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UIS
Press Releases - 2002
December
2002
12/23
Events
mark 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
12/19 UIS
Lincoln Presidential Center awards grants to 13 high schools
12/19 Sangamon
Auditorium program will provide complimentary tickets
12/12 UIS announces Armstrong scholarship recipients
12/06 Couple
gives first gifts to presidential center at UIS
12/06 UIS
to hold information session on Global Experience Seminars
12/04 Springfield is backdrop for new political mystery
12/04 History
graduate wins outstanding master’s thesis award
12/03 Media Advisory: Milton Viorst to speak on "The Fractious
Politics of Judaism."
November 2002
11/22 Media Advisory: Hunger Banquet
and outdoor overnight event, November 25, 2002.
11/22 UIS to present first program in Everson Lecture Series
11/21 UIS
groups to present holiday concert
11/19 UIS
Forensics Team among winners at three-day tournament
11/14 UIS
Visual Arts Gallery to present “Pathways”
11/12 Location
of Lincoln Legacy Lecture changed due to response
11/12 UIS
to hold study abroad information session
11/12 Media Advisory: Fall Technology Day at UIS
11/11 Prominent
UIS alums to participate in Leadership Roundtable
11/08 Inaugural
Lincoln Legacy Lecture on Lincoln and Race
11/07 Author
to read new works of creative non-fiction at UIS
11/05 Comedian
to speak on “Coming Out in Hollywood”
11/05 U
of I students may apply for Avery Brundage scholarships
11/04 UIS presents
Politics and Policy Series 2002-2003
October 2002
10/29 UIS
hosts marketing workshop for artists and craftspeople
10/28 UIS
holds groundbreaking ceremony for classroom/office building
10/28
UIS psychology society honored as "Model Chapter"
10/28 WUIS
hosts concert for young musicians
10/25 Media
Advisory - Groundbreaking ceremony for classroom/office building
10/23 Award-winning
author Richard Peck to speak at UIS
10/22 UIS
world music program focuses on flute and percussion
10/21
Public radio station WUIS-WIPA opens Pittsfield Bureau
10/18
"Chalice" series is next exhibit at UIS gallery
10/18 UIS
alumni lunchtime lecture series continues with “Abraham Lincoln and
Race”
10/16 Comedy
is first production of new UIS theater program
10/04 UIS
students take part in civic engagement training
10/03 UIS
observes First Monday 2002
10/03 Lemke named
University Scholar for 2002-2003
10/02 UIS
to host 25th annual International Festival
10/02 UIS
and Lincoln Library sign reciprocal borrowing agreement
September
2002
09/27
“Journey
to a Hate Free Millennium” to be presented at UIS
09/27 UIS
Pre-Law Center a resource for those considering law school
09/23 Alumni
Association to sponsor lunchtime lecture series
09/13 Enrollment
at UIS rises; online courses popular
09/13 WUIS-WIPA changes Saturday
night jazz programming
09/13 Popular
radio show Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? comes to UIS
09/10 UIS grants and awards approach $7 million for fiscal year 2002
09/06
UIS events mark September 11 observance
09/06 UIS schedules Homecoming events
August
2002
08/28 Sangamon Auditorium receives
gift from local musician
08/27 Twenty new faculty members join
UIS for 2002 fall semester
08/22 UIS signs dual admissions agreement
with Joliet Junior College
08/21 Golf outing to benefit UIS accountancy
scholarship fund
08/19 Media Advisory
08/13 Chinese paintings open UIS gallery
season
08/13 Sangamon Auditorium announces
2002-2003 Class Acts season
July 2002
07/09 UIS anthropology professor
receives Fulbright award
June
2002
06/27 UIS students will pay 10 percent
more for tuition this fall
06/26 WUIS-WIPA to host young musicians’
concert contest
06/26 WUIS-WIPA to broadcast Washington
Street Jazz
06/20 Fully funded UIS classroom building
means construction to begin
06/14
UIS receives a $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
06/12 UIS Management Department announces
award winners
06/07 UIS Management Department names
Farley Scholarship recipient
06/03
UIS announces new dean of College of Business and Management
May 2002
05/30 UIS names publisher of Illinois
Issues magazine
05/22 Statement from UIS Chancellor
Richard Ringeisen regarding appointment of .....
