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Will County’s Heroes Teaching & Nursing Scholarship Update
During the 2023-204 academic year, m ore than $250,000 of the Will County’s Heroes Teaching & Nursing Scholarship helped over 50 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University students prepare for careers in teaching and nursin g . Students living in Will County we re eligible for up to $5 , 000 each academic year.   “ Every dollar  [MORE] 

Volleyball Teams Earn AVCA Team Academic Awards
The American Volleyball Coaches' Association released its Team Academic Award list Wednesday (July 17), with the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ women's and men's volleyball teams both earning honors. On the women's side, it's the Flyers' 15th consecutive year earning the award. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ women's volleyball, led by head coach  Lorelee  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

Women's Track and Field Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its women's track and field All-Academic Athletes and All-Academic Teams Monday (July 15), with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ earning the team honor and placing 18 student-athletes on the list of honorees. The Flyers, led by head coach  Dana Schwarting ,  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

Men's Track and Field Earns USTFCCCA Academic All-Team
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its men's track and field All-Academic Athletes and All-Academic Teams with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ earning the team honor and placing nine student-athletes on the list of honorees.   The Flyers, led by head coach  Dana Schwarting , posted a team GPA  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

Project GO is in Session June 10-August 3 at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ
Twenty-four ROTC students from all over the United States have begun Project Global Officer at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University in Romeoville. The eight-week, fully-funded immersion residential program is focused on teaching elementary-level Russian. The nationwide program is open to all qualified ROTC students  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

John Stanicek Solo Exhibit on Display June 20-August 11
The John Stanicek solo exhibit of 10 sculptures and 40 drawings will be featured from June 20 to August 11 at the  Wadsworth Family Gallery  on ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University’s Romeoville Campus. The exhibit will be free and open to the public from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. daily.    Stanicek likes to explore those bold  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

'The Blaxploitation Horror Film' Up for Stone Book Award
The Blaxploitation Horror Film: Adaptation, Appropriation and the Gothic (University of Wales Press, 2023), by Dr. Jamil Mustafa, professor of English Studies, has been longlisted for the Museum of African American History’s Stone Book Award . The award is designed to recognize and encourage new  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

'Reclaiming the Narrative' Exhibit Set for August 17 Display
The  ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University History Center’s  “ Reclaiming the Narrative: African American in Joliet’s Southend”  banner exhibit will be on August 17 in Fairmont. On June 22, the exhibit was at the Envision Fairmont: Updating the Fairmont Neighborhood Plan event at the Fairmont Community Center in  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ Helps with I&M Canal Anniversary Celebration
Photographic collection images from Lockport’s Gaylord Building will be a highlight of the August 4 “ Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future . ” The event celebrates the 40th anniversary of President Reagan's signing of legislation to create the I&M Canal National Heritage Area.     Several ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University  [MORE]