Arafat Kabir’s direction changed to becoming a writer on global politics and foreign policy, and that’s how he became the student who traveled the farthest this year to attend Illinois State University.
A Department of Politics and Government alum is getting a close-up view of momentous changes in Afghanistan as the United States military plans to leave the country by the end of 2014 after 13 years of war.
The question of identity can be found in something as simple as a Facebook page posting. After a brief trip to Washington, D.C., Ali Riaz posted on Facebook that he was heading home. “For me, home meant Normal, Illinois. But when some people saw that, they assumed I was heading to Bangladesh,” he said of
Over the last decade, Illinois State University has become a leader in civic engagement in higher education through its participation in the American Democracy Project.
The campaign season holds the attention of the nation as it eagerly waits to see who will shape the next four years. But for Department of Politics and Government students, alumni, and faculty, campaign season is a time to gain experience, put practices to use, and collect valuable data for future research.
