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Pacific freshman Emily Tregoning (San Jose, Calif.) has been selected to represent California in the Field Hockey Senior Women’s National Championship in Washington DC. The event will be held at American University, May 20-27.

A forward for the Tigers, Tregoning played in all 18 games last season, picking up two assists and taking 13 shots. She was second on the team with two defensive saves in her first season with Pacific.

The top field hockey athletes in the United States, including collegiate all-stars, current National Team members and members of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team will compete for a highly coveted spot on the National Team roster and the opportunity to represent the United States on the world’s biggest stage, the Pan American and Olympic Games.

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CHICAGO – May 19, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today named Kym Hubbard and Miguel Del Valle to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Del Valle will serve as a member of the commission, and Hubbard will serve as its chair. Today’s actions come as the Governor works to bring a fresh approach to the board charged with increasing the affordability and accessibility of college in Illinois – one of Governor Quinn’s top priorities.

“Kym Hubbard and Miguel Del Valle both bring a fresh approach and a lifetime of public and private sector experience to this important board,” said Governor Quinn. “Access to higher education is a top priority of my administration, and I am confident that these appointments will help continue my mission of ensuring that college is affordable and accessible for Illinois’ students. I thank Don McN

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Rallying late in game two, the Pacific softball team secured its first ever Big West championship with a 9-8, eight inning, victory in game two of its doubleheader on Friday, May 13. The victory moved the Tigers to 16-4 in Big West play and 37-16 on the year.

Down to their final out and trailing by one with their Big West title possibly hanging in the balance, the Tigers proved their mettle and proved themselves champions rallying once again to give themselves a chance in extra innings. Coming through in the clutch for the Tigers in the bottom of the seventh inning was freshman Megan Foglesong whose single up the middle plated fellow freshman Taylor Petty from second to knot the game at 8-8.

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New Orleans post-Katrina is ground zero for education reform, so its little wonder opponents of the current reform agenda cast an anxious eye toward the Crescent City, a leading Louisiana education advocate said in Denver Friday.

Leslie Jacobs, a former member of both the New Orleans school board and the Louisiana state board, now runs Educate Now! a non-profit dedicated to effective and sustainable reform of New Orleans public schools.

I call them the discounters, Jacobs said of those who criticize New Orleans radical move to a nearly all-charter district. They discount or explain away the gains by making a series of claims not supported by facts, she said. T

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today honored 12 students from across the state whose artwork was selected in the Sixth Annual Illinois Work Zone Safety Calendar Contest for 2010-11.  The drawings of the 12 finalists will appear in the 2012 Illinois Work Zone Safety Calendar, which will be distributed at IDOT events across Illinois.

“I would personally like to congratulate and commend each of the 12 students for their creativity, ingenuity and hard work to promote work zone safety,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig.  “We should all recognize and be proud of all contest participants for taking the initiative to illustrate work zone issues and for their support and dedication to roadway safety.  The calendar contest exemplifies the widespread young talent found across the great state of Illinois.”

The Illinois State Board of Education and IDOT joined the Illinois Chapter of the American Traffic Safety Service Association and the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation to coordinate the statewide calendar contest and promote work zone safety by introducing children at an early age to safe driving concepts.  The idea is to instill a lifelong awareness of work zone hazards and foster safe driving behavior in the future.  Children were asked to draw their view of a highway work zone.

A total of 115 schools submitted 723 drawings for the contest this year, a record for the most schools participating and total drawings submitted since the contest’s inception in 2005.

More than 4,490 students from schools across the state participated in the calendar contest.  Students in kindergarten through 6th grade in public and private schools were eligible to participate.  There were three categories: kindergarten through 1st grade, 2nd through 4th grade and 5th through 6th grade.

During the six years the contest has been conducted, about 13,590 students have participated in helping IDOT promote work zone safety.  IDOT’s ongoing message to students and their parents or caregivers is to become aware of the importance of driving safely in work zones.  The top 12 finalists from Illinois have their entries on the IDOT website.  Their drawings can be viewed at .