Each year, the Moraine Valley Employee Campaign raises funds for student scholarships. In the 2019 fund raising campaign, faculty and staff contributes $80,000 for a wide variety of scholarships. Most of those have been awarded for the current school year, but not all awards have been distributed. Currently there are two scholarships that have deadlines for applicants this month. Each scholarship is worth up to $500; one is open to…
Jan Kopischke, Student Publications Advisor Breaking news overnight from the White House physician, Dr. Sean P. Conley, and President Trump’s personal Twitter feed indicate that both President Donald J. Trump and First Lady, Melania Trump, have tested positive for COVID-19. They are expected to quarantine in the White House residence for the next 14 days. Both were tested late Thursday after Senior Advisor to the President, Hope Hicks, tested positive…
Democracy doesn’t just happen. The Cook County Clerk’s office is hiring students and community members to serve in suburban precincts for the November 3, 2020 Presidential Election. Local democracy depends on the poll workers who take pride in serving voters in their community each Election Day. These poll workers come together and make it possible for hundreds of their neighbors and fellow citizens to cast their ballots and have their voices heard. This…
Jan Kopischke, Student Publications Advisor With Moraine Valley still shuttered for the COIVD-19 outbreak, the Art Department instructors did not want to skip the Annual Spring Student Art Exhibit. Working together with IT, they were able to create an online gallery of student work, pieces which would have been displayed in the FPAC gallery, to recognize the talents and skills students have acquired in a variety of art courses offered…
Jan Kopischke Student Publications Advisor Each year the job Resource Center (JRC) ask for nominees for the Student Employee of the Year, the Best Practice of the year, the Intern of the year and the Best Employer of the year. The nominees are vetted by a committee, and usually announced at a gala event on campus. With this year’s Stay at Home orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the announcements of…
Jan Kopischke Student Publications Advisor Our campus, like so many other Illinois colleges and universities, has been shuttered for over a month now. Students have been adapting to online learning, instructors have been changing their teaching styles to incorporate distance, and employees continue to work from home in our new reality. One of the benefits of applying to Moraine Valley for students was the wide variety of clubs…
Retention of Illinois Students and Equity (RISE) ActEffective Jan. 1, 2020: A student who is an Illinois resident and who isnot otherwise eligible for federal financial aid shall be eligible for statefinancial aid and benefits. This includes, but is not limited to:• a transgender student who is disqualified for failure to registerfor selective service, and• a non-citizen student who has not obtained lawful permanentresidence.These students will be eligible to “apply…
Jan Kopischke Student Publications Advisor Welcome to the newly improved Glacier website! It is our goal to keep the Moraine Valley community informed through one more site while we continue to stay apart to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US. April 6, 2020 marks the beginning of open registration for the Summer 2020 semester. The Executive Board decided that all summer classes will be conducted online.…
