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Academic Excellence
The Investiture of Dr. Leo Bin | You are invited!
On Wednesday, September 5, at 3:30 p.m., UIS will be hosting a very special event – the investiture of Dr. Leo Bin as the PNC Distinguished Professor in Banking and Finance. The named professorship honors Dr. Bin’s extraordinary teaching skills and provides financial resources for his research on financial analysis and international investment. Named professorships are crucial because they help to attract and retain excellent faculty, and as you know we pride ourselves on the influence our UIS professors have in students’ lives, learning and leadership.
Special thanks to PNC Bank and the PNC Foundation: They have a long history of strengthening and enriching the lives of communities in which they live and work. We are both proud and grateful to have a professorship that bears their name.
You are cordially invited to the investiture. Details and RSVP instructions here.
Academic Excellence: Learning that empowers the future
UIS Center for Lincoln Studies
Richard Raymond | First Scholarship for UIS Center
Richard Raymond, UIS alum, began his National Park Service career as a curator during the restoration of the Lincoln Home the late 1970s. Now he has created the first scholarship for the new UIS Center for Lincoln Studies.
“Abraham Lincoln’s is a great American tale,” Richard says. “He rose from a log cabin to a pleasant home in Springfield on a street of doctors and lawyers. As President, overnight he had to deal with the issue of slavery, and after the war, instead of subduing the conquered, he planned for reconstruction as only a statesman would. Lincoln is certainly worthy of study and emulation.”
Pictured at right: Dr. Devin Hunter—UIS History Professor, Michelle Levine—UIS student and Park Service intern, Richard Raymond—National Park Service RET, Chuck Schrage--UIS Alumni Relations at the Lincoln Home in Springfield. More about Richard.
The UIS Center for Lincoln Studies—because Lincoln still instructs, inspires and elevates all of us
Facilities & Technology
Michelle Ver Hagen | On Campus Remotely
When Michelle Ver Hagen presented her research at the UIS Student Technology, Arts & Research Symposium, technology carried her words more than 1,500 miles from her desk in Phoenix, Arizona, to the Public Affairs Center at UIS. Michelle is an online student, and thanks to UIS’ asynchronous streaming technology, listeners were able to her speak about “Diversity, Humor and Educating the Masses with Gene Luen Yang’s The Shadow Hero.” She plans a career in Academic Librarianship and hopes to increase minority representation and visibility in libraries. (Based on a story by Malavika Mujumdar and Amanda Dinardo, used with permission.)
Facilities & Technology...Tomorrow's University Today.
Scholarships
How far do scholarship recipients go?
All the way to Antarctica, if you are William Wadas. William earned a Poli Sci degree from UIS in 2014, especially appreciating UIS’ interdisciplinary emphases. The donor-funded Joan and James Stukel Scholarship helped him financially.
“One afternoon shortly after graduation,” William said, “I found myself watching a documentary about the lives of support staff at research stations in Antarctica. A few months later, I found myself boarding a C-17 transport jet en route to Earth’s most inhospitable environment.” He worked in Antarctica for 18 months. Today, he’s at the US Antarctic Program in Centennial, Colorado, helping to prepare candidates and newly hired staff to work at U.S. research sites throughout the Antarctica. Here’s a UIS Snapchat Takeover from William Wadas.
Scholarships…affirming the aspirations, energy and diversity of UIS students
The Public Good
Meet Hannah Warden
Meet Hannah Warden, Business Administration major. She is the force behind the 2018 UIS Dance Marathon that raised more than $10,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network. Hannah and her team of volunteers spent the year raising awareness and funds for the HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital, culminating in the Marathon where students got a chance to meet some of the patients treated at St. John’s and their families. She volunteers at the hospital most weeks. “There are some of the kids who have spent days, weeks and years in the hospital,” Hannah said, “so anything I can do to give back to them is amazing and it brings me a lot of joy.” Hannah was honored with the UIS Star Student Award at the Springfield’s 2018 Good as Gold Ceremony.
The Public Good…because we are all part of this journey together.