The story of the ISU Solar Car Team in Abu Dhabi will be the topic of the next University Club (U-Club) discussion, Friday, April 3, with Professor of Physics Daniel Holland.
U-Club to hear of ISU Solar Car trip to Abu Dhabi
Topic: Academics
Laying the foundation for study abroad in Israel
Associate Professor Michael Gizzi traveled to Israel for two weeks in February to help lay the groundwork for a possible study abroad trip for Illinois State students to Israel and Palestine.
Former Peace Corps volunteers speak on panel March 25
Students and alumni from Illinois State’s Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development who recently served with the Peace Corps will speak at noon Wednesday, March 25, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
Sondheim and the American musical theatre focus of College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lectureship March 24
Professor of English Robert McLaughlin will present “So Many Possibilities: Stephen Sondheim and the American Musical Theater” for the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lectureship at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center.
GGGEO lecture on films of Patricio Guzmán
Rebecca Saunders will present Mobilizing Memory: Geographies of (De)memorialization in the Films of Patricio Guzmán at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Schroder Hall, room 238 as part of the Geography/Geology/Geohydrology Explorations and Observations (GGGEO) series.
Open forums for Graduate Studies director finalists
Two candidates have been chosen as finalists for the director of Graduate Studies at Illinois State. Open forums for the candidates will be March 24 and 25.
MCN graduates continue to exceed national, state pass rates
Graduates of the Mennonite College of Nursing achieved a 94 percent pass rate on the national nursing licensure examination for 2014, even in the face of increasingly stringent standards.
Solar winds topic of physics colloquium March 24
Solar winds will be the topic of the next Department of Physics colloquium series at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Moulton Hall, room 214.
University of Illinois professor to speak at philosophy colloquium, March 20
Shelley Weinberg, of the University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will talk about “Locke on the Motivating Power of Concern,” on Friday, March 20, at an Illinois State University Philosophy Department colloquium.
Craters on venus topic of talk
Professor Donna Jurdy of Northwestern University’s Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences will present Venus Active Tectonics: Evidence from Craters, Coronae and Chasmata on Friday, April 3.
