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I  live  in  Springfield,  Illinois,  working  for  my  family  business  Bi-Petro,  Inc  which  is  a  crude  oil  purchasing&nbsp;company.  I  am  currently  the  Director  of  Safety  with  the  company  and  I  graduated  from  UIS  back  in  May  of  2021  with  an  MA  in  History.&nbsp;&nbsp;



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I  just  bought  a  house  in  Knoxville,  TN  with  my&nbsp;dog,&nbsp;Albert.  I'm  the  director  at  the  Green  McAdoo  Cultural  Center.  I  graduated  from  UIS  back  in  May  of  2019.



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I  graduated  with  an  MA  in  Public  History  from  UIS  in  2019.  I  currently  live  in  St.  Louis,  where  I’m  a  Business  Analyst  III  at  Washington  University  in  St.  Louis.



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I’ve  been  in  my  current  position  for  over  a  year  and  a  half.  WashU  is  a  large  research  university  and  recently  went  live  with  a  new  Finance  and  HR  system  called  Workday.  My  position  provides  support  for  any  grants-related  issues/enhancements  in  Workday.  Prior  to  this  position,  I  was  a  Research  Education  Specialist  at  WashU.</div>
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I  graduated  from  my  master’s  program  at  UIS  in  May  2022.  I  applied  to  a  job  in  June  in  Grayslake,  Illinois,  and  I  accepted  my  position  as  Deputy  Director  of  the&nbsp;Grayslake  Heritage  Center  and  Museum&nbsp;in  July.  My  husband  and  I  moved  to  a  town  called  Lake  Bluff  nearby  both  our  jobs.</div>
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I  graduated  in  2019  with  a  Master  of  Arts  in  Public  History  from  UIS.  I  wrote  my  thesis  on  Abraham  Lincoln  (who  else?)  and  his  travels  on  the  8th  Judicial  Circuit.  For  the  past  3  or  so  years,  though,  I've  lived  in  my  home  state  of  Minnesota.</div>
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