NEWS & EVENT ARCHIVE

2009

October 18; Many thanks to the 1,500+ visitors who attended the Open House at the Post Sanctuary! We are especially grateful to the the Friends of Vishnu Springs for their outstanding volunteer efforts as the driving force behind this event. For additional information on the open house, the Post Wildlife Sanctuary, and the historic Town of Vishnu Springs, select from the following:

October 16 - 17; Join our friends and colleagues at Augustana College as they celebrate a significant milestone in the history of their Geography Department by attending the "Geography 60th Anniversary Symposium: A Celebration of Learning, Research and Service". Click here for additional information.

A new course for Fall 2009: Soc 499: Environmental Sociology will be offered by Dr. Richard Gee. This new course meets on MWF from 1:00-1:50 pm in Morgan Hall Room 307. Click here to email Dr. Gee.

The IES Advisory Board met on Friday, August 21, 2009 at 10:00 am in the CAS Dean's Office.

For students who matriculate in Fall 2009 semester, the ENVR minor has been revised. Click here for a brochure on the revised Environmental Studies minor (pdf document). Click here for additional information on the IES Academic Programs page. (posted July 9, 2009)

July 1, 2009; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Assistant Regional Director, Lynn Lewis and WIU President Al Goldfarb sign a Memorandum of Understanding in support of environmental education and research. Click here to learn more about this event.

June 2009; IES welcomes CAS Sciences Advisor, Ms. Jennifer Sandrik, to our team! Click here to go to the Academic Advising & Programs page for additional information.

April 8, 2009; 6th Annual WIU Environmental Summit, 9 am - 3 pm, University Union, Grand Ballroom. Click here to learn more about the Environmental Summit.

April 6, 2009; New program proposal for the Doctoral Degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis on large river ecosystem science will be considered by the WIU Graduate Council, 3 - 5 pm, University Union, Board Room. UPDATE Proposal for the Ph.D. in Environmental Science received approval from the WIU Graduate Council!

March 30, 2009; Sustainability Luncheon presentation by Ms. Selina Goddard, BIOSCI Graduate Student, on the relationships between historic land use and forest cover at the Ira & Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Malpass Library, Room 180.

March 25, 2009; Screening of "Fighting Goliath - the Texas Coal Wars" followed by a panel discussion on coal mining and utilization, 7 - 9 pm in Tillman Hall, Room 301 & Quad Cities via CODEC. An FYE 2009 cosponsored by IES and the Departments of Political Science & Biological Sciences. Click here for background information and a preview of the film. (Posted March 2, 2009)

January 2009; IES welcomes Dr. Eric Ribbens to our team! Dr. Ribbens is teaching ENVR 401, the capstone course in the Environmental Studies minor, during the Spring 2009 semester. Click here to learn more about Dr. Ribbens.

January 13, 2009; IES Advisory Board Meeting, 10 am, TL 301.

2008

Fall/Winter 2008; IES featured in FOCUS Magazine:

"WIU cosponsors first Upper Mississippi River Conference"
Feature story on Drs. Sue and Richard Musser"
"‘Vishnu Springs’ given to WIU, becomes Post Wildlife Sanctuary"
Click here for a pdf package of these stories.

November 14, 2008; IES staff participate in CITR's Faculty Research Symposium.

November 1, 2008; Congratulations to IES Research Fellow Dr. Sue Hum-Musser for receiving a 2008 University Research Council (URC) grant to support her work on plant-herbivore interactions. Click here to learn more about Dr. Hum-Musser and her research .

October 22, 2008; An important letter from community stakeholders regarding the Post Sanctuary.

October 14, 2008; Proposed revision to the Environmental Studies Minor approved by the WIU Faculty Senate.

October 6, 2008; IES sponsors trip to hear Wendell Barry speak at Augustana College.

October 4, 2008; Proposed revision to the Environmental Studies Minor approved by WIU's Council on Curricular Programs & Instruction (CCPI).

September 22 & 23, Geography Research Exhibit, Tillman Hall, Room 301F. Click here to learn more about the Exhibit.

IES welcomes Dr. Sue Hum-Musser, who joined the Institute as a Research Fellow in the Fall 2008 semester!

Congratulations to IES Research Fellow Dr. Susan Romano, on receiving support for her research on the hybridization, and spatial and genetic distribution of the federally threatened plant species, Boltonia decurrens, along the Illinois River, from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service! Click here to learn more about Dr. Romano and her research.

August 21-23, 2008, Upper Mississippi River Conference: Weaving Multiple Uses into Sustainable River Communities, i wireless Center, Moline, IL.

August 11, 2008, Earthwatch Institute student research presentations, 1 p.m. at the Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Station.

June 23, 2008; WIU Institutes to Conduct Extensive Study of Flood Impacts.

Spring/Summer 2008; IES featured in FOCUS Magazine:
- "Institute for Environmental Studies - growing more than just plants"
- "Fink gift provides Western students with local ecological laboratory"
- Click here for a pdf package of these stories.
April 28, 2008; Course in American Environmental History (HIST 422G) to be offered in Fall 2008. Click here to learn more.

April 23, 2008; Proposed revision of ENVR minor approved by CAS Faculty Council.

April 2, 2008; Proposed revision of ENVR minor approved unanimously by CAS Curriculum Committee.

April 2, 2008; Environmental Summit V cosponsored with Green Solutions.

March 7, 2008; IES Director, Roger Viadero, featured on Tri States Public Radio's "Emphasis".

February 22, 2008; IES Director, Roger Viadero Elected President of AES.

January 22, 2008; IES Advisory Board member Anderson featured in Keokuk, IA paper.

January 11, 2008; IES Advisory Board Meeting.

January 1, 2008; IES Advisory Board Member, Marty Green appointed VP of Governmental Relations for Illinois CPA Association.

2007

December 10, 2007; WIU & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sign Environmental Agreement.

November 15, 2007; Fink Gift Provides Western Students with Ecological Laboratory.

November 10, 2007; Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Station 40th Anniversary Celebration.

November 5, 2007; "Challenges to Environmental Sustainability in Latin America" a presentation by Robin Rosenberg.

October 23, 2007; Petersen Ornithological Collection Grand Opening Celebration Fall 2007.

September 17, 2007; IES Advisory Board Meeting.

May 25, 2007; Roger Viadero Named IES Director.