Boise State University

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Boise State University


Established	1932, as Boise Junior College
Type	Public
Endowment	$50,579,041
President	Dr. Robert Kustra
Staff	496
Students	18,844
Location	Boise, Idaho, United States
Campus	Urban, 175 acres (708,000 m²)
Athletics	Broncos
Colors	Blue █ and Orange █
Mascot	Buster Bronco
Affiliations	Western Athletic Conference
Website	www.boisestate.edu

Boise State University is a state university located near downtown Boise, the capital city of the U.S. state of Idaho. Boise State was originally founded in 1932 as Boise Junior College. In 1965 it gained four-year status with creation of baccalaureate degrees and in 1969 joined the state system of higher education and was named Boise State College. In 1974 Boise State College gained university status and became Boise State University. BSU offers 201 degrees in 190 fields of study - from doctoral programs to technical certificates.

With nearly 18,900 students, Boise State University is the largest institution of higher learning in Idaho.

[edit] History

1932 Founded as Boise Junior College by the Episcopal Church.
1934 Episcopal Church ends affiliation and board of directors after assumes leadership.
1940 Campus moved from original location at St. Margaret’s Hall to present site.
1947 The football program begins under Coach Lyle Smith who is called the father of the Boise State football program.
1965 Baccalaureate degrees introduced to become Boise College.
- Alumni Association is formed.
- Enrollment reaches 5,000.
1968 Football team begins competition as four year school.
1969 State system of higher education takes over and name changed to Boise State College.
1970 Joined the Big Sky Conference (Division II) for men's athletics.
- Bronco Stadium opens with a capacity of 14,500 and Astroturf field and is the only blue turf in all of college football. --The blue turf was not installed until about 1987. Originally the stadium had green turf.
1974 Bronco Stadium adds upper deck to east side: 20,000 capacity.
1978 Big Sky Conference moves to Division I-AA.
1979 Enrollment reaches 10,000.
1980 Football team wins the I-AA national championship.
1982 BSU Pavilion (multi-purpose arena) opened in May.
1984 The Velma V. Morrison Center opened its doors on April 7.
1986 First colored Astroturf field (blue) installed at Bronco Stadium.
1992 First doctoral degree approved: Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction.
- Enrollment reaches 15,000; school becomes state's largest.
1994 Football team reaches the I-AA national championship game.
1996 Majority of school's athletic programs move to Big West Conference (Wrestling remains in Pac-10).
- Moved to NCAA Division I-A.
- Bronco Stadium capacity expanded to 30,000.
1999 Football team wins Big West title and Humanitarian Bowl against Louisville.
2000 Football team wins second Big West title and Humanitarian Bowl against UTEP.
2001 Majority of school's athletic programs move to Western Athletic Conference (Wrestling remains in Pac-10).
2002 Football team wins WAC title and Humanitarian Bowl against Iowa State University.
2003 Football team wins second WAC title and Fort Worth Bowl against TCU.
2004 Enrollment reaches 18,456.
- BSU Pavilion renamed Taco Bell Arena.
- Football team goes undefeated in regular season for first time in modern era, wins its third straight WAC title and finishing 9th in the nation in the BCS rankings, but loses its bowl game vs. Louisville. It was considered a match up of two of the best non-BCS Conference teams outside of undefeated Utah's Fiesta bowl with the Big East-champion Pittsburgh (Louisville moved to the Big East the next year).
2005 Football team wins fourth straight WAC title but loses MPC Computers Bowl to Boston College.
2006 BSU wins the WAC Commissioner's Cup for the 2005-06 sports season.
- Senior Ben Cherrington wins NCAA National Championship wrestling match at 157 pounds.
- Ben Cherrington and Tyler Sherfey are named the 2006 Pac-10 Conference Wrestler of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, respectively.
- Football team goes undefeated for the second time in three years, wins fifth WAC title in a row, earns their first BCS berth in the Fiesta Bowl against the Oklahoma Sooners.
2007 Football team wins the Fiesta Bowl 43-42 in a thrilling overtime finish. They became the only undefeated team in the nation after Ohio State lost to Florida in the National Championship game. BSU finishes #5 in the AP poll with one first place vote, their highest ranking ever.
- State of Idaho approves funding for a $35.9 million addition to Bronco Stadium. Expansion will replace the aging press box and add luxury suites, club seats and loge boxes in time for the 2008 season. New stadium capacity is expected to be 32,000.
- BSU sells the film rights of the 2006-07 football season to Michael Hoffman and Iron Circle Pictures, who will produce a documentary and later a feature film based on the story of the football program.
- Senior QB and Fiesta Bowl MVP Jared Zabransky is named the cover athlete of the popular EA Sports video game NCAA Football 08.

