UI’s Staben Recruits Students

Chuck Staben has been University of Idaho’s president for a mere 17 months. One thing already is glaringly apparent: He recruits students like he plays racquetball. And just for the record, when he plays racquetball, he does not lose. “Undefeated in Idaho,” the university’s 18th president stated matter-of-factly during an editorial board meeting Wednesday at The Press. Renowned as highly competitive both on and off the court when he arrived in Moscow from South Dakota on March 1, 2014, Staben is not likely to go unbeaten as UI’s ace recruiter. In fact, just a few miles from his office, Washington State University made national headlines and new friends recently when all the state’s four-year public schools announced that they would reduce tuition 20 percent over the next two years. “It will impact us, we think, in terms of our ability to recruit students from Washington to come to Idaho,” Staben acknowledged/ Mike Patrick , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here. (Coeur d’Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust)

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