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        <a  href="/news/student-spotlight-0">Student  Spotlight</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Student  Spotlight:  Mr.  Matt  Rhoades,  Principal



Mr.  Matt  J.  Rhoades  is  the  Principal  and  Athletic  Director  of  the  Athens  Junior  High  School  in  Athens,  Illinois.  He  originally  taught  1st  grade  there  for  one  year  and  then  3rd&nbsp;grade  for  8  years.&nbsp;&nbsp;  During  that  time,  Matt  went  back  to  school  and  obtained  his  Master’s  degree  from  UIS  in  the  Educational  Leadership  Department  and  pursued  an  Elementary  Principalship  in  the  Jacksonville  School  District  at  Murrayville-Woodson.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/college-report-lexi-throne">The  College  Report:  Lexi  Throne</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Lexi  Throne&nbsp;was  University  of  Illinois  Springfield’s  seventh  runner  in  the  NCAA  Division  II  Midwest  Region  Cross  Country  Championships.  The  meet  was  held  in  Angel  Mounds,  Indiana.  The  junior  finished  the  6,000-meter  run  in  25  minutes,  1.9  seconds.  She  was  177th  overall.  



This  article  appeared  in  The  Journal-News  on  Jan.  10,  2022.



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        <a  href="/news/chancellors-newsletter-january-10-2022">Chancellor&#039;s  Newsletter  January  10,  2022</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">1.10.22



Happy  New  Year,&nbsp;UIS  Colleagues&nbsp;–&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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        <a  href="/news/innovate-springfield/downtown-innovate-springfield-innovation-center-uis-news/transformational-project-springfields-south-town">&#039;Transformational  project&#039;  in  Springfield&#039;s  South  Town  neighborhood  takes  its  first  step</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">A  major  redevelopment  in  the  South  Town  neighborhood  took  its  first  step  Tuesday  as  the  committee  of  the  whole  sent  to  the  full  Springfield  City  Council&nbsp;an  agreement  authorizing&nbsp;The  Springfield  Project&nbsp;to  purchase  a  building  at  11th  Street  and  South  Grand  Avenue  using  the  city's  community  development  block  grant  funds.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/soccer-missionaries">Soccer  missionaries</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">In  the  1960s,  missionaries  from  such  foreign  places  as  Greece  and  England  and  South  America  and  New  York  City  landed  on  Springfield's  barbarian  shore.  They  introduced  to  the  natives  a  new  gospel  that  had  conquered  the  rest  of  the  world  –  soccer.  Some  had  been  players  at  home,  others  just  fans,  but  all  loved  the  game  and  like  all  enthusiasts  wanted  everyone  in  their  adopted  home  to  love  it  too.</div>
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