•May 13, 2020•
Eastern Illinois University welcomes Danielle Wilberg as the university’s newest addition to its Advancement team as Director of Development.
“Danielle brings more than a decade of advancement experience to our team. Her depth of experience, both in higher education and more broadly in the not-for-profit world, will deliver immediate results in our major gifts program,” said Ken Wetstein, EIU’s Vice President for University Advancement. “I am excited to have her on board and am excited to introduce her to our amazing network of alumni, donors, and friends.” Read More
Category Archives: News Briefs
Letter to the Editor 5-13-2020
Letter to the Editor,
Right now we are concerned about COVID 19, but May is also LYME Awareness Month. Lyme is spread by the bite of a tick, which can be as small as the period at the end of this sentence. It is estimated there are now over 400,000 new cases in the US each year. Read More
Remember When? 5-13-2020
25 Years Ago This Week
Two girls from Moultrie County qualified for the state Horse Bowl competition. Jamie Banning and Jodi Banning both of Bethany qualified in regional action at Springfield. Both 4-H members placed in the Hipology Bowl with Jamie competing in the senior division and Jodi in the junior division.
Members of the Sullivan track team placed at the Bi-County meet in Shelbyville. Adam Elder, Jed Shasteen and Greg Yoder were first place finishers.
Elder won the high jump with a 6-0 leap, Shasteen won the 800 with a time of 2:10.94 and Yoder won the 400 with a time of 54.75.
Ryan Cook’s two run single in a three run sixth inning, put Findlay ahead of the Lovington Panthers. Findlay went on to win 7-6.
Dustin Yantis put Findlay up with a two-run homer. Travis McCoy and Josh Born both 2-4, highlighted the Panther comeback driving in two runs apiece in a five run second inning. Read More
Superintendent Y Stuff: A Walk With Mr. Walk
•May 13, 2020•
By Supt. Ted Walk
Sullivan CUSD #300
As we wind down this unprecedented school year, I wanted to send a thank you to our students, parents, staff, and community for their willingness to partner with the Sullivan School District.
This has been a crazy time that will be remembered for generations to come. Our schools have been honored to be a part of this community, who continues to give back even during difficult times. Read More
Sullivan High School Junior is State Student Council Officer
•May 13, 2020•
Carley Towle, currently a Junior at Sullivan High School, has been elected to the Illinois Association of Student Councils executive board for the office of Secretary.
Carley will serve over the next year on the state board and will be in charge of grading all honor books across the state, travel to other district conventions, and attend and take minutes at all state board meetings.
She is an active member of the Sullivan High School Student Council serving as Secretary and President in addition to duties as Eastern Illinois District Association of Student Councils Secretary. She is the daughter of Kevin and Tina Towle.
Scholarship Awarded
•May 13, 2020•
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Kate Jeffers, daughter of Tod and Karen Jeffers, a graduate of Okaw Valley High School in Bethany and a member of St. Isidore Parish, was awarded a $500 scholarship from the Springfield Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Kate plans to attend the University of Illinois majoring in Elementary Education. She has been involved in numerous community activities, including a mission trip to Tennessee to help people in need and she serves as an altar server and lector in her parish.
Windsor Graduate Earns Doctorate from Georgia State University
•May 13, 2020•
Amanda Clevinger of Windsor graduated from Georgia State University during the spring 2020 semester with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Clevinger majored in Psychology with a focus in Cognitive Sciences.
More than 4,000 students graduated from Georgia State in the spring of 2020, and were honored by the university with a virtual celebration on May 6. Spring 2020 graduates have been invited to return to the university to participate in an in-person, formal commencement when it is safe to do so. Read More
More Illinoisans File First Time Unemployment Claims
Another 3.2 million file claims nationally
By Jerry Nowicki
Capitol News Illinois
jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
Another 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment during the week ending May 2, including more than 74,476 Illinoisans.
That brought the total number of insured unemployed for the week to 697,443 in Illinois, according to the U.S. Department of Labor estimates, while the total number of jobless claims since mid-March grew to 33.3 million nationwide. The numbers represent roughly 11 percent of Illinois’ civilian labor force and 15 percent of the nation’s workforce.
The numbers continue to grow while states around the country contemplate the best plan for reopening their economies as the novel coronavirus pandemic appears to be in the middle of a plateau.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” plan, which he says is backed by science and epidemiologists, has faced criticism from Republican lawmakers for moving too slowly to get the state working again.
“Until we have a vaccine or an effective treatment or enough widespread immunity that new cases fail to materialize, the option of returning to normalcy doesn’t exist,” Pritzker said in unveiling the plan Tuesday. “That means we have to learn how to live with COVID-19 until it can be vanquished.” Read More
Grant Aimed to Improve Early Childhood Education
•May 13, 2020•
Knowing that effective, skilled, and diverse early childhood educators are a lynchpin to classroom quality, Gov. JB Pritzker has awarded the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) $1.3 million in grants to strengthen the early childhood workforce. The funding comes from a $13.4 million grant to Illinois from the federal Preschool Development Birth to Five Renewal Grant.
Funds will be used by colleges and universities to help early educators attain a credential or degree. That could mean providing supports such as tailored advising and mentoring, job-embedded coaching, access to technology, transportation, childcare, and supports for course and other administrative and instructional fees. Illinois has a history of institution-led programs of tailored supports for early childhood educators, and evaluations have demonstrated that they can be helpful for current early childhood educators pursuing degrees or credentials to improve their practice. Read More
Lake Land College Increases Dual Credit Program Access
•May 13, 2020•
At the May meeting, the Lake Land College Board of Trustees approved a new program designed to increase high school students’ opportunities to create a successful path to a college education by increasing access to dual credit courses. The Lake Land College Dual Credit Program Access Incentive, beginning Fall 2020, provides program fee waivers to schools in order to assist in-district high school students who may not be able to afford dual credit coursework.
Dual credit coursework allows high school students to earn both high school and college credits simultaneously. This approach lets high school students begin earning college credits earlier, and often encourages them to continue their education at an institution of higher learning after high school. Read More