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Monthly Archives: December 2011

KTVB – Vietnam- A Place to Trade and Learn From

Watch Nancy Napier, a Professor in the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University on It’s Your Business on KTVB talk about Vietnam as a trading partner and perhaps even as a place that we might learn from.

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Chains that Set Us Free

The writer G.K. Chesterton once declared, “Art consists in limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.”

Pop songs have choruses and refrains. Symphonies have four movements. Painters obey the traditions of portraiture.

Chesterton was referring to the importance of constraints in the creative process. Although we tend to think of the imagination as benefiting from total freedom, artists and designers often rely on strict conventions and formal requirements. Pop songs have choruses and refrains; symphonies have four movements; painters obey the traditions of portraiture. (more…)

Boise State Professor Receives Vietnam’s Medal of Honor

Here’s another article written by the Idaho Statesman

Nancy Napier, a Boise State College of Business and Economics professor, has been awarded Vietnam’s highest award for contributions to education in the Southeast Asian country.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training conferred the Medal of Honor on Napier during a special ceremony Nov. 18 in Hanoi, Vietnam, honoring her long-time work there, particularly at the National Economics University, according to a news release. (more…)