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Index 2003
November
2003
11/07 Taste of UIS luncheon to feature editorial cartoonist
11/05 UIS, Fraternal Order of Police reach agreement on
salary increase
11/05 UIS to present "Fiddle and Dance Music of Lewis & Clark
Era"
11/03 Total lunar eclipse to occur on November 8
October
2003
10/31 UIS prepares a "Vision for all Seasons"
10/30 UIS awards public policy grants to 22 Illinois high schools
10/28 UIS Visual Arts Gallery to exhibit ceramic art
10/27 UIS Theater season opens with award-winning
drama Proof
10/27 UIS student serving White
House Internship
10/21 Harvard librarian to speak
at UIS
10/16 UIS events mark National
Chemistry Week
10/14 UIS Women's Center
to present program on ERA
10/14 UIS to hold annual International
Festival
10/10 UIS Independent and Foreign
Film Series presents Lost FIlm Festival
10/08 Attorney in first "right
to die" case to speak at UIS
10/08 Teacher Education at UIS
reports 100% pass rate for third year
10/07 Book signing celebrates new
work by UIS faculty member
10/06 UIS Alumni Association lunchtime
lecture series will feature theater director
10/06 McGregor named University
Scholar for 2003
10/06 UIS holds 2003 Faculty Recognition
Luncheon
September
2003
09/24 UIS
hosts programs promoting dialogue on diversity
09/24 UIS
Visual Arts Gallery to feature language inspired paintings by Michigan
artist
09/23 UIS Downstate Illinois
Innocence Project helps Rea-Harper file petition for executive clemency
09/23 UIS implements alcohol
education program in campus housing
09/17 UIS hosts fall Independent
and Foreign Film Series
09/17 UIS Alumni Association
lunchtime lecture takes a look at Route 66
09/15 UIS police lieutenant
graduates from FBI academy
09/10 UIS’ Lincoln Presidential
Center publishes third edition of Governing Illinois
09/08 UIS events observe September
11
09/05 Enrollment rises at UIS;
Capital Scholars, online courses, returning students cited
09/05 UIS Alumni Association
to sponsor lunchtime lecture series this fall
August
2003
08/28 Angel Ticket Program will
again provide complimentary tickets to Sangamon Auditorium events
08/27 Auditions
set for UIS Theater’s season opener
08/27 Thirteen new faculty join
UIS
08/26 UIS Visual Arts Gallery to
present paintings by internationally recognized artist
08/18 Media Advisory
08/18 Public welcome to join in
UIS campus music ensembles
08/05 UIS’ fall Star Parties
will focus on Mars
08/04 Former ISBA general counsel
to direct UIS Pre-Law Center
08/04 UIS offers Astronomy for
Everyone
July
2003
07/21 UIS signs dual admissions
agreement with Kaskaskia College
07/16 UIS to host celebration of
Peruvian Independence Day
07/01 UIS to offer additional
degree programs online this fall
07/01 BOT approves 5% increase
in tuition at UIS beginning this fall
June
2003
06/20 Media
Advisory: “President
Lincoln Visits the Library”
06/20 Margaret Noe appointed new Access and Equal Opportunity Officer
06/19 UIS to offer new degree in Environmental Science
06/16 UIS Management Department announces award winners
06/16 UIS Management Department names Farley Scholarship recipient
06/12 Media Advisory: UIS Project MSS Annual Summer Conference
06/11 UIS
Lincoln Presidential Center to present seminar on “Society, Slavery, and the
Civil War”
06/11 UIS Project Minority Student Support for Teaching to hold annual
conference
06/02 Criminal justice honor society inducts 16 UIS students
06/02 UIS names first director of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Center
May 2003
05/23 First director of McDonnell
Planetarium to speak at Science Center
05/22 Conference addressing barriers to learning to be held at UIS
05/14 UIS Capital Scholars students receive program awards
05/12 Banquet recognizes participants in
UIS’ first Public Policy High School Initiative
05/09 Media Advisory: 32nd UIS Commencement
05/09 Annual reception honors UIS faculty achievements
05/07 Taste of UIS to feature a look at the solar system
05/05 UIS to hold 32nd commencement May 10
05/05 Tickets for 2003-2004 Class Acts series on sale now
05/05 51 from UIS inducted into international honor society
05/05 Small Public Library Management
Institute to be held at UIS
05/02 UIS
announces new director of Sangamon Auditorium
April 2003
04/30 Adjunct faculty member at
UIS receives gerontology award
04/30 UIS students inducted into educational honor society
04/28 Media Advisory: Info session with Judge Abner Mikva who will deliver
