For Release: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Contact: David Gillies: 202-225-5661
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) announced today that Southern Illinois University Carbondale has been awarded a $300,000 Rehabilitation Long-Term Training-Counseling Program grant through the U.S. Department of Education. The funding will be for the first two years of an anticipated five-year grant, and it will support SIUC’s Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program.
“Students at Southern Illinois University are trained in a variety of disciplines, and many of them remain in Illinois to work with the people of our region and state,” said Costello. “It is yet another way that SIUC positively impacts our area.”
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