Department News
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Evan Dutmer has been chosen recipient of the 2012 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Deans' Award for having made contributions to the academic community and achieving scholastic excellence while an undergraduate in the Department of Philosophy. Congratulations, and thank you, to Evan!
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Professor Lenny Clapp, currently of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, will be joining the department's faculty in Fall 2012.
Micah Smith has been choosen the winner of the JoAnne Rafalson Memorial Essay Contest for 2012. The JoAnne Rafalson Memorial Essay Contest is funded by an endowment established by Bruce Rafalson, a 1983 graduate of NIU's M.A. program in philosophy, to memorialize JoAnne Rafalson and to recognize and support outstanding achievement in philosophical essay writing by NIU philosophy graduate students. Congratulations to Micah!
Michael Ashfield has been awarded a 2012 Outstanding Graduate Student Award by the Division of Research and Graduate Studies. The award is given to one student from each program for distinction in the area of research and scholarly activity. Michael earned recognition for having papers accepted for presentation at three professional conferences (the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Central States Philosophical Association, and the Illinois Philosophical Association) and having a paper accepted for publication in the journal Acta Analytica. Michael's achievements will be formally recognized at the annual Graduate Student Awards ceremony on April 24, 2012.
Renee Jorgensen has been awarded the C. Mason and Madeline Myers Graduate Philosophy Award for 2012. The C. Mason and Madeline Myers Graduate Philosophy Award is awarded to a graduate student for outstanding achievement in graduate study in philosophy. This award is funded by an endowment established by family and friends to honor and memorialize Professor C. Mason Myers. Dr. Myers chaired the department and taught at Northern Illinois University for 27 years until his death on December 3, 1986.
Upcoming Events
Micah Smith, NIU (Rafalson Colloquium)
"Redundancy, Prosententialism, Actuality, Non-Redundancy"
April 27, 3:30 p.m., HSC, University Suite