September 21, 2018 A bi-weekly report from the Board of Higher Education

The 2018-19 IBHE Student Advisory Committee held its first meeting Saturday, Sept. 15, at the IBHE office in Springfield. The group is currently comprised of 17 students from colleges and universities across the state, and elected its officers at this meeting. For more information or to join SAC, please contact Emily Chase.

2018-19 SAC Officers IBHE Student Board IBHE Non-traditional SAC SAC Member Student Board Member Chair Secretary Emily Buice Truong (Jack) Luu Carl Frasor Zak Brummett Southern Illinois Heartland Augustana Southern Illinois University Carbondale Community College College University Edwardsville

L to R: Truong (Jack) Luu, Carl Frasor, Zak Brummett, and Emily Buice.

Eastern Illinois University (EIU) is unveiling a new multifaceted financial aid program that can significantly reduce – and in some cases completely offset – tuition and fee costs for qualified Illinois students who enroll at EIU.

This past spring, the Higher Education Working Group, a bipartisan group of legislators interested in finding common-ground and viable solutions, proposed and passed a new merit-based grant program. That program – the AIM HIGH Grant – was signed into law in August. Students who qualify for the three new programs will be eligible to receive AIM HIGH-supported funding for up to four years or eight semesters at EIU.

Ultimately, EIU’s commitment to Illinois will significantly reduce tuition and fees for students of families from all income levels and in some cases completely offset tuition and fees for students of low- income families with annual adjusted gross incomes of $61,000 or less. Other program qualifications include Illinois residency for the student, Illinois residency for at least one parent identified on the 1

student’s FAFSA, and admittance to EIU as a new, full-time freshman. “Eastern Illinois University is deeply committed to its role as a premier regional public university,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Dr. Jay Gatrell. “This program demonstrates EIU’s longstanding commitment to the region and the state by attracting and retaining more of Illinois’ college-bound students.”

Starting with its fall 2019 incoming class, Eastern’s commitment to Illinois will support qualified students with AIM HIGH Grant funding using a trio of funding mechanisms unique to EIU:  EIU Promise: EIU will offset the remaining balance of a student’s tuition and fee costs for resident families demonstrating a family income of $61,000 or less.  EIU Cost Match: EIU will match the out-of-pocket cost of attendance of any regionally accredited public university in Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. To qualify, Illinois students can submit their Financial Aid Award letters from qualifying institutions in those states.  EIU Merit Scholarship Bonus: Qualified Illinois students will be eligible to receive at least $2,500 each year through EIU’s renewable scholarship bonus. By combining Merit Scholarship benefits with state-funded AIM HIGH scholarships, qualified EIU students are eligible to earn up to $18,000 in scholarship funding over four years or eight semesters.

Together, these scholarship offerings can significantly reduce and in some cases completely offset costs for EIU’s qualified, incoming students. More information about EIU’s AIM HIGH scholarship programs is available here.

The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Lisa C. Freeman president of Northern Illinois University. Freeman, who has served as acting president since July 2017, begins the appointment immediately as NIU’s 13th president. She is the first woman in that role.

“When we considered the type of president we wanted to lead NIU into the future, we set the bar high. We were seeking a visionary and strategic leader who has a deep knowledge and appreciation of NIU’s values and mission. We are confident that we have found that person in Dr. Freeman,” said Wheeler Coleman, chair of the NIU Board of Trustees.

”It is my professional and personal honor to lead NIU forward,” Dr. Freeman said. “NIU is home to world-class faculty, dedicated employees and a diverse and proud student body, with an incredibly strong support network of alumni and donors. I look forward to collaborating with the Huskie community to strengthen the transformative educational experience NIU provides regionally, nationally and globally.”

The board acknowledged Freeman’s strong leadership, energy, transparency and performance during her time as acting president, specifically praising her efforts to not only stabilize the university during a leadership transition, but also for making significant progress in developing a vision and plan to move the university forward in areas such as enrollment, fiscal sustainability and process improvement.

Prior to becoming acting president, Freeman held the positon of executive vice president and provost. She earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a doctor of veterinary medicine, all at Cornell University, and a doctor of philosophy at the Ohio State University.

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Zaldwaynaka (“Z”) Scott was unanimously voted by the Chicago State University (CSU) Board of Trustees to serve as the university’s 12th permanent president and assumed the role on July 1, 2018. Under Scott’s leadership, CSU has a renewed focus on growing student enrollment, building the school’s regional and national reputation for scholarship and academic research, improving the resources and opportunities available to the student body, and increasing alumni and community engagement.

“I am humbled and thrilled to have been selected by the board to lead the university,” Scott said. “I think this is an amazing opportunity.”

