Vicki Rakowski MLIS ’10 will join the Forest Park Public Library on Jan. 23 as its new executive director, the Forest Park Review reported.

The library’s board of trustees formally approved Rakowski’s hiring on Dec. 12.

Rakowski is currently the executive director of the Barrington Area Library District, a position she has held since February 2021. She began her library career at the Forest Park Public Library 14 years ago as a youth services reference assistant.

When Dominican’s chapter of the Society of American Archivists was discussing local sites to visit, faculty advisor Dr. Cecilia Salvatore knew just the place.

Naomi Moreland, a junior nursing major, is the recipient of Dominican University’s St. Catherine Medal for the 2022-23 academic year.

Awarded by Kappa Gammi Pi, the National Catholic Honors Society, the St. Catherine Medal recognizes a sophomore or junior for outstanding service and academic achievement.

Displays designed by Dominican University students are helping draw in shoppers to a few Oak Park and Forest Park stores this holiday season.

Students in this fall’s retail promotion and visual merchandising course partnered with four shops to create storefront window displays. The students’ designs can be seen at Epyk Luxury, 7446 Madison St., in Forest Park, and Ten Thousand Villages, 121 N. Marion St.; Sugar Fixé bakery, 119 N. Marion St.; and Jayne boutique, 122 N. Marion St., in downtown Oak Park.

Chloe Young organized the initiative to help classmates
register to vote for the November election.