Lake Forest College News

The Illinois Music Education Association will honor Glenbrook South Band Director and teacher Greg Wojcik as this years recipient of the Mary Hoffman Award of Excellence at the All-State Conference Jan.

Caitlyn Pickens, who graduated from Grayslake North High School as valedictorian in 2008, was eager to finish high school and begin college.

Mike Shuster, foreign correspondent, NPR Ahmad Sadri, chair of Islamic world studies at Lake Forest College in Chicago Admiral Mike Mullen has warned Iran the clock is ticking over its disputed nuclear program.

Leigh Gilmore - whose dramatic escape from a New York hotel during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was told in a September television documentary, leading to a poignant reunion with her rescuers - died on Saturday of complications from multiple sclerosis, said her mother, Faye.

The FARM Institute in Edgartown received a $1,800 grant from the Staples Foundation for Learning, created by Staples, Inc.

Katelin McRaith, of Savage, has enrolled as a freshman at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill.

Kathryn Hutchins and William Kletzien of Sturgeon Bay were married June 27 at Saints Faith, Hope and Charity Parish by the Rev.

Joe Ferguson is the eldest son of a working-class single mom and a father he never knew who survived that rejection - and the mean streets of Boston - to become a dogged federal prosecutor in Chicago.

Inspector general 'will not shrink from conflict' CITY INSPECTOR GENERAL Broken home, Boston's mean streets shaped tough ex-prosecutor Comments November 23, 2009 Joe Ferguson is the eldest son of a working-class single mom and a father he never knew who survived that rejection -- and the mean streets of Boston -- to become a dogged federal ...

It has been nearly three months since Nicholas Wallin officially joined Lake Forest College as the new assistant professor of music, and he's looking forward to the road ahead.

A recent analysis showed the number of 18- to 24-year-old students attending college in the U.S. hit an all-time high in October 2008.

Lake Forest College students, faculty and staff on the campus, and visitors to the university, are benefitting from a new cell site that Verizon Wireless has activated that expands network coverage and increases capacity throughout the entire campus and as far east as Lake Michigan, west to Green Bay Rd., south to E. Westleigh Rd., and to north ...

The surprise here should be that anyone is surprised. "What a shocker!" exclaimed sports economist Robert Baade of Lake Forest College when he was told that Yankee neighbors are suffering.

Earlier this year, the Princeton Review ranked Washington University fourth in the nation for financial aid.

Movies: "Web of Passion" will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday. Admission is free. "Moliere Than Thou," a show featuring Timothy Mooney, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Nov.

The documentary about Lake Forest, "Discovering Deerpath," earned five Telly Awards in the competition that names the best local, regional and cable television video and film productions from among 14,000 entries.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff Police Departments.

Spoto is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School. n Sarah Spoto: of Hampton Falls was named to the dean's list for the 2008-'09 academic year at Lake Forest College in Chicago.

Getting teenagers and young adults to understand the dangers of drugs and alcohol can be difficult, but Committee Representing Our Young Adults in Lake Forest is working to make it a little easier.

Lake Forest College's ice rink and athletic facilities aren't the only areas being remodeled this year - the college also is looking to improve its academic opportunities for students.