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REA Winners from top left:
Jon Friesen, Corinne Zimmerman,
Marion Willetts, Kathryn Wehrmann,
Scott Sakaluk, R.K. Jayaswal,
and Charles Thompson.
Not pictured: Shang-Fen Ren. | The College recently announced the recipients of this year’s Research Enhancement Awards (REAs), highly competitive internal grant awards intended to promote high-quality research, scholarship, and creative activity by tenured and tenure-track faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences. The awards provide seed funds for scholarly or creative projects that will produce pilot data or other preliminary work for proposals to be submitted to outside funding agencies, and they fund excellent scholarly or creative activities of a one-time nature (such as completion of a significant book). The awards are funded up to a maximum of $3,000 toward one of two purposes: a course release or student assistants. "This year’s winners exhibit the rigorous research we pride ourselves on in the College," said Dean Olson. “I congratulate them all for being innovative and dedicated while advancing and creating knowledge.”
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| Dr. Stephen Perry | Stephen Perry, Associate Professor of Communication, will conduct tsunami warning research through a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) research grant and a grant from the Mauritius Ministry of Environment and Quality of Life. Perry applied for the grant after he and his family experienced the fringe effects of theIndian Oceantsunami in Mauritius, where Perry was serving as a Fulbright Scholar. Perry will be completing survey work for the islands of Rodrigues, Mauritius, and Seychelles. After the completion of his surveys, he will propose recommendations for creating or improving an expeditious warning system.
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| Doctoral Candidate Traci Ivy | Traci Ivy, doctoral candidate in Biological Sciences, has been awarded a $121,227 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Ivy will take the 22-month award to the University of Zurich’s Museum of Zoology starting in January 2006. “This is an achievement of great significance for the Department, College, and ISU, presenting an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the quality and high level of excellence of the research programs in Biological Sciences,” explained Tak Cheung, Chair of Biological Sciences. “We want to congratulate Traci on her success.”
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| Julia Ferguson | Julia Ferguson, a senior Geology major and Theatre Design minor, and Rachael Masa, a senior Geography major and Environmental Studies minor, have been recognized as top students in their respective fields. Feguson has been selected to receive the Morris K. Udall Scholarship, and Masa has been selected as one of forty students worldwide to be part of the International Scholar Laureate Program Delegation on the Environment. “The Department is extremely happy for both Julia and Rachael,” said Dave Malone, Department Chair of Geography-Geology. “The Udall Scholarship is yet another significant honor for Julia, and Rachael's work in Brazil will be a unique and rewarding experience.”
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Mass Communication senior
Stephen Bourque, Jr. with
Scholarship Committee Chair
Michelle Eccles of WTAX radio | The Department of Communication’s TV-10 News recently brought home honors in three student categories at the Illinois News Broadcasters’ Association (INBA) Awards Banquet. The station won first-place for Outstanding Hard TV Program and Outstanding Soft TV Program, and honorable mention for Outstanding Videography. In addition, TV-10 chief photographer Stephen Bourque Jr., a senior Mass Communication major from Shorewood, was awarded one of four $700 scholarships given annually by the INBA. “The work these students do is truly inspiring,” said Dean Olson. “I congratulate these students and their professors for their hard work and for the recognition they bring the College.”
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On Friday, May 6, the Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies Program will host U Club and award the 2nd Annual Grabill-Homan Peace Prize. The Peace Prize scholarship is awarded annually to a student involved in the Peace Studies program who is dedicated to peacemaking and alternative dispute resolution. This year’s Prize will be awarded to Jessica Junis, a junior Public Relations major, and Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies and Writing (Department of English) double minor.
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