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        <a  href="/news/vanessa-ferguson">Vanessa  Ferguson</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">What  does  your  position  entail,  what  do  you  like  most  about&nbsp;your  job  or  what  motivates  you  to  wake  up  and  go  to  work?I  love  walking  into  the  NPR  studio  and  seeing  the  awesome  people  I  work  with.  I  also  love  when  I  can  sit  down  with  a  community  member  and  have  a  heart-felt  conversation  about  what  inspires  them.



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        <a  href="/news/zach-alwicker">Zach  Alwicker  </a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Hometown:  Lake  in  the  Hills,  Ãå±±½ûµØMajor:  Computer  ScienceFuture  Plans:  Work  in  software  development</div>
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        <a  href="/news/join-us-may-4-state-statehouse-reporting">Join  us  May  4  for  &#039;The  State  of  Statehouse  Reporting&#039;</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">A  report  released  earlier  this  month  by  the  Pew  Research  Center  details  the  number  of  journalists  who  cover  America's  statehouses,  including  our  own  here  in  Springfield.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/important-commencement-info">Important  Commencement  Info!</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Why  am  I  Receiving  This  Communication?



You  have  been  approved  to  participate  in  Commencement  because  you  submitted  an  online  intent  to  participate.  Congratulations!  You’ve  done  everything  necessary  up  to  this  point,  but  there  is  one  more  step…  YOU  MUST  ARRIVE  ON  TIME  TO  COMMENCEMENT!  Keep  reading  and  pay  special  attention  to  the  information  below.



When/Where  Is  Commencement?</div>
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        <a  href="/news/event-celebrate-japanese-maples-donation-scheduled-april-30-uis">Event  to  celebrate  Japanese  maples  donation  scheduled  for  April  30  at  UIS</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Gale  Myers  is  the  owner  of  Davidsan’s  Japanese  Maples.  She  is  retiring  and  has  closed  the  business  which  owns  thousands  of  Japanese  maple  trees.  Myers  is  gifting  the  trees  to  Springfield  locations  including  the  University  of  Ãå±±½ûµØ  Springfield.  



Myers  and  Dr.  Jonathan  GoldbergBelle,  who  is  the  director  of  the  UIS  Study  Away  Program,  spoke  to  Community  Voices  about  the  donation  to  UIS  and  an  event  on  April  30  to  celebrate  the  trees  and  Japanese  culture.</div>
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