
Administration Building
April 2008

Scholarship
to honor
Sandra Haarsager
The School of Journalism and Mass Media has established a
scholarship to honor the memory of Sandra Haarsager, a long-time University
of Idaho faculty member and administrator who died Oct. 6, 2007.
Haarsager came to the University in 1979 as director of
information services (now University Communications and Marketing) under
former President Richard Gibb. After earning a Ph.D. in American Studies at
Washington State University, she joined the faculty of the School of
Communication in 1988.
From 1999 to 2005, she was associate dean of the College of
Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. She returned to the faculty of the School
of Journalism and Mass Media in 2005, teaching courses in Reporting, Feature
Writing, Media & Culture, and Media Management & Economics.
Haarsager was the author of two books: and Bertha Knight
Landes of Seattle: Big-City Mayor, published in 1994, and Organized
Womanhood: Cultural Politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1920,
published in 1997, both by the University of Oklahoma Press. At the time of
her death, she was conducting research for a book about the impact of new
media technologies on society and culture.
In her professional life, Haarsager was a reporter for the
Times-News (Twin Falls), The Idaho Statesman (Boise) and the
Idahonian (Moscow) as well as manager of Western Printing in Moscow. She
also worked for the Idaho Department of Education as a public-information
specialist.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to a student who
demonstrates Sandra’s intellectual curiosity, interdisciplinary interests
and strong writing abilities, said Kenton Bird, director of the School of
Journalism and Mass Media.
Contributions may be sent to the Trust and Investments Office,
PO Box 3143, Moscow, ID 83844-3143. Checks should be made payable to the
University of Idaho Foundation; the memo line should indicate “Sandra
Haarsager Scholarship, designation code DE630.” Contributions also may be
made through the University’s secure Web site:
www.sites.uidaho.edu/gifts/
For more information, contact Bird at 885-4947 or
kbird@uidaho.edu