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Engineering students honored at annual convocation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Six University of Illinois College of Engineering students and a recent graduate were honored Friday (April 7) at the 36th annual Engineering Awards Convocation for their achievements in and out of the classroom. The recipients and their awards: • Daniel Therriault won the Henry Ford II Scholar Award. The Ford Award is […]
Four alumni honored by College of Engineering
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Four alumni of the University of Illinois College of Engineering were honored Friday (April 7) at the 36th annual Engineering Awards Convocation. Each year the college recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding alumni and former faculty members with the Alumni Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering. The award honors leadership, contributions to […]
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 […]
Four UI students to receive Goldwater Scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Four University of Illinois students will receive the Goldwater Scholarship, which is awarded to undergraduate students who excel in the study of mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering. This year’s scholarship recipients are David A. Fike, Benjamin R. Marks, Jared J. Mehl, and Erik R. Stauffer Fike is majoring in physics and […]
Police captain honored with Moms Association’s Medallion
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Mothers Association’s Medallion of Honor will be presented to Capt. Krystal Fitzpatrick of the UI police department at a Moms Day tea scheduled for Saturday (April 8). The tea will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Campbell Hall, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. Since 1977, the medallion has been given […]
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 […]
Former Cook County circuit judge named to preside over Chief dialogue April 14
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Board of Trustees today announced that Louis B. Garippo, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, has been retained to assist the board in conducting the dialogue on Chief Illiniwek. The board also announced the time and location of its Special Intake Session on Chief Illiniwek. The […]
UI to join group dedicated to ending substandard labor conditions
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois announced today that it is provisionally joining the Worker’s Rights Consortium, an organization dedicated to putting an end to substandard labor conditions for workers who make collegiate apparel. Twenty-eight schools, including Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, are affiliated with the WRC. The UI’s decision to join was based […]
Ninth bienniel women’s conference moves to Assembly Hall
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton will be the first keynote speaker at the University of Illinois’ ninth Biennial Conference for Working Women, to be held at Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign, April 13-14. The event, billed as “Two days to totally change your life,” will bring thousands of working […]