Social Studies Day 2008
ISU History Department, Regional Office of Education #17, and McLean County History Museum are jointly sponsoring Social Studies Day 2008 on April 25, 2008 with registration and coffee beginning at 8:30 a.m.
James Oakes
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of McLean County and The McLean County Museum of History present an evening with James Oakes on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. It will be held in the Governor Fifer Courtroom at the McLean County Museum of History, 200 North Main St., Bloomington, IL. More info.
Women's History Month
Stacy Cordery, author of Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker (Viking, 2007) will be speaking at 2 pm in Milner Library atrium on March 27, 2008.
History-Social Sciences Education
Congratulations to the December 2007 graduates from the History-Social Sciences Education program. Also pictured are the Distinguished Portfolio winners and the University Supervisors. A special thank you goes out to the supervisors for a wonderful semester.
Black History Month
Dr. Dean Robinson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke on February 25, 2008. He is the author of Health Disparities By Race and Class: Why Both Matter (2005),The Black Family and US Social Policy (2003), and Black Nationalism In American Politics and Thought (2001).
Frederick D. Drake History Teacher Alumni Award
The first recipient of this award, Terry Jozwik, graduated from Illinois State University in 1974. He has taught at Glenbrook South High School ever since. He is currently the chairman of the 24-person social sciences department there. Click here to read more. View photos.
Fall 2007 Homecoming Parade
Sponsored by the Department of History, students from Phi Alpha Theta, the History Club and the History Floor in Atkin-Colby prepared a float for the Sesquicentennial Parade. Special thanks go to Dr. Stump, Dr. Gifford, and all those students who helped construct the float and to those students who participated during the parade. Especially Abe Lincoln, Eric Vinsel and the Statue of Liberty, Jessica Joyce.
James Lowen's two talks at Illinois State University were well attended. Thank you to those who attended and for Milner Library and the McLean County Historical Museum for co-sponsoring. See podcast.
The Robert G. Bone Distinguished Lecture Series was well attended on October 11, 2007. The lecture was entitled "World War II in Postwar Politics" given by Gerhard L. Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. View photos.
