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As a participant in the No Excuses University program, a kindergarten class at Lakeview School in Hoffman Estates "adopted" Roosevelt University. On May 6, Toni Potenza (rear left) and Sharon Grant (rear right) visited the class, presented the students with Roosevelt t-shirts and talked to the students about what they want to do when they grow up. A long time education partner with Roosevelt, Lakeview currently employs 13 Roosevelt graduates.
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Actor Wilson Cruz (third from left) shared his experiences about being gay during a talk at Roosevelt on May 1 titled, "My So-Called Life: Coming Out, Family Life and Homelessness." Cruz, star of the television show Party of Five, posed with Roosevelt students who are members of RU Proud. They are (from left) Lisa Butler, Tyler Tessmann, Cruz, Scott Handley, Carlos Rios and John Coleman.
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On May 2, 40 secondary education student teachers in the College of Education celebrated their successful completion of student teaching in suburban and urban schools. This is the last step toward Illinois state certification. The students’ university supervisors along with adjunct and full-time professors joined the celebration at the Schaumburg Campus, which was organized by Linda Pincham, chair of secondary education. Pictured above is Bob Metzger (center), a university supervisor, and his group of student teachers.
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As a way to relax before final exams begin, Schaumburg Campus students played a spirited game of badminton in the renovated courtyard.
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President Middleton visited State Treasurer Alexi
Gianoulias (red tie) on April 28 to discuss new scholarship initiatives
the Treasurer's Office is sponsoring. With them are (from left)
Roosevelt students Ebony Palmore, Jessica Salazar and Lindsey Haase and
Connie Jackson, Office of Financial Aid.
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The Center for Student Life at the Schaumburg Campus
hosted its inaugural awards banquet on Friday, April 25, and honored
outstanding faculty, staff and students. Here, all the award winners
celebrated after the event.
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William Haskins, a junior finance major, received the Chicago Campus Student Leader of the Year award at the Student Leadership Awards ceremony on April 18. William is program chair of the SPEED Programming Board, chair of the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee and a resident assistant.
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On April 24, Roosevelt University Chuck Middleton welcomed Lee Roupas (third from left), chair of the Cook County Republican Party, and Jesse White (far right), Illinois Secretary of State, to Roosevelt for a discussion of the 2008 presidential election. Professor Paul Green (second from left) moderated the program, which was sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Roosevelt chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon of the International Honor Society for Economics.
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The College of Education has revived an old tradition of holding brownbag lunches during which faculty members can talk informally about their current research. At the first meeting, organized by Byoung Kim, chair of the Professional Development Committee, four faculty made presentations: Elizabeth Meadows on her work on John Dewey as it relates to stimulating intellectual curiosity in all students, Kim on his work in defining the Nature of Science as an important concept for elementary learners, Martin Jason on the recent publication of his new book on how schools can use evaluation to improve student achievement, and Terry Rosch on her work in promoting a program now getting national recognition and success titled Kids at Hope. Shown here from left to right around the table are Cindy Anderson, Terry Rosch, Sharon Grant, Martin Jason, Daniel White, Ann Epstein, George Olson, Brigitte Erbe, Byoung Kim, and Elizabeth Meadows.
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