The College’s Chicago Advisory Board, Community Advisory Board, and Emeritus Faculty Advisory Board each held meetings this summer and are continuing their support of and assistance to the College of Arts and Sciences. A fourth board, the Attorneys Advisory Board, is scheduled to meet on the ISU campus on September 8. “I am deeply grateful to all of the members of our boards,” said Dean Olson. “They have been creative, innovative, and personally supportive in helping the College reach its goals. They have also encouraged us to think in new ways about how the College can prepare current students to be successful.” For more information about the boards, visit http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/community/index.htm . For additional information and photo, click Read More.

Robert Bradley, Professor of Politics and Government, and Stephen Hunt, Associate Professor in the School of Communication, are the nation’s first Carnegie Foundation Political Engagement Scholars. The prestigious designation, which is bestowed by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), acknowledges their contributions in educating students for political engagement. Their scholarly work in this field and their promotion of a campus environment where political learning is important were also factors in their selection. “I am pleased that Professor Bradley and Professor Hunt are being honored for their extraordinary efforts to educate ISU students about the importance of being involved in the political lives of their communities,” said Provost John Presley, who nominated Bradley and Hunt for the award.

Robert D. Sutherland, Professor Emeritus of English, recently published The Farringford Cadenza, a mystery novel. The story begins in 1981 when the unique unpublished manuscript of composer Charles Philip Farringford’s legendary six-minute cadenza for solo piano—which had vanished at the time of his death in 1947—surfaces in a Baltimore junk shop only to vanish again in the first of three burglaries occurring on the same night. The publisher and the Farringford family then hire a team of private investigators, N.F. Trntl Associates, to recover the manuscript. The action takes place primarily in Baltimore, with some occurring in New York City and some on the island of St. Croix. “The Farringford Cadenza was great fun to write, and people tell me that it’s fun to read,” said Sutherland. “It reveals where the bodies are buried, and its humor has more in common with that of Lewis Carroll and Monty Python than with that of Saturday Night Live.”

The College has just hired an experienced technology professional as the newest member of CAS-IT. David Crutchley, who has a BS in Applied Computer Science from Illinois State University and six years of IT experience at Caterpillar, will join CAS-IT on September 4th. “The search committee did a wonderful job in selecting a first-rate technology professional from a very strong pool of candidates,” said Ann Beck, Associate Dean for Research, Technology, and Facilities. Crutchley’s primary assignment will be Schroeder Hall, where he will support the technology-related needs of CAS faculty and staff, as well as manage the CAS computer labs. “I’m delighted to have someone of David Crutchley’s experience supporting our faculty and staff here in Schroeder,” said Diane Zosky, interim Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. “He will help ensure that our faculty and staff continue to have high quality technological support.”

In-sop Kim joins the ISU faculty as an Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders. He earned his BA from Dae-gue University in South Korea and his PhD in speech pathology from Florida State University. Kim’s research focuses on neurologically-based communication and cognition disorders, especially Parkinson's disease and dementia. While a student at Florida State, he taught courses in communication disorders and conducted research in the Neurolinguistic-Neurocognitive Research Lab at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. In his free time he enjoys playing soccer and the guitar.