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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 ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº 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 Lewis 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. Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis
Twenty-four ROTC students from all over the United States have begun Project Global Officer at ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº 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 ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº’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  ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº 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] 

Lewis 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 ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº  [MORE]