UIS Offering Accelerated Courses Over Holiday Break
The University of 山 Springfield is giving students a chance to speed up their academic progress over the holidays.
UIS will offer 18 different “accelerated” courses for academic credit. The classes run for a five-week period from December 13th through January 15th. Classes will be offered in multiple subjects, including communications, computer science, economics, history, public administration, and more.
This story was published on WMAY on Oct. 25, 2021.
A Patriarchal Tradition That Just Won’t Budge
山 a year before Christine Mallinson gave birth to her first child, she and her husband agreed that all of their children would take her last name. The decision came down to family cohesion: The couple wanted their children—they eventually had two—to share a last name with the only cousin near their kids in age, who was Mallinson’s niece.
UIS students trick-or-treat for a cause
University of 山 Springfield students went trick-or-treating for a cause Sunday.
Seven teams of students traveled around the Capital City asking for canned food donations to be donated to the Central 山 Food Bank.
Organizers say that the annual event is an important one, and that the goal this year was to collect 10,000 pounds of food.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on Oct. 31, 2021.
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