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| Dr. Jonathan Rosenthal |
Jonathan Rosenthal, Associate Dean for Student and Curricular Affairs, will become the ISU Registrar on July 1. On June 14, College staff and department chairs gathered to pay tribute to Rosenthal, who has served as associate dean since 2000. “Jonathan served many roles in the College of Arts and Sciences—from director of the general education program, to College of Education liaison, to curriculum coordinator, to Zen master of student concerns—and he performed each role with an extraordinary level of proficiency and professionalism,” said Dean Olson. “I know he will bring those same talents to his new role as Registrar, and while I will miss him greatly as a colleague, I wish him all the best.”
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| Dr. Sally E. Parry | Dr. Sally E. Parry has been named Associate Dean for Student and Curricular Affairs, effective June 16. Parry comes to the post from ISU’s Department of English, where she served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies since May 2000 and in several other administrative posts, including Assistant to the Department Chairperson in English and Undergraduate Academic Advisor. Parry has also served as Assistant to the Executive Director of the Modern Language Association. In her new position, Parry will coordinate the general education program, serve as liaison to the College of Education, facilitate the work of the College Curriculum Committee, and address student concerns for the College. “Dr. Parry brings administrative and curricular experience to the position that will help her make a seamless transition,” said Dean Olson. “I am pleased to welcome her to the College office.”
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| Shelly Roy | Brianne Berogan, a senior English and theater major, and Shelly Roy, a senior social work major, recently received M.J. Scholarships from the Honors Program at ISU. M.J. Scholarships are awarded to returning seniors who plan to develop and carry out projects over and above classroom activities that will benefit the University or the community. “I am pleased to see that both of the M.J. Scholarship recipients are College of Arts and Sciences majors,” said Dean Olson. “The College stresses service learning and civic engagement and these two students have certainly designed valuable projects that will benefit the University and the community.”
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| Charlie Schlenker | Charlie Schlenker, WGLT Assistant News Director, has won a prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). It is the first time the station has been so honored, and WGLT is the only Illinois radio station to win this year. There were more than 3,900 entries in the Murrow Awards competition. Radio and Television Awards are given in several categories: small market stations, large market station, and Network/Syndication Service/Program Service. The awards will be presented at the RTNDA Awards Dinner on Oct. 17 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.
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| Dr. William Hunter |
Many people cringe when they remember their high school chemistry class. It was a place where they felt stupid and clumsy in comparison to their smart and savvy teachers of chemistry. William Hunter, Associate Professor of Chemistry, is not only aware of the poor experiences that many people have in chemistry classes but is actively working to positively change students’ encounters with chemistry by thoroughly preparing secondary teachers of chemistry. “I view one of the key issues today as the inaccessibility of chemistry (and the sciences) to the wider population.” Hunter, who—along with his research partners—has been awarded millions of dollars in grant monies during his six years as a faculty member of the Department of Chemistry at ISU, believes that chemists and chemical educators can and must do a better job of figuring out how to make the sciences understandable to the general public. He has staked his professional career upon the knowledge that changes in the way chemistry is taught can make a difference in people’s lives.
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