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bullet pointPulitzer Prize winning journalist to speak at Roosevelt on Nov. 20
Posted: 11/10/2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Deborah Nelson will discuss her new book, The War Behind Me - Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth About U.S. War Crimes, at 5:30 p.m., on Thursday, Nov. 20 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S ...full text

bullet pointState and county budgets to be topic of forum on Nov. 12
Posted: 10/31/2008
An analysis of the Cook County and state of Illinois budgets will be presented at Roosevelt University on Nov. 12 as part of the University’s second annual Herb and Eileen Franks Seminar on Elections and Politics. “Do the Numbers Add Up? – State ...full text

bullet pointNationally syndicated columnist Katha Pollitt to speak at Roosevelt University on Oct. 30
Posted: 10/15/2008
Katha Pollitt, a poet, essayist and columnist for the Nation, will deliver the ninth annual Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation lecture from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University’s Chicago School of Real Estate presents discussion on real estate financial markets with financier Dean Adler
Posted: 10/8/2008
Nationally recognized real estate financier Dean S. Adler will discuss the current state of the real estate financial markets, including real estate financing, during Roosevelt University’s Nov. 5 gala for the Chicago School of Real Estate. An ...full text

bullet pointProfessors weigh in on financial markets and misuse of statistics at Oct. 15 booksigning
Posted: 10/1/2008
Roosevelt University’s Department of Economics and two of the department’s economics professors will showcase books on the financial markets and the misuse of statistics during a book-signing event being held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 ...full text

bullet pointAward-winning poet and translator Marilyn Nelson to lecture on Sept. 29
Posted: 9/5/2008
Renowned poet and translator Marilyn Nelson will lecture and read from her work in two events at Roosevelt University on Monday, Sept. 29. Both events, open to the public, will be held at the Chicago Campus of Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan ...full text

bullet pointAward-winning author Scott Blackwood to read from his work on Sept. 22
Posted: 9/5/2008
Scott Blackwood, award-winning author and the new director of Roosevelt University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program, will read from his work at Roosevelt’s Chicago Campus on Monday, Sept 22. The reading begins at 5 ...full text

bullet pointPublic forum on state of labor unions and movements to be held Sept. 18
Posted: 9/5/2008
A public forum presenting views on the state of labor and politics in the United States, Canada and South America will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Prominent U.S. labor ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's Summer Hip Opera Program concludes with Aug. 15 performance at Ganz
Posted: 8/8/2008
Roosevelt University’s unique three-week program fusing classical and hip hop music into a unique, new genre called Hopera will conclude on Friday, Aug. 15 with a final Hopera performance by area high school students who have been participating in ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University elects new members to the Board of Trustees
Posted: 7/8/2008
Roosevelt University has elected seven new members to its Board of Trustees. Bill Zwecker, an entertainment reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and WBBM TV, Lynn Lucchese-Soto, an attorney and vice president of Berger, Newmark and Fenchel P.C., Julie ...full text

bullet pointHigh school students to receive taste of math, science and Chicago this summer at Roosevelt
Posted: 6/30/2008
When nearly 50 Chicago high school students attend the Taste of Science and Math, a summer program sponsored by the Chase Foundation at Roosevelt University this summer, their visit to Taste of Chicago in Grant Park won’t be just for fun. “We ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University summer camp for girls to focus on science of skin
Posted: 6/27/2008
Middle-school girls from the Chicago region will learn about math and science as they study skin and its proper care during the Roosevelt University Girls Learning About Math, Outstanding Research and Organizing Unique Solutions Using Computers ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University and Xomix to train teens for future careers in biotechnology
Posted: 6/26/2008
A unique six-week program introducing Chicago high school students to biotechnology and career opportunities in the field will be held at Roosevelt University beginning July 8. Approximately 20 juniors and seniors from Chicago will learn about ...full text

bullet pointEconomics professor publishes groundbreaking book questioning use of statistical testing
Posted: 6/26/2008
A new groundbreaking book that challenges the way scientists in many fields are using statistics to arrive at faulty and even fraudulent conclusions has been published by Stephen Ziliak, professor of economics at Roosevelt University, and Deirdre ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt names Douglas Knerr vice provost for faculty and academic administration
Posted: 6/24/2008
Roosevelt University has appointed Douglas Knerr to the newly created position of vice provost for faculty and academic administration. Knerr, a resident of Glen Ellyn, was formerly associate provost for academic programs and distance learning ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt & Metro Achievement Center to hold college orientation program for high school girls
Posted: 6/18/2008
A summer college orientation program for freshmen and sophomore girls from public and private schools in Chicago will be held at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., beginning July 7. The three-week program, which is organized and led by ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt names Barbara Schoenfield Interim University Librarian
Posted: 6/16/2008
Roosevelt University has appointed Barbara Schoenfield as Interim University Librarian, responsible for the Roosevelt libraries in Chicago and Schaumburg. Schoenfield, a Wilmette resident, joined Roosevelt in 1995 as a reference/instruction ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University and Youth Communication to hold summer journalism workshop beginning June 23
Posted: 6/13/2008
A summer urban journalism workshop for Chicago junior high and high school students interested in writing, editing, interviewing, photography and other areas of journalism will be held at Roosevelt University’s Gage Building, 18 S. Michigan Ave., ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University and Alexian Brothers Medical Center to host health seminar at Schaumburg Campus
Posted: 6/13/2008
Roosevelt University’s Institute for Continued Learning and the Alexian Brothers Medical Center will sponsor a health awareness seminar featuring lectures and testing beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 17 in the penthouse of the University’s ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints Lesley Slavitt Vice President for Government Relations and University Outreach
Posted: 6/10/2008
Roosevelt University has promoted Lesley D. Slavitt to vice president for Government Relations and University Outreach. She reports to Roosevelt President Chuck Middleton and is responsible for government relations, marketing communications, media ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt offers teaching courses on Saturdays this fall at Chicago Campus
Posted: 6/9/2008
Working adults who want to become teachers can take courses toward an advanced degree in teaching on Saturdays at Roosevelt University’s Chicago Campus, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, beginning this fall. The new fast-track teacher-training program is ...full text

