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The Boise Chapter of the IU Alumni Association

Welcome!

Boise, the State Capital, is also the county seat of Ada County. The city is situated on the Boise River on I-84, in the southwestern part of the state and is the home of the nationally famous Boise State University Bronco’s football team and its blue turf stadium.

The wood-lined river was a welcome sight for French-Canadian trappers who were grateful to reach a forest again, after trudging across the territory's treeless plain. They named the area Boise, meaning "wooded." The "City of Trees" was founded in 1863, a year after a gold rush reached the Boise Basin. That year the first sessions of the territorial government were held in Lewiston, then moved to Boise in 1864. The new territorial capital was the commercial and cultural magnet for miners and traders from nearby boom towns.

Today Boise, population 185,787, is Idaho's largest metropolitan area. Much of southern Idaho and parts of eastern Oregon derive commercial, financial and medical services from the city. Boise's economy is supplemented by state and federal government, including the National Interagency Fire Center. The greater metro area, commonly known as the Treasure Valley, includes Ada, Canyon, and parts of several other counties. Over 300 Indiana University Alumni and their families live and work in the Treasure Valley.

The Boise Chapter of the IU Alumni Club was founded in the spring of 2007 to serve these Idaho Hoosiers.

Mission

The mission of the Boise Chapter of the IU Alumni Association is to provide a social and professional link between the alumni, students, family and friends of Indiana University in the Treasure Valley of Idaho and the Indiana University Campus and Alumni Association by doing the following:

• Providing fellowship and social opportunities for alumni, fans and friends of IU in the Treasure Valley
• Promoting Indiana University and the Alumni Association in the Treasure Valley
• Raising scholarship funds for IU students
• Recruiting and supporting top students to attend Indiana University
• Increasing paid members in the IUAA and donors to IU professional departments
• Sponsoring community service projects in the Treasure Valley
• Building a base of volunteers to assist our Chapter