Dillon Huber of Deland, Florida has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2024 and awarded a $24,000 Star Scholar Award for tuition over four years.

The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of four years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.

Huber will major in medical laboratory science and pre-medicine and play on the men’s baseball team.

Following graduation from UIS, he plans to further study and practice dermatology.

Facilities & Services is working in collaboration with our campus partners to provide facility enhancements for select unit offices this academic year. The scheduled facility renovations and transitions will occur in phases, with a target of completing all project transformations by the conclusion of the fall semester.

Hometown: Decatur, IllinoisMajor: Master’s in human development counselingFuture Plans: Become an elementary school counselor.

3.4.24

Happy Monday, UIS!

The following article was published by The State Journal-Register on March 4, 2024.

A Chatham local is serving an even larger community with a new executive promotion; giving people around the U.S. options and assistance with the nation’s leading end-of-life care provider.

Joel Wherley of Chatham was promoted to president and chief operating officer, or COO, of VITAS Healthcare on Feb. 26. The promotion followed several other recent strategic promotions by the hospice company...