ISU News: Student Life

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Idaho State to resume in-person instruction; adjusts fall schedule

June 2, 2020

POCATELLO – Idaho State University has announced plans to resume full campus operations for the Fall 2020 semester, which will include in-person instruction. The University will also adjust the fall academic calendar to ensure that all face-to-face instruction has been completed by Tuesday, Nov. 24, two days before Thanksgiving.

ISU’s June Career Path Intern of the Month is Christie Collier

June 1, 2020

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s June Career Path Intern of the Month is Christie Collier, a senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in organizational learning and performance.

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ISU Health Center Director Ron Solbrig retiring, urges clientele to keep using center

May 14, 2020

POCATELLO – It wasn’t the wind down to his career that Idaho State University Health Center physician and Director Ron Solbrig expected, but like the rest of his work, he found it satisfying.

ISU international student graduate Lamichhane deals with the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 7, 2020

POCATELLO – Saroj Lamichhane, an Idaho State University international student from Nepal, is about 7,500-miles from his home in Katmandu and more than 2,000 miles from his home campus in Pocatello as he finishes out his undergraduate degree in communications this spring.

ISU Master of Taxation student Williams receives FSA Student Award

May 7, 2020

One student is recognized for his outstanding accomplishments

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ISU will confer 2,115 degrees and certificates in spring 2020

May 6, 2020

POCATELLO – A total of 1,989 spring and summer graduates will receive 2,115 degrees and certificates from Idaho State University this spring; 119 students will receive multiple certificates and/or degrees.

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ISU’s Emily Oliphant receives prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

May 5, 2020

POCATELLO – Idaho State University physics major Emily Oliphant, 20, who has completed her undergraduate this spring in three years, has received a three-year National Science Foundation Science Graduate Research Fellowship Program to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Michigan.

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2020 Idaho State University graduate class’s Bengal Roar will still be heard

May 4, 2020

POCATELLO – Confronting a coronavirus outbreak isn’t going to dampened Idaho State University’s celebrations for this year’s graduates.

Emma Bailey named May ISU Career Path Intern of Month

April 30, 2020

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s May Career Path Intern of the Month is Emma Bailey, a junior pursuing a degree in visual communications with an emphasis in graphic design.

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ISU Events donates nacho chips to Benny’s Pantry, Idaho Food Bank

April 28, 2020

POCATELLO – Idaho State University Events stocked up on nacho chips for the cancelled Monster Truck Grand Nationals that were scheduled in early April in Holt, but those chips will not go to waste – 20 boxes have been donated to Benny’s Pantry and 30 to the Idaho Food Bank.