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Vernon C. Pohlmann
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Vernon C. Pohlmann, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, and the late Elsie D. Pohlmann have endowed the Pohlmann Family Development Grants and the Pohlmann Resource and Conference Room in the Stevenson Center. Their donation furthers the Center’s commitment to involving students and faculty in and out of the classroom in a blend of academic scholarship, community volunteerism, research, and development. Funds from one endowment will be used to name, furnish, and maintain the Pohlmann Resource and Conference Room in the Stevenson Center. The space will be used for meetings of the Board, staff, and the Applied Community and Economic Development Student Association. Stevenson Center students can also use the space for their own work as funds provide for work stations, books, and journal subscriptions.
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Joan Mullin, Chair of the Department of English, has co-edited Who Owns This Text?: Plagiarism, Authorship, and Disciplinary Cultures (Utah State University Press, 2009). The book is a collaborative work that focuses on the subjects of plagiarism, authorship, and intellectual property, and how these are conceived across different fields. “The editors make an especially strong argument that scholars need not only to speak across disciplines, but also to be clear themselves on conventions within their own fields—and to clearly introduce their students to those conventions,” said Michael Spooner, director of the Utah State University Press. The study investigated several different academic fields to find out what types of scholarly production academics thought they owned, what they, rather than the courts, considered their intellectual property. The book reads much like a conversation and presents a wide range of ideas that will generate discussion on the practice of intellectual property, plagiarism, and authorship.
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John Freed
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Founders Day 2009 at Illinois State will mark the official release of one of the most comprehensive books ever written about the University’s history. Educating Illinois: Illinois State University, 1857-2007, covers Illinois’ first public university from its founding through the University’s Sesquicentennial celebration. Its author is Illinois State University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History John Freed. In researching the early history of the University for his book, Freed found that the University was, from the very beginning, intended to be much more than a teacher training institution.
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Jason McCrone
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The College has just hired Jason McCrone, who joined the CAS-IT staff on February 2. McCrone will support the technology-related needs of six departments and two programs housed in DeGarmo, Fairchild, Rachel Cooper, and Schroeder Halls. McCrone earned his BS from ISU and previously provided instructional technology support for the registrar's office. “Jason brings with him nine years of IT experience here at ISU, and I know he will provide excellent service to the College of Arts and Sciences,” said Ann Beck, Associate Dean for Research, Technology, and Facilities. “As a faculty member, I am excited about Jason McCrone joining CAS-IT,” added Dr. James Kalmbach, Associate Chair of the Department of English, who served on the search committee. “His years of experience working in tech support at ISU, his experience with enterprise-level deployment, and his strong customer service skills will be a real asset. We are blessed in the College of Arts and Sciences to have a strong tech support unit, and the addition of Jason McCrone will make the unit even stronger.”
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| Jesse W. Fell |
A series of events will take place on Thursday, February 19 on the Illinois State University campus as the University hosts its annual Founders Day celebration. Events will begin at 10 a.m. with the Old Main Bell ringing ceremony in the Bone Student Center Prairie Room. Selected faculty, staff, students, alumni and others will ring the bell 152 times to mark the University’s years of existence. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. displays highlighting Illinois State’s history and academic mission will be in the Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom. During that time, John Freed, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, will sign copies of his book Educating Illinois: Illinois State University 1857-2007, which was commissioned for the University’s sesquicentennial.
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Mark Long
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Mark Long, junior Mass Communication student and General Manager of ISU’s student radio station, WZND Radio, has been awarded the national Abe Voron Radio Scholarship by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). “I am so proud of Mark,” said Deb Lesser, director of radio and faculty advisor of WZND. “This is not the last award Mark will win—I am sure of that.” The Abe Voron Scholarship is awarded to two students who show interest in radio and demonstrate high integrity and responsibility. Long received the largest scholarship available—$5,000. He was required to submit a 250-word essay, along with three letters of recommendation.
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2009 ISU Speech Team Members
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The Illinois State University speech team took first place at the Iowa Swing Invitational at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls and Wartburg College in Waverly, IA this month. The team competed against 14 other regional teams, including Bradley, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Northwest Missouri, and Gustavus Adolphus College during the two-day competition. Click Read More for more photos.
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| Robert McLaughlin |
Dr. Robert McLaughlin joined the ISU faculty in 1988 and was promoted to full professor in 2006. In addition to serving as a professor of English, he co-advises Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honors Society, and is director of the Honors Program for the Department. McLaughlin’s teaching interests include contemporary fiction, narrative theory and drama. His research interests include postmodern fiction, Thomas Pynchon, World War II films, and American musical theater. He has authored or co-authored over one hundred articles, book chapters, and reviews and has presented at more than 50 national and international conferences. His publications include We’ll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II, co-authored with Dr. Sally Parry, and published in 2006.
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