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Inspiration can be found in all places, and for CCPA faculty member and internationally-recognized composer, director and essayist Daron Hagen, it was discovered for his newest work in legendary filmmaker, actor, activist and visual artist Orson Welles. Hagen’s Orson Rehearsed, which will premiere at Chicago’s Studebaker Theatre, is described as a “70-minute multimedia Joycean stream of consciousness dreamscape.” It is a work that focuses on the last hour of Welles’s life, implementing an enormous variety of multimedia components and improvisational elements.

Roosevelt University is relentless in its pursuit of truly inclusive and diverse education, and 2018 has been a milestone year in the evolution and solidification of this goal. The Department of Education-funded McNair Scholars Program made its inaugural cohort debut at Roosevelt in January 2018. Along with other federally funded TRIO programs, the McNair Scholars Program focuses on providing students from disadvantaged backgrounds the ability to transition into further higher educational pursuits. These students include first-generation, disabled and minority individuals from diverse backgrounds, and include a variety of areas of study, from education to psychology.

Roosevelt University is brimming with talented and passionate faculty members who work hard to provide their students with quality educational experiences. Premiering during the 2017–18 academic year, the Roosevelt University Teaching Awards sought to honor deserving faculty members in three different categories: Innovative Course Design, Research, and Service. According to the official description of the award, "The Roosevelt University Teaching Award honors a faculty member(s) who demonstrates teaching excellence in course innovation in any course mode (face-to-face, online and/or hybrid)."