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UIS honors outstanding faculty at 2025 Faculty Honors Celebration
Blake Wood May 6, 2025 The University of Illinois Springfield celebrated faculty achievements during the 2025 Faculty Honors...
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May 241 min read
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Five WIU Students Featured at NCSB Conference
MACOMB, IL - - Five Western Illinois University students and their faculty mentor, Sharon Hunter, presented papers at the National...
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May 241 min read
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Why Fixing Tier II Matters
IFT link to more information on fixing Tier II
lindathelibrarian
May 41 min read
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Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act (HB 1581)
“The funding system for higher education in Illinois is broken - we are determined to fix it. Our bill lowers costs for students, make...
lindathelibrarian
Apr 271 min read
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Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations
Court rules visa cancelations " flagrantly illegal. ". It was not immediately clear whether the State Department is reversing a wave...
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Apr 271 min read
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Revoked visas in Illinois UPI member institutions
NIU https://northernstar.info/125009/news/5-niu-international-student-visas-revoked-niu-officials-confirm/ WIU...
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Apr 201 min read
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ISU and faculty union reach tentative deal, averting strike
WGLT | By Ryan Denham Published April 4, 2025 . Illinois State University and its faculty union reached a tentative agreement Friday,...
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Apr 41 min read
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Illinois State University faculty file intent to strike notice
WGLT | By Eric Stock Published March 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM CDT Faculty at Illinois State University on Monday said they have filed a notice...
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Mar 301 min read
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Illinois lawmakers, get going on fixing Tier 2 pension mess
by Brooke Johnson Mar 5, 2025, 7:00am CDT If you’re an Illinois employee who started working after Jan. 1, 2011, you’re contributing a...
lindathelibrarian
Mar 91 min read
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University of Illinois-Springfield Non-Tenure Track Faculty Overwhelmingly Authorize a Strike
"We have been bargaining for a full year and have yet to see any substantive movement on critical issues, including reasonable workloads...
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Mar 11 min read
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UIS researchers partner with the SIU School of Medicine to study how cancer spreads
UIS Researchers Partner With The SIU School Of Medicine To Study How Cancer Spreads Author Blake Wood 11-12-2024 cientists at the...
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Jan 41 min read
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New light-induced material shows powerful potential for quantum applications - NIU
In pivotal discovery, NIU and Argonne researchers develop “spintronic” material with remarkable electronic properties October 15, 2024...
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Jan 41 min read
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Commencement speaker Iris Y. Martinez encourages graduates to cele -brate their accomplishments and look to their futures- NEIU
Thursday, December 19, 2024 Northeastern Illinois University alumna Iris Y. Martinez encourages graduates to keep building on their...
lindathelibrarian
Jan 41 min read
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New musical about young John Lewis to premiere at The Center for Performing Arts at GSU
By Jane Cox, Cultural Marketing Director for the Center for Performing Arts, Guest Writer Premiering at Governors State University's ...
lindathelibrarian
Jan 41 min read
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Chicago State University is creating educational legacy on the South Side
The Neal-Cummings-Williams family embodies the transformative power of higher education By Eddy “Precise” Lamarre, Rolling Out Magazine...
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Jan 41 min read
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Statefarm has committed $3 million to Illinois State for new degree program
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — State Farm is giving Illinois State University $3 million to help fund their new data science program. Illinois...
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Jan 41 min read
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Press ReleaseAFT’s Weingarten on the Passage of the Social Security Fairness Act
For Release: Saturday, December 21, 2024 WASHINGTON —AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Social...
lindathelibrarian
Dec 21, 20241 min read
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Tell the U.S. Senate to End Social Security’s WEP and GPO Penalties
Please take a few minutes from grading and end of the semester activities and contact our US Senators. The Windfall Elimination Provision...
lindathelibrarian
Dec 12, 20241 min read
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WIU administration, faculty look for ideas to improve university
Tri States Public Radio | By Rich EggerPublished November 21, 2024 at 3:47 PM CST A couple efforts underway at Western Illinois...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read
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