Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala (Currently in Illinois)

Undergraduate Institution and Major: Universidad Internacional de Las Américas, Costa Rica (1994). BSc. Systems Engineering.

Graduate Institution and Major: Universidad de Costa Rica (1997). Master of Business Administration.

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands / Skema Business School formerly CERAM école supérieur de commerce France (2000). M.Sc. International Business.

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Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of the Incarnate Word, Bachelor of Arts, Fashion Management

Graduate Institution and Major: San Jose State University, Master of Library and Information Science (Data Science Pathway), Advanced Certificate in Strategic Management of Digital Assets and Services (Data Analytics Pathway)

Hometown: Springfield, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois at Springfield, Bachelor of Psychology (Clinical and Counseling)

Graduate Institution and Major: University of South Carolina, Master of Arts, Criminology and Criminal Justice

University of Illinois Springfield senior political science major Miguel Valente, 21 of Chicago, a specialist in the Illinois Army National Guard, continued to advance his college education, while being deployed to Texas as part of the Southwest Border Mission.

Valente worked with UIS professors, who made special accommodations to help him learn remotely, and the UIS Office of Military and Veterans Affairs to continue earning his UIS degree while deployed from Oct. 11, 2020 to Nov. 5, 2021.

The University of Illinois Springfield men’s soccer team has the most wins in school history since moving up to the NCAA Division-II level in 2009.  

They now have a bigger goal in mind — reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.