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The 31 Annual St. Francis Writers' Conference

The University of St. Francis will host the 31 Annual St. Francis Writers’ Conference on November 12, 2022.

Each year, undergraduate students from various schools, such as Lewis, Trinity Christian, Bradley and USF, present their 10 to 15 minutes abstracts to an audience of peers and professors. By participating in these presentations, students are provided with an opportunity to improve their writing and presentation skills.

This year, Tom Montgomery Fate will be the Keynote speaker. He is the author of six nonfiction books, including The Long Way Home: Detours and Discoveries, a travel memoir, Cabin Fever, a nature memoir and Steady and Trembling, a spiritual memoir. Additionally, he is a regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune and many of his essays have also aired on National Public Radio (NPR) and Chicago Public Radio.

The submission for the conference is now closed. The genres of work classified for submissions were Literature, translation, comparative Literature, critical theory, film, creative writing, teaching English, history & politics, philosophy & theology, science writing, business writing and ecocriticism.

For more information, visit www. stfrancis.edu.

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2022 WCSF Mega Music Rummage Sale

University of St. Francis’ radio station, WCSF 88.7 FM, hosted its annual Mega Music Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 29.

Thousands of items were sold at the event, including vinyl LPs, CDs, DVDs, 8-tracks, cassettes, instruments, audio equipment and other music-related items.

The local community donated all items available to the public at the rummage sale to the radio station. The station hosts the rummage sale every fall semester. All the proceeds go to support the educational mission of WCSF-88.7 FM.

The radio station is available to listen to on the radio and online at wcsf. streamon.fm.

Pictured left: Tables of records and donated media at the 2021 Mega Music Rummage Sale.

USF Faculty Named 2022 Chicago CFO of the Year Awards Program Finalist

Photo: www.stfrancis.edu Julee Gard, Vice President for Administration and Finance at the University of St. Francis, has been named one of the six finalists for the Not-For-Profit Company Category of the 2022 Annual Chicago CFO of the Year Awards Program.

“I am honored and humbled to be named a Finalist in the 11th Annual Chicago CFO of the Year Awards," Gard said, "I am incredibly fortunate to be doing work that I love at the University of St. Francis – an organization whose mission and core values ring true to me. None of this would be possible without the group of talented professionals I am fortunate to call my team at USF." The program hosted by the Chicago Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) will take place on Tuesday, November 1, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile.

At the program, the Finalist and one Winner will be recognized in each of the following categories: Public Company, Large Private Company, Mid-Size Private Company, Small Private Company, Large Not-ForProfit Company, and Mid-Sized NotFor-Profit Company.

Visit www.chicagocfo.org for more information

USF To Host American Red Cross Blood Drive

The University of St. Francis will be hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, November 15.

The blood drive will run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Assembly Hall Gymnasium at USF’s St. Clare Campus, located at 1550 Plainfield Road in Joliet.

To make an appointment, call 1-800RED CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood. org and using the “Give Blood” link, search “60435”. You can also donate by using RapidPass which can save you up to 15 minutes. Visit www.redcrossblood.org/RapidPass for more information.

Consider making a Power Red donation if you have blood type, O, B – or A – donor as red blood cells are the most transfused blood component.

For additional information, please visit www.redcrossblood.org.

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