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Archived Press Releases

2009

• 40th anniversary celebration 
• Veterans entrepreneurial boot camp 
• CHHS releases spring/summer dean's list 
• Help for returning vets 
• Third annual Arts Fest 
• Horizons sculptor to visit GSU
• GSU to implement energy and cost savings measures 
• CHHS releases winter Dean's list 
• Into the Woods cast announced
• CenterPoint offers first microloan 
• Presidential historian Michael Bescholss to lecture
• Into the Woods tickets on sale
• Theatre summer camp to present Annie 
• CenterPoint Entrepreneurial Boot Camp 
• Vacation Education summer session
• Sculpture Park receives CVCSB grant 
• Into the Woods auditions announced
• CenterPoint wins business excellence award
• CHHS releases Fall 2008 Dean's List
• SLATE Announces "Into the Woods"
• Maimon Joins Will County CED Board
• First graduates from NEC 
• Associate V.P. named to CASE board
• Black History Month activities
• Ladson-Billings' seminar on achievement
• New class of NMSP Docents 
• Dr. Davis receives Honorary Degree
• Recyclmania 
• GSU celebrates Dr. King 
• Southland Area Theatre Ensemble (SLATE) Founded

2008

• Enhance school and community safety 
• Police Chief honored
• Full moon sculpture park tour
• PT Students take Marquette Challenge 
• Sextant Yoke sculpture dedication
• Children use imaginations at the CPA
• Children enjoy the show at the CPA
• Art Professor wins Beverly award 
• CAS adds faculty 
• Office of Economic Education recognized
• GSU paving the way
• Communications Honors Society 
• Lincoln Laureate 
• CenterPoint hosts artrepreneur panel
• GSU joins SAP University Alliance
• CenterPoint Counseling at Tinley Village Hall 
• International Education Week
• CenterPoint Veterans Business Boot Camp 
• Art Fest
• Introducing Two for Tuesday
• Undergraduate open house 
• Illinois Arts Council awards grants
• Let there be better light 
• Library Friends plan ahead
• Family counseling offered
• King Gimp to appear
• Creating safe schools 
• Excellence awards and tenure announced
• National Depression Screeing Week
• Social Work Field Instructor orientation
• NMSP film debut 
• Convocation 
• Nursing doctorate program begins
• Occupational Therapy Doctorate announced
• Stevenson wins Curator's Choice Award
• Maimon honored for helping women achieve
• Librarian honored
• President honored by Matteson Rotary
• CPA entertains children 
• CenterPoint helps business to bloom 
• Dr. Derek Eamus lectures     
• Economics students excel
• College of Health & Human Services unveiled
• Scupture Park trip to St. Louis 
• First Annual Latino Film Festival 
• Pringle scholar named
• Health Professions honors students 
• Johnsen named to MLA committee
• King in Chicago documentary
• CAS Winter '08 Dean's List 
• Gender Studies course
• Willie Wonka tickets 
• Education Leadership project
• Physical therapists serve the community
• Professor named award examiner 
• Emergency responders visit campus
• University names new business dean
• Student commencement speaker leads the way
• McCray elected to YWCA USA National Board
• Warner Saunders receives honorary GSU degree
• Social Work honor society
• Summer camp for kids at GSU sculpture park
• CPA Camp presents Willie Wonka   
• Sculpture Park tours ArtChicago 
• Information Security Program honored
• Super summer opens at sculpture park
• Communication Disorders program reaccredited    
• CenterPoint Entrepreneurial Boot Camp 
• National Library Workers Day 
• Activist, author Jonathan Kozol
• Air Force Academy Band at GSU
• Vacation Education for teachers
• President Maimon signs climate commitment
• World is lab to biology prof
• Math students become teachers
• Posters depict Latina achievement 
• GSU Foundation awards faculty 
• CAS Fall 2007 dean's list
• CHP Fall 2007 dean's list 
• GSU increases fee counseling services
• University-wide open house 
• A good substitute makes the difference
• GSU celebrates Black History Month 
• Winter commencement student speaker announced
• CenterPoint $100 Million in loans
• Winter commencement honorary degree recipient announced
• Zhejiang Butterfly Performing Troup
• Sculpture Park Looking for docents, volunteers 
• Costumes Collection Donated to GSU
• Vets 4 Vets Offers Help and Hope to Returning Vets
• GSU Grad’s King documentary to air on WTTW Chicago

