The College of Idaho will honor the graduating Class of 2018 during its annual Commencement ceremony, which will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 19 in the Morrison Quadrangle on the C of I’s campus.

The College of Idaho’s alumni magazine, Quest, has officially published its Spring 2018 issue, which is now being sent to the College’s mailing list and is available to read for free online on the College’s Quest Magazine page.

In 1967, a group of students gathered to form a line across The College of Idaho campus, stretching from what is now Strahorn Hall all the way to the N.L. Terteling Library, passing books one by one to what was then the College’s newest library.

Fifty-one years after that historic event, the College will once again gather to recreate that historic scene. At 5 p.m. on Feb. 15, the College’s Alumni Relations team will hold a new “Book Brigade” event to officially complete the transfer of library books from the Terteling Library to the recently opened Cruzen-Murray Library, which opened its doors on Jan. 31 after almost two years of construction.

The College of Idaho has produced thousands of bright students in its 127-year history, including seven Rhoades Scholars who have each gone on to success within their chosen fields. Today, the College remembers one such Rhodes Scholar, Thomas G. “Tom” McFadden ’68, who passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 at the age of 71.

The Fall 2017 issue of The College of Idaho’s alumni magazine, Quest, is now being sent to the College’s mailing list and is available to read for free online at the College’s website.

The College of Idaho’s Morrison Quadrangle will soon brighten with shining purple lights to ring in the start of the holiday season as the College celebrates its 5th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27.

With the opening of a new Student Research Room in the basement of Boone Hall, The College of Idaho’s Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MAPS) welcomed back emeritus faculty members and successful alumni of the program to celebrate the occasion with an open house reception and colloquium talk.

Sheridan Hodson ’06 used to sit in his office in Boise’s Micron Technology preparing financial models as he listened to the entrepreneurial podcast “This Week in Startups,” paying particular attention to the rise of businesses centered in virtual and augmented reality.

The Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History will be booming this Homecoming weekend, hosting two events that equally embody its mission of service and education.