Running Toward Purpose: Joabe Bayer Barbosa’s Roosevelt Journey

The Psychology doctoral candidate and Commencement speaker has the mission to run every street in Chicago.

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Joabe Bayer Barbosa
a bicyclist in Tillburg, Netherlands
Study Abroad Student Spotlight: Ely Adams
07/29/2025

Psychology major Ely Adams discusses his time at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

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Kathleen Mahoney
Empowering the Next Generation: Golden Apple Winner and Roosevelt Alumna Champions Civic Engagement
07/10/2025

Kathleen Mahoney, who earned her Special Education LBS1 Graduate Certificate from Roosevelt in 2011, was recently awarded the Golden Apple for her work at Lake View High School.

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Jazmine Medina at Graduation
Jazmine Medina: Tutor to Master’s Degree Holder
07/08/2025

Roosevelt’s Tutor 2 Teacher pipeline program allows Chicago Public Schools tutors who already have a BA to enroll in an alternative licensure program and earn an MA in Elementary Education.

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Walter E. Heller College of Business Professor of Management & Human Resources Management Carolyn Wiley Featured in WalletHub Article
07/23/2025

"The job market will continue to advance in a more sophisticated and inclusive way now and continuing into the future. This will vary by industry and the level of entrepreneurship especially regarding hiring confidence for the former and job gains and job creation for the latter."

Professor of Public Administration & Program Director of Health Science Administration La Vonne Downey Featured on CBS News for Work at Earth Action Day Fair
05/22/2025

"An Earth Day Action Fair was held Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center.

People turned out to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first Earth Day at the event organized by the One Earth Film Festival and the City of Chicago's Office of Climate & Environmental Equity, along with several partners."

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College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences Alumna Bianca Milligan Garcia Displays Exhibit "Local Legends: African American Steelworkers of the Calumet Region" at Harold Washington Library
05/22/2025

"A new exhibit, 'Local Legends: African American Steelworkers of the Calumet Region,' will be on display at the Harold Washington Library Center from February 1 to April 30, 2025. Celebrating ASALH’s 2025 theme, 'African Americans and Labor,' the exhibit focuses on the experiences of African Americans in Chicago’s steel industry on the Southeast Side."  

Bianca Milligan Garcia received her BA and MA in History from Roosevelt University.

 

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