Sandburg medical assisting program gains national accreditation
Aaron Frey, PR Specialist, Carl Sandburg College
GALESBURG Carl Sandburg College’s medical assisting program recently earned accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP), allowing both future and recent graduates of the program to become fully certified.
“Gaining the certificate and the CMA (certified medical assistant) credentials can literally change a person s life,” said Kris Gray, Sandburg’s dean of health professions. “They learn so much in a very short period of time, and they re an incredibly needed and invaluable member of the health care community because they re so prevalent in outpatient offices.”
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Rose Anne Weaver was a Galesburg native who went to college when few women did and carried on that trail-blazing legacy as a force in the local business and philanthropic communities. Weaver died Friday at the age of 91. Weaver graduated from Galesburg High School in 1947, and attended the University of Illinois, and also took classes at Carl Sandburg College. She held positions at Brown Speciality and Admiral Corporations but her longest tenure came at Galesburg Broadcasting Company which WGIL is a part of. Weaver spent 35 years with the radio stations first as a bookkeeper then an office manager, and also an account executive. Her obituary from Hinchliffe Pearson West says she had a “strong love for Galesburg.” That was clear from her time serving on the Lincoln School PTA, Galesburg High School Band Parent Association, and boards for the Galesburg Civic Art Center, Midwest Credit Union, Knox Galesburg Symphony, and the Galesburg Convention and Visitor’s B
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Trustees for Carl Sandburg College last week agreed to an extension of the labor agreement with the Sandburg Education Association. The Board of Trustees approved the agreement at their regular meeting Thursday evening on the school's main campus in Galesburg. The labor agreement allows Sandburg to continue to focus on students and student success, according to a release from the college. The agreement was reached through interest-based bargaining, a process that allows for thoughtful and quality discussions to take place between the two sides to achieve a common goal. The community college's original three-year rolling collective bargaining agreement with the SEA was approved by trustees in July of 1996 and expired in 1999. The agreement has continued over the last 24 years and was extended through the fiscal year 2026. Included in the agreement are salary and wage increases of 2.75 percent for 2022, and 3 percent increases through 2026. The school's fiscal year begins