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Amy Sudhoff, a senior majoring in chemistry education, was recently selected as the 2009 Illinois Heartland ACS Collegiate Scholar by the Illinois Heartland Local Section of the American Chemical Society. She will be honored with an engraved plaque, a certificate, and a $200 prize. Dr. Shawn Hitchcock, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, nominated Sudhoff for the award. She is currently student teaching. After graduation, she plans to work as a teacher at a school in southern Illinois and plans on attending graduate school to earn her master’s degree in chemistry or curriculum and instruction.
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Dean Olson
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College faculty, staff, and students gathered on Thursday, March 5, to celebrate the 2008-2009 accomplishments of the College during the annual awards ceremony. The College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony provides public recognition of faculty, staff, and students in the College for their exemplary academic and scholarly achievements. Below is a listing of faculty and staff awardees as well as photos from the ceremony. Click Read More for more photos.
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Illinois State University ranked sixth in the nation on this year’s list of top colleges and universities partnering with the Peace Corps for the Master’s International (MI) graduate program. Administered by the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development, ISU has one of the most robust Peace Corps graduate programs in the country. There are currently ten ISU MI graduate students serving in the Peace Corps around the world and several students fulfilling the academic portion of the MI degree, which allows candidates to combine two years of international service in the Peace Corps with graduate studies. There are 29 alumni of the ISU MI programs, which include Applied Economics, Political Science, and Sociology—the only MI Sociology program in the country.
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Lynn Worsham
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Dr. Lynn Worsham, Professor of English and one of this year’s two College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturers, has been named the Martha Gano Houstoun Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Houston. Worsham will visit the University of Houston in October, deliver a major lecture, and spend time with faculty and graduate students discussing a range of scholarly topics. Faculty and graduate students from nearby Rice University are also invited to participate. “Professor Worsham is one of our most distinguished scholars,” said Joan Mullin, chair of ISU’s Department of English. “Her selection as the Houstoun Visiting Scholar brings great distinction not only to herself but to ISU.”
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Professor James J. Pancrazio, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, recently published Enriqueta Faber: travestismo, documentos e historia (Editorial Verbum, 2009). The book is a critical anthology of texts written about a famous episode in 19th century Cuban history: a she-to-he transvestite’s marriage to another woman. Although the case is virtually unknown outside the island, the events of the first half of the 19th century are legendary in Cuban literary and cultural history. The case has so fascinated Cuban writers that they have written three novels, countless articles, encyclopedia entries, chronicles, and even a play and short length film. Each generation of Cuban writers rewrites the events that unfolded in 1823, infusing them with new meanings. Although each text approaches the theme differently, this is not to say that there is a general consensus regarding the need to explain Faber’s transvestism. Each text constitutes a rejoinder to the polemic about why a woman would disguise herself as a man, obtain a degree in surgery, and marry another woman. All of these texts provide new insights into the reasons behind Faber’s actions.
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Seven extraordinary students received College-wide scholarships for their exemplary academic achievements at the College Awards Ceremony on March 4. These scholarships include the Carl Heldt Memorial Scholarship, the Craig Reeser Scholarship, the Grabill-Homan Peace Prize, the John and Susan Freed Scholarship, the Neil and Joan Styczynski Scholarship, the Redbird 5 Scholarship, and the Laurine Reiske Scholarship. Click Read More for more photos.
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Jim Dyer and John Freed
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John and Susan Freed Scholarship
Jim Dyer - Biological Sciences
The John and Susan Freed Scholarship was awarded to Jim Dyer, a junior biological sciences major. John B. Freed, Distinguished Professor, Chair, and Dean Emeritus at Illinois State, and his wife, Susan Anderson Freed, Professor at Illinois Wesleyan, established this fund. The donors of this scholarship wished to recognize students in the College of Arts and Sciences who have overcome their disabilities and who can serve as role models for other students.
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Jamal R. Nassar
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Dr. Jamal R. Nassar, Professor and Chair Emeritus in the Department of Politics and Government, is currently serving as Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, San Bernardino. Professor Nassar earned a BA from Jacksonville University in 1972, an MA from the University of South Florida in 1974 and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 1978. He joined the faculty at Illinois State in 1978 and soon established himself as a leading authority on the politics of the Middle East. His many publications include such books as Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads, The Palestine Liberation Organization: From Armed Struggle to the Declaration of Independence, Change Without Borders: The Third World at the End of the Twentieth Century, and Politics and Culture in the Developing World: The Impact of Globalization, and Globalization and Terrorism: the Migration of Dreams and Nightmares. Many of his articles, chapters and reviews have appeared in prestigious publications and have been translated in nearly a dozen languages.
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