On behalf of the student senate, we would like to thank the students of GSU for participating in the 2013 spring elections by voting for your student representatives. At the Student Senate Retreat, the first meeting for the newly elected representatives, each student was asked what made them want to […]

Anne Morse spoke to a packed room inside the Hall of Honors about Pablo Picasso and how his artwork challenged the art world as part of the University Honors Community Lecture Series. Morse, a Senior Lecturer in Museum Education and liaison to the academic community for the Art Institute of […]

The Phoenix is currently hiring for the position of Associate Editor. The Associate Editor will be responsible for working with the Editor-in-Chief on writing, editing and layout of The Phoenix. The ideal candidate will have excellent communications and organizational skills, the ability to meet deadlines, have a sense of curiosity, […]

Governors State University is entering a new era which will allow students to be admitted as freshman in 2014 and the university to house on-campus residents.      Groundbreaking for Prairie Place, the university’s first on-campus residences, took place April 5. The project will include three phases with the first […]

Governors State University had the privilege of presenting trumpet virtuoso Orbert Davis and his outstanding orchestra, The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, for a one evening only performance on March 10. The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic performed the Emmy-winning score from the WTTW documentary, “DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis.” The […]

Sherman Hall was filled with GSU students, friends and family of award nominees to celebrate GSU’s inaugural Black Women Rock Award Ceremony February 28. To commemorate Black History Month, the ceremony recognized 55 GSU students excelling in five categories. The five categories included Passionate Advocate, Miz Entrepreneur, Literary Expressionist, Creative […]

Beginning this month, English Professor Robin Thompson will be starting a new six-week writing workshop for veterans.  The Veterans Writing Group will allow veterans to learn the techniques of narrative writing and poetry.  Once enough participants are signed up, the first workshop will take place on the campus of Governors […]

Ravikiran Yerabolu came to the United States from India to study analytical chemistry at Governors State University.  As a result of his hard work and the academic excellence he displayed while at GSU, Yerabolu has been admitted to one of the most highly ranked Analytical Chemistry programs in the world. […]

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) “A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, Congress has defined a hate crime as a ‘criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole […]

Tensions recently escalated on the campus of Governors State University when the H.O.M.E. Group, an anti-homosexuality group, was allowed to disseminate their anti-gay message to GSU students. H.O.M.E., an acronym for “Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment” was allowed to set up a table on the GSU campus February 21 […]