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Those are a few of the questions ISU students will explore in a fall honors class called 鈥淭he ISU Book Project,鈥� which will require students to write a book about ISU instead of completing a final exam.

The class鈥攖he brainchild of Associate Professor of Management Alex Bolinger鈥攊s a collaboration between the Masters of Business Administration program in the College of Business, the University Honors Program, and the Special Collections archives at Eli Oboler Library.

鈥淲hat we are interested in capturing is the student experience. What did that experience look like from the perspective of a student attending the Academy of 蜜桃视频 or the 蜜桃视频 Technical Institute,鈥� said Bolinger, noting two of the early names of ISU, which turns 115 years old this year.

The ISU book, tentatively titled 鈥淭he ISU Experience,鈥� will be published as part of the 鈥淐ampus History鈥� series by Arcadia Publishing. Arcadia, a leading publisher of regional histories in the United States, published a book that Bolinger鈥檚 students wrote last year about the history of Garrett Freightlines. Consisting of 128 pages anchored by vintage photographs, that book has sold more than 200 copies since its publication this summer.

For the ISU book, Bolinger鈥檚 students will focus on historical photos and archived documents from the first eight decades of ISU鈥檚 existence. 鈥淲e鈥檇 like to interview alumni from the 60s, 70s and earlier or talk to people who had parents and grandparents at ISU and passed those stories down,鈥� Bolinger said.

The students in Bolinger鈥檚 class have a busy fall semester ahead of them. They鈥檒l tour university landmarks, interview alumni, and peruse the archives in Oboler Library with the help of the head of ISU鈥檚 Special Collections department, Ellen Ryan. In September, they鈥檒l have the opportunity to interview ISU alumni who return to campus for homecoming activities.

At the end of the semester, the students will host a community event to celebrate completion of the book鈥檚 final draft and to tell the story of ISU through the photos and documents they find. The final draft of the book is due to the publisher by Nov. 15 and Bolinger anticipates that final copies will be available for purchase from Arcadia Publishing by late spring or early summer.

鈥淚n addition to learning about what it takes to work together in teams on a long-term creative project, students will be able to add the credential of 鈥榩ublished co-author鈥� to their resumes,鈥� said Bolinger.

If you are interested in learning more about the project or have stories and photos to share about ISU, contact Bolinger at boliale2@isu.edu or (208) 282-6242.