bullet pointSummer camp for kids who love to perform to be held at Schaumburg Campus in August
Posted: 6/9/2008
Summer Stage, a weeklong camp for kids who love to sing, dance and act, will be held Aug. 11 through 15 at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus, 1400 N. Roosevelt Road, Schaumburg. The camp, for children age nine through 13, will give kids an ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt and Social Justice High School preparing Class of 2009 for college
Posted: 6/5/2008
Students from the first graduating class of Chicago’s Social Justice High School (SJHS) will participate in a college preparation program at Roosevelt University June 15-20. The program, titled Social Justice in Action: Roosevelt University, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt graduate receives scholarship
Posted: 6/4/2008
Jennifer Velandia, a May 2008 graduate of Roosevelt University, has been selected to receive the Reginald L. Ollie Inclusion and Outreach Scholarship from the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA). Velandia, the recipient of ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University releases Oyez Review
Posted: 6/2/2008
Roosevelt University in May released the 35th issue of its literary magazine, Oyez Review. The volume includes original poetry, fiction and art submitted by students from various universities, as well as published authors, artists and ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt announces Winston E. Kennedy Endowed Real Estate Scholarship Fund
Posted: 5/30/2008
Roosevelt University today announced the establishment of the Winston E. Kennedy Endowed Real Estate Scholarship Fund, which will provide financial support to students taking master’s degree programs in real estate in the University’s Chicago School ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt alumnus receives Professional Achievement Award
Posted: 5/21/2008
Roosevelt University’s Alumni Association presented Henri L. Bailey III, a 1962 graduate of the University, with its Harold Washington Professional Achievement Award during Commencement ceremonies on May 16. Bailey, a resident of Houston, has ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt alumna receives Humanitarian Award
Posted: 5/21/2008
Roosevelt University’s Alumni Association presented alumna Ann D. McGee with its Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award during Commencement ceremonies on May 16. McGee, a resident of Green Valley, Nev., earned her bachelor’s degree in 1970 and ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints Miroslava Mejia Krug as Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Posted: 5/21/2008
Roosevelt University announced today that Miroslava Mejia Krug, chief financial officer for the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), has been appointed senior vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer, effective July 1. ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies announces award winners
Posted: 5/20/2008
Students in Roosevelt University’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies were recognized for their accomplishments during an awards ceremony in April. The award winners are: Hospitality and Tourism Management: Kristin LaPlaca, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt participating in Commuter Bicycle Challenge
Posted: 5/15/2008
Roosevelt University is participating in the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s 2008 Bicycle Commuter Challenge June 7-13. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to ride their bikes to work, school or their local cta, metra or bus stop. ...full text

bullet pointSchaumburg Campus hosts mandatory training sessions for lawyers in May and June
Posted: 5/12/2008
At a time when the state of Illinois is calling for lawyers to fulfill new Continuing Legal Education requirements, Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus is offering Northwest suburban lawyers numerous opportunities to meet those ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University study finds township governments charging more, doing less for area residents
Posted: 5/7/2008
At a time when local governments across the state are bracing for recession and a cash crunch, a Roosevelt University professor is suggesting one way to tighten belts may be to eliminate township government. In a new study entitled “Township ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus announces leadership awards
Posted: 5/5/2008
Students, faculty and staff at Roosevelt University's Schaumburg Campus were honored for their achievements and contributions outside of the classroom during the Schaumburg Campus' Leadership Awards ceremony on April 25. Below is a list of ...full text

bullet pointRU and Lakeview School: Working together to get kids thinking earlier about college
Posted: 5/5/2008
After nearly a year of instruction about the importance of college and life-long learning, a classroom of kindergartners at Lakeview Elementary School in Hoffman Estates will meet Tuesday, May 6, with leaders of their “adopted” college, which is ...full text

bullet pointSouthwest Sculpture Furniture Exhibit opens at Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus on May 6
Posted: 5/4/2008
The opening reception for an exhibition of Southwest Sculpture Furniture will be held in the Rotunda Gallery of Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6. The campus is located at 1400 N. Roosevelt Road in ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to host state hearing
Posted: 5/2/2008
Roosevelt University's Institute for Metropolitan Affairs will host the Illinois General Assembly's public hearing on Employment of Persons with Past Criminal Convictions on Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the second-floor Congress Lounge ...full text

bullet pointMore than 300 courses available at Roosevelt University this summer
Posted: 5/1/2008
Students can maximize their time this summer by taking classes at Roosevelt University. Roosevelt is offering more than 300 undergraduate and graduate courses at a variety of times so students can still have a job, take a vacation and relax ...full text

bullet pointComposition professor receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Posted: 4/30/2008
Kyong Mee Choi, assistant professor of music composition in The Music Conservatory of Roosevelt’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship to compose a miniature opera. Choi, a ...full text

bullet pointTheatre professor named as Fulbright Senior Specialist
Posted: 4/30/2008
Luis Perez, assistant professor of musical theatre at Roosevelt University, has been named as a Fulbright Senior Specialist who will travel to Prague, Czech Republic, in June to train students and faculty at the Jaroslav Jezek Theatre Conservatory ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's College of Business announces awards
Posted: 4/29/2008
Roosevelt University’s Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration has announced the 2008 recipients of its In Praise of Teaching and Learning awards. Full-time faculty awards were awarded to Steve Tippins, the Rolf A. Weil Professor of ...full text

bullet pointSix RU theatre grads to appear in new movie premiering May 2 at Gene Siskel Center
Posted: 4/24/2008
Six graduates from Roosevelt University’s Theatre Conservatory have roles in the new independent movie, Farewell Darkness, which makes its world premiere at the Gene Siskel Theatre in Chicago on Friday, May 2. The 96-minute drama features ...full text

bullet pointSarah Manzeske elected as president of Association of Campus Activities Administrators
Posted: 4/23/2008
Sarah Manzeske, director of the Chicago Center for Student Involvement at Roosevelt University, has been elected as president of the Association of Campus Activities Administrators. She will serve in this position for the 2008-2009 academic term. ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University to hold panel discussion on presidential election and economics
Posted: 4/18/2008
A panel discussion with top officials from Illinois’ Democratic and Republican parties on economics and the upcoming 2008 Presidential election will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24 in Roosevelt University’s second-floor Congress Lounge, 430 S. ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University to hold summer hip-hop opera program
Posted: 4/18/2008
A three-week program fusing classical and hip hop music into a unique, new genre called Hopera will be offered over the summer at Roosevelt University for high school students who are interested in creative and performing arts. The program, which ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt’s Commencement Speakers Are Alumni Dempsey Travis and Donald Jacobs
Posted: 4/15/2008
Two of Roosevelt University’s most distinguished alumni will deliver addresses at Roosevelt University’s Commencement Ceremonies on May 16 in the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. At the noon ceremony, Dempsey J. Travis (BA, ’49), an ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt receives approval to offer Ed.D. in south region
Posted: 4/15/2008
The Illinois Board of Higher Education, at its regular meeting on April 1, granted Roosevelt University authorization to grant the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership in the south metropolitan region. The Ed.D. program is designed to ...full text

