DePaul Faculty Council held its elections for the 2022-2023 academic year at last Wednesday’s meeting. The positions voted on were president, vice president, secretary, three at-large members of Faculty Council Executive Committee (FCEC) and a newly created position of communication officer. Professor Sonia Soltero, faculty council president, Quinetta Shelby, vice president and associate professor, and.
Wednesday’s Faculty Council meeting, the last of the academic year, revealed that Juneteenth is likely to become an official holiday at DePaul starting in 2023. The news came through a scheduled item on the meeting’s agenda that would require action from Faculty Council. The holiday will conflict with the required hours for synchronous classes during.
Kam Buckner is used to having his hands full. The Democrat and Illinois state representative serves in the state’s general assembly, chairs the Legislative Black Caucus and fathered a son last year. Now, he has another task to juggle. On May 12, Buckner declared his candidacy for next year’s Chicago mayoral election. Managing so many.
DePaul administrators announced that university faculty and staff will receive a one-time payment on Friday, May 20, according to Newsline. Due to “increased financial pressure faculty and staff are facing due to the current inflationary environment,” the payment amount to respective employees is based on compensation level, the article stated. The statement, penned by President.
Since the first week of April, weekly Covid-19 infections have risen by 78 percent in the neighborhoods surrounding DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, with last week tallying the most infections during the period. Zip codes housing the Chicago neighborhoods of Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Wrigleyville and Uptown have all reported a steady rise in weekly infections over.