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| Interim Dean Payne |
Interim Dean James E. Payne delivered the annual College of Arts and Sciences Spring Address in the Old Main Room on Wednesday. After thanking President Bowman and Provost Everts for providing him with the opportunity to serve and lead the College, he reflected on his leadership style and values. “As Chair of the Department of Economics, I have tried to lead by example,” said Dean Payne. “I value academic integrity, fairness, and transparency in addressing the needs of faculty as well as in the allocation of resources. I hope to foster these same values in serving the faculty, staff, and students in the College of Arts and Sciences as your Interim Dean."
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Shawn R. Hitchcock
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Faculty, staff, and friends of the College of Arts and Sciences gathered in the Old Main Room on April 15 to recognize thirteen outstanding members. Awards were presented for excellence in teaching, research, and service. Shawn R. Hitchcock (Chemistry) was the winner of the inaugural Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarship, while Cynthia J. Moore (Biological Sciences) was the recipient of the first John A. Dossey Award for Outstanding Teaching. Click Read More for a complete list of award recipients and photos.
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Janice Neuleib
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The Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement by a tenured faculty member has been named for Professor of English Janice Witherspoon Neuleib. Students, family, friends, and colleagues donated the funds to honor Neuleib's lifelong dedication to learning. “Janice Witherspoon Neuleib has established a distinguished record of teaching, research, and service,” said Interim Dean Payne. “The College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to be able to honor her in this way.” The inaugural award was presented to Professor Shawn R. Hitchcock, Department of Chemistry, following the Dean’s Spring Address on April 15.
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Curtis White
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Curtis White, Distinguished Professor of English, will deliver the Distinguished Professorship Lecture on Thursday, April 23 at 8 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. The lecture will include a performance, “World Premier of Concert Drama ‘Heretical Songs,’” composed by William Cutter and based on a story by White, who will read his story before the performance. The idea for the performance was brought to life in the early 1980s when White received an inquiry from Cutter, of Boston College, asking if he could use his short story “Mahler’s Last Symphony” as the basis for a libretto for a concert drama he was composing. Last year, White asked Glenn Block of the School of Music if he would consider performing Cutter’s concert drama at the Distinguished Professorship Lecture.
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Mike Wiant, Maria Smith and Burton Smith
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Three anthropologists with strong ties to ISU—Mike Wiant, Maria Smith, and Burton Smith—provided the program for the Midwest Museum of Natural History’s annual Anthropology Fair in March. This year’s topic was “Native Americans: Origins and Contact.” Wiant received his undergraduate training at ISU and his PhD from Northwestern. He is currently Director of the Dickson Mounds Museum and Site and an adjunct professor of anthropology at ISU. His talk focused on the prehistoric and early historic Native American cultures of Illinois.
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Roberta Seelinger Trites, Cynthia Huff, Elvira Meoto, Paula Ressler and Ron Strickland
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Dr. Elvira Meoto, an alumna of the English Department, is the 2009 recipient of the Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award. Meoto’s dissertation, “The Evolution and Formation of Identity: A Case Study of West African Women’s Fiction from the 1960s to the 1990s,” spans a period of 40 years and focuses on novels by West African women and evaluates women’s writing to show changes in their novels over time. The dissertation begins with an analysis of Flora Nwapa, who wrote the first novel written by a West African woman in the 1960s and ends with the more contemporary writer Calixthe Beyala.
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Introduction to ArcGIS I, a two-day ESRI-authorized hands-on class about the fundamentals of ESRI's ArcGIS 9.2, the most popular Geographic Information Systems software in North America, is scheduled for Thursday, May 14 and Friday, May 15. ISU faculty and staff are eligible for an academic discount price of $400, which includes all materials (textbook, exercise book, CD, and certificate of completion). The class is taught by ESRI-authorized ArcGIS instructor Dr. Gretchen Knapp, research associate of the Institute for Geospatial Analysis & Mapping. Registration is online by credit card at www.geomap.ilstu.edu under Training. Interested persons should register at least two weeks before the class date (no later than May 1). Questions may be directed to Knapp at geknapp@ilstu.edu or 309-438-5582.
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| English student Rachel Edwards presents her research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium |
Nearly 70 undergraduate students representing twelve departments in the College of Arts and Sciences presented their research through poster displays, multimedia displays, table displays, and oral presentations at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday. The symposium is held each spring on the ISU campus and offers an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students to present what they have learned through their research, scholarship, or creative achievement to a large audience in a professional setting. “Being able to share my research at the symposium this year was really a very exciting opportunity for me,” said participant Rachel Edwards. “I was really impressed by how much positive feedback I received on my presentation and how many people were willing to share their thoughts and opinions about my work. My faculty mentor Dr. Susan Burt has been so wonderful to work with and her passion and guidance truly inspired me to create a presentation that made me proud.”
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April 22 - Office of International Studies Seminar, "Jerusalem: Sacred Space and Worldly Politics," Dr. Salim Tamari, Prof. of Sociology, Birzeit University and Research Fellow, AKPIA MIT, 3rd Floor, East Lounge, Bone Student Center, noon to 1 p.m.
April 24 - Department of Physics Informal Seminar, "Reproductive Justice," Prof. Alison Bailey, ISU Dept. of Philosophy, 309 Moulton Hall, noon to 1 p.m.
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