Foundation Highlights
BSU Foundation Adds Two Advancement Staff Members
Two new advancement employees have joined the Boise State University Foundation staff. Alicia Ritter is the new director of grant and fundraising initiatives and Jim Ogle has been named special assistant to the president read more.
Boise State Announces ‘Destination Distinction’ Comprehensive Campaign To Raise $175 Million
Boise State launched its 75-year anniversary celebration with the announcement of a campaign to raise $175 million in private support for the university. Titled “Destination Distinction: The Campaign for Boise State University,” the campaign’s aim is to strengthen Boise State’s current reputation as an excellent undergraduate teaching university while also helping it transform itself into a metropolitan research university of distinction, with a campus that includes state-of-the-art buildings and facilities, professors engaged in relevant research and creative scholarship, enhanced undergraduate opportunities, and new graduate and Ph.D. programs read more.
Multi-million Dollar Donations to Boise State Will Help Fund New Building for Nursing Education
Jim Kissler, CEO of Norco Inc., today presented Boise State University with a $2 million gift on behalf of the Kissler Family Foundation. The $2 million will be used toward construction of a new building that will house the Department of Nursing and the Student Health Wellness and Counseling Center read more.