Francis Carroll (BA, ’54) received a framed copy of a Roosevelt University alumni magazine article about her and her identical twin sister, Grace Dawson (BA, ’54), from President Chuck Middleton prior to a special meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education held March 11 at the University. Carroll, a member of the IBHE, attended the meeting which focused on strategic priorities for higher education in Illinois.

President Chuck Middleton presented his annual State of the University Address on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2008, at the Schaumburg Campus. Earlier in the day he gave the address at the Chicago Campus. Large crowds at both campuses heard the President describe the many ways the Roosevelt community has been accomplishing the goals set forth in the University’s 2003 Strategic Plan.

At Roosevelt University's Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 21, 2007, United States Representative Bobby Rush (BGS, '74) delivered the commencement address and received a doctor of humane letters degree honoris causa. Meeting before graduation are (from left) Board Chairman James Mitchell, Congressman Rush and President Chuck Middleton.

After a press conference at Roosevelt University on Nov. 12, 2007, Roosevelt University alumna Melissa Bean, Congresswoman from the Illinois' Eighth Congressional District and Representative Steny Hoyer (center), the House Majority leader from Maryland's Fifth District, met with President Chuck Middleton. Representative Bean described a new federal bill she is co-sponsoring which would protect consumers who take out home mortgages, while Representative Hoyer described the Democratic agenda in the House of Representatives.

Roosevelt University Trustee John R. Newman (left), executive vice president of LaSalle Bank, received the Lifetime Industry Leadership Award from Roosevelt University Chuck Middleton at a gala dinner attended by 500 people on Nov. 1 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. Newman was recognized by the University's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate for his many contributions to the field of real estate. He also is a member of the advisory board for the University's Chicago School of Real Estate.

Ezekiel Emanuel (right) described his plan to provide health coverage to all Americans during a Dedication Day lecture on Nov. 8 titled "Beyond Band-Aids: Curing America's Sick Healthcare System." Dr. Emanuel, chair of the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, met with Chuck Middleton in the President’s Office prior to the lecture.

President Middleton visits with Wendy Puriefoy (left), president of the Public Education Network, before she delivered Roosevelt University's 15th annual Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 11, 2007. The lecture, attended by a capacity audience in Ganz Hall, was titled "Building a Constituency for Quality Public Education." It was sponsored by Roosevelt's Center for New Deal Studies and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York. With them is Lynn Weiner, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

At a press conference in the Sullivan Room on October 23, 2007, Miguel del Valle, Chicago's City Clerk, thanks Paul Roldan (far right), president of the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, for making a $100,000 contribution to Roosevelt University to provide scholarships for Latino students interested in attending Roosevelt's Chicago School of Real Estate. Also at the press conference were (from left) John Murphy, chief development and marketing officer of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities; Jon DeVries, director of Roosevelt's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate; and President Chuck Middleton.

President Chuck Middleton gives opening comments at a Town Hall meeting on Oct. 9, 2007 sponsored by the Chicago Campus Redevelopment Committee. The meeting was an opportunity for the Roosevelt community to discuss the principles that will be used in determining how to allocate space within existing buildings and proposed new buildings. Paul Reis (seated, second from left) and Tanweer Hasan (standing, far right) are co-chairs of the 19-member committee.

Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton (third from left) and Roosevelt Trustee Charles Hamilton (BA, '51) (far left) are visiting South Africa this week where they had a productive meeting at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa on Sept. 27, 2007. They met in the vice chancellor's (president's) office at the University of Pretoria with Vice Chancellor Calie Pistorius (far right) and David Farirai (second from left) of corporate international relations.

Stanley Calderon (center) was recognized for his dedicated service to Roosevelt University as a trustee from 1999 until 2007 at the first annual Board of Trustees Dinner on June 14. Thanking him are President Chuck Middleton (left) and Board Chair James Mitchell. Also at the dinner, five new trustees were introduced. They are public trustee Steven H. Abbey of JP Morgan Chase, faculty trustees Sharon Grant and Samuel Rosenberg and student trustees Candice Norris and Brian Bellows.

Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton received an award from Sharon Gist Gilliam, CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority, on June 12 during the CHA's third annual Partner Appreciation Awards Reception which was held at the University. Roosevelt was recognized for its contributions to residents of the Wentworth Gardens housing project and for its ongoing partnership with the CHA.

Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton joined Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and other dignitaries at the Tuesday morning grand opening of the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Street. The $20 million community center is the nation's most comprehensive center for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Middleton is a board member of the Center on Halsted.

Roosevelt President Chuck Middleton spoke April 24 at a Chicago Public Schools press conference on the increasing number of CPS students going on to college. Also making remarks at the conference held at Jones College Prep High School were schools CEO Arne Duncan (standing second from left) and Board President Rufus Williams (far right).

Eddie Arruza, a correspondent for WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” program, interviewed President Chuck Middleton about Roosevelt’s partnership with Social Justice High School for a feature on immigrant students. The segment is scheduled to run on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. on Channel 11.

Roosevelt University’s Institute for Politics has received a $30,000 grant from AT&T. The institute, headed by Paul Green, an internationally known political commentator and Roosevelt’s Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies, will use the grant to conduct non-partisan analyses of elections.  Holding the “check” at a reception on Feb. 1 are (from left) Dan White, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections; Green; Paul La Schiazza, president of AT&T Illinois; and Roosevelt President Chuck Middleton.

Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton was among 12 inductees honored at the 2006 Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame ceremonies on Tuesday, November 14, at the Chicago Cultural Center. Here, Dr. Middleton receives his award from Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who was also an inductee.

The Chicago Commission on Human Relations’ Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues names the honorees to this Hall of Fame, the only known government-sponsored hall of fame that honors members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.