bullet pointFaculty and staff to be honored during employee recognition ceremony on April 17
Posted: 4/11/2008
Twelve outstanding Roosevelt University employees will be honored for their service and excellence at the annual Employee Recognition Ceremony and Reception on Thursday, April 17 at the University’s Chicago Campus. The awards are for excellence ...full text

bullet pointAmbassador Carol Moseley Braun to speak about women in politics on April 17
Posted: 4/11/2008
RU Prime and the Black Student Union organizations of Roosevelt University will host a lecture discussion titled Women in Politics: An Evening with Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17. The speech will be ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University and China’s Tongji University sign agreement
Posted: 4/10/2008
Real estate development and management are the focus of a new international collaboration agreement signed April 4 by Roosevelt University’s Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration and the School of Economics and Management at Tongji ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints Dr. Terri Friel dean of the Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration
Posted: 4/9/2008
Roosevelt University announced today that Terri L. Friel has been appointed dean of the University’s Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration and named the Walter E. Heller and Alyce DeCosta Professor of Management, effective July 1, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University to present evening with actor Wilson Cruz
Posted: 4/9/2008
Stage, television and movie actor Wilson Cruz is coming to Roosevelt University on May 1 to talk with students and guests about their sexual orientation. During a presentation titled “My So-Called Life: Coming Out, Family Life and Homelessness,” ...full text

bullet pointMicrosoft official to give presentation on new technology at Gage on April 9
Posted: 4/7/2008
The Roosevelt University Computer Association (RUCA) will host a program featuring Microsoft Silverlight from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9 in the fifth-floor commons of the Gage Building, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The program ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University’s support of immigrant students, social justice earns national recognition
Posted: 4/7/2008
Roosevelt University will be recognized for its work on behalf of immigrant communities by the American Immigration Law Foundation, a national non-profit dedicated to increasing public understanding of immigration law and policy. The foundation ...full text

bullet pointJoanne Canyon-Heller elected vice president of national graduate admissions association
Posted: 4/4/2008
Joanne Canyon-Heller, associate director and coordinator of graduate admission at Roosevelt University, has been elected as vice president of the National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals. She will serve in this position for the 2008 ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt community members volunteer to do service in Chicago and Northwest suburbs on April 11 and 12
Posted: 4/3/2008
More than 200 people at Roosevelt University will be volunteering for everything from helping with dog adoptions to painting during the University’s fifth annual New Deal Service Days being held April 11 and 12 at a variety of locations in Chicago ...full text

bullet pointCollege of Business hosts global management forum on April 7
Posted: 4/3/2008
Roosevelt University’s Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration will present a lecture on how mobility and retention of talented employees can make or break business firms during the College’s first-ever Global Management Forum being held ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt hosts Harold Washington photo exhibit and panel discussion in April at Gage
Posted: 3/28/2008
Roosevelt University and the Harold Washington Commemorative Year will host an exhibit of 50 photographs from the Harold Washington years opening April 3 through June 27 in the University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The exhibit, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus presents “Desks on Parade” art exhibit
Posted: 3/27/2008
Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus will host an innovative art exhibition featuring 19 high school desks from the 1960s that have been transformed into public art by community artists. “Desks on Parade,” a District 300 Foundation for ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University presents Alumni Weekend 2008 on April 25 and 26
Posted: 3/26/2008
Roosevelt alumni are invited to reunite with friends and classmates during Alumni Weekend 2008, on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 at the Chicago Campus, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Hosted by the University’s Alumni Relations Office, the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University presents lecture on real estate by Harvard professor
Posted: 3/26/2008
Harvard University real estate professor Richard D. Peiser will discuss the current market for real estate development at Roosevelt University’s Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3 at the University, 430 ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt professor receives grant to study Morocco for new comparative feminisms course
Posted: 3/26/2008
Ellen O’Brien, associate professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Roosevelt University, has been awarded a grant through the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program to study women and culture in Morocco beginning in June. O’Brien, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to present lecture on brain injuries
Posted: 3/22/2008
Roosevelt University’s Neuropsychological Society will present a lecture on the evaluation and treatment of traumatic brain injuries by J. Preston Harley, Ph.D., a nationally recognized clinical neuropsychologist. His talk will be from 4:30 to ...full text

bullet pointCCPA's Symphony Orchestra and Choir present Vivid '08 with guest conductor Jane Glover
Posted: 3/18/2008
Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) will present its annual gala concert, Vivid ’08, on April 10 at Governors State University in University Park and on April 14 at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University ...full text

bullet pointWriter and publisher Jonathan Messinger to speak at Roosevelt on April 9
Posted: 3/18/2008
Chicago author and publisher Jonathan Messinger will read his work and discuss small press publishing at Roosevelt University on Wednesday, April 9. The reading begins at 5 p.m. in the University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. ...full text

bullet pointHigh school journalists attend workshop at Roosevelt
Posted: 3/18/2008
Roosevelt University hosted more than 300 high school journalists from 17 public and private high schools in Chicago at the 16th annual Scholastic Press Association of Chicago journalism workshop on March 11. This is the largest workshop in the ...full text

bullet pointPolitical science professor examines what's behind foreign aid giving in new book
Posted: 3/14/2008
While it’s commonly believed that nations give foreign aid to help improve the lives of the less fortunate, a new book by a Roosevelt University professor suggests foreign aid policy doesn’t always hinge on ethical considerations. “There’s a ...full text

bullet pointAuthor Rosellen Brown to read from her work on April 14
Posted: 3/13/2008
Acclaimed author Rosellen Brown reads from her work at Roosevelt University’s Chicago Campus on Monday, April 14. The reading begins at 5 p.m. in the University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Brown is the author of five novels: ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt wins advertising awards
Posted: 3/13/2008
Roosevelt University won four major awards this month in the 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards program sponsored by the Admission Marketing Report. Denise Czuprynski, director of Communications, and her staff won the following awards: ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt’s student newspaper wins awards
Posted: 3/12/2008
Roosevelt University’s student newspaper the Torch won four Illinois College Press Association Awards on Feb. 23 at the association’s annual convention in Chicago. Photo Editor Alex Hernandez, Managing Editor Kristina Zaremba and Layout ...full text