[edit] Campus

The campus is nestled along the Boise River, directly across from Julia Davis Park and Downtown Boise. The primary campus covers 175 acres (708,000 m²), and includes more than 170 buildings. [1]

[edit] Bronco Stadium

Bronco Stadium, featuring 30,000 seats, is home to BSU football and track and field. It has played host to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships on several occasions and is home to the MPC Computers Bowl, held every December. ronco Stadium is better known for its football playing surface, which is blue and the only non green football playing surface in the country. The "Smurf Turf," as it is commonly known, is now blue AstroPlay, which is a turf that looks like and mimics the feel and texture of grass.

[edit] Taco Bell Arena

Formerly known as the "Boise State Pavilion", the Taco Bell Arena (TBA) is home to BSU basketball, wrestling, women's gymnastics, community events and several concerts each year. The arena seats 12,820 people on three levels. The TBA has played host to rounds one and two of the men's NCAA Division I basketball tournament on seven occasions from 1983-2005 and hosted the third and fourth rounds of the NCAA women's Division I basketball tournament in 2002.

[edit] Morrison Center

The Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts has 2,000 seats in its primary performance hall, and hosts a wide variety of fine arts performances, including off-broadway musicals and plays, and a number of concerts and other events.

[edit] Albertsons Library

The school's library, named for grocery pioneer and Boise native Joe Albertson, is a 200,000 square foot (19,000 m²) facility in the center of the campus. It houses more than 530,000 books, and has 70 public terminals for student use. An extensive library remodel was completed in the mid-1990s.

[edit] Student Union Building

The "SUB" brings together an eclectic mix of services under one roof, including the BSU Bookstore, Bronco Gear apparel shop, a bowling alley, arcade, several restaurants, banquet facilities, recreation rentals and other student services. The building is located along University Drive, and is connected to the "SPEC" or Special Events Center. This part of the building houses a smaller auditorium used for community productions - including annual political debates.

[edit] Other Campuses

Boise State West, located in Nampa, is comprised of the West Campus, the TECenter and the Canyon County Center. The West Campus opened in the summer of 2005 and features a 65,000-square-foot building with 21 classrooms, a bookstore and a library. The Canyon County Center opened for classes in the fall of 1985 and sits on a five-acre site on Nampa-Caldwell Boulevard in Nampa. Additional education centers can be found at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Gowen Field and in Twin Falls.

[edit] Life on campus

[edit] Housing

The dominant form of school-supported housing is in coed dorms - making up 60% of all accommodations. Six residential halls house more than 1,100 students in shared and single rooms. Units for women make up 12%, for men 10%, and disabled students 2%. Single student apartments make up 10% of housing, and married apartments round out the final 6%.

The vast majority of Boise State students live off-campus - 92%. There are a total of three fraternities and three sororities on campus. Total pledged population is less than 3%.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Parking

Since most students live outside the campus boundary, the majority of transportation to and from campus is by automobile. 90% of all students commute to campus by auto. Students must obtain permits to use most on-campus parking facilities, with the exception of some hourly parking inventory. BSU is served by a parking garage on the west edge of the campus, and a wide variety of surface parking. Plans currently call for additional parking garages to service the growing student population

[edit] Alternative methods

ValleyRide operates a bus shuttle on campus, and walking and biking are encouraged. Limited mass-transit options are available, except Boise City's bus system. The city of Boise is serviced by the Boise Airport and the Greyhound Bus service. Another growing method of quick transportation on campus is longboarding.

[edit] Campus events

An active student association provides a large number of activities and programs to engage students outside the classroom. In addition, the school rallies around its popular football program in the fall -- and to a lesser degree, men's basketball during the winter months.

The Gene Harris Jazz Festival is held in the spring, centered around the BSU campus. The Distinguished Lecture Series brings speakers such as journalist Seymour Hersh, author Michael Cunningham and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa to campus. The university hosts the Martin Luther King, Jr./Human Rights Celebration every January. "Noon Tunes" and SummerFest are held each summer.

[edit] Demographics

In 2006, Boise State had 18,876 full-time students - making it the most attended school in the state of Idaho.

15,265/80.9% White
1,154/6.1% Hispanic
566/3% Asian-American
254/1.3% African-American
200/1.1% Native American
1,437/7.6% Unknown

54.1% of students are female, 45.3% are male. 89.8% of all students are Idaho residents.

[edit] Colleges

Logo of Boise State University

Boise State offers two doctoral degrees, 46 master's, 94 baccalaureate, 29 Associate of Applied Science, 9 associate, and 21 technical certificates.

In 2006 the school awarded 11 doctorates, 410 master's, 2,027 baccalaureate, 483 associate, and 198 certificates -- 3,129 in all.

