Illinois State faculty and staff presentations and publications.
Research and Honors, May 10, 2016
Publication: Report
Ann Caldwell retirement reception May 18
A retirement reception to honor Ann Caldwell’s 20 years of service to Illinois State University will be from 2:30-4 p.m. Wednesday, May 18.
Start your summer with a new pair of Redbird socks
Those who make a gift to Illinois State University from now until June 30 will receive a pair of Redbird socks. This year’s red and white striped design features the retro “I-State” logo.
A for effort: How ISU records 92,000 grades after finals
At Illinois State University, recording grades for nearly 20,000 students is a lot easier than it used to be.
Redesign your course with CTLT’s Summer Institute 2016
Bring new perspectives and powerful student learning to your teaching. Registration is now open for summer course design workshops at CTLT.
Open enrollment for Benefits Choice
Benefit Choice, held in May of each year, is the one time that employees can make changes to their dental, health, and life insurance coverage without having to show an event occurred to justify the change.
Illinois State’s Department of Politics and Government turns 50
Founded in 1966, with its first class of just 10 students graduating in 1968, the Department of Politics and Government celebrates 50 years of accomplishments and achievements.
Derby Days at the Manor, May 7
To celebrate this year’s Kentucky Derby, Ewing Cultural Center will host a Derby Days at the Manor event from noon–3 p.m. Saturday, May 7.
Tricky last name? ISU’s commencement readers are ready
About a week before commencement, Laura Kennedy ’86 paces up and down the hallways of WGLT going over hundreds of names. Brown and Palmer are a breeze. Czuczor, Duong and LeSueur, not so much. That’s why the commencement reader rehearses, even reading through her spreadsheet of 200 names in a corner of the women’s locker
Accelerating first-year teachers’ impact in schools
A whopping 99 percent of teacher candidates in Illinois State University’s education program, the largest in the state, passed the edTPA assessment during the fall semester.
