Address from the Dean April 15, 2008. Address from the Dean Dean ’ s Award Ceremony.

Address fromthe Dean

April 15, 2008

Address from the Dean

Dean’s Award Ceremony

Community Advisory Board

Chicago Advisory Board

Emeritus Faculty Board

Attorneys Advisory Board

Charles Witte

Chair, Community

Advisory Board

Retired Circuit Judge

Rob McDade

Vice President

Country

Financial

Services

Dale Strassheim

Chief Executive Officer

The Baby Fold

Vernon Pohlmann

Professor Emeritus,

Sociology

Hall of Fame Member

Thanks to Our Boards

Community Advisory Board

Chicago Advisory Board

Emeritus Faculty Advisory Board

Attorneys Advisory Board

Budgets

Illinois Avoids Cuts

ISU Thrives

CAS Excellence

faculty and staff

distinguish

themselves

Recruitment

20 new faculty

3 new dept chairs

Last Four Years

55 new faculty

9 department chairs

Mid-year Salary Increases

This Semester: $460,958

Last 3 Years: $1,333,408

CAS Support

enhance and expand

faculty and staff support

Technology—Highest Priority

This year: $353,317

Last 4 Years: $2,036,476

Programs of Excellence

Last 4 Years:

$212,000


Neuroscience and Behavior

Collaboration with

Mayo Clinic


Nanotechnology

Research collaboration,

Southern Illinois

University


Cognitive Science

$1.6 million NIH grant


BioMathematics

Partnership with

Izmir University

of Economics, Turkey


Energy Science

$125 million grant:

DOE Great Lakes

Bioenergy Research

Center


Pharmacological Activities

Collaboration with

Universidad de

Caldas, Columbia

Faculty Support Programs

Additional 5% in overhead funds

Additional $92,029

for our departments


Increased Share of Indirect Funds

Extra Funding:

$35,162


Research Enhancement Awards

Course Releases

Graduate Assistants


5 awards, $15,560

Last 4 years: 37 faculty

12 depts

$118,350

REA Winners

Kevin Edwards (BIO)

Tomasz Fediuk (COM)

Shamira Gelbman (POL)

Eric Larson (BIO)

Julie Webber (POL)

Research ProposalReview Committee

Sherrilyn Billger (ECO)Jeff Courtright (COM)Willy Hunter (CHE)Julie Jung (ENG)

Laura Vogel (BIO)Susan Sprecher (SOA)

Research ProposalReview Committee

Associate Dean

Ann Beck


Increased Start-up Awards 50%

Will Double

in 2 years


This year:

$251,668 (14 depts)

Last 4 years:

$851,018 (56 faculty)


Travel Grants

This year:

$21,650 (59 trips)

Last 4 years:

$61,150 (159 trips)

Travel Grant Winners Nobuko Adachi (SOA) Susan Burt (ENG)

Tony Adedze (HIS) David Cedeno (CHE)

James Alstrum (LLC) Ray Clemons (HIS)

Alison Bailey (WGS) James Day (GEO)

John Baldwin (COM) Jonathan Druker (LLC)

Amy Bloom (GEO) Kristin Dykstra (ENG)

Isabel Botero (COM) Saad El-Zanati (MAT)

Joan Brehm (SOA) Tomasz Fediuk (COM)

Thomas Burr (SOA) Virginia Gill (SOA)

Travel Grant Winners Rajeev Goel (ECO) Issam Nassar (HIS)

Heidi Harbers (CSD) Jamie Perry (CSD)

Jeanne Howard (SWK) Norma Presmeg (MAT)

Alycia Hund (PSY) James Raines (SWK)

Luucian Ionescu (MAT) Paula Ressler (ENG)

R. K. Jayaswal (BIO) Elke Segelcke (LLC)

Margorie Jones (CHE) Frank Shaw (CHE)

David Marx (PHY) James Stanlaw (SOA)

Monteserrat Mir (LLC) Michael Stevens (PSY)

Travel Grant Winners

Charles Su (PHY) Andrew Weeks (LLC)

Richard Sullivan (SOA) Carl Wenning (PHY)

James Swindler (PHI) David Williams (BIO)

Mary Trouille (LLC) Stephen Van der Hoven (GEO)

Diane Urey (LLC) James van der Laan (LLC

Jeffrey Wagman (PSY)


