The University of Illinois Springfield will hold a meet-and-greet event with the school’s student-athletes and coaches 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at The Recreation and Athletic Center.
The Prairie Stars Backyard BBQ will feature free food, live music, backyard games and giveaways. UIS Student Affairs and Intercollegiate Athletics are hosting the kick-off event.
The BBQ was featured in a August 23, 2012, article in the State Journal-Register.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Cheers & Jeers: Astronomy fans get a real treat
CHEERS to University of Illinois Springfield professor of astronomy John Martin and the many members of the Sangamon Astronomical Society who gave hundreds of people the chance to view Venus’ transit of the sun last Tuesday.
With numerous telescopes set up on the patio of Erin’s Pavilion at Southwind Park, Martin and the SAS members provided many views of this rare and fascinating event. Those who showed up got to see the now-famous image of Venus occluding the sun in a variety of formats: projected on a screen, projected on cloth through a telescope’s eyepiece, against a vivid red sun through a special light filter and through the eyepieces of assorted telescopes.
Martin and the assembled astronomy enthusiasts also provided explanations of what was happening and answered any astronomy-related questions from visitors with enthusiasm. Barring major developments in health care, this was a once-in-a-lifetime event. You’ll have to live until 2117 to see it again.
The event was featured in a June 11, 2012, article in the State Journal-Register.
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With numerous telescopes set up on the patio of Erin’s Pavilion at Southwind Park, Martin and the SAS members provided many views of this rare and fascinating event. Those who showed up got to see the now-famous image of Venus occluding the sun in a variety of formats: projected on a screen, projected on cloth through a telescope’s eyepiece, against a vivid red sun through a special light filter and through the eyepieces of assorted telescopes.
Martin and the assembled astronomy enthusiasts also provided explanations of what was happening and answered any astronomy-related questions from visitors with enthusiasm. Barring major developments in health care, this was a once-in-a-lifetime event. You’ll have to live until 2117 to see it again.
The event was featured in a June 11, 2012, article in the State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Monday, May 14, 2012
Chancellor Koch offers advice to college graduates
College seniors are finishing up finals and looking forward to donning their cap and gown. Walking across the stage to accept their diploma represents their first steps into the real world. So how do they make sure they take the right path and gain success?
A love of learning is what drove Susan Koch to become an educator. She’s now chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield. She says her key to success has been pushing herself beyond what she thought she was capable of, but one thing she wishes she had when first starting out is a more global awareness.
"Get out there. Take the opportunity to go to some place you haven't been before to be with people who are not like you and to learn things that are just way outside the bounds of what you are use to," said Koch.
Koch's advice was featured in an May 11, 2012, report by WICS-TV.
Watch the story online
A love of learning is what drove Susan Koch to become an educator. She’s now chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield. She says her key to success has been pushing herself beyond what she thought she was capable of, but one thing she wishes she had when first starting out is a more global awareness.
"Get out there. Take the opportunity to go to some place you haven't been before to be with people who are not like you and to learn things that are just way outside the bounds of what you are use to," said Koch.
Koch's advice was featured in an May 11, 2012, report by WICS-TV.
Watch the story online
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Springfield history in old newspaper photos
It’s like a long forgotten, 80-year-old scrapbook of our city. It shows a bustling downtown crowded with men wearing fedoras and women in fur coats, a family brewery preparing for the onslaught of business after Prohibition, a swimming hole packed on a busy summer day, and many more scenes of daily life in Springfield between 1929 and 1935.
It’s not a literal scrapbook, but an exhibition of black and white photos developed from glass plates taken by Illinois State Journal photographers and neglected for decades.
Rich Saal, photographer for the State Journal-Register (which was formed when the city‘s two newspapers, the Journal and the Register, combined), organized the exhibition. In 2004, while preparing a different exhibition to celebrate the paper’s 175th anniversary, Saal started reviewing its old photos.
“I was blown away at how good and how descriptive they were. I felt like I was there looking at life in the 1930s,” he says. After studying those photos, “I wanted to study the period and know more about it, and get a better idea of what these pictures meant.” So, he went to the University of Illinois Springfield and got his master’s degree in history.
The project was featured in an May 10, 2012, article in the Illinois Times.
