Economics graduate George Fenton was the student speaker at the Spring 2012 Commencement Ceremony (the largest ever for the University). His remarks were met with a standing ovation by students, faculty, and guests. If you missed his speech, or you just want to hear it again, you can watch it below.
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Economics Major Selected as the Student Speaker for Spring Commencement
May 10, 2012 – 3:09 pm
George Fenton is majoring in economics with a minor in mathematics and will graduate through the Honors College. He competed with distinction as a member of the Talkin’ Broncos debate team during his freshman and sophomore years. He spent the summer of 2010 studying at Georgetown University and interning at the U.S. Treasury Department. The [...]
Two Economics Majors Named Top Ten Scholars for 2012
May 10, 2012 – 3:08 pm
Economics major George Fenton and Business Economics major Eric Schuler have been selected as 2012 Top Ten Scholars by the Boise State Alumni Association. George Fenton is majoring in economics with a minor in mathematics and will graduate through the Honors College. He competed with distinction as a member of the Talkin’ Broncos debate team [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Sîan Mooney
May 10, 2012 – 3:05 pm
Dr. Sîan Mooney recently co-authored a paper, “Spatiotemporal analysis of prior appropriations water calls” which has been published in Water Resources Research. Elbakidze, L., Shen, X. Z., Taylor, G., & Mooney, S. (2012). Spatiotemporal analysis of prior appropriations water calls. Water Resources Research, 48, (1).
Economics Student Accepted into the Agricultural Economics Masters Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
May 10, 2012 – 3:04 pm
Boise State University Economics graduate, Jon Sims, has been accepted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics for his M.S. Degree. He has also been offered a full assistantship and fellowship that will allow him to complete research projects with the faculty in that department during his time there.
Economics Major Named Top Ten Scholar for 2011
April 4, 2011 – 3:49 pm
Business Economics major Debra Bonkoski has been selected as one of the 2011 Top Ten Scholars by the Boise State Alumni Association. In 2009, Bonkoski won a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. State Department in cooperation with the Council of American Overseas Research and spent the summer in an intensive Arabic study program in [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn
March 24, 2011 – 9:10 am
Dr. Kelly Cobourn made a presentation on climate change and climate change research at Boise State to the Idaho Senate Agriculture Committee on March 15. Her co-presenters were Jen Pierce, associate professor of geosciences, and Elizabeth Aldrich, assistant professor of public policy and administration.
Faculty Spotlight – Scott Lowe
March 10, 2011 – 12:31 pm
Dr. Scott Lowe recently co-authored a paper, “The City-Level Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments” which will be published in the journal Land Economics.
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn
March 10, 2011 – 12:30 pm
Dr. Kelly Cobourn has been invited to speak at the 3rd Annual Tri-State Western Consortium Meeting for the NSF EPSCoR Programs in Idaho, Nevada, and New Mexico. Her presentation will be on “Economics of Water and Land Use”.
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn
February 10, 2011 – 9:42 am
Dr. Kelly Cobourn was part of an innovative working group held at the McCall Outdoor Science School Feb. 5-7. The group included interdisciplinary researchers from across the West who convened to discuss “Thresholds of Ecosystem Resilience.” Cobourn contributed by identifying economic indicators of thresholds in ecosystems that support agricultural production.