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Students take the stage off-campus for credit
When the curtain opens on "The Sound of Music" this weekend, Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø students will be earning credit off campus through a partnership with the Spotlight Theatre in nearby Moline, Ill.

Art winner offered Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø scholarship
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø has offered a tuition scholarship to the Rock Island High School student who won the district Congressional Art Competition.
Upper Mississippi Center seeks project proposals
The Upper Mississippi Center at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø is seeking community partnership proposals through 2022-2024, under the Sustainable Working Landscapes Initiative.
Geology alumni contribute to climate science
Three alumni climate scientists have been selected as lead authors for state, federal and international climate assessments, climate modeling and research.

¡®Better able to see¡¯: An interview with poet Charles Hughes ¡¯73
The path from successful attorney to award-winning poet led Charles Hughes to his latest award: Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s 2021 Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Nwatu '20 lands selective CDC public health fellowship
Public health/neuroscience double major Ruth Nwatu '20 is working alongside public health experts to promote policies that reduce health inequalities.

Grant-funded Prison Education Program provides new channel for Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's mission
Ten men are attending classes this fall at East Moline Correctional Center, pursuing a bachelor¡¯s degree in communication studies through the grant-funded Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Prison Education Program.
Laura Keenan named 2021 Lincoln laureate
Laura Kathryn Keenan, a senior from Elmhurst, Ill., was honored as Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's student laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois in a virtual ceremony Nov. 10.
'Macbeth' takes the stage Nov. 11-14
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø will present one of Shakespeare¡¯s most powerful and enduring works, "Macbeth," Nov. 11-14.

Campus projects to boost arts, academics, athletics
Projects will include new turf on Thorson-Lucken Field, new floor and indoor track at the PepsiCo Rec, plus ongoing renovation of Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø offers social justice microscholarship for second year
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø again will offer the innovative Justice and Social Change Microscholarship of $1,000 a year, renewable for four years.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø announces second GIS Day Nov. 13
Andrew Johnson '10, a senior product engineer at ESRI, will be the featured speaker at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's second GIS Day Nov. 13.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø joins national celebration of 'First-Gen' students
National First-Generation Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Student Day Nov. 8 celebrates students who will be the first generation in their family to graduate from college.