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It’s not a literal scrapbook, but an exhibition of black and white photos developed from glass plates taken by Illinois State Journal photographers and neglected for decades.
Rich Saal, photographer for the State Journal-Register (which was formed when the city‘s two newspapers, the Journal and the Register, combined), organized the exhibition. In 2004, while preparing a different exhibition to celebrate the paper’s 175th anniversary, Saal started reviewing its old photos.
“I was blown away at how good and how descriptive they were. I felt like I was there looking at life in the 1930s,” he says. After studying those photos, “I wanted to study the period and know more about it, and get a better idea of what these pictures meant.” So, he went to the University of Illinois Springfield and got his master’s degree in history.
The project was featured in an May 10, 2012, article in the Illinois Times.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Emiquon science lecture set Sunday at Field Station
The next installment of the Emiquon Partners Science Lecture Series will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13. This presentation is titled "Not Just Pretty Flowers: Restoration in the Age of Global Change."
Amy McEuen is an associate professor in the Biology Department at University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) where she teaches courses in ecology, environmental biology, and statistics.
She holds a PhD in terrestrial ecology and a master of science degree in wildlife ecology from the University of Michigan. Her expertise is in conservation biology, focusing on plant communities. She and her students have been studying the tallgrass prairie restoration that began at Emiquon in 2007.
The event was featured in an May 9, 2012, edition of the Canton Daily Ledger.
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Amy McEuen is an associate professor in the Biology Department at University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) where she teaches courses in ecology, environmental biology, and statistics.
She holds a PhD in terrestrial ecology and a master of science degree in wildlife ecology from the University of Michigan. Her expertise is in conservation biology, focusing on plant communities. She and her students have been studying the tallgrass prairie restoration that began at Emiquon in 2007.
The event was featured in an May 9, 2012, edition of the Canton Daily Ledger.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
UIS students plant Arbor Day trees in Carpenter, Gurgens parks
More than 200 University of Illinois Springfield students Friday found that it’s easier being green than Kermit the Frog would lead us to believe.
As part of UIS’s Springfest celebration and to commemorate Arbor Day, the students planted 3,500 native saplings in open spaces at Carpenter and Gurgens parks north of Springfield.
“We had 550 students registered for Springfest, and this is a service project part of it where the students accumulate points for their teams,” said Mark Dochterman, director of the UIS Volunteer & Civic Engagement Center.
Although the parks are forest preserves, large areas in them lack trees. The planting of pin oak, red oak, white oak and black oak saplings, as well as shagbark hickory trees, will help reclaim about 10 acres of open land.
The planting project provides a valuable service to the Springfield Park District while teaching students about sustainability and engaging them in environmental responsibility.
“I’m a biology major and I like the environment,” said Francisco Mendez, a UIS senior from Mexico. ”It’s nice to help out.”
The volunteer effort was featured in an April 28, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
As part of UIS’s Springfest celebration and to commemorate Arbor Day, the students planted 3,500 native saplings in open spaces at Carpenter and Gurgens parks north of Springfield.
“We had 550 students registered for Springfest, and this is a service project part of it where the students accumulate points for their teams,” said Mark Dochterman, director of the UIS Volunteer & Civic Engagement Center.
Although the parks are forest preserves, large areas in them lack trees. The planting of pin oak, red oak, white oak and black oak saplings, as well as shagbark hickory trees, will help reclaim about 10 acres of open land.
The planting project provides a valuable service to the Springfield Park District while teaching students about sustainability and engaging them in environmental responsibility.
“I’m a biology major and I like the environment,” said Francisco Mendez, a UIS senior from Mexico. ”It’s nice to help out.”
The volunteer effort was featured in an April 28, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Retired teacher receives top volunteer honor
Jack Sunderlik, a retired high school science teacher and coach, was honored Wednesday with the Distinguished Volunteer Award at the Springfield Good as Gold Ceremony.
The University of Illinois Springfield Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center and the Junior League of Springfield sponsored the event. More than 40 people were recognized during the ceremony, which coincides with National Volunteer Week this week.
UIS senior Justin Rose of Chicago received the Star Student Award, and UIS employee Jan Kirkham the Star Staff Award.
Rose devotes at least 20 hours a week to volunteering with youths. He created an initiative with Boys and Girls Club to mentor at-risk boys on Saturdays and is a big brother in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. He also is a mentor to first-year, first-generation college students at UIS.
