COLLEGE CORNER: Coal City’s Moser earns degree at Excelsior Coll.

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ALBANY, N.Y. — John S. Moser of Coal City has earned a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Excelsior College.

Excelsior College (www.excelsior.edu) is an accredited, private, nonprofit institution that focuses on the needs of working adults.

Its primary mission is to increase access to a college degree for adult learners by removing obstacles to their educational goals.

Founded in 1971 and located in Albany, N.Y., it is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Excelsior College’s bachelor’s degrees in nuclear engineering technology and electronics engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET).

Morris student graduates from Millikin University

Jaclyn Amber Smith of Morris, a 2005 graduate of Morris Community High School, graduated May 17, 2009 from Millikin University in Decatur with highest honors, Summa Cum Laude. She majored in Political Science and minored in French.

Jaclyn has been hired by the State of Illinois in the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Pilot Program of the ISAC Corps.

Blackwell earns journalism degree from Dominican U.

Thomas Blackwell, a resident of River Forest, graduated from Dominican University in May with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, sum laude.

Blackwell is a graduate of Morris Community High School.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 34 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the School of Learning and Continuing Studies.