Arnold Hernandez

The Civil Service Council will feature a Civil Service employee at Illinois State University each month to highlight an exceptional colleague and the outstanding work being done on campus. This month, learn about and applaud Assistant Superintendent of Building Maintenance Arnold Hernandez.

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Civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill will be the featured speaker for the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 26, 2024, in the Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center.

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Interim President Aondover Tarhule has announced that Dr. Byron Craig, assistant professor in the School of Communication, will serve as interim chief equity and inclusion officer, effective January 1, 2024.

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From legendary men’s basketball coach Will Robinson’s first Redbird game to the University’s first Madrigal Dinner, historian Tom Emery explores this month in Illinois State University history.

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Illinois State University and the Civil Service Council are partnering for the ninth time with Toys for Tots of McLean County. New and unwrapped toys, for children ages from newborn to 12 years old, can now be dropped off at campus locations.

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Please applaud these new, promoted, reclassified, and retiring Civil Service employees.

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Celebrating years of service at Illinois State University.

Civil Service Scholarship Applications are open

Scholarship applications will be open from October 1, 2023, and close with a December 31, 2023 deadline.

Civil Service ISU Scholarships and Civil Service Non-ISU Scholarships

The two scholarships for Civil Service staff dependents were created in 1965. Their purpose is to award financial assistance to dependents of Illinois State University Civil Service employees. The student’s achievements and needs are both taken into consideration. They are made possible through funds presented by the Illinois State University Foundation and the Civil Service Council’s fundraising activities.

Carl Johanson Scholarships

Al and Elaine Goldfarb endowed the Carl Johanson Scholarship for Elaine’s father. The recipients must be an Illinois State University Civil Service employee working towards an ISU degree. Employees only taking courses one semester per school year are also encouraged to apply.

The Civil Service Scholarship committee will announce the award recipients in March 2024.

If you have questions, please get in touch with Beth Porter, Scholarship Committee Chair, at eaporte4@IllinoisState.edu.

All online applications will open on October 1, 2023, and must be submitted by December 31, 2023.

CSCouncil.IllinoisState.edu/scholarships

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