People @ Illinois Springfield

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104413112009-11-19T09:05:17.815-06:00People @ Illinois SpringfieldLocal excellence, global impactUIS Web Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738526312024102919noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-44249274936782520862009-11-18T10:40:00.003-06:002009-11-18T14:23:01.977-06:00Video Message from Chancellor Ringeisen

Chancellor Richard D. Ringeisen has a video message about the U of I Board of Trustees’ visit to the UIS campus and the latest on the search for a new U of I President.

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-38548527033865633112009-11-17T10:05:00.006-06:002009-11-19T09:05:17.823-06:00UIS Team Places in Cisco NetRiders Competition

University of Illinois Springfield students Steve Fischer and Ryan Stalets competed in the 2009 Cisco NetRiders Skills Challenge in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. They advanced from the Statewide Qualifier placing first in the top 10 highest-scoring teams from across the state of Illinois.Fischer and Stalets were invited to the Stage Two Competition at the Cisco Systems office

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-21380205303463757042009-11-16T13:16:00.007-06:002009-11-16T13:38:48.840-06:00UIS shows off research and achievement using Pecha Kucha presentation style

UIS faculty and students used the groundbreaking presentation style known as Pecha Kucha to show members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees their accomplishments during a reception on Wednesday, November 10, 2009.Pecha Kucha, pronounced "pe-chak-cha" started in Japan in 2003 and when translated into English means “chit-chat”. During a Pecha Kucha event, speakers use images that

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-52633731178771670042009-11-16T09:22:00.006-06:002009-11-16T09:36:03.660-06:00UIS Outstanding Master's Thesis Award

The University of Illinois Springfield Research Board has awarded Communication master’s student Kelsi Megan Kerns with the UIS Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the 2008-2009 academic year. Kerns wrote her thesis on the topic of Does Hannah Montana Really Do Homework? A Content Analysis on the Portrayal of School in the Popular Disney Channel Series.Eight graduate programs nominated

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-13680525421898180602009-11-10T09:10:00.004-06:002009-11-10T09:27:13.375-06:00WUIS statehouse reporter selected for International Berlin Capital Program

WUIS/Illinois Public Radio statehouse reporter Amanda Vinicky has been selected by the German-American Fulbright Commission to spend one week learning about media and politics in Germany. Vinicky is one of only 15 young journalists from the United States to be selected for the Berlin Capital Program, and will be leaving Springfield on November 13th. The award includes all program costs,

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-81608525176074079322009-11-10T08:59:00.004-06:002009-11-10T09:09:28.977-06:00UIS Computer Science Professor speaks at International conference

Dr. Keith Miller, the Louise Hartman Schewe and Karl Schewe Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Springfield recently spoke at the Unmanned Systems Canada Conference in Victoria, British Columbia.The annual conference was about “unmanned vehicle systems,” which include remote controlled tanks, the Mars rovers, and Predator missile launchers, and was attended by military,

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-5288913624859695502009-11-06T16:16:00.008-06:002009-11-06T19:42:38.556-06:00Third annual Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr. Symposium Lecture held at Jackson State University

University of Illinois Springfield Professor of Political Science Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr. was recently honored during the annual symposium and lecture that bears his name. The event was held on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi.Dr. Holden is the first Wepner Distinguished Professor in Political Science at UIS and is a nationally recognized expert on

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-30533473513515454582009-11-05T10:05:00.006-06:002009-11-06T13:28:05.098-06:00Priyanka Deo honored with Student Laureate Award

University of Illinois Springfield senior Priyanka Deo will be honored with the Student Laureate Award during a ceremony at the Old State Capitol in Springfield on November 7, 2009. Deo is the only recipient chosen to speak at the ceremony out of a group of more than 50 students.Each year an outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-33948724044087844912009-10-27T11:00:00.002-05:002009-10-27T11:07:15.876-05:00Students hold Halloween makeup workshop

