Cheryl Ball

As the editor of a pioneering online journal, Associate Professor of English Cheryl Ball knew her publication needed critical system upgrades. With support from Illinois State University’s Research and Sponsored Programs Office (RSP), Ball secured a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to pay for much-needed enhancements to the journal’s operating system.

Ball teaches classes in multimodal composition, digital media, composition theory and digital publishing in the Department of English. She is also the editor of Kairos, which has been online for 17 years, making it the longest-running journal of its kind and a model for other online publications. However, the outdated technology behind the journal makes content management cumbersome.

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Pete Smudde

Illinois State’s Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) members nominated Dr. Pete Smudde for and he was presented with the 2012 Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year award.

Illinois State’s President Al Bowman and the Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Larry Dietz presented this award during a ceremony recognizing excellence among individual students and student organizations on Sunday, April 15th. This award was developed to annually honor those advisors who contribute their time, energy and dedication to registered student organizations at Illinois State University. This award recognizes the support and knowledge of advisors, and without, the advancements of the student organizations would not be possible.

Bob Bradley

Professor of Political Science Bob Bradley hopes to leave his fingerprints on a case heading for a federal court of appeals.

Bradley is one of 38 scholars and scientists–and the sole political scientists–who put together an “amicus” (friend of the court) brief they hope will sway judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the weight given to fingerprint matches. “The hope is that the judges will make a statement about fingerprinting and human error,” said Bradley.

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Christa Knight and Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson and Christa Knight, two Illinois State University students majoring in English publishing studies, are completing an internship in the College of Arts and Sciences office. Working under the direction of Assistant Dean Deborah Fox, this semester they were responsible for writing, editing, and publishing CASNews. “I’m very grateful for the opportunity to have worked with Liz and Christa,” said Fox. “For the past four months, they’ve worked very hard to ensure that each week they share the excellent work being done in our College.”

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May 1 - School of Biological Sciences BEES Brown-bag Seminar, Sandrine Clairadin, “Investigations into the Estrogenic Effects and Mechanisms of Action of Bisphenol-A: How to Avoid Getting a ‘real’ Job for Three Years,” Room 121, Science Laboratory Building, Noon.