What started as a road trip ended in a decision to attend Illinois State University. Donald Johnson graduated with a degree in agriculture from the College of Applied Science and Technology on May 11.
School of Social Work advisor Tuwana Wingfield is the recipient of the 2013 Impact Award.
The next hit mobile phone app could be developed by an Illinois State student thanks to the Mobile Application Development Contest sponsored by State Farm.
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson’s words of encouragement serve to challenge the reader’s entrepreneurial spirit and leadership. When our nation’s courageous educators become trail makers, they help inspire others.
It’s happening in classrooms all around the U.S.
Talented, passionate educators who do not possess the pedagogical training to work with English learners are struggling to engage these students through their curriculum. They are confused when English learners can speak English with ease on the playground and at the lunch table but cannot express themselves in the classroom.
Each semester, eight of Illinois State’s senior education majors pack up their belongings and head south for student teaching. They drive through the rolling hills of Missouri, past the Oklahoma plains, and into the Lone Star State. This 1,000-mile journey leads them to San Antonio, the setting of their last preservice teaching experience.
Livi Prudent is one lucky child. She says so with every new sound she hears and makes.
Realizing the Democratic Ideal, the conceptual framework of Illinois State University’s educator preparation program, recognizes the rights of all children to receive a high quality, democratic public school education. College of Education faculty members freely contribute to the current dialogue on educator preparation in the changing landscapes of our nation’s public schools.
Lou Cella ’85 is known for working big. He has created larger-than-life statues of former Redbird hoops star Doug Collins ’73 and legendary announcer Harry Caray, and his 7-foot-tall sculpture of Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks towers over baseball’s unluckiest fans they enter Wrigley Field.
The Illinois State University Career Center is pleased to recognize Country Financial Services for its involvement, commitment, and contribution to the Illinois State community.
