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While 60 people in one class may not register as a large class at a state university, it’s one of the biggest classes on a campus of just over 1,000 students.

Their research will continue through August and once the work is done, the students will present their findings at a professional conference.

In 2018, the history department awarded over $30,000 to 18 students. This year, $60,000 was awarded to 26 history majors.

Three College of Idaho students have parlayed a week-long learning experience in New Mexico into presentation and publication opportunities in the field of spectroscopy, as it relates to a class of stars.

Senior Tyler Reay captained the College’s team, which included Math major Mbongi Dlamini ’20, and Business majors Ines Arredondo ’20, Jacob Davis ’19, and Chris Waters ’19.

It began as dissertation research while a doctoral student at Baylor University in 2010.  In 2019, it became a check mark on life’s bucket list for College of Idaho Associate Professor of Anthropology & Sociology Scott Draper.

In 2014 Blackwell began his career as a felony probation and parole officer where he was able to explore the field he had studied for so long. Eventually, he noticed a job opening at The College of Idaho.

The trip to the small South American country was educational, encompassing class-credit courses in Biology, Spanish, and Health & Human Performance. The experience, according to those involved, was irreplaceable.