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        <a  href="/news/message-chancellor-spring-2022-entry-testing-announcement">Message  from  the  Chancellor:  Spring  2022  Entry  Testing  Announcement  </a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Dear  UIS  Students,  Faculty  and  Staff  —



We  have  just  completed  an  exceptionally  successful  Fall  2021  semester.  A  quick  look  at  the  numbers  clearly  shows  how  important  being  a  highly  vaccinated  campus  was  for  moving  us  closer  to  the  campus  experience  we  all  miss  and  want.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/new-bill-proposes-free-college-cops">New  bill  proposes  free  college  for  cops</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">A  new bill filed  in  the  Illinois  House  of  Representatives  on  Monday  calls  for  college  tuition  to  be  covered  for  future  police  officers,  but  there  are  strict  requirements.



It’s  a  similar  model  to  that  of  the  military.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/reform-restoration-revitalization-and-representation">Reform:  Restoration,  Revitalization  and  Representation</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">The  Illinois  Legislative  Black  Caucus  Foundation  (ILBCF)  and  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  will  convene  its  fourth  speaker  series  session  which  will  be  on  ILBCF's  Pillar  III,  which  focuses  on  eliminating  the  Black  community's  barriers  to  economic  access,  equity  and  opportunity.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/jose-rodriguez-stahr-thayer-awarded-8000-scholarship-university-illinois-springfield">Jose  Rodriguez-Stahr  of  Thayer  awarded  a  $8,000  scholarship  from  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Jose  Rodriguez-Stahr  of  Thayer,  a  2017  graduate  of  Reavis  High  School  in  Burbank,  Illinois,  has  been  admitted  to  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  for  Fall  Semester  2022  and  awarded  a  $4,000  Lincoln  Merit  Scholarship  for  tuition  over  two  years.  At  UIS,  he  will  major  in  pre-nursing.



The  scholarship  is  awarded  based  on  high  school  GPA  and  can  be  renewed  for  a  total  of  four  years  if  the  student  maintains  college  GPA  requirements.



In  high  school,  he  played  football  and  was  on  the  wrestling  and  track  teams.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/mark-danenhauer">Mark  Danenhauer</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Mark  Danenhauer,  a  2005  graduate,  received  a  Special  Merit  award  for  his  thesis  entitled  ”Determining  the  Optimal  Degree  of  Local  Involvement  in  the  Management  of  a  National  Park”.  Before  coming  to  UIS,  Mark  spent  two  years  as  a  Peace  Corps  volunteer  in  Madagascar.  He  was  awarded  the  Environmental  Studies  Alumni  Award  in  2004  in  recognition  of  his  exemplary  dedication  to  environmental  issues  and  demonstrated  involvement  in  environmental  projects.</div>
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