bullet pointOpen houses to be held in Schaumburg and Chicago on April 5 and April 12
Posted: 3/7/2008
Roosevelt University’s Office of Admission will host an open house for undergraduate and graduate students from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at the Schaumburg Campus, 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, and during the same time period ...full text

bullet pointMajestic Gents stepping group to perform on Thursday
Posted: 3/7/2008
The Black Student Union of Roosevelt University will host an afternoon of entertainment and stepping lessons with the Majestic Gents from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 13 in the fourth-floor Marvin Moss Student Center Gymnasium of the Herman ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University and Donors Forum team up to present “Dialogue with Donors”
Posted: 3/7/2008
Roosevelt University, in collaboration with Donors Forum, will host a series of four spring and summer workshops called “Dialogue with Donors.” At the workshops, panels of representatives from local corporations and foundations will discuss their ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt education graduate is finalist for Early Childhood Teaching Award
Posted: 3/6/2008
Doris LaSalle-Campana, a 2001graduate of Roosevelt University with a master’s degree in early childhood education, was one of 18 educators in metropolitan Chicago to be selected as finalists for the 2008 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching ...full text

bullet pointHistory of video games to be discussed during March 12 lecture
Posted: 3/5/2008
The video game and the history of its development will be discussed at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 in Roosevelt’s second-floor Congress Lounge, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, during a lecture sponsored by the Roosevelt University Computer ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University's Creative Writing Program welcomes writer and disability advocate on April 2
Posted: 3/5/2008
Memoirist, poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto will read from his work at Roosevelt University’s Chicago Campus on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. The reading begins at 5 p.m. in AUD 244, 430 S. Michigan Avenue. Kuusisto’s first memoir, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University receives $300,000 to expand activities of Social Justice Institute
Posted: 3/4/2008
Roosevelt University’s Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation has received a $300,000 grant from the Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation that will enable it to integrate social justice into the University’s curriculum. Since ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate Receives Education Award
Posted: 3/4/2008
Roosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate received the 2008 Education Award from the Chicago ACE Mentor Program on Feb. 28 at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. The award recognized the institute for “its commitment to ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Posted: 3/3/2008
For the second year in a row, Roosevelt University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor recognizes Roosevelt’s students, faculty and staff for building a culture of community service and civic ...full text

bullet pointSeven RU faculty members recognized for outstanding research and grant proposals
Posted: 3/3/2008
Roosevelt University is recognizing seven faculty members for preparing or receiving outstanding research and education grant proposals that are paving the way for significant future research projects and partnerships at the University in both the ...full text

bullet pointPanel discusses Women, Activism and Urban Environment on March 12 in honor of Women's History Month
Posted: 2/28/2008
Roosevelt University and its Women’s and Gender Studies program will celebrate Women’s History Month from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 with a panel discussion on Women, Activism and Urban Environment. This event will be held in Room 320 ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University presents lecture by Consul General of South Africa in Chicago
Posted: 2/26/2008
Educational challenges in South Africa will be discussed at a Roosevelt University RU Global lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11. Yusuf Omar, consul general of the South African Consulate General in Chicago, will discuss how young people in ...full text

bullet pointRenowned poet and author Haki Madhubuti to give lecture for Black History Month on Feb. 28
Posted: 2/22/2008
The Black Student Union at Roosevelt University will host its Black History Month lecture titled Black Culture, White Culture and Barack Obama from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, in room 320 of the Auditorium Building at the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to celebrate 75th anniversary of New Deal with exhibit and panel discussion
Posted: 2/22/2008
Roosevelt University and its Center for New Deal Studies will mark the 75th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal with an exhibit of banners about the FDR presidency, opening Monday, March 3, in the University’s Michigan Avenue lobby, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University joins writers, scholars and activists in tribute to Grace Paley
Posted: 2/19/2008
Peggy Shinner, interim coordinator of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at Roosevelt University, will join writers, scholars and activists from throughout the region at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 to pay tribute to the late renowned ...full text

bullet pointOffice of Admission to host graduate open house on March 5
Posted: 2/15/2008
Roosevelt University will welcome prospective graduate students to a graduate school open house from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5 at the University’s Chicago Campus, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Students who are considering ...full text

bullet pointChicago Housing Authority CEO Lewis Jordan to speak in Ganz Hall on Feb. 20
Posted: 2/15/2008
The Roosevelt University Computer Users Association (RUCA) will host Technically Diverse from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20 in Ganz Hall at the University’s Chicago Campus, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The program is designed to address ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt composer to premiere orchestra work with Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Posted: 2/14/2008
Roosevelt University’s award-winning composer Stacy Garrop, an associate professor of composition and the inaugural winner of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s 2006-07 Elaine Lebenbom Prize, will premiere an orchestra work, Becoming Medusa, ...full text

bullet pointSeminar on politics and elections to feature media experts at Roosevelt on March 10
Posted: 2/12/2008
Roosevelt University’s Institute for Politics will host panel discussions on national, state and local elections during the first annual Herb and Eileen Franks Seminar on Elections and Politics being held from 9 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Monday, March 10 ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University administrators elected to American Council on Education boards
Posted: 2/12/2008
Two Roosevelt University administrators have been elected to leadership positions with the American Council on Education (ACE), the major coordinating body for all of the nation's higher education institutions. At the ACE annual meeting in San ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt student receives real estate scholarship
Posted: 2/12/2008
Faruk Daudbasic, a student in Roosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and the SIOR Foundation ...full text

bullet pointCollege of Education to hold teacher certification online chat on Feb. 21
Posted: 2/11/2008
Roosevelt University will host an online chat about its teacher certification programs and what it takes to become certified to teach in Illinois from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21. Participants will be able to chat with faculty from the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University hosts high school visit days on Feb. 18 and March 29
Posted: 2/11/2008
Roosevelt University will welcome high school students from all over the region for Campus Visit Days, which are being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, March 29 at the University’s Chicago Campus, 430 S. Michigan Ave., ...full text

bullet pointArt exhibit opens at Roosevelt's Schaumburg Campus Feb. 18
Posted: 2/11/2008
An art exhibit dealing with current debates on stem cell research, reproductive rights, fertility treatments and designer babies by visual artist and activist Jeanette May will be on display at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus, 1400 N. ...full text

