Department News
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that 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.
The department mourns the loss of its friend and former colleague, William Tolhurst (1947-2011), who died on September 15. Professor Tolhurst joined the department in 1977 and retired in 2010, having served the department as chair for eight years during his long career at Northern. He was a concentrated source of intellectual energy and natural enthusiasm, and he will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and colleagues.
Dr. Wendy S. Parker (B.A., philosophy, 1997) has been chosen recipient of the 2011 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award. She and the other 2011 recipients of the award will be honored at a ceremony on October 14, 2011. Dr. Parker is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio University.
Upcoming Events
Daniel Korman (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Debunking Arguments Against Commonsense Realism"
March 2, 3:30 p.m., HSC, Illinois Room
The 1st Annual Northern Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will be held at NIU March 23-24, 2012.
Keynote Speaker:
David O'Connor (University of Notre Dame)
Title TBA
March 23, 3:00 p.m., HSC, University Suite
Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa)
"fMRI as Telepathy: Problems and Puzzles"
March 30, 3:30 p.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 315