Winners in all eight categories of the 2024 Civic Engagement Awards were named as part of Illinois State University’s annual Civic Engagement Celebration.
Topic: Academics
CAS researchers awarded Dean’s Challenge Grant for Chicago River project
A group of Illinois State researchers have received a $6,000 College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Challenge Grant to research the impact of floating gardens on the Chicago River. Drs. Mike Hendricks and Noha Shawki, both of the Department of Politics and Government, received this funding in collaboration with Dr. Joan Brehm, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Drs. Eric Peterson and Alec Foster, both of the Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment.
National Model U.N. team earns Outstanding Delegation
Fourteen students from the Department of Politics and Government participated in the National Model United Nations conference in New York City between April 1 and April 5, 2024.
ELEVATE Leadership Week, April 15-19
Leadership Education and Development (LEAD), a unit of the Dean of Students Office, is excited to share the guest line-up for the fourth annual ELEVATE Leadership Week, April 15-19. ELEVATE Leadership Week is a collaborative initiative designed to recognize and celebrate the community of student leadership at Illinois State University.
International Seminar Series to focus on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
The next event for the spring International Seminar Series is now open for registration.
Milner Library to host book panel on Handbook of Asian American Families, April 19
Handbook of Asian American Families provides theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practical research examining the intricacies and nuances of the present in Asian American family dynamics and relationships
Interdisciplinary panel discusses the importance of language study and the resulting career benefits
Retired United States Ambassador Geeta Pasi, the inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Illinois State University, participated in an interdisciplinary panel discussion on the importance of language study and the resulting career benefits hosted by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, on March 27.
Party on the Quad: Student-organized watch party for total solar eclipse set for April 8
Thousands of students, faculty, and staff members are expected on the Quad next Monday, April 8, for a watch party as Central Illinois experiences a total solar eclipse.
Early Childhood Education online program opens enrollment for fall 2024 cohort
The Illinois State University (ISU) College of Education Early Childhood (ECE) Online-Workforce Program is accepting applicants for the fall 2024 cohort.
Video: Students create six new games in three days during inaugural Game Jam
In just 72 hours, 25 students comprising six teams developed three new video games and three new board games during Illinois State University’s inaugural Game Jam, March 19-21.