In her role as director of experiential and service-learning programs at UIS, Kirkham has been a career-long advocate for service as part of the college experience. She has helped faculty members create service-learning classes, helped incorporate service into the general education requirements, and fostered the Applied Study Term program.
Good as Gold was featured in an April 19, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
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The University of Illinois Springfield Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center and the Junior League of Springfield sponsored the event. More than 40 people were recognized during the ceremony, which coincides with National Volunteer Week this week.
UIS senior Justin Rose of Chicago received the Star Student Award, and UIS employee Jan Kirkham the Star Staff Award.
Rose devotes at least 20 hours a week to volunteering with youths. He created an initiative with Boys and Girls Club to mentor at-risk boys on Saturdays and is a big brother in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. He also is a mentor to first-year, first-generation college students at UIS.
In her role as director of experiential and service-learning programs at UIS, Kirkham has been a career-long advocate for service as part of the college experience. She has helped faculty members create service-learning classes, helped incorporate service into the general education requirements, and fostered the Applied Study Term program.
Good as Gold was featured in an April 19, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Monday, April 16, 2012
Thanks to UIS professor for visit to school
Letter to the editor, published in an April 14, 2012, edition of The State Journal-Register.
"The Cosmos Club of Lincoln Magnet School would like to thank professor John Martin from University of Illinois Springfield for recently visiting our middle school and our club.
Martin brought his solar telescope for our club to look through. We all enjoyed it and are very thankful to Martin. He also taught us very interesting facts about a star he had studied.
Thank you also to Kristine Gates, our science teacher and club adviser, for helping us all year."
— Sage Thompson, sixth grade, Lincoln Magnet School, Springfield
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"The Cosmos Club of Lincoln Magnet School would like to thank professor John Martin from University of Illinois Springfield for recently visiting our middle school and our club.
Martin brought his solar telescope for our club to look through. We all enjoyed it and are very thankful to Martin. He also taught us very interesting facts about a star he had studied.
Thank you also to Kristine Gates, our science teacher and club adviser, for helping us all year."
— Sage Thompson, sixth grade, Lincoln Magnet School, Springfield
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
UIS health fair draws exhibitors, public
The University of Illinois Springfield was the place to be Wednesday if you were concerned about your health, wanted to improve it or were just plain curious about health-related issues.
About 50 vendors set up in The Recreation and Athletic Center to offer information on health strategies and prevention as part of Health Awareness Day — an event for more than two decades at the university.
“We had 52 vendors seven years ago, but it usually averages 20 to 30,” said Jill Stoops, a certified family nurse practitioner at the UIS Campus Health Service. “We teamed with Springfield Health Check this year, and they brought in a majority of the vendors.”
Stoops said one of the aims of the health fair is to get people to “know their numbers” — cholesterol, blood pressure, bone density, body fat and others — by offering free screenings.
“It’s about getting them the information they need to stay healthy,” Stoops said.
The story was featured in an April 5, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
About 50 vendors set up in The Recreation and Athletic Center to offer information on health strategies and prevention as part of Health Awareness Day — an event for more than two decades at the university.
“We had 52 vendors seven years ago, but it usually averages 20 to 30,” said Jill Stoops, a certified family nurse practitioner at the UIS Campus Health Service. “We teamed with Springfield Health Check this year, and they brought in a majority of the vendors.”
Stoops said one of the aims of the health fair is to get people to “know their numbers” — cholesterol, blood pressure, bone density, body fat and others — by offering free screenings.
“It’s about getting them the information they need to stay healthy,” Stoops said.
The story was featured in an April 5, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
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Friday, March 9, 2012
UIS students take Alternative Spring Break
While a lot of college kids are packing up for the beach, twenty one University of Illinois Springfield students are packing for a different reason. They're heading to New Orleans Sunday, but they won't be partying.
They'll rebuild homes and gardens for families who lost everything during Hurricane Katrina. To these students, it's the chance of a lifetime.
The Alternative Spring Break trip is a student effort. The group chose the location and raised funds.
The trip was featured by WCIA-TV in an March 8, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
They'll rebuild homes and gardens for families who lost everything during Hurricane Katrina. To these students, it's the chance of a lifetime.