The school's more than 190 fields of interest are organized in to eight colleges:

Applied Technology
Arts and Sciences
Business and Economics
Education
Engineering
Graduate Studies
Health Sciences
Social Sciences and Public Affairs.

Boise State & Louisville during 2004 Liberty Bowl

[edit] Athletics

Boise State Broncos logo

Further information: Boise State Broncos

Boise State's athletic nickname is the Broncos. The official mascot is Buster Bronco. BSU fields many different teams in sports. Its men's teams include football, basketball, cross country, track and field, wrestling, golf, and tennis. Its women's teams include volleyball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field, gymnastics, golf, skiing and tennis. Most of these teams compete in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The wrestling team competes in the Pac-10 Conference.

[edit] Broncos Football

Further information: Boise State Broncos football

The Broncos have experienced a great deal of recent success. Since 1999, the Broncos' record is 86-16 with seven conference titles (Big West Conference 1999-2000, Western Athletic Conference (WAC) 2002-06), and five wins in seven bowl appearances. The Broncos finished the season in the Top 25 polls in 2002 (12th), 2003 (15th), and 2004 (13th), 2006 (5th), and started the 2005 season ranked 18th. The Broncos have had two undefeated regular seasons in the last three years.

Boise State also has one of the best home field advantages in college football, winning 31 straight home games from September 22, 2001, until their loss to Boston College in the MPC Computers Bowl on December 28, 2005. However, since the MPC Computers Bowl alternates home teams between the WAC and ACC participants every year, Boston College was technically the home team despite the fact the game was played in Bronco Stadium, which is Boise State's home field. Since 1999, the Broncos are 51-2 at home and 48-1 during regular season games.

During the 2006 season, Boise State won the WAC championship for the fifth time and finished the regular season undefeated for the second time in three years. Because of rule changes that made it slightly easier for a "mid-major" school to earn a Bowl Championship Series bid, the Broncos became eligible for a berth after finishing with a #8 national ranking (they needed to finish 12th or higher). The Broncos were selected to play the Oklahoma Sooners in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2007. The Broncos became the second team (after the 2004 Utah Utes) from a conference not guaranteed an automatic BCS bid to go to a BCS bowl game. The Broncos defeated the Sooners 43-42 in overtime. The winning score was a successful two-point conversion by running back Ian Johnson on a variation of the Statue of Liberty play that was made possible after a Hook and Lateral play on 4th-and-18 went for a touchdown to force the game into overtime. On the first play, the Sooners scored on a 25-yard Adrian Peterson run and successfully kicked the point after touchdown. Boise State countered with a trick play that sent starting quarterback Jared Zabransky in motion as a receiver. Running back/receiver Vinny Perretta threw a five-yard touchdown pass to tight end Derek Schouman. Zabransky was named the game's offensive Most Valuable Player, while Marty Tadman was selected as defensive Most Valuable Player. Due to the 41-14 loss Ohio State suffered to Florida, Boise State became the only team to finish the 2006 season with an undefeated record and now hold the nation's current longest winning streak at 13.

On January 11, 2007, head coach Chris Petersen was awarded the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award as the nation's best head coach during the 2006 season.

[edit] Fight Song

Boise State Fight Song

Fight Broncos, celebrate the orange and blue Boise will stand and cheer for you

Fight for distinction & our alma mater

Bravely defending B-S-U!

Fight on courageously for Boise State

Success and honor make her great

Boise's proud tradition-

Heads up competition-

Glory for B-S-U!!

Go Orange

Go big Blue

Fight! Fight! Fight!

B-S-U

[edit] Notable people

Varney Airlines, founded by Walter Varney was based on the land where the Boise State campus now stands. Varney is the root of United Airlines.
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw broadcast from the campus in 1996. Boise is the smallest U.S. city in which the program has originated.
Bronco Stadium contains the only non-green field in all of collegiate athletics. Lyle Smith Field is primarily blue with white and orange accents. It hosts the MPC Computers Bowl game. Among its nicknames: "The Smurf Turf"
Troy McClain, a candidate/cast member on the first season of The Apprentice, was offered a full-ride scholarship to any school of his choice by Donald Trump. McClain chose Boise State.
Dr. Robert Kustra, university president, is the former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.

[edit] Broadcast media

BSU Radio is broadcast from the Boise State campus. Stations include KBSU-FM 90.3 and KBSW-FM 91.7.

[edit] External links

Western Athletic Conference
Boise State • Fresno State • Hawai'i • Idaho • Louisiana Tech • Nevada • New Mexico State • San José State • Utah State

Public Colleges and Universities in Idaho
Boise State • Idaho • Idaho State • Lewis-Clark State College College of Southern Idaho • Eastern Idaho Technical College • North Idaho College

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