Randy Largent seems like your average father, but there is something different about him. He is a devoted single parent of two young women, one being a Bradley student, senior Becca Largent. This past Saturday, Randy Largent, retail director of Bradley dining services, was presented…
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Richard Harris seems like your typical undergraduate student on paper. He’s taking Bradley core curriculum courses, working to keep his scholarship and balancing fraternity life. There is, however, one key difference. He’s 48 years old. Harris enrolled in Bradley’s electrical engineering program when his company,…
According to WayUp, one of the nation’s top 100 interns is right here in Peoria, and she just might be your classmate. Natalie Konopka, a junior marketing and public relations double major and a minor in management information systems (MIS), had a human resources internship…
Many faculty and staff members at Bradley choose to go above and beyond their official obligations to the university. One example of these individuals is credentialing coordinator for the College of Education and Health Sciences, Julie Schifeling. Schifeling’s responsibilities include federal and state reporting, reviewing…
Around the country, primary elections are just around the corner. Bradley’s major election cycle just ended with the election of the 2018-2019 Student Body Officers. The winner of the election and new president of the student body is Mikki Tran. Tran is a senior health…
As students pass by Constance Hall, they often hear pianos faintly ringing out of the windows as assistant professor of music John Orfe and his students hone their craft. Since learning to play the piano as a child, Orfe has been around music for much…
With nearly 100,000 subscribers on his channel “iUpdateOS,” Sam Kuhlmeyer is Bradley’s very own YouTube celebrity. Kuhlmeyer, a sophomore television arts major, was given his first camera in third grade. He recalled producing “knock-off Saturday Night Live” segments for years. Then in 2013, Kuhlmeyer’s mom…
Music and education are both universal aspects of humanity. John Jost, professor of music and director of choral activities at Bradley University, has taken these two aspects through his life up to his forthcoming retirement. Having been a part of Bradley since 1989, Jost will…
Amy Scott, associate professor and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program, came to campus 12 years ago. Since then, Scott has had the chance to increase both her own involvement in activism events on campus as well as that of Bradley students. According…
To be, or not to be: a question many actors ask themselves while performing on stage. For Rebekah Farr, she decided ‘to be’ a theatre arts major here at Bradley University. Currently a senior, Farr has been heavily involved in theatre since her first year…