UIS thanks Employees of the Month with ad

Tammy Craig, director of the Career Development Center at UIS, was named UIS Employee of the Year for 2008. To congratulate Tammy and all of our other wonderful Employees of the Month from 2008, UIS ran an ad in the State Journal-Register with their photos and information about UIS.

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2009EOYad.pdf

Course helps students understand evolution and creationism theories

The debate about Charles Darwin's theory of evolution continues even 200 years after his death, and to help the public study and understand his views, local colleges, including UIS, offer classes on evolution and creationism.

UIS' class is taught by Dennis Ruez, Jr., assistant professor of environmental studies at UIS. His course is part of a feature story written about such classes in a January 30, 2009, article in the Galesburg Register-Mail.

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20090130-GalesburgRM-Evolutionclasses.pdf

Gov. Quinn faces many challenges in new role

While new governor Pat Quinn has the advantage of coming into office on a surge of goodwill and without corruption, he also faces many daunting challenges because the former governor left the state in such dire condition, according to Dr. Christopher Mooney, professor of political science at UIS.

Mooney's quotes were featured in a February 1, 2009, article published in the Christian Science Monitor about Quinn's new role as governor.

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20090201-CSMonitor-PatQuinngovernor.pdf