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1. 4/26/2013 2:55:00 PM Carey Shands Lane, 82, Vermont Resident, Graduate of CHS
   published by Coronado Patch
   Carey Shands Lane, who graduated from Coronado High School in her journeys as part of a Navy family, died April 17 in West Brattleboro, VT, according to Legacy.com . She was 82. After leaving Coronado, she attended MacMurray College in Illinois, and ...
   
2. 4/25/2013 11:40:00 PM Amber Kirschbaum receives award from MacMurray College
   published by Rockford Register Star
   ROCKFORD ? Amber Kirschbaum, Rockford, received the Pay Meyer Memorial Award from MacMurray College for outstanding achievement in psychiatric nursing. The college presented the award during its honor recognition program on April 18. MacMurray College is a ...
   
3. 4/24/2013 12:02:00 PM Fair trade store to trade owners
   published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
   April 24-- Thanks to new ownership, Jacksonville's fair trade store will remain open. When she found out she was moving to Lindsborg, Kan., Amy Kay Pavlovich, who owns Just Good Trade at 56 N. Central Park, wanted to keep her fair trade store open. She will sell it in late May to Rhonda Femmer.
   
4. 4/23/2013 12:01:00 AM Nursing Attends Advocacy Day
   published by Targeted News Service
   MacMurray College issued the following news release:. The MacMurray College Nursing Department took all the senior nursing students and several faculty members to Springfield, IL, on Tuesday April 16, 2013 to participate in an Advocacy Day. For the 15th Annual INA Student Nurse Political Action Day, more than 1,000 nursing students gathered in Springfield.
   
5. 4/22/2013 6:11:00 AM Recieves honor at MacMurray
   published by Pike Press
   MacMurray College tapped Katherine Schmidt of Baylis for the Cap and Gown Chapter of the Mortar Board Honor Society, 2012- 2013 chapter. Schmidt was inducted on Sunday, April 7. Mortar Board is a national honor society recognizing college seniors who ...
   
6. 4/19/2013 12:08:00 PM MacMurray volleyball lands three local recruits
   published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
   April 19-- The MacMurray College volleyball team will have more of a local flavor when the Highlanders take the court in August for the 2013 season. MacMurray coach Danielle Doerfler received commitments from seven outstanding players, including three local recruits: Rachel Kilver of West Central, Josie Nix of Routt and Kendall Harper of Brown County.
   
7. 4/15/2013 11:50:00 AM Sounds of the city
   published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
   April 15-- Despite its modest size, Jacksonville is not always the most quiet place to be on a summer evening. It would take a Jacksonville composer to hear those seasonal klaxons and put them all in golden measure. About a year ago, Illinois College music professor Timothy Kramer was commissioned to write a piece for the Jacksonville Symphony Society in...
   
8. 4/15/2013 12:01:00 AM Social Work Program Sponsors Advocacy Day
   published by Targeted News Service
   MacMurray College's Social Work Program sponsored an Advocacy Day in Springfield, IL, for students as a service learning experience. The itinerary for the day began with meeting Marissa Kirby, a policy analyst at Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities. Joe Squillace, director of the Social Work Program, took six students on the trip, including...
   
9. 4/14/2013 11:49:00 AM Playhouse his plan for retirement
   published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
   April 14-- After finishing painting the front lobby Saturday, Rich McCoy takes a break near the stage of his up-and-coming playhouse. He is renting the space at 68 E. Central Park from Sean and Deea Meek. The Playhouse on the Square will open with two Ken Bradbury matinees of "Memories of Mama, Thinking of Dad" on May 4 and 5..
   
10. 4/9/2013 12:01:00 AM MacMurray Student Honored
    published by Targeted News Service
    MacMurray College issued the following news release:. McGee is a junior at MacMurray College. McGee is president of MacMurray College Choir and an active member in Belle Lettres, a literary society.
    