• CenterPoint names E-Center director

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2007

• Practice Doctorate panel slated
• Sculpture Park establishes board
• The Chicago Community Trust 
• Safe School training
• CenterPoint director honored
• Business Ledger honors CenterPoint client
• Death penalty class
• GSU makes a Promise 
• Discussion of environment 
• Lincoln Laureate honored
• International education week 
• Science education goes outdoors
• New head of Institutional Advancement 
• Regional writing center
• New Registrar named
• Special events celebrate Installation
• School Counseling certification
• Faculty Senate elects new president
• Warner Saunders to emcee Installation
• Art Fest
• Biology program hosts open house
• Secretary of State offers services at GSU
• Excellence awards and tenure announced
• Black tie Latino Banquet at GSU
• GSU gets $1 million grant
• Sculpture park tours continue
• Job in Belize for GSU graduate
• Physical therapy forum 
• Pringle scholar named
• Seniors swim to success
• CenterPoint partners with Great Lakes Bank
• GSU Student's documentary to air
• GSU students learn to make a difference
• Online educator wins award
• Senator Halvorson joins GSU faculty
• Great Lakes Bank donates $125,000 for scholarships
• MPA degree for police, fire, and public admin professional
• Focus on forensic photography
• CenterPoint awards $5000 to area business
• New principal mentoring program
• Professor shares knowledge in three continents
• Social work program reaccredited
• Power of story telling
• Biking to work
• CenterPoint announces SBIR resources
• New CJUS courses & instructor
• Arts and Science Dean's List honored
• Sculpture park conservation workshop
• Gebeyehu Ejigu appointed Executive V.P.
• Back by popular demand
• Board of Trustees Student Rep. elected
• Sculpture Park offers free summer tours
• Jazz in the Park for Charity '07
• Spring commencement
• HGTV visits GSU campus
• Outstanding students in Health Professions
• 13th Annual Student Research Conference
• Community College Counselors meet at GSU
• GSU honors master's in reading students
• Global warming discussed at GSU
• Accelerated Rehabilitation PT scholarships
• GSU offers Safe School training
• Summer art courses expand program
• Energy efficient lights illuminate GSU
• Lorine Samuels named Board Chair
• National Library Workers Day celebrated
• Writing Center collaboration
• Library hosts Women in Medicine exhibit
• Road to College workshop for Latinos
• GSU professors contribute to publication
• P.T. students flex their political muscles
• Film premiere in Chicago
• Professor provides documentary commentary
• GSU teaches young students
• Brother to Brother
• TQE scholarships available
• Project CRISS workshop
• Global warning about global warming
• Geoffrey Bates named next sculpture park director
• Counseling program re-accredited
• King of Samba
• Foundation adds new board members
• Eric Wignall named COTL director
• Baby visits P.T. class
• Vacation Education at GSU
• GSU professor exhibits at National Mexican Museum
• Spring Open House scheduled
• Woman 2 Woman conference
• Naperville Education Center announced
• Elaine P. Maimon named as next GSU president
• Local author to speak at GSU
• Professor participates in death penalty reform hearings
• Government contracting seminar slated
• Governors State University Winter Commencement
• GSU Foundation receives grant
• GSU revamps popular degree program
• Free counseling services at GSU
• Professor invited to White House
• Black History Month
• "Today" show tapes at GSU
• P.T. students serve the Community
• Children celebrate Dr. King's dreams
• Grant writing success
• Library to host exhibit
• Turner Foundation awards new scholarships
• Conductive Education professors teach from around the world

