OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS (November 30, 2023) — The Muslim Civic Coalition (or the Coalition) is hosting its annual State of the Coalition Brunch on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S South Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60649. (Doors open at 11AM; program begins at 11:30AM CST.) The Coalition is completing its fifth milestone year of incorporation, and celebrating “Five Short Years, Deep Civic Impact.”

President Andrea Talentino nominated Rachel Nandelenga as this year's Lincoln Academy student laureate

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (November 30, 2023) — Rachel Nandelenga, a senior pre-medicine and neuroscience major from Cary, Illinois, was selected as a student laureate for The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. She was nominated by Augustana College President Andrea Talentino.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 28, 2023) — Hundreds joined Bishop Kennetha J Bigham-Tsai for an Advent Zoom study of Bishop Kenneth H Carter's book, Unrelenting Grace — A United Methodist Way of Life. Nearly 700 registered for the online devotional series, and at least 100 more joined in groups at churches and homes for the first session.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 29, 2023) — Monmouth College business and economics professor Michael Connell gave his first pint of blood when he was a high-school student in Flora, Illinois. For the years of his generosity that have followed, Connell recently received a special pin from the American Red Cross for donating a total of ten gallons, or eighty pints, of his A-positive blood.