The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is a public university in Springfield,Illinois. The university was established by the Illinois General Assembly in 1969 as Sangamon State University with a focus on post-graduate education. It became the third member of the University of Illinois system on July 1,1995. The university now also includes a liberal arts college and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. UIS is also a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the American Council on Education. The campus' main repository,Brookens Library,holds a collection of nearly 800,000 books and serials in addition to accessible resources at the University of Illinois Chicago and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campuses.
North American fraternity and sorority housing refers largely to the houses or housing areas in which fraternity and sorority members live and work together. In addition to serving as housing,fraternity and sorority housing may also serve to host social gatherings,meetings,and functions that benefit the community.
The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron,Ohio,United States. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution,it focuses on industries such as polymers,advanced materials,and engineering. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
Phi Kappa Tau (ΦΚΤ),commonly known as Phi Tau,is a collegiate fraternity located in the United States. The fraternity was founded in 1906. As of May 2024,the fraternity has 161 chartered chapters,83 active chapters,7 associate chapters,and about 3,900 collegiate members. SeriousFun Children's Network,founded by Beta chapter alumnus Paul Newman,is Phi Kappa Tau's National Philanthropy. According to its Constitution,Phi Kappa Tau is one of the few social fraternities that accepts both graduate students and undergraduates.
Thomas Charles Sawyer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. During a career that spanned five decades,he represented his hometown of Akron,Ohio,across multiple levels of government. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983,the Mayor of Akron from 1984 to 1986,a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003,and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016.
Ann Womer Benjamin is the mayor of Aurora,Ohio,a position she has held since 2014. She is former executive director of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. Womer Benjamin served in the cabinet of the former Governor of Ohio Bob Taft as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Prior to that appointment,she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1995–2002. She represented a district which encompassed Portage County.
In the United States,an honor society is an organization that recognizes individuals who rank above a set standard in various domains such as academics,leadership,and other personal achievements,not all of which are based on ranking systems. These societies acknowledge excellence among peers in diverse fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow,for example,is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. While the term commonly refers to scholastic honor societies,which primarily acknowledge students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers,it also applies to other types of societies.
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is an umbrella organization for 26 national and international women's sororities throughout the United States and Canada. Panhellenic refers to the group's members being autonomous social Greek-letter societies of college women and alumnae.
The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies.
Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority,is a co-educational service sorority.
Ray Charles Bliss was one of the important national U.S. Republican Party leaders of the 1960s and served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1965 to 1969. He helped to pull the Republican party back together after Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964 and his work culminated in the election of Richard M. Nixon as president in 1968. He had been Ohio Republican state chair (1949–1965) and was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio in 1952,1956,1960,1964,1972. In his reflections on the Campaign of 1960,then Vice President Richard Nixon described Ray Bliss as,"one of the best political craftsman of the nation." Nixon attributed his success amongst Democratic and independent voters in Ohio to Bliss' belief in the "simple axiom that it is the responsibility of a party chairman 'not to eliminate but to assimilate.'"
Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity is an honorary fraternity for college and university band members in the United States. It was founded on November 27,1919,on Thanksgiving Day,at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College,now known as Oklahoma State University,in Stillwater,Oklahoma.
Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ),commonly known as ΤΚΕ or Teke,is a social college fraternity founded on January 10,1899,at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada,making the Fraternity an international organization. Since its founding in 1899,Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity has never had an exclusionary or discriminatory clause to prevent individuals from joining and has instead admitted members based on their "personal worth and character". As of spring 2024,there are 209 active ΤΚΕchapters and colonies with over 301,000-lifetime members.
Kevin J. Coughlin is a Republican former member of the Ohio Senate,who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000. He served as Clerk of the Stow Municipal Court from 2013 to 2015. Since 2010,he has been President of Lexington Companies,Ltd,marketing company.
Phi Delta Gamma (ΦΔΓ) was an American professional fraternity in the field of forensics. It merged into Tau Kappa Alpha in 1935.
John Stuart Ballard was an American politician known for serving as the mayor of Akron,Ohio,for 13 years from 1966 until 1979. He was elected and reelected in 1963,1967,1971,and 1975 to become Akron's longest serving mayor until Don Plusquellic served as mayor from 1987 until 2015.
