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Recently, Roosevelt University's Heller College of Business (HCB) officially inducted 10 students into the first cohort of its Finance Honors Track. The new honors program, funded by a $1.04 million grant from the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation (CCCF), is a two-year fellowship that provides undergraduate students interested in finance the resources, tools and guidance needed to successfully reach their career goals. Along with the new fellows, the induction ceremony was attended by well over 65 guests including HCB alumni, industry executives, members of the Finance Honors Program advisory board, executive mentors, and Roosevelt faculty and staff.

On Thursday, Oct. 11, the Gage Gallery reopened in Roosevelt University's Auditorium Building, following extensive renovations since moving from its previous location at 18 S. Michigan Ave. Roosevelt professor of photography Mike Ensdorf, who founded the gallery 17 years ago, declared the upgrade would be all about "walls and lights, which is all the gallery needs to serve its friends in the new space." The new gallery space features 30 percent more wall-hanging space and double the guest capacity for lectures and events.

Chicago, IL (October 1, 2018):  The reopening of the Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University will feature never-before-seen photographs from the civil rights era by acclaimed photographer Steve Schapiro. The exhibition will run from October 11 – December 22, 2018

The goal of any academic institution’s Board of Trustees is not only to approve its strategic goals and objectives, but to advance its overall mission. Roosevelt University is no different, striving to maintain a dynamic, diverse board composed of proven leaders in their respective fields.

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.