Stevenson Center Fellow Alyssa Cooper is using her skills to support local government. Since August, she has worked as a graduate assistant with the City of Bloomington.
Tag: AmeriCorps
Alumna of Stevenson Center returns as program coordinator
Katie Raynor knows first-hand what it means to give back. She is more dedicated than most, serving in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps before graduate school and a role that allows her to aid and inspire future community and economic development leaders.
AmeriCorps Member continues service with the Stevenson Center
John Thornburg is an Applied Community and Economic Development Fellow pursuing a master’s degree in kinesiology and recreation. In his second year of the program, he is completing an 11-month internship as an AmeriCorps Member with the East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging.
New graduate programs underway at the Stevenson Center
The Stevenson Center has partnered with the School of Kinesiology and Recreation along with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology to provide graduate students with new learning opportunities.
Stevenson Center offers 100% grad school tuition waivers for AmeriCorps alums
The Stevenson Center’s Fellows Program at Illinois State University offers 100 percent tuition waivers to AmeriCorps alums for graduate school.
Peace Corps fellow uses statistics to build a safer community
Derek Conley, a Peace Corps fellow in applied economics, is using his expertise in statistical analysis to help keep McLean County safe.
ACED Fellow Bryan Titzler: Becoming a development professional
Applied Community and Economic Development (ACED) Fellow in applied economics Bryan Titzler is learning that graduate study at the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development is demanding and rewarding.
ISU grad student helps others find affordable housing
Following in the footsteps of Applied Community and Economic Development Fellow in political science Nay Petrucelli, Ryan Hebert is working with Housing Action Illinois, a statewide housing coalition, to help protect and expand the availability of quality, affordable housing.
ISU Stevenson Center welcomes AmeriCorps alumni
The transition from AmeriCorps to the Stevenson Center’s ACED Fellows Program to a job proved seamless for Ramya Kumaran. With a master’s degree in political science, Ramya now has a full-time position with her internship host organization.
Matthew Tomlin: From Senegal to ceremony
Peace Corps Master’s International student Matthew Tomlin will travel a long way to walk across the stage and receive his master’s degree in political science this December. Tomlin has been working as an Urban Agriculture Extension Agent in Senegal since November 2014.