Lindsey Earl, a graduate student in anthropology, is the first Illinois State University student to be named a Newman Civic Fellow with Campus Compact.
Illinois State student honored as 2017 Newman Civic Fellow
Unit: Sociology and Anthropology
Free screening of Arab Spring documentary, March 29
A free screening of The Trials of Spring, a documentary directed by Academy Award-nominated Gini Reticker, will be open to the public at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, at the Normal Theater.
Students research skeletal remains to understand Pre-Columbian people
In the 1970s, the skeletal remains of about 120 Native Americans were retrieved from an ancient mound complex on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River valley in Western Illinois.
CAS announces Outstanding Teacher Awards
The College of Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of the 2016–2017 Outstanding College Teacher Awards: Professor Craig Cullen, Mathematics Department, and Professor Marion Willetts, Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
2017 Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award goes to group working on water issues
The University Research Council awarded the 2017 Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award to four faculty members who work toward understanding climate change and its varied impacts on water quality.
Main Street College to present on history of chocolate
Exploring a staple of Valentine’s Day, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Main Street College will be presenting “How Chocolate Came to Be: An Ecology of Colonial Knowledge and the Genesis of Taste” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 21, in room 118 of the Illinois State University Alumni Center.
Alumna of Stevenson Center returns as program coordinator
Katie Raynor knows first-hand what it means to give back. She is more dedicated than most, serving in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps before graduate school and a role that allows her to aid and inspire future community and economic development leaders.
Research and Honors, February 14, 2017
Illinois State faculty and staff publications and presentations.
CAS announces Outstanding College Researchers
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has announced the 2016-2017 Outstanding College Researchers: Christopher Breu, Department of English; John Sedbrook, School of Biological Sciences; and Maura Toro-Morn, Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
ISU, History Museum to host community reading program
Anthropologist Sujey Vega, author of Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest, will speak on Illinois State’s campus Thursday, February 23, as part of a community reading program.
