Caroline Portlock currently serves as director of the Workforce Investment Board of Will County.

Artistic director and conductor Sean Paul Mills will lead the program of music by Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven.

The Joliet Symphony Orchestra’s “Fate & Destiny” concert on Nov. 22-23 features Berlioz, Brahms, and Beethoven, spotlighting soloists Rebekah Cope-Evers and Patricia White.

All proceeds will be used to operate the nonprofit radio station. WCSF-88.7 FM is known in the greater Joliet area for its “Spirit of Christmas” programming.

USF is making connections at Catholic schools in far southwestern Illinois to attract students from that region to the university.

Lewis points to sharp reduction in international students. Workforce reductions follow job cuts confirmed last week at University of St. Francis in Joliet.

The private Catholic university has issued non-renewal notifications to an unspecified number of its faculty.

USF is cutting jobs for 18 staff members. The Joliet university employs 280.

Pettis is a critically acclaimed, award-winning singer-songwriter whose music blurs folk, country/Americana and soul.

Currently, the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate have 66 members in the United States, with 25 in the Joliet area, and 14 in Brazil.

The “memorandum of understanding” creates access and opportunity for high school students across the Diocese of Joliet to enroll at USF in Joliet, according to a release announcing the agreement.

University of St. Francis president Ryan Hendrickson invites the greater Joliet community to partake in a special event at an upcoming Slammers game.

University of St. Francis President Dr. Ryan Hendrickson invites the greater Joliet community to two special events hosted in partnership with local organizations.

The Will County Emergency Management Agency, the Will County Regional Office of Education, and local school districts partnered for a training program on how to reunite students and parents in the event of a school emergency.

A longtime advocate for people experiencing homelessness and a mother of seven who broke the cycle of homelessness recently shared tips and resources to moms at Daybreak Center in Joliet.

Former NBA player Horace Grant, a member of the championship Chicago Bulls teams, will serve as the guest speaker at University of St. Francis’ 46th Annual Brown & Gold Night.

Ryan C. Hendrickson, current provost and vice president for academic affairs at Eastern Illinois University, will become the 10th president for the University of St. Francis in Joliet on June 1.

The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the University of St. Francis’ St. Clare campus in Joliet.

Students from the University of St. Francis in Joliet must meet certain qualifications for the loan forgiveness program.

Get back in tune this January with some Joliet-area live music, music trivia, storytelling that begins with music and more.

The Joliet Symphony Orchestra will present “Pictures” on Saturday, Nov. 23, and Sunday, Nov. 24, at the University of St. Francis. Joliet Junior College instrumental and vocal ensembles will perform on several dates in December.

Features at the Joliet event include a delicious breakfast, a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and holiday crafts.

Montreal artist Genevieve Racette, Nashville-based artist Katie Pederson and Indiana-based performer Abbie Thomas – all spotlighting new album releases – will perform at 7 p. m. Nov. 7 at the University of St. Francis, Moser Performing Arts Center, 500 Wilcox St. Joliet.

Pat Sullivan of Joliet said leaders in any capacity will benefit from these 54 essays.

Five awards were presented to alumni from the University of St. Francis of Joliet, including The Presidential Alumni Award, and one award from each of the university’s four colleges to highlight the university's diverse disciplines.

The Joliet university's radio station, WCSF-FM 88.7, is currently collecting donations of used and collectible music and memorability for its music rummage sale in November.

Aiofe Scott and her longtime collaborator Andre Meaney will kick off University of St. Francis' “Music At Moser” fall concert series.

University of St. Francis in Joliet hosts its next American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13/\.

All but one corner of the Rialto Square Theatre building will remain closed for at least most of next week as an inspection continues into an asbestos violation.

Staff has opened a pop-up location near the downtown museum at the University of St. Francis Art Gallery, 25 E. Van Buren St.

The concerts will be held Sunday, July 21 and Aug. 18 at Bishops Hill Winery, 310 Bridge St. in Joliet.

Michael “Chester” Alamo-Costello, professor of art and design at the University of St. Francis, recently received a $6,000 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to cover Alamo-Costello’s travel and project costs.

The grant funding will provide free tuition for accepted students into the University of St. Francis' CRSS program through June 2025.

On Monday, the University of St. Francis Board of Trustees announced the retirement of University President Arvid C. Johnson.

Joseph Awinongya Jr., 16, of Joliet, also known as “Jojo the Boxer,” won the junior open in his weight class in the Chicago Golden Gloves.

The Caritas Scholarship Celebration, organized by USF and the Caritas Committee made up of alumni, staff, faculty, and university friends, has been a long-standing tradition at the university.

Nine members of WriteOn Joliet will explore aspects of time in original radio-style stories and poems on Friday and Saturday at the Billie Limacher Bicetennial Park Theatre in Joliet.

The Soldier Songs and Voices nonprofit organization “provides free instruments and songwriting lessons to veterans as a form of post-conflict care,” according to its website.

The Spanish Community Center presented the University of St. Francis with its 2024 Friendship Award in March.

Seating is limited at this “intimate gathering of songs and stories" at the University of St. Francis in Joliet.

“Show Her the Money” addresses how women are getting less than 2 percent of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is.

The University of St. Francis will host its next American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14 at the St. Clare Campus.

The rollout of the new FAFSA form for college students seeking financial aid has encountered numerous glitches, creating stress for families trying to fill the form out quickly.

University of St. Francis in Joliet is among 10 institutions of higher learning in Illinois to get state funds to support programs that assist homeless students. The Illinois Board of Higher Education funds awarded total of $1.7 million in grants.

University of St. Francis Dance Team is planning to attend the Dance Team Union Nationals in Orlando, Florida from April 11-April 15.

WCSF-FM 88.7 is once again presenting the Spirit of Christmas, a 24-hour, commercial-free, holiday format featuring music, classic specials and more.

Tim Placher of Joliet is coordinating "A Yule-SF Christmas” concert of local and touring music artists Joliet’s USF.

Chester Alamo-Costello, professor of art and design at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, and Joshua Wilson, an adjunct art professor at USF, spent three weeks teaching design classes to more than 100 students a day at in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, China.

Starting at noon on Thanksgiving Day, University of St. Francis radio station WCSF-FM 88.7 begins its 30th season of the Spirit of Christmas, a 24-hour, commercial-free, season-long holiday format.

The Princeton Review chose the schools in the guide based on its survey of administrators at 680 colleges during the 2022-23 academic year and surveys of students attending the colleges.