The University of Illinois Springfield baseball and softball teams both threw out the first pitch of their respective seasons Friday.

The Prairie Stars baseball team beat Tusculum University 13-3. The UIS softball team opened the season with a doubleheader victory.

This story aired on Fox Illinois on Feb. 11, 2022. Watch the story online.

A three-year debate about how and whether the concepts of diversity, inequality and social responsibility should be taught at University of Illinois Springfield could culminate Feb. 18.

The Campus Senate, made up of about 30 faculty and student members, will consider resolutions at that time dealing with the Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) curriculum. The curriculum is a three-course graduation requirement for all students that has been in place for more than a decade.

The University of Illinois Springfield Center for State Policy and Leadership and the Community Health Roundtable will host a virtual webinar titled “The Health of our Local Economy and Businesses after Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic” at noon Friday via Zoom.

In the webinar, a panel of experts will review the latest local economic and employment data, and report on the health of our local businesses after two years of COVID-19.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Green Flower’s VP of Higher Education, Daniel Kalef, about online cannabis certificate program classes at University of Illinois Springfield that begin the week of March 7th.

This interview happened on February 17, 2022. Listen to the interview online.

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