The Alternative Spring Break trip is a student effort. The group chose the location and raised funds.
The trip was featured by WCIA-TV in an March 8, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Hollywood's interpretation of 1800s women's fashions
Hollywood’s interpretation of 19th century women’s fashions will be the subject of “The Evolution of Fashion,” a program scheduled for Tuesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in Union Theater at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield.
Holly M. Kent, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois Springfield and a fashion history expert, will consider the ways in which Hollywood has interpreted 19th century women's fashions over the course of its history. From the beginning, Hollywood films have been passionately interested in telling stories rooted in 1800s history, culture, and literature, and in dressing their female stars in their version of 19th century American fashions.
Kent received her Ph.D. in U.S. women's history from Lehigh University. She joined the faculty of the History Department at the University of Illinois Springfield in August 2011. Her research and teaching interests include gender and fashion, women's involvement in literary culture, and female activism in the nineteenth-century United States.
This Women’s History Month presentation is free and open to the public, but reservations must be made by calling (217) 558-8934.
Kent was featured in an March 7, 2012, Canton Daily Ledger online post.
Read the full article online
Holly M. Kent, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois Springfield and a fashion history expert, will consider the ways in which Hollywood has interpreted 19th century women's fashions over the course of its history. From the beginning, Hollywood films have been passionately interested in telling stories rooted in 1800s history, culture, and literature, and in dressing their female stars in their version of 19th century American fashions.
Kent received her Ph.D. in U.S. women's history from Lehigh University. She joined the faculty of the History Department at the University of Illinois Springfield in August 2011. Her research and teaching interests include gender and fashion, women's involvement in literary culture, and female activism in the nineteenth-century United States.
This Women’s History Month presentation is free and open to the public, but reservations must be made by calling (217) 558-8934.
Kent was featured in an March 7, 2012, Canton Daily Ledger online post.
Read the full article online
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
UIS sponsors Kids' Night Out
The University of Illinois Springfield’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is holding a Make-A-Wish Kids’ Night Out for children ages 5-13 on Friday at The Recreation and Athletic Center.
UIS student-athletes will provide skill instruction in basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, soccer, volleyball and cheerleading. The event will also include arts and crafts and movie. A snack and drink will be provided to participants.
The cost is $20 per child and $15 for each additional sibling with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Children should wear athletic gear. Contact 206-8467 or saac@uis.edu for more information or to register.
The Kids’ Night Out is part of the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s Week of Wishes campaign. UIS has already raised $800 for the cause. Donations are being accepted on behalf of UIS at www.wish.org/NCAADII.
The event was featured in an February 15, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
UIS student-athletes will provide skill instruction in basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, soccer, volleyball and cheerleading. The event will also include arts and crafts and movie. A snack and drink will be provided to participants.
The cost is $20 per child and $15 for each additional sibling with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Children should wear athletic gear. Contact 206-8467 or saac@uis.edu for more information or to register.
The Kids’ Night Out is part of the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s Week of Wishes campaign. UIS has already raised $800 for the cause. Donations are being accepted on behalf of UIS at www.wish.org/NCAADII.
The event was featured in an February 15, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
After six months, UIS chief getting to know her way around
University of Illinois Springfield student Dan Garcia gave Susan Koch her first tour of the UIS campus last April.
“She was very interested and personable, and she kept asking me what do the students do, where do they hang out?” said Garcia, a UIS junior from Joliet who works in the admissions office and gives tours to new students. “She’s from the Midwest, so all the cornfields around didn’t seem to bother her. She’s getting a lot of exposure.”
Koch, who was named chancellor of UIS last spring and assumed her duties July 1, has been learning all she can about UIS and Springfield during her first six months on the job.
“My goal for the first semester was to sink my roots as deeply as I could in the academic community and the larger community,” said Koch, a South Dakota native who had spent her academic career in Iowa and northern Michigan. “I’m moderately satisfied that I’ve done that. I’ve met many employees, but not all. And I’ve had wonderful interaction with students.”
Koch was profiled in an January 24, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
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“She was very interested and personable, and she kept asking me what do the students do, where do they hang out?” said Garcia, a UIS junior from Joliet who works in the admissions office and gives tours to new students. “She’s from the Midwest, so all the cornfields around didn’t seem to bother her. She’s getting a lot of exposure.”
