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Volume 4 • Number 2 • Fall 2021
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.
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.
‘Grab the wheel and take control’: Student’s message for survivors
Nastasha Powers ’19 has a passion for the work she does on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse and trauma.
Campus hero: Dr. Becky Beucher
In each issue Redbird Impact highlights an Illinois State faculty or staff member who exemplifies the University’s core value of civic engagement. The fall 2021 Campus Hero is Dr. Becky Beucher, an assistant professor of secondary literacy education in the College of Education.
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.
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.
Students reach new heights on Alternative Break service trips
Thirty Illinois State students and trip leaders traveled to five different locations in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Michigan to serve communities in need May 9-15 for Illinois State’s annual Alternative Spring Break (ASB) service trips.
ISU Food Recovery Network receives national recognition
Redbirds in ISU’s Food Recovery Network were recognized by the national organization as “Top Food Recover-er” for 2020, logging more food recoveries than 99 percent of the FRN chapters in the country.