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        <a  href="/news/new-director-economic-development-innovation">New  Director  of  Economic  Development  &amp;  Innovation</a>
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Springfield-native&nbsp;Bruce  Sommer  has  been  named  UIS’  new  Director  of  Economic  Development  and  In</div>
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        <a  href="/news/alumni-added-7027m-illinois-economy">Alumni  Added  $702.7M  to  �山����  Economy</a>
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Research  shows  that  UIS  added  an  estimated  $833.6  million  to  the  �山����  economy&nbsp;in  fiscal  year  2017,  of  which  alumni  in  the  workforce</div>
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        <a  href="/news/alumni/dexter-burns-giving-world">Dexter  Burns:  Giving  the  World</a>
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Making  aspirations  possible.  That’s  what  scholarships  do  in  the  lives  of  students,  and  that’s  why  they  are  a  Reaching  Stellar  Campaign  priority.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/alumni-relations/alumni/brookens-library-renovation-complete">Brookens  Library  Renovation  Complete</a>
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Brookens  Library  has  opened  up  new  learning  opportunities  for  students  following  a  renovation  project.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/alumni/meet-alumnus-tim-gleason">Meet  Alumnus  Tim  Gleason</a>
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Tim  Gleason ’95  CBM,  MA  ’07  PAA  has  led  a  life  of  public  service  in  many  different  roles.  While  serving  as  a  police  officer,  a  city  mayor  told  Tim  he  “looked  at  things  differently,”  and  encouraged  him  to  pursue  his  MPA.</div>
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