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Volume 3, Issue 13: November 13, 2006
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Dr. Cynthia Moore, left, and Dr. Virginia Gill | The College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Awards Committee has announced this year’s Outstanding College Teachers: Ricardo Cruz, Department of English; Gregory Ferrence, Department of Chemistry; Virginia Gill, Department of Sociology and Anthropology; and Cynthia Moore, Department of Biological Sciences. Winners of the awards are eligible to be nominated for the Outstanding University Teacher Award. "Because Illinois State was established as a normal school, excellent teaching has been and will continue to be highly valued by this university," said Associate Dean Sally Parry. "The College is fortunate to have faculty members who are gifted teachers in addition to being respected scholars."
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Volume 3, Issue 13: November 13, 2006
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Street Children of Rio de Janeiro | Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, human rights activist, will be visiting the Illinois State University campus November 27 through December 1. She is the recipient of the first Brazilian Human Rights Award for her work with “street children” and her role in developing the first-ever government plan addressing human rights abuses in Brazil. Although de Mello has been involved in volunteer work since she was 13, it was not until after the murder of eight street children by policemen that she became deeply involved. Each morning she awakens at 6:30 to purchase groceries for 200 children, and by 2:00 p.m. she has visited over 150 homes in the "shantytowns" of Rio de Janeiro. There are 720 shantytowns in the city that account for 3 million people. "Yvonne Bezerra de Mello’s work with street children is relevant to students and faculty across many different disciplines," said Dr. Maria Schmeeckle, Department of Sociology and Anthropology. "Those interested in global issues, social structure, poverty, children, social problems, activism, and creative problem solving will all have something to gain from Yvonne’s visit."
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Volume 3, Issue 13: November 13, 2006
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Patrick Cotter | Patrick Cotter, Chair of the CAS Attorneys Advisory Board, will be featured in the National Geographic Channel’s presentation “Final Report: Getting Gotti,” on Wednesday November 22, at 9 p.m. CST. Cotter was one of three attorneys who prosecuted the “Teflon Don” and received the United States Distinguished Service Award for his work in the case of United States v. John Gotti. “I think that the show presents a very entertaining and, for the most part, accurate snapshot of some of the more important aspects of the law enforcement effort to finally bring Gotti to justice,” said Cotter. “Given the time constraints of a one-hour show, minus commercials, they did a very fine job of telling the story.”
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Volume 3, Issue 13: November 13, 2006
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Jay Blunk | Jay Blunk, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Chicago Cubs baseball organization, spoke to 300 ISU students, staff and faculty members on November 7 in the Redbird Arena. Blunk, a 1986 School of Communication alumnus, has participated in developing Chicago Cubs marketing into one of the most successful sports marketing programs in history; 3.1 million fans attended games in Wrigley Field during the 2006 season. His visit was organized by ISU student members of the Public Relations Student Society of America.
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Volume 3, Issue 13: November 13, 2006
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Dr. Daniel Everett | Dr. Daniel Everett is the new Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. He was recently recruited to work on a research grant from the European Commission entitled, “Characterizing Human Languages by Structural Complexity.” The research is divided into three parts: language development in primates, language acquisition in children, and cultural reflections on languages. Dr. Everett's key area of research is the cultural restrictions on languages, and he will be traveling to the Amazon jungle with several graduate students in January. He will soon publish a book about the seven years he spent among the Pirahã people there. He is one of only three outsiders to become fluent in the Pirahã language, and he will be featured in an issue of New Yorker next month. “I am happy to be here. I really like the Bloomington/Normal community,” said Dr. Everett. “It’s quite different from Europe, but it’s good to be back in the U.S.”
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