bullet pointAward-winning Chicago writer Alex Kotlowitz to give Mansfield lecture on March 13
Posted: 2/8/2008
Roosevelt University students, faculty and staff are reading the national bestseller, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, and will welcome the book’s author, Alex Kotlowitz, to speak March 13 ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University dean elected to board of Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
Posted: 2/5/2008
Lynn Weiner, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Roosevelt University, has been elected to a two-year term as a board member of the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences (CCAS), a 600-member national organization. Weiner is the only dean ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to offer apartment-style living in new residence hall
Posted: 1/29/2008
As the number of Roosevelt University students choosing University housing in downtown Chicago continues to soar, Roosevelt officials are making plans to open a new student housing center in the historic, art deco Pittsfield Building, 55 E. ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt student selected for Chicago Sinfonietta's Project Inclusion
Posted: 1/22/2008
Roosevelt University freshman tuba player Takahiro Kim is one of six apprentices selected for the Chicago Sinfonietta’s new diversity initiative, Project Inclusion. Project Inclusion provides a one to two year apprenticeship for young musicians ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt offers non-music majors a chance to sing with a choir in new University Chorale class
Posted: 1/15/2008
A new music course designed to give non-music majors an opportunity to sing with a choir is being offered this spring at Roosevelt University’s Chicago and Schaumburg campuses. From Broadway to spirituals and world music to folk music, the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt president is new chairman of of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
Posted: 1/14/2008
Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton was elected to a two-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2008 as chairman of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities (FIICU), the oldest private college association in the nation and ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's Institute for Continued Learning announces winter series
Posted: 1/11/2008
Roosevelt University’s Institute for Continued Learning has announced a series of specially selected educational programs for its 2008 Winter Lecture Series. The new winter programs will be held on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 23 and continue ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University professor selected again as Super Lawyer
Posted: 1/11/2008
For the fourth consecutive year, Roosevelt University accounting Professor Joseph D. Ament has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer in the field of taxation. Law and Politics, an independent organization, evaluated 47,000 attorneys who have ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to host transfer credit fairs on Jan. 15 and 16
Posted: 1/9/2008
Roosevelt University will hold transfer credit fairs on Tuesday, Jan. 15 and Wednesday, Jan. 16 for those who have already earned college credits and are seeking to transfer to Roosevelt University. Students considering transferring to Roosevelt for ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt vice president to speak on university development in the South Loop
Posted: 1/8/2008
John Allerson, senior vice president, finance and operations, chief financial officer and treasurer of Roosevelt University, will be a panelist at a luncheon presentation on the Impact of University Real Estate on South Loop Development. ...full text

bullet pointBorder Film Project opens Jan. 28 in Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery
Posted: 1/8/2008
A remarkable exhibit featuring photos taken by undocumented migrants trying to cross through the desert from Mexico into the United States and by Minutemen trying to stop the illegal crossings will open Jan. 28 at Roosevelt University’s Gage ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints Holly Stadler Dean of the College of Education
Posted: 1/8/2008
Roosevelt University today announced the appointment of Holly A. Stadler as dean of the College of Education, effective July 1, 2008. Since 1995, Stadler has been professor and head of the Department of Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt offers opportunities for working adults to take courses in Schaumburg on Saturdays
Posted: 1/7/2008
A unique Saturday program designed to accommodate working adults will be offered during the upcoming spring semester at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus, 1400 N. Roosevelt Boulevard, Schaumburg. “Our new Saturdays in Schaumburg program ...full text

bullet pointClasses at Roosevelt begin January 28
Posted: 1/7/2008
Classes for the Spring 2008 Semester at Roosevelt University begin on Monday, January 28, at its campuses in the Chicago Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg. Roosevelt offers more than 120 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs ...full text

bullet pointUrban Retail Properties underwrites new Roosevelt University center
Posted: 1/2/2008
Urban Retail Properties, LLC announced today that it has contributed $250,000 to Roosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate to furnish and endow the Urban Retail Professional Development and Research Center. The new center, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapter wins national award
Posted: 12/19/2007
The Roosevelt University chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) has won the outstanding chapter award for 2007 from the national office of SSDP in Washington, D.C. Selected from more than 120 student chapters across the nation, ...full text

bullet pointCCPA jazz studies professor releases new CD
Posted: 12/17/2007
Trumpeter Rob Parton, associate professor of jazz studies in Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA), and his JAZZTECH Big Band are releasing a new CD entitled “Just One of Those Things” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 ...full text

bullet pointCCPA student wins principal harp position with Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Posted: 12/14/2007
Harpist Julie Barnes Spring, who is a graduate student in the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at Roosevelt University, has a lot to look forward to once she receives her master’s degree in orchestral studies from the University on Dec. ...full text

bullet pointOrganizational leadership and special events classes raise $6,800 for Marriott charity
Posted: 12/13/2007
Thirty-five students in two Roosevelt University classes worked together for the last four months on a fundraiser that netted $6,800 on Sunday, Dec. 9, for the benefit of Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities’ Bridges from School to Work ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to host lecture by Al Golin on the future of public relations
Posted: 12/3/2007
Al Golin, chairman and founder of Chicago-based GolinHarris, a Roosevelt University alumnus and a member of Roosevelt’s Board of Trustees, will speak about his vision for public relations over the next 50 years at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4 in ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt receives grant for unique project tracking Illinois presidential primary and voters
Posted: 11/30/2007
Roosevelt University has received a $12,500 grant from the McCormick Tribune Foundation to run a unique, two-course project in early 2008 in which selected students will track the Illinois presidential primary and views of voters for a book to be ...full text

bullet pointComposition professor to premiere choir piece based on Hebrew peace prayer
Posted: 11/28/2007
Read the blog entry, Getting Back to My RootsAward-winning composer Stacy ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University professor receives national science fiction award
Posted: 11/27/2007
Gary K. Wolfe, professor of Humanities and English in the Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies at Roosevelt University, has been honored again for his book reviews and criticism of science fiction, fantasy and horror. This time he won ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University hosting Latino Visit Day at its Schaumburg Campus
Posted: 11/21/2007
At least 275 students from five northwest suburban high schools will be attending Latino Visit Day at Roosevelt University’s Campus in Schaumburg on Wednesday morning, Nov. 28. Keynote speaker will be Michael Rodriguez, director of Field ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University honors alum Congressman Bobby Rush with honorary degree
Posted: 11/20/2007
United States Congressman Bobby L. Rush (BGS, ’74), a lifelong political activist and one of Roosevelt University’s most distinguished graduates, will be the Commencement speaker and receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree honoris causa at ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints Patrick Woods vice president for Institutional Advancement
Posted: 11/19/2007
Patrick M. Woods has been appointed vice president for institutional advancement and chief advancement officer at Roosevelt University, effective Jan. 1. “Patrick comes to Roosevelt with more than 17 years of experience as a senior-level ...full text

