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UIS Spring foreign and independent film series
Student Life
is sponsoring an Independent and Foreign Film Series on Friday
nights this spring. All films will begin at 7 p.m. in Brookens
Auditorium. Admission is free and the public is welcome to
attend. The next showing will be April 23 – Shattered Glass.
For
more information or a schedule, contact the UIS Office of Student
Life at 206-6665.
UIS
participates in Earth Week
The
Department of Environmental Studies will host 2 events in
observance of Earth Week that focus on the theme “The Greening of
Public Institutions.” At 7 p.m. April 21, Jack Barnette,
environmental scientist/indoor air specialist with the U.S. EPA
Region 5, will present “Indoor Air Quality in Green and
Sustainable Buildings: What You Need to Know to Get Started.” The
event is free, open to the public, and will be held in Brookens
Auditorium. For more information contact Darlene Powell,
Environmental Studies graduate assistant, at 206-7874.
Fourth Annual UIS Science Research Symposium to feature
evolutionary geneticist
Dr. Rob
DeSalle, curator at the American Museum of Natural History, New
York, will present “The Utility of Evolutionary Thinking in Making
Sense of Biomolecules and Biomaterials,” is scheduled for 1:30
p.m. at the Fourth Annual UIS Science Research Symposium, to be
held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 23, in Brookens
Auditorium. Undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty in
science programs at UIS and colleges will give presentations on
the 2nd floor of HSB. Awards will be given for best
student presentations. The entire symposium is free and open to
the public. For more information, contact Nada Chang, associate
professor of Biology, by phone at 206-7338 or by e-mail at
chang.nada@uis.edu.
UIS/LLCC
event will observe National Volunteer Week 2004
The Office of
Student Volunteers and Service Learning at UIS and the Community
Volunteer Center at LLCC will co-sponsor a Volunteer Recognition
program from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 22, in the Atrium Lounge
of UIS’ PAC. The program is free; registration is requested but
not required. For more information, call Betty McLean at LLCC at
786-2289 or Karin Cotterman at UIS at 206-7716. For more
information about National Volunteer Week (April18-24), go to
www.pointsoflight.org/NVW/nvw.cfm.
Ethics in the Workplace Workshop
“Ethics in the Workplace” is a new
workshop that has been scheduled for June 14, from 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m. in Conference Room C/D of PAC. This session will begin
with a discussion of a few typical ethical questions and continue
with an overview of the Ethics Program at the University of
Illinois. To sign up for the workshop, go to the Office
of Business and Management training website at
http://training.obfs.uillinois.edu.
If you would like additional information, please call or e-mail
Richard Traver, University Ethics Officer, 333-0903,
rtraver@uillinois.edu,
or Gloria Ring, University Ethics Administrator, 333-0902,
gring1@uillinois.edu.
UIS
Cheerleading and Mascot tryouts
will be held on Sunday, April 25, from 11:30A.M.-1:30P.M. in the
UIS Gymnasium. A workshop to learn tryout material will be held
on Saturday, April 24th from 4:00-8:00P.M. in the UIS
Gymnasium. For more information, contact Coach Amy Franks at
206-4849 or by e-mail at
amyabarnes@aol.com.
Retirement
Reception
On Wednesday,
April 28th a reception will be held from 2 to 4P.M. in
the PAC Atrium Lounge to celebrate the retirement of Judy Bohlen
after 18 years at UIS. Come and wish her well on her upcoming
wedding in Hawaii.
2nd
Annual Technology Day – April 23rd is…
On Friday
from 10:30A.M.-1:30P.M. come conference rooms PAC C/D, F, and in
the main concourse. Learn about the technology innovations that
have taken place at UIS. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Lanny
Arvan, Assistant CIO for Educational Technologies/Associate
Professor of Economics at University of Illinois,
Urbana/Champaign, presenting Dialogic Learning Objects and Beyond.
Liturgical and Sacred Art Exhibition
May 1-May 29
In
cooperation with the Liturgical Arts Festival of Springfield, the
Springfield Art Association presents a juried exhibit of
liturgical and sacred art in the SAA Gallery. The exhibit is part
of the biennial, inter-faith Liturgical Arts Festival: Come
Creative Spirit. The exhibition opening reception and awards
ceremony will be held on May 1st from
5:00-7:00 pm at the Springfield
Art Association,
700 North 4th
Street. The presentation
and awards ceremony begins at
6:00 pm.
The exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through
Friday from 10:00 am to
5:00 pm, and Saturday from
10:00 am to
3:00 pm. For more information, contact Erika Fitzgerald,
Executive Director, 523-2631.
Spring Showcase Concert
At 7:30 p.m.
on April 30th, in the Studio Theater, UIS Music groups will
present their Spring Showcase Concert. Admission to the concert is
$5 and tickets are now available to the public at the Sangamon
Auditorium Box Office. All proceeds go toward the UIS Music
Scholarship fund to assist outstanding student musicians with
their college expenses. The program will feature the UIS Band,
Chamber Ensemble, World Percussion Ensemble and Chorus performing
a wide range of music including jazz, classical, and folk. For
more information about the concert or musical programs at UIS,
contact Sharon Graf, assistant professor of ethnomusicology in the
Sociology/Anthropology program, at 206-6570.
50th
anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
The entire
UIS community and the public is invited to attend a forum to
celebrate
the 50th anniversary
of Brown v. Board of Education on Thursday, April 29th
with the featured
speaker, Professor Tracey
Meares, presenting
“Personal and Professional Reflections on
Brown vs. Board of Education”.
Professor of Law at the
University of
Chicago and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminal
Justice.
Professor Meares grew up in
Springfield
and graduated from
Springfield
High School. She was denied the status
of valedictorian in 1980 because of her race. A
full reception will begin at
5:30-6:45 in PAC C-D. The forum
will start at 7:00 in Brookens Auditorium.
UIS Visual
Arts Gallery to present “Testing. . .”
“Testing. .
.,” an exhibit of works by five graduating seniors at UIS, will be
on display at the UIS Visual Arts Gallery from April 20 through
May 14. An opening reception will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 22, in the gallery. The reception and exhibit are
free and open to the public. The show features a diverse body of
drawings, graphics, paintings, and photographs by Johnny Powers,
Stan Bly, Jennifer Preston, Brian Alling, and Curtis Reed in a
compilation that “embodies the unique talent of the Visual Arts
program” at UIS. Gallery hours are
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Thursday. For more information, contact Emily Laverty at
217/206-6506.
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