Engineering Alumni Provide Opportunities for Idaho Youth Jan ’81 and Dale ’80 Welch have generously included the University of Idaho in their estate plan by designating a gift in three parts. The Jan and Dale Welch College of Engineering Scholarship will provide opportunities for high school graduates pursuing undergraduate engineering degrees. The Welches also provided resources for critical facility and equipment upgrades within the Department of Civil Engineering. The third portion goes to the Vandal Scholarship Fund and Athletics. Both from Boise, Jan and Dale met while pursuing degrees in Civil Engineering. Jan is now President of Stapley Engineering and Dale is former Engineering Leader for Idaho Power. With daughters Laura ’10 and Lise ’18 joining them in the Vandal family, Jan and Dale have been well served by their UI education and are passionate about supporting Idahoans interested in engineering careers. The College of Engineering is proud and grateful to claim Jan and Dale Welch as valued alumni and, with this estate gift, members of the Heritage Society. For more information about supporting the College of Engineering, contact Stacy Rauch at 208-885-7978 or srauch@uidaho.edu. | | | 1,482 Students Statewide Eligible to Graduate from UI Approximately 1,482 University of Idaho students statewide are eligible for graduation this spring, earning a combined 1,551 degrees, including 1,119 bachelor’s degrees, 85 law degrees, 33 doctorate degrees, 13 specialist degrees and 301 master’s degrees. (Some UI students will have earned multiple degrees.) This year's commencement brings the university's all-time total to 117,335 graduates and 125,567 degrees. Approximately 1,291 students, eligible for 1,360 degrees, will graduate from the Moscow campus. Moscow graduates have applied for 1,050 bachelor’s degrees, 60 law degrees, 28 doctorate degrees, four specialist degrees and 218 master’s degrees. This year’s commencement combines the ceremonies for the university and the College of Law. Guests unable to visit Moscow may watch the ceremony online at www.uidaho.edu/news/ui-live. Students graduating from the University of Idaho Boise and Twin Falls centers are eligible for 75 degrees this spring. The commencement speaker for the combined Boise and Twin Falls commencement is Meg Carlson, president and CEO of Prosperity Organic Foods and 1976 graduate from the University of Idaho. Seventy-eight graduating students are eligible to receive a combined 78 degrees this spring at the University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene. The Coeur d’Alene commencement ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the Schuler Performing Arts Center in Boswell Hall at North Idaho College. The commencement speaker is Dr. James Robson, owner of Avondale Dental and a 1969 graduate of UI. Twenty-seven graduating students are eligible to receive a combined 27 degrees this spring at the University of Idaho, Idaho Falls. The guest speaker for the ceremony is Rick Aman, Ph.D., president of Eastern Idaho Technical College. | | | Broadcaster and Alumna Offers Moscow Commencement Keynote This year’s keynote speaker for UI’s Spring 2017 Commencement in Moscow is Marilyn Denis, a 1980 graduate of UI’s School of Journalism and Mass Media and one of the top broadcast journalists in Canada. Denis is the recipient of three Gemini Awards, given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and was awarded The Rosalie Award, honoring Canadian women who have paved the way for others in radio broadcasting; she was presented with the Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award presented at Canadian Music Week’s annual Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards, the first time a female broadcaster will receive the prestigious award. Denis also will receive an honorary doctorate from the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. She was surprised with the honor during a live-taping of the Canadian daytime series, “The Marilyn Denis Show,” in February on CTV. Other honorees at this year’s ceremony include honorary degree recipient Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne will receive an honorary Doctor of Administrative Services. Hall of Fame inductees include Roger Contor ’53 and John Norbury ’83. | | | | | |