A University of Illinois Springfield professor has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study the legal and political system in Canada during the fall semester.
Jason Pierceson, associate professor of political science and legal studies and chairman of the Political Science Department at UIS, will spend September through December as the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in United States Policy Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
He will research the role of courts as policymakers in Canada, comparing their role to courts in the United States.
“It is difficult to fully understand a country’s political system without spending time in that country, and this affords me that opportunity,” Pierceson said.
The award was featured in an June 9, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
UIS student to seek seat in new 102nd Illinois House District
Holland Township Supervisor Matt Forcum announced he will run in the proposed 102nd Illinois House District as a Republican in the 2012 election.
The district is part of a map that passed the Illinois Senate on Tuesday and was signed into law Friday by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Forcum, 25, was elected to his local school board at the age of 19 at the same time he became a township trustee. He was elected township supervisor in the recent consolidated election.
Forcum, who is single, is a graduate of Lakeland Community College and is currently working on a business degree at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Forcum was featured in an June 5, 2011, article in the Decatur Herald-Review.
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The district is part of a map that passed the Illinois Senate on Tuesday and was signed into law Friday by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Forcum, 25, was elected to his local school board at the age of 19 at the same time he became a township trustee. He was elected township supervisor in the recent consolidated election.
Forcum, who is single, is a graduate of Lakeland Community College and is currently working on a business degree at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Forcum was featured in an June 5, 2011, article in the Decatur Herald-Review.
Read the article online
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
College Basketball: Stars sign Lynx's Dawson
West Dawson, who started for NJCAA Division II national champion Lincoln College last season, has signed with the University of Illinois Springfield men’s basketball team.
The 6-foot-4 junior-to-be scored a game-high 20 points in the national championship contest. He was also named to the all-tournament team. The Decatur Eisenhower product averaged 12.3 points, 2.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a sophomore guard.
“West is a high-energy guy who plays with a lot of passion,” UIS coach Ben Wierzba said. “He is a winner. He won in high school and he won in junior college.”
Dawson was featured in an June 1, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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The 6-foot-4 junior-to-be scored a game-high 20 points in the national championship contest. He was also named to the all-tournament team. The Decatur Eisenhower product averaged 12.3 points, 2.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a sophomore guard.
“West is a high-energy guy who plays with a lot of passion,” UIS coach Ben Wierzba said. “He is a winner. He won in high school and he won in junior college.”
Dawson was featured in an June 1, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the story online
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