Current Faculty and Staff Blogs and Facebook Pages.
Eric Hadley-Ives.
The Hadley-Ives Family Update. This is a personal blog where Eric shares photographs and news about what is going on in his family. Occasionally there are musings on political, religious, or scientific matters.
Social Welfare Policy and Macro Practice. This is a blog where Eric discusses matters related to his social work courses, politics, social welfare policy, and economics.
Eric's Facebook page. (You must login to Facebook in order to see this)
Eric's Myspace profile.
William Kline.
Bill's Online Self Directed Learning Blog. Bill Kline has a blog, and it seems he will be pointing out useful web sites and tools that online students might want to use.
Jan Droegkamp, a retired LIS professor.
Jan posts some photographs and news at her Myspace site.
Andy Egizi, our online coordinator.
Andy has his "What I Learned This Week" blog.
And he also runs the LIS Program blog, Tools and Technology for Students.
Current Student Blogs and Facebook Pages.
Amy
blogging r us
http://amyrvs.blogspot.com/ This is Amy's first experience with blogging. She describes what it is like to be an LIS student.
Anne
AnneÕs Random Thoughts
http://ajennorandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ Anne shares her experiences from classes, and also comments on the things she is studying. There are also observations drawn from her personal life.
Beth
Babblin Bess
http://babblinbessie.blogspot.com/ Beth is one of many non-traditional students in our online LIS Program. Actually, for our program, most of our students are so-called "non-traditional" students, often parents in their thirties or forties, sometimes with children who are in college, which is the case in Beth's life.
Blackbird
Blackbird
http://black-bird-sings.blogspot.com/ Blackbird (Beth C.) shares experiences as an online LIS student, but also shares other good things, like a recipe for potato soup.
Christine
Tales from the Technology Challenged
http://talesfromthetechnologychallenged.blogspot.com/ Christine is a self-described technology-challenged student, yet that doesn't stop her from blogging, with some help from Andy and the LIS program.
Dan
Parked Blue Van: BlogginÕ About, LearninÕ At UIS
http://parkedbluevan.blogspot.com/ Dan shared his experiences in classes and describes books he's enjoyed in initial postings. Check out his blog to see how he came up with the name for it.
Jessica
Things IÕve Learned . . .
http://everythingifnotthesun.blogspot.com/ Jessica works in the College of Medicine's library on the UIUC campus, but she attends UIS as an online sudent. She's been sharing what she's learning on her blog.
Jsgirl
Half the Battle
http://jsgirl-halfthebattle.blogspot.com/ Check out what classes Jsgirl is taking and what she is learning as a senior in the LIS Program.
Mary
Anticipating new experience
http://newandconfused.blogspot.com/ Mary is learning how to blog. Check out her posts and give her some encouragement.
Patrick
Really Deep Thoughts of a Dangerous Mind
http://deepthoughtsofadangerousmind.blogspot.com/ Patrick has decided that blogging is better than gargling with bleach. With endorsements like that, aren't you eager to start blogging too?
Raisa
These are the Days of Our Lives
http://thesearethedaysofourlives-uis.blogspot.com/ Raisa is a thoughtful person who started her blog with some deep and contemplative postings.
Shawn
Taco Punch and other random tales of Mommyness
http://girlkindofshawn.blogspot.com/ Many of our students are parents, and Shawn shares what it is like to be a parent while studying in the LIS Program.
Souix
TodayÕs Life Lesson
http://susanneslifelesson.blogspot.com/ Souix shares life lessons from her home in Montana.
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hearts.and.thoughts
http://hearts-n-thoughts.blogspot.com/ A sophisticated post (with pictures, too) from an LIS student living in Chicago.
tjGma
ItÕll be fun!
http://tjgma.blogspot.com/ It's been 22 years since her oldest daughter entered kindergarten, and this self-described "older" student muses on what she is learning and what is going on in her family in this personal blog.
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