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April Raine is a second year graduate student in the Masters of Applied Historical Research and earned her Bachelors in history from Boise State University. As an undergraduate April served as Phi Alpha Theta President and was a McNair Scholar. As city historian, April is currently planning events and conducting research for “Boise’s 150” celebration. In addition to preparing for the Boise 150 April is writing grants, updating blogs, conducting oral histories, and answering history questions sent in by the public through the Department of Arts & History’s “Ask a Historian” web feature. April also spends time working as a historic Interpreter for the Idaho State Historical Society at the Old Idaho Penitentiary Historic Site.