I am the Chancellor and Vice President of the University of Illinois Springfield. I served in senior leadership roles at two public regional universities prior to my arrival at UIS.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
The University of Illinois is global!
I am in Israel for several days this week promoting
collaborations between UIS and several Israeli universities. I was pleased to
be an invited speaker today at the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Health -
talking about the UIS Emiquon wetlands restoration project on the Illinois
River. Emiquon has been recognized as a
"Wetlands of International Importance", just like the Hula Nature
Reserve here in the Jordan Rift Valley. We're hoping to bring UIS and
Israeli faculty (and students) with shared interests together.