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2006

• Presidential Search finalists announced
• Lincoln Laureate Honored
• College of Health Professions announces $5 million research grant
• GSU announces formation of the University College
• Health Care Informatics Certificate accepting applications
• Statewide disability career symposium addresses important issues
• Friends of the Library Honors First Director
• GSU’s Latino Center for Excellence sponsors Seminar on Higher Education
• Governors State University establishes Friends of the Library
• New Faculty to GSU College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business hosts regional conference on global education
• Secondary Education open house
• GSU announces Faculty Excellence Awards and grants tenure
• When teachers teach teachers, students learn better
• Workshop creates network of computer science educators
• Millionaire businessman Chris Gardner to tell his story
• GSU scholarships available for community college grads
• From quilts to computers
• All majors career fair scheduled
• Governors State University students become teachers 
• Area high school counselors confer with state universities
• GSU respondes to increased spending on leadership development
• Doctor of Physical Therapy program sets application deadline
• Kankakee’s Newest option for higher education
• One Book, One University
• Free depression screening
• IMERT training at Governors State University
• Governors State University to hold university-wide open house
• GSU student to present research exposing media failure
• Adjunct faculty job fair at GSU's Kankakee Education Center
• GSU hosts Constitution Day forum
• Student filmmakers win national award
• GSU receives $25,000 in scholarship funds
• New clinical psychology sequence added to master's program
• Diane Dates Casey named to Library of Congress steering committee
• Les Brown to visit GSU as part of Distinguished Lecture Series
• GSU Teacher Training Program is McAuliffe Award finalist
• Senator Halvorson joins GSU faculty
• Business graduate programs open house slated
• Governors State Hosts NSF Workshop
• Dr. Eric Martin named Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
• Jazz in the Park Swings to a Success
• Pringle scholarship awarded to GSU student
• MILE sponsors noted activist Jonathan Kozol
• Exhibit joins art and poetry
• Yang named School Counselor Educator of the Year
• Latino Center for Excellence appoints director
• Jazz in the Park for Charity
• GSU professor travels to Uganda for conference
• President Fagan announces he will step down
• GSU scholarships for community college grads
• Vacation education for Teachers at GSU
• Ancient art of Thailand and Cambodia
• Biology students and faculty to study raptors in Michigan
• University-wide open house scheduled
• Lt. Governor Pat Quinn dedicates thermal solar panel system
• Lt. Governor Pat Quinn to visit GSU
• Entrepreneurhsip Center grand opening Event
• Learning together in the great outdoors
• GSU offers Safe School Training
• Art-O-Mat creator Clark Whittington to visit GSU
• Distinguished Lecture Series presents Michael Diamond
• Family Development Center sponsors Reggio Emilia Seminar
• Teacher quality effectiveness is GSU program focus
• GSU authors celebrate the written word
• Murderball and discussion at GSU
• Fulbright Scholars presentation
• Master of Public Administration program info session slated
• GSU dean receives LDA's highest honor
• Governors State University names new Director of Admissions
• CHHS faculty members receive awards from Crossroads Coalition
• CenterPoint named as Illinois Entrepreneurship Center site
• GSU Computer Science program meets increased demand
• Vintage postcards reveal Central Africa
• CenterPoint to hold global trade workshops
• Foster Pride Digital Curriculum
• Metropolitan Institute for Leadership Education
• Distinguished cinematographer to lecture at GSU
• Jamal Simington is GSU Commencement speaker
• GSU professor is physical therapist to Olympians
• CenterPoint Director named to state board
• Governors State University announces its first doctoral program

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2005

• Bachelor of Health Administration program receives AUPHA recertification
• Senator Dick Durbin to visit GSU for academy dedication 
• Project Hope Career Day illuminates the future
• Chief Chudwin Joins Panel Discussion on Disaster Response
• New acquisition joins Governors State University African art collection
• Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants to offer language & culture courses
• Career Services to hold “All Majors Career Fair” on November 3
• GSU and Midwest Suburban Publishing to co-host New Orleans forum
• University-Wide Open House
• "One Book, One University" brings Devil in the White City to GSU
• New acquisition joins Governors State University African art collection
• Career Services to hold “All Majors Career Fair” on November 3
• GSU and Midwest Suburban Publishing to co-host New Orleans forum
• University-Wide Open House
• "One Book, One University" brings Devil in the White City to GSU
• Governors State University releases Dean’s List for summer trimester
• Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants to offer language & culture courses
• Pringle Scholarship winner named
• The Art-O-Mat has landed
• Free counseling services now offered
• GSU admits students affected by Hurricane Katrina
• Illinois State Senator Maggie Crotty to speak at Governors State
• Global Trade Center to host international trade presentation & forum
• Civil Service Senate to host arts and crafts fair
• chhs professor receives award for research in minority health issues
• New Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Degree Program announced
• Master of Public Administration earns NASPAA accreditation
• Computer science research team creates new software at Argonne Natl' Lab
• Governor appoints Governors State professor emeritus to IBHE
• Center for Performing Arts announces 2005-2006 season performancesCivil Service Senate hosts home demonstrator fair
• CBPA offers study of Hurricane Katrina through new course
• Free depression screenings offered on National Depression Screening Day
• Board of Governors B.A. Degree program holds portfolio prep seminar
• GSU hosts author Joe Benevento
• GSU awarded DuPage County Drug Court program evaluation project
• Master of Health Administration earns CAHME accreditation
• Winter 2005 Dean’s List
• Art Gallery to exhibit Kolton New Guinea Collection
• Fall 2004 Dean’s List
• CenterPoint to present international trade conference
• DPS invites participation in Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics
• Master of Occupational Therapy reaccredited for seven years
• University to host "Doing Business with China"
• Commencement to be held June 5
• Bob Petty to receive Doctor of Humane Letters
• Don Olund named student commencement speaker
• 11th Annual Student Research Conference
• Teaching the teachers: GSU offers new certificate in online teaching
• Dr. Stelnicki shares ISPI Excellence Award
• Health Administration professors present certificate of need report
• New reading certificate program offered
• Million dollar grant to help south Chicago region middle-school students
• College of Education professor receives grant to research multicultural literature
• Communication Disorders professor awarded organization's highest honor
• Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., dedicates Family Development Center playground, presents check for beautification of Cicero Avenue to Village of University Park
• GSU appoints Diane Dates Casey Dean of Library Services and Academic Computing
• Conference on strategic opportunities for trade with India set for May 20
• Saving Kids: SKIPP Open House at Jones Community Center
• Free counseling sessions
• Spring/Summer 2004 Dean's List
• Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., to speak at Governors State
• Second Annual Women's SHE Conference
• Film series workshop to explore feminism
• Governors State University to hold 34th Commencement January 29
• Governors State University to host January meeting of IBHE Student Advisory Committee
• Former Chi Sigma Iota president selected Governors State University Student Commencement Speaker
• Governors State University film series workshop to explore gay identity and postmodernism
• Governors State University to bring Master of Public Administration program to Lansing Police Department

