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Students return from
Nicaragua to witness
“Visiting another country and is just an amazing experience,” said
UIS student Katy Armstrong. In order to gain knowledge and witness
first-hand the experiences of a country constantly battling poverty,
massive unemployment, and unfair working conditions, a delegation of
students, community activists, and faculty members of UIS visited
Nicaragua in February of 2004.
“This was the fifth time that I have been to the country. What I saw
in some ways was the same as I always see…People who are very
courageous, living day to day under great stress and poverty, who
still laugh and have a good time while working to make Nicaragua a
better place,” said Peg Knoepfle, community activist and continuing
education student.
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Incidents prompt review
of athletic department
A task force of
UIS faculty, staff and students has recently been created to review
the policies and procedures of the university’s athletic department.
The university is conducting the review in response to information
that has surfaced about various incidents involving the athletic
department, including criminal charges that were brought against a
men’s basketball player last month.
Dr. Christopher Miller, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, said
that he has asked the task force to investigate “various issues”
with the athletic department. He declined to identify the issues
that are being investigated, but he said that the task force will be
examining the policies and procedures of every program in the
athletic department.
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University Hall nears
completion; move expected to begin in July
With the
University Hall construction project more than 70 percent complete,
the four-story classroom/office building is expected to be fully
operational by the time the fall semester begins.
Dave Barrows, Director of Physical Planning and Operations, said
that the construction work should be “substantially complete” by
early July, at which time faculty and staff members would begin
moving into their new offices. The move will probably take several
weeks, and it’s likely that faculty and staff will finish moving
into the building by mid to late July, he said.
The project was initially scheduled for completion in early June,
but it’s now expected to be completed in early July mostly because
the masonry contractor has not manned the job properly, Barrows
said.
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