- Classes have resumed and, at this point, all College classes are online. The College has a phased plan to return to in-person learning and a big part of it is our YotePact. Here's how the actions, including the YotePact, compare to what is being done at other area institutions of higher learning. (KTVB TV)
- The debate of policy set by experts versus policy set by lawmakers has been in the news recently and retired professor Jasper LiCalzi, an expert on Idaho politics, was asked his thoughts. (Spokesman Review)
- Professor of English Diane Raptosh is hosting a series of virtual gatherings on current events and race equality through the Valley of the Tetons library in Driggs. The discussions will center around books and writings. (Teton Valley News)
- Noah Hillen '04 was sworn in as a new Bankruptcy Judge on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho at the end of August. Hillen will serve a 14-year renewable term and handle all bankruptcy-related matters under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. (US Courts for the Ninth Circuit)
- Dr. Darrell Carney '70 received more funding for his company for its research into COVID-19 vaccines. (Business Wire)
- Gibson Berryhill '19 and his fiancee raised money for Hope House in Marsing by competing in a marathon. (KTVB-TV)
- Irvin Brown '19 is one artist to receive this COVID Culture Commissioning Fund grant. He's producing an album of original music with other artists of color about the impact of the pandemic. (Idaho Statesman)
- Riley O'Brien '17, an All-NAIA West selection for the College's baseball team, has been added to the player pool for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball and is eligible to be called up this month. He was originally drafted by Tampa Bay before a recent trade to Cincinnati. O'Brien could be the second Yote to reach the big leagues; the other is Jason Simontacchi who last pitched at the Major-League level in 2007.
- Here's more on O'Brien from Red Reporter as well as a Yote-specific writeup by the College's Sports Information Department.
- The College of Idaho, Eastern Oregon, and Southern Oregon announced earlier this summer that their football teams would not compete until the spring. Now, the entire Frontier Conference has followed suit. (East Oregonian)
- Yote Hall of Famer Kristyn Ruland, now the head coach at Wood River High School, has nearly 40 players out for volleyball in Hailey, Idaho. (Idaho Mountain Express)
- We've seen players take a knee, take to social media, and use other measures to express frustration with the country's social inequities. But did you know former College player (and eventual NBA Hall of Famer) Elgin Baylor once sat out of a game to protest racism in 1959? (Star Tribune)
- Rounding up some other College news - Jan Summers Duffy, one of the curators at the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, was specifically contacted to help oversee an exhibit of ancient Egyptian Pharoah King Tut at Boise's Discovery Center. Sophomore Regan Moore is helping as well.
- Arnoldo Hernandez has been promoted to Assistant Dean of Students at the College. It was one of a flurry of promotions and additions to round out the Student Affairs staff. Mike Shines and Erin Lasher also received promotions.
- The College of Idaho once again received "Best in the West" accolades by the Princeton Review as well as recognition for excellence from the Fiske Guide to Colleges as well as Zippia.
- Anniella Kabitso's Davis Project for Peace was featured on the homepage of the prominent program designed to give undergraduates in the Davis United World College Scholars Program a chance to give back. Two more College students were scheduled to have Projects for Peace in the summer of 2020 but those were canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. (Davis Projects for Peace).