Faculty Honors
- University Pearson Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching
- Layne Morsch (2019)
- University Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award
- Layne Morsch (2018)
- College Faculty Excellence Awards
- Teaching – Layne Morsch (2017)
- Scholarship- Steven Johnson (2016)
- University Spencer Faculty Award for Exemplary Service
- Harshavardhan Bapat (2016)
- Apple Distinguished Educator
- Layne Morsch (2015)
Faculty in the News
- Reading and Relationships in Organic Chemistry
- Dr. Layne Morsch was co-author on a chapter in the book Reading across the Disciplines published by Indiana University Press (May 2022).
- Teaching Cheminformatics through a Collaborative Intercollegiate Online Chemistry Course
- Dr. Layne Morsch was co-author on an article published in the Journal of Chemical Education (December 2020).
- Student-generated videos in Chemistry Education
- Dr. Layne Morsch had an article published in Chemical Education Research and Practice (February 2020).
- Emergence of Different Perspectives of Success in Collaborative Learning
- Dr. Layne Morsch had an article published in The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (August 2019).
- Multi-dimensional trust between partners for international online collaborative learning in the Third Space
- Dr. Layne Morsch had an article published in the International Journal of Students as Partners (May 2019).
- Overcoming Barriers for Implementing Online Collaborative Assignments
- Dr. Layne Morsch had an article published in The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (May 2019).
- Inquiry-Based IR-Spectroscopy Activity Using iSpartan or Spartan for Introductory-Organic-Chemistry Students
- Dr. Layne Morsch had an article published in the Journal of Chemical Education in March 2019
- Developing Communication Confidence and Professional Identity in Chemistry through International Online Collaborative Learning
- Dr. Layne Morsch had an article published in Chemical Education Research and Practice in April 2018
- The Teaching Fellows Program at UIS
- The brainchild of Dr. Layne Morsch, a professor in the UIS Chemistry Department. (February 2018)
- Diversity and succession of pelagic microorganism communities in a newly restored Illinois River floodplain lake
- Dr. Keenan Dungey had an article published (with Dr. Michael Lemke from Biology) in Hydrobiologia in August 2017
- Flipped Teaching in Organic Chemistry Using iPad Devices
- Dr. Layne Morsch had a chapter published in the book The Flipped Classroom Volume 1: Background and Challenges (Nov 2016).
- Dr. Keenan Dungey along with Dr. Michael Lemke (Biology) and Jonathan GoldbergBelle (International Programs) received a $25,000 Innovation Fund grant from Coca-Cola to help students compare river ecosystems in Brazil and Illinois. Read more about it in UIS awarded $25,000 Innovation Fund grant to increase study abroad (Nov 2016).