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Illinois State University’s Department of Agriculture held its annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, where many current and incoming students and faculty in the department were honored for their contributions and accomplishments. A new scholarship was awarded during the ceremony in honor of ISU student Kristian “KP” Philpotts, who was killed while driving for a rideshare company in Urbana in 2022.
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Heartland Community College is honoring late board chair Gregg Chadwick by naming the newly-remodeled Gregg Chadwick Community Board Room in his honor in the Community Commons Building.
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Data from the Department of Education’s Integrated Post Secondary Education Data Systems shows that a majority of college students took at least one or more of their classes online in 2022: 54%. That’s a nearly 50% jump from that percentage in pre-pandemic fall 2019, when it was just 37% of students.
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Startup grants are reaching their term limit for Central Illinois Bridge Academy, but Director Trish Malott said the school is financially stable. They even want to expand for next year by getting an additional teacher.
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Bloomington-Normal’s strong economic growth last year likely will help Unit 5 use less borrowed money to balance its budget, when the fiscal year ends in June.
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If approved, the 1.65% tuition hike includes a $1 increase to students' program and facilities fee, aimed at offsetting the increased costs associated with a 2019 expansion to Heartland's athletics programs.
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Dozens of central Illinois students competed this week at the Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College to explore the world of renewable energy.
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Illinois State University’s governing body approved a new degree program, additional funding for work at the future home of the College of Engineering and the first renovations of the chemistry lab at University High School since 1965 during a regularly scheduled meeting Friday.
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Central Catholic High School in Bloomington has raised more than $6 million for its capital campaign that recently went public. School President Sean Foster says the campaign, entitled VISION, hopes to reach its $10 million goal sometime this year.
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Illinois State University's governing body will vote during a regularly scheduled meeting Friday on whether to approve the slate of finalists presented by the 29-member presidential search committee.
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New changes to the application for student financial aid and its timeline have caused a Bloomington-Normal high school to find ways to adapt while still providing sufficient guidance for its students.
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The Jelani Day Foundation was founded in 2022. Its mission is to help families of color who have reported a missing person connect to resources that Carmen Bolden-Day said she didn't have when her son went missing in 2021.