Koch, who was named chancellor of UIS last spring and assumed her duties July 1, has been learning all she can about UIS and Springfield during her first six months on the job.
“My goal for the first semester was to sink my roots as deeply as I could in the academic community and the larger community,” said Koch, a South Dakota native who had spent her academic career in Iowa and northern Michigan. “I’m moderately satisfied that I’ve done that. I’ve met many employees, but not all. And I’ve had wonderful interaction with students.”
Koch was profiled in an January 24, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the full article online
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
UIS students volunteering on MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. was honored Monday by some in central Illinois through a day of service.
Forty students from the University of Illinois at Springfield decided to honor Dr. King by volunteering Monday.
The students went door-to-door through lower income neighborhoods and handed out information regarding fire safety. The volunteers, who were partnered with the Red Cross, say there have been many fires in area the last few months and fire safety is an important issue.
The students say volunteering is a great way to contribute to the community while honoring the memory of the civil rights leader.
The story was featured by WAND-TV 17 in an January 16, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
Forty students from the University of Illinois at Springfield decided to honor Dr. King by volunteering Monday.
The students went door-to-door through lower income neighborhoods and handed out information regarding fire safety. The volunteers, who were partnered with the Red Cross, say there have been many fires in area the last few months and fire safety is an important issue.
The students say volunteering is a great way to contribute to the community while honoring the memory of the civil rights leader.
The story was featured by WAND-TV 17 in an January 16, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
MLK Day of Service in Springfield
Some University of Illinois Springfield students are hitting the streets. They're giving back to the community by raising awareness about fire safety.
UIS student spent the day Monday passing out Red Cross fire safety materials on the east side of Springfield as part of the national Martin Luther King. Jr. Day of Service.
"Most people automatically assume that someone knows how to be safe or what methods to use to prevent things from happening," said Damiko Reese, a UIS student.
But that's not always the case.
WCIA-TV featured the volunteer effort in an January 16, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
UIS student spent the day Monday passing out Red Cross fire safety materials on the east side of Springfield as part of the national Martin Luther King. Jr. Day of Service.
"Most people automatically assume that someone knows how to be safe or what methods to use to prevent things from happening," said Damiko Reese, a UIS student.
But that's not always the case.
WCIA-TV featured the volunteer effort in an January 16, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Focus with Bob Murray: Chancellor Susan Koch
University of Illinois Vice President and Springfield Chancellor Susan J. Koch is interviewed by Bob Murray from WTAX radio in Springfield on a variety of issues.
The interview aired on January 8, 2012, as part of the weekend news program "Focus".
Listen to the interview online
The interview aired on January 8, 2012, as part of the weekend news program "Focus".
Listen to the interview online
Monday, December 12, 2011
Creative space: Artists find inspiration at The Pharmacy
On a recent crisp, fall Sunday evening, in a building from which pharmaceuticals and root beer floats formerly were dispensed to customers, more than 30 people gathered to hear University of Illinois Springfield student fiction writers read their work.
Flanked by paintings hanging in Springfield’s newest artist-run co-op, gallery and community center called The Pharmacy at 401 South Grand Ave. W., one by one the students stood in front of the audience to read.
Kristen Chenoweth read an excerpt from “Cabbages and Kings,” her story about a woman walking away from her marriage to a man from an affluent family with whom she has little in common. In the passage Chenoweth read, the woman was headed inside a bookshop.
On the recent Sunday before students read their writings, their instructor, Meagan Cass, assistant professor of creative writing at UIS, expressed thanks for what The Pharmacy has brought to the community.
Given the recession and a political climate in which the value of art and “the necessity of supporting artists has been repeatedly called into question, this place is a bulwark as well as a sanctuary,” Cass said.
Chenoweth & Cass were featured in an December 11, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Flanked by paintings hanging in Springfield’s newest artist-run co-op, gallery and community center called The Pharmacy at 401 South Grand Ave. W., one by one the students stood in front of the audience to read.
Kristen Chenoweth read an excerpt from “Cabbages and Kings,” her story about a woman walking away from her marriage to a man from an affluent family with whom she has little in common. In the passage Chenoweth read, the woman was headed inside a bookshop.
