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MACOMB/MOLINE Six students graduating from Western Illinois University at the end of the Fall 2020 semester have received the highest recognition from their colleges for their overall academic excellence by being named a College Scholar.
The Fall 2020 Commencement and Scholars ceremonies, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 19, will be held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremonies will be launched by college on WIU s Facebook page and YouTube channel at 10 a.m. Dec. 19.
Faculty in each of the University s four academic colleges; the Center for Global Studies and the Centennial Honors College select a graduating senior as the college s outstanding student. Students graduating as College Scholars have satisfied the criteria of excellence established by their individual academic college s faculty members. A Departmental Scholar is an outstanding degree candidate in an academic major as determined by the faculty in the major department. An Honors Scholar
Several students in the Creative Arts LLP course created messages for health care workers, patients and nursing home residents impacted by COVID-19.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 11, 2020) While members of University of Kentucky Living Learning Programs benefit personally from a tailored experience with fellow Wildcats with similar passions, LLP courses and activities also can better the community outside its Holmes Hall doors on north campus.
UK provides incoming students the opportunity to live in a residential academic experience, referred to as the Living Learning Program (LLP). The Creative Arts LLP, housed in Holmes Hall, is a community for students who share like-minded art interests and similar academic majors within all colleges on campus. Programs and events hosted by Creative Arts Peer Mentors help students connect and collaborate with each other as well as faculty members within the College of Fine Arts and other groups on campus. In addition, incoming freshmen are enrolled
December 28, 2020 MACOMB, MOLINE, IL – Virtual commencement ceremonies, recognizing the academic and personal accomplishments of Western Illinois University students, can be viewed on WIU s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
The number of students eligible for Fall 2020 Commencement is 797, which included 609 undergraduate students, of which 59 are in the Bachelor of Arts in General Studies degree program; 188 master s degrees were conferred, which includes 10 doctoral degrees; eight earning their doctoral degrees in educational leadership (Ed.D.):
Lacey Anderson, of Seatonville, IL;
Brandi Anderson-Maier, of Peru, IL;
Jonathan E. Devereueawax, of Dixon, IL (completed Summer 2020);
Marcie G. Faust, of Highland Park, IL;
Michaela Joy Fray, of Quincy, IL;
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Stacey Harris knows how important it is to be heard, because for a long time she wasn’t.
“My parents just were not expecting
me,” she says. “The queer, blue-haired Harvard Square kid just didn’t work for them. They didn’t get it, so they couldn’t get me. And it was very hard. So from 13 on, I wasn’t really with them.”
In the long run she has thrived, with a happy family of her own and a career as Boston University’s associate director of Disability & Access Services, a post she’s held since 2014. But she hasn’t forgotten how difficult life can be when you can’t say what you mean or when the people you need to hear you aren’t listening. That’s a big reason why she’s spearheading Boston University’s new Student Conflict Resolution Program.