WHAT: The University of Illinois System’s Discovery Partners Institute Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (CURES) will hold its inaugural Community Project Lab at the University of Illinois Springfield. This year’s lab topic is “Sustainable Solutions for Small Illinois Communities Facing a Changing Climate.”

WHEN: 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021

WHERE: University of Illinois Springfield Student Union

Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala (Currently in Illinois)

Undergraduate Institution and Major: Universidad Internacional de Las Américas, Costa Rica (1994). BSc. Systems Engineering.

Graduate Institution and Major: Universidad de Costa Rica (1997). Master of Business Administration.

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands / Skema Business School formerly CERAM école supérieur de commerce France (2000). M.Sc. International Business.

Certifications:

Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of the Incarnate Word, Bachelor of Arts, Fashion Management

Graduate Institution and Major: San Jose State University, Master of Library and Information Science (Data Science Pathway), Advanced Certificate in Strategic Management of Digital Assets and Services (Data Analytics Pathway)

Hometown: Springfield, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois at Springfield, Bachelor of Psychology (Clinical and Counseling)

Graduate Institution and Major: University of South Carolina, Master of Arts, Criminology and Criminal Justice

University of Illinois Springfield senior political science major Miguel Valente, 21 of Chicago, a specialist in the Illinois Army National Guard, continued to advance his college education, while being deployed to Texas as part of the Southwest Border Mission.

Valente worked with UIS professors, who made special accommodations to help him learn remotely, and the UIS Office of Military and Veterans Affairs to continue earning his UIS degree while deployed from Oct. 11, 2020 to Nov. 5, 2021.