[Chapters-l] ASIS&T 2006 Student Chapter of the Year--Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign!

[beata_panagopoulos at Harvard.Edu]

Chapter Assembly extends its hearty congratulations to the Student Chapter
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for winning the 2006
ASIS&T Chapter of the Year Award!  Read all about it below to see why this
honor is so well-deserved.   Many thanks to the jury for their hard work:
Michelle Kazmer, Shawne Miksa, Nancy Roderer, Debora Shaw, and Lisl Zach.

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The Student Chapter of the Year Award goes to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN ASIS&T Student Chapter. This chapter doubled in size in
2005/2006, attracting 80 new members. The chapter co-sponsors an
orientation with the school and other student chapters at the beginning of
the school year, and holds elections right away to encourage new member
participation. The chapter also participates in orientation for LEEP (the
distance education program), and chapter activities are made available one
way or another to this remote audience and the general public through such
devices as streaming audio. Many chapter members are active in local and
national ASIS&T activities. In 2005/2006, the chapter held 6 regular
business meetings and 13 events, including workshops on xml, unix/linux,
wikis, copyright, and podcasting; a visit to the Missouri Botanical
Gardens; a meeting with Roy Tennant; a Christmas party; and a barbecue.
They also raised $500 by selling branded mugs so that events could be kept
free-of-charge. Jury members for this award had the following to say:
***An excellent chapter on all fronts. Programming is strong, and approach
to finances shows creativity. Including LEEP students is a brilliant
innovation which will certainly benefit all students and the GSLIS program.
***Good, intentional inclusion of distance education students and early
semester mobilization for a successful year.
***Nice mix and good number of topical meetings and use of web to link to
past events for recruitment.
***Impressive initiative for fundraising.

Congratulations to the officers of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign ASIS&T Student Chapter:
President: Matt Cordial (cordial at uiuc.edu)
Vice-President: Richard Urban (rjurban at uiuc.edu)
Secretary: Karla Stover (kstover2 at uiuc.edu)
Treasurer: Gary Peeples (gary.peeples at gmail.com)
Publicity Officer: Parmit Chilana (pchilan2 at uiuc.edu)
LEEP Liaison: Helen Linda (hlinda2 at uiuc.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. P. Bryan Heidorn (pheidorn at uiuc.edu)


Beata Panagopoulos
ASIS&T Chapter Assembly Director

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