The end result was record-setting: The 570 guests at the Gala contributed $461,000 to The College of Idaho via live and silent auction, with all the funds going toward scholarships.
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.
Lt. Col. Granger Amthor is the facilities commander overseeing army aircraft and facilities at Gowen Field in Boise. And Lt. Col. Jeremy McLean is a nuclear medical science officer for the 101st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.
Recently, College of Idaho students were treated to tickets to new Idaho Governor Brad Little's Inaugural Ball by a generous donation from Ron and Kenda Johnson.
The College of Idaho’s award-winning alumni magazine Quest has released its Fall/Winter issue and it is available and free to read on the College’s website.
The College of Idaho has embarked on a fundraising campaign to establish the Ernie Meissner Ski Scholarship, to be used to support student-athletes in the men’s and women’s ski program.
With her mother and aunt in the audience, College of Idaho English Professor and 1983 alumna Diane Raptosh accepted the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts on Nov. 8 in Boise’s Capitol Rotunda, receiving an engraved silver medallion from Idaho Governor and fellow C of I alumnus C. L. “Butch” Otter.