New Faculty Book Support

This year:

$9,000 (18 faculty)

Last 4 Years:

$27,500 (55 faculty)


Research Grant Mentors Program

Feedback on Grant and

Fellowship Proposals


External Grant Funding

This Year: $3,762,817

Last 4 Years: $21,872,910


College Website

Expanded and

Streamlined


CASNews

21,176,465 hits

57,701 hits per day

24,871 individuals

6,000 subscribers


Dean’s Awards

Teaching

Scholarship

Service

Dean’s Awards

This Year:

14 awards, $18,000

Last 4 Years:

67 awards, $50,000


Dean’s Award Endowment

Goal: $400,000

Last Week: $189,500

Pledge: $6,000

External Support of CAS

Gifts to the College

This Year (so far): $1,551,855

Last 4 Years: $5,926,948

Faculty/ Staff Support

Continued and

Enhanced

Faculty/Staff

Support

College Commitment

Your

Greatest

Advocate

College Commitment

support & reward

excellent teaching

College Commitment

provide highest

quality instruction

College Commitment

support research

and scholarship

College Commitment

support

technological

needs

College Commitment

support, recognize,

facilitate, and reward

your work

College Commitment

Inclusiveness

Spirit of Openness

Transparency

College of Arts and Sciences

Ever-Greater

Levels of

Excellence

2008 Dean’s Award

Ceremony

College CouncilNancy Lind (Chair) Grace Johns

Ryan Allured (Vice Chair) Heather Jordon

John Baldwin Kevin McGuire

John Baur Tomas Ponce

Lucinda Beier Sharli Samuel

Christopher Breu Maura Toro-Morn

Bruce Burningham Steve Van der Hoven

Steven Fishback Christina White

Patty Franz Joe Zompetti

Jodi Hallsten

Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member

Last Year’s Winner

Mark Hill

Communication


Honorable Mention

Dedicated member of ISU

for over 30 years


Honorable Mention

“a highly organized individual who is very diligent, always meets deadlines, and exhibits incredible competence across a wide range of activities”


Honorable Mention

“competence, diligence, creativity, and high ethical standards”


Honorable Mention

Micaela E. McCombs

Sociology & Anthropology


A dozen faculty, staff, and administrators wrote glowing testimonials


dedication, thoughtfulness, professional demeanor, and strong work ethic


“an exemplar” of what it means

to be “truly outstanding”


the proper functioning of her department rests entirely in

her hands


Patricia L. Franz

Communication

Outstanding Administrative Professional


Sarah Walczynski

CAS-IT (LILT)


Honorable Mention

has contributed immeasurably

to CAS and ISU


Honorable Mention

“often works overtime, frequently arriving before faculty get in to their offices and remaining until

long after they have gone home”


Honorable Mention

contributes to ISU well beyond

her regular duties


Honorable Mention

Grace Foote Johns

Physics


loyal ISU employee for

nearly thirty years


managing internships, overseeing student advisement, coordinating student teacher placement, and serving as associate dept chair


has “presented and published more than some of our tenure-line faculty”


has “certainly brought in more grant money and fundraising money”


Douglas K. Jennings

Communication

Outstanding AP Teacher


Doug Jennings

Communication


Honorable Mention

“the epitome of an outstanding

educator”


Honorable Mention

consistently ranks among the

best teachers in the department


Honorable Mention

a genuine talent for working with

and motivating students


Honorable Mention

Laura M. Trendle-Polus

TV 10 and School of Com


directs a teacher-preparation program

earned a national reputation in the discipline


emphasis on learning by doingemphasis on learning by doing


““helped me solidify my decisionhelped me solidify my decision

to be an educator”to be an educator”


““extremely knowledgeableextremely knowledgeable

and fair”and fair”

““willing to work with studentswilling to work with students

anytimeanytime”


““a real standup guy!”a real standup guy!”


