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Life By Design (Text And Video), Curtis C. Trout

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The Trouble With Literature (Text And Video), Joanne Diaz

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Open Education Exploration Grant: Michelle Cowin Gibbs, Michelle Cowin Gibbs

Ames Library Awards

No abstract provided.

Wilberta Naden Pickett, Wilberta Naden Pickett '50

All oral histories

Bachelor of Music, IWU, 1950. According to the 1950 Wesleyana, she was a member of the Indee Women, Egas, Alpha Lambda Delta, Women's Chorus, Colleqiate Choir, University Chorus, Episcopoi, Sunday Evening Fellowship, Vesper Chairman, Vesper Organist, Park Hall President, and was in productions of "Faust" and "Of Thee I Sing."

Mrs. Pickett later attained the following additional accomplishments:

• Master of Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary, 1952
• Choir Master degree, American Guild of Organists, 1956
• Certified Church Musician, Presbyterian Association of Musicians, 1978

Poem For The Inauguration: The Spirit Line, Joanne Diaz, Michael Theune

Inauguration of Eric R. Jensen

The text of this poem is available for viewing below and may be downloaded above. A photo of Drs. Diaz and Theune is also available here.

Invocation For President Jensen’S Inauguration, Elyse Nelson Winger

Inauguration of Eric R. Jensen

These remarks are available for viewing below and may be downloaded above. A photograph of University Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger is also linked here.

Sammye Greer, Sammye Greer

All oral histories

Professor of English Sammye Greer was on faculty at IWU from 1970-1982. On behalf of the newly-formed 2014 Women's Caucus, Greer was asked to provide any recollections she had of the ca. 1970s IWU Women's Caucus, including any records or documentation that might still exist. Her remarks describe the campus climate for female faculty, events of the Caucus in her era, and perspectives on the issues she encountered as department chair.

Dr. Greer received IWU's Teaching Excellence Award and gave an Honors Day Convocation address in May 1978. The text for that address may be found at http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/teaching_excellence/42

Carren Moham, Carren Moham, Francine Krieger 2015

All oral histories

Dr. Moham was Professor of Music at Illinois Wesleyan from 1998-2014. She matriculated from The Ohio State University in Columbus where she earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Pedagogy and Black Music History.

During this interview she recounts her move from her doctoral program at the Ohio State University, to the Washington Cancer Institute and her choice of Illinois Wesleyan. Moham also discusses some of the memorable moments from her teaching and performing career in Illinois. After retiring, she became artist teacher voice at Illinois State University and is the owner of a voice rehabilitation business in …

Amanda Toney-Logan And Myrtis Sullivan, Amanda Toney-Logan '74, Myrtis Sullivan '74, Elissa Ledvort 2013

All oral histories

The primary subject of this joint interview is the founding of the Iota Zeta Chapter of the national service fraternity Delta Sigma Theta. Logan served as first Vice President and Dean of Pledges. Logan and Sullivan also discuss the group's activities on campus and their thoughts on the reason the IWU chapter closed. The two friends also recount their recent efforts in getting the chapter restarted and tell stories about the connections they made in life because of their Iota Zeta friendships.

Other topics include dorm and social life, "short term" and the cost of tuition. They discuss IWU's small …

Intertwinglement; Or A Request By Way Of A Story (Text And Video), Daniel Terkla

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Happiness And The Liberal Arts: Three Movements (Text And Audio), Wes Chapman

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

At The Crossroads: On Fairytales, Firebirds, And Real Life Choices (Text And Audio), Marina Balina

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Unruly Tongues (Text And Audio), Mary Ann Bushman

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Commencement Address, Frankie R. Faison '71

Commencement Ceremonies

Frankie R. Faison '71 earned the M.F.A. in theatre from New York University and has performed in theatre, television and films. At IWU, performed in many School of Theatre Arts productions, was an All-State tight end on IWU's football team, played tennis, was active in the Black Student Association and a member of Theta Chi fraternity. Faison received the IWU Minority Alumni Network Award in 1996.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (Text Only), W. Michael Weis

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The State Of The Art (Text And Video), Jared Brown

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

"As If The Language Suddenly, With Ease" (Text And Video), Kathleen O'Gorman

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

What's The Difference? (Text And Audio), James D. Matthews

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The University And The Rage Of The Middle Class (Text Only), Paul Bushnell

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

When I speak of the rage of the middle class I do not mean to imply that it is the exclusive possession of the middle class and certainly not that it is shared by every middle class person in the United States. But the middle class has a great deal of power as an organizing class in our society - it votes in greater numbers, it expresses its views in public - calls in to talk shows, writes more letters to editors, pressures Congress.

The Search For Captain Howdy (Text And Audio), Robert C. Bray

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

Part of the 1991 Honors Day Convocation featuring Bob Bray's speech and the announcement of the 1992 Teaching Excellence recipient: John D. Wenum.

The History Of Love (Text And Audio), Michael B. Young

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Under The Lids Of The Newborn Child, Or In Partial Defense Of The Humanities (Text And Audio), Sue A. Huseman

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Another Brick In The Wall?, Michael B. Young

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

In the short space allowed me here, I want to share some of my thoughts with you in response to "Another Brick in the Wall." Time will not permit me to qualify my remarks, to explore other important dimensions of the issue, or to acknowledge contrary viewpoints as much as I would like to. Please do not judge me harshly for what I have had to leave out. Alas, I do not have time to ponder the exact meaning of "brick" and "wall," least of all the meaning intended by the songwriter. I do not have time to acknowledge adequately …

Emotion Recollected In Tranquillity, Harvey F. Beutner

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Poetae Patriae Amantes: A Tribute In Five Scenes, R. Bedford Watkins

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The Varieties Of Hemlock, Robert W. Burda

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The Liberal Art ― Vision And Form, John Ficca

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The Noisy Conflict Of Half-Truths, Doris C. Meyers

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The Historians And I, Bunyan H. Andrew

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Primitive Art, Rupert Kilgore

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.