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Rod Custer, Beverly Beyer, Robert Hunt, and Frank Beck
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The Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development celebrated its 15th anniversary with a series of events on May 28 and 29. Amy Lawless, professional organizer with the Industrial Areas Foundation, was the guest speaker. The work of local community agencies was highlighted, and the Central Illinois Organizing Project was awarded the first Stevenson Center Community Transformation Award. The evening of the 28th was devoted to honoring founder Dr. Robert W. Hunt, Emeritus Professor of Politics and Government. Hunt was presented with a scrapbook full of pictures, quotes, and memorabilia submitted by friends and former colleagues.
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Hilary Justice (right) with audience members
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Professor Hilary Justice, Department of English, was the featured speaker prior to a reception on June 18 celebrating Milner Library’s new exhibit, “Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time.” “Illinois State University is very fortunate to have someone of Dr. Justice's caliber serving on its faculty,” said Jean MacDonald, Literature and Languages Librarian at Milner Libary. “She is a well-respected Hemingway scholar and one who manages to make Ernest Hemingway's life and artistry accessible to the average individual as well as the student of American literature.” The exhibit was created for Hemingway’s centennial birthday in 1999 by the National Portrait Gallery’s Chief Historian, Frederick C. Voss. Photographs were chosen by Mr. Voss for the exhibit to narrate a timeline of Hemingway’s life. The exhibit will run from June 8 to September 30 and is currently located on the second floor of Milner Library.
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| Katherine Ellison |
Digital Defoe, an online, peer-reviewed journal, premiered on June 1 with an array of scholarly and pedagogical texts on eighteenth-century culture, including an essay by Illinois State PhD candidate Beyazit Akman. Katherine Ellison, assistant professor of English, is co-editor and designer of the first issue. The journal is part of the open access movement and focuses on Daniel Defoe, perhaps most well known as the author of Robinson Crusoe but also an innovator of the novel, prolific poet, political pamphleteer, and even secret agent, and other authors and topics of the early eighteenth century. Ellison’s project is the first peer-reviewed web forum for scholars and educators of eighteenth-century culture to share their work in multimedia as well as showcase new teaching methods, works in progress, and student voices.
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| Krzysztof Ostaszewski |
Dr. Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Actuarial Program, recently attained the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) designation from the Society of Actuaries (SOA). The Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst is a new international credential encompassing the most comprehensive and rigorous demonstration of enterprise risk management (ERM) available and stems from the same process through which actuaries earn other credentials, such as the Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and the Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA). The CERA marks the first new credential since the SOA's founding in 1949. “This new designation is one that attests to the high profile of Dr. Ostaszewski in the actuarial profession,” said Dr. George Seelinger, Chair of the Mathematics Department.
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Monica Cousins Noraian
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Monica Cousins Noraian, assistant professor and director of history and social sciences education at Illinois State University, is the 2009 recipient of the 20th annual YWCA Women of Distinction Award for education. The award is a national initiative honoring professional and personal achievements, including outstanding contributions in their fields. "It was wonderful to be recognized with so many amazing women from our community,” said Noraian. “I am humbled and honored to have been selected as a Woman of Distinction for my leadership in the field of education. I love what I do at ISU and am thankful that I am able to make a difference in the lives of others,”
Other honorees were Susan Waring (Business), Bonnie Bernardi (Creative Arts and Entertainment), Judge Lee Ann Hill (Professions), Suzanna Fitzgerald (Social Services), and Janet S. Hood (Harriett F. Rust Volunteer Service).
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Larry Long, Cheri Simonds, Steve Hunt, Jennifer McDade, Brent Simonds, and Lance Lippert
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Jennifer McDade, faculty member in the School of Communication, was sworn into office as a member of the Bloomington City Council on May 1. McDade, who represents Ward 5, also serves on several other community organization boards, including Recovery Starts Today to support the McLean County Drug Court. “The opportunity to serve my community adds to my personal mission to promote civic and political engagement,” said McDade. Several of McDade's colleagues—Steve Hunt, Lance Lippert, Larry Long, Brent Simonds, and Cheri Simonds—attended the swearing-in ceremony at City Hall in Bloomington.
Also on May 1, Bloomington Mayor Stephen Stockton was sworn in for a second term in office. Stockton serves as a member of the College of Arts and Sciences community advisory board.
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School of Communication Director Larry Long and Amelia Gould
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Over 1300 students in the College of Arts and Sciences received degrees on Friday, May 8 during the University’s 150th annual commencement. The College conferred 1,080 baccalaureate and 256 graduate degrees. President Bowman and college faculty and staff were joined by University dignitaries, including Chair of the Board of Trustees Judge Michael McCuskey, in congratulating the Illinois State University class of 2009. Amelia Gold, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in biological sciences and communication studies and a minor in chemistry, delivered the student address.
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| Lee Beier, Lucinda Beier, Susan Prendergast, and Raymond Cohn |
Six faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences announced their retirements at the conclusion of the spring semester: Augustus Leon (Lee) Beier, Professor of History; Lucinda Beier, Professor of History; Raymond Cohn, Professor of Economics; George Kiser, Associate Professor of Politics and Government; Ronald Pope, Associate Professor of Politics and Government; and Susan Prendergast, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders. All together, these colleagues have devoted nearly 100 years of service to ISU!
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