Carl WenningCarl Wenning

PhysicsPhysics

College Faculty Status Committee

R. K. Jayaswal (BIO)R. K. Jayaswal (BIO)Jean Standard (CHE)Jean Standard (CHE)Dan Rich (ECO)Dan Rich (ECO)Alan Lessoff (HIS)Alan Lessoff (HIS)Chris De Santis (ENG)Chris De Santis (ENG)John Baldwin (COM)John Baldwin (COM)

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching

Extraordinary record of teaching in preceding 3 years


Two awards of $3,000

Tenured and pretenured


1 honorable mention (plaque)

1 winner (plaque and $3,000)


Rigorous scrutiny by DFSC Evaluation by CFSC Clear indication of the superb

quality of our faculty


Pretenured Category


Honorable MentionHonorable Mention

Teaching Initiative AwardTeaching Initiative Award

Books and articles on teaching,ooks and articles on teaching,

including 5 SOTL articlesincluding 5 SOTL articles



patient, friendly, insightful, and patient, friendly, insightful, and always willing to helpalways willing to help



““an excellent professor” an excellent professor” “ “passionate” about teachingpassionate” about teaching “ “a great speaker” a great speaker” “ “loves teaching”loves teaching”


Honorable Mention

Brent K. Simonds

Communication


an impressive record of

outstanding teaching


seven teaching awards

several pubs about teaching

over two dozen grad committees

several undergraduate projects


“best professor I have ever had”

“the best class I’ve ever had”


“a lot less painful experience

than I expected ”


“Dr. X rocks!”


Pretenured

K. Aaron Smith

English


Tenured Category

Honorable Mention


“I have learned so much and I have gained valuable knowledge that will directly influence my scholarship.”


“This was truly a once in a lifetime experience. [The Professor’s] knowledge is truly astonishing and inspires me to become a better scholar and teacher.”


““Truly one of the best classroom Truly one of the best classroom experiences of six years in the experiences of six years in the university….More than worth the university….More than worth the 6,000 plus miles I put on my car 6,000 plus miles I put on my car driving to class.”driving to class.”


Honorable Mention

Susan M. Kim

English

Dynamic Co-Teachers

Susan M. Kim K. Aaron Smith


Tenured Category


Teaching Initiative AwardCAS Outstanding Teacher Award23 theses committeesnumber of undergraduate projects


“one of the finest professors I have ever had the pleasure of learning from”


“I feel I owe a great deal of my personal, academic, and professional growth to the support and guidance that [the instructor] has given me over the years.”


“works tirelessly to facilitate student learning, and has been one of the most talented motivators I have ever seen”


“dedication to engage students in learning has been phenomenal, and is one I hope to achieve as a high school teacher one hopeful day. I was blessed to be her student”


Tenured Category

Lisa F. SzczepuraChemistry

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement

January 1 to December 31, 2007


the most extraordinary scholarly achievement in the preceding calendar year


2 awards of $3,000

tenured faculty

pretenured faculty


research and creative activityhonors and awardsPhD and MA committeesundergraduate researchservice to the discipline


External Reviews

DFSC

CFSC


1 honorable mention (plaque)

1 winner (plaque and $3,000)


PretPretenured Category


Honorable Mention

2 research articles

submitted a third


Honorable Mention

2 NSF grants ($126 million)submitted two proposals10 grad committees


Honorable Mention

“an immensely important achievement for a junior faculty member or any faculty member”


Honorable Mention

“an exceptional achievement for being on the faculty for only five years”


Honorable Mention

John C. Sedbrook

Biological Sciences


7 scholarly articles 3 creative works 4 doctoral committees co-edited international journal


“a talented, versatile and

industrious writer-scholar”


“stands out as one of the most

brilliant contributions to the field

. . . that I’ve seen in years”


“a solid and original thinker and researcher” and “an indubitably important scholar”


PretPretenured Category

Kristin Dykstra

English


TTenured Category


Honorable Mention

12 research articles over a million dollars in grants 9 poster sessions


Honorable Mention

15 thesis committees 7 undergrad research projects


Honorable Mention

“world leader” in the discipline


Honorable Mention

contributions are “widespread,

deep, and fecund”


Honorable Mention

Timothy D. Lash

Chemistry


15 research articles $3.3 million in grants another $1.3 million


Fullbright Fellowship12 PhD and MS committees


“high standard and uncompromising approach toward research”


“an internationally recognized scholar” of the first degree


Steven A. Juliano

Biological Sciences

Dean’s Award Winners

Spring Address Reception

join us for

refreshments

and conversation

Address from the Dean April 15, 2008. Address from the Dean Dean ’ s Award Ceremony.

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