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On the Job: Mary Ann Gonka
JOB: Mary Ann Gonka is assistant director for health professions and science career information at The Career Center. Her main responsibility is to work with students who are interested in health professions such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician’s assistants, dentistry, pharmacy and optometry. She also works with some pre-med students. Is this the busiest […]
NCSA founder Larry Smarr to leave UI for San Diego campus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – After 20 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 15 years as the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Larry Smarr announced today that he has accepted a professorship at the University of California, San Diego. His wife, Janet Smarr, also has accepted a position at UCSD. They will […]
Moms Association elects officers, directors during Moms Weekend 4/21/2000
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mary Jo Farrell, McHenry, has been elected president of the Mothers Association at the University of Illinois. Farrell is the mother of Tom, a junior in the UI College of Fine and Applied Arts. Other newly elected Mothers Association officers include (EDITORS: See list.). The election was held during the annual Moms […]
English professor Richard Wheeler named dean of Graduate College
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Richard Wheeler has accepted the position of dean of the UI Graduate College, as recommended by the chancellor and president. His appointment will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval at the board meeting in May. Wheeler is a professor of English whose scholarly work has been primarily in Shakespearean […]
On the Job: Al Wolfe
JOB: Technically, Al Wolfe’s job title is Assembly Hall technician. But in reality, he has been the building electrician at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts since 1981. He is responsible for everything there that has wires, he says, and he has crawled into every nook and cranny of the place to make installations and […]
Professor of special education named next dean of education
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Susan Fowler has been named the new dean of the University of Illinois College of Education, pending approval by the UI Board of Trustees at its May meeting. Fowler is a UI professor of special education and associate dean for academic affairs in the college. She succeeds Mildred Barnes Griggs, who has […]
Sen. Paul Simon to speak at Commencement ceremonies May 14
CHAMPAIGN — The 129th Commencement of the UI at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 14 at the Assembly Hall. The speaker at both ceremonies will be former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois who will receive an honorary degree, as will five other people. At the 10:30 a.m. ceremony, candidates in the […]
Fourteen engineering faculty members honored for excellence
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fourteen faculty members of the University of Illinois College of Engineering were honored Friday (April 7) at the 36th annual Engineering Awards Convocation for their excellence in research and teaching. The winner of the Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, which recognizes faculty members who have received national or […]
On the Job: Kathy Schluter-Krewson
JOB: Since 1981, Kathy Schluter-Krewson has been a groundsworker for the UI. She does jobs that range from picking up litter to planting flower beds. In the summer she mows dozens of acres and in the winter she cleans snow off miles of sidewalks. She and her two children, Clint, 15, and Jessica, 8, live […]
Anti-discrimination exhibit, ‘Boxes and Walls,’ comes to UI
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — After former University of Illinois student Benjamin Smith went on a hate-filled killing spree last July through Illinois and Indiana, UI students and staff members wanted to counter the negative message that Smith sent. They decided to present a program called “Boxes and Walls,” an interactive tour that gives visitors a chance […]
Siebel Systems gives $2.6 million to endow Siebel Scholars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois today announced that Siebel Systems, the world’s leading provider of eBusiness applications software, has donated $2.6 million to the UI to establish the Siebel Scholars Program in computer science. The Siebel Scholars Program is being initiated at 11 of the world’s leading business and computer science schools. Each […]
Phi Eta Sigma initiates 981 UI freshmen
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, a national scholastic honorary society for freshmen, initiated 981 members at a campus ceremony this spring. The initiates are UI students who have earned a minimum 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale in either their first semester, or first and second semesters […]