Prior to her current role, Scott spent more than 16 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois. She also served as Illinois’ first executive inspector general for the agencies of the governor and public universities and previously served on the CSU Board of Trustees. Before her public service she taught law at , the , and John Marshall Law School.

Scott holds a law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a bachelor’s degree the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

Western Illinois University history professor Lee L. Brice has been chosen for two prestigious academic opportunities based on his research interest in the coins of ancient Corinth.

Brice has been named the W. L. Gale Lecturer in Numismatics for 2018 and has been selected as the 2018 Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Center for Ancient Numismatics (ACANS) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

The honors are based on Brice's research that recently culminated in an Elizabeth A. Whitehead Visiting Professorship at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA), Greece. The Whitehead Professorship is a research and teaching fellowship for scholars working on Greek history. During his time out of the country, Brice focused his research on the coins of ancient Corinth and taught a seminar in ancient numismatics, the study of coins. He was also previously awarded a Gertrude Smith Professorship at ASCSA, during which Brice co-directed a summer field seminar in Greece.

"It is a great honor being selected to this prestigious, competitive fellowship," said Brice. "The ACANS is the foremost center in the southern hemisphere for research on ancient coins from Greece, Rome, and Persia."

The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center (INWC) Advisory Board are proud to acknowledge the 2018 Nurse Educator Fellow recipients, each of whom is awarded $10,000 to help promote excellence in nursing education. “It is an honor to actively support the Nurse Educator Fellows program,” said Dr. Al Bowman, executive director of IBHE. “These nurse educators are highly qualified, and Illinois is fortunate to have them in teaching roles in our state as we work toward reversing our nursing shortage.”

The recipients are using the funding to conduct research, attend and/or present study findings at a conference or for continuing education. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation 3

Director Jessica Baer said, “I would like to thank and congratulate these outstanding professionals for their dedication to educating and supporting the next generation of nurses. Their qualifications are impressive, and the specialties and projects that they are pursuing are remarkable.”

Some of those projects include collaborating with a colleague in Japan on acute coronary syndrome symptoms, research into teaching strategies, evaluating federally qualified health centers, pursuing simulation education, and researching culturally sensitive care to vulnerable populations.

The awards were given at recognition ceremonies in Chicago and Springfield.

Chicago

L to R: Jie Chen, Northern Illinois University; Georgine Maisch, Aurora University; Carol Kostovich, Loyola University of Chicago; Tisha Goad, Lake Land College; Kelli Nickols, Moraine Valley Community College; Maripat King, U of I at Chicago; Marcia Bulthuis, Prairie State College; Nanci Reiland, ; and Toula Kelikian, Morton College

Springfield

L to R: Kelly Tisdale, Joliet Junior College; Denise Caldwell, Lewis & Clark Community College; Ann Eckhardt, Illinois Wesleyan University; Anne Yates Hustad, Illinois Eastern-Olney Central College; Amanda Hopkins, Illinois Wesleyan University; Orin Reitz, Illinois State University; Jamie Nickell, ; and Pam Laskowski, Millikin University

Not pictured: Jennifer Smith, William Rainey Harper College 4

The Illinois Farm Bureau and the Illinois Farm Service Agency are calling all veterans, active duty military members, and spouses for a series of Veterans in Agriculture: “Planning for Success in Illinois” events. Learn how to get started in farming, how to qualify for government programs that reward land stewardship and conservation efforts, and how to pursue profitable niche markets and organic certification. A portion of the day will be devoted to farm visits for hands-on experience at a production farm tour. Lunch will be provided by the Illinois Farm Bureau.

Friday, October 19 9 am to 4 pm Clay County Farm Bureau 140 North Church Street, Louisville, IL

Monday, November 5 9 am to 4 pm DoubleTree by Hilton 10 Brickyard Drive, Bloomington, IL

Click here for more information or to register.

The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut earthquake drill is a great opportunity for your entire campus community to learn, get prepared, and practice what to do during earthquakes ("Drop, Cover, and Hold On!"). More than 58 million people participated last year. All colleges and universities are encouraged to participate in ShakeOut on October 18, 2018, at 10:18 a.m. This ShakeOut will be part of an international event involving millions of participants from more than 40 states and territories and several countries.

If your college is not listed at ShakeOut.org, please register today.

To organize a more extensive exercise of a campus’s emergency plan, resources available for use before and during the drill include:  "ShakeOut Drill Broadcast" recordings, for playing during your drill over PA systems, stations or computers;  Posters, flyers, drill manuals, videos and other printed materials;  ShakeOut web banner images to place on your website.

Please contact Jason Williams at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency if you have any questions.

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