News Progress

•July 5, 2023•
Lake Land College recently announced that more than 700 part-time students earned academic honors for the 2023 Spring semester.
To qualify for the president’s list, a student must have completed six to 11 credit hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.8 – 4.0.
To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have completed six to 11 credit hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.65 – 3.79. Read More

•July 5, 2023•
Lake Land College recently announced that more than 800 full-time students earned academic honors for the 2023 Spring semester.
A grade “A” is four points, a “B” is three points, a “C” is two points, etc. Read More

•July 5, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

Last week we looked at how jargon can create roadblocks in our writing, how it can turn off or confuse readers.
This week, it’s all about ridding our writing of unnecessary words.
Again, this comes in the form of a letter to the staff I’m sharing with you.
As with jargon, unnecessary words make reading a slog. And we know online readers, at least, appreciate it when we get to the point. It’s demoralizing to learn how short readers’ attention spans are. In some cases, the average digital reader moves on before the point of the story is expressed. Read More

•June 28, 2023•
The Catholic Health Association announced that HSHS President and CEO Damond Boatwright will be inaugurated as chairperson of the association’s Board of Trustees for 2023-24.
Boatwright’s investiture ceremony will take place at CHA’s annual national Assembly in St. Louis on June 13, 2023. His term begins July 1 and he will serve until June 30, 2024.
“I am sincerely honored to serve as the next board chair of the Catholic Health Association, and I pledge to represent the association to the best of my abilities,” said Boatwright. “The opportunity to be a servant leader during these complex and challenging times is truly a blessing.” Read More

•June 28, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

I enjoy writing letters to readers.
Today, I’ll take a crack at writing a letter to our staff and share it with you.
Challenging ourselves to be better is good for the soul, whatever you pursue. In our case, when we’re better you’re the beneficiary.
With that in mind, I offer this up as an open letter to our staff as both the editor of the paper and its self-appointed spokesman for good writing.
Today’s topic: jargon.
You might recall I started my career as a police reporter, and police talk in a code that’s sometimes difficult to decipher.
Eventually, I became a decent translator of copspeak.
However, during my first week on the city staff, I made the mistake of writing about how a village was planning to install French drains.
I didn’t know what a French drain looked like or how it worked, and I didn’t bother to find out (pre-internet) before I turned in my story. Read More