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May 2021 Illinois Professional Digest

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  • People of Prairie Research Institute

    Get to know the archaeologists, biologists, chemists, ecologists, geologists, and other scientists and staff of the Prairie Research Institute (PRI)!

    Riley Balikian, geophysicist and hydrogeologist

    Chris Miller, Conservation Resource Specialist

  • 2021 Student Affairs Outstanding Staff and Program Awards

    Student Affairs Outstanding Staff & Program Awards celebrates and recognizes the tremendous efforts of staff from every unit within Student Affairs. Awardees are recognized for their exemplary commitment to professional integrity and excellence. This years' awards are:

    Outstanding New Staff Award:  Dr. Ryan Young – Office of Minority Student Affairs
    Outstanding Academic Professional Member Award:  Dr. Patricia Ricketts – The Counseling Center
    Outstanding Civil Service Member Award:  Dr. Marsha Mwilambwe – The Testing Center
    Outstanding Program Award:  We RISE – Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
    Outstanding Assessment Program: Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) Interactive Annual Report.

    To read more, click here.

  • Liberal Arts & Sciences Awards Alejandra Seufferheld the Paula Adametz Hays Award

    The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honors staff for outstanding contributions to the college in 2020-21. Alejandra Seufferheld, from the the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, was selected to receive the Paula Adametz Hays Award for her outstanding contributions as Outreach Coordinator. To read more, click here

  • Facilities and Services: Spotlight Projects: Happy to Stop

    Chris Newman-Granadino, a laborer-electrician at F&S, went above and beyond to assist a student in need. Her kind gesture was recognized by Facilities and Services. To read more about what she did, click here