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        <a  href="/news/message-chancellor-miriam-wallace-named-class-dean">Message  from  the  Chancellor:  Miriam  Wallace  Named  CLASS  Dean</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">6.5.23



Dear  Faculty  and  Staff  —



I  am  pleased  to  share  that  Dr.  Miriam  L.  Wallace  has  been  named  the  new  dean  of  the  UIS  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Social  Sciences.  She  will  serve  as  dean-designate  until  formal  approval  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  is  expected  to  start  in  her  new  role  July  1.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/miriam-l-wallace-named-new-dean-uis-college-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences">Miriam  L.  Wallace  named  the  new  dean  of  the  UIS  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Social  Sciences</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Miriam  L.  Wallace  has  been  named  the  new  dean  of  the  University  of  Ãå±±½ûµØ  Springfield  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Social  Sciences  (CLASS).  She  will  serve  as  dean-designate  until  formal  approval  by  the  Board  of  Trustees.  She  is  expected  to  start  in  her  new  role  on  July  1.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/cassandra-goudreau-awarded-36000-university-illinois-springfield-scholarship">Cassandra  Goudreau  awarded  a  $36,000  University  of  Ãå±±½ûµØ  Springfield  scholarship</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Cassandra  Goudreau  of  Woodstock,  Ãå±±½ûµØ,  a  recent  graduate  of  Woodstock  High  School,  has  been  admitted  to  the  University  of  Ãå±±½ûµØ  Springfield  for  Fall  Semester  2023  and  awarded  a  $36,000  Capital  Scholars  Honors  Program  Scholarship  for  tuition  over  four  years.  At  UIS,  she  plans  to  major  in  marketing.   



The  scholarship  is  awarded  based  on  high  school  GPA  and  can  be  renewed  for  a  total  of  four  years  if  the  student  maintains  college  GPA  requirements.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-emeritus-professor-michael-lemke-leads-publication-special-issue-journal-microbial-ecology">UIS  Emeritus  Professor  Michael  Lemke  leads  the  publication  of  a  special  issue  of  the  journal  Microbial  Ecology</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">University  of  Ãå±±½ûµØ  Springfield  Emeritus  Professor  of  Biology  Michael  Lemke  has  led  the  publication  of  a  special  issue  of  the  scientific  journal  Microbial  Ecology.  The  April  2023  edition  explores  the  role  of  microbial  genomics  in  restoration  ecology.



Lemke  and  Rob  DeSalle,  curator  at  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History’s  Sackler  Institute  for  Comparative  Genomics,  proposed  the  topic  and  served  as  guest  co-editors  for  the  special  issue.  Lemke  also  serves  as  a  research  associate  at  the  museum.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/your-local-newspaper-trouble-0">Your  Local  Newspaper  Is  In  Trouble</a>
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