In 2012, Crime and Law Enforcement Data reported a total of eight school shootings in the United States. Only one month into 2013, shootings have already occurred at Taft High School in California, as well as Lone Star College in Texas. Illinois is not a stranger to these violent attacks, […]

The Governors State University community is mourning the loss of the school’s second president, Dr. Leo Goodman-Malamuth.       Goodman-Malamuth passed away at his home in Laquinta, California on January 20 at the age of 88.  Goodman-Malamuth held the top post at GSU from October 1977 through July 1992, and was […]

Governors State University kicked off the spring semester with a Campus Crawl during the first week.  The event welcomed both new and returning students with an event that provided gifts, a raffle for an I-Pod, and plenty of information about services and departments across campus. The purpose of the Campus […]

To kick off the semester, the Academic Resource Center (ARC) held the “Dealing with College Stress” workshop to inform students about various ways to manage stress. The workshops were offered on January 29 and January 30, and all GSU students were welcome to attend. The workshop offered insightful information into […]

Prolific, uncensored, and awe-inspiring are just a few words that could be used to describe Nikki Giovanni’s one women showcase, “The Courage for Equality: Love, Work, Society.” Giovanni, a distinguished professor of English at Virginia Tech University appeared right at home before the packed house gathered in GSU’s Performing Arts […]

The GSU community is invited to join GSU’s first ever Writing as Performance class at the class’s Spotlight Hour. On Thursday, November 29 at 8pm, Writing as Performance students will share select pieces of their work at Spotlight Hour in Engbretson Hall. During the past semester, students in the class […]

The Art History department at Governors State University has had a long hidden secret. That secret has grown into a full Ethno art teaching collection, thanks to Dr. Arthur Bourgeois. Mike Chandler is currently filming the treasures of GSU’s prized collection. Dr. Bourgeois started collecting artifacts over 30 years ago […]

The 2012 Election Day has finally passed, and for those of you who voted, thank you! There are many today still fighting for the right to vote, and yet these rights are often underutilized by many Americans today. There is, however, another opportunity coming soon for GSU students to cast […]

As part of Governors State University’s “Created Equal?” theater series, the school recently hosted the groundbreaking play “8” in the school’s Center for Performing Arts. Following both performances, GSU Provost Terry Allison hosted a panel discussion. “8” examines the legal battle surrounding Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative passed by […]

GSU recently hosted a community forum titled “Issues of the 2012 Elections.” The forum was moderated by Political Science Professor Larry Levinson and he was joined by an esteemed panel of GSU faculty that included Health Administration Associate Professor Rupert Evans, Political Science Associate Professor Donald Culverson, and Assistant Professor […]