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November 9, 2021
Ali Rabe '10
  • Ali Rabe '10, who also serves on the College's board of trustees, is resigning her seat in the Idaho State Senate. But she isn't giving up the Idaho political scene. She's giving up her seat now but will run again next fall, in a new district, in the hopes of continuing to serve the state. (Idaho Press)
  • Rabe is also in the news for her full-time job as executive director of Jesse Tree, a non-profit organization that fights homelessness. The Jesse Tree now has a partnership with the law school at the University of Idaho to provide legal support to people facing eviction. (KIVI TV)
  • Hon. Elizabeth Martin '79 has retired from the judicial bench in the state of Washington. (Patch.com)
  • John Fronk '15 has joined a law firm in Texas, Kelly Hart, as an associate in the litigation section. (Fort Worth Business)
  • Noah Hillen '04 has been named one of the American Bankruptcy Institute's 40-Under-40 industry professionals for 2021. Hillen is a bankruptcy judge for the district of Idaho. (ABI.org)
  • Two alums who graduated from the College summa cum laude, Hope Lackey '18 and Andrew Clifford '21, are making an impact in revolutionary research that could result in a major shift in energy production and efficiency. (phys.org)
  • Good Morning America featured one of the recipients of the Neilsen Visionary Prize, an award of $1 million in the areas of spinal cord injury (SPI) research, education, clinical training and programmatic support in the U.S. and Canada. The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation is named in memory of Ray Neilsen's '88 father and Ray continues to be very active with the foundation. (ABC TV)
  • Bret Arsenault '87 has been named to the "10 Most Influential CISOs to watch in 2021" by Analytics Insight. CISO stands for "chief information security officer," a position Arsenault holds for Microsoft. (Yahoo Finance)
  • A television show that airs across the country aired a segment on Airman Patrick Dilley '08, who recently snuck home to surprise his parents (including long-time instructor Mike Dilley) at a home football game. (Right This Minute)
  • Dr. Burt Newbry '47, one of the College's oldest living alums, passed away in October at the age of 102. A television station near his home in Arizona was on hand to help him celebrate his final birthday this past summer.  (ABC 15)
Hispanic Youth Leadership Symposium
  • Students at Boise's Hispanic Youth Leadership Summit were given scholarship pledges totaling nearly $5 million last month. It was part of a tour of Hispanic Youth Leadership events by Arnoldo Hernandez and the College's admissions team that included stops in Twin Falls and Pocatello, where qualified students were presented scholarship pledges. In all, roughly $8 million in pledges were offered at these events. Both KIVI-TV and KTVB-TV covered the news.
  • Despite the College's record enrollment and strong freshman class, state-wide "Go-On" rates for high school seniors dropped again last year. Brian Bava, the College's Vice President of Enrollment Management, offered some thoughts on the topic. (KIVI-TV)
  • McKay Cunningham, the College's director on-campus experiential learning who is also an experienced law instructor, was asked legal questions about the friction between Idaho Governor Brad Little and Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin. (KTVB-TV)
  • The College is fortunate to have some of the brightest minds in the region in its community. Students, faculty, and staff. That includes people like Jan Summers Duffy of the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History. (KIVI TV)
  • Omotayo Akingba, a senior international student who was born in Nigeria, shared his experiences in Idaho and at the College for all to read. (Study International)
  • Oscar Reyes-Sanchez, a current student and former football player, is getting a jump on his post-academic career, accepting a job with TitleOne (Idaho Press)
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