Macy’s will partner with Illinois State University’s Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CeMaST) to invite customers to participate in Macy’s eighth annual national “Shop For A Cause” charity shopping event on August 24, 2013. Macy’s “Shop For A Cause” is a unique one-day-only shopping event created to support local charities’ fundraising efforts. Customers can purchase shopping passes at CeMaST now, in support of Family Science Day and STEM Education. Pass holders will receive special discounts on most regular, sale and clearance purchases during the “Shop For A Cause” event.

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Andrew Hartman

Illinois State University Associate Professor of History Andrew Hartman has been named the 2013-14 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. The appointment will begin in August and Hartman will remain in Odense until June 2014.

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Fred H. Smith, Chair of the Illinois State University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, received the Gabriel Lasker Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists at the Association’s annual meeting in April in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Audiology Students

The Illinois State University Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Class of 2015 had the opportunity to spend their Spring Break providing free hearing healthcare to citizens in a remote region of Appalachia with limited access to healthcare. The students partnered with Phonak’s Hear the World initiative to provide audiology services at the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Kentucky on March 11-12, 2013.

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Aug. 19 – Fall semester classes begin.