05/22 Videos by two UIS graduates win
awards
05/17 Media Advisory
05/10 WAC program discusses shifting
alliances
05/10 UIS graduate named teacher of
the year
05/10 Jeffers to deliver Honors Convocation
address at UIS
05/09 UIS conference examines employment
options for people with disabilities
05/08 UIS will hold 31st commencement
May 18
05/06 National expert to discuss witness
misidentification at UIS
05/06 History graduate receives UIS’
first outstanding master’s thesis award
05/06 47 from UIS inducted into international
honor society
05/03
UIS professor invited to join NSF advisory panel
05/02
Psychology
honor society inducts 35 at UIS
April
2002
04/29 Panel examines terrorism
prevention and response
04/22 UIS Lincoln and Leadership
Institute offers college credit for high school students
04/22 Deputy governor to speak at
UIS honor society ceremony
04/17 UIS to host Mayday Film/Video
Festival
04/15 UIS choir to present concert
04/11 UIS professor emeritus among
recipients of first WILL Awards
04/11 “Focus” is next exhibit
at UIS’ Visual Arts Gallery
04/09 Teacher Education at UIS
reports 100% pass rate for second year
04/09 The Laramie Project to be presented
at UIS
04/05 Plant geneticist to deliver
keynote address at 2nd annual UIS science research symposium
04/05
UIS hosts 6th annual Illinois Philological Association conference
04/05 UIS professor's new book combines
mystery with history
04/04 Mother to speak about son’s
death in military gay-bashing incident
04/04 UIS graduate student receives
IREX fellowship
04/03 Media Advisory
04/02 “Faces of America”
presents nine tales of diversity
04/02 “Garden of Faces”
exhibit celebrates diversity and variety of beliefs
04/02 UIS presents annual Verbal Arts
Festival
March
2002
03/27
UIS names new Director of Athletics
03/27 UIS Announces Addition of Men’s
Basketball Program; Former Lanphier High School
and NBA Stand out Kevin Gamble named head coach
03/21 UIS announces new University
Librarian
03/20 Former Governor Thompson UIS
commencement speaker
03/20 Workshop explores advantages
of online learning
03/20 2002 edition of political almanac
features new legislative maps
03/18 UIS Forensics/Speech and Debate
Team scores national win
03/19 UIS Politics and Policy Series
concludes with analysis of the primary election
03/18 UIS Politics and Policy Series
continues with a look at the budget
03/18 UIS presents Euro Film Festival
2002
03/15 UIS students among Who's Who
in American Universities
03/15 UIS Star Parties to begin for
spring
03/15 "Living in Free Expression"
is next show at UIS gallery
03/14 Actor Danny Glover to present
motivational program at UIS
03/14 Presentation examines implications
of Milosevic trial
03/08 UIS to host 4th Annual Health
Fair
03/04 UIS to present evening of poetry
February
2002
02/27 Paludan
receives Lincoln Diploma of Honor
02/18 Lecture,
workshop, and dance explore the fiddle in Midwest history
02/18 UIS Politics and Policy Series
continues with a look at the budget
02/15 WUIS-WIPA to broadcast State
of the State and Budget Address
02/12 UIS’
College Democrats to host attorney general debate
02/12 Student group hosts Black History
Trivia Night at UIS
02/12 UIS
to host ADA workshop
02/11 UIS’ Downstate Illinois Innocence
Project recognized
02/08 UIS schedules Star Parties for
people with disabilities
02/08 UIS reports dramatic increase
in enrollment
02/06 “Choson Series” next at UIS Visual
Arts Gallery
02/05 UIS to present program on women
and human rights abuses
02/04 WUIS-WIPA
to broadcast all-star salute to jazz legend Billy Taylor
January
2002
01/30 Media Advisory
01/30 Linda Squires is UIS Employee
of the Year
01/30 UIS names Miller as new dean
of students
01/28 Workers prepare site for new
classroom/office building at UIS
01/22 Racial dialogue discussion group
to meet at UIS
01/18 Rape Aggression Defense System
training program scheduled at UIS
01/17 Poetry reading scheduled at UIS
01/16 "Inmotions" next exhibit
at UIS Visual Arts Gallery
01/04 Sangamon Auditorium ClassPass
makes performing arts more accessible to students
01/10 UIS professor contributes expertise
to District of Columbia report
01/10 Sangamon Auditorium to offer
master classes for high school students
01/10 “Visions & Voices”
to benefit women’s programs at UIS
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