Boise State News January 22, 2021
Mark Heilman, staff emeritus, was presented with the Idaho Distinguished Service Medal in 2020 by Brigadier General Russell D. Johnson, the director of the Idaho National Guard Joint Force Headquarters
Mark Heilman, staff emeritus, was presented with the Idaho Distinguished Service Medal on Dec. 18 at Gowen Field by the commanding general of the Idaho National Guard. The prestigious award is given to service members who demonstrate exceptional meritorious service in their careers.
Mark Heilman
Heilman served in the army, then began a 40-year long career working in veterans outreach with an emphasis in behavioral health and social work services for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and with the National Guard. He spent the past 11 years with Boise State’s Center for Multicultural Educational Opportunities (CMEO), recently retiring in December 2020. Heilman received a bachelor’s degree in social work from Boise State in 1978,
Boise State News December 16, 2020
Over 130 buildings and urban plans from a shortlist of over 400 projects have won 2020 American Architecture Awards in a competition organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Boise State’s Center for the Visual Arts is among them.
The CVA is one of 11 winners in the Culture and Museums category. Its designer, HGA, submitted the building for consideration.
“This tremendous award confirms the Center for the Visual Arts project achieved two vital goals,” said Kathleen Keys, interim director of the School of the Arts. “The creation of a world class art research, teaching and learning facility, and simultaneously a brilliant work of architecture and design. The CVA mirrors Boise State’s commitment to the arts and significantly impacts the regional landscape with remarkable and dazzling contemporary architecture.”