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= Overview<br/> =
[[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg|none|Boise-State-Campus.jpg]]
Boise is one of the [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45mhlf/15-boise-id/ fastest growing] cities in the United States, and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45gihi/no-2-boise-idaho/ cities for careers] and [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45edgee/no-7-boise-id/ families]. Boise State University [http://enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Census-Day-Enrollment-Profile-Fall-2015-1.pdf serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students]. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75%, to 2,847 students, over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company with headquarters in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories.
Recently, Boise become became home to a [https://trailheadboise.org/ business incubator] and annual speaking events including [http://tedxboise.org/ TedX] and [http://www.igniteboise.com/ Ignite Boise]. New initiatives at Boise State University include the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College], which has launched 17 revenue generating businesses, the [http://cid.boisestate.edu/ College of Innovation and Design], a [https://makerlab.boisestate.edu/ MakerLab], and the [http://www.techhelp.org/services/design-prototype-new-product-development/ New Product Development Lab], and a [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2015/10/22/micron-foundation-gives-25-million-for-materials-science/ $25M Center for Materials Research].
= Student Entrepreneurship<br/> =
