The Stevenson Center is pleased to announce a new agreement with City Year, an AmeriCorps program working to address the dropout crisis in 24 U.S. cities.
Stevenson Center reaches agreement with AmeriCorps’ dropout prevention program
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Fall Research Seminars
Craig Broadbent of Illinois Wesleyan University will present “Water Leasing Markets: An Experimental Analysis” on Friday, October 25 (STV 436, 10:30 to noon). Matthew Winden of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will present on a topic to be announced. This seminar will be on Friday, November 15 (STV 434, 1:00 to 2:30pm).
Stevenson Center partners with East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging
The East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging (ECIAAA) has been an important partner of the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development for the last six years.
Stevenson Center students assess food insecurity in Bloomington-Normal
During the fall 2012 semester, graduate students in the Community Project Design and Management class collaborated with the Green Top Grocery Co-op.
Early Career Achievement Award recipients named
Early Career Achievement Awards (ECAA) recognize younger graduates from the College of Business who have demonstrated innovative and responsible professional leadership, the potential for future distinction, and a commitment to serving others. One honoree is selected from each degree program.
SparkFun Midwest Tour stops at Metcalf
Thomas Metcalf School hosted a professional development event in the Imaginarium. It brought together educators from around the state to learn about programming in education.
ISU starts teacher education in computer science program
Technology Professor Anu Gokhale and Philosophy Professor Emeritus Kenton Machina are starting a program in teacher education in computer science (TECS) with the help of the National Science Foundation, which will provide $700,000 over three years for the new project.
English faculty hosts Daniel Defoe conference
Associate Professor Katherine Ellison organized and hosted the Defoe Society’s third biennial conference, “Global Defoe: His Times and His Contemporaries,” on August 9-10.
English alumna Ameliah Tawlks shares IBM internship
An update from English alumna Ameliah Tawlks, a 2012 graduate.
English welcomes new technical communication faculty
Elise Verzosa Hurley is a new assistant professor of English at Illinois State. She joins the Department of English from the University of Arizona, where she recently earned her Ph.D. in rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of English.
