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Interview Archives: WILL Connect
Monday February 15, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Future of Illinois Public Media: Talk with the General Manager
Mark Leonard, Illinois Public Media General Manager
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business and Economy • Communication • Community • Media and journalism • WILL Connect
Friday September 25, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Role of Locally-Owned Media in Communities
Rich Martin, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Illinois
Michael Howie, City Editor, The News-Gazette
Tom Rogers, WILL AM News Director
Host: Kimberlie Kranich
This program is about the economy in central Illinois and is a part of WILL Connect which grew out of community conversations WILL held this summer in Champaign, Vermilion and Macon Counties.
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Categories: Media and journalism • WILL Connect
Thursday August 20, 2009, 11:06 AM
How the Economy is Affecting Adults and Children in Champaign-Urbana
Andre Arrington, BSW, Executive Director, Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club, Champaign
Host: David Inge
This program about the economy in central Illinois is part of WILL Connect. It grew out of community conversations WILL held this summer in Champaign, Vermilion, and Macon Counties.
If you or a family you know needs help keeping up, we encourage you to visit willconnect.org/economy. From there you can hear other reports and programs about the economy’s effect. You can also connect to agencies in your area for guidance and counseling. We thank First Call for Help Decatur, United Way of Danville, Family Service of Champaign County and the Community Service Center in Rantoul for their partnership. For more information, click on the link below.
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Categories: Children and Parenting • Community • Family • Sports • United States • Illinois • WILL Connect
Wednesday August 12, 2009, 10:06 AM
Coping with Unemployment
Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., Author of The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You; Director, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy; President, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies; Associate Editor, International Journal of Cognitive Therapy; Clinical Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell University Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Behavior • Labor/worker issues • Employment • WILL Connect
Thursday August 06, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Role of the Community College in the Educational Process
Alice M. Jacobs, Ph.D., President, Danville Area Community College
Gayle Saunders, Ph.D., President, Richland Community College
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business and Economy • Community • Education • WILL Connect