On the recent Sunday before students read their writings, their instructor, Meagan Cass, assistant professor of creative writing at UIS, expressed thanks for what The Pharmacy has brought to the community.
Given the recession and a political climate in which the value of art and “the necessity of supporting artists has been repeatedly called into question, this place is a bulwark as well as a sanctuary,” Cass said.
Chenoweth & Cass were featured in an December 11, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Thursday, December 8, 2011
A&E Notebook: UIS art auction
Today is the last day for the annual auction and benefit for the Visual Arts Gallery at the University of Illinois Springfield. A closing reception and final bidding is set for 5:30-7 p.m. today in the gallery, located in Room 201 in the Health and Sciences Building.
The event features work donated by area artists such as Felicia Olin, Thom Whalen, Chris Britt, Bob Sill, Mike Miller and Betsy Dollar. Items up for auction include photographs, ceramics, sculpture, paintings and works on paper. There’s also a custom printing package donated by Miles Ahead Productions and theater tickets from UIS Theatre.
The reception will have complimentary refreshments and two music performances, by the UIS Chorus from 5-5:30 p.m. and the UIS Chamber Ensemble from 5:40-6:10 p.m.
Admission is free; proceeds from the auction will benefit the gallery.
The auction was featured in an December 8, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
The event features work donated by area artists such as Felicia Olin, Thom Whalen, Chris Britt, Bob Sill, Mike Miller and Betsy Dollar. Items up for auction include photographs, ceramics, sculpture, paintings and works on paper. There’s also a custom printing package donated by Miles Ahead Productions and theater tickets from UIS Theatre.
The reception will have complimentary refreshments and two music performances, by the UIS Chorus from 5-5:30 p.m. and the UIS Chamber Ensemble from 5:40-6:10 p.m.
Admission is free; proceeds from the auction will benefit the gallery.
The auction was featured in an December 8, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
New book traces Lincoln's life in photos
A landscape photographer and a Lincoln scholar have collaborated on a new book that weaves images and writing to trace Abraham Lincoln’s life story.
“Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way—The America Lincoln Knew” is a collection of images by Robert Shaw and writing by Michael Burlingame that aims to take readers on a visual journey that explores Lincoln’s life story.
The 276-page hardcover book, available at several locations in Springfield, required five years of research and hundreds of days of photography in 10 states and the District of Columbia, according to Shaw, who traveled more than 100,000 miles in taking the photographs that range from the Mississippi River to New Hampshire.
Burlingame is the author of “Abraham Lincoln: A Life, The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln,” and most recently “Lincoln and the Civil War.” He is the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield.
The book was featured in an December 7, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
“Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way—The America Lincoln Knew” is a collection of images by Robert Shaw and writing by Michael Burlingame that aims to take readers on a visual journey that explores Lincoln’s life story.
The 276-page hardcover book, available at several locations in Springfield, required five years of research and hundreds of days of photography in 10 states and the District of Columbia, according to Shaw, who traveled more than 100,000 miles in taking the photographs that range from the Mississippi River to New Hampshire.
Burlingame is the author of “Abraham Lincoln: A Life, The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln,” and most recently “Lincoln and the Civil War.” He is the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield.
The book was featured in an December 7, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Monday, November 28, 2011
UIS international students get taste of American Thanksgiving
Zhao Yue, an exchange student from Harbin, China, got his first taste of an American Thanksgiving dinner Thursday.
The 22-year-old University of Illinois Springfield student was a guest at Tom and Tracy Knox’s home on Lake Springfield. The couple has been inviting exchange students to their home since 2004. Zhao was one of three international students who sat down with the family for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.
“I’ve never tried this food before. It’s amazing,” Zhao said. “I liked the turkey. The combination of turkey and gravy was awesome.”
In addition to food, the international students got a crash course in the origins of the first Thanksgiving.
The international students were featured in an November 25, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
The 22-year-old University of Illinois Springfield student was a guest at Tom and Tracy Knox’s home on Lake Springfield. The couple has been inviting exchange students to their home since 2004. Zhao was one of three international students who sat down with the family for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.
“I’ve never tried this food before. It’s amazing,” Zhao said. “I liked the turkey. The combination of turkey and gravy was awesome.”
In addition to food, the international students got a crash course in the origins of the first Thanksgiving.
The international students were featured in an November 25, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
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