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April 16
Student Symposium

The Steven Galovich Memorial Student Symposium brings the College community together for a day of scholarly and creative presentations.
April 16
On his game

Jason Morrall ’15 landed one of two coveted internship positions at Citigroup in Chicago this summer.
April 8
Perfect dozen

A Lake Forest College student has won a research prize at the Chicago Society for Neuroscience’s Annual Undergraduate Poster Competition for 12 years running.
April 2
Mind coach

Adam O’Neil ’05 is a performance psychology consultant who works with Olympians and professional athletes.
March 31
Mixing with Forester pros

In The Loop students networked with alumni professionals in Chicago during the second of three mixers planned for the spring.
March 27
Another win for Mahir

The NCAA awarded Mahir Mameledzija ’14 one of only 58 postgraduate scholarships for athletes among all divisions.
March 26
Chicago author closes Symposium

Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream, will speak at 4:30 p.m. on April 8 in the Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel.
March 14
Vetting her options

Kayla Ahlstrand ’12 was accepted into four veterinary medicine schools. Which one did she choose?
March 14
A serendipitous suggestion

Nadia Vinogradova ’13 followed the suggestion of a professor to apply to Northwestern’s competitive Slavic Literature program and was admitted for the fall semester.
March 13
Researching collaborative memory

Together with Associate Professor of Psychology Matthew Kelley, Carli Pentz ’13 was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
March 5
Literature lovin’

Five writers and scholars visited campus for the 10th annual Lake Forest Literary Festival, themed “translation.”
March 4
A model program

The Department of Education accepted a national award for its approach to using partnerships as part of its teacher preparation program.
March 3
All about careers

Students offered their handshakes and résumés to successful alumni and notable professionals throughout Career Month.
February 25
Doggy DNA

Students do hands-on science in Associate Professor of Biology Alex Shingleton’s Evolutionary Biology class.
February 24
Eukaryon turns 10

Lake Forest College celebrated the tenth volume of Eukaryon, the student-produced science journal, on March 4.
February 18
Are you being watched?

Chicago artist Kate McQuillen brings her interpretation of surveillance to the Lake Forest College art galleries starting February 27 in the form of large monoprint murals.
February 18
Best seat in the house

Big-name television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor Bill Kurtis visited campus to talk about his career.
February 14
A head start

Anastasiya Koshkina ’15 became the first student admitted into Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s College of Pharmacy as part of Lake Forest’s new dual degree program.
February 6
Mixing it up In The Loop

Students studying in Chicago network with alumni professionals at All-Access Mixers.
January 24
Google-able intern

When Briana Shemroske ’14 Googles her name, she finds evidence of the work she completed as an intern at Booklist in Chicago.
January 23
Funkadesi in the Forest

Chicago-based world music group Funkadesi brings their funk to campus.
January 23
Total recall

Associate Professor of Psychology Matthew Kelley and Sydni Cole ’12 used Snap Circuits to study spacial recall, research that was later published in a leading journal.
January 22
College accepts generous gift for Sonnenschein Gallery upgrade

The $60,000 donation from John Liebes, widower of Gail Liebes ’53, will translate into a long-needed renovation of the Lake Forest College Permanent Art Collection storage facilities, a part of the Sonnenschein Gallery in the Durand Art Institute. This renovation will provide more and better storage space for the College’s important 1,200-piece art collection.
January 17
Ed student with national cred

Ryan Stivers ’14, president of the College’s education honor society Kappa Delta Pi, was named one of six recipients of the national organization’s Distinguished Chapter Officer Award in November.
January 13
Only a handful

Next fall, Lake Forest College will become one of the first schools in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest to offer entrepreneurship as a minor, meeting a high demand among students and employers alike.
January 6
Treviño coaches Chihuahuan math team to national championship

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Enrique Treviño helped coach a team of high school students from the Mexican state of Chihuahua to a first place finish in the XXVII Mexican Mathematical Olympiad in late November.
January 3
Assistant Professor of Religion co-edits forthcoming companion book on new religious movements

Ben Zeller collaborated with George Chryssides of the University of Birmingham, UK on The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements (Bloomsbury 2014), which contains chapters from 29 top and up-and-coming researchers in the field. Zeller will travel to London at the end of the month for the Information Network on Religious Movements conference to publicize the book and speak about related research.
January 3
Double passions

Nora Logue ’14 combined her love of nature and design to publish a photography book while pursuing a major in environmental studies and a minor digital media design.
January 2
Music label prints excerpt from Ahmad Sadri’s acclaimed translation of Persian poem for new CD

Gorter Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology Ahmad Sadri’s rendition of the Shahnameh was selected by Maestro Hamid Motebassem and the Celestial Harmonies label to be printed as notes for a newly released CD of a live performance by the symphony Simorq.
December 18
Our winter playground

Enjoy this video capturing the beauty and cheer we’re appreciating this holiday season.