Janet Burroway

Celebrated writer Janet Burroway will be giving a reading at Illinois State University at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, in the East Lounge, 3rd Floor, in the Bone Student Center. There will also be a meet-the-author session from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Publications Unit, located in 307 Fairchild Hall. “Burroway has almost single-handedly (re)defined the area of fiction,” said Professor Ricardo Cruz. “She has shaped the genre in super fashionable ways that other writers wish they could do. Burroway is so effective/affective on the page that she seems to play with white space as if it’s a toy only she owns. She is a master of setting, of what is and is not, and of whatever that works.”  

Ryan Hall

Ryan Hall, a senior majoring in Political Science, was crowned Illinois State University Homecoming King on Friday, October 16. “I applied for the homecoming court because I think the court represents a wide variety of different leaders, all of whom are 100% committed to the university and community,” said Hall. “I have dedicated a lot of time to the university and I had to overcome many obstacles to get to this point. It was an honor to be named the Homecoming King, but more important to me was being part of such an amazing homecoming court that had so many leaders who I have personally learned from. Illinois State is full of passionate servants and leaders and the court was just a spotlight on a small fraction of the students who are committed to leaving a footprint at ISU and the greater community.”

Bruce E. Scher

Department of English alumnus Bruce E. Scher '74, M.A. '77 is the Academic Dean and Director of College Counseling at Chicagoland Jewish High School. Scher has over 30 years of experience as an educator and college consultant in the public schools and brings his expertise in teaching, curriculum and development, and developmental guidance to Chicagoland Jewish High School. He is one of the founding instructors of The Academy for College Admission Counseling, which is a professional development partnership with Elmhurst College. Scher’s educational experiences range from teaching English, Spanish, Hebrew, reading, and humanities to gifted education and adult education. He has conducted instructional workshops locally and nationally and has been a speaker at national conferences.

He was recently appointed to the position of Vice-President of the Midwest Region of CAJUE: Counselor Advocacy for the Jewish University Experience. This organization is developed by college counselors in North America who work closely with Jewish high school students, both in public and private schools, through the college admission process. 

Adrienne Ohler

Adrienne Ohler is a new assistant professor of economics at Illinois State University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics at the University of Illinois in 2002 and a master’s degree in applied economics from Montana State University in 2005. Ohler completed a second master’s degree in statistics and a PhD in economics from Washington State University in 2009. Her research and teaching interests include natural resource and environmental economics, public policy, and econometrics. Adrienne’s work at Illinois State focuses on the renewable energy sector in Illinois and the U.S. and examines the impact of policies designed to encourage its growth.

November 4 – International Studies Seminar, Professor Alan Gilbert, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, “The Title of a Talk: Democratic Internationalism and the Folly of the Inter-Democratic Peace Hypothesis,” Founder’s Suite, Bone Student Center, 12 noon to 1 p.m. Free food provided.

November 4 – Women's and Gender Studies, Women's Mentoring Network, Pizza Social, 234 Rachel Cooper, 4-5:30 p.m.

November 5 – Institute for Prosepective Cognition Speaker Series, Dr. Jacqueline Nadel, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, “Where Do You End and I begin? The Social Nature of a Developing Mind,” 238 Schroeder Hall, 12 noon to 1 p.m.

November 6 – Department of Physics Informal Seminar, Professor William Hunter, ISU, “Activities at CeMaST,” 309 Moulton Hall, 12 noon to 1 p.m.

November 6 – Department of Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Research Seminar, Kathleen McKinney, Professor of Sociology & Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, “Learning about the Learning & Development of our Sociology Majors: Two SoTL Studies in Progress,” 211 Schroeder Hall, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

November 6 – Department of Chemistry, Christopher Ziegler, University of Akron, 225 Julian Hall, 3 p.m.