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Spurlock
Museum opens
Visitors
learn about world history and cultures
More than five years after the groundbreaking ceremony, the William
R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum opened Sept. 26 in its new location
at 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, just east of Krannert Center for
the Performing Arts. Full story
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UI receives record $219
million in private gifts
Gifts
to the UI and the UI Foundation totaled an institution record
$219.6 million for fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, according
to Stephen K. Rugg, UI chief financial officer and treasurer
of the UI Foundation. Full story
Gifts totaling more than
$10 million to benefit Illinois Gifts
for Urbana
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students to vote on union
University administrators and the Graduate Employees Organization
are one step closer to an election that will decide if certain
graduate assistants on the Urbana campus want to be represented
by a collective bargaining unit.
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readies for
Monday Night Football
Street
closures, parking guidelines announced
In
anticipation of the Oct. 7 Monday night Chicago Bears football
game against the Green Bay Packers beginning at 8 p.m. at Memorial
Stadium, the campus has issued guidelines regarding street closures,
parking and campus hours for game day.
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approves committee name change, hears budget update
The Urbana-Champaign Senate held a brief meeting on Sept. 30,
its first of the fall semester.
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Campus
Award for Excellence in Public Engagement
Three faculty
members, one academic professional staff member and four students
have been honored with this year’s Campus Award for Excellence
in Public Engagement.
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On the job:
Shirley Splitstoesser
As
program manager of the Prairie Flowers Program, Shirley Splitstoesser
helps enliven science and mathematics lessons for fourth-grade
through eighth-grade pupils by providing hands-on project kits
to Illinois teachers. More |
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brief
notes
Discussion
about Burns' 'The Civil War'… 'Beethoven With a Twist' featured…
Candidates in live TV appearance…Museums host open houses
for educators … Second
edition of ethics handlbook available… Ally training offered
Oct. 11… Kaler featured in film at Staerkel…Series to
focus on New York Times art critic … Community
Med School offered… Provost Herman to speak to acpros…
Public policy expert to speak Oct. 8…WGGP conference is Oct.
17-19 …More
Committee rosters
available online
The
annual summary of committee members on the Urbana-Champaign campus
can be viewed online at:
www.news.uiuc.edu/ii/02/1003/committees
benefits
briefs
Retirement
planning seminar series announced More
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| achievements
A report on honors,
awards, offices and other outstanding achievements of faculty and
staff members.
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book
corner
Browse
through our new column featuring books by faculty and staff members.
"The
Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship
and Family," by Walt Harrington More
"Our
Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media,"
by Robert McChesney and John Nichols More |
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| deaths
Ronald
E. Cheek,
48, died Sept. 27 at Kirby Hospital, Monticello. Cheek was a grounds
subforeman with the UI’s Division of Operation and Maintenance.
He had worked at O&M since 1979.
Daphne
G. Ehrhart, 85,
died Sept. 13 at Manor Care Health Services, Champaign. Ehrhart
was a longtime employee of the UI Mailing Center.
Henry
F. Mueller,
80, died Sept. 24 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Mueller was a chemist at the Illinois State Water Survey from
1949 to 1979. Memorials: St. Peter’s United Church of Christ,
905 S. Russell St., Champaign, or the International Waldenstrom’s
Macroglobulinemia Foundation, Attn. Jim Bunton, 2300 Bee Ridge
Road, Suite 301, Saratoga, FL 32439-6226.
Linda
L. Pearson Thomson,
62, died Sept. 17 at Englewood Community Hospital, Englewood,
Fla. Thomson was a secretary at the UI in Curriculum and Instruction
for nine years, retiring in 1995.
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