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BRADLEY SENIOR DEVELOPS PROGRAM TO AID IN LOW-INCOME SECONDARY STUDENTS

Although she grew up in the affluent Chicago neighborhood of Elmwood Park, Ill., Karen Fragoso ’21 was raised by a single mother and money was always tight for the family of five. She never saw her low-income status as an issue, however, until she came to Bradley.

Bradley student aims to help marginalized students in Peoria through new program

PEORIA, Ill. — A Bradley University senior is aiming to improve education for high school freshman and sophomore Black and Latinx students in Peoria through a new program that uses competitive speech called SpeechFluent.

No spring break at Bradley: Prez and students give their thoughts

Karen Fragoso, Parliamentarian on Bradley’s Student Senate, said she came to the realization that next semester would be just as hard as the fall semester.

“The first thing I noticed is [the schedule changes] were very similar to the cut-off of fall break,” said Fragoso...