This week’s update addresses concerns about Spring Break, temporary work from home agreements, Winter Commencement, proctoring software clarifications, and testing locations.
Weekly coronavirus update, October 8
Unit: Academic Affairs and Provost
CTLT events for the week of October 12
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology partners with Milner Library and others to host professional development events this week.
ISU biology students continue prairie research for international study
The ability to adapt to change is integral to success in turbulent times. After years of working in the advertising industry in Las Vegas, Jackson Edwards has returned home to start a new career. The Bloomington native now studies conservation biology at Illinois State and researches soil and plant diversity under Dr. Diane Byers, associate professor of Evolutionary Ecology.
Capturing a soul: Alum creates sculpture of civil rights icon John Lewis for Atlanta park
Gregory Johnson ’77, M.A. ’80 was selected to create John Lewis’ statue that will reside in Atlanta’s Rodney Mims Cook Sr. Park, land dedicated to Georgia leadership that has shaped the world.
Your voice matters: Virtual discussion to elevate voices of people of color, October 8
Student leaders and elected officials will join together in a virtual panel on Thursday, October 8, to share personal experiences and discuss the importance of elevating the voices of people of color within the community.
Weekly coronavirus update, October 1
This week’s update includes information about course formats and registration for the spring semester, a new online proctoring solution, technology help and resources for students, expanded testing, testing locations, and getting students help when needed.
Living Well with Floods, October 15
The Center for a Sustainable Water Future is hosting an interdisciplinary, water-themed lecture series via Zoom. The first speaker, Dr. Caroline Gottschalk Druschke from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will discuss supporting freshwater systems.
Tamika Mallory to headline CRCC 2020: Equity with a Mirror
Nationally recognized activist and staunch advocate for Breonna Taylor, Tamika Mallory, will be the keynote speaker for the Fall 2020 Culturally Responsive Campus Community Conference.
Powerful pennycress: Dr. Sedbrook’s research team is transforming a weed into a crop
Though farmers consider pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) nothing more than a weed, Illinois State Professor of Genetics Dr. John Sedbrook is working to change their perspective—and the plant itself.
Changing of the guard
Redbird Scholar interviewed Dr. John Baur and Dr. Craig McLauchlan via Zoom last spring about the former’s tenure as the associate vice president for Research and Graduate Studies and the latter’s plans for his time in that post.
