Schroeder works to expand access through online learning

Ray Schroeder, director of UIS' Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning, believes that e-learning is key to expanding future access to higher education. Therefore, he is playing an integral part in the effort to establish a national online learning consortium to serve small and mid-size colleges and universities.

In February, Schroeder was in Washington to speak with administrators and staff of that state's Higher Education Coordinating Board and to share UIS' experiences with developing online initiatives.

The February 2008 edition of the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board Update profiles Schroeder's visit.

Download a pdf file of the article:

200800229-WHECB-OnlineKey.pdf

Emiquon Field Station will open this spring

When UIS' new Emiquon Field Station opens this spring, the partnership that has been established among the university, the Nature Conservancy, and Dickson Mounds Museum will allow for a sharing of resources as well as educational and research programs that would previously have been very difficult.

An article in the February 2, 2008, State Journal-Register reports on the progress of construction and gives readers a preview of the possibilities the facility has to offer.

Download a PDF file of the article:
20080202-sjr-EmiquonFieldStation.pdf

Experience with UIS Innocence Project directs student to law school

Erica Nichols graduated from UIS' Legal Studies department in May 2005. Now in her second year as a law student at Drake University, she says that her involvement with the university's Downstate Illinois Innocence Project helped shape her decision to enter law school.

An article in the January 7, 2008, Springfield State Journal-Register profiles Erica's work with the Innocence Project's investigation into the case of Herbert Whitlock.

Download a PDF file of the article:
20080107-sjr-NicholscreditsInnocenceProject.pdf