November 9, 2020

- Alum and Trustee Ali Rabe '10 has been elected to the Idaho State Senate in District 17. She will take office in December. Rabe is extremely active in the community, adding this to her long list of involvement, which includes serving as executive director of the non-profit Jesse Tree, which battles homelessness and eviction in the Boise area, (Ballotpedia)
- Julie Yamamoto '86 was victorious on election night as well, earning a seat in the Idaho State House of Representatives, representing District 10A. (Ballotpedia)
- Samantha Guerrero '17 was also elected to the Board of Trustees for the College of Western Idaho, a community college in Nampa. (Idaho Statesman)

- Another alum who serves on the College's Board of Trustees, Jill Twedt '01, has been promoted to senior vice president at Boise Cascade. She's the vice-chair of the College Board and has been with Boise Cascade since 2007, first as senior counsel before being promoted to general counsel in 2019. (Business Wire)
- The College of Idaho was awarded an $87,000 grant to collect and identify non-honeybee pollinators in southwest Idaho. The work will be done in conjunction with Dr. Ron Bitner '68, who is a bee biologist. (Idaho Falls Post-Register)
- Ben Skaug ’95 has been elected the new dean of Scarborough College, the undergraduate school of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. (Baptist Press)
- Kris Komori '05, a Distinguished Alumni winner, opened a restaurant in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, adjusting to the so-called "new normal" with the venture. (Idaho Matters)
- Read about the impact of a decision made by Hon. Candy Dale '79, who issued this decision about training the U.S. Air Force had planned for the Boise area. (Advocates for the West)
- Francisco Davila '04 has been hired by Brooke Chase Associates, Inc., as Agility Onboarding and Acquisitions Manager for Hardwoods Distribution, Inc. (1888 Press Release)
- Arthur Hart, who attended the College before becoming a member of the faculty from 1950 to 1955, officially hung up his pen after writing historical columns for fifty years. (Idaho Statesman)
- Latonia Haney Keith, Vice President of High Impact Practices, joined KBOI-TV's Bryan Levin to explain her new role at The College of Idaho. (KBOI-TV)

- For the first time since March, athletic activities returned to the College. The golf program was set to host events at Crane Creek Country Club in Boise but the weather kept it all from getting played. The men's team did get in one match-play event against Lewis-Clark State College with junior Peyton Fleming winning his match. (Coyote Athletics)
- The College's swimming and diving team took part in the NAIA's first-ever virtual swimming meet. The Coyotes competed from the pool on campus while other colleges from Louisiana, Nebraska, and California competed from their own facilities. The events were synced up via a common clock and run at the same time. The Coyote women won two of the three duals it competed in while the men's team split its two head-to-head dual meets. (Coyote Athletics)
- The women's cross country team, ranked No. 1 in the NAIA national polls, opened its season with a dominating effort at in LaGrande, Oregon. The Yotes placed eight runners in the top nine against rival Eastern Oregon University. (Coyote Athletics)
- The Coyote football team, whose fall season was moved to the spring, is scheduled to return to the field on Feburary 27 when it hosts Montata State-Northern at Simplot Stadium. (KTVB-TV)
- The men's basketball team, which returns to the court in November, earned the No. 8 overall ranking in NAIA preseason national polls while being selected second in the Cascade Conference pre-season poll. (NAIA.org; Idaho Press)