University News Archive

  • Spring Sustainability Forums Announced

    Spring Sustainability Forums Announced

    The Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability has just released the dates and topics for all spring sustainability forums. Mark them on your calendars and be on the lookout for individual RSVPs that will be released prior to the forum date. Students, faculty and staff members as well as other members of the IIT community (including prospective and visiting students) are welcome to attend! If you have questions about campus sustainability initiatives, forums or events, feel free to email campussustainability@iit.edu.

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  • Be a Book-Giver for World Book Night

    IIT's Paul V. Galvin Library is proud to announce its participation in World Book Night U.S. (WBN) on Tuesday, April 23. World Book Night is an annual event that celebrates the love of reading by creating opportunities for person-to-person contact through books. Galvin Library will serve as an institutional site where volunteer book-givers can pick up their books to distribute in the community. The library also pledges to be an active advocate for both WBN and to spread the love of reading, which couldn’t be any easier for library staff.

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  • Spring 2013 Orientation

    Spring 2013 Orientation

    Spring 2013 Orientation for new students is quickly approaching! Orientation will be held on Thursday, January 10 and Friday, January 11. For a complete schedule and more information regarding orientation at IIT, please visit the orientation website.

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  • Annual Update of Contact Information for the IIT Community

    Annual Update of Contact Information for the IIT Community

    In order to better support the IIT Crisis Communication Plan, the university requires that all faculty, staff, and students provide up-to-date addresses, telephone numbers, and emergency contact information. An annual update of this information will begin January 11, 2013.

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  • Blood Drive in the MTCC on January 23

    Make plans to save some lives by donating blood on Wednesday, January 23 in the MTCC Ballroom. All donors will receive a $10 Target gift card!

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  • ComEd Work Along State Street

    ComEd Work Along State Street

    ComEd is in the process of running a new transmission line from south of Main Campus to Chicago's Loop. This new line will be installed in the west lane of northbound traffic on State Street. Work will begin in early January 2013 with a new vault installed just north of 31st and State streets.

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  • Happy Holidays from IIT

    Happy Holidays from IIT

    The campuses of Illinois Institute of Technology will be closed for holiday and winter break from Monday, December 24, 2012 through Tuesday, January 1, 2013, reopening for business on Wednesday, January 2. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday season!

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  • Blackboard 9.1 Is Live

    Over the weekend, OTS made the formal URL switch: the Blackboard icon in the MyIIT portal and https://blackboard.iit.edu nowpoint to our new system, Blackboard 9.1.

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  • Homegoing Services for Debra Washington-Smith

    Homegoing Services for Debra Washington-Smith

    Friends and colleagues of the late IIT staff member Debra Washington-Smith (sister of Gwendolyn Bowling and aunt of Natasha Washington) are invited to attend her Homegoing Services to be held this week as follows: Viewing on Thursday, December 13 from 4:00–9:00 pm at Gatling's Chapel, located at 1200 East 162nd Street in South Holland, Ill. Services on Friday, December 14 with a wake from 10:00–11:00 am and funeral from 11:00 am–noon at Covenant United Church of Christ, located at 1130 East 154th Street in South Holland, Ill. A repast will follow from 3:30–6:30 pm at Thornridge High School, located at 15000 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Dolton, Ill.

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  • IIT Boeing Scholars Academy to Host “Creating the Future: Majors and Careers in Technology Innovation”

    IIT Boeing Scholars Academy to Host “Creating the Future: Majors and Careers in Technology Innovation”

    This fall, kCura honored the IIT Boeing Scholars Academy with their Geek Grant, a $2,500 award in recognition of “incredible service supporting education and technology in Chicago.” The Academy will use a portion of the funds to host a free public event to introduce IIT Boeing Scholars and other local high school students to various majors and careers in technology areas. “Creating the Future: Majors and Careers in Technology Innovation” will take place in the MTCC’s McCloska Auditorium on Tuesday, January 8 from 6:00–8:00 pm.

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