The “Off University Drive Players”, a new student organization on the UIS campus recently held a Halloween makeup workshop to share theatre tricks.“The goal for the Halloween workshop is to create a good cute monster so people can learn how to do this on their own” said member “Lucy Black”.Black says it’s best to practice what you’re going to do in advance, so you know how long it will take and

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-13117367533699411712009-10-19T10:08:00.006-05:002009-10-19T11:27:54.257-05:00Environmental Studies faculty member to speak at International Day of Climate Action event

Dr. Stefano Longo, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, will be speaking at an International Day of Climate Action event in Springfield. It will take place on October 24, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. on the Old State Capitol plaza.Springfield, along with others cities in 111 countries, is trying to attract awareness to the severity of the issue of climate change. Dr. Longo will address this from

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-66074978076924720802009-10-16T13:44:00.010-05:002009-10-21T09:14:51.135-05:00UIS continues Lincoln Legacy

The University of Illinois Springfield continues its dominance as a leading institution in the study of the life of President Abraham Lincoln. The 2009 Lincoln Legacy Lecture series was held on October 15, 2009 focusing on “Lincoln and the Environment”.Dr. Mark Fiege, associate professor of History at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins talked about how Lincoln’s views on the environment were

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-42494825056897337322009-10-09T09:30:00.003-05:002009-10-09T09:44:21.301-05:00UIS Adjunct Assistant Professor has work published in national journal

Dr. Boria Sax, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UIS, is having his article “The Magic of Animals: English Animal Familiars in the Perspective of Folklore” published in the next issue of The Journal Anthrozoos.In the article he argues that witch trials profoundly changed human-animal relations in England and ultimately the world by demonizing the animal sages, guides, and protectors

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-21665396269807887632009-10-09T09:16:00.007-05:002009-10-09T11:38:42.779-05:00UIS Economics Associate Professor appears on international radio program

Dr. Baker Siddiquee, economics faculty at UIS, was one of the four panelists on the Voice of America (VOA-Bangla)’s hour-long international call in show on the “Prospects of Investment in Bangladesh,” transmitted world-wide on October 8, 2009 from Washington, D.C.The program is recorded in Bengali and can be listened here: http://www.voanews.com/bangla/2009-10-08-voa1.cfm.The other three

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-27810797221490703972009-09-25T09:35:00.005-05:002009-09-25T09:52:28.318-05:00UIS Student honored with Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship award

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected Christopher Crockett from the University of Illinois Springfield as a 2009 award recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship (ASM-UTF).This fellowship is aimed at highly motivated and competitive students who are interested in a career as an elementary or secondary school science teacher. Students will have the opportunity to

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-76925699185099614752009-09-23T10:09:00.006-05:002009-09-23T10:24:23.996-05:00Assistant Professor of Biology receives national grant to study brain stem development

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development grant to the University of Illinois Springfield.The $216,150 grant will help Assistant Professor of Biology Rebecca Landsberg, Ph.D. continue her research into the region of the brain known as the brain stem, which is involved in regulating sleep, breathing,

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-23456684186073674332009-09-22T16:06:00.008-05:002009-09-23T10:36:04.049-05:00Associate Professor of English conducts poetry reading at Lindsay home

Nancy Genevieve Perkins, Associate Professor of English and Past Chair of the English Department, 2003-2005, who publishes and conducts creative readings under her first two names, Nancy Genevieve, gave a poetry reading at the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield on Saturday, August 22, 2009.As Poet in the Parlor, she read from Vachel Lindsay's poems and then from her new work, NYX: Sister of

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-7354124243501849702009-09-16T14:41:00.003-05:002009-09-16T14:51:03.077-05:00Same-Sex Marriage arguments explored in book

Jason Pierceson, Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies and at the University of Illinois Springfield, has published a book, Moral Argument, Religion, and Same-Sex Marriage: Advancing the Public Good, co-edited with Gordon A. Babst (Chapman University) and Emily R. Gill (Bradley University), with Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield.The book presents arguments

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-83757761749865661572009-09-15T09:47:00.009-05:002009-09-15T10:59:10.653-05:00WUIS's Rich Bradley to Anchor Last Newscast

