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Volume 3, Issue 31: May 7, 2007
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Dean Olson fields questions at a recent forum for faculty.
| This spring, the College office continued to hear from various constituencies as it hosted forums for civil service employees, administrative-professionals, instructional faculty, and tenure-line faculty. The forums were created to open up lines of communication and as a means to draw on the collective wisdom of faculty and staff to discover ways to help the College operate more effectively and efficiently. The administrative professional forum was held on March 22, followed by the civil service forum on March 26, the instructional faculty forum on April 16, and the faculty forum on April 23. “I’m very pleased that the College instituted and continues to host these forums,” said Dr. Janice Neuleib, Professor of English. “I think that I have been most impressed by this College administration's willingness to receive and act on faculty input.”
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Volume 3, Issue 31: May 7, 2007
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Dean Olson welcomes visitors from Thailand
| The College of Arts and Sciences helped host five academic officials from Prince of Songkla University on Friday, May 4. The purpose of their visit was to explore opportunities for doctoral work at ISU for students from Thailand. The distinguished visitors were Dr. Chatchai Ratanachai, Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs; Dr. Waran Tanchaiswad, Vice President for Human Resources Development; Dr. Aranya Chawalit, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr. Piti Trisdikoon, Vice President for Trang Campus; and Dr. Paktra Kooburat, Dean of Science and Technology. The visitors met with Chairs of PhD-granting departments and toured the Biological Sciences Labs, Psychological Services Center, and the Communication Sciences and Disorders facilty. "Students coming here from Thailand would be the cream of the crop," said Dr. George Padavil, the ISU professor who coordinated the delegation's visit to ISU.
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Jon Mikrut, Melissa Parker, and Abisola Adekoya
| On Sunday, April 29, the Illinois State University Pre-Law program celebrated the seventh Annual Pre-Law Awards Banquet. Students, faculty, staff, and University alumni gathered in the Old Main Room for the banquet honoring six distinguished students of the Pre-Law program. Mr. Guy Fraker, a Bloomington attorney, delivered the keynote address: Abraham Lincoln, Central Illinois Lawyer. The banquet is sponsored by the Attorneys Advisory Board—a group of over 70 attorney alumni who support the University’s pre-law program through advising and mentoring and by providing financial support. Illinois State’s Mock Trial Attorney Coach, Mick Hall, a 1989 graduate of Illinois State, member of the Attorneys Advisory Board, and attorney with the Hall Law Group, Ltd. in Peoria, presented the Mock Trial Awards. The award for Mock Trial Outstanding Witness went to Jon Mikrut. Mikrut, a political science major, graduated in December after just three and a half years. Abisola Adekoya, a senior majoring in English and political science, was honored with the Outstanding Attorney Award for the third consecutive year. The Mock Trial Leadership Award, which honors the mock trial team member who exhibits strong leadership skills and makes significant contributions to team spirit and unity, went to Melissa Parker, a junior political science major. Click Read More for more photos.
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Volume 3, Issue 31: May 7, 2007
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Jimmy Burns |
The blistering Chicago blues guitar of Jimmy Burns will be the highlight of the 7th annual GLT Summer Concert on June 9 in downtown Bloomington, with bossa nova from Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Voyager quartet, featuring Harry Allen, cooling things down. Singer/guitarist/songwriter Burns owes his unique sound to his Delta roots, mixed generously with R&B and soul, and five decades of singing and playing music in a multitude of styles. He won Best Blues Record of the Year from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors for his debut CD and has been nominated for two W.C. Handy Awards.
Opening for Jimmy Burns is the soft sway of Brazilian bossa nova courtesy of Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Voyager. Nilson Matta is best known as the bassist for Brazilian combo Trio Da Paz. Harry Allen has a long pedigree as a world class tenor sax soloist with over 20 recordings. Brazilian Voyager continues GLT’s celebration of 2007 as the Year of the Bossa with their spirited tropical rhythms and alluring Latin moods spiced with a jazzy sensibility.
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Amanda Monroe and
Dan Peterman | Two extraordinarily talented student interns, Amanda Monroe and Dan Peterman, have been working in the CASNews office this year and will graduate from Illinois State University on May 11. Both Monroe and Peterman interviewed faculty, staff, and students throughout the College and wrote many of the stories that appeared in CASNews. They also took photographs and mastered a number of computer programs as they produced 31 issues of CASNews containing over 160 stories. Peterman, a graduate of Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream, has earned a BA in English. He is currently searching for a position as a technical writer or a copy editor. Monroe is a graduate of Belleville East High School in Belleville. She has earned a BA in English Education, with a minor in writing.
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Volume 3, Issue 31: May 7, 2007
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Raymond Bergner |
Dr. Ray Bergner, Department of Psychology, received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado and joined the Illinois State University faculty in 1977. During his thirty years of service, Bergner has written over 60 publications and given over 40 presentations. He has also twice served as President of the Society for Descriptive Psychology and was named the College of Arts and Sciences Lecturer in 1997. Additionally, he has been part of a private practice in psychotherapy in Bloomington since 1978. Bergner just completed a book coming out in the fall for practicing psychotherapists titled Status Dynamics: Creating New Paths to Therapeutic Change. “Ray Bergner is completing his 30th year as an excellent faculty member. He continues to be greatly appreciated by undergraduates in his Psychopathology course and to be an important contributor to the education of our Clinical-Counseling master's students,” said David Barone, Chair of the Psychology Department. “He has amassed an impressive body of scholarly writing and a record of significant service within the university. He is a fine colleague to both senior and junior faculty members."
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