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        <a  href="/news/josh-friedman">Josh  Friedman</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Hometown:  Springfield,  Illinois



Undergraduate  Institution  and  Major:  University  of  Illinois  at  Springfield,  Bachelor  of  Psychology  (Clinical  and  Counseling)



Graduate  Institution  and  Major:  University  of  South  Carolina,  Master  of  Arts,  Criminology  and  Criminal  Justice</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-student-continued-learning-and-leading-his-fraternity-while-deployed-illinois-army">UIS  student  continued  learning  and  leading  his  fraternity,  while  deployed  with  the  Illinois  Army  National  Guard</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">University  of  Illinois  Springfield  senior  political  science  major  Miguel  Valente,  21  of  Chicago,  a  specialist  in  the  Illinois  Army  National  Guard,  continued  to  advance  his  college  education,  while  being  deployed  to  Texas  as  part  of  the  Southwest  Border  Mission.



Valente  worked  with  UIS  professors,  who  made  special  accommodations  to  help  him  learn  remotely,  and  the  UIS  Office  of  Military  and  Veterans  Affairs  to  continue  earning  his  UIS  degree  while  deployed  from  Oct.  11,  2020  to  Nov.  5,  2021.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/year-full-challenges-uis-soccer-rallies-around-ailing-teammate-during-historic-season">&#039;Year  full  of  challenges&#039;:  UIS  soccer  rallies  around  ailing  teammate  during  historic  season</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">The&nbsp;University  of  Illinois  Springfield  men’s  soccer  team&nbsp;has  the  most  wins  in  school  history  since  moving  up  to  the  NCAA  Division-II  level  in  2009.&nbsp;&nbsp;



They  now  have  a  bigger  goal  in  mind  —&nbsp;reach  the  NCAA  tournament  for  the  first  time  in  program  history.&nbsp;</div>
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        <a  href="/news/hiring-issues-continue-unemployment-rate-drops">Hiring  issues  continue  as  unemployment  rate  drops</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">A U.S.  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  report found  201,000  Illinoisans  left  their  jobs  in  August  alone.



But  here  in  Sangamon  County,  the  unemployment  rate  went  from  5.9%  in  August  to  4.9%  the  next  month.



People  working  in  the  local  job  market  say  things  have  gotten  much  better,  but  we  still  have  a  long  way  to  go.



Dr.  Kenneth  Kriz,  a  Public  Administration  professor  at  University  of  Illinois  Springfield,  says  the  unemployment  rate  doesn’t  necessarily  capture  the  whole  picture.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/literacy-laundromat">Literacy  at  the  laundromat</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Family  Pride  Laundry  in  Springfield  has  a  new  spin  for  its  customers:  a  children's  library.



The  idea  of  turning  a  corner  of  the  laundromat  into  a  place  where  youngsters  can  read  originated  with  Amanda  Brown,  a  20-year-old  student  at  University  of  Illinois  Springfield.



"I  was  just  really  attracted  to  it  because  I  love  working  with  kids.  And  I  thought  this  would  be  a  perfect  way  to  be  able  to  help  the  community,"  said  Brown,  who  is  studying  elementary  education  and  communications.</div>
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