Vienna Correctional Center Biggest Prison Campus
A historic look at Illinois prison education shows Vienna Correctional Center hosting the largest campus with 720 full-time students in college level programs during 1978 79. Southeast Illinois College provides most coursework with 712 full time equivalents and 21 000 credit hours across 177 courses.
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Vienna Correctional Center
Southeast Illinois College
Ron Poppenhagen
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Vienna
Illinois Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections
Corrections Department
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg
Southeastern Illinois
Southeastern
Southern Illinois University
Menard
Randolph County
SIUC
Brushy Creek mine to provide 400 jobs for 20 years
The Brushy Creek coal mine in western Saline County will employ about 400 workers for more than two decades as it commits to supplying 1.2 million tons annually to Sikeston Missouri and Kansas City Kansas utilities. Western Fuels Association aims to stabilize markets, with support from Rep. Paul Simon and DoE officials noting regulatory and grid-connection opportunities.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Brushy Creek
Saline County
C. R. Thiessen
Western Fuels Association
Sikeston
Kansas City
Kan
Simon
Illinois
Midwest
East
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
William B. Schmidt
Department of Energy
Schmidt
Doe
Western
Morris and Sons
Sturgis
Tri-State
Carbondale Hanley resigns as economic development chief
Carbondale's director of economic development Jack Hanley, 62, retires after 3.5 years to pursue other interests. He helped shape downtown redevelopment plans, including a possible hotel convention center, and noted Carbondale's growth potential and strong city support. Friday was his last official day. a successor has not yet been named.
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Tom Woolf
Southern
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Pam
Hanley
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Nutrition
Arbor Lake
Withers
SIU
SIU Press
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Rend Lake employees get 10 percent pay raise effective May 1
Rend Lake Conservancy District votes a 10 percent wage increase for all employees starting May 1, costing about 5600 dollars monthly or 67200 annually. April payroll was 55821.38. Board re elects officers by a 3 1 vote with Prather as president Livingston as vice president and Delap as secretary treasurer.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake
Charlies Covington
Mount Vernon
Charles Prather
Christopher
Wayne DeLap
West Frankfort
Prather
J.C. Livingston
Delap
George Heidenreich
Livingston
Convington
de- Lap
Bert Baker
Benton
Heidenreich
Charles Toler
Larry Foster
SIU Press names Kenney Withers director in Carbondale
Kenney Withers, 52, has begun a two week tenure as SIU Press director succeeding the late Vernon Sternberg. A former senior editor for a New York publisher, Withers discusses the press role, its non mass market focus, and potential shifts amid English humanities cuts. He notes the press remains financially self supporting and highlights current series on The London Stage, John Dewey papers, Ulysses S. Grant papers, and Illinois Flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
SIU
Kenney Withers
Withers
Vernon Sternberg
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
New York
Illinois
Henry Dan Piper
John Voigt
William Horrell
SIU Press
Sternberg
London
John Dewey
Ulysses S. Grant
David Garrick
Raymond Chandler
John Housman
Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Harry T. Moore
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
SIUC
Duke University
John Hopkins
New Yorker
Jacksonville
Fla
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Lawrence Edwards
Thomsonville
Catskin Days
Carrier Mills
ED Greer
Edwards
Gilchist
Carbondale Industrial Corp
Jack Hanley
Ben Gelman
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