Bowen Richard L. Bowen, Ph. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On July 1, 2006, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Houston System ("UHS") and Vice President of the University of Houston ("UH") Dr. Arthur C. Vailas became president of the university, replacing Michael Gallagher—who had served as president on an interim basis since Bowen's retirement in 2005. [1]. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Houston System, often called UH System or UHS, is a state system of higher education which oversees and funds four independent, self-governing universities and two multi-institution teaching centers (MITCs, pronounced mit-sees). It also administers a radio station, KUHF, and a television station, KUHT. The... For other system schools, see University of Houston System. ... Arthur C. Vailas, Ph. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Student life

Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.

Student government is administered by the Associated Students of Idaho State University (ASISU). Each year a president, vice president and student senate are elected by the student body to oversee a variety of activities either partially or fully funded by tuition-based fees. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 447 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 447 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. ...

The Student Activities Board, formerly the Program Board, oversees most of the student activity programming on campus. The board plans concerts, movie showings, homecoming activities, athletic-related events and other activities generally associated with student life.

Off-campus, many Pocatello businesses are geared towards the university community. Many ISU students take advantage of Pocatello's proximity to outdoor activities in eastern Idaho and northern Utah. ISU is approximately 150 miles from the urban center of Salt Lake City. For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see USS Salt Lake City. ...

The newest addition to student life on campus is the Rendezvous Complex, which is quickly becoming a gathering place for the campus community. The Rendezvous Complex is designed to be the center of the University, where many of the University’s classes can be taught. Because classrooms are centralized, this has freed up space in existing buildings for faculty offices and laboratories. Other facilities in the Rendezvous include a large computer center, a large meeting room with partitions for conversion into three small meeting rooms, and retail space housing an ISU Spirit Shop, an adjunct operation of the ISU Bookstore.

Reed Gym features recreational facilities including a climbing wall, swimming pool, tennis courts, and more. The Pond Student Union operates a movie theater, billiard room and bowling alley and hosts many student club activities. Fine arts events are regularly featured at the L.E. & Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. The nearby Pocatello Zoo features two rare Indian Bengal tigers, the mascot of ISU. Reed Gym is a 3,040-seat multi-purpose arena on the Idaho State University campus in Pocatello, Idaho. ...

Given its large non-traditional and off-campus enrollment, ISU does not feature some on-campus activities one might expect at larger public universities. ISU does not feature large scale Greek activity, for example. However, this doesn't mean the campus is lacking in student activities or Greek life. In fact, the 2005-2006 student organization of the year was Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

One of the outstanding achievements at ISU is the production of its literary magazine, "Black Rock & Sage." However, the overall graduation rate is 23%, one of the lowest in the nation, and the six-year completion rate for Bachelor's degree students is only 21%.

Athletics

Idaho State University athletic logo

The Idaho State University Bengals compete in the NCAA Division I (I-AA for football) Big Sky Conference. ISU won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in football in 1981. It also won NCAA national championships in boxing as Idaho State College in 1953 and 1957. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... NCAA redirects here. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The Big Sky Conference (or BSC) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly Division I-AA). ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...

In more recent years ISU has been competitive in track and field winning the Big Sky Conference Indoor title in 2005 and 2006. The women's track and field team won their first outdoors women's Big Sky conference in 2007 with a score of 140.5 over Weber State. Dave Nielson was named the Big Sky Coach of the Year in Women's track and field and was later named the Mountain Region's Outdoor Women's coach of the year. Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

