When young Diane Zosky ’80 enrolled at Illinois State University as an undergraduate in the late 1970s, she didn’t dream that she would conclude her career at the University as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Illinois State University announced students selected as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2022-2023 school year.
Dr. Janice Lee Jayes’ interest in seeing the world from different perspectives led her to receive a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award to teach American studies, history, and literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The College of Arts and Sciences will hold its second annual golf outing to benefit the Wilson Family Assistance Fund on Friday, June 10, at Weibring Golf Club. All students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the College are welcome to participate.
Dr. Maura Toro-Morn, professor of sociology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, will deliver the 2022 Spring College Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 25 in Section I of the Brown Ballroom in the Bone Student Center. Her lecture, “Gendered Migrations in the Age of Global Disruption,” is free and open to the public.
Sociologist Dr. Cedrick-Michael Simmons will deliver the talk “The Challenges of Diversity Management” at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15, via Zoom.
Associate Professor of History Kathryn Jasper will dedicate the National Endowment for the Humanities funds to finishing a book focusing on reforms in the medieval Catholic Church that ultimately sparked civil war.
Professor of History Amy Louise Wood is the recipient of double honors with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a year-long fellowship from the National Humanities Center.
Dr. Linda Clemmons has been named the director of the Honors Program beginning July 1, 2022. Clemmons has served as the interim director since July 1, 2021.
Dr. Christine Varga-Harris will present “Russia and Ukraine in Historical Context: Facts and Maps” at the Univeristy Galleries.
