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Career, volunteer firefighters gather for 76th annual fire college
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — About 1,000 career and volunteer firefighters from throughout Illinois will have the opportunity to learn new skills and techniques while sharing experience at the 76th annual Illinois Fire College June 1-4 at the University of Illinois. The college is hosted each year by the Illinois Fire Service Institute, the state’s fire academy, […]
Iowa State University official named new chief information officer
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Peter M. Siegel of Iowa State University has been chosen to be the new chief information officer for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UI Provost Richard Herman announced today. Siegel is the director for academic information technologies at ISU in Ames, where he oversees a full-time professional staff at the ISU […]
On the Job: Linda Bauer
JOB: Linda Bauer is in charge of the interior design department for the UI Housing Division. She selects furnishings and furniture for the 5,000 student rooms, 1,000 apartments, and common area spaces, such as main lounges, the floor lounges, libraries, computer labs, fitness centers and dining rooms. She’s been in her position for 10 years; […]
Two graduate students win Doolen Scholarships to study aging
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois graduate students have won 2000-2001 Paul D. Doolen graduate scholarships for the study of aging. They will receive $3,500 each to continue their studies in gerontology. Jonathan Godbout of Champaign is pursuing a doctorate in animal sciences at the Urbana campus. His research focuses on the cellular mechanism […]
Fourteen UI students have been awarded scholarships to study abroad
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fourteen University of Illinois students have been awarded scholarships to help them study abroad during the summer and the next academic year. The recipients and their scholarships: (EDITIORS: See list.). According to the Institute of International Education, 115,000 students will study abroad during the 2000-01 academic year. In 1998-99, 9.3 percent of […]
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 […]
Five UI students win FMC Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Each of five University of Illinois graduate students — including four from the Urbana-Champaign campus — has been awarded a $7,500 FMC Graduate Fellowship for the 2000-01 academic year. The fellowship program, established in 1971 by the UI’s FMC Educational Fund, awards the honors annually to outstanding graduate students in business administration, […]
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 […]
Mothers Association book awards given to honor freshmen scholars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to University of Illinois freshmen who earned a 4.0 grade-point average (on a 4-point scale) during the fall semester, while taking at least 14 hours of credit. Among those receiving book awards are (EDITORS: see list.). The association honored the winners at a UI Moms […]
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 […]