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2004

• Dwayne Williams selected for Pringle Scholarship at Governors State University
• Governors State University appoints new College of Education dean
• U.S. Department of Education grant to Governors State University addresses critical shortage in speech-language pathologists
• Governors State University film workshop open to public
• Michelle Wright performance to benefit adoption organization
• Governors State University appoints University Advancement staff
• New comptroller appointed at Governors State
• The Center for Performing Arts receives $35,000 Charter One Bank sponsorship
• The Center For Performing Arts announces 2004-2005 10th anniversary season 
• Governors State to close sequence in School Psychology
• Governors State University to sponsor fundraiser for Jennifer S. Fallick Cancer Support Center
• Trade with China: Experts to hold roundtable discussion at Governors State University
• Governors State University releases Winter 2004 Dean's List
• Governors State University presents ethnic pharmacology workshop
• Governors State University welcomes Latino artists' exhibit
• Drs. Keith Gilyard, Charles Schuster, and Deborah Holdstein to present " Rhetorical Choices: A Town Hall Meeting on the Teaching of Writing"
• GSU and Prairie State College to offer comprehensive entrepreneurial training
• "Jobs and Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century": an SBA forum at Governors State University
• GSU Department of Public Safety participates in Special Olympics Torch Run
• Governors State University professors nominated to NCATE Board of Examiners
• Participants sought for American Psychological Association video series
• Fulbrights to teach language and culture at Governors State
• Illinois Teacher of the Year to speak at Governors State
• Governors State University to offer psychology workshops
• Dr. Deborah Holdstein, GSU professor and columnist, named CCC editor
• Governors State University's Fall 2003 Dean's List
• Oshunda Carpenter selected student speaker for Governors State commencement
• Alison Mensing selected student speakerfor Governors State commencement
• Governors State University to host Reverend C.T. Vivianfor 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
• WPPSI-III and ABAS-II sessions at GSU
• Dr. Quentin Young to lecture at Governors State
• Graduate Council's Transformations Film Discussion Series to explore conviction and sacrifice
• Governors State University to host first women's conference
• Governors State Visual Arts Gallery to host 2004 Juried Student Exhibition

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2003

• Diane Dates Casey appointed director of University Library and coordinator of Academic Information Technology
• Governors State announces Lincoln Laureate
• Professor Kelly McCarthy appointed director of Student Development
• Governors State chapter inducted into national honor society
• GSU, El Valor student awarded scholarship
• Governors State University releases Spring/Summer 2003 Dean's List
• Pringle Scholarship awarded to GSU student Elizabeth Green
• CenterPoint client named Small Business Person of the Year
• GSU awarded McNair grant
• Paradox Lost: bridging the gap to the Masters in Occupational Therapy

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