"These newly acquired paintings help extend the foundation's mission of fostering the exploration, understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts of the United States for audiences across the globe."
- Elizabeth Glassman (2015)
President and CEO, Terra Foundation for American Art
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DISCOVER HONORED FOR PRO BONO WORK
Discover Financial Services (
Kelly M. Corley (2011) and Diane Offereins (2008))
has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the Scott C. Solberg Pro Bono award presented by the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services. The award honors Discover for its exemplary commitment to pro bono services in the state of Illinois.
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NEW TCN MEMBER GOLI SHEIKHOLESLAMI FEATURED
New TCN member Goli Sheikholeslami (2015) was featured in a Crain's article about her contributions to Chicago Public Media as the CEO. Chicago Public Media Chairman Stephen Baird, CEO of realty firm Baird & Warner, says Goli Sheikholeslami has "way exceeded" the board's expectations. She is taking a business-minded approach that is aggressive but not off-putting, and her results measure up against industry benchmarks, he says.
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CHICAGO INNOVATION AWARD-WINNERS FEATURED IN CRAIN'S
Abbott (
Elaine Leavenworth (2000) and
Heather Mason (2015)) and Aon (
Cary Grace (2014)) were among this year's winners at the Chicago Innovation Awards. Abbott was recognized for MitraClip, a tiny heart-valve device that prevents irregular blood flow. Aon was recognized for their Active Health Exchange, the industry's first private exchange built for large corporations.
The Chicago Innovation Awards celebrated two dozen companies for inventive products and services. This year's winners were culled from 535 nominations, which were narrowed down by 12 judges to 100 in September and then 10 finalists for the main award and 10 in the Up-and-Comer category, as well as special citations including the 2015 People's Choice Award. Along with this recognition, winners will get a chance for group meetings with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Cook County Board President and TCN member Toni Preckwinkle (2011) and a trip to New York to ring the Nasdaq closing bell.
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 ADVOCATE, AETNA CREATE OBAMACARE EXCHANGE PLAN
Advocate Health Care (Gail D. Hasbrouck (2004)) and Aetna are teaming up to offer a plan on the Illinois health insurance exchange. State officials are still waiting for details from the federal government about what types of insurance plans will be available for individuals and small businesses on the exchange and how much they will cost.
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TCN MEMBER HOSPITALS RECEIVE "A" RANKING FROM LEAPFROG GROUP
Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit, graded 2,530 hospitals across the country on 28 safety measures in its biannual Hospital Safety Scores. The study analyzed safety issues including foreign objects left in the body and infections contracted while admitted. Several Advocate hospitals
(Gail D. Hasbrouck (2004)),
Rush University Medical Center (Anne Murphy (2012)) and the University of Chicago Medical Center (Sharon O'Keefe (2015)) were among 18 hospitals in the state to receive a straight-A ranking, indicating the hospital has received A's since Leapfrog started the ranking.
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MARIANJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL TO JOIN NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) and the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters recently announced that Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital (Kathleen C. Yosko (1993)), a 127-bed nonprofit rehabilitation and teaching hospital, is expected to become a member of Northwestern Medicine in 2016. NMHC and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare have signed a Letter of Intent to finalize the terms of the transfer, which is subject to corporate and regulatory approvals.
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 YWCA'S DORRI MCWHORTER ON INSIGHT, INSPIRATION AND #FINDING DORRI
As CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Dorri McWhorter (2015) has worked to modernize the 139-year-old social service agency into a social enterprise relevant for the Digital Age. In her first 32 months, she has made innovation everyone's job and pushed funders to collaborate in programs rather than merely provide financial donations. This year, she launched an employment partnership with Uber and opened an e-commerce site called YShop. A fixture in Chicago's innovation scene, she also served as a spokeswoman for a recent Chicago Ideas Week television commercial. Now she's changing the nonprofit's business model. She explains why leadership starts with "we" and purpose, and she shares the story behind her #findingdorri social media hashtag. Read more...
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ELLEN RUDNICK IN CHICAGO BOOTH MAGAZINE
The New Venture Challenge, which marks its 20th anniversary this year, has helped turn student start-ups into thriving companies at Chicago Booth (
Ellen Rudnick (1984)). Recently, finalist teams presented their business plans in front of a panel of judges and the winner walked away with a $70,000 cash prize. It was the culmination of the annual New Venture Challenge program, for which Ellen Rudnick, clinical professor of entrepreneurship and executive director of the Polsky Center, teaches one of the sections. To date, the NVC has helped provide start-up support and funding for more than 100 companies that are still in business today.
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ELAINE MAIMON ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
Dr. Elaine Maimon, President of Governors State University, (2008) recently appeared on "Chicago Tonight" to discuss the state's budget stalemate and its effect on higher education. Read more...
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CAROL ROSS BARNEY RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Carol Ross Barney (1986), President of r-barc, the lead design architect of the Chicago Riverwalk, as well as the new Oklahoma City Federal Building, will be honored with
the AIA Illinois Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Architecture at a reception on November 4, hosted by AIA Illinois, at Ross Barney Architects on West Hubbard Street. Her work, says AIA, "has made lasting and meaningful improvements to our collective quality of life, as well as women's role in the profession."
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 NAHA FEATURED ON MICHELIN'S LIST OF TOP RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO
Michelin recently released their 2015 list of Chicago's top restaurants. NAHA (
Carrie Nahabedian (2006)) was among the restaurants.
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TERRA FOUNDATION ADDS NEW PAINTINGS TO COLLECTION
The Terra Foundation for American Art announced the recent acquisition of five major paintings:
"These newly acquired paintings help extend the foundation's mission of fostering the exploration, understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts of the United States for audiences across the globe," explained Terra Foundation President and CEO Elizabeth Glassman (2015). "The acquisition of important pictures by Bearden and Dove add further complexity to the foundation's significant holdings in American modernism, and the works by Haberle and Peto represent outstanding examples of trompe l'œil still-life painting from the late nineteenth century." Read more...
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GOVERNORS STATE ATHLETICS ACCEPTED INTO CHICAGOLAND COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 
The Governors State University Athletics program (
Elaine Maimon (2008)) has been accepted for membership in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The CCAC is one of 24 National Association of Intercollegiate Association conferences, with a membership of colleges and universities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin. GSU becomes one of the few public institutions, and the only public institution in the State of Illinois, in CCAC's portfolio.
"Governors State University is proud to be accepted into the CCAC. We admire CCAC's integration of academics and athletics and its strong commitment to the student-athlete. On behalf of the entire GSU community, I want to thank the CCAC presidents for inviting us to join this distinguished Conference," said Elaine Maimon.
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 THIRD QUARTER 2015 U.S. MARKETBEAT OFFICE REPORT
From
Marilyn I. Lissner (2010):
Office MarketBeat is a brief summary of the Office sector in key cities, providing comment on recent trends as well as market data and analysis of the impact on commercial real estate. Industrial snapshots from the report include:
- Global headwinds taking their toll, but the U.S. expansion will continue
- Office vacancy continues to tighten in most areas; 90% of U.S. markets experiencing rent gain
- Industrial sector on pace to have another record-setting year of absorption
- Foreign investors' appetite for U.S. CRE remains robust
To read the report, click here!
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