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Teachers at 11 schools will learn new computer and Internet skills in summer institutes
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. .Almost 450 Illinois educators will be learning new computer and Internet skills this summer through weeklong institutes at 11 sites in Illinois. The first week of the program known as “A Moveable Feast” and organized by the University of Illinois College of Education will be held June 18-22 at nine locations: Bloomington High […]
Keeping and developing new teachers focus of conference
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Educators from around the state will gather in Champaign early next week to trade ideas and experience on how to keep and develop new teachers. The conference, titled “Successful Transitions: Helping Illinois Teachers Move from Novice to Expert,” will be held Monday and Tuesday (April 23-24) at the Holiday Inn, 1001 Killarney, Urbana. […]
Teacher Placement Day on April 5 to draw school districts from 27 states and six foreign countries
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. New and veteran teachers, from both the University of Illinois and the community, will be shopping for jobs at schools from around the country and around the world April 5 (Thursday) at the UIs annual Teacher Placement Day. More than 350 recruiters representing more than 200 school districts from at least 27 states […]
Former HHS administrator to speak on welfare reform March 29
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Peter Edelman was a high-level administrator in the Department of Health and Human Services in 1996 when Bill Clinton signed legislation to reform the welfare system. Strongly opposed to the bill, Edelman resigned as a result, and wrote an article for The Atlantic Monthly the following year titled “The Worst Thing Bill Clinton […]
Personal, professional enrichment possible through continuing education courses
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Asian cooking, Vietnam movies, Russian museums É and seafood, architecture, opera, writing, Lincoln and the Amish. These are among the subjects being explored this spring semester through personal and professional enrichment programs offered by the Office of Continuing Education at the University of Illinois. The programs, open to the general public in […]
The business side of college basketball coaches to be topic of talk
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An inside perspective on 25 years of change in the business side of coaching college basketball will be the theme of a lecture Feb. 6 at the University of Illinois. Robert Ades, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who represents more than 20 professional and collegiate basketball coaches, will speak at 3 p.m. in […]
TransAfrica leader to give keynote speech at weeklong Martin Luther King Jr. symposium
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Randall Robinson, an internationally known advocate for human rights, executive director of TransAfrica and TransAfrica Forum, and author of last year’s “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks,” will be speaking at the University of Illinois this Thursday (Jan. 18). Robinson’s presentation, “A Case for Reparations,” will begin at 4 p.m. in […]
Web site lets you ‘know when to say when’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — ‘Tis the season for holiday parties, and drinkers are urged to “know when to say when” before getting behind the wheel . But for many, “when” is only a guess. They’ve never learned specifically how factors such as their gender and weight, combined with what they’ve eaten, what they drink, and how […]
Disabilities symposium to look at future
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act. President Clinton signed another landmark disability act, known as “Ticket to Work.” What might come next, whoever is president, will be just one of the topics at the “Symposium on Disability and Equality: Strategies for Success” this Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 16-18) at the […]
Law School Day offers opportunities for students to talk to 86 law schools
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois college students preparing to apply to law school are invited to attend Law School Day at the University of Illinois on Oct. 16 (Monday). The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., […]
Continuing Education offers wide range of personal and professional enrichment programs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — People who want to learn to write for magazines, learn to canoe, or explore “The Creation” will have opportunities this fall through the University of Illinois. So will would-be photographers, those wanting to learn how to handle holiday stress, and people who’d like to explore Allerton Park, near Monticello. Those are among […]
10,000th enrollee in UI Motorcycle Rider program to be recognized
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Motorcycle Rider Program, now in its 24th year, will recognize its 10,000th enrollee Saturday. George Vermillion, 64, of Newman, will be recognized as the landmark student in a informal presentation at 1:30 p.m., at the start of the day’s riding class, at a parking lot training site at […]