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Rob Kerr is the director of the Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) unit at the University of Illinois Springfield. This unit facilitates and develops innovative, short term, on-demand programming to help the educational needs of a variety of professionals. Rob spoke to Community Voices about the evolution of online learning and professional development courses offered by CAPE. He also gave information on five academic summer camps for high schoolers offered this year.

Dr. Lan Dong is a Professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She sat down with Logan Bricker to talk about a myriad of topics, including her well-traveled history in academia, the impact and story of Mulan's legacy, and the way alternate mediums of storytelling do just as good a job at telling a deep and impactful story as any textual work.

UIS computer science professor and director of the new Orion Lab Joshua Smith sat down with Community Voices to explain its creation, its current status, and how it is designed to allow accessibility to those who may not have access to the tools to help make their dreams a reality.

The numbers, down slightly from the fall, were higher than in the spring of 2022.

The increases for freshmen, taking effect this fall at UIUC and UIC, are below the rate of inflation.

The U of I had been requiring all students, faculty and staff to have their initial round of the vaccines or undergo regular COVID testing since 2021. The vast majority of those on campus had received their shots.

We talk with Roy Wehrle, Professor Emeritus of Economics at UIS, about recent protests in China.

After renovations, the building is set to open in 2025 as the home of the UIS Innovation Center, one of 15 hubs of the Illinois Innovation Network.

Janet Gooch talks about why she runs and her recent NYC Marathon experience.

The event features three political science professors and NPR Illinois' Hannah Meisel.