Monday, January 7, 2008

Experience with UIS Innocence Project directs student to law school

Erica Nichols graduated from UIS' Legal Studies department in May 2005. Now in her second year as a law student at Drake University, she says that her involvement with the university's Downstate Illinois Innocence Project helped shape her decision to enter law school.

An article in the January 7, 2008, Springfield State Journal-Register profiles Erica's work with the Innocence Project's investigation into the case of Herbert Whitlock.

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20080107-sjr-NicholscreditsInnocenceProject.pdf

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Judd calls for new management model

Professor Richard Judd believes that businesses need to adopt a new management model to succeed in the 21st century.

He outlines what this means in an article that appeared in the State Journal-Register/Springfield Business News on December 5, 2007.

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20071205-sjr-JuddOnManaging.pdf

Student focuses on helping others

UIS junior Shana Stine has a "contagious enthusiasm" for helping others.

An article in the Springfield, Illinois, weekly newspaper Illinois Times December 6-12, 2007, edition profiles Shana's work with Springfield's homeless population and how her efforts are inspiring other students to change their own outlook as well.

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20071206-IT-StudentGivesHerTime.pdf