Scott Simon, reporter, novelist, and host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, will highlight Lake Forest College's 130th commencement, at Ravinia Festival Park in Highland Park on May 10th.
"We are really pleased to bring Scott Simon to campus to be this year's commencement speaker," said Director of Communications and Marketing Liz Libby.
Visitors to the College's website in the past month have noticed a new feature - the Daily Click. The small box in the lower right-hand corner of the site's main page displays a different picture of a campus-related activity every day.
"It seemed like a good way to keep the home page fresh," said Web Coordinator Will Pittinos, the creator of the Daily Click, "and to give prospective students a slice of Forester life.
Since winter, the time on the Donnelly and Lee Library south clock tower has been right twice a day - midnight and noon.
The clock on the library, which was added during a 2004 renovation, stopped working during the cold winter when a buildup of snow and ice literally froze the hands of time, according to Director of Facilities Management (FacMan) Dave Siebert.
On September 11th 2001, a group of students crowded around the small TV in the Gregory study lounge. Tony Bertuca joined the crowd, and listened to the voice of Peter Jennings as he tried to sort out the news as he received it. Bertuca couldn't pull himself away from the television, as Jennings stayed on the air all day long.
The Stentor is the award-winning weekly journal of Lake Forest College. With a weekly circulation of over 1000, The Stentor reaches current students, alumni, parents, faculty, the administration, the city of Lake Forest, and friends of the College.
Campus environmental groups are pressing administrators to seek green certification for the new Sports Center expansion; however, President Steve Schutt says that the decision will be determined by a detailed cost estimate to be completed next month.
Schematic design drawings for the project recently have been completed, which detail the placement of such objects as light switches and plumbing, will allow the general contractor, Chicago-based Pepper Construction, to better determine the project's official price tag.
Students looking for a place to shop won't have to look far if clothing retailer J. Crew Group Inc. signs a lease as expected for a 4,000-square-foot location formerly occupied by a Macy's store. The location, part of the Market Square shopping center in downtown Lake Forest, has been vacant since Macy's closed its doors in Feb.
