Illinois State University’s College of Education is the recipient of a grant for more than $1.39 million to help Chicago-area paraprofessionals make the transition to certified teacher with bilingual and English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) approvals. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement announced the award of the five-year grant for Transitioning Paraprofessionals into
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ISU’s Milner Library receives CARLI Book Digitization Initiative
Illinois State University’s Milner Library is the recipient of a Book Digitization Initiative from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). The initiative calls for digitizing the proceedings of The Teachers College Board 1950–65, Board of Regents 1968–1995, Board of Governors of the State of Illinois, Illinois State University course catalogs 1859–2011,
Original works sought for composition competition
Composers of all ages and nationalities are invited to submit original works for the 2012 RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition, sponsored by Illinois State University’s School of Music. The composer of the winning work will receive a $750 prize and the work will be performed by the Chicago-based ensemble Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Metcalf librarian honored by Milner Library
Metcalf School Librarian and Information Specialist Brenda Thompson is the 2011 Milner Library Honored Alum.
Blue Nile CEO Diane Irvine ’81 – COB Alumni Day Keynote
Former Blue Nile CEO Diane Irvine ’81 served as the Alumni Day keynote speaker for Homecoming 2011. Although she began her career in traditional accounting roles, she took a bold risk to join Blue Nile, the world’s premier online jeweler during its infancy, when few believed anyone would buy fine jewelry and diamonds via the
Metcalf earns Dairy Fully Fueled Tour stop
Thomas Metcalf School was recognized for our efforts aimed at building healthier student bodies with a stop on the 2011 Dairy Fully Fueled Tour on Monday, October 17, 2011.
Mysoor to Speak in Entrepreneurship Virtual Speaker Series Oct. 19
by Eric Jome Entrepreneur Alexandra Mysoor, co-founder of the online retail site Generation Orange, will be the featured speaker in the Extreme Entrepreneurship Virtual Speaker Series on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 4:30 p.m. in the State Farm Hall of Business room 357. Mysoor will present Starting an E-commerce Company and will answer audience questions submitted via
Student Employment – Application Developer – On Campus
Position Title: Application Developer (posting # 0703749) Company: University College, Illinois State University Full time/Part time: Part Time Internship /Temporary/Permanent: On Campus Student Employment Description: Student developer sought to assist in managing and maintaining an existing PHP web application. Contact: Interested students apply at www.jobs.ilstu.edu
“How to be Successful at Career Fairs”
Students from all majors are invited to attend a panel discussion on “How to be Successful at Career Fairs” When: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Where: State Farm Hall of Business, Room 357 & 366 Panelists will be from many different industries & companies will participate – C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.,
IT Faculty Awarded NSF Grant
Dr. Billy Lim and Dr. Bryan Hosack of the School of Information Technology have been awarded a grant of $450.000.00 by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The objectives of the funded project are to increase student performance in introductory programming courses through the use of Service Oriented Architecture/Web Services (SOA/Web Services), as well as to
