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Sep 9, 2024

By the 1974 Golden Grads Reunion Committee Looking out the windows of the O’Hare/Rockford bus or from the comfort of our parents’ cars, we drove past endless cornfields as we made our way to a college campus many of us had not ever set foot on, in a city we hadn’t...

Faith Gomez ‘24 Awarded Grant

Sep 9, 2024

By Sara Myers, Digital Media & Communications Specialist RU Student Faith Gomez was mentored by Dr. Filiz Dik, Dr. Deepshikha Shukla, and others in the SMN (Science, Math & Nursing) College and was awarded a $2,500 grant to create a STEM camp for middle school...

Alumna Emily Hartzog Rises to the Top

Sep 9, 2024

By Sara Myers-Hogshead, Digital Media & Communications Specialist Though she grew up in San Diego, California, RU Alumni Emily Hartzog’s mother convinced her to look at a small, private school in Illinois when Hartzog was looking at colleges. Her...

Aug 2, 2023

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