bullet pointIt's all in the family for 3 students at Roosevelt's Schaumburg Campus
Posted: 11/19/2007
International students Karine Mirzoyan, 19, her brother, Karen, 21, and their sister, Narina, 16, have more in common than their Armenian heritage and the same last name. The three, who left their parents and home in Armenia to attend college at ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University professor named Professor of the Year in Illinois
Posted: 11/15/2007
Roosevelt University Professor Steven A. Meyers has been selected as the 2007 Illinois Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The announcement was made today (Nov. 15) by Lee S. Schulman, president of ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University to hold lecture with NBC 5 Investigative Reporter Renee Ferguson on Nov. 29
Posted: 11/15/2007
Roosevelt University announced today that NBC 5 investigative reporter Renee Ferguson will be the inaugural speaker on Nov. 29 as part of a year-long lecture series exploring the issues at stake for African Americans in the 2008 Presidential ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints new director of career services
Posted: 11/14/2007
Roosevelt University has appointed Terri Berryman of Gurnee, Ill., as director of career services at Roosevelt’s campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg. Berryman, former director of career services at the College of Lake County for 10 years, will ...full text

bullet pointRepresentatives hold press conference at Roosevelt
Posted: 11/13/2007
Roosevelt University was the site of a press conference on Nov. 12 by United States Representatives Melissa Bean, a 2001 graduate of Roosevelt University, from Illinois’ 8th District and Steny Hoyer, the House Majority leader from Maryland’s 5th ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University announces administative changes
Posted: 11/12/2007
Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton today announced several administrative changes that will be taking place over the next few weeks at the University. “Roosevelt is experiencing a time of great opportunities and these new ...full text

bullet pointSingle payer health care system to be discussed at Roosevelt on Nov. 14
Posted: 11/7/2007
Illinois State Representative Mary E. Flowers (D-31st District) and Dr. Quentin Young will present a lecture describing the advantages, shortcomings and feasibility of a having a single payer health care system in Illinois, and in the nation as a ...full text

bullet pointWorld Water Challenge to be held Nov. 7
Posted: 11/5/2007
Roosevelt University and Corporate Accountability International will present a lecture and hands-on exercise about water scarcity in different parts of the world at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 in the second-floor Congress Lounge of Roosevelt ...full text

bullet pointPresidential writer in residence discusses new book on collapse of big-city newspapers on Nov. 27
Posted: 11/5/2007
Charles Madigan, presidential writer in residence at Roosevelt University and formerly senior editor, correspondent and columnist for the Chicago Tribune, will discuss and sign his new book -30-, The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper, at 3:30 ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate presents Lifetime Industry Leadership Award to John Newman
Posted: 11/2/2007
John R. Newman, a Highland Park resident and executive vice president of LaSalle Bank, received the Lifetime Industry Leadership Award from Roosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at a gala dinner on Nov. 1 at the Four ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University’s Scholars Program has record number of students
Posted: 10/31/2007
Roosevelt University has accepted a record number of new students into its Roosevelt Scholars Program for the 2007-08 academic year. The new group of 56 students, which began classes in September, is the largest ever to be accepted into the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University’s Chicago School of Real Estate presents address by president of Vorando Realty Trust
Posted: 10/26/2007
Michael D. Fascitelli, president of Vorando Realty Trust, will discuss current trends in the capital markets and the commercial real estate industry as the keynote speaker at Roosevelt University’s annual celebration for its Chicago School of Real ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University President joins Senator Durbin in support of the Dream Act
Posted: 10/24/2007
Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton today joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin in support of the DREAM Act. Roosevelt University, founded in 1945 on the principles of social justice, was among the first institutions of higher education to ...full text

bullet pointSingers and pianists in Chicago College of Performing Arts to participate in The Real Thing competition
Posted: 10/23/2007
Hershey Felder, creator and star of George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin, is returning to Chicago as creator and sponsor of The Real Thing, a competition for pianists and singers, after the fashion of current popular music competitions, that ...full text

bullet pointScholarship fund created for Roosevelt University’s Chicago School of Real Estate
Posted: 10/23/2007
Roosevelt University today announced the creation of the Teresa and Hipolito Roldan Scholarship Fund for Tomorrow’s Hispanic Leaders in Community Development and Real Estate. The $100,000 fund at The Chicago Community Trust was created by ...full text

bullet pointMichigan commuter completes Ed.D program
Posted: 10/22/2007
For nearly six years, Roosevelt University doctoral student Glykeria “Glyke” Zguris has been traveling weekly by plane between Troy, Mich., and Chicago to earn her Ed.D. in educational leadership from Roosevelt University. On average, the commute ...full text

bullet pointJob, internship and volunteer fair to be held at Roosevelt on Oct. 26
Posted: 10/19/2007
More than 30 Chicago-area organizations seeking full and part-time employees, interns and volunteers who are concerned about issues related to women, gender, sexuality, race, class and social justice will participate in the Chicago Area Women’s and ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt, other schools hosting programs for Latino high school students as part of HACU Conference
Posted: 10/18/2007
More than 200 students from nine Chicago area high schools will be descending on the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Friday, Oct. 19, to learn about educational opportunities for Latino students. The Youth Leadership Forum is a ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's provost elected president of Saint Joseph College
Posted: 10/17/2007
Roosevelt University Provost and Executive Vice President Pamela Trotman Reid has been elected president of Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn., effective January 2008. Since July 2004, Reid has been instrumental in improving ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University to hold Nov. 8 lecture on curing America's sick healthcare system
Posted: 10/16/2007
At a time when many are focused on problems facing the nation’s healthcare system, National Institutes for Health physician and ethics expert Ezekiel J. Emanuel will discuss what needs to be done to fix the system during Roosevelt University’s ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University receives grant to digitize FDR memorabilia collection
Posted: 10/16/2007
A remarkable collection of memorabilia pertaining to the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which is located at Roosevelt University in Chicago, will be available for public perusal next year thanks to a federal grant awarded through the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University receives scholarship support from Northern Trust Corporation
Posted: 10/16/2007
Roosevelt University announced today that Northern Trust Corporation made a $75,000 contribution to the University to provide scholarships for disadvantaged students living in Chicago’s underprivileged neighborhoods. The Northern Trust gift will ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's doctoral program for educators offered in south suburbs for first time this fall
Posted: 10/10/2007
After years of offering its doctoral program in educational leadership in Chicago and Schaumburg, Roosevelt University’s College of Education is reaching out with the program for the first time ever this fall to educators in Chicago’s south ...full text

