BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 12 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lauren Necochea: * * * A Message from the Chair: Disinvestment in Education Today Shortchanges Our Future * An educated workforce is essential to a strong economy. Across Idaho, our community colleges and universities prepare young people and adults pivoting in their careers. They connect rural communities to opportunity and power industries. Yet instead of strengthening these institutions, Republica more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 12 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * Anthropology and Languages Present Summer Research at Idaho Conference for Undergraduate Research The Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research (ICUR) hosted seven students from ISU's Anthropology and Languages Department this year at Boise State University (BSU). Seven students from the department attended ICUR with six presenting posters. The students represented several programs, including the anthropol more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 12 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * College of Arts and Letters Professor Debuts Book at International Book Fair of Lima Maria Claudia Huerta Vera, Ph.D., assistant professor of Spanish, has published a new book examining the role of film in shaping cultural memory of Peru's internal armed conflict. Her book, Historia, memoria y cine documental. Imagenes del conflicto armado interno peruano (History, Memory, and Documentary Film: Images of th more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 12 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * College of Technology Professor Pioneers A New Frontier In Physical Therapy The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) recently featured Darin Jeringan, a clinical professor in the College of Technology and department co-chair of the Health Occupations Department on the cover of its national magazine. The feature highlighted his groundbreaking work in wilderness physical therapy -- a niche specialty J more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 9 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * Serious Gaming: Researchers Developing Virtual Reality Game to Study Classical Literature How students learn about the classics by Shakespeare, Dickens, and Austen may soon not be from the page but from the inside of a virtual reality headset, thanks to the work of two Idaho State University researchers and their students. Farjana Eishita, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Curtis more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 12 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * Southeast Idaho Retired Educators Association Donated Record-Breaking Scholarship to College of Education The Southeast Idaho Retired Educators Association (SEIREA) donated a record-breaking $6,000 in scholarships to the Idaho State University College of Education last February. This gift funded six $1,000 scholarships for education students studying to become teachers in Idaho, and the scholarships were awa more PR