After 35 years leading the newsroom at WUIS-WIPA/Illinois Public Radio News Director Rich Bradley will anchor his last newscast on September 25, 2009.Bradley has been a part of the radio station since the day it went on the air as WSSR in 1975. Bradley is considered the father of the Illinois Public Radio Network, which he created to allow other public radio stations around the state to

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-11352434312777561732009-09-15T08:37:00.005-05:002009-09-15T09:15:42.012-05:00CBM Associate Professor invited to Belarus

Nancy Scannell, Associate Professor in the College of Business and Management, was invited by the Belarus State University (BSU) to deliver a finance seminar. The US Embassy Minsk supported the associated Teaching Assistant Program intended to internationalize BSU's MBA program.The photo to the above features (left to right) three teaching assistants assigned to Nancy's seminar: Vika, Rodion and

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-53756094093561045422009-09-09T16:16:00.008-05:002009-09-11T10:42:54.321-05:00Student Volunteers Create 9/11 Video

Students from the University of Illinois Springfield’s Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center have put together a video in remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Student and staff volunteers traveled around the UIS campus asking students what impact 9/11 had on them, where they were when the attacks happened and if they think it united the country.“It’s probably the defining event

Blake Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778744201471231104bwood8@uis.edu0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-32898316377799106462009-08-31T09:41:00.012-05:002009-09-01T15:59:24.729-05:00Diversity Center helps campus celebrate differences

By Courtney WestlakeSnacks, comfortable couches, a big-screen television and a caring staff draw students into the Diversity Center – Student Life Building 22 – whether it be for studying, watching a popular TV show with friends or discussing the need for a particular service with a staff member.“The Diversity Center is a space where students can come and be whoever it is they want to be,” said

Courtney Westlakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574460931991380169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-47992956285210560602009-08-13T15:06:00.006-05:002009-08-14T10:42:24.778-05:00Professor to give presentation on Abraham Lincoln video from documentary series in Denmark

UIS Assistant Professor of Digital Media Liz Murphy Thomas will be presenting at a Visual Anthropology conference titled "Transcultural Montage" at the Moesgaard Museum at the University of Aarhus in Denmark from August 24 through August 26. The presentation will be a discussion of the Abraham Lincoln video from her series titled "Let Us Praise Famous Men." "Let Us Praise Famous Men" is a series

Courtney Westlakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574460931991380169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-88455904532067223262009-08-10T09:11:00.004-05:002009-08-10T09:16:45.977-05:00Clarice Ford will speak at Springfield banquet

Dr. Clarice Ford, director of the UIS Diversity Center, will be a speaker at the 90th Anniversary Banquet for Calvary Baptist Church and the East Springfield Nehemiah Project for urban renewal. The event will be held August 23 at the Northfield Inn Conference Center at 2 p.m.The Nehemiah Project built 25 affordable home new homes last summer. Thirty more are planned this summer.Banquet tickets

Courtney Westlakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574460931991380169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-65208089983569925842009-07-13T12:26:00.007-05:002009-08-11T14:57:54.526-05:00Professor utilizes ecology background for History Channel

By Courtney WestlakeWhen the History Channel decided to produce a series called “Life After People,” Dr. Matt Evans, assistant professor of biology at UIS, was one of the international experts they contacted for the show.“They were hypothetically examining what the world would look like tomorrow, a year from now, a hundred years from now, a thousand years from now, without humans – if humans were

Courtney Westlakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574460931991380169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10441311.post-51283116480771659262009-07-02T12:17:00.007-05:002009-07-02T12:34:39.121-05:00UIS graduate receives award from Illinois Broadcasters Assocation

Greg Bishop, 2009 graduate of UIS with a degree in Communication, was recently awarded an Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award in the category of Medium Market Radio for Best Use of New Media. Bishop is a producer, director and editor at WMAY-AM Radio.The award ceremony, which was sponsored by the Illinois National Guard, was held on July 17 in Peoria. Bishop was one of several

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