In 1977, the men's basketball team was in the national spotlight for its defeat of UCLA in the West regional semifinal and coming within one game of making the Final Four. This was during the era when the Bruins were still regarded as invincible, maintaining their legendary reputation and mystique from the 10 national championships won under Coach John Wooden, despite the fact that the "Wizard of Westwood" had been retired for 2 years and were coached by Gene Bartow when they lost to the Bengals. However, the Bengals dream of making the Final Four ended with their losing to UNLV's Runnin' Rebels coached by Jerry Tarkanian, who would lose the national semifinal game to Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels, who would subsequently go on to lose the title game to Al McGuire's Marquette Warriors (for Marquette's only national title). Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ... John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910, in Hall, Indiana) is a retired American basketball coach. ... Gene Bartow (August 18, 1930 – ) is a former college mens basketball coach. ... The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public, coeducational university located in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Jerry Tarkanian (born August 8, 1930), also known as Tark the Shark, is a former college basketball coach known for colorful behavior, including habitually chewing on a towel during games, and for his public criticisms of and clashes with the NCAA. He was head coach at three different Division I... Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28, 1931) is a retired head coach of men’s college basketball. ... The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). The name Tar Heel is also often used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. ... Al McGuire was the coach who led the Marquette University Mens Basketball team from 1964-1977. ... Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States of America. ...

Home football games are played at the 12,000-seat Holt Arena (known as the Minidome until 1988), the oldest enclosed stadium on a college campus in the United States. Holt Arena also hosts indoor track and field events. After several seasons of playing at cozy Reed Gym (capacity: 2500), the men's basketball team will again play its home games inside Holt Arena. Holt Arena is an indoor multi-purpose athletic stadium located on the campus of Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. ... See also: 1987 in sports, other events of 1988, 1989 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bill Elliott CART Racing - Danny Sullivan won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Championship - Ayrton...

For years the Bengals enjoyed athletic rivalries with the Boise State Broncos and the University of Idaho Vandals. However, these rivalries diminished significantly after both Boise State and Idaho left the Big Sky Conference in 1996 to move up to Division I-A. In the current century, the Weber State Wildcats of nearby Ogden, Utah have become ISU's main rival. Boise State University is a state university located near downtown Boise, the capital city of Idaho. ... The University of Idaho is the states prominent institution of higher learning, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County. ... The Big Sky Conference (or BSC) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly Division I-AA). ... // June 16 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands Mens Winner: John Mandu (KEN) 2:15:14 Womens Winner: Mieke Pullen (NED) 2:41:13 July 28 — Olympic Marathon, Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Womens Winner: Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:26:05 August 4 — Olympic Marathon, Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Mens Winner: Josia... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... Weber State University is a public university located in the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, USA. There is also a Davis County satellite campus located in Layton. ... Ogden sign over Washington Boulevard at the Ogden River; toward downtown Ogden is the county seat of Weber County,GR6 Utah, United States. ...

Notable alumni

• Jared Allen — defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs
• Don Aslett — author, speaker and founder of Varsity Contractors Inc.
• Bill Byrne — athletic director, Texas A&M University
• Jeff Cook — Forward Phoenix Suns
• Stacy Dragila — 2000 Olympic gold medalist, women's pole vault
• Matt Gutierrez, Quarterback — New England Patriots
• Merril Hoge — ESPN commentator and former Pittsburgh Steelers running back
• Stanley L. Klos — Class of 1977, Author, Professional Basketball Player in Italy, 1994 US Senate Candidate for West Virginia.
• Dirk Koetter — current Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator, former Head Coach for Boise State and Arizona State Football
• Marvin Lewis — Cincinnati Bengals head coach
• James A. McClure — former U.S. Senator
• Bruce Nelson — CEO, Office Depot
• William Petersen — actor, star of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Jake Putnam — journalist
• Ed Sanders — Boxer, 1952 Olympic gold medalist
• W. Lane Startin — author and politician
• Antonio Taguba — U.S. Army general
• Roger Williams — pianist
• Jim Horner — track and field
• Ron Boone — Utah Jazz announcer

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See also

• Idaho State University Library (Eli M. Oboler Library) ([2])

The Eli M. Oboler Library serves the students and faculty of Idaho State University, as well as the local community of Pocatello, Idaho. ...

External links

• Idaho State University website
• Official Idaho State Bengals website
• ISUer.com The Idaho State University Discussion Platform
• University History Scrapbook

References

1. ^ IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: ENROLLMENT STATISTICS REPORT: TOTAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT HEADCOUNT: FALL SEMESTER, 2006

2. Pocatello Tribune: Thursday Evening Edition, May 1, 1901