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Research & Scholarship Briefs: Boise State receives $1.9 million for high tech center
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need. Involvement in the TECenter will also enhance the educational experience for university students by working with “real” businesses.
The TECenter will work in partnership with two established programs at Boise State, the Idaho Small Business Development Center and TechHelp. The College of Business and Economics and the College of Engineering will also provide resources.
The 40,000-square-foot TECenter will be able to provide space to support up to 20 businesses with conference rooms, fax and copying equipment, Internet access, and other needs. The facility will have business and technical consultants on site to offer assistance.
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Master of Fine Arts exhibitions open until April 13
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“A Mother’s Wit: Valuing the Home, Roots and Motherhood,” an exhibition by Angela Neiwert, and “Hybridity: Religion, Art and a Chicano/a Identity,” an exhibition by Alma Gomez, will be on display April 2-13 in the Visual Arts Center Gallery 2 in the Hemingway Center. The exhibitions are thesis projects for Neiwert and Gomez, who are completing the master of fine arts program in the art department.
A reception for both exhibitions will be held 6:30 p.m. April 6 in the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
Neiwert’s exhibition will feature mixed media ceramic and quilt work. Gomez’s works are oil paintings and drawings. For more information, call 426-3994.
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Visiting artist presents ceramic workshop
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A ceramic workshop by visiting artist Robert Brady will be presented from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. April 4-5, in the Liberal Arts Building Room 150. He will also give a slide show and lecture at 1:30 p.m. April 4. Brady’s visit is part of the art department’s Visiting Artists in Ceramics program.
Brady has a studio in Berkeley, Calif., and teaches at California State University in Sacramento. In addition to his work in ceramics, Brady is known for his drawings.
Cost for the two-day workshop is $25 for anyone in the community and free for Boise State students, faculty and staff. One course credit is available for an additional fee. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. April 4. The slide show an lecture are free to the public and may be attended separately from the workshop. For more information, contact art professor Jim Budde at extension 3608.
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Guest artist to present vocal master class
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Visiting musician Steve March Torme will give a vocal master class from 3:30-4 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in the Morrison Center Room C125. The class is free and open to the public and is presented by the music department. Torme is a singer, guitarist, jazz musician and actor who has appeared in movies and on television. He will be in Boise to perform with the Steve March Torme Quartet on Boise Club Night of the Gene Harris Jazz Festival.
For more information about the master class, call extension 3980. For information about the Gene Harris Jazz Festival, call extension 1203 or visit www.geneharris.org.
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Deadline extended for art submissions
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The deadline for submissions to the Student and Alumni juried art exhibit, slated to run from April 19-May 17 in the new Alumni Center, has been extended to April 11.
Potential entrants must submit three to five pieces or deliver original work to the Alumni Center, 1173 Grant. St. by the deadline. The art show will be the focus of the center’s grand opening celebrations. Work can either be donated to the center outright in exchange for center benefits, or artists may choose to receive a 50 percent commission. Call extension 1831 for more information.
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Students, professor to present research at national conference
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Communication professor Laurel Traynowicz and five students from the College of Social Science and Public Affairs attended the National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Lexington, Ky., earlier this month. The students are all participants in the SSPA Undergraduate Research Initiative. Traynowicz presented a co-written paper titled “Encouraging an Undergraduate Research Culture” at the conference.
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-Complied by Arbiter staff from wire and News Service Reports.
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