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        <a  href="/news/hundreds-students-take-part-27th-annual-springfest-competition">Hundreds  of  students  take  part  in  the  27th  annual  Springfest  competition</a>
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Hundreds  of  students  participated  in  the  27th  annual  Springfest  competition  at  the  University  of  Illinois  Spr</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-student-union-wins-excellence-design-award-association-college-unions-international">UIS  Student  Union  wins  excellence  in  design  award  from  the  Association  of  College  Unions  International</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">The  University  of  Illinois  Springfield’s  new  Student  Union  building  was  honored  with  a  Facility  Design  Award  of  Excellence  from  the  Association  of  College  Unions  International  (ACUI)  during  a  ceremony  in  Indianapolis  on  March  25,  2019.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-students-help-hurricane-relief-puerto-rico-and-florida-part-alternative-spring-break">UIS  students  help  with  hurricane  relief  in  Puerto  Rico  and  Florida  as  part  of  Alternative  Spring  Break</a>
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Two  groups  of  students  from  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  are  spending  their  spring  break  helping  to  rebuild  Puerto  Rico  and  Florida,  following  Hurricanes  Maria  and  Michael,  a</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-study-finds-bedazzled-recycling-bins-dont-increase-recycling-behavior-campus">UIS  study  finds  “bedazzled”  recycling  bins  don’t  increase  recycling  behavior  on  campus</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">A  recent  study  conducted  by  students  and  faculty  at  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  has  found  that  “bedazzled”  or  more  aesthetically  pleasing  recycling  bins  did  not  increase  recycling  behavior  on  the  Springfield  campus.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-professor-layne-morsch-leading-way-open-educational-resources">UIS  Professor  Layne  Morsch  leading  the  way  with  open  educational  resources</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">University  of  Illinois  Springfield  senior  Hailey  Hollinshead  and  Associate  Professor  Layne  Morsch  met  with  Illinois  Senator  Dick  Durbin  and  others  this  week  to  discuss  the  Open  Textbook  Pilot  program  at  the  Department  of  Education.



The  pilot  is  a  $10  million  federally  funded  competitive  grant  program  for  higher  education  institutions  to  create  new  and  open  educational  resources  and  expand  the  use  of  textbooks  to  save  students  money.</div>
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