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<p>Well, I just graduated this past August thank you very much 
. I was a “mature” student…didn’t finish school and then had kids, job, etc. My husband was transferred to Boise in 2000. After a year living there I could not find a job in my previous field and so I decided to go back to school and finish my BA. At first I had a blase attitude about the school, but by the time I graduated I had much more respect for the place. Although the undergrad classes—especially 100 level–are largely taught by grad students, there are some really great professors once you get to 300 and 400 level classes. I had profs who got their doctorates at Berkeley, Princeton, UPenn, and one who went to Brown for her undergrad. </p>
<p>For size I’d say there are about 18-20k students. Boise itself is a smallish-medium sized city, but it really is in the middle of nowhere. It’s about 4 hours to Salt Lake City and about 8 hours to Seattle. Maybe a little closer to Portland (7 hours?). </p>
<p>One of the most significant changes that happened while I was a student there was the new president Bob Kustra: <a href=“http://www2.boisestate.edu/pres/[/url]”>http://www2.boisestate.edu/pres/</a>
I honestly never even knew the previous president’s name but Dr. Kustra was VERY involved in the community and in promoting the school (and not in a cheesy way). I listened to his radio interview on the local NPR every week and he seemed like a really interesting guy. </p>
<p>As for what makes it unique I’d have to say the Raptor Research center <a href=“http://rrc.boisestate.edu/[/url]”>http://rrc.boisestate.edu/</a> is one thing that not a lot of schools offer, but I don’t have any personal information about that area of study (I was an English/Linguistics major). </p>
<p>sorry for the complete hijack, Rose Bowl fans!!!</p>