the keynote address for the 2003 Public Policy Summit
04/28 Total lunar eclipse to occur on May 15
04/24 UIS student wins National Society of Arts and Letters poetry prize
04/24 UIS student to present spring cello recital
04/21 Reception will recognize UIS students’ community service
04/21 UIS music ensembles to present spring showcase
04/17 Workshop at UIS will focus on death, grief, loss
04/17 Taste of UIS features “Fascinating Physics”
04/16 UIS' Lincoln Presidential Center to host summit on politics and ethics
in Illinois
04/15 UIS Pre-Law Center to present address by Justice Myerscough
04/15 UIS to host annual Verbal Arts Festival
04/14 Supramolecular chemist is keynote speaker at 3rd annual
UIS Science Research Symposium
04/14 UIS faculty member to give poetry reading
04/11 UIS Visual Arts Gallery to present “Five Artists”
04/09 UIS plans to hold 32nd commencement outdoors on May 10
04/09 UIS faculty member to read original works for National Poetry Month
04/09 Psychology honor society inducts 27 at UIS
04/09 Political satirist to appear
at UIS
04/08 UIS to host Euro Film Festival
04/08 UIS program marks Earth Week 2003
04/07 UIS Forensics Team among winners at national tournament
04/02 UIS events will address war stress
04/02 UIS Lincoln and Leadership summer institute for high school seniors
extends application deadline
04/01 WUIS/WIPA program wins three national awards
March 2003
03/31 Noted
civil rights attorney and expert on terrorism to speak at UIS
03/28 UIS to host fifth annual Health Fair
03/27 National Commission on the Future of UIS convenes
03/27 Week of anti-sweatshop events planned at UIS
03/26 UIS to host 6th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Game
03/25 UIS events will mark Disability Awareness Week
03/21 “UIS Cares” will focus on neighborhood revitalization
03/20 UIS Cox Children’s Center chosen to test Teachable Moments curriculum
03/17 WUIS host Scroggin to present early music demonstration for students
at Butler Elementary School
03/14 UIS faculty member to read from her new book of poetry
03/14 UIS Substance Abuse Task Force receives “Extra Mile” award
03/14 UIS events observe Women’s Heritage Month
03/11 A Taste of UIS series to present refresher course on ERA
03/10 UIS’ popular Star Parties begin for spring
03/10 Leading astrophysicist to lecture at UIS
03/06 Prairie Stars Join American Midwest Conference
03/06 UIS to host conference on Meaningfulness in Later Life
03/03 UIS Politics and Policy Series looks at capital punishment reform
February 2003
02/27 Jane Smith will share views
on community engagement
02/27 UIS to host first Gospel
Festival
02/27 UIS Forensics Team places
third at Harper tournament
02/27 Seven from UIS pass CPA exam
02/26 Lincoln Center at UIS publishes new children’s book
02/25 UIS student to attend conference on peace activism
02/25 UIS graduate student receives ILMA scholarship
02/24 UIS to host 22nd David Dodds Henry Lecture
02/24 UIS schedules Sunday Star Parties for people with disabilities
02/19 Speaker to examine “Women in Business and Life”
02/19 UIS Visual Arts Gallery to hold annual Silent Auction
02/17 UIS
announces fall semester dean’s list
02/12 UIS to host first Gospel Festival
02/12 UIS students to participate in week promoting activism
02/10 UIS forensics team successful at Webster tournament
02/10 UIS theater program to present award-winning drama
02/06 UIS to host foreign and independent film series
02/04 UIS students to attend fair trade coffee conference
02/03 UIS Politics and Policy Series 2002-2003 continues
January
2003
01/31 UIS Alumni Association to
sponsor lunchtime lecture series
01/30 Reporter to speak on the Nicarico case at UIS
01/30 UIS to sponsor local participation in national “Read-In”
01/27 Susan Gundy is 20th UIS Employee of the Year
01/27 UIS Visual Arts Gallery seeks donations for annual fundraiser
01/24 BOT approves Miller as interim vice chancellor at UIS
01/23 UIS student receives scholarship to attend anti-sweatshop conference
01/17 UIS student groups to co-host seminar marking anniversary of Roe
v. Wade
01/16 Public welcome to join in UIS campus music ensembles
01/15 UIS Diversity Task Force hosts events honoring Dr. Martin Luther
King
01/15 Governor pardons first Innocence Project subject
01/13 Head of access and equal opportunity office at UIS announces resignation
01/10 UIS publishes primer on how to lobby
01/09 Ten Public Affairs Reporting students at UIS receive scholarships
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