ATTENTION: STUDENTS       The Joliet Chamber of Commerce Council for Working Women is offering a scholarship to assist mature, working women and/or women training for the workforce who are in need of financial assistance to help them further their post-secondary education at local vocational/trade schools, accredited colleges or universities. Applications are being accepted until June 1 for scholarships ranging from $500 – $1,000.  Get the application by clicking the icon above. Sincerely,   Kathy Bruss Scholarship Counselor Financial Aid Services Lewis University brusska@lewisu.edu 815-836-5792 (phone) 815-836-5135 (fax)     Tweet

Start off on the right foot with a class that stimulates your critical thinking skills, teaches you about yourself as a learner, and enables you to explore your academic and professional goals. Adult students seeking admission or re-admission to Lewis University who are admitted before the end of the term are eligible for a scholarship to cover the tuition for the course.  The Adult College Experience (ACE) is a 3 credit course at Lewis University that is the pathway to completing your degree.  It will enable you to: succeed in accelerated courses excel in online and classroom learning environments hone your writing and critical thinking skills revisit and improve how to study most effectively enhance your professional and academic goals plan financially and academically so you complete your degree learn about how to earn college credit for knowledge gained from life experience become more aware of your learning style so
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Do you need general elective credits?  Want to accelerate your degree progress and reduce tuition costs?  Prior Learning Assessment may be the answer. Rebecca Kowall did.  Rebecca will be graduating with a Bachelors degree in Human Resource Management and a minor in Business Administration. She took full advantage of the PLA opportunity, and because of this, she reached her intended goal of graduating in May 2013.  She successfully earned 21 general elective credits, which saved her just over $11,000 in tuition. Here’s what she has to say about Prior Learning Assessment: The decision to enroll in the PLA course was one of the best decisions I have made in my academic pursuits while completing my degree with Lewis University. The PLA taught me how to organize my thoughts and experiences in a way that enabled me to express HOW I have applied my learning at several organizations over the years. Additionally, the
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Congratulations to the following students who were elected into the following offices!     History of Alpha Sigma Lambda Alpha Sigma Lambda is a nationally recognized honor society devoted to the advancement of scholarship and to the recognition of full- and part-time non-traditional adult students. The founding chapter was established in 1946 by Dr. Rollin Posey, Dean of University College at Northwestern University, to recognize the accomplishments of those returning to academic pursuits after the close of World War II.  Dr. Posey realized that a measure of encouragement and recognition accorded an adult student’s scholastic achievement at an early stage of his/her program could provide the thrust of desire to achieve his/her educational objectives.  Dr. Posey founded a society, Alpha Sigma Lambda, to honor those dedicated adult students, who while adroitly handling their life responsibilities, achieve and maintain high scholastic standards. Alpha Sigma Lambda stands as an inspiration to scholastic
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Do you need a learning resource that is available to you on a flexible schedule?  Lewis University is offering you a free online tutoring service that you can access from the comfort and convenience of anywhere you have internet access! Tweet

At Lewis University, undergraduate students who have completed 12 graded credits in a semester are considered for the Dean’s list if they have a term GPA of 3.25 or above. Dean Bonnie Bondavalli said, “Congratulations. This is a significant honor that is given to those who have shown excellence in their academic work. It attests to your hard work, determination, dedication and commitment to learning and achievement. On behalf of the Faculty of the College, I extend to you our heartiest best wishes for your continued success as a student and a scholar. Please know of our hopes that you will continue to find joy in your intellectual endeavors now as a student and throughout your life.”   The following Arts and Science students in accelerated programs are honored for their academic success: Applied Sociology & Political Science Organizational Leadership Jessica Renae Duran Liliana G Gentile Stacey Renee Richmond Shelonda
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Here is the list of our Student Appreciation Drawing Winners! Tweet

A new report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers points out that skepticism about the value of a college degree is just off base: “…the evidence clearly demonstrates the value of a college education. According to our analysis of U.S. Census data, those who obtain a bachelor’s degree have a median income of $50,360 compared to a median of $29,423 for people with only a high school diploma. An associate’s degree leads to a median income of $38,607, more than $9,000 higher than a high school diploma. Those with a graduate degree have a median income of $68,064, 35.2 percent more than those with a bachelor’s degree. Additionally, The College Advantage: Weathering the Economic Storm, from the Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, shows that workers without a college degree have been significantly worse off in the recent economic downturn than those who have attended college. Four out of every five jobs lost
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The Spring 2013 Catalog is now available! Sort and search courses in our Spring Catalog!   You can view this document by clicking here…SPRING 2013 SPCE course list Sort and Search. As always, we have several other ways of obtaining access to our course schedules and here are a few of them… Here is a link to the electronic version of our Spring 2012 Course Schedule Book. Lewis University website… http://www.lewisu.edu/, find the “Academics” tab. When you hover over the “Academics” tab, you can see the drop down box and one of the choices is “Course Schedules”. See location of Academics Tab. If you click on “Course Schedules,” you will be taken to a page that contains an electronic version of our printed course schedules. See example of location SPCE Schedule from Web Page. You will be able to browse through the course schedules from this location. Blackboard…You can access the course schedules without logging
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  Dr. Mark Musch has helped many Lewis students achieve their goal of completing their degree.  Dr. Musch has been a part of the Lewis community since 2004 and has taught over 40 Pathophysiology courses. Dr. Musch obtained his PhD in 1983 in Pharmacology/Physiology from University of Chicago. Below you will find a short discussion on his views of adult  students and Lewis overall.       Q. What encouraged you to teach at Lewis? A. Friends who taught in the program thought I would enjoy the experience and be a good facilitator.   Q. What do you consider the best feature of your favorite course? A. The students, the RN’s in this program are astonishing, curious and knowledgeable, many life experiences to add to the course, I learn each time I teach it. Q. What is your favorite artist or genre of music? why? A. Motown is my favorite type of music, too many amazing artists
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