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Lewis Repeats on US News’ Best Grad Schools Lists
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº repeats its presence on the US News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools ranking lists. Three ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº programs and two specialties are in the 2025 rankings. Best Education Schools Best Nursing Schools: Master's Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice Occupational  [MORE] 

NAP Honors Two ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº CoNHS Faculty Members
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº faculty , Drs. Arvie Vitente and Ann Guernon , were awarded prestigious honors at the 2025 National Academies of Practice Annual Induction Banquet and Awards Ceremony held on March 15 in Washington D.C.    The Emerging Interprofessional National Academies of Practice Member of the Year  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

President’s 17th Annual Art Exhibition Shows Student, Alumni
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº students and alumni artwork is currently on display in the President’s 17th Annual Art Exhibition at the Brent and Jean Wadsworth Family Gallery , located on the university’s main campus in Romeoville. The exhibit, free and available to the public, is open until April 25. The juried  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

Nursing Students Achieve 98% Pass Rate on NCLEX Exam
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences continues to prepare nurses for certification successfully. In 2024, 98 percent of ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº nursing students passed the National Council Licensure Examination on their first try. The ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº 98 percent pass rate on the NCLEX-RN  [MORE] 

Chicago Area Business Aviation Association Event Takes Off
Almost 50  Chicago Area Business Aviation Association mentors shared insightful information with more than 100 ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº students March 26 during the 2025 CABAA and ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Mentoring Round Table Event in Romeoville.   “Business aviation supports more than 1 million jobs in the United  [MORE] 

Rothschild Presents at Midwest Meeting for Biblical Studies
Dr. Clare Rothschild, a professor of theology at ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº, attended the 2025 Midwest Meeting for Biblical Studies held March 14-1 6 at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind.     Aside from acting as a chair for two sessions of the Early Christian Gospels seminar, she presented a paper entitled  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

Philip Lynch Theatre Presents Musical ‘Ride the Cyclone’
The ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Philip Lynch Theatre is presenting the musical “Ride the Cyclone , ” written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, on April 25-27 and May 1-4. This play is recommended for audiences aged 13 and older.    The musical follows the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

UC Berkeley, Lewis Team Up for Islamic Philosophy Conference
T he Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley and the ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº History Center  sponsored the “Presents & Futures of Islamic Philosophy” conference hosted April 3-4 at the University of California, Berkeley. Recognizing and asserting the dynamism of Islamic philosophy, in both historical  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

FOX32 Chicago Shows Lewis Addressing ATC Shortage
FOX 32 Chicago recently highlighted the ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Air Traffic Control program in a Special Report, " ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Trains Future Air Traffic Controllers Amid Growing National Shortage ."  It pointed out a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers of about 3,500 fewer than needed, and offered  [MORE] 

Harsy DNA Research Published in Springer Nature Journal
The latest research article of Dr. Amanda Harsy, professor of mathematics and director of Mathematics at ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº, was published; "Optimal Tile-Based Self-Assembly of DNA Dipyramids and Trapezohedrons" in Springer Nature Research in the Mathematical Sciences . Dr. Harsy co-authored the paper  [MORE] 

Dr. Reza Gharoie Ahangar Offers Car Warranty Advice
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº’s Dr. Reza Gharoie Ahangar, assistant professor of business analytics , was recently offered advice about extended car warranties on WalletHub.com . Dr. Ahangar provided expert insights on how consumers can make informed decisions when selecting an extended car warranty. Dr. Ahangar  [MORE] 

Koenig Blood Drive Featured on FOX32 Chicago
The April 13 blood drive honoring Caleb Koenig, son of Women's Soccer Head Coach Chris Koeing, was recently featured by FOX 32 Chicago. The news segment highlighted Caleb’s challenges with TAR syndrome and relied on monthly transfusions to survive. The ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Athletics blood drive aimed  [MORE] 

St. Augustine Merger Update - March 2025
THANK YOU for your support and efforts in uniting St. Augustine College and ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº into one organization centered around a shared Mission for student success. Presidential Note from Dr. David Livingston The position for the Dean of St. Augustine College is posted at jobs.lewisu.edu/postings/11281  [MORE] 

Alumna Moskal to be Enshrined into GLVC Hall of Fame
The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced that Lewis Hall of Famer Mary Moskal has been selected to be enshrined in the GLVC Hall of Fame for the Class of 2025. The 22nd GLVC Hall of Fame Class of 2025 will be honored at the Enterprise/GLVC Spring Awards Banquet at the Drury Plaza Hotel in St. Louis  [MORE]  [PHOTO] 

April 10, 2025 Update on Federal Immigration Enforcement
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº has learned that the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records of a number of its international students , as well as international alumni on work authorization , have been terminated by the U.S. government .     A status termination generally means that an affected  [MORE]