MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 11, 2024) When Eric Hanson ('98) drives back to his former community of Normal, Illinois, he passes by the state-of-the-art facility for electric-vehicle manufacturer Rivian.

He remembers his time as Normal's assistant city manager, when he and his team helped save a dilapidated warehouse that had sat unused for fifteen years and was targeted for demolition. It's now a one-million square-foot facility for Rivian.

WAVERLY, IOWA (March 11, 2024) — Mia Lopez presented her summer research, "Polymer-based Gene/Drug Delivery Nanoplatforms for Pancreatic Cancer," at the annual Iowa Illinois Nebraska STEM Partnership for Innovation in Research and Education (IINspire) conference at Iowa State University in Ames.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 11, 2024) — As part of its mission to prepare career-ready students through transformational community engagement opportunities, Augustana College and the Augustana Prison Education Program (APEP) will host a re-entry simulation Wednesday, March 13.

Participants in the Boy Scouts of America's Merit Badge University focus on a picture Saturday morning in the Center for Science and Business at Monmouth College. A total of 288 scouts from Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin took part in the daylong event

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (March 8, 2024) — Amelia Rursch of Reynolds, Illinois, was named to Rhodes College's Fall 2023 Honor Roll.

LOMBARD, ILLINOIS (March 7, 2024) — University of Akron students interested in chiropractic medicine will have a new opportunity to complete their Bachelor and doctorate degrees in less time as part of the Advanced Scholar Program. National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) has partnered with The 

BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (March 7, 2024) — Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year consisted of 752 students from 33 states and thirty countries.

To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.50 or better during the semester, based on 4.0 for straight As.

Natalie Jacocks of Geneseo (61254)

MJ Soria of Geneseo (61254)

Evie Wilson of Geneseo (61254)

Dagan Turcotte-Cutkomp of Geneseo (61254)

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (March 7, 2024) — Many health risks — like sitting too much, eating unhealthy foods, and smoking — can be avoided. Other health threats — like not being able to get certain prescription medicines — are out of our control and can wreak havoc.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 7, 2024) Augustana College and Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences announce a direct-entry nursing program that will allow students to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) after completing two years at Augustana and two years at Trinity College.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 6, 2024) — A student who hopes to have a career with the FBI and one with plans to attend medical school have been named the two Admiral's Scholars in Monmouth College's Class of 2028.

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