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As The College of Idaho mourns the passing of our longtime coach and mentor, Mike Shines, we share this feature story about him from our Fall/Winter 2018 issue of our alumni magazine, Quest, written by longtime professor Alan Minskoff.

Only two of 135 award-winners at the 2023 SACNAS STEM conference came from schools in the Gem State, one of which was College of Idaho senior Ethan Bassingthwaite.

The book examines four different historical novels from different South American countries: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile.

The ultimate selling point, according to Devine, was the opportunity to work at an observatory, which isn’t an everyday occurrence.

The Lecture Series and the Chair of Judaic Studies are both unique to the College thanks to the Neilsen Foundation. The College of Idaho is the only institute of higher learning in the Intermountain West to have an endowed chair for Judaic Studies.

His work was initially to be featured in the gallery in 2020 but, due to restrictions during the COVID pandemic, the showcase didn’t happen. In fact, the entire gallery was closed until October 2023, when the gallery re-opened.

U.S. News evaluated nearly 1,500 four-year bachelor's degree-granting institutions in the United States on as many as 19 measures for this issue.

The summer program, called The College of Idaho Scholars Program, just completed its second year. It’s one of multiple undergraduate research opportunities available during the year in scientific fields at the College.