On August 22, 2008, the State Journal-Register ran an article profiling the honor.
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20080822-SJR-UISAmongUSNewsBest.pdfOn August 22, 2008, the State Journal-Register ran an article profiling the honor.
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20080822-SJR-UISAmongUSNewsBest.pdfThe August 12, 2008, State Journal-Register ran an article that took a look at the problem and how some campuses are responding to it. Valerie Scarbrough, an alcohol and drug prevention counselor at UIS, was among those interviewed.
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Assistant Professor of Astronomy/Physics John Martin led the program, which focused on the Perseids Meteor Shower. Emiquon Field Station Director/Associate Professor of Biology Mike Lemke and staff from the Nature Conservancy were also on hand to talk about the preserve's return to its natural river floodplain state.
Participants were encouraged to stay and watch the day begin on the marshland.
Brenda Rothert, reporter for the Peoria Journal-Star, attended. Download her article
Read the article that appeared in the August 3, 2008, State Journal-Register.
20080803-SJR-MapsofPossibleCoBdDistricts.pdfRead the article from the August 3, 2008, State Journal-Register.
20080803-SJR-WUISCoverageof1908Riot.pdf