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Professor Thomas McClure and his students are giving people with criminal records a new lease on life through the Expungement Clinic.

Volume 4 • Number 2 • Fall 2021

Thomas McClure, director of legal studies and professor in the Department of Politics and Government, created Illinois State's new Expungement Clinic. Kelly Larkin (left), a senior legal studies major and psychology minor, and Haley Schnapp, a criminal justice sciences major and legal studies minor, reviewed cases for the clinic last academic year.

ISU Expungement Clinic is giving people with criminal records a second chance

Last academic year, Kelly Larkin received a crash course in the moral complexities of being a lawyer through Illinois State University’s new Expungement Clinic.

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Confronting evil: Social justice trip at Holocaust sites inspires Redbirds to speak out and make a difference

Dr. Jacqueline Schneider and Dr. Susan Woollen’s partnership has given Illinois State students the opportunity to see just how important it is to look out for others.

Horticulture students with Professor Kopsell

Planting seeds of civic engagement: Horticulture students gain valuable skills through service learning

Dr. David Kopsell knows his horticulture students learn best when they engage with the class content and get their hands dirty.

Lonely chair in empty school room draped in a single beam of sunglight

Out of seclusion: Special Education faculty teach schools how to avoid the use of isolation rooms and restraints

Nikki Michalak and Dr. Stacy Jones-Bock look to alternatives to the practice of seclusion in classrooms.

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ISU Expungement Clinic is giving people with criminal records a second chance

Confronting evil: Social justice trip at Holocaust sites inspires Redbirds to speak out and make a difference

Planting seeds of civic engagement: Horticulture students gain valuable skills through service learning

Out of seclusion: Special Education faculty teach schools how to avoid the use of isolation rooms and restraints

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Word and deed: Diplomat and Distinguished Alum Donald McHenry shines on world stage

MCN faculty work to build awareness of heart attack symptoms in the Latinx community

Stevenson Center partners with CFROG to combat climate change

Stevenson Center student’s research finds new truths in everyday life

Civic Engagement Grants open for in-course, RSO projects

Grabill-Homan Community Peace Prize nominations open

EDI ISU: New wordmark encapsulates equity with intentionality

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