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Civil Service Employee for the month of May - Bill Brewer

Civil Service Employee of the Month

Civil Service Employee of the Month for the month of May is Bill Brewer.

Congratulations to Bill!

2012 Professor of the Year

Please join us in congratulating our College of Business and Technology-QC colleague, Dr. Susan Stewart, is Beta Gamma Sigma's "2012 Professor of the Year" for the WIU chapter. Each year, incoming student inductees to Beta Gamma Sigma are polled for their choice of "Professor of the Year" with the recipient announced at the chapter's annual banquet at WIU-Macomb.

Beta Gamma Sigma is a business honor society which recognizes the top 10% of business students from among AACSB-accredited schools and colleges of business. Note that AACSB accredits less than 5% of the 13,000 business schools worldwide.

This is the second year in a row that a WIU-QC business professor has been honored as the WIU chapter's "Professor of the Year!" Also, the WIU chapter of BGS was again recognized as a "Premier Chapter" for the second year in a row as well.

Congratulations to Susan and the College of Business and Technology!

Events and Information

Upcoming CITR Workshops

QC Riverfront Campus - The New Western Online: Getting Started in Desire2Learn

Date: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: QC Riverfront Campus, Room A 116

Instructor(s): Chad Dennis

Description: Are you looking to get a head start on the new course management system? Come join us for an overview of the new Western Online using Desire2Learn. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to activate class sections, upload files, create learning modules, and much more.

WIU-QC Research & Scholarship Symposium (QCRSS)

WIUQC Research and Scholarship Symposium

The aim of this network is to help faculty at the Western Illinois University - Quad Cities campus connect with colleagues to develop research partnerships, to gain support, and to share research expertise and accomplishments.

Quad Cities Research and Scholarship Symposium (QCRSS) has moved to make it easier for everyone to join us. We are now meeting on the second Tuesday of the month.

For a complete understanding of the goals and aims of the QCRSS, see the Purpose Statement.

Join the QCRSS community - it's free!

WIU Partners with Microsoft Home Use Programs for Employees

Western Illinois University faculty, staff, graduate students and teaching assistants may now download specific Microsoft software for just $9.95, thanks to an arrangement between Western's University Technology (uTech) division and the Microsoft Home Use Program.

"We are pleased to offer this program. It is one that the campus has been asking for, and it represents a significant cost advantage for WIU employees who choose to take advantage of this program," said Joe Rives, vice president for the Quad Cities, planning and technology.

Employees may download one copy of one software from each offered:

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, SharePoint Workspace, Publisher, Access and InfoPath
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (Office 2011 for Mac is due out this month), which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage and Messenger
Microsoft Project Professional 2010

While the purchase is limited to one copy of each currently offered Microsoft product, this copy may be installed on two home computers that the WIU employee uses: one desktop computer and one mobile device. Employees do not own the software; they are only entitled to use it while serving as a WIU employee.

For more information about this offer, including downloads, visit wiu.edu/university_technology/microsofthomeuseprogram.php.

Individuals who wish to own this software may purchase it from JourneyEd at www.wiu.edu/JourneyEd.