bullet pointHospitality and Tourism Management student blazes trail for social justice in Africa
Posted: 10/10/2007
Holly Foltz, who is an undergraduate hospitality and tourism management major at Roosevelt University and a Munster, Ind., resident, recently took a trip of a lifetime to learn the ropes of the tourism industry in South Africa. During her ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University student to receive Student Laureate Award
Posted: 10/9/2007
Nestor Avila, a Roosevelt University senior from Des Plaines majoring in professional communications, has been selected as a Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Avila, who was nominated by Roosevelt University President Chuck ...full text

bullet pointGrammy Award winner appointed as interim head of jazz program
Posted: 10/8/2007
Paul Wertico, a seven-time Grammy Award winner, gold record recipient and instructor of jazz in Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA), has been named interim head of CCPA’s jazz program. Wertico, who has been hailed by ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University presents lecturer from the National University of Ireland
Posted: 10/5/2007
Roosevelt University will present a lecture, “Using the Courts to Vindicate Socio-Economic Rights: The Distinction between Commutative and Distributive Justice in Ireland,” on Oct. 16 by Donncha O’Connell, dean and professor of the faculty of law at ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt professor selected as reviewer for journal on reading
Posted: 10/3/2007
Margaret Policastro, professor of education at Roosevelt University and an expert on reading, has been selected to be a reviewer for the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL) and a member of its Editorial Review Board. Policastro, a ...full text

bullet pointRU student organizes spring 2008 trip to South Dakota Indian reservation
Posted: 10/2/2007
When Roosevelt University graduate community counseling student Katie Mason first visited the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota as a volunteer last spring, she was appalled by the poverty and deplorable living conditions that she ...full text

bullet pointChase funds new summer math and science programs at Roosevelt University
Posted: 10/1/2007
Roosevelt University today announced that Chase has contributed $50,000 to develop summer math and science programs to help motivated Chicago high school students reach their potential. The six-week programs to be held at Roosevelt’s Chicago ...full text

bullet pointMusic professor to premiere original piece honoring late RU pianist Sharon Rogers
Posted: 10/1/2007
Award-winning composer Stacy Garrop, who is an associate professor of composition in Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, and junior high school musicians from Homewood’s James Hart School will present “Call of the Angels,” a ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt embarks on program to preserve history collections with help from new archivist
Posted: 9/25/2007
With thousands of historical artifacts on everything from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt to the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, Roosevelt University has begun the process of creating comprehensive archives that one day could be opened to the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University alumni event in Washington, D.C. to feature Anna Roosevelt, Jacques Paul Klein
Posted: 9/25/2007
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein will join Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton at a special Roosevelt University event for alumni and friends in Washington, D. C. ...full text

bullet pointNationally recognized expert on public school reform to lecture on Oct. 11
Posted: 9/21/2007
Roosevelt University’s Center for New Deal Studies and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, N.Y., will present a lecture on current issues facing public school reform during the University’s 15th annual Franklin and Eleanor ...full text

bullet pointJames J. Mitchell III re-elected chairman of Roosevelt University’s Board of Trustees
Posted: 9/20/2007
The Roosevelt University Board of Trustees on Sept. 14 re-elected James J. Mitchell III as chairman of the board. Mitchell, a resident of Frankfort, Ill., has been serving as chairman since 1997. During his tenure as chairman, Chuck Middleton ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University students participating in video contest
Posted: 9/17/2007
Roosevelt University students can win prizes by posting their experiences during the first three week of classes on YouTube. Students are being encouraged to create a video of up to three minutes that documents life at Roosevelt from Sept. 7 ...full text

bullet pointNationally recognized journalist joins RU as journalism program flourishes
Posted: 9/17/2007
Distinguished journalist, professor and author John Fountain, who spent 15 years as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and New York Times, has joined Roosevelt University’s Department of Communication as a professor of ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt & Chicago Art Deco Society sponsor series of lectures in September and October
Posted: 9/13/2007
Roosevelt University and the Chicago Art Deco Society are partnering to present a series of informative lectures in September and October on topics ranging from the importance of 1933 Chicago World’s Fair architecture to the streamlining of 20th ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University plans for changes in Schaumburg
Posted: 9/13/2007
Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton in his annual Convocation Address announced that the Schaumburg Campus will be offering courses and programs that are different from those available at the University’s Chicago Campus. “Campus ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University welcomes 22 new faculty members
Posted: 8/24/2007
Twenty-two professors from universities throughout the country and the world will join Roosevelt University in the fall 2007 semester, which begins Wednesday, Sept. 5. The new faculty group is one of the largest and most diverse in the history of ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to host ACE Fellows
Posted: 8/22/2007
Thirty-eight ACE Fellows from universities across the country are visiting Roosevelt University on August 23 to learn about the administration of an urban university dedicated to social justice and inclusion. The ACE Fellows Program is the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University professor to give talks on imperialism and technology
Posted: 8/20/2007
In July, Daniel Headrick, professor of Social Science and History at Roosevelt University, gave the keynote address at a conference on Media and Imperialism at the University of Amsterdam. His talk was entitled "Communication and Imperialism: A ...full text

bullet pointBaseball and Health Care at Alexian Field on Sunday
Posted: 8/9/2007
Health care will combine with baseball at the Schaumburg Flyers game on Sunday afternoon August 12 at Alexian Field in Schaumburg. Roosevelt University will have staff at the game to explain its new bachelor’s degree completion program for ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University provides research reports and testimony to Illinois' Legislature
Posted: 8/7/2007
Kathleen Kane-Willis, interim director of Roosevelt University’s Institute for Metropolitan Affairs and founder of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, presented testimony in Springfield July 25 at the Judiciary II-Criminal Law Committee hearing ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt and Alexian Brothers to host lecture on taking charge of health and preventing medical errors
Posted: 8/3/2007
Roosevelt University and Alexian Brothers Medical Center will host a lecture on how to be a responsible medical patient on Thursday, Aug. 9 with Dr. Sheldon Cohen, who is a distinguished physician at Alexian Brothers and the author of a book on how ...full text