11. 4/8/2013 11:47:00 AM The Way We Were: Disappearing Act
    published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
    April 08-- Wearing only a pair of bright-green monogrammed pajamas, a man disappeared from his Jacksonville motel room in 1959 and was never heard from again. The story began on April 12, 1959, when Campbell and his wife, Mabelite, of Northampton, Mass., checked into the Sandman Motel at 901 W. Walnut St. in Jacksonville. They had driven to Jacksonville to visit their son,...
    
12. 4/6/2013 11:24:00 PM Poetry show gives voice to dying art
    published by State Journal-Register
    JACKSONVILLE ? Robert Seufert, a retired college professor, plans to share with others poems that capture moments in time during a variety show celebrating April as National Poetry Month. Seufert, who taught English literature at MacMurray College, will be ...
    
13. 4/4/2013 12:01:00 AM How to Say 'I'm Sorry'
    published by Targeted News Service
    MacMurray College issued the following news release:. Matt Waldschlagel, an ethicist in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, will conclude the 2013-14 MacMurray Speaker Series with a talk about the elements of a proper apology and a true act of forgiveness. The final event in the speakers series, "Perspectives...
    
14. 3/31/2013 11:59:00 PM Many issues facing 117 candidates
    published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
    March 31-- Some of the biggest issues now facing Jacksonville School District 117 are the budget, a ward-based versus at-large election system, school boundary changes and communication and accountability between the board and the community. Fender and board candidates Matthew Johnson and Mindy Olson believe cuts should be equitable.
    
15. 3/29/2013 11:57:00 AM Lenz Field a boon to area teams affected by weather
    published by Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL)
    Lenz, the president of Lenz Sales and Dist., Inc., is the owner of Lenz Field and Sports Complex, a collection of baseball and softball fields with artificial surfaces. "We don't charge Routt or Jacksonville High School any money at all," Lenz said. " In the past, we've been able to have some basketball tournaments at the Jacksonville Bowl, and that's kind of our deal with...
    
16. 3/27/2013 12:01:00 AM MacMurray Artist to Exhibit Near Pittsburgh
    published by Targeted News Service
    Khara Koffel, MacMurray associate professor of art, will have three sculptures on exhibit this month in the juried show, "Small Shrines," in Sewickley, PA.. Her artwork will be exhibited April 5-27 at the Sweetwater Center for the Arts in Sewickley, along with works by other artists selected for the show by Pittsburgh artists Natalie Grandinetti and Staci Offutt.
    
17. 3/20/2013 12:01:00 AM MacMurray Student Attends Conference
    published by Targeted News Service
    MacMurray College issued the following news release:. The only one from MacMurray College and surrounding area to attend, Sanyang originally didn't think of applying to the prestigious program. " Being from Africa, and not speaking English very well, I never pictured myself being able to I had a lot of help from Emily Wright, "said Sanyang, a native of Gambia, West...
    
18. 3/15/2013 12:01:00 AM MacMurray Appoints Academic Leader
    published by Targeted News Service
    MacMurray College issued the following news release:. MacMurray College has appointed James R. Maxwell as vice president for academic affairs and student life. "The work of the vice president of academic affairs and student life is central to the mission of transforming students' lives at MacMurray College," said MacMurray President Colleen Hester. "
    
19. 3/7/2013 6:48:00 PM Knox baseball team wins season opener
    published by Galesburg.com
    Knox College's baseball team defeated MacMurray College 2-1 in the season opener for both teams on Thursday in Jacksonville. The Prairie Fire (1-0) snapped a 1-1 tie on a run scoring ground out by senior Ryan Hoffman in the top of the eighth inning. Gabe ...
    
20. 3/7/2013 9:38:00 AM Nighohossian: One of a kind guy gets his due
    published by Telegraph (Alton, IL)
    March 07-- Haig Nighohossian has become such a familiar face around area soccer games and wrestling matches that you'd think he might be overlooked. Nighohossian is a 2013 inductee into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame. Nighohossian has been an Illinois High School Association soccer and wrestling official for almost 40...