Latest Campus Stories & Articles

�ۿ۴�ý Joins Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

�ۿ۴�ý’s Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology has become one of the newest members of KEEN, the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network, a national partnership of engineering faculty focused on developing and promoting innovation in engineering education for the good of society.

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The Spirit of Support: Q&A with Jocelyn Watkins

�ۿ۴�ý’s new Title IX Coordinator has lots of plans for the future of our campus.

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�ۿ۴�ý’s Big Idea Competition Showcases Student Innovations

Some �ۿ۴�ý students are turning their big ideas into real businesses. �ۿ۴�ý’s Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted 25 student business projects in the Trade Show round of the 2023 Big Idea Competition.

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Dual Identities: Journalism Professor by Day, Romance Author by Night

Sara Netzely, aka Sara Whitney, has applied her love for writing in her sizzling romance novels.

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New Leadership Announced at Turner School of Entrepreneurship & Innovation

�ۿ۴�ý welcomes Mary Conway Dato-on as its new executive and academic director for the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Conway Dato-on, a �ۿ۴�ý alumna, will also serve as the Turner Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship. She is the third executive director in Turner School history.

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How to Break a Few Glass Ceilings

A trailblazing local journalist credits her time at �ۿ۴�ý for launching a 40-year career with the Peoria Journal Star.

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