bullet pointDirector of composition wins literary award for short story
Posted: 8/3/2007
Emily Gray Tedrowe, director of composition at Roosevelt University, has received a literary award from the Illinois Arts Council for a short story entitled “Claudia Leaving.” The story, which is set in New York City and covers one day in the ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University appoints director of annual giving
Posted: 7/27/2007
Roosevelt University has appointed Corryn N. Hall Lee as director of annual giving in the Office of Institutional Advancement, effective immediately. Hall Lee, 28, of Hoffman Estates was the executive director of the Barrington Area Arts Council ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt honors society wins grant to host conference on economic issues in 2008 election
Posted: 7/25/2007
Roosevelt University’s newly created student chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, an international honors society in economics, has received a grant to host a conference on economic issues raised by candidates in the 2008 U.S. Presidential ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University hosting Lifelong Learning Conference Aug. 19-21
Posted: 7/19/2007
A conference hosted by Roosevelt University’s Institute for Continued Learning (ICL) is expected to attract more than 150 lifetime learning specialists from throughout the country to the University’s Schaumburg Campus Aug. 19-21. Pursuing the ...full text

bullet pointEthics in government panel at Roosevelt University July 23
Posted: 7/17/2007
Roosevelt University is hosting a panel discussion on Ethics in Government sponsored by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA). Open to the public, it will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 23 in Ganz Hall on the seventh ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University joins statement regarding boycott of Israeli institutions
Posted: 7/17/2007
Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton has signed a letter condemning action taken by University and College Union in the United Kingdom to boycott Israeli academics and academic institutions. UCU is the largest trade union and ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's Chicago College of Performing Arts re-accredited for 10 years
Posted: 7/16/2007
Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) has received notification of re-accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and will continue to be a member in good standing for the next 10 years. The ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University student receives Gates scholarship
Posted: 7/12/2007
Roosevelt University student Bulina Griggs, a resident of Maywood, Ill., has been selected to receive a prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship. Griggs, a sophomore majoring in finance, is the first Roosevelt student to receive a Gates ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University opens art exhibition July 10
Posted: 7/6/2007
Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus is presenting an art exhibition featuring 16 local artists and 70 paintings through Aug. 2. The public is invited to the opening reception, which will be on Tuesday, July 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. in ...full text

bullet pointFormer Roosevelt University provost dies
Posted: 7/5/2007
Robert Graham, the first provost of Roosevelt University, died July 3, after a long illness. Dr. Graham served as provost from 1989-1994, after serving at Penn State Harrisburg, where he had been an administrative colleague of Theodore L. Gross, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University summer camp for girls makes study of math and science fun
Posted: 7/5/2007
A Roosevelt University summer camp for girls will make the study of math and science interesting by incorporating investigative techniques used on the popular CSI television shows. RU Glamorous CSI will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 23-27 at ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt's summer reading clinic for kids marks its 20th season
Posted: 6/27/2007
Roosevelt University’s RU Reading? Clinic will mark 20 years of literacy training for youth and teacher training for future reading specialists during the clinic’s five-week program being held June 11 through July 12 at the University’s Schaumburg ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt and TEFL Institute offer opportunities for teaching and studying abroad
Posted: 6/27/2007
Roosevelt University and Teaching English as a Foreign Language Institute (TEFL) have partnered to offer training and certification opportunities for those who want to teach English abroad. The four-credit, 100-hour certification course provides ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University Journalism Professor Receives Outstanding Book Award
Posted: 6/25/2007
Peter K. Fallon, associate professor of Journalism at Roosevelt University, has received the Marshall McLuhan Award for the Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology for 2007. Fallon received the award June 8 in Mexico City for his book, ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University Elects 5 New Trustees
Posted: 6/25/2007
Roosevelt University announced today that five new trustees were elected to its Board of Trustees. Steven H. Abbey was elected as a public trustee, Sharon H. Grant and Samuel Rosenberg were elected as faculty trustees and Candice M. Norris and Brian ...full text

bullet pointInformation session to be held June 23 for Saturday program in integrated marketing communications
Posted: 6/19/2007
Roosevelt University today announced a special June 23 information session for prospective students interested in its new weekend graduate Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program. The new program is designed to address the demands of ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University to hold hip-hop opera program for high school students in August
Posted: 6/19/2007
A two-week program fusing classical and hip hop music into a unique, new genre called Hopera will be offered for high school students interested in creative and performing arts from Aug. 6 through 17 by Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University President Accepts New Five-Year Contract
Posted: 6/19/2007
Chuck Middleton has accepted a second five-year contract as President of Roosevelt University, Board of Trustees Chairman James J. Mitchell III announced today. “The Board of Trustees is delighted that Dr. Middleton has accepted our offer to ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University Board Passes Resolution to Divest in Companies or Funds Doing Business in the Sudan
Posted: 6/19/2007
Roosevelt University, which was founded on the principles of social justice, announced today that it will not invest in companies or mutual funds doing business in the Sudan. At the University’s June 15 Board of Trustees meeting, Anna Eleanor ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University hires Gukenberger to lead nursing programs
Posted: 6/14/2007
Roosevelt University announced today that Vickie Gukenberger, an experienced nursing dean, has joined its faculty to lead new bachelor’s and master’s degree completion programs in nursing, which will help hospitals and other health care agencies ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt to host Chicago Housing Authority's Partner Appreciation Reception
Posted: 6/7/2007
Roosevelt University will host the 3rd annual Chicago Housing Authority Partner Appreciation Reception at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12. The event will be in the University’s second-floor Congress Lounge, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. CHA Chief ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt launches "Saturday-only" integrated marketing communications program in Schaumburg
Posted: 6/5/2007
Roosevelt University today announced the launch of a weekend graduate Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program to address the demands of professionals and companies in the Northwest suburbs for a marketing communications program that does ...full text

bullet pointRoosevelt University involved in Chicago Pride activities
Posted: 6/4/2007
As part of its commitment to social justice, Roosevelt University will participate in a number of Chicago Pride activities during June. “As Roosevelt continues to develop outreach activities to the many ethnic and cultural communities in Chicago ...full text

bullet pointConference on multiracial issues to be held at Roosevelt University on June 21-24
Posted: 6/1/2007
Roosevelt University, the Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA) and other organizations will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loving vs. Virginia decision that legalized interracial marriage with a four-day conference on ...full text

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