CIC Currents
March 1, 2006  volume 4, number 2

Federal Reserve Bank Summit Report
Search Underway for New CIC CLI Director
New Staff Members at CIC Headquarters
Upcoming Conferences
Meeting Schedule
Did You Know?
CIC MIssion, Vision, Directions

Did you know…

CIC universities offered nearly 16,000 students the opportunity to study abroad in 2003/04 -- with offerings in 113 countries. Many of these programs are shared offerings through CIC's AESOP (Alliances for Expanded Study in Overseas Programs). For more information about AESOP, visit our web page.

Visit the CIC Website
www.cic.uiuc.edu

Federal Reserve Bank Summit Report

The future of higher education and its relationship to economic growth were the focus of a one-day conference at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank on November 2, 2005. Cosponsored by the bank, The CIC and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), the event brought together over 100 academic, business, and government leaders. Read the Federal Reserve Bank Summit Report

Search Underway for new CLI Director

The CIC seeks a new Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives. The Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives is responsible for advancing a broad library cooperation agenda. For complete job description and information related to the search, visit the Web page.

New Staff Members at CIC Headquarters

There are new faces at CIC Headquarters. We welcome Amber Marks, Program Manager, Interinstitutional Course Sharing; Marko Stojkovic, Information Technology Specialist; and Wendy Shelburne, Acting Assistant Director, Center for LIbrary Initiatives.Visit the staff page for information about CIC Staff Members.

Upcoming Conferences
Library Conference, "Access and infrastructure: navigating our libraries in the new information landscape," April 10-11, 2006, Ohio State University.

Identity Management Conference, June 5-6, 2006, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.

SROP Conference 2006, "Civic Engagement: Expanding the Scope of Scholarship" July 21-23, 2006, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Faculty Workshop on Graduate Recruitment, July 21, 2006 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in conjunction with the 20th annual Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) conference.  For details, contact Yolanda Zepeda
or visit www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/srop.


CIC meeting schedule
For full information, visit our Web calendar.
Many CIC meetings are convened at the Big Ten Athletic Conference Headquarters.
Directions to the Big Ten Headquarters are available on the CIC web site

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CIC Mission, Vision, Direction
The CIC's Strategic Directions for 2004-2007 encapsulates the mission, vision, areas of focus and
operating principles that drive the CIC.